A/N: Wow, I just wrote Kiba and Hanabi, but then I deleted it because it was sickeningly sweet and I'm the Queen of Angst. So here we go, it tis time for NEJIHINATA! My new favorite coupling, splee!

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"H-Hinata-sama?" I whispered in shock under my breath. As I always did before I slept, I allowed myself to wander around the vast gardens of the Hyuuga complex. No real destination awaited me, I wandered where ever my feet took me. The soothing smells of the flowers and herbs always calmed me. When I was alone, with no one around except the soft breeze and the plants, I felt like I didn't have to be Neji Hyuuga, the genius and the number one rookie and the best. I could be me.

I cocked my head to the side as her sleeping form came into view. She slept soundly under a beautiful sakura tree, the only signs of life were the rising and falling of her chest as she breathed and the light sound of her snoring. The sakura flowers are pretty, but none can rival her beauty. I thought before I could stop myself. I blushed, but I didn't dwell on it. She was pretty, I realized, with thick, dark hair and pale skin that seemed to glow in the light of the quarter moon in the sky.

"Hinata-sama." I sat down next to her, shaking her shoulder gently in an attempt to wake her. Her beautiful lavender eyes fluttered open, and she glanced up at me. "Hai, Neji." She said quietly, stiffling a small yawn at the end.

"What are you doing out here?" I leaned back against the tree's sturdy trunk, and tried not to show my blush when she leaned over on my shoulder.

"I come out here to clear my mind. I must have dozed off." Hinata said in her tiny voice, pure like how one would imagine an angel to speak. She sighed happily, and I realized that the garden had the same effect on her as it did with me: she was not scared of me here. She was not scared of the true me, when I wasn't trying to look tough. "Isn't the garden beautiful at night?"

I took a deep breath as she looked into my eyes, awaiting an answer. I had to tell her now, I decided, because no matter what Neji I was, I wanted to be brave. "Not near as beautiful as yourself, Hinata-sama." I murmured, eyes darting away in embarassment.

The younger girl blushed. "Neji, do you really mean that?"

"How can I not?" I whispered, gathering up a little courage. "You are...very pretty, Hinata-sama."

The expression of her face was unreadable, until I felt her lips on mine in an inexperienced first kiss.

And as I stood a few moments later to walk away, I felt her tug on my hand. I knew that she liked me.

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Whoot, I love that coupling! It is just SO sweet!