AsnGothic: "Midnight Musings" by AsnGothic. I own
nothing, but my sad little fanfic in my attempt to
righten the amount of NejiTen on ff.net. -Whispers- Are
they gone?
Kasumi: -_-; Stop being so professional.
Neji: Yeah.
Tenten: She's such a show-off.
AsnGothic: Agh! Read, read, read! Hurry before they reach you!
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*~Neji's Pov~*
That day we hiked all the way to the Earth Country to work at a ramen house. Imagine how stupid that was: Hiking to a far country just to work at a dumb noodle factory. For customers, they were pretty impatient. They made us work our butts off before the end of the day and we got to rest in our room. Yes, Lee, Tenten, and I had to share a room. A large room, mind you, with three futons laid on the ground. Gai-Sensei got his own big old room. *Sure*, he gets everything. We're the ones working and he's the one watching and ordering ramen for free.
~Flashback~
"Hey, guys, how're you doing?" Gai called to us from a booth.
"Ok, Gai" Tenten replied without looking up from her pot.
"Fine, Gai!" Lee saluted to Gai from behind the counter.
". . ." I said nothing. He expected us to be fine here?
"Well, since you're doing okay, I think I'll order a megasize ramen." He smiled with his freakishly glistening white teeth that I didn't know how he managed to keep such a creepy white.
"What?" Tenten shouted to him.
"Nuh-uh, I'm a customer." Gai shook his finger at Tenten.
"I'll work on it, Gai!" Lee said happily.
"No, I want Neji too."
I glared at him without looking at him. 'What a lazy ass. . .' I thought. I went into the back kitchen and glanced around for some pots. I found instant ramen packets on the counter. Instant ramen? What kind of professional ramen house was this. I smirked. I grabbed an instant ramen counter and popped it into a boiling pot. 'I'll give Gai ramen' I thought.
"Nuh-uh, Neji" Gai shook his finger at me like he did at Tenten. "Don't take the easy way out."
I smirked. Gai was. . .right behind me. I started stirring the pot and answered, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Ohoho" Gai laughed, fake intimidation in his voice. "Has Tenten-san gotten over to Neji?" I froze. How did he?
"No." I said.
"Yes."
"Nothing happened."
Gai grumbled and looked away, then sighed. After a few seconds, he pointed to the burnt ramen and said, "Fix it."
I gaped at him. "You did that on purpose!"
He chuckled. "Amazing. I didn't think /ramen/ could burn."
I glared at him one more time before he walked out. Then I grabbed another instant ramen packet and shoved it in. He never tasted the difference when I handed it in.
~
Like I said before, for customers, they were very impatient. All of us were pretty much tired, even Lee, but he didn't show it. He was still trying to beat me. He took 50 laps around the ramen house. Tenten shook her head disapprovingly, but I could tell she was amused through her eyes. I stared at her. I couldn't take my eyes away. 'What am I doing?' I thought. I tore my gaze away before my eyes craved her again. I quickly grabbed my clean clothes and muttered, "I'm going to take a shower."
"Okay" she said. Her nose was in a book.
I smirked at her. She was reading about romance? The slightest bit of a blush was on her cheeks. From the arch in her eyebrows, she was very much into the book. Tenten didn't know, but I knew almost everything about her. How she fiddled with her hands when she was nervous about an upcoming mission. How she'd turn red from holding in chuckles every time Lee made her laugh. How she'd play with her hair when she was angry at Gai (She almost tore off her hair once). I knew more about her than she knew about herself. Sometimes it was scary.
~Later that Night~
I couldn't sleep.
Tenten snores.
She really does. Pretty loudly. I glanced over at her from my uncomfortable rough futon. She said she got the comfiest one, but they all felt pretty much the same to me. Lee just took the last one. She rolled over on her futon smiling, then snored lightly again. I guess she was right. I couldn't sleep. . .
I steadied my gaze on her. There was a tiny bit of drool on her mouth. Then she closed her mouth again and breathed softly. Then she'd open it again and annoy me until the morning light. She looked so endearing. I wanted to slap myself for thinking this.
'I can't sleep' I thought 'I guess It won't hurt if-'
I inched nearer to Tenten. It was just like earlier today, I couldn't take my gaze away from her. This time she wasn't awake so I didn't have to worry about anything.
Before I knew what was happening, I was running my hand through her hair. 'Hmm. . .soft' I thought. I pulled away quickly and my eyes widened. 'What the. . ."
