Madara eyed all of the people inside of his shop, now don't get him wrong he liked having it busy... but not for this particular reason of being busy. He kept himself hidden in the back room, occasionally peering through the small circular window in the silver door, which separated him from the amassing women on the other side. Samui would tape a post-it note to the small window when she needed him to bake some more of something that had run out up front. He peered through the small window and noticed that all six of the booth seats lining the right side wall as you entered the store had young women sitting in them, and across from that there were women leaning against the drink refrigerators.

He tapped on the glass lightly, trying only to catch Samui's attention, but he knew that some of the women had probably heard him tapping the glass as well. Which they did, and upon noticing that they had heard it, Samui began tapping her nails on the glass counter top. The women sighed and looked back at each other as they all eat their random variety of pastries and whatnot. Samui then slipped into the back room and gave him a questioning look.

Her brow was raised as she watched him. "You know this is something I would expect from Naruto or Sasuke... this is just saddening..." she sighed as she stared at the grown man whose fingertips where hanging in the rim of the window, his red eyes glaring out the window at all the adoring women outside. "Who told them where I work?" he asked when he whipped his head around and scowled at her childishly. She rubbed her brow and shook her head. "I have no idea, but if you don't know either then who cares. They are making us more money than usual." She said calmly, trying to reason with him. He was going to have none of that though. "Well how the hell am I supposed to escape from here dammit!" he yelled with a childish whine.

She sighed once more and shook her head. "Then how about you go tell them that they need to go away." She began, then looked at him. "Are you alright? You seem kinda... childish today." She said and he sighed and slid down the wall and became a lump in the corner. He mumbled something and Samui raised a brow at him. "What was that I didn't understand... are you drunk?" she asked with a scowl and he sat up and turned a sharp glare at her, the speed at which he snapped around to glare at her surprising her. She didn't think she had ever seen him move so fast, well she supposed his ego was at stake there. "Screw you, bimbo. Who do you take me for? Jiraiya?" He snapped and she laughed.

"Ah, there you are." She laughed and he chuckled, but peeked out the window carefully once more. "There's so many of them..." he whimpered and she looked at him oddly. "I'm going to cry, Samui..." he whispered and she laughed. "What's your deal? You've always had women come in here, order food, and gawk at you." She said and he rubbed his face roughly. "Dammit sometimes I wish I was ugly." He sighed and she laughed loudly.

"I don't think there would be any part of you that could ever be ugly." She said and he smirked. "Except my ass, but then again I'm all ass now aren't I? So that makes your argument invalid because I can be ugly." he laughed and she laughed as well. "Yeah, well I guess your personality and pride could be considered ugly." She laughed and he grinned. "So, why don't you just follow me out there and let them get their fangasms over with already?" she asked and he sighed and stood. "If I die... tell Hinata I can't go camping with her this weekend." He said in an overly dramatic way, as if going out there was actually going to be the end of him.

Samui laughed and shook her head but opened the door for him, watching as the ear splitting fangirl screams rang out which caused both of them to cover their ears. "Hey, hey... don't go doing that now please..." he sighed as he pulled his hands away from his ears. His hair was all pulled back into a ponytail, except for a few random strands of his bangs that had fallen from the ponytail. "Sorry Madara-kun!" they all echoed excitedly and he sighed once more.

"Alright... so I have a question for all of you..." he began and they all squealed excitedly. He forced a smile at them and he scanned the crowd. "What exactly has brought you here today, other than me of course..." he began and everyone began naming off all of their favorite snacks that he had made, except for one girl. Whom of which had an answer that made both him and Samui blink at each other, a slight blush on each of their cheeks. "Well, I'm going to be blatantly honest..." she said and he glanced over at his busty blonde companion. "There is one... one person who came to stare at your boobs. And it's a chick... you have a fangirl Samui." He said with a cough and all of the women looked from the red head who couldn't care less, then up at Samui.

Needless to say as soon as they looked at Samui's chest, their eyes averted down to their own chests and they had horrified looks on their faces. He felt a bit bad for all the somewhat flat chested women in the world, because when they saw Samui or Tsunade... they all reacted this way. He figured they would leave after this, but then the second barrage of questions hit him and the horrified look hit his own face. "What the hell? No!" he snapped and they stared at him with accusing eyes.

"You like women with super tits don't you?!" they screeched and he shook his head once more. "Hell no! Stop asking my female preference!" he snapped and the women all squealed in horror and most began to cry. "Why Madara?" was the echoing question now, and it was echoed through sobbing, tears, and horrified tones. "Why what?" he asked and they sobbed even louder. "Why would you lead us all believe that you liked women when you're..." one woman began and he raised a brow at her.

