NejiGaara
Disclaimer: no own Naruto
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"Here we are," Sasuke said softly. "Home."
Naruto jumped on his fiancé's back and screamed: "Whee!"
Kiba laughed loudly and looked at the couple, now on the floor. "Come on guys, you haven't put away Naruto's shit yet."
The blond looked up with a grin. "That can be done later," he said. "We have better things to do!"
"Jesus Christ you guys," Kiba whined. "I'm not waiting around while you have sex. You asked for my help, do you want it or not."
"I think you can wait around-" Sasuke started before Naruto hit him lightly.
"Kiba's right!" the blond announced. Kiba received a glare. "We need to get ready for the party!"
"Which is here I'm guessing?" Sasuke asked emotionlessly.
"Of course!"
"Of course."
The brunet barked with laughter. "Right, I'll start moving your shit to your room, and you guys start decorating the house. With Christmas decorations," he picked up two of the boxes, stacking them up. "Later losers."
Naruto hugged Sasuke's torso and smiled happily. "I'm getting married."
Sasuke flustered slightly, but smiled none the less. "Don't get all sentimental and shit on me now."
"But Sasuke!" Naruto whined, smiling brightly. "I love you."
"I love you too, idiot."
"Bastard."
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The room was soon full of people, who came and left. Their old teachers, Kakashi and Iruka. Their friends from school, their friends from university. Work partners on Sasuke's side, and his family. Kiba, who Sasuke said didn't fit into any of these categories.
Hinata and Itachi came up to them, a large smile and a pale blush on the girl's face. "I'm so happy for you, Naruto, Sasuke! You must be so happy!"
Naruto grinned, hugging the girl. "Thank's, Hinata."
Itachi smirked and ruffled his brother's hair. "Aw, my little brother, all grown up."
"Fuck off, Itachi."
"Glad to have you officially in the family, Naruto," Itachi said, hugging the blond. "Or soon, at least."
"Thank you," Naruto started to tear at the word 'family'. "That means a lot."
Itachi nodded and smiled.
Gaara and Kiba eventually approached them, after everyone else had said their piece. "The old married couple, soon will be exactly that."
"I'm not old yet, dog-breath!" Naruto said playfully.
Kiba shook Sasuke's hand. "Congrats man. Good job on getting the courage to ask him."
"Thank you, Kiba. And thanks for helping move all of Naruto's shit."
"No problem, dude! Anytime!"
Gaara hugged his best friend. "I'm proud of you, Naruto."
"Thanks, Gaara," the blond tightened the hug. "I hope things work out with you and Neji too."
The pair turned to look at the man in question, who was talking to his girlfriend. They looked like they were having a serious conversation.
"Me too."
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Neji froze, looking up into his girlfriend's teary eyes. "You what?"
"I have to leave, Neji. He's..." She covered her mouth with her hand, sobbing into it. "I can't."
"Bastard..." the male mumbled, grip tightening around his cup, brow creasing.
"I can't be around him," she muttered, looking at him desperately. "I've got a bed set up at Yumi's house. They have a spare room I can move into, and-"
"But he'll be gone soon," Neji pleaded, holding onto her arms to face her towards him. "Once he's gone it'll go back to how it was."
"I'm too worried," she said, lowering her voice to a scared whisper. "He threatened me Neji. He can't know I told you and I can't spend any more time-"
Neji's eyes found the floor. "So...that's it?
Mitsuki's eyes widened slightly. "Wh-what?"
"You're breaking up with me."
She took a horrified step back. "Th-that's it?!"
A puzzled look passed across Neji's face. "Well, there's nothing I can do, is there?"
She threw her cup onto the floor, the wine spilling over Sasuke's carpet. "Nothing?!"
Neji glanced around. People were starting to look. And his eyes met sea-green ones. "Mitsuki, you're causing a scene!" he hissed
She laughed, though she was clearly unamused. "You're going to just let me go? 'That's it'?!"
Gaara started to walk towards them to break it up, but Sasuke got his arm in a tight hold. He turned and saw Sasuke looking at him meaningfully, while Naruto was grinning like a Cheshire cat behind him. Kiba was next to Naruto, a small smirk on his face.
"I can't believe this..." Mitsuki muttered, hands curling into fists. She snapped her eyes up and one fist found her hip, the other prodding a finger into her ex-boyfriend's chest. "Who is it?!" she demanded. "There's someone else! No one would let me go without a fight!"
Neji stood there, mouth opening and closing, cheeks burning slightly.
"And this odd behaviour?! You were never this relaxed before!"
He glanced away.
"I tell you that bastard threatened me and all you can say is 'that's it'?!"
Whispers started to break the silence.
"Ever since he got here you've been acting weird! First, with the relaxed behaviour, then with the laughter and now you don't even care if I leave you when I tell you he threatened me?!"
"You told me there was nothing I could do!" Neji retorted, finding his tongue, glaring slightly.
"Do something! Go punch the asshole!" she pointed directly at the 'asshole' she was talking about. "For making me break up with you, then beg for me back! That's what you would've done!"
Gaara raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Excuse me?" he glared at her, yanking his arm off Sasuke. "I didn't threaten you!"
"Yes you did!"
The redhead scoffed. "Please, refresh my memory."
"You said that you'd make me 'pay' if I hurt 'your Neji'!"
