I'm sorry for not updating for so long, I got lost in the endless amount of free time that I had: watching TV series, traveling, exercising, going out, reading literature and finally lots and lots of fan fiction. There are so many incredibly talented writers out in the world! I try to make sure that I review every story that I loved, so they know that their works are being cherished. Moreover I've looked over so many new amazing stories on my favorite pairing! So I decided to go back to my writing journey and hopefully not disappoint the people who followed the story (thank you all very much for that).


Their movies had ended on theatrical notes and now both young people were struggling not to openly yawn in front of each other. Their meals were done with and taken away and their palms were trying to disguise the slowly but surely coming yawn. Somehow during their little movie marathon, they had had an argument that they won't fall asleep unless they will watch four movies non-stop (never mind that due to the duration of each movie, it is literally impossible to watch all four in mere 6 hours).

Now, as their 3rd movies had finally (and agonizingly to both of them) had started to show titles, Sakura was desperately battling herself into a state of full alertness. The pinkette could not bear the thought that she will lose to the arrogant man to her right.

Suddenly a brilliant idea popped into her pink head and she immediately pressed a button on the remote that called for a staff member. However her excitement was short lived, as she immediately heard the same noise of the button being pressed from her right. Turning to aforementioned side and looked at the young man, she had raised her brow in silent question. His only response was another inquisitive brow raised in opposing question. Huffing she turned her head straight ahead and stubbornly waited for the woman to arrive.

"What can I do for you?" politely asked the woman, bowing slightly in respect.

"A cup of Espresso please," came out two voices. A rich baritone and a sensual mezzo-soprano. Unbeknownst to both Sakura and Neji, they had voiced out their 'brilliant' idea at the same time.

As soon as they heard each other, they turned their heads to each other's directions and stubbornly started arguing that it's not fair to have coffee when in the middle of a bet.

"It's openly cheating! That means that I win!" said Sakura pulling out her tongue at Neji, who rolled his eyes so theatrically that even she barely managed to keep the laughter at bay.

"You wanted to order it yourself "

"I only did that to prove that you are a dirty cheater-cat!" triumphantly said the pink haired vixen, to which Neji had made a very exaggerated face palm.

"Ummm… I apologize… but do you still want the coffee?" awkwardly asked the stewardess darting her eyes between the pair of doubtful looking individuals with very evident lack of sleep.

One could almost notice the slight blush on each of the individuals' pale cheeks, caused by embarrassment. Had they forgotten that there is a spectator to their banter? Apparently so.

Neji still looking as preserved as usual, had answered, "No thank you"

While Sakura looked up the remaining time left until the arrival. The screen read "1:04".

"How about we try to sleep for the time being? There isn't a movie that lasts an hour anyway," mused she, looking out to the window.

Soundlessly her companion nodded and started to pull the sleeping mask over his light colored irises, when he was interrupted by a dainty hand really close to his chiseled chest… Lifting an exquisite chocolate colored brow, he looked at her questioningly.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to reach your remote control, so we can sleep," she said matter of factly.

A naughty smirk made a way to his full, but considerably thin lips.

"So we can sleep?" he said in a rather suggestive manner

"What are you talking abo… Oh my God stop being a smartass, you got what I meant!" she stuttered with a tinge of pink dusting her well-defined cheekbones.

"I don't know what you've heard of ahem sleeping together, but surely remote control does not aid anything," His handsome featured were neutral once more, but the nacre colored eyes glinted with barely disguised amusement.

To his surprise Sakura blushed even more, while her eyes burned with fire. However her naughty smirk wasn't left unseen by her seat-mate, whose own eyes slightly changed expressions from amused to smoldering.

"Just so you know, Neji-kun," she said teasingly, eyes glinting mischievously and causing not so innocent thoughts in the head of one Hyuga Neji, "that anything can bring more fun to the process of ahem sleeping together"

"What a minx she is," amusedly thought the young man.

"Oh is that so, Sakura-chan?" Eyes of liquid silver and pure sin gazed questioningly at her, while that beautifully sculpted mouth of his mirrored her own smirking shape.

