Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

You're all that I hoped I'd find
In every single way
And everything I could give
Is everything you couldn't take
Cause nothing feels like home, you're a thousand miles away
And the hardest part of living
Is just taking breaths to stay – Mayday Parade

"How should we get them to start talking again? Seeing as, they haven't spoken in almost two months." Sakura questioned. She and Sasuke didn't usually eat in the classroom. Especially in my classroom and neither did Ino seeing as she didn't even have this class, at all. "Why don't we lock them in a closet!" Ino excitedly suggested.

Today would have to be described as possibly the most awkward day ever. Because it was raining outside, no one could eat on the roof, the only places to eat where either the cafeteria or a classroom. The cafeteria was overly crowded with no good seats left. So Kiba and I decided to eat in the biology classroom which was the class I had right before lunch. Unfortunately Naruto had the same idea so he and Kimura-san were also in here with us. And for a reason unknown to me Sasuke, Sakura and Ino came into the classroom too.

"Hello? Boyfriend of the girl your trying to lock in a closet sitting right here." Kiba stated whilst pointing at himself. We had started going out after our first date to a café. Meaning we had been dating almost as long as the time Naruto and I had stopped talking. Sasuke and Naruto ignored Kiba while Sakura and Kimura-san quickly glanced at him. I just continued eating my lunchbox and gazing out the window.

"That would probably work but Naruto might break the door down trying to get out and Hinata-chan has become quite stubborn lately and would probably refuse to talk." Sakura said as though she knew everything. True I had become a little stubborn but I had to change. I had to make the Hyuuga elders believe that I was tough and could deal with anything they dealt out. Even if it meant losing some friends along the way.

"…how about we put steel handcuffs on them." Ino suggested once more. They had been doing this for the past ten minutes. Suggesting things to get me and Naruto to talk. Sasuke just kept eating, clearly looking amused at their suggestions. "That may work but only if Naruto doesn't break his thumb to escape them." Sakura said quickly refusing another idea. "Can't you think of something more creative?" Sakura asked

"Hey! I'm trying! I don't see you coming up with anything better, forehead-girl!" Ino screeched. "Maybe because your dumbness is making it hard to think, Ino-pig!" At that point I started to tune them out. It was a pointless fight anyways, and listening to it made my headache worse.

My eyes shifted over to Kiba quickly, he was fuming. His hand was in a tight fist almost breaking his chopsticks. I placed my left hand over his. "Kiba-kun…calm down." I said quietly, keeping my eyes on the rain clouds.

I looked away from the window and saw Kiba smiling gently at me. He intertwined our fingers, my fingers touched his palm and his fingers where slightly wrapped over mine. An awkward hand holding technique; His thumb stroking my pinky which I ignored as I returned my gaze to the window once more.

I had always hated the rain but now I was starting to like it. I wasn't sure why but I did. The rain always washed away the dirtiness of the world and gave it a fresh new beginning.

"Hey Naruto isn't your birthday coming up?" I heard Sakura ask. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Naruto look at her and smile. "Yup! I'm gonna be seventeen! I'm one year closer to being able to legally drink!" Kimura-san giggled at his statement.

"You're already stupid enough, Dobe, and drinking wouldn't help any." I was vaguely listening my attention was focused more on two raindrops that were racing down the window. My head hurt so much and I felt nauseas. But I ignored it since I had been feeling like this for a while and it always went away.

I took some more food and ate it. I could feel Sakura watching me. "Hey, Hinata, are you ok? You look a little flushed." Sakura asked her voice finally breaking me out of my trance. I reluctantly pulled my gaze from the window-Turning my head made me dizzier-and saw Sakura's worried face. Naruto and Kiba began watching me after Sakura's accusation. I placed my chopsticks down on my bento box; I really didn't want to continue eating when I couldn't even taste the food.

