A.N.: Woo! Three days to go and school will...start...

5 min later.

OH MY GOD!!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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Sakura busied herself with taking care of Hizashi and Hikari while still remaining obstinate on avoiding Neji as much as she could. Despite the fact that she owed him after he broke her fall earlier on, she still felt mad for some reason.

"Ne... Sakura-chan."

The pink haired kunoichi turned her head to see Uzumaki Naruto pouting behind her with his hands behind his head. Since the kids were now slowly returning to the grounds, the room became quiet each passing minute. The parents, both winners and losers were already gathered by the meeting place.

"What is it Naruto?" She replied while placing the bento boxes on the large handkerchief. "Is something the matter?"

"Why is it that you're still mad at Neji?"

Hearing this, she came to an abrupt stop and looked at him. "What about it?"

"I mean....he's already here... in my own opinion... I think there's no—"

"Na-Na-Naruto-kun!!!!" Hinata's voice suddenly interjected making the Kyuubi container to stop in his sentence midway. "Let's go! Iruka-sensei's going to— ah, Sakura-chan! Excuse us!" Without even another word, the Hyuuga, who suddenly came in, quickly dragged Naruto out of the room as though she was in a great hurry.

Sakura stared at them and tilted her head.

'What?'

By the staircase...

"H-Hey! Hinata-chan!" Naruto knew that he could struggle out of her grasp easily, but he let himself be dragged nevertheless. "What gives? I was still talking to her...!"

Hinata stopped in the middle of the staircase and looked at him, before slightly bowing in apology, much to Naruto's own shock. For his girlfriend to bow at him like that...it was kind of weird.

"Hey! Don't bow at me—what?"

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun...but it was..."Looking away, Hinata let out a small cough and a slight blush. "It was his request."

It took a while before the information was digested into his mind.

Soon, a smile was forming on his face.

"Ooohhh..."

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"That was weird."Sakura murmured and finished tying the cloth. "I wonder what was wrong with—"

She stopped in her sentence when suddenly she felt a presence behind her. Knowing who it was, the kunoichi grabbed the cloth and was about to leave quickly when a hand grabbed her arm.

"Could you please stop ignoring me?"

Sakura's eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.

"We can talk back at the house." She grumbled, looking at him on the sides of her eyes. "This is not the time."

"You know how I hate being ignored." Neji snapped back, his grip growing tighter. "I thought you promised me not to avoid me and we would talk whenever something's wrong."

"I don't feel like talking to you." Sakura tried to wring his hand off of her arm, but to no avail. She didn't want to resort to her super strength, for she may harm him if that would happen. Neji however, was not pleased nor was he scared of her. She was his wife after all, and he knew how she acted.

"You're acting like a child!"

Sakura bit her lip. "I said I don't want to talk to you right now."

The couple immersed in silence for a few minutes, until Neji admitted defeat by sighing and letting go of her arm. Without another word, the Hyuuga angrily stomped off the room and slammed the door shut, making Sakura cringe with a painful look on her face.

'I don't want to talk to you when I feel so upset. I might say something...'

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Lee and the others waited on the grounds while Iruka started to announce the winners. They already went up the stage and took the tickets when Neji arrived with a grim look on his face. The twins, Hikari and Hizashi were quite confused and worried about their father's expression.

"I could say it didn't go well."Tenten mumbled to Hinata, who nodded with a wry smile.

"I wonder why Sakura-chan is so stubborn today." Lee whispered, as Iruka mentioned Sai and Sakura's team.

Sai, who was looking around for Sakura, nonchalantly took the twins and went up on stage. Sakura, who was running down the stairs, was able to catch up while panting.

"Where were you mom?" Hizashi asked, and grabbed Sakura's right hand. "Did something happen with Dad?"

"No dear." Sakura replied and faked a grin while taking the tickets from Iruka. Mumbling a 'thank you', they started to go down the stairs soon after. Neji was now standing at the back of the group with his arms crossed. Lee, who knew Neji well, warned Naruto not to annoy him. Tenten had to agree.

"Annoy him?!" Naruto replied in a hiss. "In that state?! I'm not THAT stupid."

Tenten rolled her eyes. "Right. We were just warning you."

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Later that night...

The meeting after the event was quite long, so it was already night time before they were able to go home. Neji and Sakura remained in silence while the twins walked in between their parents staring at them worriedly. Hikari was holding on to Neji's left hand with Hizashi holding on to Sakura's right.

"Mom? Dad?" Hizashi asked, as they turned to a corner where the entrance of the Hyuuga mansion was.

"What?" Sakura replied but did not look at them. Neji remained quiet still.

"Did you...argue?" Hikari questioned this time and still, Neji was silent. Sakura was quite disturbed of why Neji wouldn't even reply to his children, even though the fight was between the two of them.

"No honey." Sakura tried to console the twins with a smile. A fake one of course. "We're just tired, that's all."

Neji rolled his eyes.

As they entered the premises, Hyuuga Hiashi stood by the entrance while wearing a nonchalant expression on his face. The twins happily greeted him while the couple greeted him normally. The clan leader, however, knew something was wrong.

"Your grandmother has prepared something special." Hiashi spoke and tried to lure away the children from the two. "You go to the dining room before the food gets cold."

"HAI!" Hikari and Hizashi chorused (Hikari having the livelier reply) as the two rushed to the dining room. The elder Hyuuga followed, but he was walking.

"You two should finish it tonight." He said and disappeared in a corner, leaving Sakura and Neji by the corridor.

Neji 'hmphed' and began taking off his shoes before quickly walking off as Sakura looked away and slowly took off her shoes as well.

Dining room.