"Why wouldn't you just tell us you're gay?" another woman sobbed and an utterly horrified look crossed his face when the echoes of 'why does he have to be gay?' came out loudly as Neji had opened the door to the bakery. "Oh god... this just got worse..." Samui said as she spun on her rotating chair with a humored glance. Madara folded his arms on the counter and set his chin atop his arms as Neji pushed through the crowd of sobbing women to get to him.

"So... Madara..." Neji began and all the women snapped their heads towards him, Madara could have sworn that in that moment... what seemed to be about thirty women needed a neck brace due to the break neck speed they had whipped their heads towards the brunette man. "Is he the one!?" they all screeched and Neji stared at them all in confusion. Madara only whimpered and his forehead hit the counter top. "What the hell are they talking about?" Neji asked with an irate look. "They think I'm gay..." he muttered and Neji burst out laughing, causing the fangirls to stop their angry yelling.

"Oh, that's rich! That's absolutely hilarious!" he laughed and Madara gave him a look. "Look here ladies... Madara is so far from gay that the trip back from correcting your thoughts of him being so is going to give you whiplash." Neji laughed and they stared at him waiting on an explanation. "Madara is not gay, however... he is not free game either." Neji said and they all whined. "You missed that train about uh... like... maybe fifteen years ago I suppose... isn't that about right Madara?" Neji asked him as he turned back towards him, but Madara was glaring at him with an embarrassed red tint to his cheeks.

"Who is she, Madara? Who could have stolen you away from us that early?" the fangirls whined. "The daughter of a model." Samui said in an obviously humored tone and they all screeched in some sort of mix between sadness and anger. "Why!? Aren't we beautiful too?" they sobbed and he sighed as he rubbed his brow. "It isn't her beauty he's after, though." Neji said and they stared at him in confusion. "The model's daughter... but not for looks?" the murmur of confusion spread across the room and they chattered about it confused.

"You two only made this situation harder to explain..." Madara sighed and Neji raised a brow. "Oh so she's hard to explain now is she?" Neji asked with a humored look, which Madara gave him a dirty look for. "You know damn well what I mean..." he snapped and they all stopped muttering and stared intently at him. They all wanted to know what is so special about this other girl, that wasn't special about them. Neji looked from Madara to the fangirls and laughed. "He doesn't like any of you because you love him. He believes this lucky young woman will never love him." A familiar voice cut Neji off and Madara was caught in between glaring at the newcomer, and grinning at her.

"Touka-chan!" Samui greeted and the purple haired woman waved at her with a smile. Her hair was cut into a short bob with her bangs swooping over her left eye. She reached across the counter and patted Madara on the head gently. "How are you doing little brother?" she asked and all the fangirls sighed in relief. "All of y'all can head on out, you've gotten your gossip for the day, go mope." Touka said and Madara laughed as all of the women filed out.

"Hey." She said once more as she turned to face Madara. "How are you feeling? You didn't look too well the other night when that cute little lady carried you out of the bar the other night." Touka said with a smile and Madara grinned. "Yeah... I suppose I looked like hell huh? Which is something you'll never hear me say again because, I never look like hell." He said and she rolled her eyes. Neji watched this woman with uneasy eyes, and upon noticing him doing so she laughed.

"You don't have to worry about me stealing Madara away, I promise." She said and held up her left hand, a shining silver ring sat upon her ring finger. "Happily married for eight years, my friend." She said and he nodded with a smile. "I don't plan on losing my man over a misunderstanding with my little brother here." She laughed and ruffled Madara's hair. "You two seem close." Neji said and Madara nodded. "I'm the one who became his best friend when he hit that proverbial wall. I've never seen someone look like such a massive disaster." She said and he noticed that the word wreck hadn't seemed to cross her mind.

Neji supposed that she knew about his torment from the wreck. "Yeah... Madara was a bit of a mess after that incident wasn't he?" Neji said and Madara frowned at him. "Yeah, but I mean look at him now! He's a natural Romeo." She laughed and Madara's eyes caught a familiar glint as he vanished into the back of the store, only for him not to return. They waited about fifteen minutes before they all went back there to find that the window was cracked open, his work uniform was tossed onto the chair, and he was nowhere to be seen.

"What the hell Madara! Damn you!" Samui yelled angrily out the window when she didn't even see him around the general vicinity. She then heard Neji and Touka laughing from within. "I suppose we reminded him of his Juliet." Touka laughed and Neji shook his head. "Well he's obviously up to no good if he changed that fast." Samui grumbled and Neji gave her a humored look. "How so?" he asked and she gave him and unamused glance. "It takes him an hour to tie that damn apron every morning and just as long for him to take it off in the afternoon. That had to be a record if he had it off and was gone within fifteen minutes."

