Neji groaned as the throbbing in his jaw woke him up. The sun was setting and he wasn't on the cold floor anymore. 'Where am I? This isn't my house.' Neji's mind raced as he tried to sit up but was greeted with a firm hand to the chest pushing him back down.

"Just rest, you almost dislocated your jaw.You're lucky Gaara found you." Came a female voice above him.

The hyuuga looked up to see blue eyes staring back. A pretty girl in white clothing and blonde hair tied in four ponytails. At first the brunette thought he was in a hospital, but upon closer inspection he found he was in someone's room. He realized who's when he saw the familiar frame of Gaara pressed against the doorframe outside.

"How is he?" the red-head asked in monotone.

"He's fine, just a bump on the chin, no stitches needed and if he keeps this ice on it the swelling should be down by tomorrow." Her smile was way too cheerful for Neji's mood.

Gaara motioned for her to leave his room so he could have some time alone with Neji. The blonde sighed. "Fine, but if you won't introduce me, then I will." She turned to Neji and waved.

"I'm Temari, Gaara's older sister. I'll leave you two alone now but I'll leave you to make sure you keep this ice on your jaw." She stood and walked out.

Gaara meandered next to his hurt friend and sat beside him on his bed. Neji looked up and held tightly onto his ice-bag, he jaw was killing him. He felt Gaara weave his fingers into the taller boy's hair and play with them, this relaxed Neji incredibly and he had no idea why.

"That's…nice." He found himself murmuring despite the burning in his face.

"Good, I want you to be comfortable. I assume you have a few questions?" Neji stared at his new friend until it hit him. Their date, what happened to him on their date? He had completely forgot to ask after the incident with Sasuke.

Sasuke…just thinking his name made him remember the hurt he had inflicted on his friend mere hours ago. Remembering how his face tried to act composed while his eyes were left screaming for Neji's understanding, and what did he do? Tell the closest friend he ever had that he didn't trust him anymore. God, what a fool he had become, to do that to someone. Just thinking about it made his stomach wrench and twist in the most unpleasant way, he's jaw not only ached from pain, but guilt as well as some type of silent reminder of his betrayal. The Hyuuga closed his eyes as Gaara petted his hair and tried to remember the hurt look on Sasuke's face; he tried to mentally review the whole scenario to see where he had went wrong. He knew he had to visit Sasuke tonight, he had to apologi-

"OW!" Neji winced as Gaara tugged roughly on his hair, interrupting him from his thoughts.

"You had a knot." He retorted calmly and continued stroking his head.

Neji closed his eyes once again, frustrated that his thinking had been interrupted. What was he thinking again?

"You had some questions to ask me?" Gaara repeated.

Neji nodded, that's right, he was thinking about the park and how he had lost consciousness. He had completely forgotten that a moment ago he was entirely focused on the Uchina. "What happened? Why did I pass out?" he asked, shifting his ice-bag and resting his head on Gaara's lap so he had better access to his silky hair.

"I wanted to send a message back to the Uchina, so I left a mark on the other side of your neck."

Neji reached up and held the bruised area, that's right Sasuke had definitely noticed. He fingered the spot and felt two small scabs. "What's that?"

Gaara looked down at his hand to see what he was talking about. "That's where I bit you." He answered possessively, pulling the hyuuga up to rest against his chest.

"Bit me?" The other boy asked, now confused as he laid the back of his head to rest against Gaara's shoulders.

"Yes, I got a little carried away. You passed out. I'm sorry, will you forgive me?" the redneck began nipping at the other's neck where he had previously feasted.

Neji purred at the sensation, it was so distracting he could barely think. "Carried away…you drank my blood you mean?" his voice was laced with some concern.

Gaara frowned, he didn't want to admit to it, doing so could expose him to more questions that would make both of them uncomfortable answering. Even though he felt the hyuuga had a right to know, he didn't have to know yet. It would complicate things if too much was released this soon.

"Just a small taste." There, he didn't lie but he didn't tell the whole truth, close enough right?

"Oh…that's a little weird." Neji seemed pensive, Gaara stiffened with his lips still on the other boy's neck, he was just waiting for those questions now. Perhaps he released too much when he told only a half-truth. "But it felt so nice…" Neji finished and nuzzled his nose into the smaller boy's neck making them both purr.

Gaara inwardly grinned, he had succeeded in distracting Neji from any incriminating questions. He felt the tattoo on his head glow once again and a voice inside him rose up.