I gave a big smile to all of them. "I'm fine, but thanks for worrying." I was finished with lunch anyways so I started to pack my lunch up, then I proceeded to put my bento box in my bag. "Hinata are you sure?" This time Kiba voiced his concern. He untwined our fingers and put his hand on my forehead. I didn't stop him-though I did want to-because I didn't have the strength to.

"You're burning up!" He exclaimed taking his hand off. Sakura stood up from her seat and walked toward me and put her hand on my forehead. Her hand was almost as cool as Kiba's. "I can't do a full examination but you defiantly have a fever and your pupils are slightly dilated. You should go to the nurse's office and get some rest." She said.

"I'll take her." Kiba exclaimed, standing. Sakura went and sat down at her seat. Kiba took my hand and gently pulled me up. As we began toward the door I noticed that Naruto was still watching me, when I tried to return his gaze he quickly looked away.

The hallway was practically empty; very few people were in it. When I stumbled a bit Kiba put his arm around my waist, making sure to keep me up. "You can lean on me if you feel dizzy." I nodded and took him up on his offer. He was so sweet sometimes that I felt like I didn't deserve him.

We walked down the hall alone. It was almost complete silence between the two of us except for the low hum of the classrooms behind the doors. The air between us was thick, not awkward at least not full blown awkward but almost there. When we reached the nurse's office separated myself from him and put some distance between us but not much. "Thanks for helping me here. You can go back to class." I told him. My headache had gotten worse and I just wanted to lie down.

Kiba looked taken back for a second before he straightened up and smiled. "You gotta get better so we can go on a date, okay?" I nodded while giggling. His smile just widened. "Okay and when we do you should bring Akamaru. I miss him." I said giggling more at Kiba's face which had turned into an annoyed one.

"I'm losing my own girlfriend to my dog." He tried to keep a straight face but ended up laughing with me. The school bell began chiming signaling that lunch was over. We both looked up as if we would be able to see the actually bell.

"Well I guess I better be going to class. I'll tell sensei that you're in the nurse's office." He whispered stepping closer to me. I stayed where I was and kept my eyes focused on his. The distance between was a personal distance but now it was intimate.

He leaned down and stole my lips. His hands wrapped around my waist. Kissing was not fun it was gross when you thought about it. Someone's lips overlapping yours and their tongue in your mouth. Kissing had never been a pleasurable act. I wasn't a bad kisser-according to Kiba- but I still found kissing not enjoyable. I was okay with quick little pecks on the mouth or cheek but I did not like actual kissing. It was too personal. I dealt with kissing by thinking of someone with blonde hair and eyes as blue as the noon sky. Someone whose smile lit up the room.

If I just imagined I was kissing that person I could do this. At this point I usually place my arms around his neck letting him think I wanted to kiss him more but I couldn't because I heard the door behind me open. We broke apart and I turned my head. The principal/school nurse was standing right behind us with one eyebrow cocked up. Kiba let go of me as if I had burned him. "Well, uh, I guess I better go. See you later, Hinata." He mumbled jogging down the hall.

Tsunade-sensei just sighed. "Is there a reason you're here?" I was unable to talk for a moment. I was still in shock of having her catch us. I coughed into my hand trying to regain my voice. "Um, Sakura-chan said I had a fever and my eyes were slightly d-dilated." She always made me nervous with her cold gaze. She walked into the office and I instinctively followed her.

"Have a seat." She suggested pointing at a stool. I sat and watched her bustle around the room. She came back and stood in front of me. "Open your mouth." I complied with her demand and she proceeded to place a thermometer under my tongue. I instantly closed my mouth. She was looking at her watch. A dull silence occupied the room; the only other noise was the rain pattering against the windows. After a minute she swiftly pulled the thermometer roughly from my mouth. "Hmm."

