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The next day they all sat outside again, and for a while they were silent before Lee spoke.

"So… it's Friday," he announced. Everyone nodded silently. It was quiet again.

"Are… are any of us going to see each other over the weekend?" he asked cautiously. Sakura sighed.

"You mean are we going to be friends out of school, out of lunch," she deciphered. Naruto nodded. It was quiet for a moment before Sasuke shrugged.

"I don't have anything to do," he told them, surprising everyone. Naruto grinned.

"Yeah, me neither." Hinata pushed her finger tips together.

"I-I don't either…"

"Me neither," Lee announced. Shikamaru shrugged.

"All I planned to do was sleep, so I guess I don't have anything to do, either." Sakura looked over at Ino, who smiled.

"My schedule's wide open," she replied, before looking expectantly at Sakura. She sighed.

"Yeah, mine too." Naruto grinned widely at all of them.

"Alright then! It's a date!"

They all met outside in front of the school after it ended, but this time Hinata had someone else with her.

"T-This is my cousin Neji," she told everyone shyly, "Neji, this is… everyone." Everyone introduced themselves and Neji regarded them coolly. Naruto had an automatic dislike for him; he seemed judgmental, and it was hard to believe that anyone could be like that when related to Hinata.

"So where do you guys wanna go?" he asked. Ino and Sakura glanced at each other and Ino grinned.

"Mall," she announced. No one disagreed, though Naruto and Sasuke threw each other meaningful glances, so they started walking down the street. Neji eyed Sasuke. For some reason, he didn't trust the guy. Maybe it was how mysterious he looked and how rude he acted.

"Uchiha," he said, gaining the other guy's attention, "I've heard that name before." Sasuke shrugged, though his eyes narrowed.

"Do you have an older brother?" Neji asked. Everyone noticed how rigid Sasuke's body became then, and his eyes practically burned through anything that got in their way.

"No," he growled through clenched teeth. Neji observed him for a moment before turning away. Naruto blinked at Sasuke in amazement; he had never seen him that angry before. Sure, he saw him get annoyed by basically anything that breathed, and he got mad occasionally when anyone bumped into him, but Sasuke seriously looked like he wanted to kill someone. Hinata wasn't sure what had happened, but by how tense it had gotten, she suspected that Sasuke was angry. She knew how her brother could be sometimes, so she was surprised when he didn't try to push the subject further.

It was silent a moment before Naruto started up a conversation with Lee, which turned into a conversation for anyone who was willing to join. Hinata was surprised again when her cousin didn't stay constantly at her side; she walked beside Naruto (she knew because of his loud voice beside her) and she heard Neji answer other's questions every once in a while from somewhere behind her. What was his deal today?

Neji observed Naruto very carefully. Though it seemed that the boy wasn't paying much attention, Neji caught him every once in a while brushing up against Hinata, or glancing over at her to see if she was still there. Often he even tugged on her sleeve a bit if she got too close to the curb. Usually Neji would never trust anyone but himself to walk with and take care of his cousin, but Naruto was just… different. He seemed to have something genuine about him that other people normally didn't have. As Neji observed the group Hinata had chosen to surround herself with, he shook his head. They were definitely a strange gang, but they seemed genuine, he had to give her that.

They finally made it to the mall and split up, the girls and the boys. Neji was hesitant to leave Hinata, but decided that she was in good hands. He turned to the guys and watched them. Lee was stretching for some reason, Shikamaru looked like he was about to fall asleep, and both Naruto and Sasuke seemed to be watching the girls leave. As Neji looked closer, Naruto seemed to be watching Hinata and Sasuke was watching the pink haired one, Sakura or whatever.

"So," Naruto announced, looking back at the guys with a grin on his face, "What do you guys want to do?" They all glanced at each other and shrugged. Naruto sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"This might be harder than I thought," he chuckled.

"So what do you think of a makeover, Hinata?" Ino asked the poor girl, who was being dragged along by the two other teens. Hinata's face turned slightly pink.

"I-I don't think I-I would like that…" she answered honestly. Sakura smirked.

"Come on, Hinata! You could get all dressed up and stuff for Naruto!" Hinata's face now turned extremely red.

