Him

Almost three days has passed since they went home together. Three days of him thinking of her every time he's about to go to sleep, remembering how much he's known now… about her. He hasn't talked to her since then. It was weird, but he never got a chance to. He never saw her in the train again, and they were in different classes at school too. It simply made him think about her more.

And when he got out of bed that day, he was determined to see her again.

Her

There was screaming and shrieking just outside her room, in the living room. She held her knees to her chest tightly, her eyes completely shut. If she wasn't so used to something like this, she could have been crying by now. Her brothers weren't at home, something that made her feel a little relieved. She tried putting her hands on her ears too… but she couldn't. She had to hear every word her mother was shouting.

"Don't tell me what to do. She's my daughter too."

It just didn't stop.

She wished her father didn't come to visit at all.

Him

He didn't see her in the train to school that morning.

"Do you know… a girl named Tenten by any chance?"

Neji, deeply frustrated by the fact that he still hasn't seen her, decided to ask his friends if they knew her, and by any chance, know her phone number.

"Yeah, I know her. She's Sakura's friend." Naruto smiled, "What's this about though? you never get interested in girls."

"Oh yeah." Inuzuka Kiba joined in, his enthusiasm seemed to have leveled with Naruto's, not just today, but every day—all the time. "I even thought you were turning gay, Hyuuga."

Neji grunted, something he hasn't done in a while.

By then he realized he'll just attract more questions from them if he asked if they know her phone number.

So he decided to ask Sakura instead.

It was a good thing he was close with her, a fact that made Sakura one of the very few girls Neji was good friends with. No romantic feelings included.

But when he did approach her regarding his matter, he became even more frustrated.

"She doesn't have a phone."

God damn it.

Her

She wasn't able to go to school that day. Her father finally left, and everything was back to normal. She was relieved that she wanted to call her friends about whatever was happening in school when she was away.

But she remembered she didn't have a phone.

Him

Almost one week has passed, he thought. He was lying on his bed, trying to think of a way—a plan, to talk to her. Or even see her. When his cousin called him for dinner, he couldn't have been more disappointed.

But when they were all gathered in the table, a thought had come in his head.

"Dad, how much does a hand phone cost?"

His father stopped eating all of a sudden, throwing his son a don't-you-already-have-a-phone look. Neji, on the other hand, looked more serious than ever.

"It's for a friend."

Hinata giggled.

He ended up buying her a phone. It didn't cost as much as he imagined it to be. It was actually fairly cheap. But the model he bought for her…. was it too much? He thought. He couldn't buy her a cheap one after all.

But… why couldn't he? She wasn't his girlfriend, after all.

Her

She was glad she was finally able to go to school. She was glad she wasn't away for a long time, or that would mean a whole lot of catching up. Especially on History. She was glad she could see her friends again.

But what greeted her when she first opened the school gates was a paper bag. A fancy-looking paper bag, held by the Hyuuga Neji, who looked at her scornfully, as if she had done something wrong. He held the paper bag up to her face, and shoved it before turning his back and walking away.

She was too absorbed with what was inside the paper bag than to care about why he would shove it to her face.

A hand phone.

She needed one.


Author's Notes

Sorry if it's short.