Holy crack! I just finished this chapter and I can't believe it's six pages long! Okay, so I divided it in half to get more chapters in and because I have only a rough idea of how day five is going to turn out... so if I'm still on a mind block part two of day four is my back up filler thing... yeah just read...

Day Four Part One

It was even before Jen fell asleep that night she knew she had forgotten something, she left her shawl over at the Hyuuga estate but it had been too late to go back and retrieve it. So now here she was knocking on the familiar door the next morning waiting for someone to answer. "Oh, good morning Jen-chan. I'm feeling much better today thanks to you." Hinata greeted with her shy smile.

"That's great Hinata but the reason I came, I left my shawl her yesterday. I forgot about it since it wasn't raining when I left last night."

"Oh, I don't remember seeing you with it." Hinata lets her friend in and thinks back on yesterday.

"That's because Neji hung it up somewhere for me after I arrived." Jen explains and Hinata nods before excusing herself to go search for the missing shawl. As Jen kept herself occupied by examining the bumps in the paint on the walls (oh yeah, loads of fun!) a blunt deep sound caught her attention. It was muffled by walls and distance but she recognized it well, someone was coughing and it wasn't Hinata.

"Here you go Jen-chan. It's all dry too."

"Hinata-chan, is someone else sick? I heard coughing?" Jen takes the shawl and folds it lightly over her shoulder.

"W-well, I think Neji-san might be sick. He's been coughing all morning and he won't come out of his room. I tried to bring him breakfast but-" Hinata stops when she sees Jen take out a hair tie and secure her hair back quickly. Jen tying her hair back meant she was on a mission, and not always official ones.

"I'll be right back with my kit. Just make sure he doesn't try to leave." Jen smiles and bids her friend a quick farewell before rushing back home to get prepared for another long day at the Hyuuga household.

Jen rubs her thumb along the basket handle as she knocks on an unfamiliar door lightly and cracks it open. "Neji-san? A little blue haired bird told me you were sick." Jen smiles softly and stands next to his bed where he was laying looking more miserable then usual, scowling of course and glaring at her. How dare she smile while he was sick?

"What do you want? Please leave." He says rather rudely. He was sick, he was irritable and he really wasn't in the mood to deal with her pretty face right now surrounded by all those little curls. Insert mental slap here.

"You know very well why I am here." Jen sets her basket down and turns on one of the few lights in the room, Neji turns his head away sharply eyes squinted. "Don't be so stubborn, you'll just make it harder on both of us." Jen says coarsely and unearths a trashcan from a dark corner. "I'm going to guess you haven't eaten yet." She pulls up the only chair in the room and makes herself comfortable by the bed side table. Neji sits up curiously, yet still annoyed, as she starts whipping out items from the basket. The first is a tissue box and next is a bag of cough drops, cherry flavored. Then finally she unearths a thermos and screws the top off, in which she pours something that smells fairly good though Neji can't tell. She forces the cup into his hand and he just stares at her with a 'you expect me to drink this' kind of attitude. She stares back with an equally stubborn glare.

"You're not leaving until I drink this." He concludes after three minutes of silence.

"I'm not leaving until you're well. Drinking that will make you well, so yes." Jen reasons and he takes a breath before downing the contents as fast as he can. "You're such a brat!" She huffs and turns away, almost pouting. He smirks at his ability to fluster her so easily and looks down at the empty cup. It did taste good actually, he was regretting drinking it so fast but there was more, but she had it… Neji was going to blame illness and lack of sleep for his next words.

"Can I have some more?" He holds the cup out slightly and Jen turns to him slowly, obviously shocked. Since when did Neji ask for anything? She recovers with a quick smile and happily pours him some more. Jen distracts herself with her basket once more as he goes to drink. A cough sneaks up on him and he splashes soup all over himself. Jen gasps and goes to quick work of stripping away his wet sheets and he tugs his shirt away in attempt to rid himself of the burning sensation.

"God Neji, try to be more careful." Jen says in a concerned way more than a scolding way as she wipes off his chest. He observes a faint pink gracing Jen's features as she tries her best to concentrate on what she was doing. Unfortunatly what she was concentrating on was what was making her blush! (Yes, Neji looks very tasty shirtless) Now she was mentally smacking herself while he watched her reactions with a smirk.

Her task complete, she clears her throat and recovers herself. "Well, you're probably tired, up all night coughing and being miserable…" She trials off, not sure what else to say as she grabs his stained shirt and blanket off the floor.

