Chapter 14: Trust

Neji couldn't sleep well that night, especially when Sasuke was tightly hugging him from the back. When he finally found a comfortable position to sleep in, he was rudely awakened by his cellphone.

The room was brightened a little by the peeking sunlight as the cellphone continued to ring. Lazily, Neji reached for his phone and opened it to see that it was Hinata once more.

Neji clicked his teeth in annoyance and quickly shut it, not wanting to answer. His phone rang once more and Sasuke was the next to hear it.

"Is that your phone…?" Sasuke mumbled. Neji sat up and finally grabbed his phone to pick it up. "What?" he answered in a scary tone. Sasuke couldn't hear anything, but Neji's attitude was more than enough to figure out who it was.

"I'll come home on my own. Stop calling me." Neji said and closed his phone, sighing.

"Hey…Why are you so angry when your family calls? Aren't they just worried?" Sasuke boldly asked.

Neji said nothing and walked to the bathroom, ignoring Sasuke's question. Too tired to feel annoyed about that, Sasuke laid back down on the futon and stared at his white ceiling. Maybe it was a bit early to ask…

Sasuke stood up after a while to open the door to the bathroom. Neji was washing his face and looked up from the sink, a small part of his hair dripping wet.

This was a turn on for Sasuke but he didn't want to do anything. From his actions, Sasuke had a slight hunch that Neji disliked indecent actions.

He especially did not want to touch Neji after what happened last night. That would pretty much show that he was no different from his older brother. Sasuke held back his urge and allowed Neji to finish and leave.

After Sasuke washed up, Neji was waiting for him on the sofa. His gaze was distant and his mind seemed to be elsewhere.

Neji was thinking about his nightmare. Was it a sign that things weren't going to go well with Sasuke? Or was it a sign that Sasuke was going to go to the same path as his brother into prostitution.

With Sasuke's good looks, he could become rich that way. Neji grimaced at that thought.

"Hungry?" Sasuke asked, breaking Neji from his daydream. Neji hesitated and stood up. The atmosphere was heavy.

"Let's go for a walk." he said.

Neji knew they both have family problems that they couldn't solve on their own. A walk would be nice to cool things down.

The walk was a little awkward but Sasuke still held on to Neji's hand. Sasuke wasn't going to let all this stress ruin this relationship. It was a quiet walk and no one said anything. They were occupied with enough with their thoughts.

"Neji?"

Neji stopped and grimaced at the soft voice, knowing immediately who it was. Sasuke turned and saw Neji's cousin, Hinata.

"…What are you doing here?" Neji asked harshly. Hinata flinched and quietly stuttered. "I was g-going to Naruto's place…to give him some seaweed. We had extra." She said.

Sasuke looked at the box and was shocked. That seaweed was one of the hardest foods to find in this planet and there was even extra?

He knew Neji's family was loaded with money, but to this extent? No wonder Temari went after Neji.

Sasuke looked at Neji's face, who wasn't even impressed. To Neji, a simple box of rare seaweed wasn't that amazing.

What was more amazing to Neji was that Hinata took the long route to Naruto's house. He knew this must have been his uncle's orders for Hinata to take this road and 'coincidentally' meet with him. Neji scoffed and walked ahead, ignoring his cousin.

"Ah, Neji! Wait!" Hinata called out. Neji ignored her once more and continued to walk. Sasuke stood in between them, feeling a little out of place. Hinata then turned to Sasuke.

"Uhm…He has been staying with you right? Please tell him his family is worried about him…Thank you!" Hinata said and ran off.

Sasuke grit his teeth, finally feeling annoyed about this whole situation. Hinata was obviously worried about Neji, why would he treat her so coldly?

He grabbed on to Neji's wrist and gave him a stern look.

"…What…?" Neji asked.

Sasuke took a deep breath and bravely asked his question.

"Why are you ignoring your family? They are obviously worried about you. Even if they call you many times, it's only to check up on you! You seem annoyed and angry but if it were up to me, I would be more than happy to find out they worry!" Sasuke said.

Neji lowered his eyelids and glared at Sasuke. He pulled his hand away from Sasuke's grip and faced him.

Neji loved Sasuke, but he didn't want to mix his family matters with his love life.

"You know nothing about my 'family'. My actions and attitude towards them have nothing to do with you." Neji replied.

Sasuke flinched. He was right…but in the end, Sasuke couldn't understand why.

"Then why can't you tell me? Aren't we dating?" Sasuke asked.

Neji stared at Sasuke and closed his eyes. "I have to tell you everything just because we are dating? We only started to date for a couple of weeks. I don't think I have to tell you everything." He said.

"I told you everything! About all my family! Because we are dating and because I trust you!" Sasuke stopped for a little to think. Sasuke trusted Neji…but did Neji feel the same? Was it only Sasuke feeling this way?

Sasuke felt more annoyed at that thought and decided to ask. "Do you not trust me?"

Neji hesitated.

"You're right. I have never dated anyone before, but I have read about this. There is no relationship without trust is there?" Neji asked Sasuke.

Neji hated people who pried their way into his personal matters. More importantly, even if he trusted Sasuke, he couldn't tell him what happened with his family. For now, this decision is the best choice…

Sasuke didn't like where this was going. Neji turned his heels with his back facing Sasuke.

"We're done. I'm breaking up with you."

A/N: Oh, you guys must hate me right now LOL I disappear for more than three months and I leave you with the worst scenario! Sorry this chapter was short, but a breakup is quick isn't it?