Time skip from last chapter remember?
Chapter 10
"I have a mission tomorrow morning." Shino announces calmly, Kina just nods. It wasn't the first mission he had since they were together, but this time she didn't have her own mission to distract herself with. Shino was aware of this. "Will you be okay?"
"I lived by myself for years. I think I can manage to be alone out here for a few days." She smiles and closes the book she was reading. "Good night." She says automatically and ascends the stairs.
The next morning went as usual. Kina watched Shino from the doorway until he was out of sight and sighed as she shut the door. "What am I going to do with myself?" She smiles and shakes her head. "Training should get my mind off of him. Worrying won't help anyway." She reasons and goes up stairs to get dressed.
"302, 303, 304…" Kina counts to herself as she jumps rope in a quite place away from everyone else. Her frustration didn't need to be spread to the rest of the ninja training there, though there probably were very few considering the sun had already set about two hours ago. Her mind wanders and the blurry rope hits her ankles causing her to fall. "Ow," She moans and examines the welts carefully. The one was bleeding a little but the other was just a scratch. Her hands were sore from gripping the rope for so long, not to mention all the other training she had done before that. "I guess heading home would be a good idea." She gets up hastily and stumbles toward home as the sky fades to an even deeper blue.
"Kina?" A voice catches her attention and she turns. "You're out here late." Neji steps closer to the telepath.
"I've been here since this morning." She comments and leans against the nearest tree.
"All day?" It was subtle but Kina could tell he was shocked she hadn't passed out yet.
"I needed to keep busy." Kina admits, breaking eye contact.
"Oh, I get it." He smirks and Kina frowns.
"Get what?"
"Shino's on a mission right? But you're not." Neji walks closer. "You're worried about him."
"That's not it." Kina says defensively. "I mean I, I shouldn't be! He can take care of himself just like I can. We're both ninja after all!" Kina continued rambling.
"Kina, you're blushing." Neji whispers. She quickly closes her mouth and blushes uncontrollably. "Just admit it, you really do like him."
"He's… tolerable…" Kina says slowly.
"And…" He encourages.
"Alright so what! Yeah I care about him, I mean we are married I guess." Kina fingers the rope still in her hands.
"You guess? You are defiantly in denial. It's kind of cute actually." Neji comments and Kina blushes more, still keeping her gaze to the side. "Go home, he should be back tonight. He didn't even leave the country." Neji turns and walks away, leaving Kina feeling embarrassed and ashamed for worrying.
"I'm so stupid." She shakes her head and turns back for home.
Neji showed up! And what's with him acting strange? You'll have to wait till after the four year time skip to find out!