A/N: Thanks for the reviews my lovely readers! I'll answer some questions that were asked ;) Firstly, this is a drama so it won't be ending any time soon! I plan on continuing so don't worry about this fic ending yet. Second. Yes, there will be more of Orochimaru, don't forget, he escaped… I already spoiled it~ Lastly, I do read all the reviews. In fact, I feel like writing right after I see a new review and a bunch of ideas go into my head. So please continue to review because I'll probably update faster! And without further ado, chapter 11!

Chapter 11: Tension

Slowly and steadily, a rose drifts from a pair of hands onto the deep clear waters, fading more and more into the distant horizon…

Neji opens his eyes lazily from his dream feeling oddly hot. Fully opening his eyes, he realized his entire head was wrapped in Sasuke's arms.

Reacting without thinking, Neji pushed the pretty boy off his bed.

"…Good morning to you too Neji…" Sasuke moaned. Neji sat up and pondered for a while.

Sasuke put both arms on the bed, too lazy to stand up. "Did you have a bad dream or something?" Sasuke asked.

Neji shook his head. Dream? What was his dream about again? Neji couldn't remember anything.

"It's still early, you can sleep in. I'm going to shower. It'll be a quick shower since it's right here." Neji said, grabbing some clothes.

"Huh…wait, you have a shower in your room?!" Sasuke asked, finally standing up.

"Yeah, it's a small one though. I wanted you to relax yesterday and you can't relax in such a confined place." Neji sighed, opening the door to the shower.

Sasuke stared at the shower, then fell back into the bed. "Fine, fine…" Sasuke said, waving his hand.

When Neji went inside, Sasuke sat up, covering his face in embarrassment. "Damn, it feels good to be loved." He mumbled.

He then gave a sly grin and quietly tip toed to the showers, opening the door and looked for Neji's clothing.

He found it neatly folded and sitting on the table near the shower door and took it, quietly closing the door.

Sasuke laid Neji's clothes on his pillow and waited for Neji to finish.

Neji stood in the shower, wondering about his dream he had that night. It felt important, but it was fuzzy…

A couple of minutes later Sasuke heard the door slam ferociously. Neji stormed out with only a towel on this waist.

"Damn you…give me my clothes back." Neji growled. Sasuke looked at the wet teen. His long hair was dripping wet and his skin brightly shone in the morning light.

"Come here and I'll give it back." Sasuke said, smiling innocently.

Neji stormed over to Sasuke and held out his hand. Sasuke looked at his lover's body, putting his hand on Neji's abdomen.

"…Hey…" Neji angry said. "Okay, okay, I just wanted to see. You got to see my body last night anyway." Sasuke said while handing back Neji's clothing.

"You asked me to be with you last night, not my problem." He said, snatching the clothing out of Sasuke's hands and storming back to the bathroom.

After Neji dressed himself, the two left the house to eat breakfast. Once again Neji did not eat with his family.

It was strange. Sasuke would do anything to eat with his family once more, but Neji has his family with him, but never interacts with them. It was almost like they were opposites.

"You're spilling…" Neji said. Sasuke snapped back to reality and realized he tipped his drink too far and it spilled all over the table.

"Ah, damn!" Sasuke said, jumping out of his seat. Almost immediately, the female staff ran to the two and helped clean, offering them some freshly baked bread while they were at it.

Neji felt uncomfortable and quickly finished his food, leaving as soon as Sasuke finished. "Those girls don't usually flock around like that…" Neji said annoyingly.

Sasuke was surprised. Even the people in the streets stared as Neji passed by. Neji saw Sasuke's confused expression and sighed.

"I kind of cursed them out when they first flocked around. After that they only watched from afar." Neji said while looking to the side in embarrassment.

Sasuke bursted out laughing, scaring Neji. "W-what?!" Neji asked.

"You're too funny…You don't have to go as far as cursing them out!" Sasuke chuckled, wiping a tear away.

