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Summer Love
Chapter Two-Freindships, Journeys and Accidental moments

The nerves I felt before were nothing like the ones I was feeling now. If it wasn’t for my pale skin that surrounded my organs, I was sure my stomach would run away doing summersaults. I had to keep my cool, in a few moments I would be stepping out into Hyuuga territory, I had to be polite…but not like my failed attempt with Botan, the driver.
I took a few deep breaths; suddenly realising I hadn’t taken in oxygen for some time. I couldn’t help it; it was as though we’d gone through a portal or something. These houses, they were so grand it felt I was a burden to them for being so ordinary. If this were the way I felt towards these houses, what would I feel towards the Hyuuga Estate?
I hadn’t visited the Household since I was a child, as my parents worked for the Hyuuga’s back when I was 6. Whenever they had to go away on a business trip for the company, the Hyuugas agreed to let me stay with them. That was how I met Hinata.
I remember the first day that I met her. She was shy, but very pretty in my eyes, so I went to talk to her. She wasn’t used to talking to children the same age as her, being around adults for most of her childhood, so she shied away. I guessed she must’ve felt guilty for not speaking to me as she came over after a while and sat beside me. I remember just sitting their, neither of us were talking but we didn’t need words, just a friendly smile was enough to start building a bond we’ve been building for 9 years ever since.
I smiled to myself, the innocence we carried as children had now vanished, we where no longer the fragile objects that the elderly would give lollipops to. Instead, we’re now youths, what some people fear. Ironic I suppose.
My eyes fluttered suddenly as we stopped, I was curious as to why but I didn’t want to bother Boran, in case he was concentrating on driving or something. It took me by surprise, as my eyes wandered to the window, I realised that all the luxurious houses had disappeared and that we had drove down a secluded road. Now I was very interested to know why we had stopped.
The engine was still humming so I suspected that Boran was still in the drivers’ seat, hopefully. My question was answered when the black screen that usually separated me to the driver, slid gently down, revealing the back of Boran’s head. He was looking at me from the backview mirror as he started to speak In that friendly elderly voice.
“Gomen for the delay Miss Tenten-sama, security just had to check my ID, we’ll be on our way now”
“S-security?” Jesus! I was considering the fact that maybe Hinata was some type of royalty, I could imagine her in a robe however…and a crown sitting upon her head.
“Yes Miss, don’t worry, just normal precautions. We’re almost there so sit tight ok” and with that, the black screen zipped back up again.
Well, even if it wasn’t normal for me, it was normal for them, so I must respect that. So I did as I was told, I lay back, resting my back from my stiff position from my previous curiosity, and relaxed, waiting to see the old place again.

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I stand corrected; I couldn’t wait to see the new, glorious, whopping, MAHOOSIVE place again. By god the place had changed. It was x10…no; x100 more glamorous than the houses we’d passed before. It wasn’t tall like I expected it was just one story but from the width of the place, you could tell there was a lot more to come. And that was just the house, I mean, the front garden was a masterpiece, full of statues, the most beautiful scented flowers I’d ever seen/smelled and lush green was just bursting with life. In the middle, curved around the huge driveway, was a fountain, which was taller than the actual house. It was daunting but it did seem to make the house more friendly.
Guards were surrounding the golden gates we had passed to enter the premises, I wondered if this was normal too. The limo door suddenly opened and there stood Boran, holding out a hand for me to balance myself (great, he could sense I was clumsy and I haven’t even tripped yet today).
“We’ve arrived, Tenten-sama” I smiled and took his hand, grateful, yet embarrassed, for the support. As I stood, I could sense many pearl eyes glance in my direction. I was afraid that they were judging me, I wondered why, as I didn’t usually care for what others thought of me. Maybe it was because I was to be their guest, even if I was to be away from other Hyuugas and be with just two of them.
Boran had already retrieved my suitcase from the boot of the vehicle and had started towards the Hyuuga door, which also had a security guard on the door, waiting for the old man and myself to pass through.
“This way Miss Tenten-sama” He called from over his shoulder. I quickly followed, almost tripping in the process. A glaze of pink rushed to my cheeks as I tried to take each step carefully, I was sure I could hear some of the guards chuckle under their breath at my ‘commonness’. As soon as I waked into the building, the guard who was standing by the front door shut it behind me. God, it made me jump. I cursed him under my breath but continued to follow Boran; thankful that I was away from prying pearl eyes acting I was some sort of freak show.

