A/N: I've had it on hiatus for a while, but Best Friends is BACK, baby!

Hikari: Yay!

"Huh? What do you want, Hinata?" I asked, looking the timid girl up and down.

"U-uhm…I just wanted to…to see if you were having fun," she said. As usual, I could hardly hear her.

"I guess," I said, slumping. Then I brightened. "Have you seen Tenten?" I asked hopefully.

"Oh…I…I think she left with Kiba."

"Aw, man," I said, slumping again. With Sakura ditching me like that, I had decided to go for Tenten instead. But if she had left with Kiba…oh well. I glanced back at Hinata. Maybe I could make it work with her…never. I had never really liked her that much. She was too weird.

"Well, if you see her, tell her to call me or something," I said and walked away.

"W-wait, Naruto!"

"Huh? What?"

"I…I just wanted to…"

"What?" I asked rather impatiently.

"Nothing…" she whispered and darted away. I swear, I thought, she's one of the weirdest people I have ever met.

Anyway, with a quick scan of the room, I saw Ino and Juugo together and felt a jolt of some kind. Her Kiba was with her, I was fine with it, he wouldn't do anything to Ino, but I didn't know anything about this guy. If he did anything to my best friend…

Not that I cared. I wasn't Ino's dad, I didn't need to look out for her. I was actually getting sick of being alone and grabbed Hinata.

"Hey, Hinata, do you want to dance with me?" I asked.

She turned completely red and nodded. Soon I had my hands arms around her waste and we stepped back and forth, back and forth.

I was actually starting to enjoy myself when Shikamaru came up and said, "Hey, Hinata. Tell Neji I'm going home with Ino and Juugo."

"Alright," she said. "I guess I'll…go…tell…uhm…"

"Okay, come back when you're done," I replied.

She opened her mouth a little, then smiled and ran over to Neji. She was so weird sometimes.

~X~

When Hinata joined me again, I began telling her all about what had happened that night.

"And I really like Sakura, but she seems to be more into Suigetsu since she'd rather make out with him than actually be near me. So now I think I might like Tenten, but I'm not sure how far it'll go. Anyway I usually don't talk to people like this. Heh…"

"N-no, it's…it's fine."

"I wonder why Shikamaru's riding with Ino and Juugo. They seem to want to stay for a long time," I said.

Hinata said nothing looked guilty for some reason.

"Hey, I'm gonna go give Iino a dance before we have to leave," I said, going to find her. We had agreed to always dance with each other at least once at every school dance so that we'd be with someone at least once if we turned out to be complete losers.

"Hey, Ino."

"Oh, hi, Naruto!" she said, looking happy.

"Wanna dance before I leave?"

"Alright. See you in a sec, Juugo."

When we were dancing, I said, "What's all this about?" what could Juugo, or anyone, really, see in you?"

"Oh, shut up! I think he likes me and I'm definitely over Sasuke, so why do I need to say no if he wants to be my boyfriend?"

"I don't know, that's a girl problem!" I said.

"I wasn't intending for you to answer, stupid."

"Then maybe you shouldn't say it in question form!" I shot back and we were arguing while we danced.

~X~ Hinata's POV

I made a decision on that day. I was going to give up on Naruto. He had made it clear that he was interested in Sakura and Tenten, not me. I needed to find someone who would be there to love me.

Who had been there for me? All of my friends, but anyone for possible love? Maybe I should just give romance a rest. It felt like I was on the rebound.

But then I saw him. Shikamaru, the boy who had had it in his heart to ask me and not make me come alone. And after he saw me with Naruto, he was upset that I had abandoned him and got a ride with someone else. (A/N: Keep in mind, this was from Hinata's point of view. Shikamaru really was just thinking that he'd rather not stuck alone with two couples.)

I felt really bad about ditching him, and wanted to say sorry, but I was afraid of what he would say to me. I really wasn't in the mood to cry.

~X~ Temari's POV

Being with Neji was great. I mean, what a perfect way to move on after the ordeal with Sasuke and Tenten! I completely believed in love after love and now I was sure th whole school knew that we were together.

Besides, I had been missing Tenten and now there would be nothing keeping us apart as friends. Ino and Sakura could deal with Sasuke issues on their own and Tenten could date him, though I was wondering why I had seen him hugging Karin.

Neji hadn't fought back at all, so I was sure that he liked me as well. We were definitely doing just great as a couple already.

Temari Hyuuga had a nice ring to it. Hey, we were graduating soon, I could dream of the future realistically! Or maybe it was a completely crazy fantasy, but I was fresh in love.

"Temari," Neji finally spoke up, "do you really want to be my girlfriend? Is that what you want?"

"Yes, Neji, I do. I really like you and it'd be nice to give dating each other a try," I replied, almost making myself sick with how sweet I was making myself sound.

"Alright, then I guess I'm your boyfriend," he said. I slammed my lips against his and we were kissing again.

Life with Neji was going to be good.

~X~ Shikamaru's POV

I didn't know why I kept thinking of Hinata. Maybe it was because she was a lot less annoying than Ino, but I was stuck in the back seat of said blonde's new boyfriend's car.

Okay, so she had said nothing about liking Juugo, but even I could tell that she did.

I didn't know why, but thinking of Ino liking Juugo and Hinata liking Naruto seriously ticked me off. I convinced myself that it was irritating that all girls cared about was love.

And it wasn't just the girls. Naruto, Kiba, and Neji too. All of them were either pining away for someone or with someone. Hell, even Sasuke was into Tenten and I had always thought he was asexual.

Ino giggled at something Juugo had said and I wanted to bang my head against the car door. I couldn't wait to get home and just go straight to sleep.

~X~ Naruto's POV

after Ino and I had ended our dance, she left with Juugo and Shikamaru. I sighed as I looked around. After all the fun with Tenten, she was gone. And Sakura...I had dreamed of the day when she would agree to go with me and now it had ended in disaster. Maybe we really weren't meant to be…

Of course, how good was I? Sakura dumps me, so I decide I want Tenten, then when Tenten leaves, I start considering Hinata of all people? I mean, I may as well have tried my chances with a chair!

I shook my head. There was no reason for me to be on a girl hunts after my crush for years had broken my heart. Maybe Ino might go guy shopping every time one proved not to be good enough for her and maybe Sakura would make out with someone behind my back, but I was going to let myself move on before I tried another relationship.

I saw Neji and Temari slip outside and wondered if they were ready to leave already. I looked around for Hinata and found her watching Sasuke and Karin slow dance. So really had been cheating on Tenten, the bastard!

"Hinata, come on, let's go!" I shouted and drug her outside, ignoring the squeal when I had jerked her along.

We couldn't find her cousin anywhere we looked. "Well, I thought I saw them go out here, but now I don't see them."

"T-then….did you want to go wait in the car?" Hinata asked.

"Sure, I guess so."

But when we opened the door, we found Neji and Temari…Hinata nearly fainted and I tried not to gag. I'm not even going to describe what I saw because I'm sure you already have a good idea. No, they weren't "getting it on". It wasn't that bad. If it had been, Hinata really would have fainted.

"Well," I said, "I guess that means I'm driving."

A/N: NaruHina has been crushed for you all! NejiTema is really taking off, and it's not even a final pairing, but hey, it's high school! Drama never ends.

Hikari: And you hate Sasuke for breaking Tenten's heart!

Me: …maybe…

Hikari: And you're going to hate him when they get together!

Me: I hate when you're right!