A/N: Hey everyone. I was looking for stories to read when I stumbled upon the Naruto fandom and decided to take a crack at it. This idea has been nagging me for days…okay a day but the point is that it's been nagging at my brain so why not just write it down. This is a Neji and Sakura romance fic. I would have gone with Sakura and Sasuke but decided against the conventional pairing so here goes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did I would own tons of Ramen stands in Japan but seeing as I'm not in Japan but in my room writing this fic, I don't think so.

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Chapter 1: "Hn"

It started with one word. A word that was as insignificant as a cloud in the sky. A word that was uttered out by him at countless moments everyday. A word that would prove to be the formation of my fascination with Neji Hyuuga. My name is Sakura Haruno and this is my story.

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The day started of like any other day. I woke up to the sweltering heat of the sun while being blinded by the light it was emitting through my curtains. I slowly got up from my bed while trying to pry off my tank top from my currently sweaty body. The tank top stuck to me like a second skin and feeling uncomfortable, I went to the bathroom to take it off and take a nice cold shower.

About thirty minutes later, I emerged from the bathroom fully clothed with my bright pink hair still a little wet. I didn't bother to dry it because I knew it would air dry and go back to its previous state to before I washed it. I then gathered my things and went downstairs and after telling my mother that I didn't have much of an appetite, got my things and left for school.

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I walked my usual pace to school and after putting my things away, I went to class. Class went on that morning as it normally would have. Kakashi sensei was late and Naruto being the idiot he was decided to play a prank on him. I don't know why he bothers himself with trying to outsmart Kakashi when he knows that he would get caught and get punished but he did it anyway. Some people just never learn.

After a few more moments of waiting, Kakashi came into the classroom and quickly moved out of the way from the eraser with chalk that was to land on his head. Of course he knew it was Naruto who did it because he's been playing the same exact prank on Kakashi since he met him hoping that one day, Kakashi would be caught off guard and actually fall for it. Well, today wasn't the day and as usual, Naruto got reprimanded and was the laughing stock of the whole class. He got angry and said "You might be laughing now but when I become Hokage, I will be the one laughing…believe it!" and gave an ineffective glare to the class.

He went back to his seat while everyone was still laughing and I watched him walk ever so slowly to his seat while secretly laughing at him. It was then that I noticed my crush Sasuke Uchiha sitting in his seat with his chin resting on both hands not appearing effected at all by the stunt Naruto just pulled or attempted to pull. I stared at him for a while longer secretly wishing that he would notice me but nothing of the sort happened.

Before I knew it, it was lunch time and as I was making my way to get my lunch, I overheard a kid saying "Naruto and Sasuke are about to have a fight". I froze in place and thought about it. This could be my chance to get Sasuke. I could just picture it in my head. I would go there to support Sasuke and he would notice my loyalty to him and be grateful and from there we could create a friendship that could possibly turn into something more when he realized that we were perfect for each other.

Although I didn't want to admit it, my inner self was screaming at the absurdity of the plan but I ignored it. It was good to dream and I was doing just that when I started running to the fighting scene.

I had just ran out the building and was passing through the sand fields when a particularly large bee started to fly around me. Not wanting to hurt it, I ignored it and ran faster but the bee just wouldn't stop and kept following me and I in turn started swatting at it. With my arms flailing up in the air ready to slap the bee away, my view was blocked and I completely missed the person that was in front of me.

Still trying to swat the bee away, my hands blocked my view and I crashed into the strong back of someone. The momentum of my run created a great impact which made me hit the person with such force that I literally bounced off the person's back and landed on the floor with a loud thud and the sand being the host of my back.

The person I had hit however didn't seem to be effected at all by this since he or she was still standing. I managed to get up slowly and brush the sand off my clothes. It was then that I got a really good look at the person I made contact with. His hair was pitch black (I.) and he wore a crème colored shirt and baggy shorts. I stiffened having a clue who he was but I still wasn't sure. I then slowly made contact with his eyes which were nothing but an endless pool of white and at that point, I realized that I had associated myself with the wrong person.

Still in shock at my bad luck- I was missing the fight between Sasuke and Naruto and to make it even worse, I had just slammed onto the back of the notorious Neji Hyuuga.

Not knowing what to do, I stood there for a moment staring at the ground until I heard the feet in front of me moving away. I looked up seeing him about a step or two ahead and before I could stop myself, I heard myself say "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to crash into you but I was in a hurry."

Neji stopped walking for a moment then he turned around and what he did next surprised me and would change me forever. His eyes seemed to soften a bit but returned to their normal cold stare of boring holes into people and he said "Hn" turned around and walked away.

(I.) I'm not entirely sure if his hair is black or dark blue since Hinata's is which is quite sad on my part since I watch the show and I can't even remember… (Gomen)

That's all folks for now. I don't know if this story should just be a couple of chapters or if it should be an actual story because it came to me in a form of a one shot but I obviously couldn't just keep it as that. Anyway if you guys want more of this story, review and tell me if I should continue it as a story and if enough people say yes then I will. Anyway, I finally got the idea out so there it is. Don't forget to click on that purple button and leave a review.