Please Remember
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He would always remember that day. Her hair had come undone dripping about her shoulders. It was summer and inexcusably hot. Somehow training with a friend had turned into a splash fight in the lake near the training grounds. It wasn't his fault really. She'd tripped him, and grappling for purchase, his victim just so happened to be the culprit. With her in his arms the pair splashed into the cool lake only to immerge seconds later. After a few brief moments of hacking and sputtering, the pair grinned deviously and it had become official. Kuinoichi verses Shinobi in War of the Water I! Blindly reaching for, the Ninja boy caught Ninja girl, holding her closer than friends should. Smiling despite of red eyes and pond mouth he pulled her against him, wishing… he didn't even know what for, just wishing. Shyly she moved away from him, having never seen that look he'd given her at that moment, but recognizing it all the same.
He sighed, half out of disappointmentthe other half relief. Their relationship was a steady one. He wouldn't be the one to disturb the harmony they'd unwittingly fumbled upon. His secret sparring partner turned secret friend was one of the few joys he'd allowed himself.Finally making his way to shore, he tried not to blush as said kunoichi, his companion, undressed in front of him. Stripping bare of everything but breast bindings and a pair of skin tight shorts, she sat upon the grass, letting the sun smooth the goose bumps on her skin, and dry her clothes. Unfortunately, it could do nothing for the butterflies in her stomach.
Sitting beside her with their arms and shoulders brushing occasionally, she's was saying something, but whatever it may have been could not be important than the silky skin of her neck. He'd seen many necks before, but the way the sun glistens on that skin, the movements of her throat as she swallowed, and suddenly that skin, that small area was the most important thing on Earth.
With a trembling hand he reaches for her, because no man can resist her innocent, unknowing seduction, and he's not even old enough to be called a man, grasped her chin and not only gives a first kiss, but gets one for himself. With a shaky smile the ninja girl pulled away, eyes full of fear and hope while her ninja boy smiles and leans forward to sample the warmth of her lips again.
They spend months trading pleasant greetings, discreetly brushing the backs of their hands in passing. Touching so barely, so briefly that it even failed byakugan notice. Secret meetings held late into the night, at his home hers or under a canopy of trees, trading kisses and sharing dreams, both basking in the affections of love in the spring time
He remembers the last time he'd laid eyes on her. Bed ridden and quite ill with the flu, she laid in bed, mind and body still groggy from the Hokage's special infusions as he used his key to enter her living space. The ninja boy kneeled next to his ninja girl, gently, dutifully released her bound hair. Stroking her brow affectionately he wakes her as best he can.
"Are you awake?" He whispers, kissing her warm lips and damp forehead
"I am for you." She replies her fever induced brain unable to deduce dream from reality. She reached for the hand stroking her face, grasping it within her own.
"I want to tell something." She closed her eyes, murmuring a quick um hum nodding briefly. He desperately wanted to linger at her side, but the sun was rising and time was short. "I have to go away for a while and I want you to know that it's not your fault." He said
"You're going away?" Her eyes are closed, and he knew she thought was a dream. How he wished it were.
"Yeah, I have to go but it's not because of you. I have to do this or I can't go forward. I can't be happy till I complete my mission. I just want you to know that I will miss you. Can you remember that for me?" She nodded and smiled, eyes still closed breathing even.
"I'll miss you too. See you in the morning okay?" He wanted to argue that fact but knows it's useless. As she snuggled deeper in her pillow and dream land, he kissed her lips then brow, wishing that saying goodbye to her was as easy as saying it to his unconscious teammate. Closing the door shut, he hesitated briefly before disappearing, before the sun and truth was revealed.
'Please remember.'
She snapped awake come sunrise, her constantly bound hair free and the taste of him on her lips. Was it all a dream?
If you want more you gotta review. This is my favorite crack pairing next to Neji and Kin, but this one just seems a bit more believable.