"Whatever, thanks to that I come here more often because the girls aren't annoying me…" Neji said, stopping his tracks.

"By the way, where are we walking to?" Neji asked Sasuke, who had no idea as well.

"Want to come over to my house?" Sasuke asked. Neji remembered the last time he visited Sasuke.

Neji nodded in agreement. He never entered the house after all.

The two arrived at Sasuke's apartment. Neji remembered when he first came here and stayed at the doorstep, trying to get the courage to ring Sasuke's doorbell.

Sasuke took out his keys and opened the door. There was a burst of Sasuke's scent as Neji walked into the house.

"It's not as big and fancy like yours, but enjoy? I'll make some tea." Sasuke said, hurrying to the kitchen.

"Don't bother, we just finished breakfast." Neji said, looking around.

Sasuke had a large window where the scenery was large and beautiful.

"Oh yeah, this is the area where the sun rises! It brightens the room in the morning…" Sasuke said, drifting to his thoughts once more.

I wish I can show mom and dad this… Sasuke thought. Neji looked at Sasuke's expression and changed the subject.

"What's that?" Neji asked, pointing to a small corner.

"Oh, come here." Sasuke said, pulling Neji towards the corner. Looking past the wall, Neji saw a small altar where two photos reside.

Sasuke sat on the floor cushion and took two sticks of incense out, lighting them with a match. He closed his eyes and put his hands together.

"Mom, Dad, meet Neji. He is my lover and he is the only one who can make me happy every day." Sasuke said

"…Every day is a bit too much isn't it?" Neji joked.

Sasuke chuckled and Neji closed his eyes and put his hands together as well.

"Thank you for raising such a wonderful son. If it weren't for him, I'd probably…" Neji stopped and peeked at Sasuke, who was grinning happily.

"…probably would have been able to wear my clothing after my shower this morning…" Neji finished, joking once more.

Sasuke pushed Neji and laughed. "Mom, Dad, I'm doing okay now. So don't worry about me." Sasuke finished and stood up.

"L-let's go to my room. I'll give you a tour." Sasuke said, not wanting the atmosphere to turn bad.

Neji was led to Sasuke's room. It wasn't as big as Neji's but it was sufficient. There was a bed, desk and a closet. All the necessities were there.

Neji noticed a large poster of his favorite band on Sasuke's wall and stared in awe. Chuckling at how cute Neji was, Sasuke opened his closet and pulled out a box.

"Look, I have figurines of them!" Sasuke said, showing Neji some bobble heads and figurines of their favorite band.

Neji laughed at the bobble head, making Sasuke smile, watching Neji's face lighten up.

"How did you get these?" Neji asked. Sasuke stopped smiling.

"…my…brother pulled some strings…" He said. Neji stopped smiling as well. Tension rose and Neji lowered his eyelids.

Something was strange. Something wasn't right with Sasuke's brother. Neji didn't have enough information to make a statement, but he knew something was wrong.

Neji looked over to the living room and changed the subject. "Wii huh? Let's play." Neji said.

Sasuke stopped thinking about his brother and nodded.

After defeating Sasuke in many games, Neji sighed and stopped his moves. "I think I will go back for today. Thanks for letting me come over." He said, returning the remote to Sasuke.

"Are you sure? I can make dinner." Sasuke said, feeling disappointed. Neji looked over his shoulder and smiled.

"I'll do that another day. You'll need to buy some groceries right? Thanks anyway." He said. Sasuke walked Neji to the door and watched him put his shoes on in dissatisfaction.

"I'll text you so don't make that face." Neji said, chuckling at Sasuke's unhappy look.

As Neji turned around, Sasuke leapt down and hugged Neji from the back, wrapping his arms around Neji's neck.

"Sasuke?" Neji asked, startled by this move. Sasuke whispered something into Neji's ear, making his face turn red like a rose.

