AN: Giftfic for RLN.

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There was no prelude to foreshadow what was going to happen then. No special event, no sudden causation of weakness; the whole normalcy of it all struck the boy very, very oddly.

The girl across from him knew it too, eyes shocked and wet. One movement, one note, one touch, and it was over. The intricate dance that held them together was broken, his trust was broken. And now, this game ended here, in this unceremonious place, surrounded by whispering trees and tainted shadows.

She was sorry, wanted to drop all she had, so sorry...

To the raggedly breathing boy, she looked different in the slanting light. The moonlight highlighted her face and chest, and the animalistic glint, the ferocity of dominance, was gone. He supposed that this should be special now, something strange and exciting and mortifying all at once- his heart thumping, knowing that he should have had this long ago like other boys his age, but not with anyone else, had they penetrated his defenses- so easily sliced- had she-

He was sure that nothing was ever going to be the same again.

As she leaned over toward his neck, her sweaty body pressing and folding into his, a slip of tongue caught a bead of red, delicious blood.

Hyuuga Neji had been cut.

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