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Hinata looked around her room with a grimace. She had been put on bed rest at HOME now. "Come on... this is no better than being forced to be in the hospital." She whined as her younger sister set some things down in her floor. She then looked up at her older sister. "Why are you complaining, at least you are at home again. And besides... not like dad is actually going to make you stay in bed forever..." Hanabi said with a roll of her eyes. "I mean really, you're going camping starting tomorrow all through until Monday, chill potato." She laughed and Hinata sighed and flopped on her bed.

"So who all is going to go camping with you?" Hanabi asked as she flopped backwards onto the bed beside her older sister. "Um, I believe it's going to be me, Neji, Madara, Sasuke, Ino, Naruto, and Sakura." She said and Hanabi frowned. "Aw, no Izuna?" she asked and Hinata raised a brow. "Don't tell me you like the twenty one year old?" Hinata said and Hanabi grinned. "Hey, he's cute. You can't deny that." She said and Hinata rolled her eyes.

A peck on her window made the sisters blink and stare at each other in shock, her window was on the second floor of the house. They both leaned over and looked over at the window, only to see a familiar set of alluring red eyes watching them from the window. Hinata slid open her window, only to see that he had climbed up the terrace on the side of the house. "My lady, I've come to rescue you from your torture." He said so smoothly it made Hanabi laugh.

He offered her a grin that reached his eyes and Hinata couldn't help but smile. She looked aback at her younger sister to see what she would say, but Hanabi winked at her and waved her off. Hinata looked back at Madara and he offered her a hand. She took his hand and he helped her get her hold on the terrace. He climbed down so fast it had taken her by surprise. She was taking her time and about five feet from the ground, he called out to her. "Jump and I will catch you." He said and she shook her head rapidly. "No!" she squeaked and he smiled at her.

"You trust me right?" he asked and she looked down and sighed. "Fine..." she whispered and let go. He jumped up a bit and grabbed her. He looked around them and grinned, no one had noticed her escape other than Hanabi. "Come on, before your guards realize I still snuck in after they told me you were on a strict bed rest." He laughed and she stared at him wide eyed. "You still came for me even though they told you to leave?" she asked and he raised a brow. "You expected me to obey a rule?" he asked with a humored grin. She blushed and shook her head.

"No, I guess I shouldn't expect you to." She laughed and took off after him. He jumped, grabbed the top of the fence, and tossed himself over it so easily that Hinata was amazed. She had no idea if she could do the things she could before, but she was going to try. Deep down she didn't want to be bested by him. She ran up and jumped as high as she could, which was only high enough for her to grab the top of the fence. He watched her with amusement in his eyes, his hands on his hips.

She swung her legs up and over the fence, only to drop backwards off the other side and land right in his arms once more. He grinned at her as she blushed once more. "I honestly think you like it when I catch you." He said with a quirk of the brow and she glared at him through her blush. "It's not like I'm just jumping into your arms, I just end up there." she said and he laughed. "I think it's just you though, always being there to catch me when I fall." She said with a small smile and he blinked at her.

"Thank you." She said and he nodded as he set her down. "Uh... no problem... um... what do you wanna do today?" he asked and she shrugged, but there was a commotion behind them and both Madara and Hinata's heads whipped around to see a group of her father's guards at the gates. "Oh shit they have Tasers!" Madara yelped as he grabbed Hinata's hand and took off running. She laughed as she ran as fast as she could. They could hear them yelling loudly at them, but they weren't going to stop.

"My car is right around the corner, I had tried to be sneaky but apparently they saw us jump the fence." He laughed as they skid around the corner and saw his car come into view. He opened her door for her and she jumped into the seat, closing the door behind her swiftly. He did the same except he had slid over the hood of his car before he could reach for his door handle. He glanced out her window as he revved the engine. With a squeal of the tires they sped out from where he had parked.

She looked back and saw the guards had stopped chasing them and they were now on their phones, most likely informing her father of her escape. She turned back to Madara and grinned widely at him. "Swift escape huh? Just don't get us pulled over or anything." She said with a laugh and he sent her a smirk. "As if, my family is the police force. Pffft. As if they would pull me over." He laughed and she raised a brow. "So Itachi really did get into the police force? How cool." She said with a smile then turned to him once more.

"You're not going to be writing me any tickets from his pad, are you?" she asked and he grinned at her. "Not unless you've been naughty, then I will write you one, but I don't think you will be naughty." He said and she laughed. "At least you aren't trying to be perverted and get me to be that way, the you from my mind was much dirtier." She laughed and he sent her a look with a glimmer in his eyes; that look in his eyes sent a chill down her spine, but it wasn't an uncomfortable one. She was more excited to be around him like this than she was uncomfortable.

