Hey, once again. I didn't see many reviews yesterday, why so? Naw, I won't complain, I knew that chapter sucked, besides my sister told me it was kinda boring. Well, I hope THIS one, will be more energetic. And for your information, what follows was written in 4 in the morning, so take it easy on me
And yes, I'm kinda irritated, because my boy's boss is SO EVIL that today he put him work ALL DAY. And he has his birthday, dammit! Not even today? Ah...Dedicated to him anyway, even though he doesn't have a pc to read it and he reads the prototype...
I've been thinking of him when I worte it...
I do not own Naruto
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It was fun. Spendning the day with their comrades, with those simple soldiers, the way they talked to each other, their jokes that left no one without laughter.
In the end, they didn't want to part. But after the pleads of their men, Neji and Tenten gave in and let them go.
"I want you all back here at dawn...And be nice boys!" she shouted as they were leaving. It was almost time for the sun to set.
"They're really good men...Great guys to have for company." Neji pointed.
"Yeah, they're really worth it what we do for them." Tenten agreed
"So, lady Mistress..Do you want to watch the sunset with me?"
"Hm...Why not, lord general? Let's go"
Neji took her to a secret place in the forest, to a clearing with a lake right in the middle of it. They sat at the sore and watched the sunset embraced. Neji sat with his back facing a tree, having Tenten in his arms. They didn't want to take their eyes off of the scenery, the alternation of the colors around them enslaved them and captured their sight. Gold on the top of every tree, a rose's color on the line of the horizon and the surface of the lake, then slowly turning into red, deep red, like blood. The few clouds that travelled on the sky were gold, until the sun hid behind the rosy line of the mountains on the other side of the forest, and everything around Neji and Tenten went deep purple.
Stars begun to make their small appearances in the sky, who had finally started to take that magnificent color, that between black and dark blue, so deep, that touched the soul. In a few moments, the moon rose, its pale beauty adorning the sky. Its blue-white light falling upon the two, making the lake shine silver, mirrorizing its image in the surface.
"It's wonderful..." Tenten managed to let out after some silent moments.
"It has been like that ...From the day you left, I've been coming here and sitting, watching either the clouds or the clear sky, watching the same thing taking place every single night...Dreaming of showing you one day."
"And, I've always been grateful to you for saving me...For helping me get away...That life I was forced to live was awful...You helped me get rid of it, you made my dream come true...And I never even thanked you for that" Tenten said; still, none of the two moving, in fear of unbinding the embrace. She could feel his heart beating under her skin, and it calmed her. It calmed her when she listened to his heartbeat and knew that it was her for who his heart was beating.
"You know that you've already thanked me. I've seen the fire in your eyes once more, I've seen you laugh once again. Your smile is the best thing you could give me" Neji said and kissed her at the top of her head. "Besides, there's nothing in this world worth more than you."
"No. There is." Tenten replied and raised her head to look at him. "To me the most precious thing is you..Your love that you gave me even though you knew what I was...I...what I've been was... ...That's what gave me courage to go through it, waiting only for you every day, and when you finally paid my way out of that stinking place, you saved me. That's the best thing that someone ever did for me"
"And you're worth even more than that." Neji whispered and, before she was able to say a word, he sealed her lips with a kiss. Surprised her, but she wouldn't hold back. She was dreaming of this moment for three years, and she wanted to live it to the end.
They both knew what would follow the moment their lips parted so that they would take a breath, then united again. Longing for it for so much time, now that it was finally happening, now that they were finally together, no one of them wanted to let go. They wouldn't have another chance to see each other, the next time they would possibly meet was eight months later, when Konoha's weapon supplies would be over again. They didn't want to waste a single moment, but the did not rush. The night was long enough for them.
"Am I really worth everything you do for me?"
"Much more than what I've already done. You're the one I cherish most, you're the one who saved me from my inner demons."
"Then..." Tenten looked at him and took away some strands that fell in his eyes.
"Well, just stop thinking about it. We're both of much value to each other, and if we keep on talking about it, it'll get us nowhere." Neji said, stroking her face, then his fingers run in her hair. "I kinda missed those buns you had on...But you look even more beautiful with this"
"..am I so beautiful with the ponytail..." Tenten whispered and, bringing her hands to her hair, she untied the ribbon that kept them tied and they fell down free, adorning her pale face. "...like I am with hair down? You've always said that's the best way to have them."
