It had been stuck on his mind all day. Why should a comment like that get the best of him. But when confronted with the question he could only think of one special girl.
"Who was your first kiss?" Lee asked him one very fine morning while training. The question caught him so off guard that Lee couldn't help notice the way Neji's eye twitched on his usual, very composed, stoic face. This was a sure sign for him not to press any further.
"I must go" Neji simply replied and took off.
Laying on the tatami mats in his room, Neji touched his lips. Who would've thought that one of Konohas top heartthrobs, in his twenty years of existence, had never kissed someone.
It was not the fact that he had never kissed someone before, that bothered him. It was who he thought of, when he thought of kissing someone. He shook his head. Some mint tea sounded good just about now.
He got up and headed to the kitchen. As he made his way inside the maze like halls of the Hyuga Compound, he approached the door to the kitchen. Just as he was about to slide the door open, he felt someone bump him on the chest.
When he saw her, he felt the temperature of his body drop, then raise to the point he was sure he looked red. As if he had been caught doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing. He gulped and suddenly felt the palms of his hands get sweaty.
Hyuga Neji, back ops Jonin, was nervous at the sight of his affections. Who would've thought.
Impulsively he felt that this was now or never. "Oh, excuse me Neji—-"
The sentence was never finished. Neji grabbed ahold of her neck and bent down. Pressing his lips softly on the very surprised girl.
In the back of his mind, Neji had instantly regretted his actions. It was not like him.
He was expecting to be slapped at any moment. To be pushed away. So when the rejection didn't come, he pulled back.
She was red as a tomato, and eyes wide open.
"I- I-" Neji stuttered
"Please forgive me Hinata Sama, I- I don't know what took over me" Neji covered his face with one hand, sure he was as red as Hinata.
He turned away from her, urgently wanting to escape what had just happened. He took a step from her, but just as he was about to dash, she pulled him by the hand.
This time though, he was the surprised one. When Hinata pulled him down by the shoulders to give his own tongue a licking.
Strawberries. She tasted like strawberries.
There was a bowl of fresh strawberries on top of the counter. These would forever be one of his favorite fruits.