Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. They keep rejecting my offers for some odd reason... ($2 just doesn't cut it, I guess.)

Author's Note: This is YAOI or SLASH or SHOUNEN AI. Whatever you prefer, this is it. Don't like it, leave. 'Tis that simple.

So, I forgot to update yesterday! It was on COMPLETE accident, I swear. I woke up an hour late (like I did okay), but that's okay because I get up two hours before I have to leave. However, yesterday I had a homework assignment that I had been planning on doing in the morning, and one hour--as most of you all know--is barely just enough time to write an essay. Then, when I got home, I went straight to my bed and took a nap. So, that is why I did not update.

WARNING: There is a mention of SEX in this chapter; no description, but I'm still warning you anyway. Why? Because I've noticed that I get... odd, I guess is the word for it, responses when Ihave drabbles that mention sex. And since I'm a trained actress, I usually gauge reponses based on facial expressions... since I can't see your faces, I can't tell what your responses mean! So... do you all not like the sex mention at all? Or...?

Enjoy!

Giving

Sasuke was sentimental.

Neji would have never pinned him as the type, but after living with him for only a week, he began to notice the signs. Sasuke was never in bed or even home when he woke up, but there was always breakfast waiting for him on the table. He never told him when he was leaving, but Neji often found perfectly scrawled notes telling him when he would be back. And though they never went out to dinner, Sasuke made home cooked meals whenever he could.

Anniversaries were another thing entirely.

Again, Neji never pinned Sasuke as the type to be romantic, but he was proven wrong on their one month (a date, that he guiltily admitted, he did not see the need to remember). He was given one full hour of "Neji, lie down and don't do a damn thing" while Sasuke went to town on his body. Their two month went pretty much the same way with two hours of attention plus a special bottle of wine to start things off with. Their six month was spent at a private hot spring in which Sasuke had somehow managed to convince all of the staff to take the day off, and with Neji's Byakugan they were able to enjoy their day in peace and privacy.

Sasuke even managed to remember the date that Neji's father died. That day, he woke up with a heavy heart like all the times before, and found that Sasuke was actually still in bed with him. Neither of them having a mission, they sat in bed all day, not saying a word. And when, a little more than a month later, the anniversary for the Uchiha Clan massacre came around, Neji made sure to get up before his lover to give him the same courtesy.

Then there were birthdays.

Neji had remembered Sasuke's birthday and had left a knife sharpening rod in the living room the night before for him to find the next day as he knew Sasuke would be gone by the time he woke up. There had been no 'thank you', but he saw that by that night, it had already been put to use. On his own birthday, he woke up to an empty bed and an empty house. He went to the Hokage, did a quick seven hour mission, and then came back. When he got to the Uchiha compound, however, the first them he saw was an arrow pointing down the hallway away from their usual space.

Curious, he followed it only to find another arrow. Quite amused and beyond questioning now, he followed the arrows through hallways and doorways until he came to the old training space that had been meant for Sasuke's family. Now, though, it was cleaned out and redecorated to resemble something that would be found in the Hyuuga compound instead; a room that was obviously meant for meditation. And there, in the center of the room in a rather novice position, was Sasuke, eyes closed and meditating. Next to him was a free cushion, and with a smirk, Neji went over and got himself comfortable.

He showed his appreciation for that particularly thoughtful gift later that night. After all, nobody but the Uchiha would know that he valued his meditation time almost above all else.

The greatest gift, however, that Neji ever received from Sasuke was on a day that had no particular meaning attached to it. He woke up alone, as usual, but in the place that Sasuke usually slept was a small black box. In the box was a simple silver ring.

Neji stared at it for several moments before realizing that there was a note attached to the bottom of the box.

I have a mission, it read. I should be back by tomorrow afternoon.

I love you.

- Sasuke