Chapter II
The next morning the sun was shining and the birds were chirping. It was a beautiful day in Konoha. Hinata woke up to the sun rays sneaking into her bedroom. She smiled and went to the window, opening up the curtains and the window. She was greeted by a pink and black butterfly. Hinata giggled slightly before deciding to go and refreshen up.
Walking out of the bathroom, Neji stood outside Hinata's bedroom watching her open the window allowing a butterfly flutter in. He smiled to himself as he walked away to get something to eat. He decided to go to nearby food stand since he was sure Hinata was going to cook because she typically just grabbed a fruit, and her dad was sleeping.
The sun rays started to creep into Naruto's bedroom. He groaned and turned over before sitting up. Naruto stretched and let out a loud yawn before rubbing his eyes. He stood up and walked to the kitchen scratching his head. He opened his fridge and grabbed the milk before shaking it and sitting down at the table. He didn't bother looking at the expiration date and instead took a bite of toast with butter and drank the 'bad' milk. He went to shower and tied his headband. Naruto left his house and locked the door, walking around the town.
"What to do, what to do, what to do…" Naruto said to himself before sighing gently. Just then he saw pink hair and knew exactly who it was.
"Sakura-kun~!" He ran up to her smiling. She stopped and looked at Naruto.
"Oh good morning Naruto…"
"How are you Sakura? Did you sleep well?"
"Uh yeah I did…" She said smiling . Just then Naruto went in for a hug and Sakura pushed him, as she saw Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun~!" She said smiling and running to him. Naruto sighed gently and hummed. Of course its always Sasuke this and Sasuke that with her… Why couldn't it be Naruto this and Naruto that… Naruto crossed his arms glaring at Sasuke's back. Sasuke looked over at his shoulder and smirked at him.
"What are you looking at idiot?" Naruto had steam coming out of his ears as he walked away with Sakura annoying him.
"Hey Naruto…" He heard Kiba's voice.
"Hey Kiba."
"Are you planning on going to the fair tonight again? If so I am bumming along, Shino decided to not go and just train his life away. And I don't want to drag a girl along. They have a habit of touching Akamaru and he don't like that…"
"Mm okay seems good to me… I am not even gonna ask any girl something always happen." Naruto said and Kiba laughed.
"Haha Sakura will punch you, Hinata will faint, Ino there is no chance. TenTen likes Neji… Yeah don't even try…" Kiba laughed and Akamaru barked. Naruto glared lightly at Kiba before humming.
After Hinata finished getting ready she decided to walk around Konoha. She wasn't to sure what to do until tonight. Just then she saw Neji at the noodle stand. She smiled to herself and sat beside him.
"Hi brother…" She said humming gently. Neji blinked and looked at her swallowing the noodles he had in his mouth.
"Hey Hinata… What are you doing here?" He asked he didn't mean to come off so cold but he was just surprised.
"Well I was walking around and I saw you… and decided to keep you c-company…" She said before the person who worked at the shop came up.
"Can I get you anything Hinata?" Hinata had to think for a moment.
"MM yes beef noodles and water please… Thank you." She said and the owner nodded and smiled. Neji smiled to himself. He enjoyed having Hinata next to him, he looked at her before looking straight ahead. He wondered if Hinata would go to the fair with him tonight as a 'family' thing. He looked at her as she swung her legs back and fourth playing with her fingers. She was just so adorable being all shy.
"So are going to the fair tonight since you didn't go yesterday?" Neji asked. Hinata looked up and looked at her cousin.
"Uh yes… I am…." She nodded and drunk her water.
"Well you go with me then?" Neji asked eating some of his noodles.
"As a family thing…" He finished. He knew better to think of it as a family thing but no way was he going to admit that out loud. He would consider it as a date with Hinata in which she didn't know. Hinata looked up from the water.
"Okay that seems great…" She said smiling. She was happy Neji was trying to build their friendship-family bond. He was usually so cold to her making her even more shy and scared around him. But here lately he has been nice.
"Great… I guess I will get you from where you are then…"
"Well I will be in the opening court at our house… To train so I can get stronger…" Hinata said… Neji looked over at her as she played with her noodles in her bowl. He felt bad for Hinata… being the heir and all but she was so weak, and her father made point of that and he couldn't stand her… It didn't help none that Neji always brought her down as well. Hinata is always training so hard to get stronger for her teammates, comrades and especially her father.
"Yeah you got to be stronger." Neji said somewhat coldly, after the words escaped his mouth he mentally choked himself to death because he tried not to insult her so much and bring her down. But he still did it. He didn't know why maybe because he wanted to cover up his feelings. Hinata frowned and nodded gently agreeing with him.
"Can you help me get stronger?" She asked and Neji almost choke before looking at her.
"No way don't ever ask that again…" he glared at her.
"Please I can't do this on my own." Hinata looked like she was going to break if he didn't help her. He let out a heavy sigh.
"Fine but I am not going easy on you so you will have to keep up with my pace…" He said sighing. He didn't want to train her because if she got hurt he would feel bad maybe worst.
"O-Okay…" She beamed and hugged Neji. Neji hugged back and smiled gently. Hinata pulled away and continued to eat. They both ate in silence enjoying the others company. When they finished, they both walked back to the court yard to train.
"As I said you gotta keep up with my pace. Prepare yourself Hinata…" He said before attacking her. Hinata got into a stance before starting to defend herself.
The sun started to set and they decided it was time to wash up and get ready.