She supposed it was those beautiful red eyes that stared back at her, she'd always thought his eyes were just so exotic and beautiful... even in her comatose state. That smile caught her eye too, the real one, not the grin that spells trouble. "So... what are you interested in doing today?" he asked and she tapped her chin in thought. "I have no idea actually, I guess whatever you want to do seeing as you did kidnap me." she said with a smile and he laughed. "I've got nothing more planned other than avoiding work until after this weekend." He said and she blinked at him with surprise in her features.

"So you're actually going to come camping with us?" she asked excitedly with a bright glimmer in her eyes. He nodded. "Yeah, I thought Neji told you." He said and she shook her head. "He said you were thinking about coming." She said and he laughed. "Well Izuna isn't coming, but I bet you already know this." He said and she nodded. "Little Hanabi was a little upset." Hinata laughed behind her hand and he looked over at her with a humored glint in his eyes. "Oh, so the little one likes my brother huh? Well technically she's jailbait, but in a few years we can shove them together." He said and Hinata laughed even louder.

"Supposedly like Neji and Izuna are doing to us?" she asked and Madara choked on his air and stared at her with wide eyes. "What?!" he asked as he stomped the breaks. "What? Did you not notice that, that is what they've been doing?" she asked and he shook his head. "No I didn't think that... I more so thought that Izuna couldn't be more against me dating period." Madara laughed and she shook her head. "He's just worried about you and who you date. He doesn't want you getting hurt." She said as he pulled into a Wal-mart parking lot.

"Why are we here?" she asked and he grinned. "I've got some stuff to grab before this weekend." He said and she nodded. "Doesn't mean we can't have fun while getting stuff." He said as he pulled into a parking spot near the front. He stepped out of his car and ran over to her side and opened the door for her before she had even managed to reach the seatbelt. She offered him a smile as she unbuckled and stepped out of the car. "So, do you have a list? Or are you just grabbing random things like Neji is going to?" she asked with a mildly humored look.

"Yikes... I don't think he knows how to camp does he?" he asked with a terrified look and she shrugged. "I don't know, but I have no idea what he's getting so, I can't really say anything. He might get things we are going to need." She said and Madara shrugged. "Well, I'm still going to get all the things I have on my list because I don't want to be out there without things I may need." He said with a shake of the head and she looked at him questioningly.

"Oh, I have no reasoning; I just like to be prepared all the time." He said and she smiled. "That's good." She said, but she had seen a glint in his eyes that said there was something he was hiding. Perhaps there had been a reason why he liked to be prepared for any and all outcomes, but she wasn't going to press because if it was personal she didn't want to upset him again. She followed behind him with a bounce in her step, she was just happy not to be stuck at home.

She watched him grab a buggy and then stare at her expectantly. "What do you want me to do?" she asked and he shrugged. "I don't know, I was just going to see if you were still going to follow me or not. You don't have to if you don't want to." He said and she smiled at him. "I'm going to hang around with you, don't want to get lost in the almighty wal-mart." She laughed and he shook his head. They walked straight to the back of the store and right past the games and technology, until she saw Kiba crouched in front of the ps4 section staring at the glass with severely determined eyes.

"Hey, dog boy." Madara called out and Kiba looked over at him. "Hm? What do you want ya red eyed fre- oh, Hinata hey." Kiba greeted and Madara gave him a look. "What?" Kiba grumbled and Hinata sighed at her friends and their puny disputes. "What did you want Madara." Kiba grumbled expectantly, because he didn't really care either way what Madara had to say. "I was going to say... that if you're looking to buy a new game; destiny was a good one, but since you're being a dick... we are just gonna leave." Madara said nonchalantly and Kiba glared at him.

"Well look at who is being his usual self now, at least you aren't acting in front of her anymore." Kiba sneered and Madara glared at him. "Kiba!" Hinata snapped and Kiba looked at her in surprise. "Stop... you don't understand him. So just stop. Please just get along, for me." she said and he glared at the dark haired man that was staring at Hinata in a sort of ashamed surprise. "Sorry, Kiba." He muttered and Hinata looked up at him with a frown. "I wasn't telling you to apologize..." she said but he offered a small smile and Kiba furrowed his brows.

"Hey Hinata, can I talk to Madara alone for a minute?" Kiba asked and Hinata blinked, frowned at him, but she still nodded. Her fingers lightly grasped Madara's thin sleeve and he looked down at her. "I will be over by the camping supplies." She said and he nodded. He watched her trot off with a small smile on her lips and he sighed lightly as he turned around. He eyed Kiba curiously, but the hazel eyed teen was staring at him in mild humor. "When did her charm get to you?" he asked with a smirk and Madara blinked.