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“This is Hinata-sama’s room Miss Tenten-sama. I shall take your suitcase to the scanning station”
“S-scanning station?!”
“Don’t worry, I know you wouldn’t be carrying anything deadly, but again, it’s normal precautions”
“Well…I trust you. Arigato Boran, for everything, I hope to see you again soon”
“I too Miss. Have a good holiday” Bowing once more, he turned to the opposite direction, carrying my suitcase with him. Waving silently behind his back until he reached the corner, I turned to face the cream door. I was sure I could hear Hinata, I could make out the almost silent tapping of computer keyboard, she was probably finishing her homework assignment before we left.
I gave two quick knocks at the door, ready to hug her dearly as a ‘thank you’ and just to take her by surprise. She immediately stopped typing and I could hear her light footsteps reach the door. Flinging open the door, her face only showed joy.
“Tenten-chan! You made it!” She almost screamed (Hinata never screamed, she still had a shy attitude about her even after all these years with me). We hugged for a brief moment, laughing with delight.
“Hinata I can’t thank you enough for doing this! This is just going to be totally awesome!” I couldn’t help but rejoice.
“I should be thanking you Tenten-chan! I would’ve been so bored on my own, only with my cousin for company…I haven’t seen him for a long time and it would’ve been so awkward!”
“Oh yeah..I forgot about your cousin” Hinata giggled, not only was I clumsy but also very forgetful, I guess it didn’t surprise her.
“Come on in. We’ll be leaving in about an hour, plenty of time to talk”. She went to one side so I could walk in, but I couldn’t move. Her room was impeccable! It wasn’t as big as I expected but it was still full of beauty. Her room was mostly lilac, her favourite colour, with the colour covering her bed sheets, curtains, a fluffy rug on the floor and a few ornaments dotted around the room. The rest such as the carpet, the wall and desk was cream. The room was so light; it totally represented my pearl-eyed friend.
I snapped out of my little world as I heard Hinata’s voice call my name
“Tenten-chan?”
“Huh? Oh, gomenasai again Hinata…your room just surprised me. It really resembles you” I took a few steps forward, so Hinata could shut the door behind us.

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We’d been talking for roughly around half an hour now, and I’d wanted desperately to ask her about her confession about liking Naruto that happened yesterday morning. In the back of my head, I could hear a little voice screaming ‘FOR GOD SAKE, if you don’t ask her, I swear I will burst!’ (I call the voice, Tenten JR). But…I didn’t know where to begin…or whether I should even evade her privacy like that…but this was the first step, if she confessed outloud, she must want some type of help, right? Or maybe she was just thinking outloud; I do that all the time to be honest. However, if she does want help, she would’ve asked for it by now…ahhh this was confusing! Right, this is going to drive me insane, I’m just gonna do it!
“Um…Hinata, I’ve been meaning to ask you something…” Hinata looked up to me, concern filling her eyes.
“What is it? Is something wrong?”
“Oh no, nothings wrong…it’s just…yesterday morning…when we were sitting outside on the field before the first bell…” It seemed that she knew what I was talking about, as her body shifted somewhat nervously.
“Oh…you mean…the confession right” Bingo. I nodded, wondering what to say next.
“I don’t want to pressure you or anything so don’t be nervous. I just wanted to tell you, if you ever need someone to talk to, I’m your 24/7-advice service”. Hinata smiled, atleast she knows I’ll be there if she does any advice.
“Arigato…how long have you been holding that in?”
“Bloody ages” I sighed, relieved to finally get that off my chest. Now, we could talk without anything (including Tenten JR) bugging me in the back of my mind.

