Title: Green Pyjamas
Author: kezia12345
Rating: PG ( K+ )
Challenge: Greener Pastures
Pairing: LeeHina

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"Gnngh," Lee grunted as he woke up for the tenth time that hour. "Kuso," He knew he wasn't going to get any sleep at this rate. He sat up groggily, rubbing his eyes on the flannel sleeve of his pastel green pyjamas. "I need something to eat."
He decided, most likely out of lack of anything else to do and the fact that teenage boys thought through their stomach.

Reaching numbly into his fridge, he pulled out milk. Reaching numbly into his cupboard, he pulled out cereal.

Cocoa Pops it is then.

As he sat on the couch, eating his chocolaty, and very early, breakfast. He began thinking. What was it that was coming up in his life soon…?
Hmm, there was that big mission, only C rank but it'd take about 3 weeks to get there and back. Plus it was Tenten-chan's birthday soon! He obviously wasn't invited to a party or anything (he couldn't help but think that a girls only sleep over was just plan rejection) but he still wanted to do something for her. Maybe something a little bit less 'youthful' than last years cake in the shape of Gai-sensei.

Or maybe not, he grinned at the idea of a bigger and better youthful present.
There was something else…

"GAH!" Lee jumped remembering. "That dance Sakura-chan said was happening! Gah!" Lee put his bowl back onto the table and ran to his room. Rummaging through his closet he found his old tuxedo. It'd only been worn once about a year ago for another event he couldn't quite recall. Checking over his suit, he found some small rips and dirt stains still there, causing him to sweat-drop.

Oh right, the sake thing.

Shaking his thoughts away he went and changed out of his pyjamas and into his tuxedo. Taking a look at himself in the mirror, he gave a relieved sigh as he saw it still fit. He chuckled at himself and how swanky he looked, mucking around with posing and such.

"Ah!" he dawned on a realisation for the second time that evening, bringing his fist down to his open palm. "My cereal."

As he sat out in his living room, munching and contemplating how much of a staple food cereal was in a teenagers diet, there came a knock on his door. He looked up curiously, who would be visiting him at one in the morning (he had learnt from experience that most people didn't like being disturbed around midnight.) Walking to the door, cocoa pops still in hand, he opened it to come face to face with…

"Hm, Hinata-san?" He could only look at her for a second before she tackled him in a hug, wetting his shirt with her tears. "Ah, what wrong Hinata-chan?" he asked, holding his cereal bowl to the side and subconsciously switching to a friendlier honorific.

"L-Lee-san! F-father was m-mad and N-Neji-nii-san's n-not here a-and N-Naruto left a-and I c-can't go back home, I d-didn't know wh-where…" the girl sobbed into his chest. Lee awkwardly stroked the Hyuuga's hair.

"D-demo Hinata-chan, you can stay here tonight if you want," he said. Hinata stepped back and looked up slightly to him.

"R-really?" Lee nodded.

"Sure Hinata-chan! You can always come to me!" he assured her happily. The blunette stared at him for a second before bursting out laughing and hugging him again, but this time more friendly than desperate.

"Arigato Lee-san, you're the only friend I-I can go to a-and find eating cereal in a tuxedo at one o'clock in the morning, wh-who will still take me in." she said with a smile.

"Hm?" Lee looked at her. "Oh right! I can explain that, Hina-chan!" he said sheepishly. Hinata let go and giggled, no longer crying.

"It's alright Lee-kun," she smiled and let go of him, allowing him to step back so she could enter.

"I'll set you up a spare bed eh, Hinata-san." Lee said. The Hyuuga nodded and looked away.

"Ano," she said quietly. "I don't mind if you keep calling me 'Hina-chan,' Lee-kun." She told him quietly. The boy smiled.

"Okie dokie Hina-chan!" he replied happily. "Help yourself to some more cereal if you want any! Bowls are on the counter!" The pale eyed girl smiled and took a seat on the couch, looking around the room. Lee soon came back out, changed back into his pyjamas and holding something equally soft and pastel green.

"Eh, Hina-chan, did you bring any pyjamas?" Lee asked, cocking his head. Hinata looked surprised, before scrambling to look in her small bag, similar to the one Neji used now.

"Um, I think I forgot them, " she replied, blushing sheepishly.

"Don't worry, you can just borrow some of mine!" he answered, thrusting a spare pair of pastel green pyjamas into her arms, identical to the ones he had on. "There's a bathroom over there to get changed in." he pointed out the door to their right. She nodded and took the clothes into the bathroom. Lee heard the lock click closed and decided to return to his room.
A few minutes later, Hinata popped her head around the door of the bedroom.

"Lee-kun?" she ventured nervously. He looked up at the Hyuuga.

"Hinata-chan, those look cute on you!" he said, blushing slightly.

"Kyaa!" Hinata faltered, flushing a brilliant red. "Ano, th-th-thank y-you Lee-kun" she stuttered out with a smile. "W-we should sleep n-now Lee-san," she suggested meekly, climbing onto the bed.

"Okay then Hinata-chan!" he said, flicking off the lights. "Oyasumi nasai!" he said cheerfully.

"Oyasumi nasai…" she repeated sleepily, half asleep already. It wasn't hard to when she was laying in those soft, warm, pastel green flannel pyjamas…