AN: Two chapters in one night because I meant to post one a day but forgot to upload yesterdays!

"I don't like him."

"You didn't even speak to him…"

"He's trouble."

"You don't even know him, Neji…"

Neji paused as he lifted the spoon to his mouth and looked across the dining table at his cousin with a derisive expression. Her eyebrow was quirked ever so slightly, and he could see amusement in her eyes as she awaited his response. He narrowed his eyes slightly, an image of blonde hair entering his mind and souring his mood, before lifting his spoon to his mouth once more.

"I'm a good judge of character."

He didn't miss the small smile on her face as she rolled her eyes playfully, just as he didn't miss the way her body tensed upon the man's arrival in the elevator or the light flushing on her cheeks as she focused her eyes fixedly on the doors in front of her.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me about this guy!" Hanabi clapped her hands in front of her enthusiastically as she leaned nearly all the way across the table. "What does he look like? Is he tall? What color eyes does he have? Is he cute?"

"Don't encourage her, Hanabi. He's trouble." Neji furrowed his brow at the younger girl but she merely waved him off.

"If anyone looks like trouble it's you." Hanabi replied teasingly as she flicked a piece of his long hair playfully.

"Mm, you do you like you could be in a gang." Hinata giggled playfully, seemingly thankful to change the topic but the gleam in Hanabi's eyes didn't falter for a moment.

"So what is he like? Does he have a deep voice? What's his name? What does he do for a living?"

"Well, um…" Hinata poked her fork into her salad repeatedly as she avoided Hanabi's gaze.

"What color hair does he have? Has he asked you out yet? Have you asked him out yet?"

"I-I, I mean, i-it's not, well–!"

"She's never spoken to him." Neji interrupted Hinata's mumbled incoherencies and finally put his spoon down for good. Hinata avoided his gaze and twirled a thick piece of hair around her finger in a poor attempt at hiding her nervousness. He always could see right through her.

"Whoa, back up for a second. Let me get this straight..." Hanabi leaned back in her chair and raised a hand to her chin in thought. "You have a crush on this guy who you've never even spoken to, who also takes the elevator with you every morning?"

"I never said anything about having a c-crush on him!" Hinata sputtered defensively and Neji and Hanabi shared a knowing glance.

"Riiight." Hanabi said slyly as Hinata stood with a huff and gathered some of their long abandoned plates.

"I-I only mentioned that I thought he was attractive! I mean, it's not like I'm trying to go out with him or anything! I don't even know him! I only see him every so often in the elevator! S-So, that's that! Will you give me a hand with the dishes, Hanabi?"

Neji sighed at her blatant effort to steer the conversation away from a certain blonde man and handed a giggling Hanabi his bowl. The young girl approached the kitchen with a smile on her face, meeting her flushed sister at the sink just as she began running the water.

"They're blue." Hinata said after a minute of silence.

"Hm?"

"His eyes…" Hinata met her sister's eyes hesitantly, biting her lip to suppress the shy smile on her lips. "They're blue."

Hanabi could only grin widely at the hopeful uncertainty in her sister's eyes.