"Damn fine ass specimen we got here"

"I know right! Too bad the guy's an arrogant jerk"

"Nevertheless he's such an eye candy. Can we keep him?"

"Inner, you're too focused on guys"

"Indeed it is, but I want the remote to turn off the lights," laughed Sakura. Playful flirt was always her thing after all.

When both young people put their masks on and made sure that the lights were all off, they tried to fall asleep.

The main word in the last sentence is that they tried.

"Hyuga?"

"Hn?"

"Are you asleep?"

"Duh"

"Liar, you wouldn't have answered me if you were asleep"

"Damn right I wouldn't have"

"So you aren't asleep"

"Were you a blonde in your last life?" he asked with mock irritation.

"Pff… I hate stereotyping and false generalizations! Blondes aren't freaking dumb ok?"

"…"

"Hyuga?"

"I wasn't serious about it, Haruno"

"Oh"

"Yeah"

After about seven minutes, Sakura whose best trait certainly was not patience had teared her mask off and popped one glaring emerald eye open. Looking at the ceiling of the airplane, that was covered in twinkling lights which were suppose to be like stars only one thought occupied her head.

"I can't fall asleep!"

A tired sigh left her companion and signaled that he had the same problem.

"How about we order ourselves some hot chocolate?" He said in a deep baritone

"Ne, he reminds me of hot chocolate," mused naughtily Inner, to which Sakura giggled inwardly.

"Yeah that sounds good," said the pink haired beauty. She pressed the button to call the stewardess. Apparently Sakura and Neji awoke the woman, or stopped her from doing something useful, because her face wore an apparent scowl.

"What do you want?" she asked with barely concealed annoyance. The pleasant woman who came earlier was probably busy, so she substituted her.

Both Neji and Sakura lifted their elegant brows; one coffee brown, other cotton candy pink. Their expressions clearly showed how surprised they were to hear such a rude reply, but the stewardess didn't care or notice.

She repeated her question with the same tone, waiting for an answer. As soon as Sakura ordered, she dashed off towards the nose of the plane, where the bar was. When she left the seat-mates shared amused glances and Sakura giggled at the woman's manners.

When the stewardess came back however, her scowl only deepened. She placed each steaming mug on their tables, accompanied by a small cup with warm milk. Suddenly something unexpected happened, the clumsy and obviously irritated woman elbowed the cup with milk, which resulted in its spillage… Right on Sakura's legs.

"Oh my God!" Exclaimed Sakura, looking at her milk covered legs.

"You should've been more careful with those legs of yours, Miss!" huffed the nameless woman.

Sakura gaped at her. The audacity! "You just elbowed the milk on my knees and you accuse me?"

"It wasn't my fault," stubbornly answered she.

"No it wasn't your fault," agreed Sakura lightly, "it was your clumsiness!"

"How dare you?!" Her voice rose to an unflattering tone, and her cheeks turned slightly red.

"Excuse me, but all you had to do was apologize and leave," calmly but very coldly said Haruno. Neji noticed with interest how her emerald eyes, which shone brilliantly with mirth turned into cold and distant jade. Just as hard, just as cold, lacking transparency and shine that emerald posses.

"As I already said, it was not my fault and thus I see no need to apologize, young lady," she said with ignorance.

"Please leave," Neji's deep and rich baritone worked wonders on both women (or all women), as they looked at him. Sakura's expression was amused and barely withholding laughter whereas the stewardess looked appalled.

She left towards the side of the nose of the plane, and then went to the opposite direction. Sakura had a sudden thought in her mind which she acted upon immediately. Pulling away the duvet that was covered in milk (thankfully it was thick enough to not spoil her favorite Joseph jeans) she elegantly pulled out one of her slim legs into the corridor of the plane, right before the nasty woman passed her. She didn't notice Sakura's trick and promptly caught herself on the pinkette's leg. Stumbling forward she barely caught herself from falling face flat on the carpet covered floor. Quickly Sakura withdrew her leg and looked as if nothing happened. Without suspecting a thing, that woman went her own way.

