Written for the 12 Days of NejiTen Challenge.
Dislcaimer: Naruto isn't mine.
First Kiss
- Ariel32 -
An hour after midnight, the party has wound down. Napkins litter the table, light catching gracefully in the empty glasses scattered above them. Chairs are pushed out haphazardly across the room and the television in the corner has been muted, a cloud of confetti winking like stars as it rains down on silently cheering families.
Outside, Tenten can hear the faint explosion of the last of the fireworks. She looks across the table at the sole remainder of the New Years party that has been held at her apartment this year.
"Going to help me clean up?" she says.
Neji's eyes flash the color of dull moonlight as he looks at her. Gracefully, he tips a half-empty bottle red wine left over from the crowd of rowdy celebrators over the edge of his goblet. "Perhaps."
She sinks into the chair next to him, holding out her own glass despite herself. "You know, I never thought I'd see Hyuuga Neji drink so much," she says smiling. "I actually think this is the first first of the year."
Deep red liquid rushes to fill the goblet in her hands. "The future is full of firsts." His eyes measure her steadily, lucid despite the wine that has already been consumed.
"Let's drink to that." She raises her glass to clink gently against his. The wine tastes of flavor tinged with age. She looks at him over the rounded rim of her goblet. With a move that is sudden but graceful enough to barely startle her, Neji moves. The goblet is pulled out of her hands and abruptly his mouth is against hers, soft, gentle, moving.
When he pulls away, Tenten touches her lips with two fingers. His expression is unreadable, but his eyes are silver. "There's a second first," he says.
For a moment neither of them speak. Then Tenten's mouth curves into a small smile. "Want to make it a first second?"