Chapter 7: The after shock of a broken heart

Every body stared in Neji's direction even Naruto's giggle fit had seized so he could listen. Even the people who had stopped to listen to the argument were whispering loudly to one another. "Maybe not at first" Neji continued. "But after a while I really started to see what a great person you are and I started to like you."

Naruto coughed quietly to get Neji's attention. "Love" he said quietly from his spot on the floor. Hinata nudged him.

"Yeah" Neji said "What the idiot said" Naruto smiled proudly to himself.

Sakura gazed into Neji's eyes she had waited so long for him to say this to her and now that he had finally said it she wasn't sure it was what she wanted to hear. "W-well" she shuddered "It's too late for that." She turned on her heel and ran off leaving Neji standing there watching her leave and everybody else watching Neji.

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"Oh Neji" Hinata said sorrowfully as she put o a comforting hand on his shoulder. It had been hours after Sakura had broken Neji's heart and Neji, Naruto and Hinata were still sitting at the table trying to comfort him. It was almost nightfall and Ten-Ten and Lee had left hours ago after Ten-Ten had agreed to be Lee's girlfriend.

"I don't understand" Neji mumbled as he sat frozen in the seat he was in he hadn't moved from that spot all after noon and those were the first words he spoke since the terrible tragedy. "I thought she liked me"

"She does like you dude" Naruto said as he slurped the Raman he was eating. "She's just shocked that you finally admitted you liked her. Hinata maybe you should go talk to her." Hinata nodded silently and she and Naruto began to walk down the path.

"Not you Naruto" Hinata said as she blocked him from going any further. "Sakura wouldn't want to see you right now. Stay here with Neji."

Neji grunted. "No go." He said in a tired grumpy voice. "I want to be alone right now."

Hinata glanced at him in concern. Then took Naruto by the hand and led him off. "You better not say anything stupid Naruto" she said as she dragged him up the road.

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Sakura buried her face in her pillow she didn't know why she had just run off like she did. I mean she did like him a lot so why didn't she just confess that back at the Raman shop so they could live happily ever after?

"Jeez" she said to herself. "I must be giving the writer of this story a hard time." (Lol) she moaned she knew either Naruto or Hinata would come charging through her front door any second or worse both of them at the same time.

"Sakura!" she heard a voice call from behind the door. It wasn't the voice of Naruto or Hinata it was the voice of Ino. "I heard what happened today let me in!" Sakura got up slowly and opened the door. Boy how rumors fly.

"How'd you know what happened?" Sakura said meekly as Ino charged in and made herself comfortable on the couch. Sakura didn't bother to lock the door she knew someone else was coming.

"Well one of Shikamaru's friends was watching the whole thing take place and the news got back to Shikamaru who was with me at the time and as soon as I heard I rushed right over here." Sakura sat down on the couch opposite Ino but as soon as she did Naruto charged through the door with Hinata behind him.

"Oh no" she groaned.

"Sakura-Chan you've got some explaining to do." Naruto said as he sat on the love seat so Hinata could sit next to him.

"Great the parade is here" Ino said as she rolled her eyes at Naruto.

"Why are you here?" Naruto asked.

"I'm here because I heard about what happened and I wanted to comfort my friend in her time of need. What about you I suppose you're here for the same reason?" she crosses her arms and scowled Naruto.

"How'd you find out Ino-Chan?" Hinata asked curiously.

"Oh you know word gets around." She said as she grinned stupidly. "Anyway Sakura why'd you run out on Neji?" she asked as she focused her attention back to Sakura who sunk so low in her chair that you wouldn't know she was there if you tried to sit down.

"I don't know" she moaned.

"You like him don't you?" Hinata asked.

"Oh of course I do" Sakura admitted.

"Then why the hell did you run off!" Naruto screamed as he jumped off the couch to stand up.

"Naruto!" Hinata said as she pulled her boyfriend back down onto the couch. "That's not very nice you're not helping Sakura out"

"No, no he's right" Sakura admitted. "I was asking myself that on the way home, I don't know why I ran out all I know is that I regret it now." She started to tear. "I'm in love with him too." She said quietly.

The room fell silent for a moment as if everybody was starting to feel Sakura's pain. It was awkwardly weird.

"You know what you have to do Sakura" Naruto broke the ice. Everybody stared in his direction; it was the first helpful thing he had said all day. Sakura knew he was right she just hated to admit that she was wrong to Neji. She liked him a lot but she just couldn't do it.

"I can't" she said quietly. She mentally slapped herself for saying that. What an idiot she was turning out to be.

"Why the hell not!!!!!!" Hinata screamed as she jumped off the sofa. The room drew quiet. Naruto's mouth dropped open in shock. He had never heard such vile words come out of Hinata's mouth. She looked around then coughed quietly in her hand. "I'm sorry Sakura but I've been too nice about this situation for far too long and now that it's come to this I can't be nice any longer." Sakura looked at her shock. Naruto was still starring at Hinata with the same wide eyes and open mouth.

"Neji's a great guy" Hinata started to say. "You're putting him through all of this misery for no reason. The guy's in love with you for Christ sake and you're in love with him too but you're just giving him grief. How can you take advantage of someone like Neji?" Hinata's face was now red and Sakura's eyes were swelling with tears. Naruto was still looking at Hinata in a surprised way like someone had stabbed him and he had died that way.

Naruto finally broke out of his trance and smiled widely. "Come here" he said as he pulled Hinata down onto his lap and kissed her hard on the lips. Hinata's whole face turned red. It was so red that you might mistake her head for a red balloon. Ino and Sakura stared in disgust at Naruto and Hinata's little make out scene. When they finally pulled apart Naruto smiled widely but it wasn't the stupid smile that Naruto usually gave Hinata and everybody else, it was a seductive sexy smile.

"Naruto" she said gently as her face began to go back to her regular shade.

"Hinata" he said back in the same low voice. "I can't believe you had the courage to do that."

"There are a lot of things you don't know about me." She cooed.

"Well I'm going to make it my business to know everything about you because you're my Hinata and I love you." Hinata started to fill up with tears at Naruto's words. He hugged her tight. Naruto's words meant a lot to Hinata. It touched her heart.

"I love you too Naruto." She said with a shaky voice.

"Awe" Ino said as she held her hand to her heart. Naruto and Hinata jumped apart as if they suddenly remembered that Sakura and Ino were in the room. "If you don't mind" she pointed out "We came here to help Sakura not to watch you two make out."

"There's nothing to help her with." Naruto said as he grabbed Hinata's hand and headed towards the door. "If she doesn't want to confront Neji it's her problem not ours and you know its true Ino." Ino looked nervously at Sakura and then towards the door.

"Go" Sakura groaned. "Just go" Hinata took Ino's hand gently and led her out of Sakura's front door all the way back to the Ramen shop.