Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
It was beginning to get very annoying.
Neji Hyuga thought, as he walked down the well worn dirt path along side his teammate Ten Ten.
Briefly, his thoughts of annoyance showed on his usually emotionless face.
"Is something bothering you Neji?" Ten Ten asked with a hint of amusement.
The only answer she received was a narrowing of the Hyugas pale eyes and a deep, low, "Hmmm."
"Come on Heji, spit it out." Ten Ten requested, trying to hide how much enjoyment she was getting out of his reaction.
After a few minutes, through firmly clenched teeth, Neji finally said, "He. Is. Being. Annoying."
With her lips pressed tightly in a straight line to keep her laughter at bay Ten Ten asked, "He who?"
Glaring at his teammate, in a voice as close to a growl as it had ever been he said, "The Uchiha."
"Uchiha?" Ten Ten stated with surprise.
"Sasuke Uchiha? Really? That's the last person in the world I would ever imagine could or would 'annoy' you to this degree." Ten Ten continued.
"Hmmm." Neji made a small sound of agreement.
"Well? What in the world is he saying to you that is so annoying?"
"It's not what he's saying; it's what he's… doing." Neji corrected.
"Doing?" Ten Ten echoed, as her forehead scrunched up in confusion.
"He's sitting." Neji said, as his cheeks turned a light pink as he realized how unusual his statement sounded.
Ten Ten chuckled at Neji's statement.
"Sitting Neji? Really, that's it?"
Not daring to look in her direction Neji clarified his statement, "It's not the fact that he is sitting, it is where he is sitting."
"And where exactly is he sitting that has roused your anger to this level?" Ten Ten asked with a hint of disbelief in her voice; not believing that where the Uchiha chose to sit was the real reason for Neji's irritation.
"In front of the Hyuga compound." Was all Neji replied to her skeptically asked question.
"So let me get this straight. You're upset because Sasuke Uchiha is sitting in front of your house? That's it? That's the only thing you're upset about?"
"Yes." Neji answered, "What else would I be upset about?"
"Oh I don't know," Ten Ten quickly replied.
"How about the fact that Naruto wrote the words 'Caution Grump' of the back of your shirt?" Ten Ten said referring to what she had thought they had been talking about at the beginning of their conversation.
The thing that she had found so humorous.
"Naruto's antics no longer have an effect on me." Neji said with a clenched jaw, belying his statement.
"Hmm, and Sasukes are?" Ten Ten questioned.
"Yes," Neji stated with conviction, "He is sitting there, in front of the Hyuga household, with his chin in his hands and his elbows on his knees, from the time I wake up for training until the time I go to sleep."
Neji's little speech through Ten Ten off guard.
Neji wasn't usually one to rant.
A few minutes past in complete silence.
"That is pretty weird," Ten Ten finally agreed. "Just how long has he been doing this?"
"About three days." Neji sighed.
Three days? From dusk until dawn? Ten Ten wondered, trying to figure out exactly what the Uchiha was doing.
"Have you asked him what he wants?" Ten Ten inquired.
"Yes." Neji answered, face grim.
"And? What is it?" Ten Ten asked, finally growing impatient.
Only one word left Neji's mouth.
"Hinata."
