Chapter Eleven

One year later...

"That box goes in the kitchen." Sakura said to Naruto.

"Gotcha." He said smiling as he disappeared.

"I can't believe he finally asked you to move in together."

Sakura turned to see Hinata carry a box in the living room.

"Yeah. I was just as surprised but hey this way we can be as loud as we want and not worry about neighbors or keeping people awake." She said blushing.

Just over a month ago, Neji asked Sakura to move in with him. He bought a house near the Hyuuga district and insisted it was easier than getting an apartment. He said it was because he was tired of having to leave her in the mornings and not seeing her every day. Sakura couldn't complain, she hated it too. Between working at the hospital and still studying, she wanted to see him as much as she could. She also noticed she slept better when they spent the night together.

Things between them have gone well over the past year. They went on many dates. He even took her to an amusement park. Something Hinata said she'd never thought he'd do. Never believing Neji would want to be in crowded places. He never complained when she called to cancel dates because she was called in to cover a shift at the hospital. She also missed him when he had to go on business trips only to have him come back with gifts for her. Mostly small things like a snow globe.

Neji appeared from the bedroom. "How many more boxes are left?"

"I'm not sure. Not many, I think. Just a few more for the bedroom. We'll have to go to the store to buy a bathroom curtain and kitchen utensils." Sakura stated as she went to grab another box from the moving van.

"Go back inside." Neji said placing a hand on her shoulder. "Naruto and I can handle the rest of the boxes. You and Hinata can unpack somethings if you want." Since Sakura's talk to him about Naruto, Neji has been more lenient about Naruto's relationship with his cousin.

"Are you sure? I don't mind."

"I'm sure." Neji reached for a box and followed Sakura inside.

Sakura went to a box in the living room and started to unpack. Hinata started on another box after Sakura asked her to help. She found a picture of Neji with his parents. She carefully placed it on one of the bookshelves. Then went to work on other things.

A few hours later, all the boxes where in the house. Naruto volunteered to drop off the moving van for them. The couple sat on their couch cuddling. It was one of the few things Neji already bought and was delivered.

"What do you want for dinner?" Sakura asked.

Neji kissed her head, "Why don't we go out to eat?"

"Hmm." Sakura yawned.

"On second thought, go lay down. I'll go get us something and you can eat when you wake up."

"Yeah. I didn't think moving would take this much out of me." She said standing up.

"Humph, we still need to unpack. But we can tackle that tomorrow."

Sakura went over to their bed. It was Neji's bed from his uncle's house. She fell asleep.

Sometime later, she woke up stretching her arms and legs. She made her way to the bathroom to check how bad she had bedhead. Checking herself, she noticed she needed to brush her hair. She grabbed her brush and began brushing but she noticed something reflecting in the mirror.

She looked at her hand to find a ring on her left hand.

"Neji!" She went out in search of her boyfriend. She found him casually leaning again the wall outside the bathroom with his arms crossed and smiling.

"Yes?" He asked calmly.

"What is this?" She questioned showing off her ring.

"I would have thought that was obvious." He shrugged.

"But..."

He walked up to her, grabbing her hand, kissed it then smiled at her. "I love you. I don't want to be without you. I want to be at your side forever. I never thought a year ago, when we met at the party, I would fall so hard for you. You make me smile every day. I want to be next to you when you go to sleep and when you wake up every day. Will you marry me?"

Sakura started crying. She was overcome with so many emotions. "I love you too. I'm so happy with you. If you want to handle me for the rest of your life, I'll marry you tonight."

"I was thinking next summer."

"Whatever you want. I want to marry you."

Neji kissed her passionately.

Sakura pulled away, still crying and saw a few tears coming from Neji's eyes.

"Are you hungry?" He wondered.

Sakura shook her head. "I don't think I could eat right now."

"Well if you don't want to have dinner, I have a few ideas on what we could do."

"Oh?" Sakura asked slyly.

"We do have to christen this house at some point."

"I can handle that." She kissed him again as Neji lifted her up and carried to the couch.

A/N I know this is short but I didn't have much else to say at this point. I wanted them to have a happy ending so I ended it this way. I was thinking of throwing in another twist but I'm happy with how it ended. Hope you enjoyed the story as much I did writing it. I'm already in the works of another story which I hope to have up soon. Thank you for the support of everyone that followed the story from the beginning and to everyone that have left comments. Arigato!