'Do it now, look how close you are to his neck it would be so easy.'

'No' Gaara mentally answered back again. 'It's too soon give me some time. The moon phase is almost here. Then would be perfect, wouldn't you agr-'

'I'm hungry now!' the red-head almost doubled over at the sudden feel of emptiness inside his stomach before it faded away.

'Dammit Shukaku! Why did you do that?' the beast within him stirred around.

'That is how I feel constantly! No amount of blood will satiate me unless it is his.'

'I know that Shukaku!' Gaara inwardly hissed. 'And when the next phase comes you will never feel hungry again, what's a little longer?' he wasn't answered, instead the mark on his face dimmed. Shukaku had recoiled inside him somewhere and he was now left with Neji in his arms. Neji smiled up at Gaara, sensing something was different.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Gaara responded and kissed his cheek, causing the hyuuga to blush. Neji rested in Gaara's arms for a long while, enjoying the comfort in it. He felt the swelling go down in his jaw and the pain had finally subsided. He turned his head to stretch a crick in his neck, causing him to look out the window, and noticed it was dark. Neji immediately perked up.

"What time is it?" there was a pause as Gaara checked.

"Almost 9."

"Shoot! I got to go!" Neji stood up quickly, too quickly resulting in pain to shoot through his jaw again. He winced and pulled the bag of now melted ice over the sore area. He heard Gaara standing up behind him, and felt two arms wrap around his waist.

"I'll see you tomorrow then? Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

Neji nodded to the first question before answering the second. "I'll probably drop by Naruto's, I have to ask him a few things, and if there's time maybe Shikamaru's."

The red-head frowned while Neji shuffled around to grab his shoes, he didn't like the idea of Neji visiting his ex. He didn't want anything to get reconciled. Not this soon, not when he was so close. But Gaara couldn't voice his concern to Neji, it would sound silly to the Hyuuga, he didn't understand yet.

'It's too early to act possessive.' The voice inside suddenly spoke.

Gaara nodded to himself, he knew Shukaku was right.

Neji paused after he tied his shoes and looked back at Gaara. Gaara stared back, the taller boy appeared hesitant about something. Neji finally smiled and walked over to Gaara "Thanks for taking care of me and thank Temari for me too." He leaned in and kissed Gaara on the cheek before waving and walking out. Gaara touched his cheek where he was just kissed and smiled. A real smile.

Neji stopped at a popular store before heading to Naruto's. He threw down a wad of cash and asked for everything they had. The ramen chef looked shocked then got to work. If you needed information from Naruto, it's best to have a bride, especially if he wasn't looking forward to seeing you.

Naruto heard a knock at his door and perked up. He rarely had a visitor. He grinned and opened the door wide, then frowned when he saw the hyuuga and tried to slam it. Neji stuck his foot artfully in the door before speaking.

"Naruto, please, I just want to talk!"

"No! I don't want to talk to you, get your foot out of the door!"

"I brought Ramen!" he finally yelled, using his bargaining chip.

There was a pause, then the door creaked open.

"You have my attention." The blonde answered calmly and allowed the taller boy entrance.

Neji walked into the kitchen, throwing down a package of ramen onto the table which Narut wasted no time preparing. He obviously hadn't eaten yet.

"So what do you want?" Naruto finally spoke, snapping a pair of chopsticks in two.

"I need to know why you and Sasuke…why were things not fixed?"

Naruto scoffed, or he tried to, he had forgotten about his mouthful of ramen and ended up coughing a few noodles out on the table. Neji's eyes were now on the table were the noodles had fallen, he tried not to stare, but he couldn't help it. Naruto's cheeks burned red and he ignored what he had just done.

"Look, I don't know what Sasuke told you but things certainly weren't settled. Let's just say a lot of truth was revealed that night."

"Like what?"

The blonde folded his arms, he wasn't going to answer anymore questions. Neji sighed and began empting a month's supply of ramen onto Naruto's table, well a month's supply to a normal person, it'd last Naruto 3 days or a week tops. Naruto's blue eye's widened at the sight before him and Neji could have sworn he saw a tear in those eyes.

"Okay okay." Naruto grinned, "I'll tell you what I can. Yeah we did talk last night, about a lot of stuff and junk. Mostly involving you."

"Me?" Neji's curiosity was now peeked. "What about me? I thought it was-"

"Sasuke told me about the whole plan he had. But there were other parts involved in it he didn't let you in on. Let's just say Sasuke made a deal."

