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Sorry for taking so long!! I was so busy at school and.. yeah yeah excuses. I bet you just want to read and don't give a damn about what I have to say. xD

Enjoy. Please comment as you like, it gives me strength to write more stories. Really rewarding.

Chapter 4: Hidden love under the moon

Hinata suddenly woke up, but at first it was quite hard opening her eyes. Her eyes had fluttered with the effort of opening her eyes. Once she retained her consciousness. She looked around the place and it was pitch-black. She had no idea where she was. Then her memory bounced back into her head, remembering that she had a bad trip and passed out from extreme exhaustion.

She pushed herself to stand up on her feet and she winced at the sudden piercing pain in her ribs. She was still in the same place, in the dark forest. She looked at her watch which was laced around her wrist. Tenten gave it to her as a cheer-up gift a while ago. Three hours passed, and no one found her yet. This thought made her sad. Did they give up on finding her? Did they even care?

Why would they? All she did was burden them. Tenten. Neji. Then Hinata gasped when she came to the thought of Naruto. NARUTO. HE KNOWS MY CONFESSION! Her head was blaring with a flood of alarming thoughts and her heart wouldn't stop pounding against her chest. She felt tremendous heat rushing over her as a sign that she's feeling very embarrassed. She wanted to disappear from the earth without a single trace. She couldn't handle if she had to face him again. It already was hard enough.

Then she thought about Kiba. She felt mixed emotions rushing down her body. She couldn't make it out what it was. The one of the emotions was filled with anger and heartache. She looked up to the stars in the black velvet sky with a pale pearl. The moonlight shine upon her that she could feel the warmth. It was soothing to watch the glimmer lights in the sky. She crawled up to the nearest tree trunk and leaned against it. Hinata realized it was too dark to find her way out of the forest, so she would have to spend the entire night in there. But she would have to figure out how to get her stuff back from the cabin and make her escape to the village where she could hide herself from everyone else. She wouldn't want to worry everyone so she'd have to make an apology letter. She could not just handle to talk to anyone since her secret was no longer a secret.

Would they worry about her? Probably not. But she must to do it anyway just to relieve her stress. She suddenly heard the low voices. Hinata was startled, but the fear went away after realizing that she's strong enough to defend herself. But then she realized that it wasn't just any bear or an animal. It's the people talking!

She got up and walked to the direction where the sound is coming from. She suddenly recognized the voices. NEJI AND TENTEN! Why were they here? Were they looking for her? She walked slowly as she was getting closer. With her ninja stealth, she hid behind the tree and looked at them.

They appeared to be standing, and they didn't see Hinata. It turned out that they weren't looking for her. Maybe they didn't know or they just didn't really care. Hinata thought to herself. But she wanted to know why they were there in the middle of the night. No, it's 2:00 a.m. What are they doing?

Hinata listened carefully. Tenten looked strained as Neji was talking to her which Hinata couldn't hear. Then the sudden movement from Neji which startled Hinata when he grabbed her and held onto her arms.

Neji raised his voice as his white eyes started to appear in the symbol of his anger (like the one time when he was in a battle). "WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THAT FOOLISH GUY? ANSWER ME.."

Hinata wanted to get up and help Tenten. What was Neji thinking?? But her legs were glued to the ground and she couldn't move.

Tenten was shocked when he grabbed her and yelled at her. "Neji! I can't- Why can't you see that I'm confused? Give me time to sort this out!"

"GIVE YOU TIME?? YOU DON'T NEED TO THINK, YOU JUST NEED TO TELL ME FROM YOUR HEART!"

"Neji-

"Heh, you know what, Tenten? Lee doesn't love you. He's in love with Sakura. Your love is unrequited just like mine." Neji sneered.

Tenten was taken aback. No, the right words for what she's feeling at the moment was she looked very pissed and hurt.

SLAP.

Neji's cheek showed a bit of bruise. Neji slowly turned around to face Tenten. Tenten's tears were running down her cheek.

"Neji.. You're despicable. How could you? You know I love you... and I love him. Right now, the way you were-

Neji suddenly wrapped his arms around her as Tenten poured out her tears in his arms. Tenten slowly raised her arms to hold him.

"Tenten, I'm sorry." Neji whispered as he held her. He slided back to look in her watering eyes. He closed his blank white eyes and kissed her on the lips. Tenten closed her eyes and kissed back.

Hinata couldn't believe what was happening. Tenten and Neji. She has to get out of there. She looked away and leaned against the tree in atonishment.
She took a step forward but her ribs prevented her from moving. Hinata was in too much pain. But she'd rather be in pain than to be noticed by Tenten and Neji. Especially after what just happened right now.

Hinata fell back and sat against the trunk. What am I going to do? I can't stay here. They are bound to find me.

"Tenten, let's go back. It's late. They would be wondering where we are once they find us not sleeping in our beds."

"Yeah you're right." Hinata took a quick look to see if they were walking toward her direction but they weren't.

They were holding hands walking down the trail on the opposite side.

"Looks like I'm safe." Hinata said out loud to herself.

"No, not really." said someone.

Hinata jumped at that response. Who's here? What's going on?? Sure sounded like someone Hinata knew.

Guess who?! lol Did you like it? Or do you have suggestions on how I can improve my stories? Or anything.

Please comment. I'm working on the next chapter! That's right! Chapter 5!