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Neji tapped his fingers irritably against the counter. He had been waiting for Naruto for an hour now, and his patience was wearing thin. It hadn't been the best of mornings for the brunette man. He had awoken with optimism that the Uchiha clan would be ready to sign the papers today, and he could get his uncle off his case. He had waited in the board room for them, only to be informed by his secretary, TenTen that they had canceled. He had broken a pencil, snapped at his uncle, and holed himself in his office after that announcement.

He decided to take an early day and visit his old friend, Itachi Uchiha. Itachi had given up the business to Sasuke. And it was days like this that Neji had wished his friend were the CEO of Sharingan Corp instead of his immature brother. He had stopped for coffee and the caffeine had done wonders for his sanity. Perhaps he could talk the eldest Uchiha into persuading his father, Fugaku, to sign the papers within the month since Sasuke was incompetent. If not, he could just have a pleasing conversation with an old college chum. He blinked at the unlocked door, and keeping his guard up, let himself inside. After making sure there were no ax murderers hiding out in the Uchiha's condo, he made his way towards the only room he had yet to inspect. He didn't hear the sounds until he opened the door and the sight that greeted him made him drop his coffee.

"Fuck! Yes, right therrrreeeee….don't stop!" came a female's moaning.

"Hn, you're such a dirty slut. Yes. You like it like that…" he panted, slamming into the woman beneath him.

Neji quickly shut the door and sat at the kitchen table with his head in his hands. He just shook his head, trying to dispel the images and trying to quiet the curiosity in his head. He knew the Uchiha had met someone, but he hadn't heard much about her. Hopefully he hadn't walked in on a cheating scenario. The Hyuuga heir was not sure he could handle that one on top of everything else today. He was broken from his mental scarring and reverie by the door opening and his friend walking out in nothing but black pants and a satisfied smirk.

"Hn. You know you could have called ahead of time." He said to his friend by way of apology.

"I tried, I guess you couldn't hear me over her." He said awkwardly.

"Her name is Rakuen, and she's my fiancé." He explained while looking back at the bedroom.

Neji smirked and patted the Uchiha on the shoulder.

"Congratulations. I'd heard you were seeing someone, but for it to get this far with you is quite an accomplishment." He said.

"I never would have given marriage much thought. I don't like men, and most women irritate me. She's my soul mate." He murmured, walking to the fridge.

Neji blinked at the Uchiha as if he had grown horns and started doing the Macarena. To hear him speak so sentimentally was a sure sign of the apocalypse. He shook his head and stood from the table.

"I have to get going. We can talk another time." He said.

"Hn. Another time." He parroted, walking into the bedroom.

Neji locked the bottom lock and shut the door behind him. So far his day hadn't gone according to plan. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. There was still lunch with his beloved, and that was always perfect. He decided to get there early and possibly surprise his blonde knucklehead. On his way to the shop he purchased a rose from a street vendor and ignored the blonde woman's flirting. And now he sat at their usual table, tapping his fingers and sipping some fresh coffee. He heard the bell chime and looked up from the Formica counter into blue eyes. The blonde bounded over to him and scratched the back of his head. Neji smirked to himself, and tried to remain cool.

"Sorry I'm late. I got caught up with something Sasuke was showing to me." He grinned.

"What was he showing you, Na-ru-to?" he asked coyly, seething with jealousy inside.

Neji and Sasuke never got along. Sasuke had feelings for Naruto. And while Neji trusted Naruto's judgment with his very life, he didn't trust Sasuke at all. The fact that he was an Uchiha and the CEO of a future allied corporation forced the Hyuuga man to be civil towards him. Inside he was dying to see Itachi change his mind, take Fugaku's place in the corporation right out from under the younger Uchiha, and gloat at the disappointment on Sasuke's face. However, it would seem Itachi had made his choices. The man had said Rakuen was his fiancé's name, and the only Rakuen that Neji knew of in the higher circle of things was Tachibana Rakuen. The sound of tapping fingers brought him back to the present.

"And you say I'm bad!" Naruto said, pointing his finger at Neji.

"Hm, what did he show you?" the Hyuuga repeated, sipping his coffee.

Naruto shot him a glare, clearly displeased with being ignored in such a way. There was a chill on Neji's spine, and he knew he would regret this later.

"He wanted me to see his new tuxedo and get my approval." Naruto piped in, taking a pause to steal some of Neji's coffee.

"Hm, it's for Itachi's wedding, right?"

The blonde nodded in agreement. He gave a bright grin and leaned across the table to give Neji a kiss. The Hyuuga smirked as their lips met and played along for a few moments before gently pushing his boyfriend away. The Hyuuga wasn't one for PDA, but he made certain exceptions to his rules when it came to the Uzumaki heir. Sipping his coffee when it was returned to him, he waited for Naruto to speak again.

"Yeah," he confirmed with his voice, "apparently nee-chan wasn't well received by Fugaku when Itachi told him about it. I can believe that much, but what Sasuke said next is impossible! Itachi sat down in that bastardly way Uchiha's have about them, told his father that Sasuke could take over, and stood up and punched Fugaku in the face!"

Neji almost spit out his coffee. Today was going to be one of those days. There was no true way to escape it. He merely nodded numbly as he listened to Naruto ramble on about how Sasuke always whined about his job and some other nonsense that was completely and totally the type of thing that Naruto Uzumaki felt the need to tell his boyfriend in the middle of a café. When the boy had mellowed out, the brunette offered a small smirk and a shake of his head. He almost jolted out of his wits when a tan hand graced his own pale one. A smile crossed his features as he relaxed into his beloved's touch.

"I love you, Neji." Naruto said plainly, taking the Hyuuga's hand into his own.

"And I love you, Naru." He assured, finishing off his coffee.

"I wanted to ask you something."

"Hm, and what's that?"

Neji had a bad feeling about this. He didn't like the way the blonde seemed to fidget and look down at his hands. Was he going to break up with him? Is that what this was all about? Inwardly the Hyuuga fumed at the thought of Naruto leaving him for that cockatoo haired Uchiha.

"Well, you see…" Naruto began, sucking in a deep breath and looking into Neji's lilac eyes.

The blonde pushed away from the table and got down on one knee. There were eyes on him and a few of the staff gasped. Naruto only had eyes for Neji as he pulled a box out of his pocket. There was a fierce determination in his aura as he straightened his back and cleared his throat.

"Neji Hyuuga, I love you more than the air I breathe. I'm not that great with words and I don't have much money. But I…Will you marry me?" he said, looking up into Neji's face.

The Hyuuga was in shock as he said, "No."