When He Sleeps

I do NOT own Naruto. And there you have it!

Hinata knocked on Neji's bedroom door one morning, hoping he would be awake by now. She needed a training partner and he was the only one available. With that thought, to say she was surprised would be an understatement when her sister Hanabi opened the door to her cousin's room.

"Hanabi, what are you-?" Hinata began.

"SHH!!! Be quiet, Hinata!!" her sister whispered.

"What are you doing, Hanabi?" Hinata asked, whispering now.

"I was going to wake up Neji for breakfast but I don't think I can anymore," Hanabi explained in a hushed voice.

"Why not?"

"I'll show you," the younger Hyuuga said, pointing over her shoulder. Hanabi led her older sister inside the room and over to the bed, where Neji was still sleeping soundly. Hanabi smiled and pointed to their sleeping cousin. Hinata just returned her look with one of confusion. Hanabi quietly put her palm to her forehead in aggravation.

"Look at him!" she whispered urgently. Hinata, though still confused, followed her sister's orders. Staring at her older cousin, she finally realized what Hanabi was taking about. She almost started giggling. He was so CUTE when he was asleep!

His hair was slightly tangled and spread out around his head in a haphazard manner. He had kicked the blankets off so you could see his entire body spread out lazily across the bed. The T-shirt he was wearing was riding up, exposing his stomach while his sweat pants had started sliding down, revealing the waistband of his sky blue boxers.

Hinata looked over at her sister, grinning widely. Hanabi smiled back. Hinata was about to whisper something to her when there was another knock at the door. Hanabi quietly ran back to the door and threw it open to reveal Kiba and Shino. Hanabi had already clamped a hand over Kiba's mouth, silencing him. She put a finger to her lips, telling them both to be quiet. They nodded and looked at their teammate, confused. Hinata just smiled.

Hanabi had removed her hand from Kiba's mouth and was waving them inside, with a huge smile on her face. They followed her inside the bedroom to stand next to the bed. Kiba took one look at Neji and almost lost it. He put his hand over his mouth to keep the sound from escaping. Shino said and did nothing, but you could sense the smile he was trying to hide.

After a few minutes of watching Neji sleep, yet another knock was heard at the door. This time Kiba was the one to run quietly for the door. When it opened, Tenten and Lee were standing in his view. Knowing that both of them could be loud if they wanted to, Kiba used both of his hands to silence them. Hinata and Hanabi helped him out by putting their fingers to their lips as a signal to be silent. Nodding, they followed Kiba into the room and stood next to Hinata and her sister.

Tenten took one look at her teammate and she was sure that her face was heating up and that everyone in the room could feel her heartbeat. Neji looked adorable! How someone as cold and uncaring as Neji could look like this when he was asleep was beyond her. His hands had positioned themselves just so. One was under the pillow, supporting his head, while the other was curled into a gentle fist (1) and was pulled up close to his face. If you looked at him just right, you would think he was sucking his thumb. She let out a mental fangirl scream as little pink hearts appeared in her eyes.

Lee on the other hand had just cocked his head to the side and looked at his teammate in confusion. He wasn't thoroughly convinced that he was looking at Neji. The Neji he knew was hard, cold and sometimes cruel. This Neji looked soft, gentle and somewhat vulnerable. But even if he didn't want to, Lee had to say that Neji did look awfully peaceful when he was sleeping. He may even venture to say childlike. But Lee's train of thought was disturbed because the thought of childlike led to youth. And then Lee just spent the next few minutes staring at Neji with little fireballs in his eyes, mentally raving about youth.

Just then, Neji started moving, as if he was waking up. Although the little sounds he made while he was waking were just as adorable as him sleeping, the 6 children in the room didn't have time to ponder over it. They all turned tail and, although quietly, sprinted out of the room like a bat out of hell(2), Tenten sneaking one last look at her adorable teammate as they ran through the halls of the Hyuuga mansion.

Once outside, they all started laughing, all except for Shino (what a stick in the mud). And they kept running until they were sure that Neji wasn't running after them, hell-bent on ripping them limb from limb.

Meanwhile back at the mansion, Neji had a confused look on his face as he listened to the last sounds of people running for their lives away from the compound. Neji ran a hand through his hair before getting out of bed.

I wonder what all the noise was about, he thought as he walked across his room to the bathroom.

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(1)- NO PUN INTENDED!!!

(2)- I've just always wanted to use that phrase! XD

And there you have it! Just a short little thing I thought of when I woke up one morning. I honestly do think that Neji would be adorable in his sleep.

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