Ok…because I felt guilty about the short chapters I've been posting up and the long intervals between them…I decided to post chapter 6 and 7 up on the same day. xDD Happy reading!

Chapter Seven – What to Do

Stopping in front of the entrance he felt his mouth drop, wow…her house sure was big. There was no gate or anything so Naruto hesitantly walked inside and made his way towards what he believed appeared to be the front door. Gulping nervously he knocked on the door. No answer. Frowning, he knocked again, harder. Finally he heard someone coming to open the door, Naruto shuffled nervously on his feet. What should he say to Hinata? Was she still upset…?

The door opened and Naruto started to speak, "Look Hinata-chan, I'm really sorry about what happened the other so ca…" He looked up and stopped. Because the person who was standing in front of him and who was looking like he wanted to strangle him wasn't Hinata. "What are you doing here?" Neji hissed. Oh god, he was in for it.

He laughed nervously, "Ahh! Neji! Long time no see I was ju-" He was cut off when Neji slammed him against the wall, scrunching the front of his shirt. "Cut the shit. Why are you here?" he whispered in a deadly tone. Naruto stared at him fiercely and with strained effort, removed himself from Neji's grip, although he was still plastered against the wall.

"I came to see Hinata." Naruto said in an unnaturally quiet voice. Neji narrowed his eyes. "You will do nothing of that sort, so go". He turned his back on Naruto and was about to close the door but Naruto held up a hand to stop the door from shutting. "Let me see her". Naruto said in a firm voice, anger was starting to flood in him. Neji forced himself to not shudder when he saw the look in Naruto's eyes. "Do you want to fight me Uzumaki?" he challenged in a cool voice.

Hell yeah! I'd beat the crap out of this cocky bastard! But…he didn't think that Hinata would be too thrilled with the idea of him smashing up her cousin. Naruto sighed and removed his hand from the door and closed his eyes. He had to stay cool. "No…I wouldn't want to fight you…Neji-kun, I think it'll just upset Hinata-chan even more."

Neji's eyebrows shot up. Was this really coming from that blonde-haired idiot?? Maybe he really was starting to rub off from Hinata. He instantly dismissed the thought. "In that case…stay away from here." With that, Neji slammed the door in Naruto's face. Naruto seethed. "I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO LET ME IN. EVEN IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT"

Neji smirked from inside the house. We'll see about that. Sooner or later that idiot will leave.

Hinata woke up groggily, her mind still swimming with sleep. Was that Naruto who was yelling? No it couldn't be…it must be this damn fever. Sighing she snuggled deeper into her blankets and once again drifted into the worlds of dreams. Naruto-kun…

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Neji scowled, the idiot still hadn't left, in fact he was pounding at the door right now. Neji sighed; thank god that Hiashi and Hanabi were away on a business trip right now. He glanced at the clock, it was already 11:08pm. What was that baka still doing here? Did he really want to see Hinata that bad? Maybe…the dobe was serious about his cousin. Maybe…he was being a bit overprotective. Like his uncle. Maybe…he should just let Hinata be happy. He shook away his thoughts when he heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

"Who's at the door Neji-nii-san?" she asked sleepily. Neji sighed. Great. "No-one Hinata-san…you really should get back into bed. You still have a fever. Hinata poked her tongue out at him but made her way back upstairs again, sleep getting the better of her. Neji couldn't help but chuckle when she was gone. She was so different from the Hinata before. She was more confident, which surprised and pleased her father. Did this baka really mean so much to her?

Brotherly instinct overcame his anger. As much as he really didn't want to do this, maybe it would be the best for Hinata. Scowling, he made his way towards the door.

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Naruto tried to stop himself from shivering from the cold and resorted to letting out a long stream of colourful words that he thought described Neji best. But no matter what, he had to talk to Hinata. He had to sort things out with her. He couldn't lose her. He mentally berated himself for not being able to notice her before. She was so different from all the other girls.

He perked up a bit when he heard footsteps coming down the hallway from inside and the clacking of unlocking the door. The door swung open to reveal a scowling Neji who was glaring at him. Naruto snorted, "So you've finally came to your senses, Ne-" One glance at Neji told him that he shouldn't push it.

"Hinata-san's room is the second one to your right, upstairs. She might be asleep…and I'll give you no more than 15 minutes to talk to her" Naruto felt shocked...Neji actually gave in? He nodded his head vaguely. "HOWEVER…if I hear ANY weird sounds coming from upstairs I promise you I will PERSONALLY go up there and kill you." It took a moment for Naruto to register what he was saying and when he finally did he blushed. "WHO DO YOU THINK I AM??? SOME KIND OF PERVERT??" Neji shrugged and stepped aside for Naruto to come in.

Naruto hadn't got further than 5 steps inside when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "What now?" he asked irritably turning around. Neji hesitated before saying, "Please…take good care of her." This surprised Naruto a bit, was Neji accepting him? He gave Neji his trademark grin and struck one of Lee's 'nice guy' pose. "I promise you, I'll protect Hinata forever."

Neji couldn't help but smile. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.

Naruto paused before knocking gently on Hinata's door. There was no answer so he knocked again…Is it just me or am I doing this a lot today? Assuming that she was still asleep, Naruto opened the door and slipped inside. He had never been inside a girl's room before and he glanced around. It was filled with soft toys, scattered books, pencils and brushes…and even posters of the Black Moon.

Naruto stared at the poster…its felt weird to see himself on it. Glancing away he saw a bed in the corner and he could dimly make out a figure that was curled up inside it. He softly made his way to the bed. Peering at the face he felt his breath get caught in his throat.

The soft moonlight was illuminating Hinata's face. Her long hair was fanned on the pillow, with her two bangs gently framing her face. Her dark-blue hair made a good contrast to her pale, creamy complexion which was flushed at the moment. She looked so peaceful and calm that he didn't have the heart to wake her up.

Naruto shook himself out of his thoughts and frowned. She shouldn't be that red…he laid a hand on her forehead and felt his eyes widen. She was burning! Panicking he was about to get Neji when he saw a basin of water and a towel on a drawer next to her bed. He wetted the cloth and gingerly pushed back her fringe before placing the towel on her forehead.

He heard Hinata sigh sleepily at the cool touch of the cloth and Naruto felt a smile flash across his face. "Hey Hinata-chan…how did you get yourself in a mess like this?" he asked softly in a teasing manner. Then suddenly he remembered…oh yeah…she was running out into the rain…guilt flooded Naruto's mind and he wetted the towel again before placing it on her forehead.

"Hina-chan…I know you might not be able to hear this but I'm sorry about the other day ok?" …please believe me…please. He sighed when there was no response from the girl. Maybe he should talk to her another time when she could actually hear him. His time was nearly up anyways. He took the towel off to wet it again. Glancing over at her face he was amazed that he hadn't noticed how pretty she was. No pretty didn't describe her…she was beautiful.

Making sure that no one else was in the room…namely Neji…he gently kissed her on her forehead. "Get better 'kay?" he quickly placed the towel on her forehead again before leaving her bag on the floor next to her bed and hurriedly left the room, a slight blush across his face. Dear god, when had I gotten so mushy? Because he had left the room so quickly he failed to notice the blush that had crept on Hinata's face and the smile that was spreading across her face.

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Naruto sighed as he walked along the streets that lead him back to his apartment. He felt like a load was taken off his mind…However, there was still the gig to worry about and it was coming up this Friday…wonderful.

Stay tuned for the next chapter peoples!!! xDD everlasting.rainbow