The two blondes sat in silence, neither of them making an attempt to speak. After a few minutes, Naruto lifted his head to glance at Boruto. "Do you have something to say?" Surprised, Boruto hesitantly opened his mouth. "Um, is this not a good time?"

Boruto's words brought up memories of what Naruto had done, causing him to flush red. "Just a bit embarrassed." Frowning, Boruto shifted his gaze to the ground. Simultaneously the two boys spoke up, talking over each other.

"I kissed Sasuke."

"Sasuke's in love with you."

Shocked, Naruto jumped to his feet. "You- what? How do you-?" "A-ah. Sasuke told me." Flabbergasted, Naruto could only stare at the younger blonde, mouth gaping. "He what? Why would he-?" Boruto hastily crawled to his feet, not wanting to be the only one left standing.

"I'm uh, not actually sure he was in the right mindset when he told me. He seemed sort of lost, wanting someone to blame and someone to lean on at the same time. It kinda reminds-" The young teen cut himself off before he could say any more. It kinda reminds me of me when I was younger.

"Ah, um, point is, he was sorta lost and made a bunch of mistakes, and it ended up slipping out." Naruto nodded dumbly, unable to comprehend anything besides the fact that Sasuke- Sasuke- was in love with him, or so this person claims. Come to think of it, it had already been a week since Boruto appeared out of nowhere.

"Say Boruto, do you remember anything about-" CRASH!

Neji looked up at the building in front of him, butterflies churning in his stomach. What in the world compelled me to come here? With a sigh, he thought might as well get over it, and quickly inserted the key Gaara gave him into the lock, quietly stepping inside.

"Kazekage-sama? Are you there?" No answer. Mentally chastising himself for not seeking out Gaara's chakra signature, the brunette pondered what to do while he was here.

"Have you come to return my keys?" Neji jumped, spinning around and automatically directing the path of his kunai to the offender's neck. The kunai missed. Or rather, it was caught. Before Neji could attack further, he came face to face with familiar red hair.

"Kazekage-sama. I apologize, I did not notice you there." Somewhat amused, the redhead nodded, and then out of curiosity, tilted his head to the side. "You were unaware that I was here? Aren't you a shinobi? And a Hyuuga at that. Aren't they an extremely reformed clan?"

Gritting his teeth, the brunette took a step back. "I apologize for my rudeness, but that's none of your business sir. I've just had a couple of things weighing on my mind recently." Startled with the sudden abruptness, Gaara blinked, confused. "Did something I said offend you?"

Exasperated, Neji raised a hand to his forehead, pressing his cool palm down on it. "No, no, I apologize. I haven't been myself lately. Like I said, I'm just going through some stuff right now."

"Must you be so formal? After all, you've been drunk in front of me two times now. I'd like to think we are something resembling friends, are we not?" Keeping his head down, Neji shot a glare at the redhead. The bastard was teasing him. However, before he could open his mouth to retort, Gaara beat him to it.

"Would you like a cup of tea? Or perhaps some food? I can make something." As if right on cue, Neji's stomach let out a low growl. Blushing, he ducked his head and sheepishly nodded.

Gaara motioned for Neji to take a seat, a slightly smug grin on his face. "Alright then, what would you like? Tomato and egg soup? I know an extraordinary recipe that my sister taught me." Still embarrassed over his earlier slip up, Neji merely nodded again, and the two of them sat in silence.

After a couple of minutes, Neji's mind began to wander. Lifting his head up, he nonchalantly gazed around at his surroundings. Nothing was to be heard besides the calm sizzle of the tomatoes in the pan, and it was really rather comforting, to say the least.

It wasn't long before the natural warmth of the place started to lull Neji to a dreamless sleep. As Gaara glanced backwards to inform him the food was almost finished, he was brought face to face with a dozing brunette, of which had his head tilted back onto the seat in what looked to be an uncomfortable position.

Something about the domestic sight warmed Gaara's insides. With a light smile, the redhead expertly dumped the thoroughly cooked food into a small serving dish, gently placing it on the table.

Just as he was pondering what to do about the sleeping boy on his chair, said boy stirred, brought awake with the smell of delicious food. Spotting him, Gaara gave a light grin, sliding a bowl into Neji's hand.

Groggy with sleep, Neji curiously ran his fingers over the bowl, before grabbing the spoon laying next to it. Eyeing the sweet smelling dish in front of him, the brunette reluctantly tore away his eyes to give Gaara a questioning glance.

When he was met with a small curve of the lips, he hastily dug into the food, spooning heaps and heaps of it into his bowl. Neji quickly shoved a spoonful of piping hot tomatoes into his mouth and swallowed, the fruit leaving a light tangy taste unto his tongue.

As he savored the meal sent from heaven, Neji's first thoughts jumped to Sasuke. I bet the bastard would love this. After all, he was always obsessed with tomatoes. As always these days when he thought of Sasuke, he was bitterly reminded of the boy's confession to loving Naruto a couple of days back.

Suddenly the food he was eating didn't taste so heavenly anymore. Cautiously, the brunette swallowed the mouthful of food he currently had, then wearily gazed at the bowl in front of him, still stock full of soup.

Noticing his sudden hesitance, Gaara curiously brought his own spoon to his mouth. Upon not tasting anything out of the ordinary, he gave Neji a questioning look out of the corner of his eye. Swallowing his food, he decided to speak up, facing Neji, who was still glaring at the food for reminding him of the boy he loved.

"Is there something wrong?" Surprised, the brunette's eyes shot up. A light blush coated his face, and he gave Gaara a small shake of his head, forcing himself to dive back into the soup.

Ayy, I'm back and better than ever! Haha, betya thought I was gone for good. Well too bad, you can't drive me off that easily. Lol jk. Having a break was extremely refreshing? I got to get so many different points of views on what I should do to improve the story, as well as how the plot should go. (Can I just say it's unsettling when people you know turn out to have read your story?)

However, I couldn't stay away for long! I harbored so many ideas buzzing around in my head, and I just had to get them down on paper. Anyways, I am proud to say that OKOMI IS BACKK! And will be regularly updating once a week once again.

Ah, its so good to be back! Ill see you guys next week! Or maybe this week. Who knows, I still got tons of stuff in my head I'm dying to write.