A/N I'm sleepe…it is 10:14……how do you say that in Arabic?
Who cares.
I'm just sleepe….yawn and I don't got any Naruto stocks either…do they sell them?? Snore
Shortly later both girls went downstairs for dinner with Neji and Lee. Sitting around a table with girls on one side and boys on another, it was quite comfortable. After saying a grace, Sakura looked up.
"Where's Lee?"
Neji glanced over at Lee's empty spot and shrugged. "He said something about being inspired by you and took off running no where."
"So that's what that was…" The two girls said in unison.
"Hm?" Neji inquired curious as they broke down giggling. Flapping a hand at him, Sakura told him not to worry about it.
The meal was fine, something Neji had cooked apparently. When the pink haired girl learned of this she began to praise him lavishly. He took her compliments with a grunt or a nod, nothing more or less. That pissed Sakura off a bit, but she continued to smile warmly, Hinata felt something odd though, and became uncomfortable. Saying she had to run to the restroom, she escaped the dinning room and fled to the safety of anywhere else.
Neji glared up at Sakura as she started to eat a bite of her fish. "What's wrong with you?" She twitched.
"Hm?" She asked between a mouthful of food.
"Hnh." Another twitch. Swallowing, she glared at him and they began a 'glare' match. It could be considered a staring contest, but the stakes were higher.
"I'M BACK!" Lee announced painfully loud. Both Neji and Sakura cringed, but neither would blink. Completely clueless, Lee sat down and began to eat. "Look's like you started without me…" His voice trailed off and the other two began to glare at him instead. With half a roll in his mouth he mumbled something about the toilet and ran out the room.
Walking upstairs to the bathroom, Lee knocked on the door. Hinata slowly pulled the door open from the other side and peeked out. "Lee-san?"
"H-Hinata-san? What are you doing in the bathroom?"
The other blushed slightly and whispered to him. "Hinding…"
Lee nodded vigorously and stepped back, allowing her to close the door. Wait…where can I go?
"HAH! I DON'T NEED A PLACE TO HIDE! I AM THE AMAZING GREEN BEAST!" He yelled triumphantly.
"CAN IT!" The two mad teen below yelled up.
Like the green beast he is, Lee ran into the closet across the hall and sat down.
Upon shouting up at Lee to shut up, both of them returned to their heated glaring match where neither was giving an inch.
"Just so you know, I've beaten a fish at this." Neji informed her.
"Just so you know, I've killed that same fish."
Creamy eyes blinked in surprise that someone like Sakura would do that. "What?"
"I win."
"Hnh," Neji grunted, "Yeah right, that was a flux."
"Why don't we try some other kind of match then, eh?!" She challenged. Finally finding some courage, Hinata left the semi-safety of the bathroom and slid down the banister and ran into the dining room.
"C-c'mon you two, let g-go to the hotsprings, it'll be f-fun…" She coaxed with her soft voice. Taking a long, LONG and deep breath, Sakura regained her self control and followed Hinata out of the room and away from Neji.
Left without anyone to glare at or fight with, Neji shrugged and began cleaning up the dinner mess. Girls.
Upstairs Sakura and Hinata were changing into their bath robes quickly. When they had finished, the two of them raced down and out the back door, walking along the path to where the actual hot spring was located, some ways away from their house, but not a long walk.
Sakura barely surpressed a scream as she read the sign.
"M-m-m-mii….B-b-b-baa-ba…." Was all Sakura could stutter as she gaped at the sign.
Pading softly behind them, Neji poked Hinata in the shoulder. "What's she so worked up about?"
With a soft giggle, the girl pointed at the sign Sakura stared down. Glancing over at it, Neji followed suite.
"I could never…." Sakura began slowly.
"Never would I take bath…" Neji started to say confounded.
"Bathe with HIM!"
"WITH HER!" They both shouted quietly as they pointed at one another. Hinata let go a soft laugh and tugged at Sakura's arm.
"C'mon, mixed bathing isn't so bad…" Both stopped her with a glare. Smiling shyly, Hinata tugged on Sakura's arm again.
"I am not going in there."
"Don't worry, don't worry, there are smaller baths that branch off of the bigger one, we can go there, where no boys are, okay?" She felt Sakura's muscles sort of relax as she said this. "Don't worry." She repeated, slowly dragging the pink haired girl away.
Feeling relieved himself, Neji made his way to another bath somewhere far away from Sakura.
The water was very warm, and the two girls felt complete bliss as they sank down into the spring. The sun had set so it was quite dark despite the lamps that swung from poles and doorways.
Both Hinata and Sakura simply simmered in the water until they couldn't take it anymore and hopped out. Padding back quietly to the house, they let the late autumn breeze cool their flushed faces.
"That was fun, wasn't it Hinata?"
The other girl nodded vigorously, thoroughly enjoying the peace of the night.
Neji had left a little after the girls, not able to take the heat anymore himself. Making his way back to the house, he stopped abruptly when he heard Sakura's voice.
"That was fun, wasn't it Hinata?" She had asked and he couldn't tell what Hinata said or did in response, but felt it was a confirmation.
As silently as he could he followed behind them. Something hit him as the girls fell into a period of quiet. If I just walked past them like nothing was happening then Sakura probably wouldn't bite my head off….That's it Neji, just walk past instead of stalking them from behi…. His thoughts were broken off by Hinata's soft voice.
"S-sakura-chan….do you hate Neji-san?"
All thoughts of passing them vanished. He wanted to hear what she had to say about him.
She seemed to think about it long and hard, which made Neji feel very impatient. "I-I don't exactly hate the guy, but he knows how to get on my nerves. That stuck up attitude of his really pisses me off and the fact that he uses only one word syllables to carry on a conversation ticks me off quite a bit. So I don't hate him, he's just annoying."
Neji stopped dead in his tracks and held his tongue. He couldn't scream or shout or make any sudden movements, they would discover him. Due to him screaming inside his head since he couldn't voice his opinion he missed what Hinata near whispered next.
"But Sakura-chan….what do you think Neji-san thinks of you? Maybe you p-push him to those extremes where he annoys you…" She stopped and blushed a bit.
"Hinata, are you okay?" She felt concerned for her friend.
Shaking her head slightly Hinata smiled over at Sakura. "Don't worry, I think the steam has just gone to my head."
Giggling, both girls continued walking back to the house. Still, what Hinata had said continued to bother Sakura even in her dreams.
A/N I am organizing all these chapters in advance since it's such a bother…to troublesome…to do them every other day. This is not fun at 10:13 pm on a Tue….Wednesday night.
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