Chapter 3: Neji's Temper
Recap:
'Should I? Or should I not? I asked Neji and he said no… and now Sasuke wants to ask me… I guess there's only one thing to say at a time like this…"
"So... Will you?"
Shihana gave him a warm smile which seemed to melt Sasuke inside.
"I…"
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"I… I would love to go with you to the Festival."
Sasuke looked kinda happy for moment.
"Thanks, want to take a walk with me now… or are you hurrying somewhere?"
"Sure, I'd like to walk with you."
Shihana gave Sasuke an irresistible smile, making Sasuke look at Shihana in awe. But snapped out of it, and started walking, and beginning to chat.
"So tell me Shihana… What were you running away from?" Sasuke said with concern in his voice.
"Uh… nothing really, just taking an afternoon run."
'She's lying…' Sasuke thought.
It was getting late, and Shihana had to go back to the Hyuuga Compound.
"Sasuke-san I have to go now. Bye!" Shihana said while waving at him.
"Bye then."
With that, Shihana took off, running back to the Hyuuga Compound. When Shihana got there she saw Hinata at the gates.
-With Sasuke…
"So… how long were you standing there…… Hyuuga?"
Then, out of the bushes, Neji appeared with a mad look on his face.
"Why are you taking Shihana to the Festival?" Neji said with a demanding voice.
"Because I like her… got a problem with that?"
"Yea, actually I do."
"Well to bad for you Hyuuga. I asked her before you did." Neji stayed there silent. "Well… this isn't any of your concern anyway."
"Yes it is she's a very dear friend to me."
"Oh well Hyuuga."
With that last statement, Sasuke walked away with a smirk on his face, leaving Neji there with his hands balled up into a fist.
-With Shihana and Hinata…
"Welcome back Shihana."
"Hey Hinata. Has Neji shown up yet?'
"Um… no."
"Ok thanks. If he comes back home tell him I'm staying over a friends house, please?"
Hinata nodded, and Shihana smiled.
Shihana was about to walk out of the door, until the door opened, and she saw Neji.
"Hi Neji…um… I have to go now I…um… I-I'm going to a friends house tonight. Okay?"
"Ok… Want me to walk you there?"
"NO! Err--- I mean no it's okay, I'm good."
'Well she's acting weird… was it because of what I said to her?' Neji thought.
Shihana ran out the door, and ran straight for the woods. Shihana found a good place to stay just for the night.
-With Neji…
'I better go follow her… something's telling me she's not going to a friend's house…'
-With Shihana…
'Hmm… I wonder if there's a lake around here…'
Shihana then began to search until she saw a lake, with a waterfall.
'Wow! It's beautiful! I can take a dip for a while…'
Shihana jumped into the water with her clothes on, not caring if they get wet.
"Ahhh! Sugoi! This feels so nice!"
-To Neji…
'Where the heck is she?'
"Byakugan!"
Neji looked around until he saw Shihana's stuff by a tree.
"So she's in the forest…"
Neji deactivated his Byakugan and ran towards the forest, when he got there he saw only Shihana's stuff and thought that she must've wandered out.
Neji then began to walk around looking for Shihana, until he reached a lake.
-With Shihana…
Shihana heard a noise from the bushes.
'Huh? OH NO! Someone's out there!'
Shihana swam into the waterfalls so the person from the bushes wouldn't see her. The person came out, Shihana's eyes widened at the sight.
'Neji!' Shihana tried to hide in more, but no avail.
"Shihana, I know you're there, why won't you come out?"
"I-I-I can't!" Shihana stuttered out.
"Come on… why won't you come out here and just face me?"
"I don't wanna!" Shihana yelled out.
Neji began to get irritated with Shihana's actions.
"GET OUT HERE NOW, SHIHANA! DON'T MAKE ME FORCE YOU!" He yelled loud then EVER.
Shihana got scared and slowly got out of the waterfall and she got out of the lake, with her clothes dripping wet. Shihana started crying a bit because Neji yelled at her, which he never did before… EVER. Neji looked at Shihana and saw her crying, and softens his face.
"Shihana… are you… crying?"
"N-No it's from the water…"
Neji looked at Shihana for a bit, before embracing her into a tight hug.
'I'm sorry I yelled at you… I kinda got mad that Sasuke asked you to the festival…"
"But…" Shihana started.
"Not only that, but what made me angrier is that you actually accepted his offer. Why did you?"
"Because…"
"Because what?" Neji said looked straight at Shihana, but still embracing her.
"Because… of… you……."
"WH-What did I do!" He yelled out, and let go of Shihana, looking at her more sternly this time.
"I used to really like you more than a friend… and when I asked you….." Shihana tried to fight back tears. "Y-You only thought of us as best friends… nothing… m-more."
Neji got angrier and angrier by the second.
"BUT STILL! YOU JUST HAD TO GO WITH SASUKE OUT OF ALL PEOPLE IN KONOHA! I THOUGHT YOU COULD DO MUCH BETTER!" Shihana was shocked more than ever because Neji yelled at her with an even louder voice.
"N-Neji…"
"NO SHUT UP! I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN! CONSIDER US DONE!"
"But Neji… y-you're my best friend…"
"NO! RIGHT NOW, WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS!"
Neji took his hand and slapped Shihana in the face with the back of his hand, causing her to fall down and to have a red mark on her cheek, and he just walked away.
It hurt more than ever now…
Not only because the major pain, where she had on her cheek. It was because Neji told her that they weren't even friends anymore.
Shihana stayed on the ground 'till she got out of her trance, and she struggled standing up. And she ran to the one place, where someone actually cared for her.
Shihana ran to the Uchiha Estate. When Shihana got there, she began banging on the door really loud.
Sasuke opened up the door to see Shihana dripping wet and a big red mark on her cheek. Once he had opened the door, Shihana grabbed onto him and started crying on his chest.
"Shh… it's okay. Let's go inside."
Sasuke carried Shihana inside, and set her on the bed. Shihana looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"What happened to you?"
"I hic don't want to talk about it…now."
"It's okay… I understand just sleep then okay?"
"A-Arigatou hic Sasuke-san"
That was the last thing Shihana said until she went into a deep slumber. Sasuke just stayed awake and watched over Shihana.
'This must be Hyuuga's fault. He'll pay… Mark my words…'