Hi everybody! I'm glad you like the chapter 3! That chapter specially took me very distracted because it was longer than the others and because I added more narration.

I tried to make this chapter as long as I could and definitively it's long… I'm sorry that it's only a little fluffy but not as I wanted and told you…

I hope you like it!

Chapter Four: Sleeplessness and One Plan

It was 3 a.m. and four persons in Konoha couldn't sleep… well, in fact were five but the fifth doesn't count because he suddenly woke up from a nightmare, something about bowls of ramen trying to eat him. He related it with the five years old instant ramen he ate that night… err, going back to the others…

One of them was lying down in his bed over his immaculate white sheets looking at the ceiling that in a certain way looked higher, he never noticed that before… but the ceiling wasn't the main thought that was taking him off the some sleep he needed. No. That specific thought has something to do with pink, a soft cotton-candy pink, and pink as cherry blossoms. Sakura. Neji sighed deeply.

He, one of Konoha's prodigies couldn't get some sleep because of a girl, a strong kunoichi with unusual short pink hair, with amazing bright green eyes and the sweetest smile someone has ever saw… and of course totally annoying, but he accepted he love it because he was already tired of the 'denial mode'. Haruno, this is your fault. What had you make to me?

He rolled to the right side of his bed, and remembered the time he started to treat Sakura three years ago in the best place ever: Konoha's Hospital. Yeah, he most of the time was terrible wounded and almost half conscious, but one day, a Friday to be exact, the treat medic/patient got transform into a I-will-kick-your-ass-later relationship with a small incident that started when Sakura was putting the bandages on Neji's extremities while those were hanging from supports of the special bed. You maybe think why this, well, he just exceeded his chakra level in that A rank mission causing multiples broken bones and the lost of his chakra control during a period of time, that's all, and so then he was totally useless.

: Flashback :

"Thanks for attending me. Now you may leave." Neji said coldly.

"Ah-Uh," The medic nin said shaking her index finger. "It's dinner time already, and as your medic I will feed you-"

"I don't need to be fed, thank you. I'm totally capable" He said trying to keep his politeness.

"Are you Neji-san? Let me guess how… with your nose? Or you will use telepathy?" Sakura said rolling her green orbsas the first sign of losing her patient.

"That's not of your business Haruno" The Hyuga gritted his teeth annoyed.

"Oh, come on Neji-san! You are so stubborn!"

Sakura approached to the table where the food were put on and smiled.

"Neji-san they have prepared you the best food ever! You are so lucky" Sakura took the plate and the chopsticks and sat down in a chair next to the bed of the white eyed expressionless guy.

"Haruno, leave" Neji turned his face to the other side when Sakura neared the chopsticks with a piece of fish to his face.

"Say 'aaaah'" Sakura said playfully.

"No" He said more annoyed.

"Here comes the plane! Come on Neji-san, you are as aspoiledkid, you know! Be a man! Open your mouth already!" Sakura said in a tone between plead and order.

"……" Neji crossed his arms… mentally.

"That's enough!"

Sakura put the plate over a nearby table and concentrated chakra on her hands and taking Neji by surprise, she pressed two nerves under his strong jaw that when you make it with precision you can make that jaw to get relax and of course make it wide open. She was the winner. He was screwed up.

With slow pace Sakura took the plate in her hands and with a pleasant smile she put 3 portions of food in his mouth and immediately she pressed those nerves again and it closed. Neji's pride was 5 feet under the ground. He chewed the food realising how impressed he was with the actions of hers.

"Oh, I guess you like it!" Sakura smile brightly and her inner self was making her dance of victory.

"Now if you reject the next portions I gave you I would need to that again, and you don't want to be manipulated by me, don't you?" Sakura said innocently. But matter of fact, she was manipulating him!

"Hn" Neji frowned.

"I will take that as a 'yes, I would lovely accept the food you gave me'" Sakura chuckled.

"I didn't mean that. You are supposing things by your own perspective"

"Blah, blah, blah… I don't hear you!" Sakura covered her ears in a childish way…

"……" Women.

"I won; I have defeated the great Hyuga!" Sakura said waving her fists in the air.

"After this you'll be so dead Haruno" The great Hyuga said under his breath; he could never permit her to win over him! Never! No one win the Hyuga prodigy!

"What did you said Neji-san?"

"Nothing" He scowled. Of course, Sakura did hear it…

"…and I will kick your ass too if you make another tantrum" She said touching Neji's nose to pissed him off… apparently wasn't enough for her what she has done before!

Neji grumbled.

I hate you. He thought seeing that fate wanted him to stay in hell the next weeks been fed by the devil.

But again Neji was wrong about fate. He will never learn, right?