"Charm?" he asked and Kiba snorted. "Yeah... her charm... She's got some hellacious charm and she doesn't even know it." Kiba said as he crossed his arms over his chest with a sigh. A twitch of Madara's lips showed his humor. "I guess I was captured by it huh..." he said as he turned to see her crouched in front of a little boy who was releasing shrill giggles from her interaction with him. "She's always been like that, before you know it you're stuck with no escape." Kiba said as he ran a hand through his long dark brown hair.

"Ah, so you were captivated by her as well?" he asked and Kiba nodded as he scratched at his goatee. "Yeah, but I've moved on because there was always someone else who had caught her eye. I never knew who, but everyone had figured it was Naruto since she had actually jumped in between Pein and Naruto." He said and Madara nodded. "I know she did..." he said and Kiba watched his reaction closely. Madara's eyes had softened, they held sadness and worry that Kiba had never seen the older male show.

"So you won't hurt her, will you?" he asked and Madara blinked over at him. "What?" he asked and Kiba laughed. "You're clueless." Is all Kiba had said and Madara rolled his eyes. "Not clueless, no, that doesn't fit... you're just distracted." Kiba said and scratched his goatee once more. "So... when exactly did she snare you in her trap of cuteness?" he asked with a shake of the head and Madara couldn't help but compare the man and his dog. "It's been far too long to exactly say, I guess I've forgotten the exact time." He said but Kiba narrowed his eyes.

"So she caught you when you were children? Damn... that's a long time, but I suppose she knows at least something of this?" he asked and Madara raised a brow. "I have no idea honestly... I think she does know though... but I think she figured it out while in her comatose state. I would visit her..." he said and Kiba grinned and reached over and ruffled Madara's hair. "So it is true! She was basically dating you in her sleep. Lucky ass." He laughed and Madara sighed.

"But that version she dreamt of was not who I am, and sometimes I wonder if she's just trying to see that for herself. But I don't mind." Madara said and Kiba frowned at him. "That's not what she's doing, I know Hinata." Kiba said and Madara raised a brow at him. "I'm not going to say anything. Go chase that girl, man. I approve, although you can be an ass at times; I think you can make her happy. Get along now man, have fun this weekend." He laughed and turned back to the games.

"Destiny, Dying light, The evil within." Madara said and Kiba looked at him in confusion. "Three games you should totally play. If you get destiny, you can play with Hinata, Izuna, and I." he said and Kiba nodded and reached a hand out to him. Madara grasped his hand tightly and nodded at him. "You take care of her alright? You're not as bad a guy as everyone makes you out to be." Kiba said and Madara laughed. "Yeah, well, I guess I can be an ass at times, but you can't always judge a book by its cover." Madara said and turned away from Kiba but he stopped and laughed to himself.

"I wasn't judging you though. Because you actually were being a dick. I just called it as I saw it." Madara laughed and Kiba snorted. "Yeah, I guess I was man. Sorry." Kiba laughed and waved the darker haired man off. Madara chuckled as he strolled off towards the camping supplies area, where Hinata was supposed to be. He repressed a laugh as he saw her waddling around with a tent in her arms almost as big as she was. Her head peeked out from around it upon hearing his repressed chuckle and she beamed at him.

"I found this one. The fabrics are sturdy and it has a nice design that makes it seem like you would be comfortable. It even has zip-able clear plastic over the mesh windows in case it rains, so you don't have to zip the darker window cover, but instead you can unzip the mesh and the darker one so even if it is raining you can see through it." she said and she was going to continue explaining it to him but she saw the look on his face and she blushed.

The way he was staring at her set her on edge, because she wasn't used to someone looking at her like that... he grinned widely at her and it eased her slight discomfort. She didn't understand why he made her feel the way he did, but she supposed she liked feeling this way. He seemed to make her happy. "You're so adorable when you waddle around like that." He laughed and hefted the large tent from her grasp with one hand. Her blush darkened and his deep rumbling laughter echoed around her.

She loved his laugh, it made him seem so open and free. She smiled at him and he looked around at all the things around Hinata. She had been piling things up since he had the buggy. "Did I hand you my list?" he asked with a laugh and she shook her head. "No I was just going through things and comparing them." She said and he nodded. "So, little miss expert, will you assist me in going through this all to figure out what would be best for us to use." He said and she nodded.

She went on and on about the things he would ask about and he would nod if he wanted it and would shake his head if he didn't. This lasted for about thirty minutes before they had every little bug repellant, form of light, and basically anything and everything that they could need for their camping trip. He eyed her as she was looking through the colorful flame canisters for the tiki torches. "These are so cool, father says we are going to celebrate my birthday early this year and we are going to be doing so on the beach." She said as her fingers brushed over the blue canister.

