CHAPTER 3
Blah- story

'Blah'- thoughts

"Blah"- dialogue

'Blah'- inner Sakura


Sakura was in front of the mirror deciding what will she wear for the dinner. Truly she was nervous because how often are you invited to stay at the house of a very important clan? You've got the point now.

" I hate this dress, it makes my ass look bigger" She said as frowning

Oh yeah, this dress made every man look towards her and it was scaring. Even Sasuke had been caught staring at her. Suddenly she smirked. An evil idea crossed her mind.

" Let's see if that Hyuuga can keep his cool when he looks at this dress"

Then she realized what she was doing. She was flirting with the Hyuuga, and she felt guilty.

'What the hell am I doing? Flirting with the Hyuuga?'

' You are an evil person, and you claimed you loved Sasuke'

' You are right, I have to get changed'

But there was no time for her to change because Neji was already knocking her door.

" Sakura-san are you ready?"

" Y-Yeah, I will be there in a second" Sakura managed to say ' What have I gotten myself into?'

She opened the door and saw Neji standing there in a navy blue yukata, white pants and brown sandals. And adorning his face was a beautiful smirk. Sakura blushed and forced a smile.

" Follow me, please"

Again he started to walk but this time she followed immediately. She lost herself in her own thoughts about a certain white-eyed boy.

'Who the hell does he think he is? Giving orders to everyone if he was the king or something'

Suddenly the so-called 'king' interrupted her thoughts.

" A penny for your thoughts" He said smirking

' Why is he smirking at me! Is so frustrating' Sakura thought as she forced a tiny smile again.

" Uhm…its nothing Neji-san"

" Are you thinking of him?"

" No"

' No, I was thinking of you in not a very pleasant way' She thought sarcastically

Neji looked at her not believing her a single word but decided to shut it. What he didn't know was that she was speaking the truth. In a glimpse they were already at the dinning room and a huge table was in the middle with food already served.

Sakura stared hungrily at the table full of different dishes. She noted the delicious aroma filling the room and her stomach rumbled making a barely audible noise but Neji being the prodigy he is, heard it and smirked once again.

" Are you hungry?"

" Am I that obvious?"

" You are not but your stomach surely is"

" Well is a hard task to keep it shut"

' Oh girl here you go again, flirting with him is bad cant you get it?'

' I am sorry, is just so fun to try to annoy him, I cant help it'

" Well that's why dinner is here. Please suit yourself"

They walked to opposite sides of the table and sat down. Sakura was deciding whether to suit herself with food or wait for Neji to start or waiting for Hinata to arrive or what the hell to do so she just sat there having an internal conflict.

Neji seemed to sense the uncomfortable of the situation and smirked. Since she arrived to his home, he has been doing that a lot. It was just so amusing to hang around with her so the only thing that he could do was smirk. It was rather smirk or stare in awe so he decided to smirk, stare in awe was so unlike Hyuuga, and more unlikely if you were Hyuuga Neji.

" I am sorry I am late" the sweet voice of Hinata was heard

Sakura smiled with relief and greeted her. Since Hinata arrived the long silences were rare and the uncomfortable situations were avoided. Her life was easier if Hinata came into view.

" Well, I think is a bit late so why don't we go to sleep?"

Once again came Hinata to the rescue when another round of silence came after the dinner. The three of them walked together and bade goodnight to each other as they entered their rooms.

Sakura sighed as she slid inside the bed. She stared at the white ceiling for a while and tried to sleep but with no avail, hours passed and she couldn't sleep. She decided to get up and visit the balcony. She slid open the door and took a step out side to the night. Sakura looked up the sky and saw once again the same red moon. Somehow it reminded her of Sasuke and his Sharingan.

She missed her friend. Yes, friend because he never let other things to happen. She was told so many times that she was nothing more than his friend. After long years of eternal adoration and hurt, she accepted her fate.

Once she told herself that she was able to change him, to heal his wounds and retrieving him from the 'dark side', but she was proved wrong to many times to count. What she never knew was that he loved her as much as she did.

She stood there looking at the sky until an unfortunately known voice broke the silence.

" Can't you sleep?"

" Yes, I have to many thoughts that it hurts to even think of them"

" About the Uchiha?"

" Maybe"

" I am sorry about your loss, I know he was a good friend of yours"

" Yeah…a good friend" Sakura replied sadly.

Neji looked at her impassively but his eyes showed empathy and decided to lift her mood a little.

" Hey Sakura, come to my room"

" What!" Sakura looked at Neji as if he was some kind of psychotic trying to kill her.

