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Hinata continued looking down the hallway and knew that she was going to be late to serve dinner if she didn't hurry. She quickly began walking down the hall to her right, going through several twists and turns before she finally stopped. She looked at her surroundings and knew she was lost.

'What should I do?' thought Hinataas she stood there withtears in her eyes and fidgeting with her fingers.

"Are you lost, un?" asked a soft voice from behind Hinata.

She turned around and looked up to see the blonde boy from before that she heard being called 'Deidara.' She was so happy that she finally had seen someone because throughout the whole time she had been running around, there had been absolutely no one in sight in the large mansion. Not being able to control herself from fear, she quickly ran over and grabbed him around the waist, a few tears escaping her eyes.

Deidara was surprised at being grabbed like that but only smiled and placed his hands on Hinata's shoulders, pulling her off of him.

"I-I'm s-sorry, i-it's just that I-I got l-lost and th-then I c-couldn't f-find anyone…" explained Hinata trailing off with another tear finding its way down her cheek.

"I'll help you, un." he said with a smile as he bent down slightly to see her eye to eye since she was shorter then him.

Hinata let out a small smile in return and said "Th-thank you."

Deidara grabbed Hinata's hand and began to slowly pull her in the opposite direction that she had been running. She made sure to take advantage of the slow pace to try to remember the route he was going but it was hard because she didn't know where she had started.

'But I have to try to remember the layout otherwise I'll keep getting lost…' she thought sadly, knowing that her time spent here would be more difficult if she didn't know where she was going. Then she remembered what she did, grabbing onto him like that which made her face turn red again.

'I'll have to try to control myself more...otherwise I'll really embarrass myself even more while here.' she thought to herself.

Hinata felt her hand released as she reached the main entrance with the large staircases and she noticed that Deidara was still walking.

'He must not want anyone to get the wrong idea.' she thought with a small smile as she followed him down the steps.

In reality, Deidara just didn't want Itachi to see him and get beat up for touching his servant, which was difficult since she was so cute. Deidara reached the bottom step and turned to look back at said servant after stopping.

"You look nice in the kimono, un." he said still smiling.

Hinata blushed and held her head down since she wasn't used to compliments, and quietly said "Th-thank you…"

"Better hurry so you're not late, un." said Deidara as he led Hinata to the left side of the room.

She nodded and quickly followed behind him, stopping as he opened the large double doors, leading into a dining room that held a huge table set up with many chairs and plates. Deidara extended his forefinger and pointed to the other end of the large room.

"The kitchen is in there, yeah." he said with his smile not fading, as though he always held that smile on his face.

Hinata nodded and quietly said "Thank you." once more.

She walked slowly to the kitchen, she was wondering what she was going to find on the other side of the door as she shakily reached out her hand to grasp the handle. She heard a door click behind her and so she quickly turned, just to find the room empty.

'He must have left.' thought Hinata with embarrassment as she felt silly for letting a closing door make her jump.

But being in a new place and all like this wasn't easy on her nerves and so she felt somewhat justified for her jumpiness. Hinata then turned back to the door and grabbed onto the handle and gave it a turn. She opened the door to see a sterile looking kitchen that was bigger then she expected. There were several people dressed in white chef outfits hurrying to complete the large supper for tonight.

The aroma of food filled the kitchen and gave Hinata somewhat of a nostalgic feeling as she remembered home. Her mother was a wonderful cook and the house would always smell so good as supper time came around.

"You there! Are you the new servant?" asked an elderly man who Hinata guessed to be the head chef.

He had a somewhat stern but kind face with graying hair. Wrinkles of wisdom lined his face showing he had been through hardships and was well learned.

"Y-yes." replied Hinata in return unsure of what she was supposed to do.

"I see, the supper is served on these silver trays which is brought out by the other servants." he said while pointing at the counter behind him which was lined with silver trays with plates of delicious looking food on them and lids placed next to the tray.

The man continued speaking without introducing himself or asking for her name, "This is the tray you will take out to Itachi-sama. You must be careful so as to not drop it or there will be dire consequences."

The man said all this in a warning tone and she guessed that the last person who dropped a tray did not have a happy ending. She noticed Itachi's tray to have the most elegant designs with traces of gold lines in them unlike the other trays.

'At least I can tell his apart from the rest.' she thought letting out a sigh of relief without having to worry about giving him the wrong tray.

Hinata stood by a corner so as to stay out of the way while supper was finished being prepared. Her stomach let out a quiet growl as she remembered she hadn't eaten anything at all today.

'I guess I should have eaten before the park.' thought Hinata sadly with her hand placed on her stomach.

But she just pushed those thoughts aside as she didn't really feel like eating since her appetite was now lost thinking about how she was still in a new place and her family gone.

Hinata was snapped out of her thoughts as the head chef told her to get Itachi's tray and take it out there since his supper was to be served first. The other servants were already lined up with trays in hand, waiting for her. She nodded with a small blush and quickly stepped forward and grabbed the tray, she was surprised as it was heavier than she expected but she made sure to take care not to drop it and began her way towards the open kitchen door.

She stepped through the door into the vast dining room she had been in earlier and saw all of the seats filled with only a few she recognized. Hinata could see Itachi at the head of the table and so she began to walk in that direction, avoiding the gaze of the people in chairs. Just as she reached Itachi, her ability to walk in tall sandals showed as she stumbled slightly forward, the tray heading not for the table, but Itachi instead.