Secret

Part 11

After 10 days of doing nothing other than studying, studying and more studying, Hikaru was finally able to release a sigh of contentment, the horrendous period of studying was over; the exams had finally ended, after spending countless hours poring over notes, assignments and other reading material.

It was the last day before the holidays and Hikaru was busy jamming everything into his suitcase, the result of the exams had already been announced and luckily Hikaru had gotten second position tying with Neji while Sasuke had managed to best both by a 3-point difference. Neji after finding out that he had lost to the Uchiha by a measly three points was further infuriated at knowing that he had competition for that position as well as in the form of a pink haired boy who had smirked deviously at him and he was furthered angered by the comment the pink haired boy had said about making sure that there was only one person who would be getting second position, so after this whole ordeal Neji was plain pissed off.

"Troublesome, it's just a silly position no need to get so offended" Shikamaru said laying on the bed having already finished packing.
"It is not silly, next time I am going to beat both Haruno and Uchiha, then we will see whose laughing and that would be me." Neji stated with an evil glint.

'Why am I bothering with him, they both get like that. They and their troublesome competitive streak' Shikamaru thought.

"Well, be happy unlike Naruto and Kiba, both have to retake the exam. They will be spending their time in summer classes." Shikamaru added after a while.
"It's their fault, they should have studied rather than partying" Neji said becoming calm again, "Although I am surprised you could have easily bested Sasuke for the first position but you're too lazy, I would have considered you a rival but your lack of interest totally astounds me." Neji added after a pause.
"Hmmm, I rather sleep then get in your competition with Sasuke, it will be too troublesome and a waste of nap time." Shikamaru stated with a yawn.
"Everything is troublesome for you." Neji said with a raised brow.
"Whatever, it's better to sleep anyway" Shikamaru said while falling asleep.

Some other room

"I can't believe you teme" Naruto shouted at Sasuke while entering the room.
"What do you want Dobe?" Sasuke questioned as he set about fixing his things.
"What do I want? you got first position teme, you could have tutored me but no, you had to be a teme" Naruto pointed.
"So, I told you to study, wasn't that enough" Sasuke said with a shrug.
"NO. You were to help me but you didn't" Naruto said, "And now I have to face the horror of summer classes on my own" Naruto whined.
"Not my fault dobe, no worries though dog boy will keep you company." Sasuke said with a smirk plastered.
"Yeah but now I can't go and see Hikaru chan pretty sister." Naruto whined while flopping on the bed.
"Hikaru's sister?" Sasuke stated.
"Yeah, you know the twin sister, I can't remember the name though." Naruto said while scratching his head.
"Hn" Sasuke said.

'Hikaru's sister, now I remember the one whose picture we saw although that picture has disappeared from the room, Hikaru probably doesn't like his friends flirting with his sister. But it's weird he never talks about her he mentions the other three girls but never his sister. Maybe they had a falling out' Sasuke thought randomly.

"Neh, teme what will you be doing in the summer?" Naruto suddenly asked breaking the silence in the room.
"Dobe, I'll be with my family, Itachi is coming back this summer so I am probably going to hang out with him, it's been long since we last spend time together." Sasuke said with almost a smile while thinking about his brother.
His brother was his most treasured family member after his mother, his brother Itachi had been abroad taking care of their father business there, having being a prodigy he had been able to graduate earlier than most people of his age. He had little time with his brother but the time spent together was treasured by the both of them.
As Sasuke got lost reminiscing about all the good time spend with his brother, Naruto just watched him from where he sat thinking about his own family and the good memories when suddenly his face started turning green, by the time Sasuke came back from memory lane the blonde was visibly trembling.
"Oye, Dobe, what's wrong with you?" Sasuke said with a frown trying to hide his worry from his best friend.
"S.Sasuke My m.mom will k.kill me for f.failing and my l.life will be over.r" Naruto stuttered.
"It's not that bad, I mean it's not like the first time you failed." Sasuke said with a shrug while turning away from him.
The statement reverberated in Naruto's head before he realized the meaning behind it and just like that started shouting at Sasuke ranging from
"TEME, YOU CALLING ME A FAILURE."
"I NEVER FAILED BEFORE.................ONLY LIKE THAT ONE TIME"
"DON'T ACT LIKE YOU ARE BETTER THEN ME"
"I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S BETTER, YOU HEAR ME TEME"
"JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT FIRST POSITION DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE BETTER THEN ME"