"Spare blanket's in the hall closet." Neji calls after her as she retreats from the room. Why did she care if he was sick? She had to be up to something but what could it be to involve him? Could she really have such a caring heart to spend her time off to take care of him, him of all people, someone who scrutinized her at every possible turn and considered her a weak deceptive female (until recently of course) he who openly mocked her and annoyed her for his own amusement? Was it possible for anyone to be so forgiving? Apparently so because here she was again, that smile on her face and a clean blanket in her arms.

Jen said nothing but snapped the clean sheet out of its folds and cast it into the air to land on him lightly. "How do you feel? Besides the coughing…" She asks, pulling the covers straight at the corners.

"I'm sick, I feel miserable."

"Well fine, be difficult then." Jen frowns and digs in her kit again and pulls out a thermometer. "I'll be back in a few minutes." She says, slipping it into his unwilling mouth and strutting out the door once more. Neji lay back and glared at the thing protruding from his lips but dare not take it out. Jen was only trying to help and he knew how forceful she got when she was mad, being sick he didn't want to be dodging any attacks from Jen because he pushed her patience a bit too far.

Meanwhile, Jen was busying herself in the laundry room, trying to keep her head on straight as she worked. Just finished stuffing the sheet into the washer, she grab his shirt and paused as the image of him laying sprawled out on his bed with no shirt on came back to her minds eye. She quickly pushed the shirt in after the blanket and banged her forehead on the top of the washer to clear her thoughts. 'Remember why you're here Jen, you're here to help. Just forget the dare for now and focus.' She strained to think while pouring detergent into the warm waters. "That should do it."

Just as the thermometer beeped that it was done, Jen reentered the room. Before Neji could even sit up she pulled the device out from between his lips and examined it with a frown. "One hundred and two…no wonder you're in such a bad mood, you have a fever." Jen drops the thermometer in its case and reaches for the bandages adorning Neji's forehead. On instinct he grabs her wrist and they sit in that position for an uncounted amount of time. "What are you afraid of?" Jen whispers and he looks hard at her soft features, trying to unearth some hidden intent. Sensing none, his grip releases and she cups the back of his neck while untying the white strips, being careful not to get them tangled in his hair.

Neji closes his eyes to avoid looking at her. He knew the expression she would have when the bandages were finally pulled away, it was the same look he got everyday since he could remember. "Oh shoot I forgot the ice. I'll be right back." Jen walks slowly out his door and he opens his eyes, blinking at the empty doorway.

Did she really not care about it or was she being deceptive again? How could she not care or react to that degrading mark of disgust branded on him like an incriminating scar? Neji's thought process ceased as she walked back in with a bowl of ice in hand.

"Sorry," She apologizes for reasons he couldn't think of and wraps some of the ice in a hand towel and lays it across his forehead gently. "Don't give yourself a headache by leaving it on too long."

"Why are you doing this?" He didn't mean to say it out loud but now that he did, he wasn't regretting it. Jen pauses then looks at him thoughtfully.

"Because it worries me when my important people are sick." She finally answers. Why lie? Everyone she knew was important to her. That was how she lived.

"Important people?" He could not believe what he just heard, maybe this fever was worse then he thought.

"Neji, you were always among my important people. Hard-headed and cruel as you were I could never bring myself to hate you." Jen found the words coming as easily as if she'd already known the answer. "Sleep Neji-san…" She says in a much softer voice and turns off the light before leaving the room.

Neji lays there a minute staring at the dark ceiling. He didn't know he was important to her. Through all the smart remarks and hidden agendas there was still a place for him somewhere inside her…heart? He found that hard to imagine, ninja were supposed to be without emotion but she seemed to thrive because of her strong emotions. 'Complicated… Such a complicated girl…' His light eyes fell closed and the room disappeared.

Jen clutched at her shirt as she leaned against the hall wall and slid to the floor. "Did I say that? Did I really just say that out loud?" So was so confused, she had never thought about it all too much but now she knew her words to be true, even without thinking about them. 'I can't believe… I can't believe they were right! Maybe… Maybe I am falling for him. Those words came so easily I didn't even have to think about it. Maybe…maybe…' Jen shook her head and got up to check on the laundry.

Yup, part one but part to is MUCH more fun. More action and more perverted thoughts! Lots of chaos all around. If I get a review by tomorrow moring I may post the next part then. Until then, goodbye my beloved fans! You all make me sparkle with happiness!