BAM!

Hinata ran as fast as she could away from the table and into her bathroom.

She...she...Haku...was definately not a she! Panicking, Hinata gasped for air. 'What do I do?' she thought to herself. 'A MAN is in my apartment! And he's going to live with me!?!' The indecent thought of living with a man, a man she hardly knew made her face heat up and her head feel dizzy.

Haku blinked. What just happened? One minute they were eating dinner, and the next minute his boss ran off to the bathroom, knocking over everything in her way. Sighing he dried himself off and picked up the food that had been knocked to the floor, wondering if she felt ill.

Back in the bathroom, Hinata resisted the urge to faint. 'Okay, Hinata.' she thought to herself, 'Get a grip! Its just a misunderstanding. There is no way, NO WAY, Haku can stay here. Afterall, he's a GUY!' Calming herself down slowly and rationalizing what to do, Hinata worked up the courage to leave the tiled room. Creaking open the door, Hinata peeked out to see if Haku was anywhere nearby. Not seeing him right out side, Hinata exhaled and fully opened the door, determined to fire the man for lying to her.

Walking quietly towards the dinner table Hinata's resolve weakened as she saw the man cleaning up the mess she had made. However, Hinata was again reminded that Haku was a man, as he had not put his shirt back on. 'Duh,' she thought as she looked at the drenched shirt on the ground.

Hearing footsteps approaching, Haku paused and turned to Hinata, worry clearly written on his face. Quickly getting up, Haku approached Hinata, "Are you alright? You're not sick are you?" he asked with genuine concern.

A pang of guilt struck Hinata. "Ah, I'm...sorry. I'm alright..." she said softly, not looking at the man.

"Are you sure?" Haku asked as he drew closer.

"Ah!" Hinata yelped and drew back in surprise.

Haku stopped, clearly confused. "Hinata?" he asked cautiously.

"Ah, I'm...I'm..." Hinata mumbled, not looking at the man in embarassment. Her face getting flushed she stammered out, "I'msorrybutyourefired!"

Haku froze. Fired? But why?

"I...can't have someone...who lied to me..." Hinata said, looking at the ground.

Confused, and annoyed that she would not look at him while she spoke, Haku said curtly, "What are you talking about? When did I lie to you?"

Sweat formed on her brow as she triend not to cry at his harsh tone, "You're not a girl...and-"

"What?!?" Haku yelled. "When did I say I was a girl? My resume CLEARLY said MALE..."

Hinata gasped and glanced at the angry man. "But I thought..."

Haku seethed inwardly. Why did this ALWAYS happen?

The look of anger frightened Hinata, and she shrunk back, taking deep breaths. Truely frightened, she tried to speak but no words came out as her vision grew blurry.

Haku jumped in instinct as he saw the woman waver. Catching her just as she fainted he was happy she didn't hit her hard floor, though he was still quite angry at her assumptions.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he sighed as he carried her to her room.

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Yeah...I haven't been in the mood to write lately _

but I'm still hopeful to finish this story!