"Hinata, you gotta focus on protecting yourself. Work on your defense more then your offense." He said, Hinata nodded and wiped the blood from her face. Neji frowned gently as she left to go into her room. He sighed heavily regretting of agreeing to this and he went into his own room.
The both met half way to get each other when the both were ready. They walked towards the fair. Neji took glances at the sky to Hinata. He saw she was playing with her fingers then. He smiled to himself. Yeah this was definitely a date between them and Hinata didn't know it.
When they arrived they played games. Hinata got a stuffed bear from Neji because she couldn't win it for herself. She smiled brightly and hugged the huge bear to her chest. After that they went to the cotton candy stand, Neji getting a blue and Hinata getting a pink. They continued to walk in silence eating the candy.
Hinata saw a Ferris Wheel up ahead and she beamed.
"Brother can we ride the Ferris Wheel?" She asked he nodded and walked towards it. He wasn't to sure if he wanted to but Hinata did. There were couples around them and others on dates about to ride it. And here these two were here for a 'family' thing. After ten minutes of waiting in line it was finally their turn. They walked through the gates and Neji helped her in the cart. He sat across from her before smiling, the Ferris Wheel started to go up after a couple more pairs started to get on.
Once they were up but not at the top, Hinata was still able to look down. She smiled as the people looked like tiny ants in her eyes. Neji kept his eyes on her. Hinata laid her head on the stuffed animal before feeling Neji's eyes on her causing her to look at him. Neji quickly converted his eyes elsewhere as if he was never looking at her. Hinata blinked and smiled before looking below her. The wheel started to move again slowly so it was a while. She continued to look down and saw a familiar yellow, spiky hair boy.
"Naruto…" She whispered. Neji heard this and looked at her before looking down seeing Naruto. He growled gently and Hinata looked at her. She poked his forehead gently.
"You wasn't suppose to hear that…" She said blushing.
"Well to late I heard it. And I am being nice I think…" He said she giggled and shook her head. But he wasn't smiling nor in cheerful mood like he was.
"If you want after this ride you can go with Naruto. I wouldn't mind." He grimaced at his words. But he had nothing to worry about because she chose to stay with him.
"No, that's okay I came here with you so I am staying with you." She said. He nodded, but deep down he was beyond happy that Hinata was staying here with him. After awhile they reached the top, and at that very moment the fireworks started causing the ferris wheel to stay like that until the fireworks ended.
Neji moved to Hinata's side gently careful not to shake the cart much, so he could see them, and be close to her. She laid her head on his shoulder hugging the stuffed animal watching the fireworks. He held her waist, holding her closer just like they were younger. She smiled at this and cuddled into him.
"They are so pretty." Hinata said looking up at Neji. Neji looked back down at her. He was so tempted to kiss her but he didn't want to ruin their somewhat good friend-family relationship they had going on.
"Yeah they are…" He said smiling at her. She turned to focus her attention back on the fireworks. He watched her more then the fireworks. After they finished she kept her head on his shoulder as the Ferris wheel slowly started to move downward. He smiled and kissed her head gently just like when they were younger, on this time his was filled with feelings.
"This reminds me of when we were younger. Do you remember? The stuff animals the cotton candies and the Ferris Wheel ride?" Hinata asked Neji and he nodded.
"Yeah I remember…" She giggled and smiled brightly. Hinata removed her head when they were almost down. Neji got off and helped her out. They both decided to go eat some real food now since they been eating sweets and doing other tiring stuff. They ate in silence until Naruto, Kiba, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji and Shikamaru came in.
"Oi Hinata!" Naruto waved. Hinata looked up and blushed as she saw him. He stood in front of her face. Her face got even redder, and Neji glared at Naruto who was so close to Hinata. Naruto put his hands on her forehead.
"You feeling better?" Hinata blushed really hard and head butted Naruto so hard he was sent flying across the restaurant they were in. Everyone laughed including Sasuke.
"Dude Naruto… even Hinata beats you to a pulp. But with her head…" Sasuke teased.
"Shows how weak you are. A girl took you." Sasuke finished. Neji looked at her… He, Ino, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Sakura and Sasuke was totally expecting her to faint. Naruto whined.
"I swear girls hate me…"
"S-Sorry Naruto-kun…" Hinata said quietly looking down. Everyone sat down at the table with Neji and them. Neji groaned wishing it was just them. But it wasn't of course they had to come one way or another.
"Wasn't expecting you hear with Hinata Neji, was totally expecting you with TenTen."
"TenTen is recovering… and I figured rather do family things with Hinata." Neji said glaring at Kiba said something about TenTen. Hinata blinked noticing the glare and figured something really must be going on between TenTen and Neji she shrugged and finished eating smiling. She stretched and let out a yawn and Neji noticed.
"Tired?" He asked. She nodded gently.
"Well we can go since we both are done eating..." He said getting up with her.
"Bye guys..." She said waving." Everyone looked suspicously at Neji when they left.
"Something is so weird with Neji..." Kiba said. Everyone agreed.
Neji and Hinata arrived at their house and was about to go into their bedrooms. Hinata smiled and hugged Neji tightly.
"Thank you, I had fun..." She said. He hugged her back tightly. She reached up and kissed his cheek shocking him. She pulled away.
"Good night brother sleep well..." She said smiling brightly before walking in her room and changing into pajamas.
Neji just stood there blinking at the kiss on his cheek. He smiled to himself and walked in and stripped to his boxers and laid down on his bed.
"Yes indeed it was fun..." he whispered before falling asleep
