Written with a ridiculous amount of help from my twin, CaramelRevenge, who is very obnoxious.

Neither of us own anything whatsoever mentioned in this story. Except Hmai-Li and Hideaki of course. And no, Hideaki does not exist in the actual Naruto universe, he is completely and totally made up by CaramelRevenge.

Hanabi had a lot of cousins. That's what happens when cousins get married. Almost everyone in the clan was her cousin.

She preferred the ones near her age, though. Like Neji, or Hmai-Li.

She liked Hinata too, but Hinata wasn't her cousin.

And then there was Hideaki. He'd always been the responsible sort, and he was a ninja as well.

The elders thought he was crazy.

They were ashamed of him because Hideaki was the only Hyuuga who wore glasses.

He was not the only Hyuuga who needed glasses, he was just the only one who didn't have a ridiculous ego. Most other Hyuuga had way too much pride to wear glasses where anyone could see them. Hanabi thought even Neji wouldn't wear glasses, no matter how badly he needed them.

There was a theory that Hideaki was dropped on his head multiple times and therefore did not have an ego. Or a 'sensible disposition', because not only did he lack the ridiculously oversized ego that was required for him to refuse glasses, he was also polite - to everyone, branch and main- nice to little animals, and was dating a girl who was not a Hyuuga. He could get away with that because he was a Main family member.

He also had the strange notion that justice should prevail, rather than the rather popular Hyuuga notion that 'The strong are fated to crush the weak.'

On this fine morning, Hideaki was helping Hmai Li in the kitchen, because he did not consider it below his station.

Hmai-Li was already falling behind, due to the elders' ridiculous demands on her time.

Hanabi was also in the kitchen, but she was not much help. She was just sitting on the counter, eating out of the sugar canister with a spoon.

Hmai-Li snatched the canister out of Hanabi's hands to measure a cup of sugar, then handed it back. Hideaki busily flipped pancakes.

"Hmai-Li!" the shout came from the Main family dining room, and it sounded like an elderly person's voice.

"I'm hurrying!" Hmai-Li screeched. Her voice was extra squeaky, due to a cold she had contracted in the middle of Summer. She frantically stirred the coffee cake batter, then reached with a spatula to flip some bacon. It was a wonder she didn't drop anything.

"Pancakes are ready!" Hideaki declared loudly, quickly setting the plate of hot pancakes on the counter, next to the syrup. Hanabi helped herself to one.

As far as Hanabi could tell, everything was either ready or close to ready except the coffee cake. That was unfortunate, since it was the elders favorite part of the meal. They really liked cake. And pancakes didn't count.

She pondered this while she ate the syrup with a spoon.

" Hey, where's Hideaki?" came floating in from the dining room.

" I'm in the kitchen!" He unashamedly shouted. Hanabi giggled. She could see the look on the elder's faces.

" You're supposed to be in here!" Came horrified voice of an elder.

" What are you doing in the kitchen?!" Asked another panicked elder.

" I'm helping Hmai-Li!"

Hanabi laughed as she heard elder sqwauk. She heard another choking on something, which was kind of weird, considering they weren't eating yet. She hoped he wasn't choking on his bile or something, because that would be really gross.

" Get in here!"

" In a minute! Hmai-Li needs help with the coffee cake!" He called back, apparently not hearing the death threat tone the elder used.

" I do like cake." Piped up one of the less sane elders.

" Hey, wait a minute, where's Hanabi?"

" I'm in the kitchen, but I'm not helping!" She called, after swallowing the syrup in her mouth.

She could hear murmurs of approval from the elders. Before they could remember that Hideaki was doing something that was taboo, Hmai-Li burst in with breakfast, as the cakes had finished cooking.

And that, was a Hyuuga morning.

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