I hated when doctors said that. It always sounded like something bad. You could be feeling fine one moment, they say 'hmm' and the next moment you feel something unusual. "Well you have a slight fever nothing serious but I would advise you to lie down and sleep for a little bit. I'll awake you before school is over." She said, walking over to her desk and sitting down, continuing her paperwork. I nodded. I knew I hadn't been getting enough sleep lately. I was paranoid, could you blame me? Anyone would be freaked out finding blood in their house. I usually stayed awake as long as I could before passing out but I knew that couldn't be the reason I didn't feel well. It just couldn't be because I had been feeling this way for about two weeks and I had been staying up late every since I found the blood.

I moved the curtain that separated the beds and pushed the covers back. Once I laid my head on the pillow I was out cold.

"Hyuuga, Get up!" Someone yelled. On instinct I jumped up and sat straight, as I often did when back when I lived in the Hyuuga household. Then I remembered where I was and relaxed a bit. I looked in front of me and saw the nurse smirking.

"Glad to see you're awake. School ends in twenty; you can leave now if you want." That was all she said before walking away and out the room. I heard the door open and close as her footsteps faded away.

I lifted my hand up to my face and felt my forehead. It still felt a little warm and I was still dizzy. Tsunade-sensei probably thought I was going to go home and sleep off the rest of my fever but I wasn't going to.

I got out of the bed and started walking carefully making sure that I didn't get to dizzy. I had work to do today. I didn't need to work because I had no need for money but there was something I wanted to buy and I wanted to prove to my father, the elders and myself that I could earn a living.

I decided not to go to my locker and I just walked out the building. I probably should've waited for Kiba but I didn't feel like waiting around for him. I know a good girlfriend would wait but I needed space every once in a while.

Besides I had my cell and he knew where I worked. I stopped at the bus stop. Usually I would walk or Kiba would take me on his bike but I was too dizzy. I took one look at the bench and frowned. It still had puddles of water on it. I had just washed my uniform yesterday and I had no plan of getting it dirty now; I swung my bag off my shoulder and unzipped it. The zipper sounded twenty times louder since no cars were driving by.

The bus arrived and dropped my eighty cents into the change box. I took a seat near the front. I had only eight blocks to get to Control. It was a pretty easy job that paid well. My boss was fairly nice. He said he was from America but lived in England most of his life then moved to Japan about ten years ago. He was actually kind of cute with his light brown hair, warm green eyes and chubby baby face.

He was two inches taller than me, which wasn't saying a lot since I was only 5'3". Something I learned recently was despite his cute baby face he had been the Oyabun of a Yakuza. Meaning he could probably kill someone twice his size in three seconds. It also explained why he treated all the staff like we were one big family. His name was Adam but everyone just called him Boss.

My mind wandered for a bit before I began thinking about Naruto. He said his birthday was coming up. I wonder if it would be inappropriate to buy him a gift. Maybe if I just left it at his door and don't sign it, it would be alright.

But then again there was the whole what to buy him kind of thing. Okay, what did he like? The color orange, music, frogs, ramen…um what else? Come on. I racked my brain trying to remember anything else he liked. Okay so maybe I didn't know him as well as I first thought.

Well maybe I could just buy him…an orange…frog shaped ramen bowel…that played music. My head fell, there was no way such a thing could exist and even if it did I would never have the courage to buy it. I looked out the bus window my stop was coming up so I got ready to pull the wire that ran behind me that would signal the driver that someone had to get off.

Just as I was about to pull it someone beat me to it. Out of pure reflex I tried to see who it was but I saw no one. I stood up and grabbed onto the bar above me, preparing to leave. The bus jerked to a stop and I began walking not faltering in my steps.

As soon as I got off the bus the wind began whipping around me. I had to push my hair back to keep it out my face. Once the wind calmed down I looked over to my right to check out the person who had got off at my stop. They were already in front of me almost at Control's front door so I couldn't make out their face but the back of them was so similar it made me lose my footing.

A familiar broad back and familiar long brown hair could only be one person. "Neji-nii-san!" said man turned around at my yell, and proved me true. Those same lavender eyes stared back at me, his in surprise and mine in happiness. I ran up to him and hugged him though I knew he hated physical contact I couldn't help myself. I missed him.

