Three recs, none of which forgets Hinata's feelings for Naruto and all of which take place before the Sasuke-leaving meltdown.
Cause for Conversation (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3079116/1/Cause_for_Conversation) by infinitefirefly. It's sweet and funny. Sakura is ill with the chicken pox and Hinata acts as a substitute for a lower-rank mission. I... have minor quibbles with the characterisation of Hinata, but the last lines make up for it.
Crush (http://community.livejournal.com/uchihahyuga/3173.html) by compagnie. The first time Sasuke noticed Hinata was when she brought Naruto lunch. She stammered and blushed and was generally annoying – like all other girls he knew – but this time it was different. She stammered and blushed for Naruto, not him.
Practically Speaking (http://community.livejournal.com/white_knuckle/24432.html#cutid1) by suzukiblu who NO LONGER WRITES FOR NARUTO AND THAT IS A FREAKING TRAGEDY, ahem. "Hinata and Sasuke. Themes: holidays, cold, revisiting the past. Or in this case, a pointed avoidance of doing so."
The thing is that I read Neji as obsessed with Hinata, and that's hard to combine with NaruNeji as a couple. Unless you start going into Naruto-loves-Hinata or such and HAHAHA no. I'm mostly interested in Neji through Hinata, actually; as a character, that's the relationship that really makes him stand out to me. Plus the potential for smashing the Hyuuga traditions to smithereens. *_*
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Date: 2008-01-19 04:17 pm (UTC)Cause for Conversation (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3079116/1/Cause_for_Conversation) by
Crush (http://community.livejournal.com/uchihahyuga/3173.html) by
Practically Speaking (http://community.livejournal.com/white_knuckle/24432.html#cutid1) by
The thing is that I read Neji as obsessed with Hinata, and that's hard to combine with NaruNeji as a couple. Unless you start going into Naruto-loves-Hinata or such and HAHAHA no. I'm mostly interested in Neji through Hinata, actually; as a character, that's the relationship that really makes him stand out to me. Plus the potential for smashing the Hyuuga traditions to smithereens. *_*