"I know, I'm going to be there. I'm the entertainment." He chuckled softly and a deep red blush coated her cheeks and she was staring at him with an unreadable look. He furrowed his brow and blinked in confusion. "What's wrong?" he asked as he scratched his cheek. "P-please... t-tell me that your version of e-entertainment has nothing to do with a human sized box and a r-ribbon." She stammered and he raised a brow at her.

"Hm? What's this about?" he asked as he scratched his cheek in confusion. "Um... nothing. Nothing." She said quickly and he laughed. "I suppose I had done something in your oh so wonderful dream, that was considered perverted?" he asked and she nodded rapidly. "Huh, would you elaborate? I would like to know what your wonderful little mind comes up with." He said with a smile and she blushed even darker. "You didn't actually do it, but you offered to show up to my birthday party in a um... big box with nothing but a ribbon." She said and averted her eyes from his general direction.

He snorted and began laughing, loudly at that. She looked up at him and watched him as he held his stomach with one hand and the other hovering over his mouth as his eyes were shut due to his laughter. Her lips twitched up and she couldn't help but begin to laugh as well. "I suppose that I never should have made that joke, huh?" he asked once he had calmed down. She blinked over at him and he grinned at her. "What do you mean?" she asked and he shook his head with a laugh.

"I had no idea that you would hear me, I had made a joke which I thought was harmless." He began and turned back to her. "I had said that if you didn't wake up I was going to show up in a box with only a ribbon and dance, just to see if you would wake up. Now the nurses were all for the idea, but I was honestly trying to see if you could hear me and would give me some sort of a reaction." He chuckled and she blushed. "Oh my god... you actually said that?" she began and her lips trembled, right before she burst into laughter.

He grinned at her and ruffled her hair as she laughed. "Glad to know I can amuse." He said and she smiled up at him. "Let's go see if there's anything else we are going to need." She laughed and he nodded as he grabbed the handle of the buggy. "Wait... what did you mean by being the entertainment?" she asked and he dramatically lifted a hand to his chest and held the other out to her. "I'm going to serenade you my dearest!" he said in a dramatic tone and she giggled.

"I would love that." She laughed and he grinned at her. "I don't think you understand just how serious I am..." He said and she blinked at him then rolled her eyes. "I thought there was a reason Obito suddenly returned to town." She said and shook her head. "So, you've already met with him?" he asked and she nodded. She didn't miss the unnerved look that crossed his face. He then turned and began to make his way into another isle. She was left standing there for a moment, she had no idea what had just happened.

She ran over and gently grasped his sleeve and tugged, trying to get his attention. "Hey... are you ok?" she asked and he nodded as he turned to face her. "Yeah, I'm alright, I just get caught up in my head sometimes. I'll have to ask you to forgive me..." he sighed and she watched him carefully, her owlish eyes not drifting from his face once. A pout crossed her lips and she nodded. "You thought he was flirting with me." she said and the glint in her eyes said that she knew and he wasn't going to get out of this one.

"Um..." he began and she tapped her chin. "I don't understand it. Over half of the female population wants you and yet you drunkenly stated that you want me, and no one else." she said and she circled him. He watched her as she circled around him. "Well you see..." he began but she smiled at him. "You don't have to explain... I understand how it is." She said and he watched her carefully. "Huh...?" he asked and she giggled softly behind her hand. "Let's see how this all goes, hm?" she asked and he blinked, but then grinned and nodded.

"Alright, so... are we going to get anything else or do you just want to wander until we find something we think we need?" he asked and she shrugged. "Let's wander."

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Neji sighed as he made his way over to Izuna's; he hadn't seen hide, nor hair of Madara or Hinata. It was just as well that his uncle had called him complaining that she had vanished with some boy. He was highly amused about that though, just went to show that Madara would put it in high gear whenever it had come to Hinata. He had already checked Walmart, where Kiba had said he had encountered the two. Neji had shaken his head at this, it seemed that if Madara were taking her out on a date he needed lessons on where to go.

Neji chuckled at the thought of it, then rolled his eyes. A shiny black car caught his eye and he pulled off to the side of the road and parked next to it. He was curious as to what they were doing, so he stepped out of his car and closed the door softly. He walked over to the six foot tall brick wall that outlined the walking park and he leaned against the shortest part to peer over and see there was a blanket spread out on the ground with food scattered about its surface, but there were no Madara and Hinata sitting there.

He looked around and when he spotted them he chuckled, maybe Madara didn't need help after all. The creaking of the swing set chains is what had initially drawn his attention. Hinata was standing on the swing talking to Madara, swinging back and forth as she did so. Neji repressed a chuckle when he had seen that twitch of Madara's form as he swiftly fell into a running stance. Hinata was none the wiser as Madara took off running right at her. He jumped at her as the swing had moved away from him.