"And I'll say it again, many times." he answered, his fingers ran through the loose now hair, as Tenten took his face in her hands to bring him closer to hers. She was the one to kiss him this time. They lied back, her hands on his face, in his hair, his fingers running down her spine. Tenten untied the lace that kept her cloak on and it fell back under them, as if it was a bedsheet. Then her fingers run the way to his shirt, in a few moments she had removed it.
Haven't seen him for three years, and adding the fact that he was the prince of the Hyuuga clan, even from the side branch, either he did have a well-built body, or she was just drooling over him. He seemed perfect to her eyes. Who knew how many hours of training, how many battles brought him to this? "I missed you Neji.." she whispered as she felt her shirt falling from her shoulders to the ground.
He wouldn't let her drool, though. He let out a small huff, then their lips met again, keeping the one bound to the other. "I've been missing you every day, suffering, knowing that I still have so much time until I see you again, and that was killing me...I missed you badly, Tenten.."
"Then talk no more. We have so little time, let us just live every moment- together." she whispered on his lips. He noded and kissed her forehead, both faces and bodies pale under the moonlight. Bathed under the silver rows the moon sent upon them, skin blue-white under the cold light, each of them so small alone, but together feeling able to go through everything. All that mattered was to be together.
They spent the rest of the night like that, bound in an embrace that kept them together, one. And when in the end they lied in each other's arms, they watched the stars for one more time, until sleep took over them. Just like that they fell, like they always wanted to be and never were able to make their dream come true. Each of them had helped the other to achieve their personal dreams, but they still couldn't get to their common dream. To be together, and never part again.
But if they were able to make it true even for some moments, they would live it with all their will. And so they slept, keeping each other close, holding on tight, losing themselves in a dream that they could make true only at times like this one.
The dawn was cold in Konoha, and even more out at the forest. That's how they greeted the new day. They had woken up from the chills, but had only entightened the embrace, and then wrapped themselves in Tenten's wide cloak.
"Can't we be like that...Can we stay like that forever?" Tenten whispered.
"Unfortunately no. But you know that's only for the moment..." Neji replied, fondling her hair.
"Will we still love each other that much to be able to go through hell again, this time to achieve a dream greater than the others?"
"What do you think? Can I stay in love forever?" (A/N: Breaking Benjamin-Saturate. Ahaaa. I'm so totally in love with this song.)
"...I would, with you, I'd stay in love forever."
"Then same goes for me" Neji said and kissed her.
Those were the last moments they spent together and they knew it. They wanted to be like that for a little longer, though. It was easy for none of the two to let go first, and when they finally did, they did it together.
When the horizon went pink-ish, with a golden line at the mountains' shadows, Neji held Tenten's hand and helped her get on her horse. Their men had once again gathered, hers to follow her back home, his to say goodbye.
"It was nice to have you back even for so little..." he whispered to her.
"It's been great, really..But good things in life never last for long..." Tenten nodded.
"And now we've got to say goodbye.." Neji said and stroked the horse behind the ears.
"Right..." she whispered and looked at him with eyes opened wide. "...My lord general?"
"Yes, my lady mistress?"
Tenten inclined from the horse's back to him and whispered in his ear. "When will I see you again, Neji?"
"None can know, Tenten. I'll make sure that we need your precious help soon enough, though. So don't worry." he said and Tenten smiled.
"Just to see me again soon?"
"Just to see you again soon." Neji confirmed the promise placing a soft kiss on her forehead. "Farewell, my lady"
"See you around, my lord." Tenten replied and jolted the bridles of her horse sligtly, just to make it move forward.
All of their men waved their hands goodbye for long time, until Tenten and her team disappeared in the forest. After that, Neji's comrades went back in Konoha, to their original positions.
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I know, I know, I know I warned nobody (ok, I warned Aky) that this would go like this...I can't believe it myself that I actually WROTE that...Lime...Me?...Duh, I don't know. Really. Maybe it's just because I miss him so badly, maybe because I haven't seen him for almost two months, maybe because I haven't heard him for over two weeks...I don't know.
Hope you liked it anyway.
As for the word "whisper"and its derivatives, I know I used it a lot in this chapter, and that's because I was listening to "Whispers in the Dark" repeatedly...And I'm sorry it's that small and rushed, I just felt like updating.
See ya in the next chapters, pals.