Persepolis130
Notes: I sometimes get this urge to torture Neji. I do not repent.
CHAPTER 2
Neji lay prone on the bed, covers pulled to his chin, drowsily contemplating virginity.
It's not as if it was something he'd ever really thought of before. There hadn't been any need. Ninjutsu was his life, accomplishing missions his occupation, and training his pass-time. Sex had never been a priority, only ever even considered on those nights he'd lain awake, teenage hormones driving him to yearnings easily forgotten the next morning.
But now that he didn't have it anymore, he wondered if he shouldn't have appreciated his virginity, just a little, before it was lost. Thinking about it now left him with a strange feeling, one he could only compare with the first time he'd killed.
Touching himself had never felt like this. There hadn't been the softness, the warmth, the velvet smoothness of another's flesh against his. And then the slick heat, fevered kisses, the way his head spun and vision blurred.
If someone had tried to describe to him how it would feel, the overwhelming physical connection he could share with another human being, he'd have laughed at them. But then, there were some things words just weren't fit to describe.
From the corner of his eye, he saw that the woman's eyes were half closed, one hand resting beside her cheek like a sleeping infant. He wished she'd stayed closer, perhaps even so close that he could have fallen asleep inside of her.
Closing his eyes, Neji sighed with satisfaction, a strange drowsiness overtaking him As he drifted off, he couldn't ever remember feeling closer to perfection.
When his eyes finally opened, the woman was sitting at her desk writing, a long, satin robe draped around her.
"Ah, I see you're finally awake," she said, smiling softly. In the dimming evening light, with her hair down around her shoulders, she seemed to possess an ethereal beauty she'd lacked when he'd first seen her, and Neji felt a flush rise to his cheeks.
Laughing melodically, she shook her head. "No more today, it's far too late. Come and get your things back on, and we'll talk."
Climbing sluggishly out of bed, Neji pulled on his pants, still really wishing he'd been left to doze.
"Your first time, hmm?" the woman asked, though it was more of a statement than a question. "I've seen worse. Though I've seen much better as well."
Buttoning his shirt, Neji paused, hazily aware of her words. "What are you saying?"
"Your stamina is exceptional, but your control is severely lacking. You don't masturbate much, do you?"
"Why are you saying that?" Neji asked, starting to feel irritated as the sleepiness left his mind.
"Don't worry, we'll work on it. Also your hands. You clearly have no idea what to do with them. You almost seemed squeamish about touching me. Oh, and your anatomical knowledge. Horrific. That will take some work as well."
"But why are you saying all of these things?" Neji asked, anger rising. "You're not making any sense." He felt as if he'd been slapped in the face. In fact, he'd rather that had been the case.
"Mmm... you still don't understand, do you?"
"I haven't understood a single thing that's happened all day!" Neji all but shouted, infuriated over both his insulted abilities and ruined post-coital bliss.
She frowned at him. "Your uncle said you needed training, did he not?"
Neji regarded her hostilely. "I certainly can't see what this has to do with training. And on top of that," he sneered, "I am a chuunin ninja, master of Kaiten and the legendary sixty-four hands of Hakke! Why would a WHORE like YOU speak to ME like this? What makes you think you have the RIGHT!"
He fully expected anger in return, even hoping for it, since it would at least be something he could grasp. Instead, a kind look appeared on the woman's face, and she approached him. "Neji, my dear, I am not a whore," she smiled, cupping his chin in her palm, soft fingers sliding gently across his skin.
"...you're not?" Neji asked, feeling suddenly very strange beneath her gaze.
"No," she said in a low voice, kissing him softly on the cheek. "You are."