Clouds will scatter in the sky and the sun quietly sets.
Tenten gazed at the sunset, watching it slowly sink below the horizon in a brilliant flourish of pink, orange, and red. She smiled down at Neji, who was resting his head on her lap, eyes closed. "We haven't done this in a while."
A grunt was the only response so she pinched his arm to show her annoyance. One pallid eye opened to glare up at her and he replied haggardly, "Shut up. I'm sleeping."
Tenten smirked back, "Oh, please. I know you can stay awake at least for a few more hours. I never knew you to be so lazy."
Neji snorted and turned away, the effect ruined with his head still on her lap. She grinned, lightly tracing his curse seal marks with the tips of her fingers. At first, Neji had found it peculiar that his markings intrigued her so, but after a few strange looks, quirks of a brow, and a poorly suppressed roll of the eyes, he gave up gracefully and didn't hinder her when she wanted to touch him. Since Neji had first had her as his genin teammate, he'd changed, grown. Though Neji, by nature, was still fairly aloof, he'd developed a gentler side that unless you knew him, would stun you to stupefied silence. It was this side now that allowed her to turn his head back toward her, so that he gazed at her sedately while she traced the cross on his forehead, the deep green color seemingly black in the dying rays of the sun.
"There's something on your mind."
She smiled softly, "I'm just happy to be free to share this moment with you."
He caught her hand in his, the sparkle of warmth in his eyes something he reserved only for a select few. "Me too."