Chapter 5

When I opened my eyes, the sun was shining on my face. I looked around and saw my clothes on the floor. I tried to roll out of this strange bed, but I felt something go tight around my waist. I turned my head and saw Itachi holding onto me. As quietly and as quickly as I could, I got out of his hold and grabbed my clothes off of the floor. I saw an opened door in his room and it was the bathroom. Quickly, I put my clothes back on and took another glance in the room to see if I forgot anything. There was nothing. On his desk, I left him a note with my number and an offer for lunch.

With that, I left. When I arrived home, it was ten in the morning and I knew Tenshi wouldn't be up yet. I hoped. So quietly, I walked inside the apartment and didn't see her anywhere. With no one there, I walked in all the way and walked to my room. Quietly, I walked passed Tenshi's bedroom. When I closed my bedroom door, I changed my clothes to something comfortable and laid on my bed. When I closed my eyes, the door opened.

"Where were you?" Tenshi yelled. I sat up and rubbed my eyes.

"I thought I was the parent," I told her.

"Well yeah, but you could've at least called."

"Sorry, I wasn't thinking last night. You were okay last night, right?"

"I was fine, fell asleep early. You had fun last night?"

"I did," I told her.

"If you don't mind me asking, where'd-" In mid-sentence, TenTen and Ino walked in and at the same time they yelled.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU LAST NIGHT?" I laughed.

"Could you be a little quiet?" I asked them. Then continued, "I left."

"Well we know that, but where did you go?" I let out a sigh and then looked at everyone. I really wish they would just leave because I'm really exhausted. "Let's go to the other room, I'm getting kinda hungry," I just told them. They agreed and Tenshi was the last to leave the room. Before she walked out she said.

"The three of you are crazy," she smiled and then left the room. I let out a sigh and then followed them afterwards. They all sat at the table and I went to the fridge and grabbed myself a yogurt. Ino was the first to speak.

"What was his name?" I looked at them and felt my face heat up in embarrassment.

"So?" TenTen asked.

"His name was Itachi," I said.

"What? Do you know who's brother that is?" I shook my head. Then Ino continued, "Do you even know his last name?"

"No."

"It's Uchiha. Itachi Uchiha. That's Sasuke's brother." I looked at her with shock. Ino then started to laugh, "and you actually slept with him. Oh gosh Hinata, you're a crazy one."

"I never said I slept with him," I tried to defend myself.

"Good one Hinata, you're practically as red as an apple right now and that tells me you did."

"What about you, who did you end up with?" I tried my best to steer the conversation somewhere else. Tenshi is still in the room. Goodness, how inconsiderate can they be?

"His name is Kankuro, from Suna. Oh, by the way, I still want to know what happened last night? Don't try to pull a fast one like that," Ino giggled.

"Come on guys, do I really have to?" I asked the two.

"Yes really. It'll be alright and I'll be a good friend and make you something to eat. Sounds good?" TenTen said. I nodded.

"Oh yeah mom," Tenshi said.

"Neji came by here yesterday and said he needed to talk to you," I gave her a confused look. Then asked her why. "I don't know, but it must have been important," she shrugged her shoulders and wandered back to her room. Before she was completely out of sight TenTen stopped her.

"Did he say anything to you?" she asked with a bit of anger stirring up in her voice.

"No, he just said that he needed to talk to my mom. Nothing more, I swear."

"Okay." TenTen walked back to the kitchen and pulled stuff out for omelets. I looked back at Ino and she had a wide grin on her face.

"What's up with you?" I asked her. Her smile kind of freaked me out. She was never this happy in the morning.

"I think I finally found him," she said with light giggle afterwards.

"Who? What are you talking about?"

"My one true love. I think it's Kankuro. He actually wants to have dinner with me soon. That's the first guy to do anything like that in forever. He gets me all warm and fuzzy inside. It's like high school all over again." Geez she was creeping me out at this point. I've never and I mean never seen her this happy and the comment she just made. It creeped me out. Big time!

"Get a hold of yourself Ino. You're actually creeping me out right now," TenTen said. Thank the heavens she said it. I didn't want to be cruel and say that to her.

"Oh be quiet, you're just jealous."

"Of what?" TenTen shot back.

"That I'll fall madly in love while your relationship is crumbling down."

"What?" I looked at the two very confused.