" C'mon I want to show you something. Oh, and bring a jacket with you"

Sakura was doubtful at the beginning but then she walked to his room. He was already out with his usual white jacket on. Neji grabbed her hand and walked out of the mansion. The walk out was silent and Neji was very careful to hide when some members happened to pass by.

" Neji-san where are we going?" Sakura asked in a hushed tone

" Wait and you'll see" He said not even looking at her.

Finally they arrived at their destination, a beautiful garden. Sakura smiled at the view of it. The garden in question was huge as all the things existent in this Hyuuga state, it had a lake and in the middle was a Sakura tree. This was the most rare thing she had seen but it was beautiful and unique.

Neji stood behind her and smiled. This was the same expression he wore the first time he saw it. Her mother had made it for him before she died. Since then he never returned until now.

Neji walked her to a wooden dock, which connected the land on the outside and the land in the middle. She was silent but happy, the sadness was gone and all thanks to Neji.

" Neji this garden is beautiful"

" My mother made it for me before she died"

" I am sorry" She said as she walked to him.

" Don't be, is not your fault" He looked down at her

The wind blew making the pinkish flowers to fall down. Some of them felt on her hair. To Neji this made her even more beautiful. He took a step forward and caressed her cheek as he inched his face closer.

Sakura was startled when she saw his hand caressing her cheek and instantly blushed. Then another unexpected event happened, his lips were on hers. Sakura widened her eyes but somehow she felt herself giving in.

The kiss didn't last long; it was over as soon as it came. It was her first kiss and she gave it to Hyuuga Neji. She always though her first kiss will be claimed by Sasuke as soon as he was ready to love but again she was proved wrong.

Neji was amused with himself. What does he think he is? Stealing away her probably first kiss? 'Well, nobody cared to claim it before' he thought. And something more important is that whenever she is around, he acts more…uhm…how to say this?

Out of character.

" Gomen Sakura-san, I didn't know what I was doing"

"Don't worry about it"

They stayed in silence no one daring to look into each other's eyes. Sakura sighed and sat down under the Sakura tree. Neji looked at her and he saw her motioned to him to sit beside her. She looked again to the sky, more specifically, the moon. Usually he wouldn't be the one to ask, but curiosity was unbearable.

" Do you still love him?" Neji asked looking up too.

" I don't know, if you asked me a few years ago I would say yes without hesitating but today is a different story. I always though I would change his mind about revenge but I only got hurt. Then I realized that what I called love was nothing more than worry and obsession and that Sasuke who was kind and that secretly felt the same way for me as just mare illusion"

Neji seemed satisfied with her answer and didn't ask more. He sat there recollecting his thought and try to put them in order. But he was stopped by some extra weight on his shoulder. He looked over and saw pink hair on top of him. He looked impassive but a tiny blush mad it's way over his cheeks.

Sakura was fighting the sleepiness that suddenly overcame her. Then she couldn't take it any longer and fell a sleep.

The next morning Sakura woke up and found herself in her room. 'How did I get here?' Suddenly it hit her, Neji brought her there. 'I've got to thank him one of this days'

But something was still worrying her, and that happened soon after she fell asleep. She dreamed of Sasuke.

(Flashback)

Sakura stood in the middle of a dense fog. She looked in all directions and saw nothing. Suddenly she found herself in the forest of Konoha. She was string to get scared but then she heard the rustling of bushes behind her. She turned and saw a dark figure limping towards her.

The dark figure came closer and closer. Sakura took a step back and squinted her eyes trying to recognize the figure. Her heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened. It was Sasuke!

She was so shocked that even if she wanted to move, her body didn't respond. She saw him fall to the ground on her feet, but then she heard it.

" Gomen Sakura…Aishiteru"

And then she saw him die. She stared in shock at the dead corpse on her feet. Again, all those feelings she had buried long time ago came back in a flash. The sadness surrounded her in darkness. She started to run, away from all those events that she never meant to see. She ran until the end of the forest and before her was the huge red moon in all it's splendor.

(End of flashback)

This dream made things more difficult now. She had learned to stop loving him but that was necessary because everyone understood that he didn't love her, it was reasonable. But now it was so confusing and plain wrong!

Sakura dint know how to react. Did he mean it? Or he was just in agony which made him say such things, whatever reason it was, it was still something she had to process slowly in her head.

And it was even more frustrating because she was staring to feel something for non other that Hyuuga Neji.
A/N: Hey ppl! You know something; I've decided that I will make this story completely NejiSakura. Please don't kill me, is just that this pairing is so cute and enjoyfull (those that word even exist?) and those NejiSakura fans out there wont let me lie. So if you don't like it then deal with it because I've made my mind already.

I was also planning Naruto with Hinata, which is so common. They are just meant for each other. Ha ha.

Sincerely

Mars 7