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A knock at the door interrupted our conversation. I’d lost track of how long we’d been in Hinata’s room as we’d been laughing too much. Hinata gave me an excited look, I gave her one back as she stood up and walked to answer the door. It was a young girl, I guessed it was one of the maids as she wore a classic uniform, a black dress with a white apron attached at the front. I couldn’t help but notice her hair, it was as black as coal, and it was beautiful. The young girl bowed to Hinata.
“Excuse me Hinata-sama, but your father says your transport has arrived. Your bags are already on board. You have five minutes to prepare. He also wishes for you and Tenten-sama to have a good time and to behave yourselves”. Hinata smiled at the young girl
“Arigato, Haruki-chan. I’ll look forward to seeing you and the others when I return. Goodbye” Hinata bowed, so did Haruki, and the young maid left. Hinata left the door slightly ajar as she walked towards another door which I guessed, was her bathroom.
“I’m just going to refresh myself. I won’t be long, get prepared Tenten-chan!” She called enthusiastically over her shoulder. She shut the door behind her, leaving me to my over animated thoughts.
I wondered if we’d be travelling by car…limo possibly…or maybe even a…SUBMARINE! (Ok, I had to calm myself down).
A sudden ringing sound got my attention suddenly when I noticed Hinata’s phone light up. Hinata seemed to hear her phone go off as I heard her shuffle in the bathroom.
“Tenten-chan, is that my phone ringing?”
“Yeah”
“Could you answer it for me? I’m expecting a call from Sakura-chan, it’ll probably be her”
“Sure” Standing, I walked over to her phone, picked it up and flipped it open, holding it to my ear.
“Hello?”
“You don’t sound like Hinata” Instead of the familiar sweet voice I’d known for years on the other end of the line, I was met with a stronger, much more manly voice.
“No…this is Hinata’s phone though, I’m just taking this call for her. May I ask who this is?” There was a slight pause…did he not trust me or something?
“I’m Hyuuga Neji…Hinata-sama’s cousin. Who is this?” Ah, so was this the cousin that was to be staying with us? Well, he better drop the attitude or he won’t have any face left to show it.
“I’m Tenten…just Tenten. May I ask…are you the cousin that is to be staying at the summer house?” From the other line, I could’ve sworn I heard a chuckle…maybe I was mistaken.
“You are curious…I’m afraid I can’t give out that information. You could be a fangirl” I was about to scream down the phone, how dare he call me a fangirl! They were nothing but a lump of skin with only one brain cell that was set on getting a poor, innocent boy, but beofre I got the chance, he hung up.
What a jerk!
He sure knows how to get on my bad side that’s for sure. I hope he is the cousin we’re going to be staying with so I can beat the living day lights out of him.
‘Ok Tenten, calm down…this will not ruin your holiday. Hinata has many cousins, there’s only a small possibility that this ‘Neji Hyuuga’ will be the cousin you are supposed to be staying with, so just chill’. With that thought in mind, I took I few deep breaths. It did help and a few moments later, Hinata walked out of the bathroom
“What did Sakura-chan say Tenten-chan?” I handed Hinata her phone, her eyes falling on me for an answer.
“It…it wasn’t Sakura. It was…a wrong number” I wondered why I didn’t tell Hinata who it really was… but we had bigger things to think about now.
“You ready to go? I can’t wait to be on our way!” As if that moment never existed, Hinata smiled and nodded quickly. We both smiled at eachother. I stood to meet Hinata’s height and she led the way out of her room and down the quiet, bland but still beautiful hall, towards another journey, another beginning to a story was about to unfold, and I couldn’t wait.

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We didn’t travel by Limo or submarine (to my disappointment), instead; we were transported…by jet. That’s right, a Hyuuga private jet. And apparently, it was Hinata’s own jet! I swore my jaw almost hit the floor when I heard this.
I couldn’t believe that
a) The Hyuugas were so rich and
b) That Hinata didn’t turn out to be a snobby so and so like what all stereotypes would believe a rich teenage girl was. (I was glad that in this case, Hinata was so unique).
It took around two hours to reach our destination, and I was glad to land as I feared that if I sat for another half an hour, my legs would become like jelly. We had landed in what I thought at first, was just a field (before I knew about this, I was panicking, thinking we were about to crash), but apparently, it was property of the Hyuugas and the closet field to the Summer House. We would walk the rest of the way, me and Hinata decided, as it would only take half an hour by foot.
The hostess (yes, the jet came with it’s own hostess! It sounded like one of those ‘BOGOF’ deals or something), told us it was safe to stand. I stretched, testing my body to see if I was able to stand first, not wanting to begin this holiday with a broken leg as I could imagine tripping and falling down the stairs onto the hard ground below. Concluding my body was able for the task, I stood, followed by Hinata, who was being polite as always. Before I left the jet, I ofcourse, bowed to the hostess, thanking her, and I also managed to get a glimpse at the pilot and told him Thank you aswell.
When I neared the door, I could tell that this air was cleaner than Konaha’s. It just seemed more…natural, like it was mostly oxygen and not carbon dioxide or the other gases that was in the air. Standing outside of the door, I noticed that the sun was brighter here too, it welcomed my pale skin as a warm sensation ran through my body, making my skin tingle. There was little breeze but it wasn’t too warm that I had to worry about sun burn or anything like that (not that my skin would tan anyway, it’s as though it’s on permanent pale stage)
And that was just the sky!
The field was brimming with countless flowers, one of every colour imaginable, there was a cute little cobbled path that led the way through the nature and into a wood, where the trees stood tall, thanks to the bright sun and photosynthesis.
Stepping onto the jet stairs, leading down to the ground, I inhaled the cleansed air, which was mixed now with the sweet aroma of perfumy flowers.
“I see you like the environment here already, Tenten-chan” I heard Hinata say behind me as I reached the land. I looked behind and nodded enthusiastically.
“The air seems so much clearer than in Konaha” I said, expressing my thoughts to Hinata, she seemed to agree as she also sniffed the air, a smile sreading across her face.
“I think we’ll be at peace for the time we’re here” Hinata claimed without hesitation.
“Ahmen to that. Come on, let’s grab our bags, I wanna see the house already!” I saw from the corner of my eye Hinata shake her head.
“Tenten-chan, the bags are already there…they were dropped about an hour ago”
“Oh…well, atleast we don’t need to lug them around! Let’s get going!” I grabbed Hinata’s hand, surprising her, and started jogging towards the cobbled path.

