Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Or his orange sweatshirt. Or his sandals. Or his goofy grin. Or...
Author's Note: This is YAOI or SLASH or SHOUNEN AI. Whatever you prefer, this is it. Don't like it, leave. 'Tis simple as that.
6 AM is still too early to get up... -yawn- Ummm... right, nobody took the last drabble the way I meant them to. Or, at the very least, the ones who reviewed did not take it the way I meant it. Oh well. What I was trying to get across is that Sasuke and Naruto are partners. You can't just cut Naruto out of Sasuke's life and hope that Neji fills that gap because... well... Neji's too much like Sasuke in that respect.
Sasuke needs Naruto to be his balance just like Neji needs Lee. Without having Lee's friendship, you saw what happened to Neji! (And if you're caught up in the manga or anime, you see what happens when the other happens...) Oh well. Maybe I'm just too much of a lover of those friendships.
Enjoy!
Heart
Every morning, they saw each other. 6:05 AM sharp, they would both be there, walking in opposite directions. They would pass each other right in front of the dango shop without fail.
Sasuke would be heading to the bridge, ready to train with his old Genin team even if he was already preparing for his Jounin exam. Neji would be heading to Training Ground 13, also getting ready to train with his old Genin team, all three of them ready for their exam as well.
They never spoke. To outsiders, it would appear that they did not even acknowledge each other's presence. Sasuke, with his hands in his pockets and shoulders slouched, would keep his eyes on the ground, and Neji, with his arms crossed over his chest and standing straight, would continually stare ahead without ever averting his gaze. They seemed to not even notice each other.
But they did.
Every morning, they saw the other coming toward them—their reflection, their opposite, their other—and they would both hide smiles that threatened to spread across their face. Because they knew, without a doubt, that this other understood them. Without even having to speak a word to each other, they knew.
And so they saw each other every morning at 6:05 AM. They would pass each other on the street and for the briefest moment when they were standing side by side, they would acknowledge each other with a quick flick of the eyes. Then, once passed, they would both smile inwardly, because they knew, even if onlookers didn't, that they understood each other perfectly.
So when they began to walk closer than necessary to each other on an empty street, and when they began to brush up against each other as they passed, they did not say why. Because they understood, they both did, because their hearts knew that there were no words needed.