"Y-Yeah, I love you too." Neji shyly said and ran out the door.

Sasuke watched the door automatically lock, turning to his empty apartment. It was the first time since his parent's death and Itachi's disappearance he had felt so lonely.

The school week passed in a flash. It was Thursday and most of the students were busy preparing; even the teachers were lazy with teaching.

The girls got the chance to make Neji, Sasuke, and Shikamaru strip their top parts of their bodies to measure for the clothing.

Sasuke jealously watched as the girls measured Neji's body. Neji was slightly uncomfortable with their nervousness and blushing faces.

The more daring girls began to measure Sasuke. It was none other than Sakura and Ino, who already designed their clothing, to measure Sasuke.

Temari wouldn't let any girl touch Shikamaru, much to his annoyance. She told off the girls who tried to measure and angrily snatched the measurement tape. Temari quickly measured him and gave the measurements to a disappointed fan.

"Why do you have to be such a nag at these things? They are just measuring…" Shikamaru complained.

"What?! At least I care! You don't even look like you'd have the slightest feeling if a guy were to touch me!" Temari retorted.

Shikamaru clicked his teeth. "It's not like these girls are doing this so they can touch. You need to calm down."

Temari squeezed her measurement tape in her fist and threw it at a girl, storming out of the classroom.

"Geez, what's wrong with women I swear…" Shikamaru mumbled, apologizing to the victim.

Neji and Sasuke looked at each other. Being in between a couple fighting was one of the most awkward feelings.

After the measuring, Shikamaru left the room, not caring about what design the girls made for them.

Sasuke tried to peek at the design, but the girls hid them in their bags. "I can't show you yet! Wait till we finish!" they say, closing their bags tightly.

Neji chuckled and began to leave the room. "Sasuke, let's go. Let them do their work." He said. The girls gazed at Neji, having their heart strings pulled by his kindness.

Sasuke followed Neji out, happily putting his arm around Neji's neck. "Haha, stop it-"

"SHUT UP ALREADY!"

Startled, Neji and Sasuke stopped their tracks. They looked at each other and quietly looked over the corner where the voices were coming from.

Neji kneeled down and Sasuke bent down above Neji to see who it was. It was Temari and Shikamaru continuing their argument from before.

"Enough about how women are bad! If you think girls are so troublesome, why did you agree to date me?!" Temari yelled.

Shikamaru rubbed his ears in annoyance. "To kill time?"

Temari's eyes began to tear up and she wiped them away quickly, keeping a strong face. "I don't care anymore. Do what you want!" She yelled, storming off.

"I don't need you to tell me that, I'm already doing that." Shikamaru said, sighing.

Neji looked up to Sasuke who looked down. This was another awkward situation to be in. Sasuke tapped Neji's shoulder and signaled to leave.

The two ran from the scene and sighed in relief. "Wow, I didn't know their relationship was that bad…" Neji said. Sasuke nodded.

"Just leave them, they'll figure it out what to do." Sasuke said.

Sasuke wanted to eat his words up the next day. It was a day before the festival and Temari was, once again, flirting with Neji.

"S-stop Temari… I told you I am not interested…" Neji sighed, knowing the exact reason why she was doing this.

"Why not? It's not like you're dating anyone." Temari said, placing her hand on Neji's thigh.

Sasuke broke his pen in anger and turned to teach Temari a thing or two. Neji shook his head and stopped Sasuke.

He wanted to shout out that Neji was dating someone, but it'll bring trouble. Sasuke barely held back his anger.

"Oi, Shikamaru, your girlfriend is slobbering all over my-" Sasuke began, nearly revealing his relationship.

"…my good friend…" He finished.

Shikamaru yawned while reading a book. "Not my girlfriend, not my problem." Shikamaru said out loud, letting Temari hear it.

"Neji! Come here!" Temari shouted, pulling Neji to the corner of the classroom and putting her face on his chest.

