Starry Nights

Chapter 5

Spending Some Time Together

Hi!! I'm finally done with my projects and homework. So, here's chapter 5! I originally had it 7 pages long, front and back, but I thought you guys wouldn't want to read that, nor do I want to type that. Anyways, ENJOY!

AYA'S P.O.V

When I entered my room, I headed towards my mahogany dresser and pulled out a pair of blue, baggy, comfortable pants and a white tank top that showed my belly button.

"Mental note to self: Go shopping to more clothes." I whispered to myself quietly.

I walked to my bathroom and took a quick shower. I dried my hair a little, enough so it wouldn't be dripping wet, but little enough so it was still damp. I brushed my teeth after my shower. I walked over to my desk and started to do my bills. The Hokage knows that I live alone and was nice enough to lower my bills so I can afford it. I finished the bills and grabbed my diary and started to write down what happened today.

Dear Diary,

Today was a great day. I met most of Naru-chan's friends today and some of them were really nice. I thought they wouldn't like me at first because they met Ayu before they met me. Fortunately, they were nice and I was able to make friends with Lee-kun, TenTen-chan, and Hina-chan.

Yuki-chan, the daughter of Midori-san, got lost today and stayed with me for a couple of hours until Midori-san came to pick her up.

Neji-kun is in the guest room across from mine right now. Apparently, the Hyuuga compound closes it's gate at 4 o'clock and won't let anyone in. I think that's just cruel. So I offered him to stay at my house. I think he's sleeping right now, so I need to do my nightly routine quietly so I don't disturb him. Well, I'm going to start reading now.

Oyasumi nasai,

Aya

I closed my diary and grabbed my book on the desk. I walked quietly over to my nightstand and turned on the boom box. I lowered the volume and walked to my bed. I started to read (-insert book title here-). After about 30 minutes, my eyes started to droop so I turned off the boom box and placed the book next to it. I crawled under my blanket and fell into a peaceful, dreamless sleep. At least, that's what I thought.

I don't know what time it was, but apparently, it was before sunrise. I was woken up by something, or someone, on my chest area. I opened my eyes sleepily and they snapped open. Laying his head on my chest as if they were pillows, was the one and only, number one prodigy, Hyuuga Neji. My face turned from pale as a ghost to a brilliant bright scarlet. I felt my heart pounding against my rib cage and evidently, so did Neji. He stirred, opened his eyes, and looked up. Light lavender eyes met big brown ones. He immediately regretted looking up. He jumped off my and muttered a quiet, "G-G-Gomen." He quickly shuffled out of my room as red as me.

My eyes were still wide as ever and my mouth was slightly open. Then, it hit me. Neji-kun is either embarrassed that he used me as a pillow or by the fact that he sleep- walks. I wonder why I didn't hear him open the door. I'm usually a very light sleeper.

I tried not to think about the event that just happened and decided it was best to try and go back to sleep. I fell into another peaceful and dreamless sleep and woke up at 6 o'clock. I got out of bed and made my queen-size bed. I walked over to my closet and grabbed my green dress that went up to my knees with a white sweater that had green trimmings around the edges and hung it in the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and took a shower. I changed into my outfit and tied my hair into two pigtails tied with two yellow ribbons. I walked to my closet again and grabbed my green shoes. I put on my shoes and walked outside to check on Neji.

His door was still closed so I figured to leave him alone and let him sleep. I walked downstairs and into the kitchen and opened my fridge. I looked at its contents and decided what to make for breakfast.

"I'll make some banana pancakes with caramel sauce and scrambled eggs with hash browns." I quietly whispered to myself.

After I made the pancakes and setting up the table, I went upstairs and knocked on Neji's door. By then, it was already 7 o'clock. And he just had to be up.

"Neji-kun, breakfast is ready," I said. I didn't get and answer so I knocked again.

"Neji-kun?" I asked again. Still no answer. "Neji, I'm coming in." I warned him.

I opened the door and saw Neji on his bed, sprawled out across his bed, on his stomach. I couldn't help but giggle slightly at the way he slept. I walked quietly over to the bed and shook him.

