I woke up with a jolt and glared at my phone. It's 3.30 in the freaking morning!

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT!"

"Stop yelling you cranky little bitch you'll wake up Hina!" Oh, yeah. I forgot about her completely. More like fell asleep while waiting.

"Hn."

"...so?" I can totally imagine her playing with her hair.

"And?"

"Are you cool?"

"What?"

"I hit your stomach pretty hard..."

"No. You're not forgiven."

"Fine." It sounded mocking.

"Are you mocking me?"

"Did you honestly want me to call you for pointless bickering?"

"Who said I wanted you to call me?"

"Okay peace."

"Wait no Kush-" and she hung up. Why must this girl be so infuriating and demanding all the time! Can she just give in for once! God, I fucking love her...

"Kushina?"

"Aha."

"Please don't hang up."

"Oh Sasuke you're so sensitive!" Maddening little...

"Bimbo..."

"I'm not in the mood for your uncreative insults."

"Hn. Why?"

"Wild fact here, Hinata fell asleep a few minutes ago."

"Elaborate." It came out too pushy.

"Sheesh! Am I keeping you from your beauty sleep?"

"Uzumaki.."

"Ultra sigh of frustration. Hinata's cardiac muscles have been butchered, eaten and spat out a billion times over. So, as her amazing friend, I must keep cannibals like Sakura and Naruto away from whatever's left of her delicious and fragile meat."

"Did you watch a lot of romance films?"

"Pretty much. Is it that obvious?" I smirked at her idiocy.

"I can sense your smirk. I don't know how, but I feel it."

"Creepy." Sarcasm dripping from every letter.

"If that is all,"

"No!" Shit!

"No?" Think think!

"When can we start the model?" If my ears aren't fooling me, I think I heard her sigh with defeat.

"I'm busy tomorrow with Hina, so Sunday?"

"Aa."

"She's stirring! Aloha dude." She didn't wait for me to say goodbye.

"Goodnight." I whispered.

God I'm so tired!

"Why Sakura huh? She doesn't -hic- appreciate him!" Hinata wailed for the millionth time.

"He's an idiot Hina." The way she looked at her told Kushina to prepare for a bucket load of insecurities and comparisons.

"You don't understand! Sasuke loves you! How the hell would you understand?" Any normal friend wouldn't have been able to answer that nor keep the friendship going, but their friendship was anything but normal.

"Uchiha Sasuke has never genuinely complimented me in his entire life." Hinata looked up and wiped away her tears.

"...huh?"

"What would Naruto do if he saw you, um, wearing a new dress?"

"He'd.."

"You look so pretty Hinata-chan! You should dress up more often!"

"Yes, he would...But actions speak louder than words, and Sasuke is more action."

"What would you do if Naruto insulted you?"

"..."

"Sometimes I even doubt whether or not he does love me." She recalled her conversation with him not so long ago to her.

"Sorry I mentioned it I, uh, I'm just tired. Of crying. Of boys. Everything."

"I propose we get a makeover." Hinata looked appalled at her friend.

"You're the last person on earth I'd expect that from."

"Not as in physically dude! Mentally!"

"Like?"

"Remember what we use to do whenever someone tried to bully us?"

"We'd do something crazy and fun to.."

"Yes! Exactly! We'll go zip-lining and have an eating contest, anything!"

"Or we can joust on floaters in the pool and whoever falls will face freezing cold water!"

"That's torturous! And I love it!" Hinata smiled genuinely.

"And you know what the best part will be?" Kushina shook her head.

"We'll tape it all and send it to those fags."

"Yeah we will, though it sounds attention whorey and shiz. Oh, what the hay!" They laughed at the absurdity.

"Kushina?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm hungry." She had dreamy eyes as she sighed.

"And we're totally best friends."

"I think there's some lasagna in the fridge."

"Then let's go devour it!"

Of all the things in the whole wide world, Hyuuga Hinata loved Uzumaki Kushina the most, even more than her brother.

So when two heavily dressed boys saw two scarcely dressed girls floating on a pool and yelling all sorts of profanities, they were beyond stumped. Naruto and Sasuke were dressed as anyone would in a cold December morning. Hinata and Kushina were in short shorts and tank tops. Does this not qualify the privilege to be stumped?

"What the hell are you doing?"

"None of your business Sas-gay!" Twitch.

They decided not to film anything as it was not their style (staying awake until late+crying+stress=bad thoughts), and started the pool jousting, Kushina suggesting such an attire to heighten the adrenaline rush.

"Kushina! Mum told me to pick you up and-hey Hinata-chan." Said girl tensed up and didn't answer, let alone blush. Sensing her distress, Kushina let out her infamous fury.

"GET LOST!"

"But we didn't do anything!" Her eyes darkened.

Hinata couldn't take it anymore. Sorry Kushina. And with that, she whacked the unknowing redhead, sent her flying into the freezing cold water and after a feeling of overwhelming guilt, jumped in too.