I looked at her again, leaning down closer. This time I ran my fingers across her face on my own will. My hands were fairly rough. I didn't know how she managed to sleep through this. Every step I took and every move I took, I glanced at her to check if she woke up.
I kissed her cheek softly. Even her cheek was softer than my lips.
I pulled away, my eyes as wide as plates. 'What was that?!' I questioned myself. My breathing was hard and I felt my heart beat. It quickened when I heard her grumble in her sleep.
Even if Lee and I were rivals, he had one thing I didn't. He had the will to protect someone precious to him. I bet I could easily. But then again, did I have someone precious to me? I glanced over at Tenten. Did I always? Did I- Did I love someone. . .?
I sat back down on my futon. Her snoring was melodious. She started off slow, then louder, then louder, then unbelievably loud. Then she'd stop. In my mind, I was happy when she stopped so I could finally get sleep and be ready for tomorrow, but I knew I wanted her to continue. Then she'd start again and I didn't know *what* I was thinking. Her singing brought me to her again.
I inched over to her, this time using both my hands to caress her face. She stopped snoring. I froze in my place, but I didn't go back to my futon and pretend nothing happened. I just stared at her. Like this morning. Like this afternoon. Like everyday I was with her. I had my gaze on her. Then I smiled. I stared at her lips.
I leaned down closer to her and felt her light breath on my face.
I leaned down closer that I felt the heat generated from her body.
I leaned down close and my eyes got dizzy from being so close.
Then I collapsed and fell asleep behind her.
~Next Day, Third Person POV~
Tenten yawned and stretched. She blinked away the sleep in her eyes and smiled happily, stretching out all the aches in her back. She saw how close Neji was and noticed he wasn't sleeping on his futon. She inched away quickly before jumping up from her futon.
"I sure slept well! How about you, Lee?"
"I slept wonderful! Like a log" Lee shouted happily.
Tenten smiled brightly. "How about you, Neji?"
A snore.
"Neji? Neji?"
'He sure snores loudly' Tenten thought.
~
AsnGothic: ^__^ Please R+R! I'm a little happy with this chapter. . .but I could do better.
Tenten: He did that when I was sleeping?? O.o Why couldn't I have been awake . . .??!
Neji: -Blushes furiously-
Kasumi: You guys are annoying. . .
Kasumi: -_-; Stop being so professional.
Neji: Yeah.
Tenten: She's such a show-off.
AsnGothic: Agh! Read, read, read! Hurry before they reach you!
~
*~Neji's Pov~*
That day we hiked all the way to the Earth Country to work at a ramen house. Imagine how stupid that was: Hiking to a far country just to work at a dumb noodle factory. For customers, they were pretty impatient. They made us work our butts off before the end of the day and we got to rest in our room. Yes, Lee, Tenten, and I had to share a room. A large room, mind you, with three futons laid on the ground. Gai-Sensei got his own big old room. *Sure*, he gets everything. We're the ones working and he's the one watching and ordering ramen for free.
~Flashback~
"Hey, guys, how're you doing?" Gai called to us from a booth.
"Ok, Gai" Tenten replied without looking up from her pot.
"Fine, Gai!" Lee saluted to Gai from behind the counter.
". . ." I said nothing. He expected us to be fine here?
"Well, since you're doing okay, I think I'll order a megasize ramen." He smiled with his freakishly glistening white teeth that I didn't know how he managed to keep such a creepy white.
"What?" Tenten shouted to him.
"Nuh-uh, I'm a customer." Gai shook his finger at Tenten.
"I'll work on it, Gai!" Lee said happily.
"No, I want Neji too."
I glared at him without looking at him. 'What a lazy ass. . .' I thought. I went into the back kitchen and glanced around for some pots. I found instant ramen packets on the counter. Instant ramen? What kind of professional ramen house was this. I smirked. I grabbed an instant ramen counter and popped it into a boiling pot. 'I'll give Gai ramen' I thought.
"Nuh-uh, Neji" Gai shook his finger at me like he did at Tenten. "Don't take the easy way out."
I smirked. Gai was. . .right behind me. I started stirring the pot and answered, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Ohoho" Gai laughed, fake intimidation in his voice. "Has Tenten-san gotten over to Neji?" I froze. How did he?
"No." I said.
"Yes."
"Nothing happened."
Gai grumbled and looked away, then sighed. After a few seconds, he pointed to the burnt ramen and said, "Fix it."