He grabbed the chains and his feet landed right beside each of hers. She released a shrill scream of surprise at the impact, but he could hear Madara's amused laughter. Neji could hear Hinata scolding Madara, but all Madara did was laugh. Neji shook his head and stood from his place on the wall. "Hey, Madara!" he called and the dark haired man looked up at him from his place on the swing, placing one foot on the ground to stop their movements.

"Yeah, Neji?" Madara called back and Neji couldn't help the shake of his head as he noticed that both Hinata and Madara were wearing headbands with animal ears. Hinata had bunny ears and Madara had cat ears sitting atop his head. "Not even going to ask about the ears. But... please have Hinata back before dark, she's going to spend tomorrow with me getting supplies for Saturday." He said and Madara sent him a salute. "About the ears though..." Neji began and Madara grinned.

"Not a chance, it's our little secret." Hinata snapped at Neji and Madara laughed as he hefted her up off the swing and sat her on the ground in front of him. "Alright, then it can be your secret, but if either of you begin wearing collars and lead the other around with a leash, I may begin to worry." Neji said and a dark red blush coated Hinata's cheeks as Madara grinned at her. Madara leaned over and whispered something to her which caused her to shake her head rapidly, and him laugh. Madara looked up at Neji, with a highly amused glance.

"I will be sure to have her home before dark." Madara chuckled as he looked down at Hinata who had gently tugged on his sleeve. Neji could tell she was whispering something to him; but he wasn't going to bother with their little secrets. "Alright, uncle was just wanting to make sure she would be home by then, I will see yall later." Neji said with a wave and Hinata waved exuberantly back at him. He couldn't help the smile that crossed his lips; she seemed so much happier hanging out with Madara than he had seen her, her entire life. He made his way back to his car and slid into the driver seat.

When he reached his house he went right in to his uncle, not even bothering to lock his car doors; no one was dumb enough to enter the little gated community that was the Hyuuga compound anyways, well, except Madara of course...The moment he stepped into his uncle's office the exhausted older male looked up at him with a questioning glance. "She will be home before dark." he said and Hiashi nodded with a relieved sigh. "So she's doing alright then?" he asked and Neji nodded.

"Yeah, I would say she's doing pretty well." Neji said as he slid his phone over to his uncle to show him the picture he had taken of the two. Hiashi cracked a small smile at this. "She really likes him huh?" he asked and Neji nodded. "It would seem so, I would have to hazard a guess that it is mainly because of his visits." Neji said and Hiashi raised a brow at him. "The nurses didn't tell you of her secret boyfriend?" Neji asked with a humored glint in his eyes, which Hiashi shook his head to.

"I guess it was because you're the big scary boss man." Neji chuckled and shook his head slightly. "I have a few things to tell you actually, some more serious than others... but I don't want you to change your opinion of him, alright?" Neji asked and Hiashi furrowed his brows at the younger male. "First off, Madara has visited Hinata every night, of every trip to the hospital she's had. Even the one from the car accident from which he lost his brother." Neji said and Hiashi held a small saddened smile.

"He visited her every night when she was in the coma as well?" Hiashi asked and Neji nodded. "Yeah, he seems to have always had an eye for her. I was talking to him a while back at the intersection where the crash had happened." Neji said and Hiashi furrowed his brow. "He's had it rough, and I understand why he's so... well... closed off from people." Neji said and Hiashi listened to him with that same confused frown.

"He's had an eye for her since they were children. When you and auntie had first taken Hinata to his father's shop, Madara had been drawn to her. His mother thought it was adorable and would make fun of him for it like mothers do, but Madara has seriously never had eyes for anyone else." Neji chuckled and Hiashi raised a brow. "That is interesting, I don't suppose that this is the more serious of it, though is it?" he asked and Neji shook his head, his demeanor getting serious once more.

"You can not tell Hinata." He said and Hiashi nodded. "This must affect her then..." he stated and Neji nodded. "Yeah... it affects me as well. Because... if it weren't for Madara..." Neji began with a frown. "Both Hinata and I would not be here today. He pulled us from the car after the accident; he managed to get to us moments before the gas caught fire. He saved both of our lives, and he did so selflessly." Neji said and Hiashi's eyes had widened in shock.

"I was always so rude to him... sending him away, telling he had no right to be around her... I was an awful person, Neji." Hiashi said and gripped the edge of his desk tightly. "That's how fathers are supposed to be, they treat the young men chasing their daughters like crap because only a father knows that no man is good enough for his daughter. Don't make it easy on him, just because you know this." Neji said with a glint in his eyes.

"But..." Hiashi began and Neji chuckled. "You know it's the truth, uncle. That's how fathers are supposed to be, and honestly I don't think the fact you treated him that way mattered to him. It has always been what Hinata had thought, that was what was more important. Here, let me show you something." Neji said and stood, Hiashi followed suit. They made their way to Hinata's room and when Neji opened the door there were two things he had noticed.