Sasuke was furious, looking back at Shikamaru because he couldn't do anything.

There, Sasuke saw something that made him smile. Shikamaru's twitching eyebrow.

"…Shikamaru…you're actually really pissed off aren't you?" Sasuke whispered.

"Don't be an idiot." Shikamaru said, standing up and leaving the classroom.

After Shikamaru left, Temari let Neji go and sighed, leaving the classroom herself.

"Why did you not push her away like you do to me?!" Sasuke asked.

"Because my fellow male classmate, Temari is a female. We do not attack females. Trust me; I tried my best to push her away. I don't like her touching me anymore than you do.

Sasuke looked down. Neji was right after all.

Neji looked at Sasuke's face, then looked up, then sighed.

"Let's go." He said to Sasuke, who merely followed behind. Neji walked with Sasuke the street where they first went to a café together.

"What are we doing here?" Sasuke asked Neji. Saying nothing, Neji simply made a right turn to a dark corner with Sasuke following.

Right after Sasuke turned, he found Neji's lips on his.

"…Don't be so angry, alright?" Neji said, blushing slightly.

Sasuke's eyes were still widen with surprise, but nodded.

"Good, let's go home." Neji said, leaving the corner and walking to the empty neighborhood.

Neji looked around and because the streets were empty, he held onto Sasuke's hand.

Startled, Sasuke stopped walking and stared at the hands.

"W-what?" Neji asked. Too content with this action, Sasuke said nothing and grinned, gripping Neji's hand tightly.

After a while, Neji and Sasuke walked past Neji's street, confusing Sasuke. "Isn't your house this way? We should part now right?" he asked.

Neji shook his head. "I'll take you home." He simply said and continued to walk. Overjoyed, Sasuke walked hand-in-hand with Neji all the way home.

After dropping Sasuke at this apartment, Neji made his way down the stairs and suddenly stopped his tracks, feeling as if someone was watching from afar.

Neji pulled out his phone and texted Sasuke. "Lock your doors and windows and don't answer them…I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." It said.

Sasuke immediately replied. "Alright, but what's wrong?"

"Just a reminder… good night." Neji said, concluding the texts. He looked around in suspicion, but found nothing and left the area.

The next morning was the morning of the festival. Neji, as promised, went to Sasuke's house and rang the doorbell.

There were footsteps running down and the door unlocking frantically. The door flung opened and Neji saw Sasuke still wearing sleeping clothing.

He was panting and his hair was a mess. Neji chuckled. "Good morning."

"S-sorry, I overslept!" Sasuke said, letting Neji in and running back up the stairs to get his uniform.

"Don't rush; I'm in no hurry to be dressed in a uniform!" Neji called out. The house was so quiet and empty as Neji walked in.

Sasuke fumbled with his uniform and walked down the stairs, disheveled and half asleep.

"Alright, let's go." Sasuke said. Neji calmly walked towards Sasuke and put his hand on Sasuke's head.

"Don't rush I said. Your hair is still a mess." He said, flattening the bed head.

Sasuke blushed and looked away. "Thanks."

"What about breakfast?" Neji asked. "Ah, I should buy mine. Did you eat?" Sasuke replied.

"Not yet, I was planning to buy some too." Neji said.

Perfect, Sasuke got to have a nice date before school. He happily agreed and energetically walked out.

Neji on the other hand, always felt uneasy when coming to Sasuke's house. Shaking it off, Neji followed Sasuke to the convenience store.

The two went to school and already saw students setting things up early. They went to the classroom and as expected, the girls were waiting for them.

However, to their surprise, Sakura and Ino were wearing unbelievably skin bearing uniforms.

They made a sexy pose and twirled to show the boys. "Do you like it?" Sakura asked.

"I thought you'd be against this…" Neji said, looking at the inappropriate uniforms.

The female uniform was a short maid dress that reached three inches below where the thighs began. The stockings were long and had holes where the dress ended. Lastly, their breasts were half out, luckily covered by the uniform.