I gaped at him. "You did that on purpose!"
He chuckled. "Amazing. I didn't think /ramen/ could burn."
I glared at him one more time before he walked out. Then I grabbed another instant ramen packet and shoved it in. He never tasted the difference when I handed it in.
~
Like I said before, for customers, they were very impatient. All of us were pretty much tired, even Lee, but he didn't show it. He was still trying to beat me. He took 50 laps around the ramen house. Tenten shook her head disapprovingly, but I could tell she was amused through her eyes. I stared at her. I couldn't take my eyes away. 'What am I doing?' I thought. I tore my gaze away before my eyes craved her again. I quickly grabbed my clean clothes and muttered, "I'm going to take a shower."
"Okay" she said. Her nose was in a book.
I smirked at her. She was reading about romance? The slightest bit of a blush was on her cheeks. From the arch in her eyebrows, she was very much into the book. Tenten didn't know, but I knew almost everything about her. How she fiddled with her hands when she was nervous about an upcoming mission. How she'd turn red from holding in chuckles every time Lee made her laugh. How she'd play with her hair when she was angry at Gai (She almost tore off her hair once). I knew more about her than she knew about herself. Sometimes it was scary.
~Later that Night~
I couldn't sleep.
Tenten snores.
She really does. Pretty loudly. I glanced over at her from my uncomfortable rough futon. She said she got the comfiest one, but they all felt pretty much the same to me. Lee just took the last one. She rolled over on her futon smiling, then snored lightly again. I guess she was right. I couldn't sleep. . .
I steadied my gaze on her. There was a tiny bit of drool on her mouth. Then she closed her mouth again and breathed softly. Then she'd open it again and annoy me until the morning light. She looked so endearing. I wanted to slap myself for thinking this.
'I can't sleep' I thought 'I guess It won't hurt if-'
I inched nearer to Tenten. It was just like earlier today, I couldn't take my gaze away from her. This time she wasn't awake so I didn't have to worry about anything.
Before I knew what was happening, I was running my hand through her hair. 'Hmm. . .soft' I thought. I pulled away quickly and my eyes widened. 'What the. . ."
I looked at her again, leaning down closer. This time I ran my fingers across her face on my own will. My hands were fairly rough. I didn't know how she managed to sleep through this. Every step I took and every move I took, I glanced at her to check if she woke up.
I kissed her cheek softly. Even her cheek was softer than my lips.
I pulled away, my eyes as wide as plates. 'What was that?!' I questioned myself. My breathing was hard and I felt my heart beat. It quickened when I heard her grumble in her sleep.
Even if Lee and I were rivals, he had one thing I didn't. He had the will to protect someone precious to him. I bet I could easily. But then again, did I have someone precious to me? I glanced over at Tenten. Did I always? Did I- Did I love someone. . .?
I sat back down on my futon. Her snoring was melodious. She started off slow, then louder, then louder, then unbelievably loud. Then she'd stop. In my mind, I was happy when she stopped so I could finally get sleep and be ready for tomorrow, but I knew I wanted her to continue. Then she'd start again and I didn't know *what* I was thinking. Her singing brought me to her again.
I inched over to her, this time using both my hands to caress her face. She stopped snoring. I froze in my place, but I didn't go back to my futon and pretend nothing happened. I just stared at her. Like this morning. Like this afternoon. Like everyday I was with her. I had my gaze on her. Then I smiled. I stared at her lips.
I leaned down closer to her and felt her light breath on my face.
I leaned down closer that I felt the heat generated from her body.
I leaned down close and my eyes got dizzy from being so close.
Then I collapsed and fell asleep behind her.
~Next Day, Third Person POV~
Tenten yawned and stretched. She blinked away the sleep in her eyes and smiled happily, stretching out all the aches in her back. She saw how close Neji was and noticed he wasn't sleeping on his futon. She inched away quickly before jumping up from her futon.
"I sure slept well! How about you, Lee?"
"I slept wonderful! Like a log" Lee shouted happily.
Tenten smiled brightly. "How about you, Neji?"
A snore.
"Neji? Neji?"
'He sure snores loudly' Tenten thought.
~
AsnGothic: ^__^ Please R+R! I'm a little happy with this chapter. . .but I could do better.
Tenten: He did that when I was sleeping?? O.o Why couldn't I have been awake . . .??!
Neji: -Blushes furiously-
Kasumi: You guys are annoying. . .