Friday that week

Hinata and Ten-Ten were worn out in general. Play rehearsal was intense, and there were exams coming up after performance in front of the whole school. Luckily, Hinata had Kakashi encouraging her constantly, and rehearsing with him was so much easier! She had three more weeks, and then she would get up on stage, get it over with, and focus on her exams which started a week after the play.

On Fridays they didn't have to rehearse, so Ten-Ten had purposed to go out for a walk in the gardens. They picked a spot under an olive tree and sat down, leaning on the trunk.

"Phew! Who would have known acting and singing was so tiring?" Ten-Ten stretched her arms and closed her eyes "I love free Fridays"

Before Hinata could open her mouth, one of the teachers popped out of nowhere.

"H-Hey Kakashi"

Ten-Ten opened her eyes "Kakashi? Well, I'd better leave you two alone…"

"Truth is, I need both of you. Anko told me to come find you; she decided that Neji will be the Beast, so we have a small rehearsal with him so he gets started" then he turned to Hinata "hey babe" he smiled.

Hinata blushed while Ten-Ten closed her eyes again "Dang it! I just jinxed it!"

She stood up and pulled Hinata along with her "Come on, let's get this OVER with"

"Have fun! Oh, and Hinata" Kakashi took their spot when they stood up

"Yes?"

He mouthed the words "call you later". She nodded and followed her friend to the drama room.

They got there in less than five minutes. When they entered the room, Neji was singing his part in "something there" while Itachi was fixing his ponytail.

"Say, Hinata, what is wrong with Neji?"

"huh?"

"look at his face!" the brunette whispered.

"uhm…" she looked at the stage. Yes, Neji was giving Itachi an evil glare "uhm… maybe he ate some of the chilli by accident during lunch?"

"Yeah probably"

Then, Anko noticed them.

"Oh! There you are! Come, Hinata, rehearse with Neji-"

"Um, miss Anko?" Itachi interrupted "I'm in a hurry; I need to go review History so I was wondering if you need me to do some scenes before I leave"

"Wait, but exams are in four weeks' time!"

"Well, seniors take them before because of all the graduation stuff, so it's three weeks for me, and for Neji too"

"Oh yes I keep forgetting that! Wow, time flies! But back to the point, yes, we haven't done the fighting scene yet haven't we?"

"No"

"Okay, let's do that then! Hinata, you only have to do…" she went through the scripts pages until she found it, she turned it to Hinata and pointed at the text with her finger "this over here"

"Ok"

"Do I get to do something or can I leave?" Ten-Ten pleaded

"No, stay. We will do the dance scene once Itachi is gone"

"Fine…" she crossed her arms and sat down.

Neji and Itachi looked very concentrated. There was a fake gargoyle in the middle of the stage so Neji could hide behind it.

"Ok let's see what you got!" yelled Anko.

Itachi started walking "Do you think she'd choose you, having someone like me?" he was almost at the top of his voice. He past the gargoyle and then Neji leaped at him.

"good, good" said Anko.

And then, although he had tried to not think about it, Neji had the mental image of Itachi blackmailing the art teacher and making Hinata depressed. He had hated the sight of her swollen eyes those days.

He started the fight, only that it took a couple punches for everyone to realize it wasn't an act.

"N-neji!" Hinata was the first to realize. She jumped on the stage and tried to pull them apart, to no avail.

"Hey, hey! Stop that!" Anko yelled.

It took a while and four people to pull them apart, and they decided to give up the whole rehearsal until next Monday.

"Dude what was all that about?" Itachi was so confused

"I…" Neji looked around "I always do that when…I eat spicy things"

Itachi rolled his eyes "Anyway, I'm gonna start revising for my exams, wanna come?"

"No I think I'll take a nap" he faked a smile

"Man I wish I was smart like you, then I wouldn't have to study so hard!"

"Yeah haha…" the last thing I want to do is hang out with you, jerk.

"Ok then, see you later!" he turned to leave but turned again "Hey Hinata"

"Yes?"

"We should hang out more, we haven't been alone in a while"

"O-oh, w-well, when we get over with the play?"

"Sure"

She waited until he walked out of sight to turn to Neji, who had his fists closed tight"

"Neji" she whispered "can you, please, control your…your"

"Hatred?"

"Y-yes"

"I'll try" he looked at her for a second until he was dragged away by Ten-Ten.

"Come on Neji let's go!"

"What? Go where?"

"I don't know, anywhere!"

"But what about Hinata?" he looked back at her

"Oh don't worry, I think she has better things to do right now, you know what I mean" she winked at him, and she could swear she heard him growl.

"Bye Hinata!"

"B-bye!"

She sighed and took out her cell phone. No messages. Oh well, she may as well go rest a bit, she was tired anyway and if he called she would probably wake up.

She went past the olive trees and the gardens into the dorm area, turning toward the girl's wing.

After closing the door, she looked at the window. There was a note stuck on it.

She walked towards it to get a closer look. It was a drawing of an umbrella, with some words written on it.

"Forecast for today…" she read out loud "…rain"

"exactly!" a voice came from behind her.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" it was Kakashi. How did he even get into her room?

He opened up his arms for a hug with a smile on his face, trying not to laugh. She rushed past him towards the door and locked it quickly. Then she turned around.

"What are you doing here? Y-you'll get in trouble!"

"Ah don't worry, all the teachers are out"

"Ex…excuse me? W-what do you mean, they're all out?"