"Neji-kun, Neji-kun. Wake up, it's already 7." I said. He stirred and muttered something along the lines of '5 more minutes Lee.' He turned so his back was facing me and he was facing the drawn curtains. I wanted to give him a bright start so I walked over to the other side of the room, the side he was facing. I yanked the string and the curtains parted. In an instant, Neji was enveloped in light. I looked at Neji and noticed that he was trying to open his eyes without going blind.

He finally gave up trying to open his eyes and yelled, "Lee! Get out of my room!"

I couldn't help but laugh. He probably remembered that this wasn't his room and Lee-kun wasn't here when he heard me laughing. He finally got his eyes to open, thanks to me for closed the curtains slightly. He patiently waited for me to calm down. After a couple of seconds, I was sitting on the floor smiling.

"Neji-kun, breakfast is ready. Brush your teeth and come downstairs to eat." I told him. He nodded and signaled me to go. I left the room and closed the door. I guess even the Hyuuga prodigy has some secrets he wants to keep hidden. Like the fact that he sleepwalks and that he sleeps sprawled across his bed. I walked downstairs and went to divide the food. After about 15 minutes, Neji-kun walked down and sat down. I placed 2 plates in front of him and told him to dig in. We ate in silence, which was fine for me, seeing how I usually eat alone.

"Gomen nasai," Neji-kun said out of the blue.

"Nani?" I asked him, surprised.

"Sorry about last night. I guess I should've told you about me sleep walking." He answered, avoiding eye contact.

"Oh, that. It's alright, Neji-kun. Besides, I'm sure that if you didn't sleep walk, I would've been in your room. I kind of sleep walk as well. Not every single night, but I still sleep walk." I assured him

"Well, thanks Aya. I'm not usually like this but I hope we can be friends." He said.

"Of course, Neji-kun. I'd love to your friend." I replied, smiling sweetly at him. I saw him smile slightly.

"Neji-kun! You smiled!" I exclaimed. Even though I've only known him for two days, I got the feeling that he wasn't the type to smile. I made another mental note that I'm going to make Neji smile so much that his face hurts. Neji-kun chuckled softly at my sudden outburst and gathered up all of his dishes and mine.

"Ano, Neji-kun? What are you doing?" I asked him. He was walking towards the sink now. "You're not going to wash the dishes are you?"

"Maybe," was my answer. He seemed a little…hesitant…I guess that's the word.

"But Neji," I said raising my voice. "You know that we have a deal. You can help me do the dishes, not do it all by yourself!"

"I know, but think of this not as work, but as a thank you present. I don't mind doing this anyways. Besides, if Gay-sensei or Lee were here, they would be doing this and nothing you say or do could change their min." He said in an 'as-a-matter-of-fact' voice.

"Well, they aren't here and so that doesn't count." I told him in the same tone.

"Whatever, I'm done anyways. Well, I'm off. I need to go meet my teem," Neji told me, ending our friendly dispute. "I'll see you around Aya." He waved to me as he walked out the door.

"Hai. Ja ne Neji-kun." I whispered even though he didn't hear it and that no one was in the room besides me. I sighed and trudged to my room. 'Well, like they say, easy come, easy go.' I thought to myself. 'Let's see; today is a Saturday which means I don't have work today. I think I'm going to walk around town. Then I'll go to the neat little forest Naru-chan showed me a couple of days ago.' I planned out my day. Today was probably going to be very boring, since Naru-chan is on a mission with his team and I don't want to trouble anyone.

When I was in my room, I sat down and thought about what I was going to do in and in the forest.

"I need some food, so I'll go to the market. And I need some new clothes, too. So I'll go shopping. I'll eat out today. It's too quiet at home. I'll look for a pet. Forest. Hmm…what to do at the forest…I guess I cloud make some more wreaths. I think I'm just going to enjoy the scenery." Yes, I was talking to myself. I do that a lot. It's my way of keeping myself company. "I really do need a pet. Maybe a cat or a dog. Actually, no cats. They're too boring. I'll get a dog. How old though? I wan to raise it, so it'll be a puppy. What kind? A playful one, something like a…a…a Labrador! Oh, I'm going to have so much fun!" I squealed. I quickly ran downstairs and to the door. I closed the door and locked it before I started running again. My pace slowed down when I saw a large group of people, mainly girls.

'I wonder what's going on.' I thought. I tried to make my way through the crowd but couldn't, so I gave up and decided to ask someone.