Neji was so confused, for once the blonde knew more then him about something. "What kind of deal?"

Naruto glared while chewing louding on his noodles. "'bout you. But shhh" the foxchild brought a finger to his lips.

Neji stood up, how dare they conspire against him, he didn't even know what they were conspiring about. "Why me!"

Naruto's face grew so smug, he knew that he had more information then Neji and he was loving it. "Can't tell you." He stated simply.

Neji growled, he was frustrated. "Why not?"

Blue eyes now focused on Neji's white ones. "Because I promised I wouldn't tell you." Naruto stuck out his tongue and Neji glared.

"Does it have to do with why you keep glaring at me in class?"

Naruto folded his arms. "I just…nevermind."

Neji sighed, this was going nowhere, he might as well leave. "Fine, whatever, I'm going."

Neji stood up and headed for the door.

Naruto looked down at his ramen, he felt bad for glaring at Neji because of what Sasuke said, it was a dirty trick to unsettle Neji. Naruto was better then that, he looked up. "Neji!" the other boy turned and regarded Naruto.

"Hm?"

"Sorry…I'll stop glaring at you. It's not fair to you. You're not the one I'm mad at." He said quietly.

Neji let out a small smile. "Thanks."

He walked out feeling a little better even if he didn't know much more, but at least things were a little better between him and Naruto.

He looked in the direction of Shikamaru's house and began walking. It was late but he had to check up on his other friend, he was worried about him. He stopped about half-way there, he suddenly felt like he should re-think visiting the nara boy. It is late…would Shikamaru think he was just over-reacting? People miss school all the time…and would he really want to see Neji after what happened with Sasuke? Sasuke… those eyes so filled with emotion, the hyuuga shook his head and tried to keep focus on Shikamaru. He would deal with Sasuke tomorrow. Neji swallowed and turned around, not sure what had brought on the barrage of new questions causing him to second-guess his actions. Something in the back of his mind kept telling him to go home and sleep, that Shikamaru was fine. 'He'll prolly be in school tomorrow.' He reassured himself 'Yes, in school tomorrow, go home and rest.' Came a thought he felt wasn't quite his own. But who else's could it be? Neji shrugged to himself. His friend was fine, maybe a little upset at the most but nothing to be concerned about. He commenced heading in the direction of the hyuuga estate.

Neji left the street, not noticing a pair of glowing green eyes from the bushes. Gaara stood in the overgrowth with his hand outstretched. He felt bad he had convinced the boy with thoughts that weren't truly his own, but he did not want Neji near Shikamaru's house, not without Gaara there to make sure nothing happens. Ever since he stepped foot in that classroom he knew Neji was meant to be his, and until he is the red head refused to take any chances. Gaara began walking towards the nara boy's house, he was going to make sure Shikamaru knew to stay away. The small boy licked his lips, tonguing the lengthening fangs, Shukaku was going to feed tonight.

Kowaikage- Wow and I said I wouldn't be able to update soon…heh heh…oopsie. Oh well I'm sure you'll all forgive me :P. I finished correcting this chapter early and figured I might as well post it. (Plus you all asked so nicely for me to update, I just couldn't ignore that ). I also noticed that a lot of ppl didn't know this fic had vampires (I'm forgetful and prolly just didn't mention it) so I'm going to make some changes to the summary to clarify a few things.

Also I think I should warn you all (again, lol) that this is my first fic and there are prolly a lot of mistakes both grammar-wise and plot-wise and if I do forget to explain something or I completely overlooked something then I am terribly sorry in advance. Also…I suck at endings. Sooooooo…please don't have high expectations of this fic cause if you do you'll prolly be disappointed.

It pretty much started when I sat down one day and said:

Kowaikage: Hey, I want to write a naruto fanfic…with Neji and Shika and Sasuke and Gaara. And it should be yaoi. And Gaara should be a vampire.
Two months later finally writes it
Kowaikage: Hey that was fun…I think I'll post it on and see what happens.
Two weeks after registering and finally able to post the fic

Kowaikage: Uh-oh it seems I forgot a bunch of stuff…crappers…

And here we are now, wasn't that exciting? I'm sure it wasn't. I'm a very boring person.

And of course, the review section:

HikAri Aki- thanks, I wasn't sure if I did or didn't explain it and was too lazy to check.

BlacKat- lol, okay.

Kokuryuuha018-I thought I mentioned it, but in case I didn't I'm going to make some changes to the summary. Thanks again.

flare2- You'll have to wait and find out, heehee.