"W-What do you m-mean?" she asked. Ino rolled her eyes.

"Oh come on, Hinata!" she exclaimed, "He so likes you! And you obviously like him! Aw, you guys would be so cute together!" The two girls giggled as Hinata's face turned an even darker shade of red and she ducked her head, trying to hide her flaming cheeks.

"N-No, I-"

"Oh come on, Hinata!" Sakura said, "You don't see the way he looks at you!" It went silent and Ino sent her a glare. Sakura silently cursed herself.

"Er, sorry, Hinata…" Hinata smiled a little, though it seemed a bit forced, and shook her head.

"I-It's alright, S-Sakura. I know w-what you meant." Ino hummed a bit.

"Well, while we're here we could at least pick up some new clothes!" she announced, grinning. Sakura grinned back.

"Definitely!"

The guys had walked around for a while before going back to the same place they started to wait on the girls. It was silent for a while before Neji spoke to Sasuke, quietly.

"What happened?" Sasuke's jaw tightened and he turned away, knowing exactly what he was talking about. He knew that Neji had in fact gone to school with his older brother before… before it happened.

"It doesn't matter," he growled, "I'm never going to see him again, and if I ever do, I'm going to kill him." The others were surprised and even a bit scared by the seriousness in Sasuke's voice. Lee hesitated a bit before asking.

"What happened?" Sasuke growled.

"My brother," he hissed quietly, his eyes glazed over with hate and remembrance, "Killed my entire family." A small gasp was heard, and Naruto turned to see the girls standing there, Ino with sad eyes and a hand over her mouth, Hinata staring at the ground, and Sasuke watching Sakura in awe.

"He's in the mental hospital now," he growled, ignoring the girls, "And if he ever gets out, I'm going to kill him. I don't care if I get life in prison or get executed. As long as he gets what he deserves." Naruto shook his head, his blue eyes sad.

"I know you're mad at him and sad because you lost your family," he told him softly, "But I don't think that's the best way to handle it." Sasuke turned to him angrily, his eyes burning.

"And what would you know?" he snapped, almost shouting, "What do you know anything about losing someone?" It was dead silent. Everyone held their breath, their eyes flitting between Sasuke and Naruto. Hinata felt her heart squeeze. Naruto's hands were balled into tight fists, to where his knuckles were white, and if anyone looked close enough, which most of them did, they could see a trail of blood on his palm from where his nails were digging into his skin. Finally he pivoted and walked away without another word. Hinata heard him go and felt tears building in her eyes. Naruto. Sasuke clenched his fists angrily, but this time it was at himself.

He knew Naruto had some kind of past, they all did, even though they didn't know what it was, but he had had to just blurt that out. Sasuke cursed himself in his head as he turned and walked away from the others, out of the mall, trying to get away from his mistake.

The others were silent. Slowly they all started to realize what had happened; Sasuke had made a mistake. None of them blamed him, of course, but there was no denying it. Neji turned to look at Hinata. Her hands were clasped over her heart, and he could just see the trail of a tear down her cheek. Slowly they all left, one by one, tossing half- hearted good byes at each other as they went. Finally Neji and Hinata were alone, and together they started out of the mall.

"That Naruto has a past, doesn't he?" Neji asked. Hinata nodded silently.

"Do you know what it is?" Hinata sighed and shook her head.

"H-He hasn't told a-anyone, but w-we all know there's s-something he's hiding… H-He said he'd t-tell me if he ever w-wanted or needed to, b-but…" You're starting to doubt if he really would, Neji finished in his head. He was glad that Hinata had friends, and from what she had told him so far, he knew things would be a bit complicated, but he was starting to guess that things would be more complicated than either of them had expected.

"That Sasuke guy shouldn't have said that," Neji announced. Hinata shook her head.

"M-Maybe not, b-but you can't r-really blame him," she said quietly, "T-Think of what h-he's been through. B-Besides, he d-doesn't know about N-Naruto's past. N-None of us do. A-All of us make mistakes, brother. Mistakes are just a-apart of being human." Neji looked down at his cousin in amazement. Perhaps, he thought, some mistakes were good. Maybe more people should make mistakes, just to remind themselves that they're human.

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