⑧→double double kumquat / double double serve / trouble touble cumslut / don't lose your nerve

I don't hate you, moron.

Aw, you're sweet.

I wasn't serious.

Stop trying to monopolize my attention.

Why? It's hard to be in the limelight all the time if you pay attention to other people.

It makes you look needy.

Neji, honey. Naruto is needy.

The woman's right, Neji. Very, very needy.

You should pay more attention to your health, Naruto.

Neji, my health? Is flawless. Like the butt of a marble Roman god.

Right.

What about your health? You're the one worried about catching a cold.

It wasn't a worry.

...are you saying you already have a cold?

I'm not sick.

That was not my question, but thankyou for the update. I'll alert the news media.

No I do not have a cold.

Thankyou for addressing the original question, Neji, gold star for you. And, on top of that, I won't quarantine you either. Isn't that nice?

How generous of you.

I'm the generous kind. It's why I'm so needy.

Did you forget to take your medication today? Maybe you should get more sleep.

Neji hates everyone.

I don't know. Seeing them gets me like that since Sasuke left. She worries about me too much and when she does, I can't sleep. It makes me feel guilty. I'm not sure why.

Neji's a hedgehog.

I understand. I felt that way when my brother was still alive. He never really got over his paranoia of having me in Konohagumi. Ironic, really. He fussed over me, but I really wasn't the one who needed to be protected.

Neji's a fucking porcupine. A rabid, anti-social, emotionally retarded porcupine.

Yeah, I can vaguely remember that, too. He shouldn't have worried so much, obviously. You're amazing. (Don't let me fail to mention that at every given opportunity. ♥) But...I mean- ...you know what I mean. I know I'm supposed to be strengthened by their protection but I just...it makes me feel wrong, I don't know.

And, no, I swear he's a hedgehog. First impression is correct, but he lulls you into a false sense of security, and then you try to touch him? And BAM. It's like "WOW THIS FUCKING HURTS." Porcupines aren't like that. You never go in to hug them because they're ugly and they have quills. They're like a walking saguaro cactus. You ever gunna hug those things? No. Cuz they aren't cute.

Porcupines are very cute. Especially when they're babies. I remember there was a family in my garden a few years ago. They were adorable.

So, I don't suppose Neji would be a porcupine. He could be a bee? No, too much like a drone...

He could be a bright green frog that spits poisonous milk.

Oh, that's a good one, I hadn't thought of that. Those little things are cute, damn, are they ever. That's nice, Hinata. You smart thing, you. ♥

[ P R I V A T E; ]

Hinata, don't let Sasuke talk to you like that.

I'm serious.

Don't let him.

Thank you.

[private]

Like what?

Do you mean the whole...on his journal?

You're very welcome. ♥

[ P R I V A T E; ]

I mean in any context. Either he speaks to you with the respect that you're entitled or he doesn't speak at all. Don't let him speak to you like that, Hinata. Don't do it. It makes me want to kill him, and I can't remember having ever wanted to kill him. Ever.

I don't blame him. I was reckless as a kid--got the shit kicked out of me all the time. Hard shit for a big brother slash father-thing. I get what you're saying, though. You feel guilty about making them worry about you, because you're kinda causing them pain through your idiocy.

What about the curling into a ball thing? Porcupines aren't ugly. I suppose. but Neji isn't cute, either.

Aw, you were cute. We were practically two of a kind. Rough-and-tumble's a good look for you. Not the best for feeling guilty in though. Not incredibly comfortable.

I don't know. They look like pigs, to me. ...it was the "I'm moving out thing", wasn't it?

Thank you, dear. At least someone doesn't make me feel like a street urchin because of the way I dress... and act.*

Hey, at least someone is astute enough to get it. Fucking. Social retard.

[OOC: *Can you tell she's talking about Neji here? xD]

Street urchin? Dude, who talks like that? And, beside, you're not, nor were you ever. You were Tenten, pure and simple. Easy as that.

He can't help it. You know that. He tries with you, you know.

[OOC; NARUTO CAN'T. XDDD]

Uh. Neji, for one. A lot of other people, two. Apparentely, to some, Tenten is synonymous to filthy tomboy.

I try with him, too.

[OOC: I'm not gonna lie. I aww'd. "he tries with you." "... awwww."]