Wasn't the fastest update, but I blame end of the school year, and the frantic weeks of getting everything in on time. That and finals. But I am proud that this didn't take as long as the other chapter. I hope to update regularly for a while and maybe start another fic.

Also thanks to everyone who reviewed. Especially FlowerOfTheNight544 and Luna at Midnight who helped me pick Nekozawa; he'll come up later on.

Disclaimer – I don't own Naruto or Ouran just the story

"Talking"

Thinking

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The world spun out of control and soon everything grew dark. The faces surrounding her were just blurs as Hinata slipped into unconsciousness.

It was a long time before she found herself awake and confused. Startled she rose quickly to find herself in her room. In her pajamas, she put her arms around herself defensively.

I'm home but … she thought as she looked around her room, the clock blared quietly in neon numbers 11:53. Hinata sighed in relief and smiled to herself.

Oh it must have been a dream there's absolutely no way that could have ever happened. What a strange dream. Even Neji-niisan was there. A dream that's probably it, I'm worrying over nothing. I must be overworking myself again, and had a fantasy about bishies. Now that I think about it they probably don't exist.

Shaking her head she lied down on her worn out futon and slowly lowered herself back to a sleeping position. Head rested against a pillow she had no idea the amount of horrors that she would deal with the next day.

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School was relatively normal. The walk to school, the first few classes, and everyone's behavior was pretty normal as well, reassuring Hinata that yesterday was a figment of her imagination. She was so blissfully happy that she never realized that two black eyes had been staring at her for the majority of the morning.

When the lunch bell rang, she had unpacked her lunch before realizing she had been accosted. He was in her class but she had never bothered to remember his name. He was always quiet and sat in the back. However he was popular with the girls as they crowded his desk at breaks and lunch.

A player?

"Hello" he simply said as he smiled and put his hand out "You're Hinata-kun yes?"

"Y-yes" She replied as her hand warily made her way to his for an awkward handshake. "M-may I help you?" She blushed out of embarrassment and avoided making eye contact with the stranger preferring to look at the floor instead. He looked like the person from her dream, Handsome and tall with beautiful features. He had black eyes and black hair and even whiter skin than on any guy she had ever seen.

He's even prettier than a girl.

"I'm Sai, we've been classmates for quite a while. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"N-n-nice to meet you too," He didn't seem to want to let go of her hand even after introduction and she had turned in his direction and tried to pull it away.

Wow you do look a lot like Hyuuga-sempai, especially the eyes." He pulled her closer by the hand to examine them until he was inches away from her face. Face to face Hinata panicked, she had to turn away as not to even think about how embarrassing the situation was. He had never even let go of her hand. Her face now resembled a tomato as her classmates had taken notice of the scene. Some interpreted the scene another way and somewhere in the classroom a fangirl screamed and fell down foaming at the mouth.

What is with these people? Why does everyone think its okay to push their face next to mine? How can they possibly think this is alright? Do they have any form of common decency or shame?! Or are they all blind?

"A-anou, could you not" She finally squeaked squirming under the excruciating stare. He pulled up with a slightly puzzled look. Hinata breathed a sigh of relief, holding her hands together to comfort herself.

"Ah, I read in a book that people value personal space but I also read that if you don't break the ice somehow between yourself and a new acquaintance then you'll always have an estranged and distant relationship. So that was the plan but it seems to make you uncomfortable so I guess it was mistaken." He said.

Obviously

"Anou, w-was there anything you needed Sai-san" she asked quietly twiddling her fingers a nervous habit she had developed in her early childhood. She just wanted to get rid of him and the stares and whispers that had accumulated around them.

What the Hell! Do these people have nothing better to do than watch this freaking stupidity?

"Yeah, well Hyuuga-sempai asked me to call you out, but you're kinda hard to talk to. Must be because you're so soft-spoken and distant from anyone in our class, no one really knows anything about you. I'm mean you don't even own a school uniform. A common trait everyone at school must share and yet you seem to want to make yourself a social pariah."

Every word cut into her like a dagger. She didn't have much self-esteem or confidence and she didn't need a guy she had never even talked to before call her a recluse. And to top it all off the majority of the classroom and a few others from other classes had now made her the biggest gossip topic. Gloom set in as she stood up from her desk. She uttered a small word of thanks and walked outside the classroom pushing away from the crowd and slowly making her way to her were her cousin was waiting. Sai was now without Hinata was left alone as the crowd switched to a more entertaining attraction.

The crowd was now preoccupied with the fangirl that fell earlier and was now convulsing on floor. Her fellow fangirl friends had snapped out of their yaoi induced fantasies and were carrying the now comatose girl to the infirmary which the crowd had now focused their attention luckily leaving Hinata out of the new gossip and Sai left to his own devices.

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Hinata solemnly followed her cousin to a more secluded part of the expansive hallway, to give her that much needed privacy that was invaded just a few minutes before. Neji finally stopped at large window that overlooked the courtyard, it was only a few yards from her classroom but completely out of sight. Hinata lifted her head and studied her cousin. He had probably watched the whole spectacle; the whole embarrassing scene from beginning to end.

Well, apparently yesterday wasn't a dream, now was it? She sulked, eyes downcast and cheeks still red from her embarrassment.

Still… I am happy; I never thought I never see Neji-niisan again. Thinking positive she smiled a soft shy smile to her cousin. He never really changed even though the last she saw him was four years ago. He still had long hair, a clean appearance and the same Hyuuga eyes that showed there bonded the two together. Though he was acting a bit strange, he seemed anxious and nervous, penetrating the calm demeanor. Not just anything could do that to her emotionally distant cousin.