"Well, you see, tomorrow there's a very important meeting out of town and the teachers had to leave soon so they arrive in time"

"All of them?"

"Well… I added all of the women to the guest list…and a few men… actually, I signed all the teachers up in the guest list. And well, me and Gai are the ones staying because we willingly volunteered to stay and look after the students, out of the kindness of our hearts" he smirked.

"Sure… so you and Gai are the ONLY teachers on campus?"

"Yup, all weekend! Oh, Sarutobi is here too, but he's very old so I doubt he'll be around"

"But-"

Knock knock

"Hinata? Hinata I heard you scream while I was in the shower, what- hey Hinata why is the door locked?"

It was Sakura.

"I-I-I thought I'd seen a spider!"

"Ew! Did you kill it? I've got some spray if you want!"

"N-no thanks! Turns out it was a little cotton ball from one of my sweaters"

Kakashi walked closer to her, put his arm around her and gave her a peck on the lips.

"Oh that's good…hey, can I come in? Everyone's out and I'm sooo bored!"

"Um… I…" having him in her room with someone outside was making her nervous.

"I was going to take a nap" he whispered in her ear, kissing her cheek instantly later.

"…I w-was actually going to take a nap…"

"Awww man! Well have a nice one"

"Th-thanks!"

He whispered again "Neji and Ten-Ten are outside with Sasuke and Naruto, join them"

"Oh Sakura!"

"Yes?"

"Ten-Ten is outside with Neji and his friends, if you want some company"

"Thanks girl! Sweet dreams!"

They heard her walk away and out the main girls' entrance.

"That was great team work don't you think?" he said, letting her go for a second "hey look!" he moved his fingers through his brows back and forth, making them messy "I'm the brow monster"

She giggled and put them right again with her own fingers "sometimes it feels we're the same age"

"yeah, you're starting to grow grey hairs look at you" he ruffled her hair while she blushed and giggled.

He stood looking at her. Out of nowhere, he leaped on her "brow monster attack!" he held her and threw both of them onto her bed. They giggle again and then kissed. It was one of those long and deep kisses, but it felt like a second for them.

"I know that next week, and the ones after you'll be really busy with the play and exams, so I figured we could have this one to ourselves… well, and Gai… and the guys, and the girls"

"What does that mean exactly?"

"Since we are the only teachers, he wants to take control and organize some sort of games with the students. See how that turns out!"

"Wow, looks like we won't be able to rest"

"Yup!" he said "but back to the important things…" he brushed some hair out of Hinata's face and kissed her again.

9:55 pm

Hinata and Kakashi had been asleep for almost an hour. They woke up when her phone started vibrating with a loud song.

She opened her eyes slowly while he moaned with sloth.

New message. She clicked on it

From: Ten-Ten

I'm guessing you're with Kakashi right now. Just warning you that I'll be in out room when you get back, I'm like two minutes away. Xox

"Ohhh my-" she shook Kakashi "Kakashi wake up, wake up!"

"Five more minutes…"

"N-no! Ten-Ten will come!"

"Oh snap!" he got up "wait, but she know about us!"

"I KNOW but she thinks we're outside"

"Oh well…"

He followed Hinata to the door while she unlocked it. She opened it for an instant and closed it again.

"What?"

"Ten-Ten, she's with Sakura!"

He rolled his eyes "open the door and watch"

She did as she was told, and saw the amazed look on her friends' faces.

"You're welcome, Hyuuga"

She was confused. Welcome for what?

Kakashi turned to Sakura and Ten-Ten "There was a big mosquito in the room. She asked for help and I came and killed it" he smiled.

"Wow Hinata you have a bug problem or something now haha" Sakura giggled "well, I'll go to my room I'm very tired. Night!"

"Night" everyone said.

"Well, see you tomorrow at brunch ladies. Night!"

"Goodnight" said Hinata.

"Yeah goodnight" followed Ten-Ten. Then she popped her head out the door looking for Kakashi, who was walking away to the duty teacher office "hey Sensei!"

He turned around "Yes?"

"I'm just curious, if this mosquito BIT Hinata somewhere. I mean, Itachi worries very easily and we don't want him worrying about a bug bite, don't we?" she raised her eyebrows.

"Actually, it did sort of bite her… but her hair covers it up, so we'll have no worried boyfriends, don't worry" they both smiled.

Ten-Ten closed the door and looked at Hinata.

"I-is something wrong?"

"I wanna see!"

"See what?" she blushed.

"Come on! He just told me you have a hickey, you witch! Let me see!"

"But there's no need to-" too late, her friend had already pinned her down to stare at her neck.

"Interesting BUG BITE Hinata" she chuckled "ah, if only your official boyfriend weren't a real bug, everything would be perfect!"

"Oh Ten-Ten… come let's go to sleep. I hear Gai is organizing activities tomorrow so we need good rest!"

"Yeah. Sleep tight Hinata!"

"Goodnight Ten-Ten"

They hit the lights and counted sheep until they fell asleep.

Ino was still awake talking on the phone to Sai.

You need to wait for it!

But Ino, your plan is so perfect! You're evil, I want to see the action already!

Noooo, we must wait for the play night! Remember, you just need to find out when those two are going to see each other.

Yeah I will. Well, see you tomorrow. Gai just sang to the whole dorm we're having games with the girls tomorrow. Night!

See ya.