: End Flashback :

But that was the beginning. Then in those weeks Sakura started chatting with him but was more she talking and he listening about her day, her heartbreak… her life. And Neji saw that she was only annoying at the beginning, for him she was extremely interesting. He only heard her all along, advising if it was necessary. When he realised he didn't want to kick her ass till unconsciousness after his recovering, he accepted her as a new friend and not just as a sparing one like Ten-Ten, nope, she was other kind of friend, someone who cares about him at all… as the friend she is.

And that was the friendship phase… till now.

I guess I don't feel like your friend anymore… Sakura.

Neji placed his hands on his face and drowned a frustrated scream.

"I'm so weak" He mumbled till he fell into a deep sleep at last.

Now three are left.

She was watching through the window the full moon and all she could do that night was to sigh wishing the pillow in her arms were someone… a guy to be precise, with great talents and a great body, white silver eyes, long silky hair… the dream of every woman in Konoha. Some people thought, ninjas most of them, thought his heart had the size of a pea, kind of heartless, cold but even though a prodigy who had the respect of his village. She knew that his heart was bigger than a pea… like an apple… a red one because she likes red…-ehem-

Between medical treatments –an other experiments he refused all the time- she were able to get to know him better than anyone: she found that kind, sometimes sweet when was under the influence of anaesthetics and other drugs for medical treatment, with that, she knew deep in his heart was sweet and capable to be romantic. (Scary?)

Sakura was glad to find another friend, a male best friend after Naruto, who understood every word she said, he was also good trying to comfort her when she remembered Sasuke and when he came back after 8 years.

: Flashback :

"Neji-kun your wounds look better now" Sakura said wrapping the bandages again around his well-formed abs.

"Aa" He said.

Then a bunch of nurses run through the hallway and one of them who guided the others screamed in a rush "Uchiha Sasuke needs all the attention of the personal available right now! He presents severe bruises and deep cuts in every part of his body; his chakra is danger low because of his almost gone spiritual energy. He is in a critical condition. You! Bring the ANBU's to the operations' room to guard it. He is a traitor, be careful-"

Neji stared concerned at Sakura who gasped nervously.

"Sakura-"

"Neji, I-I need to go!"

Sakura crossed the door in a sigh heading to Sasuke's location.

But unfortunately she wasn't allowed to get involve by Tsunade's request.

Ten hours passed by and Sakura was in the empty waiting room when Neji appeared walking on crutches.

"Sakura" Said Neji in a calm way.

Sakura run over him and burst in tears of desperation. Neji couldn't feel worse about the situation. He caressed her hair softly in attempt of calm her down.

She started to sob and tight her grip on Neji's shirt.

"I-I'm so useless…" She said sniffing sadly.

"No you are not. Just let them do their work"

When Sakura calmed down they sat down near the emergency room's door.

Silence

"Are you still in love with him?" Neji asked expressionless breaking the silence.

"… I will know it when I see him" The sad cherry blossom said in the same way.

The emergency door swayed open and Tsunade walked out nearing them.

"He's recovering now. If you want to see him you can go in, he's conscious since a while." The Godaime said in a tired tone.

Sakura stared at Neji looking for assurance and he nodded affirmative that she may go first.

Fifteen minutes later she went out of the room with a smile of relief. Neji thought the worse. Maybe she's still in love with him after all…

"Neji" Sakura hugged him tight like hugging a huge teddy bear.

"What happened?" He asked softly rubbing her back like a reflex.

"I- He… We-" The kunoichi stuttered.

I knew it… they-

Sakura interrupted his thought. "I have forgiven him" She looked at him sweetly, like child do. "… I'm happy he came back, now Team 7 is complete… and I-" She hesitated and buried her face in his chest. An electric wave run in Neji's spine at this movement. "I love him like a friend" … because I have discovered that I'm in love of someone else… She said and thought smiling.

"I'm glad you are fine" He stated.

: End Flashback :

He is always there when I need him. She tightly embraced the pillow. When he looks at me I feel he wants to tell me something… something important… "You are such a coward Hyuga Neji!" She screamed with all her lungs. Oops! I don't live alone anymore, I hope she is asleep. She sighed heavily.

And somewhere in Konoha, to be exact in the Hyuga Compound, the Hyuga prodigy sneezed.

"… But I am a coward too… grr why!" She exclaimed.

She sighed for the last time that night; she closed her eyes starting her journey to dreamland.

By now two are left.

A pink head was upside-down on her new bed, in her new room, living with her new-known sister. Like the others she couldn't sleep yet, but she was angry with herself… she couldn't stop thinking about the Uchiha pretty boy.

He wasn't like her other obsessions. Ah-Uh. He was different. She could tell it from the cold looking in his eyes… his penetrating gaze. No one, NO ONE has ever made her sleepless! In fact, that was the otherwise...