He's worried about something.

"Hinata-sama, Why are you here? how can you afford this school, after…after what happened." Neji said.

"P-please don't call me 'Hinata-sama' anymore you know I should never be called Sama by anyone." Hinata said as she turned away from her cousin look over the courtyard.

"You're avoiding the question. Did you come here on your own or were you put up to it by someone."

"I-I-I, t-that was... I-I actually took the entrance exam and was able to get here on an s-scholarship. No one put me up to it. No one's forcing me I just wanted to…better myself t-that's all." Hinata replied. "Though I'm surprised to see you here Niisan, I thought you lived in Suna with the branch family."

"That's right, you were never informed. We moved to Konoha after the funeral. Father had to come here to take over Hiashi-sama's business, but why would you want to come here Hinata-sama? I'm worried about you, especially in a place like this, after everything that happened."

"Don't worry, I'm fine, I can manage on my own, though I do feel a little out of place, but for the most part I'm left alone. Is that all you wanted me for niisan?"

Though I wouldn't some friends.

"Yes, well I just wanted to check up on you. I had no idea that you even attended this school. I never thought you would come here of your own volition. Though don't be fooled with the whole grandeur feeling around here, this is my second year here and this place is full of weirdoes and perverts. Though the students come from noble and wealthy birth, they're very eccentric, even the normal looking ones. You should make it a point to avoid those kind of characters Hinata-sama."

Now that you mention it…

"Ah, Neji-niisan that was you with those people yesterday right? Are you a part of that club I stumbled into yesterday, Host club was it? I can't imagine you know such outrageous people like them. You were never the type to join clubs or socialize when we were younger. Were you just running an errand for then or something like that?"

"Yeah… actually that's a good point and well…"

Someone chuckled and both Hyuuga heads swerved to see Sai right next to them, listening to their conversation.

Both were shocked and speechless allowing Sai to finish chuckling "Hyuuga-sempai is a part of our club, you see Hinata-kun. That's how we know each other and that's why I called you out of class. I was doing a favor for my sempai" Sai said as he interjected himself between Neji and Hinata, far too close to his cousin for Neji's taste as he glared at the back of Sai's head while Sai continued on. "In fact Hinata-kun the main reason he's here is because he was told to bring you to the club after school today. Otherwise he'll get in trouble with the president."

Hinata peeked out from the other Sai and gave a concerned look at an incredibly guilty looking Neji. "I-is that true Neji-niisan?"

Obviously he would have to answer that sooner or later so he resigned himself and got it over with. Though he felt guilty just thinking about it what the president had in store for his cute, innocent cousin. He sighed in defeat.

"Y-yes" Neji replied his eyes avoiding her.

"Huh" Sai said "so does that stuttering thing run in your family or…"

"Shut the hell up Sai!" Neji snapped glaring outright at Sai's stupid smiling face. He had already ruined his reunion with his cousin and now he had outed his little 'assignment' from the president. Frustrated neji simply couldn't take it anymore especially after that little spectacle he watched in the classroom Sai was obviously not Neji's favorite person at the moment. He grabbed Sai's collar with one hand and made a fist with the other. However before he could strike, his cousin had intervened.

"A-anou…" as Hinata got in between the two "I don't mind going with you after school Neji-niisan. It really is no trouble at all. If your president insists then there's really nothing for you to do. P-please stop fighting. I don't want you two to get in trouble over something like this."

There was a silence as both Hinata and Sai were waiting for Neji to make a move.

He sighed, "Alright" Neji said releasing Sai "and thank you Hinata-sama."

"Please don't call me that anymore Neji-niisan."

"Niisan?"

"Shut it Sai!"

"But…"

Just then the bell had rang throughout the school signaling the end of lunch and effectively cutting off any retort Sai could have made. Neji could feel a large headache coming on as he held a hand to his head and closed his eyes in irritation.

"He's gone you know," Sai said

"Who?"

"Your cousin, Hinata-kun."

He was right; Hinata was making her way back to her class never once looking back at the two.

"He's a weird one, but he is related to you. If it wasn't for his lack of female anatomy you'd think he was lacking in a certain male anatomy."

"For a seemingly straight guy, male anatomy is all you seem to think about or is that your way of insulting my cousin."

"It wasn't an insult and questioning my preferences won't really make the situation any less severe than it already is. You should just accept it as inevitable you know when that idiot get excited there's no stopping it. And not to change subjects but my next class is just down the hall, if you don't hurry you might be late."

Neji glared glare and Sai matched eye contact starting a manly stare-down. Although neither wanted to back off the warning bell had rung and they soon parted ways. Neji was now in an even worse mood than before and Sai smiling was smiling as he knew he was victorious.

Meanwhile Hinata was sulking in her seat, her lunch untouched and her stomach growling.

Jerks.

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Hinata's a lot more open in her mind huh? She just doesn't have the courage to tell those idiots off. It's a bit OOC but if Haruhi was shy like Hinata then we really wouldn't get half the jokes Ouran has to offer. Just now that I just realized, Hinata is pretty rich in the original manga so to add Neji I had to add a soap opera background. It won't change the character at all though. But I had to make Neji rich, but Hinata poor and they're in the same family so soap opera emo back story it is.

Yeah that's about it for now. I was going to make it longer but its midnight and this seems to be a good stopping point. Sorry for going to town with Sai's character, but he seems to me like a precocious brat that doesn't know when to shut his mouth. Also that whole fangirl part was requested by a friend who likes yaoi WAY too much.

Anyhoo, reviews are always welcome but no flames, and hopefully I might get this fic to the actual plot sometime soon. ^-^ okay?