Author Note: Alright! Back by popular demand! Not much to actually say. I added and tweaked it a bit from the one I posted on Tumblr. Barely. Anyway, here you go!

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Neighbors 2.0

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Hinata traced the dove tattoo on Sasuke's arm. It was surrounded by many other tattoos. She wondered just how many he actually had. Did he even keep count? "What is it?"

She blinked seeing his head angled to her. "H-huh?"

"You look like you were thinking hard."

"Oh," she sat up and licked her lips. "Um, I know you're covered in, um, tattoos," her hands rested on his chest. "But are you...really covered in them?"

"I thought you saw me naked last week?"

Her eyes widened. "W-what? Why would I see you n-n-naked!?"

He closed his book and sat up. "I walked in the room after my shower. I left my towel in here. I could have sworn," he paused. "No, you're right. You probably would have died."

She nodded in agreement.

"Would you like to see me naked, Princess?" Sasuke leaned over only to have his face pushed away.

"Ne, no! I just..." Her face was impossibly red. "I was just wondering."

He rubbed the area behind his ear and thought silently momentarily. "I'm not tattooed down there, if that's what you're thinking about."

"I was not!"

"Or my ass," he added. "No piercings either. Well, yet."

Hinata wanted to melt away. "S-Sasuke-kun..."

He looked at her with a sly smirk. "You should be pretty proud of that."

"I'm proud," she squeaked. Sometimes Sasuke was too much. Really, he was so...

The Uchiha yawned showing the sliver ball of his new tongue ring. She didn't want him to have it but afterwards...it just fit. She couldn't even imagine him getting old, like seventy and having all that ink. "I'm going back to sleep."

Hinata laughed. "I knew you weren't reading that b-book!"

He rolled onyx orbs. "You caught me."

Hinata was about to scold him until her phone rang. Sasuke noticed her shifting expressions as she answered the call. "F-father, hello."

Sasuke felt devilish and started kissing her neck. She kept trying to push him away. "I'm a-at home!" She told him. Sasuke raised a pierced brow. "S-sorry, I almost tripped," she continued lying. There was a quiet moment of her biting heavily on her lip. "Really, okay, that sounds nice. See you then."

She hung up the phone and sighed. Sasuke frowned. "You lied."

She gave a nervous laugh. "I...just a l-little lie."

"Why?"

Hinata wrung her hands and looked at her lap. "What w-was I supposed to say?"

"That you're with me, your boyfriend?" He questioned.

Hinata took his shoulders. "My father...he isn't going to like you."

"That's blunt," he shrugged her hands off. "Look, I don't care about that. You shouldn't lie to your father."

Hinata watched the Uchiha male stand. He pocketed his hands and walked to the dresser. "Are you upset?"

"No." He spat.

Hinata crawled to the end of the bed. "You sound angry."

"Yeah, but I'm not." He ran a hand through his hair just as Hinata walked up behind him. "Hinata, go away."

Her nose wrinkled at the use of her real name. She jumped on his back. "No."

He looked at her through the mirror. "You're being childish."

She tighten her limbs around him. "You're mad."

"I can feel your breast on my back," he confessed. Hinata fell off and covered her body. "See. Childish." He pointed out and walked to his closet.

Hinata covered her face and groaned silently. "My f-father has invited me to dinner. Would you l-like to meet him?"

Sasuke pulled on a hoodie. "You're ashamed of me. Why would I go to a dinner to be stared at and have you just look as if you don't see it?"

Hinata took a step back. Sasuke was really upset about this. His fist were clenched, jaw tightened, stance stiff, and face twisted into a sour frown. "I'm n-not ashamed of you..."

"Doubt it."

She took a deep breath and spoke, "I just didn't think meeting him w-was a big deal to you."

"Why not?"

Hinata shook her head. "Never mind, I'll j-just go home."

Sasuke walked up to her, slowly. Hinata was still...edgy about people coming up to her to fast. She was still paranoid about everything. She still stuttered and hid away from him. She was still...

"You were going to say something so just say it."

Opal eyes shifted away. "I... That's a serious, um, step...and I wasn't..."

"You're not sure I'm serious?" He finished. She nodded. "Rest assured, I'm deadly serious."

Hinata stepped away from him. "Why...why w-would you say 'deadly' like that?"

"What? I'm just saying- We've been together too long for you to still be scared."

She took another step back. "That's when most murders happen," her hands lifted in defense. Sasuke rolled his eyes before picking up the girl. She laughed in his hold. "Sa-Sasuke!"

"Why are you so short?" He asked hoisting her up. Hinata draped her arms over his shoulders and shrugged. "Look, I'm serious about us." He said as she pressed her forehead against his. Hinata nodded with a smile. "Move in with me."

Hinata yelped and pushed away from him. It was in that moment she forgot he was holding her. Luckily her head hit the bed. "W-what?!"

"You're an idiot," he sighed before dropping her lower body to the ground. Hinata whined about the pain in her back.

"You c-can't just ask me something like that," She stood with a hand massage her spine.

"I don't remember asking."

She watched him walk to the door. "Sasuke! We have to discuss this." The Hyuuga ran after him. "Sas-"

She paused upon seeing two girls standing at the door. "Hi, we're your new neighbors!"

Hinata poked from behind Sasuke. "I'm Sasuke, this is Hinata." Hinata had to admit she didn't appreciate how they were looking at her annoyed boyfriend. Wait, why didn't he introduce her as his girlfriend?!

"Oh, are you two together?" They giggled. They looked young, barely old enough to afford a condo here.

"Yes," Hinata answered clearly, standing in front of him.

Sasuke looked at his seemingly jealous girlfriend. "Are we really?"

Hinata nodded. "Yes. We, um...live together."

They just kept smiling, it was plastic. "Ooooh."

Hinata nodded. "Yeah, oh." She closed the door on them. Sasuke bit his thumb as she calmed down. "I can't believe them."

Sasuke smirked. "Haven't seen you that jealous in while," he trapped her between the door. Hinata placed her hands at his chest with a bright blush. "It's comforting."

"S-Sasuke..."

He bent to her ear. "You still want to see all of me, Princess." What a strange sense of déjà vu.

Hinata swallowed hard. They had been dating for months now! He had moved out of their shitty apartment building and she was spending more time with him. She liked to believe that she was becoming accustomed to his playful sexual suggestions.

She shouldn't still be fainting. That was the old Hinata. New Hinata was mature. She could handle a bit more. She was a strong independent woman.

"Now that you're moving in," he kissed her ear lobe. Hinata was sure she felt his tongue ring. "It's inevitable."

"S-Sa-Sasuke, I c-can't breathe..." She whispered. Maybe not "strong"...

When she said it, Sasuke thought it was a joke. That was until her eyes rolled in back of her head and she slid down the door. "Shit!" He hissed. "You should be pass fainting."

He picked her up and carried her limp body back to his room. Ah, some things never change.

At least now, they weren't neighbors but...interestingly enough, roommates.