Prompt: Gaara was such a sucker for Neji's eyes, especially when they lit up in rare joy like that.
Requester: Ero Chibi Chan
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The most beautiful shade of lavender with a mix of silver; those not-quite white orbs captivated him. There was something ethereal about such unique eyes that seemed to be able to look through a person. Sometimes people felt they could, for Neji could see things through small actions that most normal people overlooked.
They rarely would shine with emotion but it wasn't because he did not feel them. His lover was a private person, solitary. He was cordial and polite but kept others at a respectful difference unless one could break down his walls. It was not a matter of having something to hide, Neji simply was who he was.
But he could break down those walls. He could sit beside the man with the beautiful white eyes and emotions would shine in those depths. Sometimes their faces would light up slightly as they talked about anything and everything.
Most of the time, words did not even need to be exchanged. Many times did they sit up late at night, leaning against each other as they watched the stars, small smiles on their faces. Sometimes they held hands. Sometimes they did more.
He was a sucker for those eyes, he could not deny it. He would do things, small things, just to see them light up. Sometimes he did things to make them darken and become hooded with lust and desire. He would do anything just to gaze in those eyes endlessly. Anything and everything.
Sometimes, he found himself being subtly manipulated by a gaze or a heated glance. It was never anything bad, if anything it was always pleasurable for all involved. Their love was a quiet one.
Tonight, however, would hopefully be one in which those eyes would light up in a way they never have before. He was nervous, for this was something he had never even hinted at Neji and it had never been discussed between them.
"Gaara?" a hand settled on his shoulder and white eyes blinked curiously at him. Neji smiled thinly. "Is something the matter? You seem...tense."
Shaking his head, the redhead returned the small smile and crossed his arms, looking out over the rooftop of their apartment building. "Neji, how long have we been together?"
"Hm?" now the brunette was crossing his arms, thinking. "I do believe today makes three years exactly. We have been living together for two years and three months."
"Yes." Closing his eyes briefly, Gaara sighed. "Neji, are you...content?"
"I should hope so, if I am still here." It had been said lightly but at Gaara's serious expression Neji became worried. "Gaara?" those beautiful eyes began to shine with worry as he turned the other to face him. "What is it? What's wrong?"
"I want you to move out."
"What?" the older man flinched and leaned back a bit, stunned. "I...do not understand." The worry began to turn into something deeper. "Gaara...please elaborate."
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a piece of paper that had an address on it. The address to a house, not an apartment. "I purchased it not too long ago. I would like for you to move out of the apartment and into the house..." he smiled then, a genuine smile. "As my fiancé."
Oh, the look in those eyes...made all the worrying and fretting worth it.
"I would be honored."