A/N: Thank you for the reviews! Happy (Belated) New Year, and Happy (Belated) Holidays! Sorry for leaving this for so long!

This chapter is pretty short...

I'm going to write the story from Hinata's POV, because it's so much easier if I say it from her POV, instead of narrating everything like I'm stalking her (that's what it feels like).

Spoiler: if you haven't read/watched/heard about Asuma.

Disclaimer: I forgot to do this on the first chapter, so NO, I do NOT own Naruto, and NO, I do NOT own any of the Naruto Characters and/or their themes.

Chapter 2

I went upstairs to my room and rushed over to my window. Only a few days ago, my dad and Neji got me a flower box for the little ledge infront of my window. I filled it with soil from the garden yesterday, and now I finally have the actual flowers!

I shook my bag upside-down and the contents spilled out. I looked for the roses and picked them up when I noticed some carnations among the tulips. Wait a minute...I didn't buy any carnations. I shrugged (which was pointless... nobody was watching me) and put them back in the bag.

I took the roses and planted the yellow rose beside one of the red roses. I dug and I planted for an hour, putting the white rose in one corner and the other red roses around the yellow. If this worked, then I would get an orange rose in the end, along with two red roses, and a white rose. I wasn't an expert at breeding flowers, and I hoped that roses could actually be orange. Why not? If there were such things as blue roses (wait...there ARE such things as blue roses, right?), why not orange?

When I was done, I stared at the dirty mess I made, dirt all over the floor and on my clothes. I almost felt like just leaving it, but I knew my father would highly disapprove. Thinking of how much trouble I would be in if father, or even Neji for that matter, saw me, the Hyuuga Heiress, all covered in dirt and soil, I just had to clean it all up. I brushed the dirt from my pants, and changed into a white T shirt with a single lavender flower in the corner. It was my favourite shirt, because it was the only shirt I had that had my two favourite colours on it and didn't look like it was plain. I had other shirts like this one, but they didn't seem nearly as nice.

Feeling proud of my hard work, I came down the stairs and got ready to go out into Konoha. I put on my pale blue sweater, slipped on my shoes and opened the door. I was just about to step out when Neji tapped my shoulder.

"Sorry to bother you, Hinata, but can I come with you?"

"You? Accompany me on a walk?" I said, too shocked to actually stutter - and coming from me, that's something.

"Hey, you managed not to stumble on a word for once!" Neji grinned. It was weird, this seemed like something coming from Kiba, not my cousin. "But yeah, I wanted to do something out in town, and I thought it might be convenient if I came along with you instead of going alone."

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"W-who are you and w-what have you done with m-my c-c-cousin?!?!" The stammering returns.

Neji looks extremely surprised at my outburst, though I can't understand why. He should be able to understand. Neji is a loner - I mean, independant. He goes alone, and I think he likes being alone sometimes. I can't blame him; Gai-sensei and Lee are pratically insane, and Tenten likes Neji, so I figure it might be awkward talking to her a lot.

Anyways, why would independant Neji want to walk with me? Even if he is my cousin and might be a bit protective of me, especially after the chunin exams, I can't seem to figure out why he would want to tag along.

Then, it hit me. He heard the rumors. He was being protective, like he was my second dad.

I almost hated my fans, pairing me up with all these people. I can get Kiba, Shino and Naruto (obviously), but Shikamaru, Sasuke, Gaara, Itachi, Kakashi-sensei...I never even talk to those people! And Neji? My own cousin? Eww!

I made me so angry, I just kicked my shoes off and went back upstairs. I could hear Neji saying "Sorry." softly, and I knew he wouldn't tell father.

Once I was in my room, I got my MP3 player and plugged it into my speakers. I shuffled through the songs and tried to decide what to pick.

A word before I tell you which song I landed on:

The TV show is not acted out. It's actually just a film crew following us the entire time...which is awkward, especially when some one dies. After Asuma died and the group returned to Konoha, Shikamaru used the shadow possession jutsu on the crew and and made them stay underwater for a minute. There were also a lot of other times when we tried to kill them, but I won't get into that now...

Anyways, because of the TV show, we all have our own themes, and Gaara has two: one for his childhood and one for himself. I love the childhood theme; it makes you want to cry. Or actually make you cry, it depends on the person.

So there I am, lying on my bed, listening to Gaara's Childhood Theme. I think there is something seriously messed up with these themes, because after five minutes, Hanabi is at my door, telling me Gaara and Naruto are downstairs.

A/N: Please don't get offended by the part where Hinata is complaining about the pairings. I'm just writing what I think Hinata would think. Review please!