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Here is chapter eight, hope you enjoy.

Chapter 8

"Of getting to know, and Curiosity"

Tenten POV

I blinked, he blinked. The pattern followed for a few minutes before the others caught on to the act and started to comment.

"Nani, Don't tell me you two know each other?" The voice sounded like Ino's but I was too caught up in Neji to notice or force myself to care. His eyes stared, widened in shock, and mine although I couldn't see, stared disbelieving.

"Is there something we are missing here?" Temari spoke next, but Neji and I were still going at it, and I couldn't find it in me to turn away.

"Umm, Neji-ni-san, Is everything alright?"

His gaze left mine to look at Hinata, and I unwillingly turned to look at her too.

"Hn. The pizza has been purchased; it is waiting down stairs in the kitchen." The confusion was still apparent in her eyes but she nodded her head in understanding anyway. "A-alright, thank you."

"Hn." He answered with that stupid monotone one worded response. His eyes clearly avoided my own as he left the room and shut the door behind him. Anger boiled within me at the action and I mentally reminded myself of the many reasons why I never liked the guy in the first place.

"What the hell was that all about?" Ino said sounding irritated.

"Yeah looked like you two hit it off pretty well, are you an ex—girlfriend?'

My cheeks flushed at the insult, but whether from embarrassment or anger I did not know. "No, I'm not his ex—girlfriend." I said through clenched teeth and purposefully shot a dirty look at Temari. "But we do know each other; I just don't know what he's doing here."

Ino looked at me curiously, the story she was once telling completely forgotten. "What are you talking about, he lives here."

"Sometimes," Temari quickly added.

"Sometimes." Ino shrugged carelessly. "Whatever, he still lives here."

"Wait, you're telling me that this is Neji's house?" I couldn't believe it, the bastard was rich too. On top of cocky, good looking and rude, Neji was FILTHY rich; Rolling in money kind of rich.

"Yeah…"

"Why would he live here of all places. Wait; is he you're brother Hinata?"

She shook her head. "No. He's my cousin." The answer was blunt and straight to the point. It shocked me that she didn't stutter, but it shocked me more that the two most opposite people, possibly on the face of earth, were somehow related.

While Temari and Ino laughed there ass off, at White Chicks me and Hinata sat silently on the corner of her white couches, smiling and giggling only when necessary. Two empty pizza boxes laid spread out on the small glass table sitting in the middle. And although I appeared to be paying attention to the movie, my mind was actually multi-tasking on the inside.

A part of me was following along with the movie and registering what happened around me while the other half kept thinking about Neji. About the fact that he was somewhere in this big house, too. Everything seemed to make sense now, but many things still seemed odd.

Hanabi (that's the little devil from earlier who questioned me), Hinata, and Neji were all cousins. Hanabi and Hinata were sisters and since Neji's father died when he was very young (my heart did not hurt for him, it was simply pity!) Hinata's father had taken Neji in.

Hinata told me that after Neji entered college he moved in with one of his friends, and only visits once a year for a few months before leaving again. It bothered me that he could be as immature as to just neglect his family in such a way but I didn't make my opinion known. He was after all considered a man now.

To be honest, many things bothered me about Neji so I guess that wasn't new. I hate the way he talks to me; like he was some important king or God that I was suppose to be worshiping and kissing up to. Or the way he smirks at me like a stupid know it all that needed to get slapped across the face. The way he seemed to look at me as if to say I was below him. Everything.

The way his face seems to always be on my mind; like now.

"Ugh," I groaned out loud. What the hell was wrong with me?

"What's the matter Tenten-san?" Hinata whispered to me as Ino cackled when the makeover team comes in to give one of the brother's a make over. I smiled faintly though she probably couldn't see in the dark anyway.

"Nothing I'm fine. Do you have any ice cream anywhere? I'm sorry to ask but I can really use something cold right now." 'Maybe then when I have a brain freeze I can stop thinking about Neji.'

"Yeah we do, what flavor would you like? I'll go retrieve it for you." She stood to leave but I grabbed her wrist. "It's alright, I can get it on my own, it's in the kitchen right?"

Hesitantly she sat back down and said, "Yeah in the freezer, at the bottom."

"Alright." I stood to wipe the wrinkles from my black shorts and turned to Hinata again, "I'll be back."

She nodded at me and whispered, "If you get lost ask one of the maids, they will assist you."

"Ok." I left the room and closed the door behind me silently. Once in the hallway I looked to my right and proceeded that way but after a while of wandering aimlessly down a long continuous path, I sweat dropped.

'I can't believe I'm lost, 'I cried silently to myself,' after Hinata had warned me too!'

A door was opened a quarter of the way to my right so I was about to peek inside in hopes that someone there could help me navigate my way to the kitchen, when suddenly a voice called out.

"What are you doing?"

I jumped back self conciously, embarrassed to be caught snooping. I bowed in respect to the stranger who had found me glad that my bangs could cover the heat on my cheeks.

"I-I'm sorry. I was looking for the kitchen, but I got lost after a while. I did not intend to snoop."

"Hn."

My head flew up immediately at that reply. There was only one person that I knew who could use that word in such a way. And sure enough a smirking Neji stood behind me, as cocky (if not even more) as I remember seeing him last.

I scowled. "What do you want?"

"You were the one sneaking around in my house; shouldn't I be the one to ask you such a question?"

I rolled my eyes, and his smirk seemed to grow at the action.

"You were looking for the kitchen, am I right?" The question wasn't meant to be teasing, just curious, but It came out as so, and anger blared through me like a bulldozer. I sidestepped him and turned back the way I came. 'Maybe I can find Hinata's room again.'

His voice seemed to bounce off the walls as he called after me. "If you're looking for Hinata-sama, you're headed in the wrong direction."

My fists clenched by my side in fury at his know-it-all tone. I turned back around to yell at him only to find him gone, no longer standing there. That bastard. Annoyance burned through my veins as I itched to bang his head against a wall. So now he wants to disappear, huh?

I marched on ahead, no longer caring if I was going the wrong way. "You don't listen do you?" I smirked to myself and turned around again. His form was leaning onto the semi opened door from before so I assumed he snuck in there to hide.

I stuck my tongue out childishly and continued on my way. "Is Sakura your best friend?"

I stopped in my tracks, thought over what to say, and decided to play nice. "Yeah, isn't Sasuke yours?"

I couldn't see his reaction since my back faced him, but I could somehow feel it when he shrugged. "More or less."

"Then were on the same page." I started to walk again reaching the end of the hall, when his voice stopped me once more. "In all seriousness, you're going the wrong way. My cousin's bedroom is the fourth one on the left side of this hall. You're moving to your right."

I sighed, defeated. "Whatever," I ignored him as I passed his form once more, following his directions to Hinata's bedroom. I almost jumped around in triumph, when I reached my destination; the sound of laughter flowing from inside the room with ease.

"It was quite obvious really,"

I looked back at him and mimicked his words in the deepest voice I could conjure. "It was quite obvious really," At the look that crossed his face; I gave him a pleased smirk, twisted the handle, and stepped inside.

"Did you get the Ice cream?" Hinata asked me once I sat back down next to her. "No, but its okay. I feel better now." I answered, the smirk still on my face.

'Because I got something better: I was finally one step ahead of Neji, I had the last laugh (well in his case, smirk) and damn did it feel good!'

A/N: So there you have it; another chapter to sink your teeth into.

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