"Well, we had a deal with the boys." Sakura said.

"And here's one more! She wasn't in our class but a lot of boys recommended her!" Ino said, opening the door.

It was revealed that Hinata was wearing the same uniform, shyly trying to cover her overly large breasts.

Neji put his hand over Sasuke's eyes in disgust. "Why would you agree to this?"

"Because if we wore this, you'd have to wear THIS!" Sakura said, pulling out the male uniform.

The male uniform was literally topless, only having a small vest that wouldn't even close. The pants were leathery and tight, having holes here and there. The design and color was the same as the female.

Neji dropped his bag in shock. "Is this allowed?!" He asked.

"The principal approved! As long as it raises money she said!" Ino said, holding up a paper.

"Only rule is you cannot touch the host." Sakura explained.

Neji sighed. The only reason why the principal wants money is so that she can take on other schools and bet on a sports team, usually losing if she bets.

Just then, a bunch of the class boys crowded the front door.

"Please guys! Wear it! Those girls said they'll wear this type of clothing if you wore that! Just think of it as going to the beach!" a classmate said, allowing others to cheer.

The two pretty boys looked at each other and sighed. "Fine." They both said, grabbing the clothing.

"Alright!" The class cheered.

Neji and Sasuke looked at the clothing, then at each other. They made their way to the changing room and changed into their uniforms.

"This is embarrassing…" Sasuke said.

"Those girls probably gave the boys that idea so they can see us half naked…those boys aren't that smart." Neji said.

Sasuke looked up to Neji and saw his perfect abs, blushing in the process.

"Those girls were probably alright with dressing like that so they can show you their figure too…" Neji sighed.

Sasuke grinned and placed his arm above Neji's head, leaning in on the wall.

"Is that a hint of jealousy I detect?" Sasuke asked. Neji looked away. "Idiot."

"Anyway, let's get going. It's almost time." Sasuke said.

Neji nodded and opened the door. To their surprise, many girls were waiting outside with cameras and video recorders.

They flashed their cameras as if the two young men were stars. The designers of the uniforms had to push back the students and allow the two to pass through.

It took a while before they were able to reach the classroom. The line to the host's room was enormous and business was going smoothly.

Sasuke peeked over to Neji, who was being a gentleman to his customers. Pissed off, he turned to one of the waiters.

"Oi, Naruto, quit staring at Hinata and come here!" Sasuke harshly whispered.

The blond was a little irked, but, hurried over to see what Sasuke needed.

"Where is Shikamaru? Wasn't he one of the hosts?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, but he called and said he couldn't make it, which was why Hinata filled in for that lazy bastard…" Naruto said, looking over at Hinata's side.

Before Sasuke could wonder, more customers had filled his table. He had no choice but to wait for later to think about it.

Neji was feeling uneasy the entire time he was hosting. It was the same feeling as when he dropped off and picked Sasuke up from his apartment. It was difficult to think about it since he also had many customers.

"Sasuke, it's your break time!" a female student said from afar, causing a loud disappointment call from the customers.

Finally… Sasuke thought, looking over to Neji, who was still doing his best not to be annoyed.

Sasuke was jealous but he couldn't do anything about it. Not wanting to see anymore, he walked into the quiet dressing room and rummaged through his bag for his water bottle.

As he drank his water, two cold arms wrapped around his body, hands placed on his chest.

"I said I'd come back…"

A/N: Mmm…Lovely cliffhanger isn't it? By the way, I mentioned in my profile that I doodle at times. If you want to, you can check out my DeviantArt because I doodled some SasuNeji scenes there straight from the chapters! There is even a spoiler picture~ If you want to comment, do not mention my fanfiction on it because I don't want to mix my art with my writings. I wanted to put the art elsewhere separately but I had no time to make a new account. Thanks for understanding! Here is my username since they won't let me put links here.

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