He smelled like our home in Kyoto. I smiled into his shoulder. "Hinata-sama." He said as he gently separated himself from me. "Why are you here?" I see he hadn't fixed that attitude of rudeness.

"I, uh, work here…what about you Nii-san? Why are you here in Tokyo?" Maybe he came here to tell me I was to come back to the Hyuuga compound. I glanced up at him but his eyes were avoiding mine and he was…oh my god, Neji-nii-san was actually blushing. I began to bite my lip to keep the laugh from coming out. "Well, uh, you see, um." I couldn't hold it in anymore. A giggle erupted out. He glanced down at me and began to glare.

It was oh so obvious why he was in Tokyo. "Nii-san, you have a date with Ten-ten don't you?" When his blush deepened I didn't even need to hear his answer to know. I gave one last giggle before he began walking ahead of me. "Sorry. Um, did you know that Ten-ten and I went to the same school?"

He opened the door of Control and let me go ahead of him. Always the gentlemen. "Yes, she told me that she met you here and that you were in her history class." He said as though he were reading it straight from a script. His slightly robotic tone bothered me, just a bit.

We just stood there inside of Control; I avoided his eyes and looked around in hope of something that would help me think of what to say. A moment of silence passed between us and I couldn't help but think the words 'Awkward'. "Well, I guess I better go clock in before I'm late." I scampered away without hearing his reply.

I always hated going into the changing room because it was in the basement of this place and basements always gave me the creeps. Especially when they were badly lit and damp looking. Which is exactly how this one looked. Only one way in here and one way out. The lockers were all rusty and had the smell of must and mayonnaise.

However I was always lucky that I was never the only one in the locker room. Today Erika-san in here, chatting away on her cell. I tried to tune her out as I unlocked my locker but I was not successful. "Shut up! No freaking way! ...She can not be pregnant, I mean who would get her pregnant?"

She was as rude as ever, always saying the first thing that came up in her head. Though she was pretty and the customers loved her because she was "real", I still disliked her.

I slipped off my skirt and replaced them with the pair of acid wash skinny jeans that had been placed in my school bag last night. Which were paired with the company shirt, which happened to go with anything since it was all black except the logo which was in white.

I headed for the door but not before I heard Erika-san say, "…Someone must have been drunk when they did her." I had to shake my head. It was one thing to gossip but another to say such cruel things. As soon as I got upstairs I went straight to the register and clocked in. As soon as that was done the guy who was working register muttered "Peace" as he left.

4 hours later.

As I walked home all I could think of was how much I wanted to punch that girl in her face. How dare she just waltzed in to Control an order a Caramel Latte Macchiato with only half the caramel, extra whipped cream and a graham cracker. And then have the audacity to "accidentally" knock it over right after I slid it to her! And try to get a free one!

How Kimura-san found out where I worked was a mystery to me, but that was beside the point. I was furious, the amount of trouble she caused for me, since I had to make it TWICE (Boss said the customer is always right) and I had to clean up the mess. All with a smile on my face. Then once she tasted the coffee she said it tasted weird and she wasn't going to drink it and to instead make her a Latte Macchiato with lots of foam.

I swear she was smirking the entire time and I hate to admit it but the smirk made her look like some devil. The good kind. My hands were balled up at my sides as though I was ready to start a fight at any moment. I was so angry I could almost see red.

I was glaring at the ground as I walked and I was so focused on it I didn't even notice anyone, but I did as soon as I bumped into someone. I had been walking extremely fast because of how angry I was. So I ran into the person so hard and fast that we both fell to the ground.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry." I said in a rush all I got was a glare. "Get off."

I got off as fast as I could and I extended my hand out to help him up. He hesitated for a second, as if I was going to snatch my hand away as soon as he put his out. I helped him up with very little trouble.

"So, um, Gaara-san what are you doing out so late?"

Sorry it took so long to update. What can I say? Schools been hard but well here's the latest chapter. Enjoy.