Unable to hold the bubbles of laughter in their throats, both individuals erupted in a fit of chuckles.

"Did you see her face?" Quietly said Sakura, eyes dancing with mirth, "I've always wanted to do that!"

"It's good that she did not notice your part in it. Otherwise she would've spilled the whole carton on you," smirked Neji, to which Sakura giggled some more.

The lights started to turn on, throughout the whole plane. Windows started opening and a polite yet cold voice said through the microphone "Please take your seats. Cabin crew, prepare for landing"

"Already? That went fast!" mumbled Sakura quietly, while pressing the button that had a seat in an upright position drawn on it. Oddly the button didn't work, so she pressed harder. It didn't work again. Damn. Fuming over something so unimportant she pressed repeatedly, but to no avail. Seeing her obvious discomfort, Neji bent his body so that he was leaning over her knees, his chest pressed tightly to her upper legs. In this intimate position he pressed the button once but clearly implementing more force than she could. Alas, the seat started to move.

"Just should have pressed harder," softly teased her Neji

"Thanks," she replied with a small blush. If she wouldn't have been so engrossed in her own slightly flustered state, she could have noticed a tiny little thing. There on Neji Hyuga's ridiculously handsome face, on his high and defined cheekbones, the porcelain skin was tinted with the lightest of blushes.

A loud noise broke their reverie, the screeching sound that signaled that the plane landed on the asphalt.

"Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to Bali. The temperature outside is 35 degrees Celsius. Local time is 13:05. Thank you for flying with us and we hope to see you soon."

After the announcement the vehicle came to an abrupt stop, a loud beeping noise meant that the passengers could stand up and leave. Sakura stood up first, because she was the one nearest to the passageways, standing on tip toes, despite her high heeled shoes, she pulled out her bag and the suitcase. Moving slightly forward, she allowed some space for Neji to get into, who replicated her gesture by taking his own bag.

As they walked along the corridor of the airport towards the exit and luggage claim area, both of them were in deep thoughts on the other's behalf. Would they see each other again? Having taken the luggage from the belt (Neji being a true gentleman helped Sakura with her three suitcases), they moved towards the exit doors.

Like in many airports, on the exits, there stood stoic looking security guards with their German Shepherds on leash. Used to the scene, both individuals moved swiftly forwards when the dogs started barking and sniffing their bags. Most particularly – Sakura's.

"Please stop," announced the local guard in accented English

"Is something wrong, officer?" Asked Neji calmly.

"Please come with us, so we can make sure your luggage is not a threat," came a gruff reply from another guard, much bigger in size and musculature.

"A threat?" Incredulously exclaimed Sakura, silently following the officers to an area with steel tables for examination.

"The dogs are rarely mistaking"

Having looked through all Sakura's suitcases and finding nothing (although Neji was shocked to see such vast amount of shoes for a mere vacation, when he asked why on earth she needs this many he was told to shut up), they moved on to Neji's suitcase (only one, as he didn't fail to mention). Having found absolutely nothing, they were almost about to let the poor people go, when the dog sniffed violently Sakura's Celine bag.

"May I?" Asked the officer like her permission actually changed anything.

"Sure"

Sifting through tons of (useless in Neji's and guards' opinions) things the guy found what the dog so disliked.

An reason for endless arguments between the two companions. Something they both needed badly.

There in the guard's hand, innocently lay a "Prada Candy" 50 ml bottle, wrapped in present paper.

"I'm afraid I have to confiscate this," gravely said the bigger officer

"What? Why? It's just perfume!" exclaimed Sakura furiously. Hell no. They won't take her only brilliant idea of a present!

"If the dog sensed something odd in it, it's probably dangerous," answered politely yet commandingly the smaller officer.

"Kuso!" Quietly swore Sakura on her and Neji's native language.

"Officer is there something I can do it have it with me?" She batted her long and black colored eyelashes, "maybe pay a bit?"

Neji swore that he tear dropped. What was she doing?

