Lying in her bed that night, Haruka shifts slightly in her slumber before she awakens drowsily, though her eyes remain closed. …someone's close… Probably just someone walking by, but… ….I'm so tired…

Slipping in through the window, Daisuke blinks alittle. I purposely didn't try sneaking so that she'd be awake when I got here… I hope she's alright… Stepping in closer, quietly, he listens carefully and nods. I can hear her breathing so that's good. She must just be exhausted…. Should I wake her up? …I'm already here and this is really important…I… I'll at least see if she'll talk to me… Oh, but first… Closing his eyes and focusing, he reopens them slowly and lets his sharingan adjust to the room around him. Now, her breathing becomes apparent as well as the slight movement of her eyelids suggesting that she's already awake. Chewing his lip thoughtfully a moment he then reaches up to touch her leg firmly and stating out loud. "…Haruka."

"…Yes?" She responds, becoming a bit apprehensive before shifting to open her eyes towards him, making sure to conceal her nude body beneath the thin sheet.

Noting this detail by the way the fabric clings to her, Daisuke swallows softly and blushes before he looks off and stands straight. "I know it's late, but… can we… talk..?"

"…Alright.." The raven-haired young woman answers, becoming increasingly more anxious as she sits up, holding her sheet against her upper body.

Remaining standing, he still looks off from her, rubbing the back of his neck as he murmurs gently. "I… need to apologize…"

"Why?" She questions, calming slightly though she furrows her brows; seeming much more awake now.

"Because… I've been really… cruel to you…" He offers, still not facing her, but feeling his own nervousness start to build as he closes his eyes and lets them return to normal.

"..I've grown used to it.. Particularly over the past few months. ..What's this all about?" She urges, frowning a bit deeper as she watches him intently, noticing his energy dip.

A thoughtful expression crosses his face as Neji's request to keep him omitted crosses Daisuke's mind. Instead he offers carefully. "I… got your gift… I knew it was you the second I saw it…"

"I had hoped you would think it from Ino. You're normally much more gullible." She comments, grinning slightly with her eyes narrowed gently in humor.

Shrugging back a small grin crosses his lips before he offers vaguely. "…Maybe I'm finally getting better at this…" Ino would have never thought to leave me a rose. It was even more obvious by the way the thorns were still attached.

"Maybe.." She answers simply before her smile fades and she turns off. "…I suppose I was gullible as well.. I had thought our love could live through anything with trust…"

Flinching, Daisuke sags and shrugs before he murmurs. "I… should have trusted you… anyone who heard my story would say it shouldn't matter…" I was trained by a jonin from Kirigakure on a mission to kill the Daimyo. He taught me to be a weapon, to not have feelings, that was what a ninja was supposed to be. But… I didn't know his real purpose until it was too late, and when he told me to try and kill the Daimyo's guards I… played my role perfect until the last minute. Maybe, because I thought he had betrayed me before I betrayed him, his teachings were a lie… and it caused me to care too much. But that could just be an excuse… "I… really should have trusted you…"

Blinking at him, as if seeming surprised, Haruka turns off as her cheeks flush faintly and she places her right hand upon that cheek. She takes on a softer, familiar tone as she all but coos, but in restraint. "D-…Dai-kun…"

Chewing his lip and starting to blush again from her tone, Daisuke swallows softly as he lifts his eyes to her and feels his heart jump. I… I feel like… I did then…

"…I miss you, Dai-kun…I really do…" She admits, putting her hand to her chest as she bows her head. A moment of weakness overtakes her and she whimpers gently, clutching her sheets tightly. "…I really do…"

"Haruka-senpai…" He murmurs before moving up to her side boldly, in a typically naively heroic fashion to rest a hand across her shoulders, before urging her to him in a tight embrace.

Gasping as she drops her hands shakily and turns up to him, the brown eyed young woman's flushed face grows a bit deeper before she turns away slightly.

Holding her close, he only murmurs, shaking his head quickly. "I'm sorry… I'm sorry I ever hurt you like this…"

"…It…really was my fault… I expected too much from you, Dai-kun.." She whimpers, shaking her head as she tries to force strength into herself before she sniffles gently.

Turning silent for a moment, the brunette sighs gently. I can't ignore this anymore… and, even though it's going to hurt Ino, I've made my decision… Tilting his head inward he leans down to claim her lips as his eyes close tightly.