One was that her window was still open from where she had made her escape; and two, the picture of Hinata and Madara at her graduation was set on the dresser right in front of all the other pictures. The pictures of her and Naruto in the back with the rest of the pictures of her and her friends, while Madara's sat right up near the front. "I think she holds him close, and not because he saved her. She doesn't even know he had done so, and I highly doubt he will ever tell her." Neji said and Hiashi smiled.

"He's done good things for her, I can already tell." His uncle chuckled and Neji cracked a smile. "Yeah, I think so too. She's more open and she stutters a lot less. There are two good things." He said and Hiashi nodded. "You guys have fun this weekend." Hiashi said with a chuckle and Neji nodded. "We will, it's Sasuke, Ino, Sakura, and Naruto we really have to worry about. I don't think they actually understand the concept of camping." Neji chuckled and Hiashi laughed, a real one; which surprised Neji.

"What? I know how those four are... they aren't always the brightest." Hiashi chuckled and Neji chuckled once more. "Yeah, especially when you get Sasuke and Naruto together, that's when the funny stuff happens." Neji chuckled. Hiashi shook his head in amusement then looked out the window. "Ah, well it seems it is getting late, would you like for me to keep an eye out for Hinata?" Neji asked seeing his uncle glance out the window.

"Possibly... but he may bring her back on time like a respectable young man..." Hiashi stated and Neji chuckled and shook his head. "Don't give me that look boy, you know better than I do how he is. I'm just being hopeful that he's not going to completely make my daughter a delinquent." Hiashi grumbled with a dirty look aimed at his nephew. Neji nodded, but that didn't halt his amused twitch of the lips. "She will be home on time, and if you think differently I may have to rethink some things." Hiashi muttered and the image of Neji's car flashed through his mind.

"You wouldn't actually take my car, would you?" he asked and Hiashi held a glint in his eyes that made Neji sigh. "I understand, I will text her and tell her that she better be on time or else it is my head." He sighed and Hiashi chuckled. "See, you know exactly how to work things." Hiashi said and Neji shook his head.

"You just want me to take the bus to work, uncle."

"Oh... would you look at the time. Looks like you should be out trying to see if she's going to be on her way home yet." Hiashi said suddenly and Neji peered out the window to see that they had been talking about the two for nearly an hour and a half. Neji sighed and walked out of his uncle's office, only to make his way out to the front porch and set himself upon the porch. He found himself sitting there for nearly two hours. It was very dark outside and his uncle had come to the door and cocked a brow at him. "Still waiting on her I see..." He said and Neji sighed. "Well honestly I thought she would be back. Forgive me uncle." He said and a shrill yet angered screech rang out from Hinata's window, followed by Hanabi's chirpish laughter.

The two men exchanged looks and ran up to the room, only to come face to face with Hanabi who had opened the door while laughing, and Hinata on her bed face down kicking her arms and legs. "She's fine, daddy, Neji. She just had a bit of an issue with this game of hers. She tried to rocket launcher that big guy there, Skolas. But.... She ended up blowing herself up instead, which sent them back to the airlock. Madara and Izuna had screamed as well, this game is hard." Hanabi laughed lightly and Hinata looked up at them with tears in her eyes. "We were so close... SO close." She whispered as she crammed her face back into her pillow.

"Would you mind informing us on how long you've been here?" her father asked and she looked up at him with a series of sniffles as her headset lay on the floor.

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Madara stopped down the street at the same spot he had hidden when they had arrived to Hinata's home. "Why are you hiding here? They know we are coming back..." she said and he grinned. "Yes... but they don't know when." He said and she blinked, once realization hit she smiled. "Maybe your father will actually learn to like me if I have you back three hours early." He chuckled and she nodded. They turned to the fence and she began climbing, but he assisted in pushing her up to grab the top ledge of the fence.

She smiled at him as she silently dropped down on the other side of the fence. He jumped up and pulled himself over not long after. They ran swiftly over to the terrace and began climbing up the terrace on the side of the house. Hanabi leaned down out the window and gave them a salute as she reached to grab Hinata's hand to pull her up. "See ya around mada!" she called and Hinata looked at her oddly. "I kinda like him, he's not too bad." She laughed and handed Hinata some pajamas. "Skolas, Prison of elders level thirty five. Set it up and as soon as I get home, I will join you." He said and she nodded with a smile as she waved at him.

She jumped into setting up her system the moment she made sure he touched the ground and was alright. They then proceeded to spend three hours playing destiny, until the moment that Hinata screwed up in game, and screeched her misfortune to the world.