CHAPTER 12

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Hinata was frustrated. Sasuke hasn't talked to her for several days now. He was gone somewhere during the days, and the night's were usually uncomfortable. She tried speaking to him, she told him she was sorry, but he just looked at her with an extremely hurt and guilty look, then looked away. The next day he didn't come home at night.

She was trying to sleep. It was late. But the thought's kept her awake. Thoughts about… about everything. About how things used to be. About how they were now. About how she wanted them to be. She got stuck on the how she wanted them to be- she just didn't know. She tried to clear her minds from thoughts and go to sleep, but she couldn't.

She heard Sasuke's footsteps, heard him undress, and then felt his presence on the bed. She had to say something. Things were too horrible now, she had to set things clear…

Instead, she rolled over and kissed him.

Sasuke pulled away and stood up. He sat on the edge of the bed.

"Sasuke… please, forgive me. I'm sorry…"

Quiet. Sasuke got up and got dressed. He was about to leave.

Hinata jumped up and with her ninja speed blocked his way out.

They both stared at each other for a long time. Hinata's byakugan was activated and Sasuke's sharingan was activated.

Then, Sasuke deactivated his sharingan and they were both quiet for a while.

"Hinata… I'm not forcing you to love me…" Sasuke whispered. "I know that you didn't want to marry me but… I need you, and I want you, and you're all that I think about and… and… I love you. I promised myself I won't. I thought I forgot how. But- but I love you. And I know, that it must be hard on you… that you always loved Naruto… that I forced you to marry me… but I was hoping… that you won't mind, I guess. That you'd love me back. I was being foolish… so foolish…"

Hinata went to sit next to Sasuke on the bed. They were both silent- very silent. Both of them became accustomed to it by now though. The silence was what they liked most about each other.

"Sasuke, I love Naruto, because I always have. He was my dreams and my hopes and my courage- everything. Demo… I love you too. I love you more than I love Naruto. And I care about you more… And I always will. I promise. And I'll be the best wife ever to you… and I'll do whatever you want me to do." Hinata replied quietly. (And if this was parfait tic, Sasuke would ruin this perfect monolog by saying that all she can do is compare… but since I didn't like that chapter anyway, and since fuu-chan is annoying, and since this isn't parfait tic…)

"I- I know you do… and I guess that's all I ever wanted in the first place. But…"

silence.

Sasuke kissed Hinata back. This time, neither pulled back.

"NEJI!" TenTen was screaming. "NEJINEJINEJINEJINEJI!" she was still screaming as she jumped on him (XD). Neji was trying to read her expression, but her expression just said "NEJIIII!" so he figured she was happy to see him. He hugged her. When they finally let go of each other, they went to have dinner together – because they truly did have a lot to catch up on.

"…And then I decided that I don't care if I get split up with my mom, as long as I can be with you! And then I got lost in the desert trying to find you, but Gaara…"

TenTen went white.

Neji looked at her. "Gaara?"

"Y-yes… Gaara-kun was helping me find Konoha."

"Was he."

"Yup."

"Oh."

Neji couldn't think right. He could read expressions, and he could read this one. He knew exactly what was going on in TenTen's mind.

He wasn't going to let Gaara have her.

"TenTen, will you marry me?" He said in a monotone

TenTen looked at him like he fell from mars. She knew it was coming, but she didn't expect it to come NOW, and she knew that Neji could be more romantic than this.

And… well, also… it was all that she had wanted just several days ago… but now, she wasn't so sure.

"What? …marry you?" She said, stalling for time.

"You said it yourself." He reminded her "You said that you wanted to be with me and never split up." He looked at her in the eye "right?"

"But… Oh come on Neji, you know you can be more romantic than this!" she told him her thoughts. Neji smirked, and then got down on one knee and said in a melodramatical voice "Oh TenTen my love, will you please marry me so we can be together for the rest of our lives?"

TenTen couldn't help but laugh. She did love Neji.

"Alright, Neji-kun" she teased him "I'll marry you." She said as she jumped on him. "I missed you so much".

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Gomenasai for the short chapter but seriously, how much fluff can one person put in oh so little space without choking? Blah. Blahblhablah. Either way, I reread my entire story and ugh, it's just so idiotic. /

I'm going to post this chapter and probably one more chapter and I'll try to finish it within that amount. But if you don't want to eat fluff, STOP NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PIECE! Or however it's said.

All the love :)