Her brown eyes widen for only a moment, coupled with a sound of surprise before Haruka wraps her arms around him tightly, tilting her head to welcome the kiss deeper. Dai-kun…I still…

Shivering as he feels her bare body against him more fully, his hands move down over her back until he is able to all but pull her into his lap while his tongue dabs softly against her lips. I still love Haruka-senpai…

Grunting once softly as she welcomingly spreads her legs in his lap, Haruka shifts to get closer to him. She shivers from the moderately cool night air, causing goose bumps to pop up across her body. The sheet shifts down around her waist, revealing her voluptuous, round D-cup breasts.

Daisuke's hands move up almost instantly to cup her endowments in them as the heat from her body, and the familiarity of it against him cause him to harden quickly against her. He groans softly in want as he grips her breasts firmly and continues to slide his tongue across her own.

Panting as she suckles his tongue and grinds her hips down against his, the almond-eyed young woman moans as her loins begin to quiver. I missed his touch… I'll never feel anything like it again…

I missed this… her lips, her body… everything about her… He tells himself as his hands caress and fondle her chest lovingly and his hips rise up against her own, pushing against her heated crotch through his pants as he moans in return.

"Dai-kun…I can't…" She starts, ripping her mouth from his before her body clutches to his as she trembles. "I…I've never wanted anything more….. …..p-please…"

Panting softly, he then nods before reaching both of his hands down between them to undo his pants and push and kick them down away from his hips and reveal his pulsing member. This is the first time I've had sex in two and a half years, under my own power, anyway. Licking his lips, he eases her down onto him; sliding deep within the folds of her body. "Ah… Haruka-senpai..!"

"Dai-kun..!" She cries in return, throwing her head back. Her long, fragrant hair flows across his face before settling at her back as she begins bouncing heatedly upon him, moaning in pleasure. "Oh Dai-kun..!"

Groaning without restraint, his eyes close tightly as he revels in her. Dipping his head down and pressing her breasts together to take her nipples into his mouth, he begins suckling and nibbling roughly. It's so good… Haruka-senpai's pussy… it's so tight! So hot… so wet..!

"Ahh! Dai-kun…" She coos in return, her insides tightening and loosening around him as she nears her climax quickly. Dai-kun… He's so hard…so rough with me… "So good..!"

Panting heavily, Daisuke grins softly up to her before he begins to shift, moving her from his lap until she is bent down with her hips toward him. Leaning up onto his knees behind her, his cock finds her hole easily again while he grips her breasts from behind and begins slamming into her deeply. "Mmm Haruka-senpai… you're so good!"

Calling out as her hole begins convulsing once more, the yellow-skinned woman all but pleads. "Don't stop, Dai-kun..! Oh god..!"

"Mmm yeah!" He groans in response, the sound of their skins smashing together filling the room. His fingers curl into her nipples tightly and he all but grinds them between his fingers.

Screaming out as her pussy tightens drastically, Haruka throws her head back once more as her love juices cover his nether rod.

Crooning deeply as he continues to ram into her, Daisuke moans out loud as his member throbs repeatedly against her inner walls. "I'm gonna cum… Haruka-senpai…!"

"..T-Turn me over first..! ..I want to see your eyes.." She almost demands before letting out another low moan.

Nodding quickly, Daisuke then helps the raven haired kunoichi to turn onto her back. Staring down into her eyes as his own show their restraint, he begins pounding into her again until gasping heatedly and pushing deep into her body as he releases. "Ah! Haruka-senpai!"

Sighing out deeply as she slowly lets her eyes close, Haruka revels in the feeling of her pussy sopping wet with his cum and her own wetness as she closes her eyes, moaning gently. "..Mmmmm….Daisuke-kun…so good…"

Resting down against her somewhat, the hazel eyed shinobi kisses her softly and lovingly as he holds within her and brushes her face with his hand. "I'm… still sorry… I love you, Haruka-senpai…"

"…do we really…love each other, Daisuke-kun…?" Haruka asks, sounding half as an honest question, half philosophically as she lies on the bed beneath him, panting gently and closing her eyes. "…I don't really know…for sure anymore…"

Blinking down at her suddenly, seeming a bit worried, he watches her and shakes his head in confusion. "What…?"

"..If we really…really loved each other…would this have happened? I don't think so.." She offers, closing her eyes before letting out a sigh. "Maybe what we feel is more so…deep caring and admiration…lust and infatuation…"

Blinking again, this time more in revelation before he frowns and sighs before offering a little sadly. "I… you… might be right…"

"…But for whatever it's worth…I know, in my own way, I…do love you…" She offers, opening her eyes to stare at him before sighing. "…Please, don't hate me again. I couldn't bare it then… I don't know what may happen to me if it happens a second time.."

