I have a thing for Neji/Naruto. It's one of my favourite pairings, and quite unloved in my opinion…
Hyuuga Neji can see through everything with his white eyes, as if the world and everyone in it were made of glass.
They say it gives him remarkable insight. With his steady, piercing pale gaze he sees everything. They say he knows and understands everyone.
... Except Naruto. The blond has him fooled.
Naruto is everything Neji is not – loud, impulsive, stupid... They are opposites. Neji can't understand why Naruto does what he does, and that frustrates him. Frustrates him so much that, of late, it paints his pale cheeks a subtle pastel pink, the colour of sakura petals.
Naruto is different. He is set from a different mould, if he ever had one. Maybe that's why Neji finds himself wanting to reach out to another human for the first time since his father died. Maybe that's why this boy with eyes like the clear spring sky has started to thaw the winter in his own.
Neji's starting to think it's not so bad a thing, being stupid. Not his thing, definitely, but... not bad.
I'm losing too much blood...
He will see Naruto again. Next time they meet will be in the Leaf hospital – Neji will be in pain and Naruto will be making a fuss, running around like he hadn't just been in the fight of his life just three days hence – demanding to be the centre of attention as usual. Neji will call him an idiot and tell him to shut up, but he'll be happy. They both will.
feel the warmth that the cold inspires