"Madam," oh how she hates when people call her Madam. She is NOT that old! "Are you suggesting to bribe us?" The bigger officer deadpanned.

"Surely not," intervened Neji, calmly pulling Sakura away from the officers, "What are you doing? They can put us in jail for that!"

"But why do they need the damn bottle?" Furiously asked Sakura, when Neji pulled her back to their suitcases and told the officers that they should be going.

"Get over it," coldly said Neji, "you should've covered the bottle with something. Why did I give to you in the first place?"

"What?! Maybe because I saw it first? It was mine to begin with! I payed for it!" she was getting really really agitated and the stupid tone that the Hyuga used did not help her one bit. He is blaming her for everything!

"So did I," another emotionless retort.

Her bright eyes turned into slits as they came to the taxi station. "What is your problem, you arrogant, emotionless jerk? How is that my fault that they took it? How is it my fault that the stupid duty free didn't have a spare bottle? Finally why don't you buy some other present?!" She was fuming now. Blood rushed to her cheeks, mouth partly opened and hands on her hips in a universal female manner.

"Because that was the only thing I could think of and then was foolish enough to give it to you. Now I'm left without anything, because you didn't manage to place it correctly in your messy bag." came his gruff and irritated reply. When did their argument become so heated? When did the accusations started to flow? Neither of them knew, but what they knew is that they annoyed each other to no end at the moment. All thoughts of longing gone, only the desire to grab the taxi and leave.

Her full pink lips were agape with shock. The nerve of him! Stupid jerk! Without thinking, she grabbed her cases (with difficultly) and stormed off to the closest taxi available, ignoring the curses that the people who waited in the queue threw at her.

"Ugh" both of them thought simultaneously.

45 minutes later

"Can't believe I almost started to like the bastard," thought one pink-haired woman, who was lounging in the chair, right next to the sea. Her delicate hand held a mochito and her eyes were covered by big designer sunglasses. She was waiting in the bay for the yacht that will bring her to the private island that Ino and Shikamaru rented. So here she was, in the nearest café, sipping her refreshing beverage and thinking of the coffee haired idiot.

"Damn right, who is he to accuse us?"

"And it came out of nothing! I don't see my fault in this at all!"

"Thought we have to admit, you had sparks flying between you two," smirked Inner

"I don't care. He's a pig," huffed Sakura

"Better think of who's going to await us when we arrive"

"I missed them so much. Especially Naruto! Ino-pig! And Gaara"

"Mm Gaara sure has grown up… So hot!" Sakura face palmed at the mention of her close friend.

"Stop it"

"But you know who's also there?" The suggestive tone of her Inner alarmed Sakura to no end, "broody and dark… Pale and selfish"

"Damn, Sasuke! I forgot completely! Well we broke up anyway, so there's no problem with that"

"That hot body, the dark hair, lithe muscles, cocky exterior and deep deep voice…"

"Inner I didn't know you're still into Sasuke. That's awkward…"

"Not Sasuke you idiot. Look at 12 o'clock"

There, on the pier, stood none other that Neji Hyuga. Wearing the same sports suit that fitted his body deliciously and accentuated his ivory skin and nacre eyes. In his hands there was a bag that she already saw, and a suitcase to his left. He was looking into the sea, searching for something. Finally deciding to turn around in case he finds what he seeks, his back is slowly turning to right.

In order to see him better, she took off her sunglasses thus revealing her identity, but she didn't know he'll turn around! Having no time to put them back on, she could only look, mesmerized by the fluid and panther like movement of his body. When he fully turned, facing her direction all she could do was turn away.

But she didn't. Their gazes met once again, her eyes showed amusement and irritation. Whereas his lavender depths widened from shock.

The spell was broken by two voices simultaneously.

"What are you doing here?!"


So tell me what do you think! I was writing this chapter while being on an 8 hour flight as well, so that's where the plane details come from. I don't really know what should I do with Sasuke in this story, so I would appreciate some suggestions. Oh and finally, please check out my two new stories if you have time! And guys, if I don't get any reviews I will consider discontinuing the story. Please feedback matters :)