"Shut up Ino, you don't need to talk about everything," TenTen said and then continued to cook. I looked at Ino and she just looked guilty. As if she shot a guy or something. Then I got up from the table and walked over to TenTen.

"What's wrong?" I asked her quietly.

"Nothing. Neji and I arguing over stupid things and I don't know. I really don't know if he loves me anymore. Every time I try to make things work out, something else is brought up."

"Try and make up. At least your first love is still alive. Don't let him get away or else he might find another." I told her and I began to wonder when I got so wise. Why was I giving her good advice when I needed some myself. Like what am I going to do about Itachi? I certainly can't tell Naruto or Sasuke yet. That just won't be cool at all. I have to be responsible and just call it off between us, but do I want to is the question. I did have lots of fun the night before, I'll give you that.

"You okay Hina? You have a creepy smile going there."

"What? Oh nothing, you're almost done?" she nodded and I sat back at the table. TenTen came to the table and brought me my food. After we all ate Ino said she needed to go because her and Kankuro had something planned. TenTen didn't bother leaving, she decided to stay and take a breather as she says.

We both sat on the couch drinking tea, while soft music played in the background. TenTen let out a sigh and I could hear her sniffle. I looked at her and saw tears streaming down her face.

"What's wrong?" I asked very concerned.

"I don't want to lose him Hinata. I never want to lose him and if I do I don't know what I'll do. I don't see my life without him. If I were to lose him, what will my life be like? How did you do it Hinata? How were you able to be this alone for so long?" She asked me and tears continued to stream faster down her face.

"It wasn't easy, I'll give you that. But things will get better, I don't know where I'll be if it weren't for Tenshi. I'm sure things will get better for you and Neji. Just try and work things out and I'm sure it will," I told her and grabbed onto her hands. I tightened my hold, then TenTen let go of my hands and she hugged me. That's when tears came down her face faster then before.

"I don't know what I'd do without you. You're always there for me and it feels as if I'm never there. How will I ever repay you?"

"I never asked for you to repay me. So you don't need to. Just you being my friend is good enough, don't say that again," I told her.

"I'm sorry for not telling you, it's just that you're so perfect. I didn't want to ruin your relationship with Neji or me. I feel like a burden dumping my feelings here." I looked at her shocked. What she said hurt me. How dare she think like that? I'm certainly not perfect and if I were I don't think I would've had Tenshi at a young age. Also, how dare she think that she's a burden to me? She was never like this before. Things between her and Neji must be pretty bad.

"Don't say that. You'll never be a burden to me and I'll tell you something. I'm sure as hell not perfect. None of us are and so promise me. Just promise you'll never say that again," I told her.

"I'm sorry Hinata. Things aren't going so great and I thought if we went out last night that it would get better but instead it got worst. He won't even sleep in the same bed as me. He slept on the couch. Have I really gotten so horrible?"

"Nonsense TenTen. I'll talk to him, okay?" She nodded. We both finished our tea and she left afterwards. It was quite dreadful being alone in the room, I decided on just going to Tenshi's room. When I walked in, Tenshi asked me to sit on the bed with her. I did as she asked.

"Mom," I nodded. "Who's Itachi?" I looked at her confused.

"I thought you were in the room when we said who he was."

"Oh I was, but I didn't pay any attention to your conversation. It didn't really have interest on me."

"You remember Sasuke?"

"The gay one?" I laughed at her and nodded. "So what about him?"

"That's Sasuke's older brother. I just found out this morning who Itachi was."

"Oh my gosh mom. This is the first guy you're with and you didn't even know who he was."

"Its not like I'm suppose to know everybody related to Sasuke. Beside, I'm glad I went out last night," I admitted. She giggled at me.

"I'm glad mom. Hey mom, Keiji kinda scared me last night," I shot her a worried look. I really wish word never got around about that.

"With what?" I asked her.

"He was saying how his parents might break up. It scared me. He kept on going on how he doesn't want it to-"

"Do you know why they've been arguing?" I interrupted her. It was very rude of me to do so, but I wanted to hear what she knew.

"He said that they were arguing over money and stuff like that," I nodded my head and then shifted my body to face her more. Then slowly I grabbed onto her hand.

"I'm sure things will soon get better between them. For now, let them handle it."

"Okay mom," I nodded and left the room.