Ok, Ok, I know I should be working on The Difference Between Reality and Fantasy. But I have decided to work on Yin & Yang, also. For those of you who do not know, it is a Neji x Gaara fic. If you hate Yaoi, this couple, or both, then do not read. If I get flamed you will be the one to pay.
Warnings: Boy kisses, Rated T for now, Will be lemons in later chapters, very mild swearing, and major OOCS-ness. But that is how I like it, so deal with it, haters!!! Lol. (Oh, and my story is taking place in Shippuden.)
Chapter Name: Accidents Happen, Right?
"Neji."
Just ignore him, Neji.
"Neji."
He will go away sooner or later.
"Neji!"
If he calls my name one more time…
"Neji! Earth to Neji! Are you there?" The green clad bundle of youth known as Lee waved his arms dramatically in-front of the irritated Neji's face. The two ninja were walking down a moderately busy road in Konaha. Neji had only one thing on his mind, to get to his favorite spot by a lake in the outskirt forest of Konaha.
He was heading there when the sparkly-toothed, youth ball came and started to irritate the shit out of him. Neji stopped in the middle of the road and sighed. He knew he would not get away from Lee without having to give up his peaceful spot by the lake to him, for Lee being Lee; he would follow Neji until Neji would answer his questions.
Neji clenched his eyes shut and pinched the bridge of his nose. "What, Lee?" he gritted out between teeth.
Lee glared. "Well then, if you are going to be so rude, I will take my leave." Neji snapped his eyes open, about ready to mutilate the poor boy.
With that, Lee held hid head high, and marched away in a dramatic manner. He followed me, for three miles, so he could do that? Neji thought with rage. He whipped around his long, ebony locks floating around him. He glared at the air. Lee was no where to be seen. Apparently Lee knew Neji would come after him.
Sighing, Neji turned around to keep on heading to his secluded spot by the lake.
Finally reaching it, he was about 20 yards away, when he saw someone in w white, hooded robe, sitting on HIS bench! He glared death at the persons back. He knew other people came here, even sat on the bench, but that was when he didn't need it! But boy, did he need it now…
He marched down to the person, about ready to hurl them through a tree.
The person was sitting at the far left of the bench; he wanted to get a good look at the unfortunate soul before he turned them into grave dirt, so he went to the far right. "Who the hell do you think yo-" When he seen the front of the persons hood his eyes shot wide. Gaara turned his head, eyes adorably surprised. "My apologies, Kazekage-sama." Neji apologized with a very low bow.
"Am I doing something wrong?" Gaara asked, genuinely confused. "N-no Kazekage-sama! I usually sit here," Neji motioned to the bench, "And…" he trailed off, not knowing what else to say. Gaara cocked his head to one side, which Neji could not help but take note about how utterly adorable he was when he did that. Wait, what?! Where the hell did that come from? But he IS rather cute, isn't he? He could not help but mentally ask himself.
"Oh." Gaara scooted over some more. "You are welcome to join me, Neji-san." How does he know my name? Neji thought. Oh. He internally scolded himself. He went to the chunnin exams with him. Duh… Neji scolded himself again. "Thank you, Kazekage-sama." Neji said as he sat down.
"Drop the Kazekage-sama, my name is Gaara." Gaara said with a barely visible smile. "Ok… Gaara."
After a long, uncomfortable, silence, they started to make small talk, finally getting to enjoy each others company. The uncomfortable silence soon became a nice, warm, and cozy silence. After 3 hours, Gaara stood up. "I must go; Tsunade-sama is not a very patient person."
Neji chuckled. "No she is not." He answered. "Well, Hyuuga-san, I would enjoy doing this again sometime. How about you meet me here at about 8:00?" Neji had to hold back his horrible blush. "I will be there, Gaara." He said. The red-head nodded and disappeared in a whirl of sand, leaving a sand circle on the ground behind him.
When he was sure the sand-wielder was gone, he let the dark red blush pour into his face. Did Gaara realize that he just practically set up a date? Neji reminisced about Gaara. He remembered the strange effect Gaara had on him as a chunnin. He would hyper-ventilate, and his lower regions would grow painfully uncomfortable.
And as Neji tried to come accustom to his actions, he found that he couldn't. Neji thought about this. Does this really mean that I'm…gay? He tried to dispel that thought. No way in any of the hells on earth. He, Hyuuga Neji, proud Hyuuga clan member, was NOT gay. He did at one time have a relationship with Lee, but that was a one time thing. Neji knew that, but Lee did not. It ended when Neji harshly came to his senses and snapped at Lee that he did not like him and it was only an experiment. Lee said that he understood, but he was still touchy on the subject. He loved Neji, and when it ended so harshly, he vowed o never trust another person with his heart again.
Neji thought about this, and reminded himself that he was not gay. But however many times he told himself that, he would still say how attractive the Kage was…He sighed. Giving up. As he thought back on the chunnin exams, watching Gaara from afar, he came to his senses. He, Hyuuga Neji, was Gay. Homo. Queer.
