Naruto was in the bedroom staring out the window.

"If you even think of leaving I will beat you senseless," said Hinata coming up behind him. Naruto sighed.

"First you, now Neji, I-"

"This is not your fault," said Hinata firmly, taking his face in her hands.

"Isn't it?" he whispered.

Hinata leaned her forehead against his.

"Naru-kun, the only thing you are guilty of is thinking everything is your fault. You heard Neji-kun. He credits you with his turnaround. I owe you for loving me, and if what I saw in there was any indication, TenTen's gonna owe you soon too."

A tinge of a smile appeared on Naruto's face.

"You noticed too?"

"Really Naru-kun, it seems the only person whose feelings you didn't recognize were mine," joked Hinata.

"I know it now!" defended Naruto. "Since when has Neji…?"

"I have no idea. It must have been just recently," replied Hinata. Naruto sighed. Hinata frowned then hugged him.

"You didn't do anything wrong."

"Hiashi used the curse seal on Neji!" exploded Naruto breaking away from Hinata. She sighed.

"If you want to do it like that fine… It's my fault."

Naruto's jaw dropped.

"Wha…?"

"If I had gone instead of Neji, if I hadn't been scared, my father couldn't have done that to Neji."

Naruto smirked sadly.

"It seems I'm still too caught up with my faults. I didn't even see you could be blaming yourself."

He pulled her into a hug.

"I'm sorry for only thinking of myself."

Hinata smiled.

"I love you Naru-kun."

Naruto kissed her.

"I love you too Hina-chan."

They stood holding each other for a while.

"Hey Hina-chan?"

Hinata looked up at him.

"Yeah?"

"Is there anything we can do about… Neji and the seal?"

Hinata paused then lowered her head.

"I never even thought about it," she said softly. "I must be a horrible person."

Naruto grabbed her chin and raised it so he could see her eyes.

"There was never any reason to think about it. Hiashi has never done anything like this before. This proves he's not stable right now."

Hinata smiled.

"You're right. I know there are documents that detail the curse seal but they all are kept in the Hyuuga estate. But I haven't heard of anyone having the seal removed. The only release is death."

Naruto frowned.

"Well I'm not sending you or Neji back there unless we have no choice… do you think Tsunade-baa chan would know anything?"

"I doubt it but if anyone would know it would be her."

Naruto nodded.

"Let's go talk to her."

"I think we should check on Neji-kun first. Should we tell him?"

Naruto thought for a minute.

"Let's wait until we know more. I don't want to get his hopes up for nothing."

"Good idea," said Hinata, heading back to the main room.

Naruto ran into Hinata as she stopped short.

"Wha…?" Naruto trailed off as he saw what had caused Hinata to stop. Neji was currently making out with TenTen. A blush spread across Hinata's face while Naruto stared in amazement.

"Geez Neji, since when?" said Naruto a little louder than necessary. Neji and TenTen broke apart, embarrassed.

"Just now," he mumbled as TenTen moved a little away from him.

"Just do it in your own houses," joked Naruto.

"How are you doing Neji-kun?" asked Hinata.

"Better now, thanks."

"Good," said Hinata smiling.

"So you finally got it through your head that TenTen likes you huh?" said Naruto, sitting down in a chair.

"You have no room to talk," shot back Neji. Hinata and TenTen laughed at their thickheaded boyfriends.

Naruto smiled sheepishly. Neji appeared disinterested but the tinge of pink on his cheeks gave him away.

"You're sure you're ok now?" asked Hinata, her smile fading. Neji nodded.

"I'll be fine."

"Well either way Hina-chan and I don't want you going back to the Hyuuga estate for awhile," said Naruto

"Do you have somewhere you can stay?" asked Hinata. Neji thought.

"I guess if worse comes to worse I could stay with Lee."

TenTen couldn't keep the smirk off her face.

"What?" asked Neji suspiciously.

"You know very well what. The last time you stayed at Lee's you swore you would never do it again," teased TenTen.

"What happened with bushy brows?" asked Naruto.

"He and Neji played 'games' through the whole night," laughed TenTen.

"Games?" asked Hinata.

"Games to Lee are training exercises," explained Neji frowning.

"You skipped out of training for the first time ever after that," laughed TenTen. Neji shoved her playfully. Naruto laughed.

"That sounds like something bushy brows would do."

"You could stay here on the couch," offered Hinata.

"I don't want to impose…" said Neji.

"How 'bout I ask my parents if you can stay in the spare bedroom?" said TenTen. Neji's face brightened.

"That would be great! I even have some changes of clothes at your house."

Hinata and TenTen blushed at the look Naruto gave Neji. Neji glared daggers back at him.

"It was strictly for training purposes."

"Sure, sure."

Neji turned his attention back to TenTen.

"Thanks TenTen-chan."

TenTen blushed deeper when she heard Neji call her –chan.

"Wow Neji. When did you get all mushy?" teased Naruto.

"Since when is –chan mushy? You use it for Hinata."

"Yeah but that's because she's my Hina-chan," replied Naruto as he pulled her into his lap. Hinata blushed.

"Naru-kun," she half whispered pushing at him trying to get up.

"Awww aren't they cute?" asked TenTen, leaning her head on Neji's shoulder.

"Yeah," he replied sneaking an arm around her waist. "But Hinata doesn't seem to be enjoying herself. Naruto mustn't be treating her right."

"Hey…" said Naruto starting to get up but held down by Hinata.

"Naru-kun…"

Any tension was immediately dispersed by the sound of Naruto's stomach growling. All four youths laughed.

"Do you want to go get some Ichiraku's for dinner?" asked Naruto.

"Sure. How 'bout you Neji-kun?" said TenTen. Neji smiled.

"It's a date." TenTen blushed. Naruto and Hinata exchanged a smile.

"You two are sappier than Hina-chan and I when we got together."

"I highly doubt that," replied Neji. They playfully argued as they went to eat dinner.

AN: Hey guys. It is GROSS up here in Ithaca. It's a cross between sleet and snow. Not to mention it's freezing. Anyway I've written like 10 new pages since last update but I'm sort of stuck again. I know what's gonna happen but I don't know how the characters get there. Anyway thanks for reading and reviewing. Enjoy! (I apologize if anyone has suffocated from all the fluff in this chapter :P)