"E-Excuse me, but w-what's going on?" I asked one of the girls in the crowd.

"Well, Team 7 is in there. I don't know the exact details but Narrator somehow got Sauce-kun upset. They're fighting right now." She answered.

"Oh, arigatou gozimasu." I tried again to make my way through the crowd. For some reason, it was easier than before. Everybody stopped pushing and shoving for some reason. 'Naru-chan, what did you do now?' I asked him mentally, which was kind of useless because he couldn't hear me. Even if it's only been about two weeks, I learned almost immediately that Naru-chan was a troublemaker, no matter how old he is.

I finally got to the front of the crowd, which only took 3 seconds. What I saw made me wish that I didn't leave my house. There, right in front of me, was Uzumaki Naruto, the number one, hyperactive, loudest ninja in the village, and Uchiha Sasuke, the village heartthrob and avenger in a lip-lock.

As soon as I saw that, my jaw dropped to the ground and my eyes grew wide. I snapped back into reality when I heard, "Naruto you idiot!! That's the second time you kissed me!" Guess who said that.

"Wait. SECOND? What happened with the first?!" I shouted at them

"Aya-chan! I'll tell you later. Right now, I gotta run!" Naru-chan told me. He started running away from the girls that were chasing him after he told me he'd tell me later. 'Wow…I never knew Naru-chan swung that way.' I thought to myself. I noticed Sasuke was still here so I walked over to him.

"A-A-Ano, Sasuke-san? Daijobu?" I asked him

'Hn. I'm fine." He answered me.

"Oh, okay. Ano…I was wondering. What happened the first time you and Naru-chan kissed?" I was really curious. I know, I know. Curiosity killed the cat. But satisfaction brought it back.

"Do you really want to know?" He asked me. I nodded my head. Sasuke sighed and began explaining. "Let's go to the park. I'll tell you when we get there."

"Alright," I said.

We walked to the park in silence. We finally made it to the par and I stopped walking.

"Just a little more Aya," Sasuke said without turning back or stopping. I jogged up to him and continued walking. We got to a hill and Sasuke finally stopped walking. He sat down and I followed suit.

"Six years ago, when I was 12, every one of the Jounins you know now were Genins. On the day that we were assigned teams, it happened I was sitting in my seat, just thinking and minding my own business, when Naruto suddenly jumped on my desk and started glaring at me." Sasuke started. "Of course, I glared back. After a minute or so, the guy in front of us leaned back and accidentally pushed Naruto forward. The next thing I knew, that idiot and I were in a lip lock." Sasuke turned his head the other way to hide his blushing face. I tried to keep in my laughter.

"Okay, so let me see if I got this right. The first time you two 'kissed' was when you two were 12 and it was because someone pushed Naru-chan. The second time was today and Naru-chan fell on top of you." I said.

"Yeah…that's about it," Sasuke replied blushing from embarrassment. I couldn't take it anymore. I started laughing so hard that I could hardly breathe and tears were falling from my eyes. I clutched my sides and tried to stop laughing. It took a while, probably a couple of minutes, but I managed to stop laughing.

"Oh wow. I knew Naru-chan was clumsy and all, but I didn't think that he would make the same mistake twice." I said.

"Hn. Well, that's it. See you around Aya."

"W-Wait. Where are you going Sasuke-san?" I asked him while trying to catch up to him.

"To go train. I have the rest of the day off." He answered.

"Oh, well. I don't have work today and Naru-chan is probably still running away from your fangirls, so why don't we keep each other company?" I asked him. I really wanted to have someone to spend the day with. I looked at him and saw he was thinking. 'I guess he has better things to do than hang out with me.' I thought sadly. I started to walk away. I really wanted to hang out with Sasuke. From what I've heard from Naru-chan, Sasuke isn't exactly social. He's more of a 'train and get stronger' type of guy. Naru-chan also said that he killed Orochimaru and his brother, Itachi, but still wants to get stronger and revive his clan.

Finally! I'm done! Sorry for the wait guys. Hope you are still reading. Do you guys still like the story? I never got any feedback for the last chapter. I'm not going to make you guys review me, but it would really help getting my stories out sooner! Um...I think that's it...oh wait! I remember! The next chapter of Starry Nights will come out after Thanksgiving. That it! Bye guys!