But does he feel the same way? Neji thought softly. No. He wouldn't. Gaara probably has a lot of other Females waiting for him back in Suna. Neji could feel the tears building up in the back of his eyes, but made no attempt to dispel them. The thought of never being able to tell Gaara his feelings, and never having the feelings reciprocated, made the tears pour.
Quietly sobbing into his palms, he didn't realize the chakra sitting next to him. The chakra that happened to have a fetish for the color green… Neji felt a hand lay itself lightly on his shoulder. His eyes snapped open in his hands. He stopped sobbing his pain away. He looked over to see Lee, staring into the waters of the lake. Before Neji could snap his head off, Lee spoke. "I think you should tell him how you feel, Neji." Neji's eyes shot open even more. "How do you-"
"It is a little obvious, Neji. When we were kids, whenever his name was mentioned I a conversation, you would act all strange. And remember last week? When Temari-san came all the way from Suna to report Gaara-sama coming for a business with the Hokage, and she needed us to be welcoming and polite, you got all weird and started hyper-ventilating, that night, I finally figured it out, that you have feelings for Gaara-sama."
Oh no. knowing Lee, being a blabber mouthed idiot, he is going to tell everyone! Or worse, Ten-Ten! Neji sighed angrily; He should have known that he could not hide anything from Lee.
"Ok. So you have figured me out. What are you going to do now? Tell Ten-Ten, so she and her huge mouth can blab it off to everyone within a one-hundred mile radius? Then you join in on it and tell everyone who hasn't heard?! I know you Lee! And I know that's exactly what you're going to do huh? I knew I could NEVER trust you!!" and without thinking, he blurted out," Your jealous aren't you? You are upset that I have found someone that I actually like, and I would care for , and you cannot stand it!"
Neji snapped out at the poor, unsuspecting boy. Lee visibly flinched. Neji knew what would happen. He wished he could rewind time and take back his words. "Why would you even think such a thing, Neji? I thought that we were friends. I thought that you trusted me… why would you bring up the one thing you know I hated. Why?"Lee looked away; a sniffle was heard by the Hyuuga.
Retracting his hand, Lee disappeared, "Lee!" Neji yelled. When there was no sign of a green youth ball hurling towards him saying 'Oh, I'm just kidding you, Neji! I could never be mad at you!' Neji sighed. He would forget about it and they would be friends again. Hopefully… Neji thought. He wiped away his tears, but a few more could not help but slip their way past security.
If Lee doesn't forgive me, or Gaara does not like me, not only would I have lost a very close friendship, but I would have lost the one person who I have liked since I was a little chunnin…
"AUGH!" Neji screamed in frustration. Pulling his hair, screaming, and stomping his feet on the ground like a two-year-old, any normal person would say that Hyuuga Neji had serious problems. And he did. Not only was he sexually frustrated, but he just lost his best friend, maybe forever. Mumbling profanities, he got up and dashed away to his apartment to think things through.
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Neji brushed out his hair one more time. He needed to make a good impression if he was going to tell Gaara that he has harbored feelings for him since he was 12. Making sure that everything was in place, he checked the clock. 5:00. Awesome. Just enough time to go check on Lee, and then make a comfortable pace to the lake, arriving just on time.
As he left his apartment, he couldn't help but feel that he had really hurt Lee this time. Whenever Neji would usually yell at him, he would say 'Ok, buddy!' and walk off to an unknown destination. But this time, it was not so. Neji had seen the hurt in his eyes, the tears ready to fall. It must have really hurt him to know that his best friend expected him to not keep a secret.
As he approached Lee's apartment, he saw a very worried Ten-Ten and Gai knocking on the door yelling, 'Lee! Please open up! We want to help you! Please, Lee!' He approached the two, noting the immense worry in their eyes. "Neji! My youthful student! Thank goodness you are here! Lee did not come to practice and has now locked his door, preventing Ten-Ten and I from going in!" Gai said frantically. "I am really worried about him, Neji. Please, you're his best friend, help him!"
Neji felt bed for the two. So worried, but not knowing what the hell was going on. "I know what this is about." Neji said. Their eyes went wide but showed relief. A long pause was followed. "Well, what is it then?" Gai questioned. Neji bit his lip. He knew that they were some of the closest people to him, and he would have to tell them eventually, but not until he confirmed Gaara's feelings. He shook his head. "This is between Lee and I." Neji said sternly. They pouted, but said in unison, "Just help him, please." And they both walked away.
After he was sure they were gone, he knocked on the door softly. "Lee? May I come in, please?" he asked in a gentle voice. When there was no answer, he got frustrated and activated Byakugan. What he saw scared him into shock beyond belief. Lee was in feeble position in the corner of his bathroom floor in a small pool of blood, crying. Deep gashes on his right wrist, a kunai lying not to far from him.
Neji deactivated Byakugan and began slamming on the door with his full body weight. "Lee!" he screamed. When the door finally gave way, he burst in, sprinting to the bathroom. When he reached the bathroom door, he grabbed the knob and turned swiftly. It was locked.
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Ooohhh! Cliffhanger! Do you like it? I will be updating my Sess/Kag story in a day or two. But I got to tell ya', I have enjoyed writing this story so much better! Criticism would be nice, just no major flaming. I love this one personally!!! R&R please!!
