Sometimes I'd like to take all of this back and go to the time when I was alone, cold, and heartless. I 'd hate to lose everything I'd learned, but it would be worth it if it meant I'd be away from the strangeness that seems to embody the Hyuuga family. I loved where I was, except for the few occasions when something different would happen and life would change once again.

This day was definitely one of those changes. I had grown used to Hanabi raiding my closet, to the point where my kunai would magically disappear and reappear at will. It wasn't a bother to me when I'd wake up to the sound of hangers rattling against walls.

I woke up earlier than the "early" normal this morning, to the sounds of a closet raid. This must have been the time of day when she started doing her job, I assumed. Sitting up, I was very shocked to see there was already a pile of clothing on the floor, none of which I recognized. My mind started going over all of the possible reasons for why she was restocking my closet.

"Hanabi!" I whispered in a very demanding tone. It was still too early in the morning for Neji to be up, and the last thing I wanted to do was wake him up. "What are you doing?"

She stuck her head out and her face erupted into a big smile. "Obviously, if I'm taking your old things, it would be nice if I gave you some new ones." Her logic was good, and I agreed with it, although most of the things she had been taking were way too small for me, and most of the things on the floor looked to be too big.

"Well, that's nice, I suppose. Thank you."

"No problem! Father gave me the money he had been saving for my clothes for me to spend on you. I hope you like what I got you. I took what you already had in here and got things similar to them."

I gave a half-hearted smile. "You better not say they're more than 'similar.'"

"No, they're not. I couldn't find these things in the same sizes as you have them, so I got them in the best size I could come up with."

"Is there a reason other than that for you getting me bigger clothes?" I asked, shaking my head. My reply was a very cheesy smile and her disappearing back into the closet.

It was nearing noon. Hanabi was long gone, having put everything where she thought it belonged, telling me she wasn't going to mess with my stuff anymore, and going on to live her own life. I took advantage of that to look through the new things she had brought me.

There was an over-abundance of pink, I decided. Pink was my favorite color, but I had never thought I looked good in it, and almost every new article of clothing I owned was pink. I wasn't going to complain though. Hanabi had done a good deed, and if anything, I was going to suck it up that it was all the same, and deal with it.

But there was something else about all of these things. I noticed it as I walked from one end of the closet to the other. She had mentioned that they were not the same size as the rest of my stuff, but they weren't even the same sizes as each other. They weren't too terribly big, but some of the clothes were definitely not going to fit me like I would like them to.

I paced back and forth a few more times, just looking at all of this stuff. Was there another reason for this, masked by the apparent niceness? Sure, I could come up with a million answers, but I wanted truth, not speculation.

My pondering was interrupted by a very loud knock on the wall. I spun around to see Neji standing in the doorway, looking at me. His eyes were focused on me, to the point where I could literally feel his stare. "You need something, honey? You never come into my closet."

He stepped in. "I just did."

"I see that."

"To answer your question, yes, I need to tell you something."

"What is it, then?" My hands went to my hips. "I'm totally not in here looking at stuff."

His stare broke when he looked away, probably trying to hide laughter. "The place is done. Do you want to see?"

I nodded, although he was still not looking in my direction. "I'd be happy to see it. It is ours, after all. Is anyone else going to be in there while we are?"

"No."

"You sure?"

"Hinata's watching Hiashi. And that's where she will stay until we block this area off from them. Hanabi should be out, like she said she would be. No one not in this family is here, so it will be just me and you."

My heart fluttered at the thought of actually spending time alone with my husband. "Oh. Okay." I winced at the obvious happiness in my reply, because I didn't want to scare him into thinking I was too happy or anything.

"Excited?"

"A little. This is something else we need to prove we're serious, you know?"

His laugh, this time unhidden, made me smile. "So nothing else we've been through makes us serious?"

"You know what I mean."

"Of course I do, my love." He opened his arms and I ran into them, much like a child would do. As he kissed the top of my head, I sighed, about as content as I thought I could get.