"Are you crazy! You could get sick!" They pulled them out of the water and rolled back their sleeves. Both trying (and failing) not to look at certain places (soaking wet, curvaceous girls equals raging boy hormones)

"What are you two doing anyways?" Naruto laughed hysterically.

"About to find out who can finish a KFC bucket the fastest." Kushina tried to direct the attention away from her depressing best friend.

"No you're not." Sasuke grabbed her wrist and was about to push her into the car but before he could take a fifth step she pulled away and glared at him. The most heartbreaking glare he's ever seen.

"Leave me alone Sasuke." She jogged back to Hinata, told her brother to evacuate the premises before she showed him how and disappeared inside without another glance.

"What...what did I do?"

"She's always angry teme." He drove half-heartedly.

"It's..it's different this time. I don't know."

"Should we turn around?" Sasuke shook his head. He knew he could not face her now without revealing his feelings and getting rejected. He still doesn't know shit of what she thinks of him.

"Dammit Hina!"

"I ate 11 pieces of chicken, therefore I win!" Kushina was struggling with the eighth piece.

"You and your stupid stomach! Curses..."

"What's next on the list?" Hinata laughed.

"Amusement park. And I hope you barf." She stuck her tongue out.

After a day filled with amazing activities (plus some vomit here and there, courtesy of Kushina) they parted with promises of another day of fun, Ino included. After making sure Hinata was happy and safe at home, Kushina took a cab to her home with the full intention of sleeping till noon.

She quietly got inside and slowly took off her shoes so as to not attract anybody's attention. The lights were off (and to her defense that time, she wondered why they were off at 8) and she slowly passed the living room when the lights magically switched on.

"Well well well. What do we have here?" Itachi spun the recliner he was sitting on and started petting a cushion.

"You do know you're supposed to be petting a cat right?" He waved her off and smiled.

"Whatever it is, no."

"I didn't say anything yet. How do you know if it's not benefiting?"

"Excuses." She turned around and was about to make her initial beeline to her room when Naruto and Sasuke came out of nowhere and held either one of her arms.

"I don't get why we should let her come along." Misaki folded her arms. Where the hell are they coming from!

"A trip without Uzumaki Kushina isn't a trip at all."

"Huh?" Misaki rolled her eyes.

"I will be taking you three and three others to Okinawa for winter break. Those three will be picked by each of you, just because I'm so generous."

"Release." She gestured to her arms and they reluctantly let her go.

"Misaki will not be accompanying us." He cut off Kushina's train of thoughts. Am I that obvious?

"Yes, you are obvious."

"Why not!"

"Your father refused." She angrily flipped out her phone and stormed off to have a mouth off with her dad.

"Does it snow in Okinawa?" Her eyes twinkled at the thought. Itachi had an intrigued expression on his face.

"Yes, but didn't you get enough of it in England?"

"It was too severe there, and I'm apparently 'weak' to severe weather."

"You may go sleep." She narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

"Who said I'm gonna sleep?"

"Go Kushina." She grumbled and stomped off towards the stairs nonetheless. Itachi left (and took the cushion with him) and Misaki's location was unknown. Naruto nodded understanding Sasuke's intentions. He grinned his trademark grin and made a thumbs up.

"Uzumaki..?" She sighed rather loudly in frustration and sat up on her bed.

"What did I say about disturbing-"

"I'm sorry Kushina."

"I didn't mean you needed to apologize."

"Not for the sleeping thing."

"Then?"

"For..." he sighed and looked at his feet. She pulled him into one of her memorable hugs and Sasuke wrapped his arms around her in desperation.

"You really are sensitive Sasu." He grunted and hugged her tighter. Only around you.

"Remember the many owes you owed me?"

"Aa."

"I'm using them all now." He pulled away from her and raised an eyebrow.

"One, you're going to choose Ino to come along cuz I'm already bringing Hina and I want them both."

"Second, while in a car or bus or whatever form of transportation we're in, I will sit next to you and sleep on you whenever I want." He turned pink and mumbled something incoherent.

"Um, uh..."

"Breath kid." He cleared his throat almost abruptly.

"What if I refuse?"

"You can't Sasu-chan. I'm only asking for two things."

"Which are big."

"Who were you going to take anyways?"

"...Hn." she smiled with satisfaction.

"And you fell asleep on me when we went to that wedding long ago."

"Fine."

"Yay!" She spun around and jumped on her bed laughing.

"Cute.."

"Huh? Did you just call me cute? "

"No."

"Yeah you did!"

"Sleep, I'm waking you up at 9."

"Noooooo!"

"Hn."

"Sasuke-kun!" Weak in the damn knees.

"11:30." He muttered and closed the door behind him.

Did I mention that I couldn't love her any more than I do?

"Goodnight Sasuke!" She yelled from her room.

I was wrong.