Naruto jumped up and down in excitement.
"I believe you've forgotten the reason why," Gaara said smoothly, folding his arms.
She hesitated, turning to Neji with a pleading look. "Are you really going to let him get away with this? He's a lying cheat!"
"I'm not a mirror, Mitsuki."
Neji's face was hard as he looked at Mitsuki. "I know Gaara. And I know he isn't a liar. And if he threatens someone, he usually has a reason."
"You haven't seen him in over a year! Goodness knows what Suna did to him!"
"I can tell you what Konoha did to you, Mitsuki," Neji said. She turned back to Gaara, who had the same smooth look on his face, but it was tainted with a smug decoration.
"Wh-what?"
"Let's be truthful with each other, Mitsuki," Neji said. "Isn't that what relationships are about?"
"We are truthful to each other, Neji," the girl said in her honey coated voice, smiling desperately. "I've never lied to you!"
Naruto scoffed. "That's a lie."
Sasuke elbowed him.
"Well, I can tell you one thing," Neji moved closer to her. "I have lied to you."
Her desperate smile turned sympathetic. "Oh, Neji. I can forgive you. I love you-"
"You're not the only one," Gaara said. Neji gave him the same look Sasuke did.
"I'm not straight," Neji said. "I'm just like the other 'dirty homosexuals', as you call them."
Mitsuki stumbled back, almost falling. "You-you like men?!"
Neji nodded, not moving.
"Since-since when?"
"Since I met my first boyfriend," this time, Neji looked past Mitsuki, to the redhead behind her. "And he'd probably kill me for making him show emotion in public. Again."
Gaara looked away with a blush, frowning. Neji smiled softly.
"Even if he lives miles away," Neji turned his attention back to his very much ex-girlfriend, face hardening again. "I'd rather be with him than an un-honest slut."
"Gay pride!" Naruto shouted from his place in the audience. "Woo hoo! Go gay go-ow!"
Sasuke was holding his temples, one of his hands still on Naruto's head where he'd smacked him. "Shut up, moron."
Mitsuki screamed.
All looked at her with surprise.
She started to brush herself down, shaking as if she had something on her. "A homosexual?! I slept with a dirty homosexual?!" she looked ready to burst into tears. "They're everywhere!"
Spinning round she slapped Gaara right across the cheek. He stood in a stunned silence as his cheek reddened. "You're spreading the disease! You monster!"
All of a sudden, Mitsuki was screaming again, though in horror instead of disgust. In a matter of seconds, Neji was in front of her, Sasuke and Kankuro holding Gaara's arms, and Naruto and Kiba looking extremely disappointed.
"Let me go!" Gaara demanded. "I'm going to beat her face into the floor!"
"Yeah, let him go!" Kiba agreed. Shikamaru thwacked him. "Ow!"
Neji turned to Mitsuki. "You're not welcome here anymore," he told her. "In all honesty? I'm not sure you ever were."
She looked at him, and instead of the anger he expected, he only saw fear and rejection. "You-you're breaking up with me?"
"I think we established that fact already."
She looked at the angry Gaara. "Home wrecker!"
"Whore!"
She turned, her head held high, and stormed out the room, slamming the door.
Neji turned to Gaara, who was shaking loose from the hold of the other two males.
"You threatened her?"
"She totally deserved it."
"Fuck, you gave me a bruise!" Kankuro accused, pulling up his sleeve.
"I can give you more than that, weakling."
"Bring it, shrimp."
Kiba and Naruto high-fived, before the blond tackled his redheaded friend, wrapping his legs around his waist. "Dude you're so awesome! I knew inviting you for Christmas would be a good idea!"
Kiba raised his glass high into the air, the wine almost spilling over the edge. A large grin was painted onto his face. "To Naruto and Sasuke, maybe they argue and only just put up with each other for a very, very long time!"
"Cheers!" Temari agreed, holding up her own glass.
"And to Gaara and Neji," Naruto continued, still on the redhead's back. "For everything they've done for us. I wish them a long, whore-less life!"
"To drama!" Kiba joked, handing Naruto a glass.
"To kicking the whore and homophobe's asses!"
"To alcohol!"
"Here here!"
Gaara looked up at Neji, smiling slightly. Neji returned the look and rolled his eyes. Sasuke patted the Hyuuga's shoulder.
"You okay?"
"Yeah," Neji sighed, looking down. "Kind of sucks to find out your girlfriend's a cheater."
"Chin up dude," Sasuke patted his back before walking to his fiancé. "There's plenty of other fish in the sea."
Naruto hopped off Gaara's back and into Sasuke's arms for a deep kiss.
Gaara headed to his lover.
"You threatened my girlfriend?" Neji asked again, rather amused this time. "Who do you think you are?"
Gaara smirked, looking up through his lashes. "I think I'm your boss, Mr. Hyuuga."
"Really?" Neji wrapped his arms around the redhead's waist. "I thought you were my boyfriend."
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Kivea: iono if I'll add an epilogue. I think this chapter was pretty shit. Iono. My mood's been going downhill for a while. But I finished it! And The only motivation I had was the thought of angry reviewers, and an angry teddy bear :P
Thank you all for putting up with my constant ups and downs, and thank you for all your encouragement. I am off to have a lovely cancer stick and pat myself on the back before my girlfriend comes round.
Love and hugs
Ja ne ~
Kivea