100 Themes Challenge
3. Light
Hyuuga Neji(Naruto)
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He wonders what it would feel like to truly brush his fingers along his clan's crest and feel as warm and as bright as the flame and sun. Briefly, he wonders what it is truly like to travel in the light, to be truly righteous, to live on one's own terms.
They are fleeting thoughts, quickly dismissed as he slides on his bird mask and stands up straight, looking out into the night.
It would be nice to live in the light, but he prefers the cold dark blanket of the night, where he can slide his blade in and out of a warm body with not a witness to show for it.