Chapter 8

That next morning Neji awoke just the same except, he couldn't keep Kimimaro out of his head. Neji walked out into the hall and heard Hinata open the door.

"Hello?" Hinata asked the person at the door.

"Oh, good morning. Is Neji still here?" inquired Kimimaro.

"Um…yea come on in, I'll go and get him," Hinata snickered.

"Well, thank you," Kimimaro then continued inside.

Hinata merrily chirped down the hall, "Oh Neji, you have a guest this morning!"

"Yea hold on," retorted Neji as he proceeded into the hall. Once he saw who was sitting on the couch, Neji immediately ran back into his room screaming, "It's too early for this!"

"Oh, sorry maybe he didn't see me. Do you mind if I go and get him myself?" Kimimaro asked politely.

"No not at all, you too have fun now," mocked Hinata.

As Kimimaro was walking down the hall he thought to himself, "What does she think I'm going to do to him? Oh well." Kimimaro knocked on Neji's door. Neji answered, "Oh, come on in Hinata."

As Kimimaro entered he said, "Sorry to disappoint you, but it's only me."

"WH…what are you doing here!" Neji exclaimed

"Oh, I thought you might enjoy walking to school with someone, unless that's a problem, I can leave." Kimimaro replied gloomy.

"Oh, no it's just I didn't think you would've stopped by is all," Neji said quickly.

"Well did you want to get dressed?" Kimimaro asked motioning to Neji still in his pj's.

"Um…yea, I'll use the bathroom. You can stay in here. Don't move," demanded Neji. Kimimaro joked by freezing in place.

"That's not what I meant; just…don't go anywhere," Neji started off for the bathroom when he heard Kimimaro starting to laugh; Neji was shocked for he'd never seen him laugh. Neji finished getting dressed then went back to his room finding Kimimaro had made his bed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, it just that your bed wasn't made. Thought I could be of help," Kimimaro replied courteously, "Sorry, I can be a little anal at times."

"Oh, it's all right. Let me get my bag, then we can leave," Neji responded.

Kimimaro thanked Hinata as they left the house. It was silent between the two of them as they walked to school. Then Neji broke the silence, "Sorry about my cousin. She seems to think I like you more than a friend. You know how girls are."

Kimimaro was intrigued by this, "Hmm, so, do you like me more than a friend?"



Neji turned a bright red to what Kimimaro had said, "W...why would you even need to ask that??" Neji stuttered.

"Well, you blushed such a vibrant red to Hinata's proposal. Plus I think my question was just answered," Kimimaro said with a smirk, as he started to walk ahead while Neji stood there with his mouth open.

Neji ran to catch up with him, "Hey what do you mean by that?"

"It's exactly as it sounds," countered Kimimaro.

"If that's how it sounds, then what's your take on the situation?" Neji asked now curious.

"Well true, I may think of you, but I'm not sure. Only time will tell," teased Kimimaro.

"In what way do you mean I think of you?" he pressed impatiently.

"Let me see. I'm not telling, that's up to you to find out," coyly Kimimaro said, "Stick around awhile and you may find your answer."

"Ugh! You're no fair!" cried Neji.

"Hurry up or we'll be late 'k?" Kimimaro called to Neji.

At school near the lockers Naruto leaned over to Gaara and said, "Hey when did Neji and Kimimaro start hanging out?"

Gaara replied with, "Aw, maybe he's found someone to love as well."

Later that day-During Math

The bell had just finished ringing when Lady Tsunade walked in, "Sit Down!"

Neji thought to himself, "Wow screaming already."

"Hmm, class for today, you can work in pairs or individually. The assignment is on the board, don't bother me," Lady Tsunade hissed.

"And she calls herself a teacher probably playing online poker again…and losing horribly," Neji inquired to himself.

Kimimaro got up from his normal seat and slid right next to Neji.

"Can I work with you today?" Kimimaro asked, as he did this people began to stare at Neji ,then at Kimimaro as if they'd never seen him talk before.

"Um…sure yea that's fine," Neji replied.

While they were working Kimimaro started to ask Neji a question to kill time, "So are you any good at math?"

"Yea, I'm pretty good but not astonishing, like you," Neji replied.



"Now why would you say something like that? You don't have to be perfect. I just try my best, if I do well then I do, if I don't I don't. Simple as that, so don't put yourself down on my accord, okay?" Kimimaro said. Kimimaro mumbled something under his breath, Neji could just barely make out the words, "Plus, I like you just the way you are."

As the hour came to a close, people had gotten used to Kimimaro and Neji talking but a select few were still amazed.

"The bell is going to ring soon. Turn in your work even if you didn't finish!" Tsunade snapped.

"Nicely done Neji, and you say you're only okay at math," Kimimaro chuckled.

"No, clearly you're the one who's amazing at math, I can't believe you breezed through all those problems," replied back Neji.

The ending bell of fourth hour rang; they were headed to English next.

"Would you mind if I sat in the back with you today, Kimimaro?" Neji asked.

"Of course you can," Kimimaro replied with a smile.

They got to English then sat down; Jiraiya was at his desk but half-asleep. When the bell rang he awoke, "Oh, hey afternoon class, um… just talk or whatever during class I'll be over here..." Jiraiya said while falling back asleep.

"What has our schooling been succumbed to? I mean peto's, gamblers, perverts, and ones who don't even care. Are we ever going to learn something?" Neji complained to Kimimaro.

"Hey we generally do learn things…besides all those factors; at least we'll get to talk," Kimimaro pointed out.

"Yea I guess that's a plus, but can't he at least get a sub, I mean what's the point of coming to school with a hangover. –sigh- Oh well nothing we can really do, right?" Neji replied attempting to lighten the mood he had set.

"Aww you're so cute when you're frustrated!" Kimimaro exclaimed.

This surprised Neji he couldn't imagine Kimimaro saying something like that. But still it made Neji blush.

"Aww and now you're blushing, oh must you torment me?" Kimimaro teased sarcastically.

Neji thought about this for a second and came back with, "But you're the one who's tempting me. How can I stand to be next to you when you're so gorgeous? Oh, how am I supposed to compete?"

Kimimaro just barely blushed from this, "No, Neji you've got it all wrong, you're the one who's truly gorgeous! I mean the contrast between you dark hair, and your white eyes, it's just…amazing."

Neji quickly turned away for his face had turned crimson, and his heart began to race rapidly.

"…So how's the weather?" Neji quickly reverted trying to change the subject.

"Well, it was sunny earlier if I remember correctly, but why change the subject so soon?" chided Kimimaro.



"Um…um," Neji sat there with a look of stupidity on his face.

"Hmm, we'll finish this during lunch," Kimimaro said while standing up, just moments before the bell rang.

Neji went to his locker and got his lunch, then went to sit in the grass were no one was. He tried to stay out of the way of Kimimaro, for he couldn't handle talking to him right now. Neji was still shaking from how Kimimaro described him; he wasn't used to being complemented. Now Neji was sure he had feelings beyond friendship for Kimimaro. But Neji didn't understand why these feelings were developing so fast.

Sry guys but i won't update till i get at least 5 good comments!