"Argh!" She was frustrated.

"I hope this is not love…" Try again Saku-chan, try again.

With the hope of shooed away Sasuke of her mind she changed her chip to the match-maker one. It was a good time to plan something… Yes, it was 3 a.m. and some minutes, so what! She was careless about the hour.

She adopted a sit position and took some scrolls for the upcoming get-the-hot-Hyuga-and-my-silly-twin-sister-together plan.

Suddenly she went serious and crackled her fingers. She was ready and enlightened.

In first place, she wanted them to accept their misery to her… that in particular would be a piece of cake. She's a sadist… poor them…

Then, who of them will wait/receive/answer and who will attack?

"You are such a coward Hyuga Neji!" Saku-chan heard from the other bedroom.

"Hyuga, you would have to effort…" She smirked and wrote something in a scroll.

"This is gonna be fun, I can see it!" "You would end up together and stuck in the damn everlasting love!" She chuckled evilly.

Sasuke

Her cheerful face faded at the thought.

"No, no, no, get away now!" She whispered pulling her locks in desperation. She was becoming insane!

It was a torture and she wasn't happy at all for that, so she decided firmly do something QUICKLY.

She had two options. Saku-chan closed her eyes and sighed.

"Tomorrow A1 plan would be carried out." She fell asleep with a grin.

And the last one but not less important…

He groaned with exasperation. For the first time in all those years after kill Itachi, someone took his sleep away… but this time an annoying girl, sister of other also annoying girl with the same pink hair who used to bug him in their genin years, but now Haruno Sakura as a grown up has become a loyal friend and not the same fan girl. What a relief.

"That girl…" Sasuke looked the pale ceiling over him and saw a bright green eyes looking at him.

"What the hell is this?" He said a little bit angry. He scowled at the point of start a new headache. He massaged his temples.

Why am I thinking on her?... She is just like the other women: weak and stupid… not of my interest. He tried to convince himself…

"She is… annoying… Argh!" He turned to the other side of his bed and tried again, not to think about our Takeuchi heartthrob-girl…

With a lot of effort he fell asleep… but not peacefully.

The next day very early in the morning the Sharingan user left with other jounins the village for the current missionthey were assigned. Maybe kill some bastards would make Sasuke recover his stability and get away thoughts he didn't want in his mind. The mission was his mental escape. Do you think it is gonna work...?

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"Sakura, wake up" A deep voice said.

"Mmm... nnooo!..." Sakura said in dreams. The person sweat dropped.

"Sakura!" He screamed.

"WHAT!" Sakura woke up with a frown but still sleepy, then…

"N-Ne-Neji?" said Sakura totally confused. She took a sit position.

Neji was there, over her bed… over her lap! She blushed madly at this and at the lack of space between their faces.

Neji took her shoulders gently.

"Sakura, is true that you love me?" He said piercing her with his gaze.

Sakura stopped breathing for a moment.

"I-I… Y-yes…" She stuttered at his hypnotics white silver eyes.

I knew it! But that was pretty easy... what kind of sister I have? Well, now I have to erase the evidence. Saku-chan, as Neji, thought.

Saku-chan made some hand sings and used an especial genjutsu to erase her memory. She didn't want her to know about her plan…

Sakura felt asleep again with a smile in her face… Possibly dreaming about Neji… Love, sweet love…

"Well! I'd better complete the plan. See ya sis!" Saku-chan whispered and left the apartment by the window.

"Neji…" Sakura mumbled.

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There he was combing his long hair a hundred times as every day, when someone snapped his room's door wide open. Pink hair. Green eyes. An evil smirk. Takeuchi. No one could escape from the eyes of a Hyuga, nor even an ant!

"What do you want Takeuchi?" He said annoyed.

"You!" She pointed him with her index.

"Pardon?" He raised a brow.

Saku-chan caught him from the collar of his shirt with the strength as a Haruno Sakura's sister.

"Tell me something Hyuga" Saku-chan said serious.

"What is it?" He said in his monotone.

"Do you wanna loose my sister forever?"

Silence

"Get off me." He said with a scowl.

"Answer me." She commanded.

"Is not of your business" He stated.

"Yes it is. She IS my sister and I want her to be happy." The Takeuchi let him go and turned her back to him.

"If you don't love her, leave her to someone who really cares about her" And she left. A1 plan: Successfully done! She smirked.

Neji sat down in his bed. He had to make an important decision and didn't have time for meditation; this was the subject, his weak point.

"There won't be someone else who cares more than I do." He stated in the empty room. He made his decision: he would tell her his 3 years old feelings for her… But how?Nice question Neji.

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Next week Chapter Five: The Perfect Mission... or not?

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