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“Hinataaaaa, when can I look?” My childish whining sure enough made Hinata giggle.
“Soon Tenten-chan, just be patient…well, as patient as you can be atleast” Hinata’s hands, unfortunatley, stayed exatly where they were, over my eyes, coering my curiousity. We were only a few minutes away from the house and Hinata had insisted that I had to get the best view of the house and all it’s glory first before I was able to explore for myself. I couldn’t say no to her puppy eyes (she sure has been watching me when I do my puppy eyes), so I agreed. I had already stumbled countless times, some on purpose, most were just clumbsyness, but Hinata wasn’t budging. She was really excited about me seeing the house, almost as much as I was to see it for myself.
We were still following the cobbled path I suspected as the ground was digging into the souls of my feet, thank god I don’t wear high heels, I would’ve been stuck in the house!
“You ready Tenten-chan?”
“Hell yeah, bring it on”
And sure enough, she unveiled the most breathtaking, astonishing, perfect house I’d ever seen. The house was two stories high and was made mostly from wood, its browny-orange radiance reflcting in the beaming sunlight. However, from the outside, you could see a grey bricklayer which, I guessed was the chimney. It reached above the roof, which was made of a strange metal that was painted over in a lighter red. It stung my eyes for a breif second, as it was so shiney. Windows were spread around the building, some in an abnormal shape to fit ideally. A patio was clearly visable from where we were standing, and I could see the roof shaded it almost entirly. The house was surrounded by the woods Hinata and me walked through. The surrounding looked cosy but not over crowded and neither did it shadow the house with the mighty trees of Mother Nature. The size of the house did amze me deeply, it wasn’t wide like the Hyuuga compound, and it was much higher and more spaced out. I needed to know the designer of this house!
“Hinata…it’s…it’s so…”
“Isn’t it. I havn’t been here since I was a child…I’ve missed it so much”
“Well, what are we waiting out here for? You can give me a tour of the house!”
I started to race up the path, trying to avoid the bigger pebbles as I went along. I had almost reached the flat patio when I heard a strangly familiar deep voice.
“Who’re you?”
It made me jump…and you guessed it, in my surprise, I forgot how to walk. So instead, I tripped over my own feet. I shut my eyes tight, ready to come into contact with the extra rough terrain below; I pictured it in my head. I’d either come out in one or two bruieses on my arms and legs or I was to face a twisted, or maybe even, a broken ankle. Drowned in my thoughts, I did wonder why I hadn’t hit the floor yet…then, I did hit something, but it was much more comfy than the cobbled pathway. I opened my eyes slowly, I expected the sun to be shining into my eyes, but something seemed to be shading my face. My vision was blurred at first, but I still captured something extreamly ravishing. As soon as my visioned cleared, I was faced with a picture perfect face, the lighter version of lavender enclosed the eyes, chestnut coloured hair bordered the masculine features neatly, the perfection never seemed to end, he was just a…a…
“Are you dense? You could’ve hurt yourself”
…Complete and utter jackass.
My previous thoughts of the man evaporated as I silently glared at him.
“N-Neji-nii-san!” Wait, his name…was Neji? This was this jerk I’d spoken to on the phone, and worse, the jerk that was going to be staying with us throughout the holiday.
Great, woop-de-do, ha boo sucks to you.
“Hinata-sama, do you know this girl?” I suddenly realised I was in his arms, so I took it upon myself to be freed. I stood carefully but as quickly as I could. By this time, Hinata was by my side, looking concerned. Neji stood aswell after I got up, waiting for Hinata to answer him.
“Yes, this is my friend, Tenten-chan” I noticed his eyes turn to me.
“Tenten…” oh no…was he going to mention the phone call? Then I’d have to explain to Hinata the conversation we’d had and why I didn’t tell her why it was her cousin who called and not the wrong number after all.
“Is she the friend who is to be staying in the summer house with us?” phew, I guess I didn’t have to.
“Yes, she is. Thank you again for agreeing to look after us during out stay”
“No problem…I just hope your friend isn’t…a fangirl” He smirked towards me, turned and entered the house withuot another word.
I felt my face begin to fume, how.dare.he. I did hope he wasn’t thinking of keeping that face of his.
“T-Tenten-chan…” Snapping back into reality, I turned to Hinata, my fury suddenly dissapearing.
“Your cousin is a jerk” I stated truthfully. Hinata giggled sweetly.
“He’s always like that, you’ll get used to it Tenten-chan, so don’t worry about it too much” Oh, I’m not the one worrying, but I know who should be. I nodded none-the-less.
“Come on, let’s get unpacked, then you can give me a tour of the house, ok?” Hinata nodded and started leading the way, heading for the back door so we didn’t bump into him again. She’s very wise