Shaking his head slowly, looking down at her he sighs softly. "I… I won't. I promise…" He assures softly, running his hand through her hair with a gentle, somewhat longing expression. "But… what are we going to do at this point?"

"…Live our lives… Fall in love again… Get married and have a family… Continue living as ninja." She offers before adding bluntly. "Hinata is all wrong for you. You're too alike. You'll never be happy."

After a thoughtful moment he sighs and nods. "…I've had the same thoughts lately…" But I didn't think I'd ever get Ino's attention. Then again, if I look at the other girls I've been with… Haruka-senpai, Senka…

"…it's late.." The brown eyed woman suggests after a moment of silence, sighing gently before she nods and reaches out to take his hand a moment. "…you should probably go…"

Sighing and closing his eyes, he holds her hand tightly and then nods, chewing the inside of his cheek before he stands and pulls his pants on again. Now I'm… at a loss, I really don't know what to say…

"Daisuke."

Stopping just outside the entrance to his home, the brunette turns apprehensive at the appearance of Lee and as he turns, he also raises a hand to catch the raven haired young man's fist. His elbow buckles under the force of the blow and he skids back several feet and shivers a bit from the pain. Shit… Any harder and he would have broke my wrist! Holding his arm he frowns, his eyes sharpening before he stops. I can't use the sharingan here. They told me not to let anyone know… "You've got a lot of nerve attacking me this way, Lee."

"I'd say you have more nerve; doing what you've done, when I was the one wrongly accused of such." The green clad teen states back, his brows furrowed deeply. Straightening and loosening his fighting stance he sighs. "It was fitting for you to receive one blow for your lack of integrity, but had I also not heard the conversation the two of you had after the fact, I'd have given you more."

Flexing his wrist, as well as clenching and unclenching his hand, Daisuke relaxes slightly and exhales his temper evenly. "I see." The hell? Even so, the past between me and Haruka is like nothing he could understand. Either way, I'm not getting into it. "Then you understand our… situation?"

"Not entirely, the important thing is that neither of you intend to betray Neji's trust. He has lost much in life, and the ghosts of his past once haunted him so deeply that he harbored nothing but resentment for his family. It has taken time, but he has become one of their most productive persons and someone I admire and strive to grow stronger than one day. And Ino is one of our friends. I would not see either of them hurt between your lover's quarrel."

Oh, you mean how Rinsu got thrust between your obliviousness and Tenten's inability to communicate and assumption that my teammate was just an easy lay? Narrowing his eyes gently, Daisuke sighs again. He better get to his point. It's getting harder to ignore him. "What do you intend to do, Lee?"

"Give me your word, that it is truly over between you and Haruka-san. Or, the two of you step away from Ino and Neji forever." The black eyed male states.

His gaze softening slightly, Daisuke then looks away and nods slowly. "Yes. We've come to terms. Now what about you?"

Blinking, and then sighing, Lee shakes his head slowly. "I've been challenging myself daily, just to get the gumption to try, but all I can do is…"

"The longer you do nothing, the worse." Closing his eyes and sliding his hands into his pockets he adds bluntly. "By now, she is already dating the Kazekage-sama."

Lee sags deeper as a dark cloud seems to cover over him. "Then… is all hope… lost…?"

"If you keep thinking that way. I'm not sure what she's thinking, but I'd much sooner like to see her stay here in Konoha with us, than possibly lose her." Daisuke points out. "It might be selfish, but I covet my team. You're lucky, too. If I had thought, for a moment, I could have her then I would. But…" Seeming thoughtful he nods. "There's something about Ino that… eases me."

Shaking his head he scoffs. "You're the last person that wants to hear that sort of sentiment. In any case, all things require planning, preparation, and determination. Would you fight an opponent by flailing blindly until scoring a lucky hit? Or would you wait for him to show you an obvious opening?"

Raising a brow, Lee looks confused. "I would never consider the pursuit of women, and fighting in the same instance."

"Every task is completed in the same way. It's always better to work smart; not hard. Punching through a wall is draining and needless; finding a window or a door is the smart way. Sitting outside a girl's window the way you do makes you look like a hopeless freak." The brunette points out simply. "So for now, go home, get some sleep, and take care of yourself a little. I know it's harsh, but you'll survive this one way or the other."

"…Many people have told me that, even Gai-sensei… but…" Shaking his head and sighing he shrugs. "You… you may be the only man in Konoha that understands Rinsu… I'll… take your advice for now." With this said, the young chuunin leaves and Daisuke just sighs and shakes his head.

She knows how to pick 'em…