"Are they alright?" Hiashi's wife asked while placing rice onto the bowls for the twins. Hizashi looked at his grandmother as Hiashi closed the doors.

"They should be."

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When they went inside their bedroom to change, they were extremely quiet. Neji was taking off his ponytail and putting on his robe, while Sakura already had her robes on while combing her hair.

Neji opened the door and was about to exit the room when Sakura's voice stopped him.

"I'm sorry."

Sakura turned her head and looked at him, but she was stricken when Neji did not reply and left the room completely. Her eyes widened in shock.

'Is he that mad?'

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Neji went down and joined the twins, but his mother, Hinata, Hinata's mother and Hiashi were staring at him when they noticed that he was alone.

"Where's Sakura?"

The young Hyuuga quietly took his own chopsticks and broke them apart, before he started taking food onto his bowl.

"In our room."

"Isn't she going to have dinner?"

He shrugged. "I don't know."

Everyone's attention shifted to Hizashi who put his chopsticks onto the bowl neatly and stood up.

"I'm done." He murmured with his head down low. "Thank you for the food."

When he left the room, everyone looked at Neji again. Hikari followed suit and left the room as well, leaving the adults in their place.

"Neji, what the hell is wrong with you and Sakura?" His mother inquired, astounded. "Your children are getting affected!"

"She was being childish." Neji remarked. "I was about to apologize when she said she did not want to talk."

Hinata let out a sigh. 'Girls usually don't want to talk when they are upset, Neji-kun. Especially immediately after an argument. They want things to slow down a little.'

"You both are being childish." Hiashi snapped back.

"Do you know why she didn't want to talk?" Hinata's mother asked this time.

"She said she didn't feel like it."

His mother sighed.

'Oh dear.'

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As expected, Sakura did not really have any dinner. She proceeded to the gardens to try and relax herself, while the twins looked out of Hizashi's window with scowls on their faces.

"Is it my fault Onii-sama?" Hikari asked with her chin resting onto the window sill. "For Otousama and Okasama to fight?"

"No." Hizashi patted his sister's head to console her. "No it's not Hikari."

The older Hyuuga looked at his mother while she stood on the bridge above the manmade lake.

"I think this is about their own issues."

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Sakura leaned onto the wooden railings with a sigh while watching her own reflection on the glassy surface of the lake water. She wasn't trying to be childish, it's just that, for some reason she didn't want to talk to him. She was still upset, even though she owed him.

"Dear, aren't you going to eat?"

She turned her head to the side and saw Neji's mother, smiling warmly at her while walking up the bridge.

"I'm kind of in a diet now Okaasan." Sakura murmured jokingly with a smile.

"Ah, I see..." The woman stood beside her and nonchalantly placed one hand onto the railings. There was a moment of silence before she sighed and looked at her.

"Sakura."

"Okaasan..." Sakura interjected before she could speak more. "If you are here for our fight... please, I don't want to talk about it."

Her mother-in-law smiled knowingly at her, before placing a hand onto her shoulder.

"Sakura, honey, men can't read minds." She spoke warmly with a sigh. "Even though if we don't feel like talking and want to avoid things, Neji's different in approaching an argument. He does it head on."

Sakura remained quiet, but nevertheless listened intently.

"He's going on a fit not because he wants things his way, but because he does not know what's wrong. He may be a genius...but like I said he cannot read minds."

And with that, she gave her daughter-in-law a kiss on the head and left. Sakura smiled at her descending figure before placing her chin above her arms that were resting on the bridge railings.

'I swear... she's too kind on me.'

However, she couldn't help but think about the words that were shared upon her. She was right, even though she didn't like to address the problem, Neji always did it first. He didn't like being ignored, that's why he said he couldn't understand girls in the first place. When there is a problem, he always wanted to address it immediately, not set it aside until he feels like entertaining it. She was the complete opposite, which is one of the sources of their arguments often.

'Darn.'

At one of the windows a few rooms away from Hizashi's, a person looks at Sakura with a wry smile.

'Thanks mom.'

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At night....

Sakura lie beside Neji like the usual. But the thing that was most unusual was they were sleeping with their backs facing each other.

"Neji-kun?" Sakura called out, her voice kind of hoarse while staring out of the moon by their nearby window, which was open.

"Hmm?"

'Oh good. He can respond...'

"Are you still awake?" She urged on in her little voice. Neji however, did not move.

"Would I respond if I wasn't?"

Inner Sakura smirked. 'Ba-ka.'

Sakura let out a small pout. "Well...sorry."

She could hear some shuffling and felt some movements, but she did not move one bit.

"I'm sorry for being childish earlier on..." She continued. "Even though I promised I won't... I wasn't really..."

Sakura was still midway in her sentence, until her left shoulder was suddenly grabbed and pulled down making her yelp. By the time she cracked her eyes open, Neji's face was a few centimetres hovering from her with one arm across her body. If it wasn't the fact that she was his wife, she would have freaked out under that stare.

"What a pervert." She chuckled with one eyebrow up. "I never knew that until we got married."

"No."His voice was deep and hoarse, Sakura liked it that in a very twisted way. "It was before we got married remember?"

(Refer to first story for that)

Sakura fell silent for a few moments before she grinned. "Ah. That."

Neji smirked and lowered his head, where they shared a deep kiss in the silent night. Within that kiss, Sakura's giggle was heard and so did Neji's low chuckle. It lasted for quite some time and when Neji raised his head, Sakura was slightly panting with a smile.

"Does this mean I'm forgiven?"She inquired. This time, it was her own voice that was hoarse.

Neji smirked. "Not yet."

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A.N.: *shivers*

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