Tenten sat in the back of the not so filled crowed. It would be pact tomorrow on the actual date of the wedding, witch was tomorrow but this was just rehearsal. Reiko was lessoning intensively to what the vows will be but Neji was just laidback and personally, Tenten swore he was bored. In fact Neji was bored. He didn▓t care. He wasn▓t really listening. He wasn▓t looking at Reiko or anyone else for that mater. He was staring off into space, watching a yellow bird flutter over head. He realized it was fluttering oddly. It obviously had a bad wing.
⌠And then you kiss. . . . . .■
⌠No... way... in... hell,■ Neji said, plainly. Hiashi and Reiko▓s father stirred. Reiko opened her eyes she had already puckered up.
⌠Uh, but... but sir, she▓s your fiancИ,■ the priest said.
⌠I-don▓t-give-a-dam,■ Neji said plainly.
⌠But sir, you▓ll have to do it eventually, wouldn▓t you want to get it done in rehearsal?■
Neji looked over at Hiashi, who gave him a stern look.
⌠Guess I have no choice,■ Neji leaned forward and kissed the girl he came to loath. Lee clapped. There was a soft thud in the distance. Neji wondered about this and secretly activated his byakugan. He found that the little bird had fallen from the sky. He deactivated his byakugan and tried to pull away from Reiko but she clutched his arm stronger. He tried to gently pull away again but she held strong. It ended in him pushing her away so hard out of frustration that she fell to the floor. Neji spat spit out of his mouth and wiped his mouth.
⌠Neji!■ Lee shouted.
⌠She wouldn▓t let go. Am I supposed to stand like that for an eternity?■
⌠Yeah, but...■ It took Lee a second before he realized Neji left the raised platform. He turned around to see Neji kneeling in the grass. Neji stood up and turned around, ⌠I believe we▓re done here?■
⌠Y-yes,■ the priest said. Neji left, cradling something in his arms. He when back home, still cradling the little bird. Neji had a fondness to birds; he felt he could relate to them.
⌠There you go,■ he said putting the bird town. He recognized as a canary, ⌠Now let me see.■
The little bird lay there watching him. He touched its wing and it made a pained chirp.
⌠Ok, you▓re wing is wounded , now...■ he reactivated his byakugan, ⌠A broken wing. That can be fixed, unlike a broken hart. You▓ll be fine.■ He got a stick piece and some cloth. He fixed the objects around the bird▓s wing to act as a brace to help with wing heal.
⌠There you go,■ he said, putting the bird in a cage and closing the door, ⌠I▓m sorry, but you can▓t try to fly. I don▓t understand bird, so I can▓t trust you not to try and then fall of the table edge and hurt yourself more.■
He looked at the bird, ⌠You▓re a bird, no one tells birds who to love. I bet you have a girl somewhere who you like, and aren▓t just forced to like,■ he said seeing the red marking on the bird▓s cheeks, witch meant in was a boy. Neji smiled slightly.
⌠You▓re free. By tomorrow you▓ll be good as new and I▓ll be the one in the cage.■