Author: Rikugou
Pairing: Neji+Naruto
Fandom: Naruto
Theme: 27 - overflow
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-sensei.
Notes: Doesn't follow the previous theme at all. Much thanks to Ericulf for the inspiration.
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There were very few tried and true methods of distracting Naruto from his ramen. One method (and unfortunately outdated since he grew out of it and knows very well that it wasn't true) was claiming that you heard Sasuke had kicked his ass in training.
Another way was mentioning that Sakura had accepted his offer of a date and would be waiting for him to pick her up (also an outdated scheme since the blonde had long since gotten over his childhood crush on his old team mate).
Neji admitted that as much as he liked Naruto, it was a bit irritating to take second place in an attention competition with ramen. As such, it was for his own mental and emotional well-being (at least, that's what he told himself) to discover a successful diversion tactic to get the spiky haired ninja to forget about his noodles and concentrate on him (not that he was jealous).
Luckily for Neji, Naruto wasn't much of a morning person whenever he wasn't on a mission. Therefore, it was almost pathetically easy to sneak up on the other man and slip his arms around the blonde jounin's waist.
"Huh?" Naruto said sleepily, eyes at half-mast. His body automatically leaned back against the Hyuuga despite being half asleep and inattentive. One hand absently curled around a lock of dark hair that fell over his shoulder while the other began pouring hot water onto his cup noodles for breakfast.
When his fingers started slipping underneath the bottom of Naruto's uniform, the blue eyes immediately became alert and the slim body pressed back against him. Neji inwardly grinned and brought one hand up to tilt the whisker scarred face to his own to properly greet the other jounin.
The water from the kettle continued to pour into the cup ramen.
It wasn't until the hot water started to migrate across the countertop that Neji decided to move away, smugly proud of the dazed look in the blue eyes and the slight blush of arousal across the bridge of Naruto's nose. Of course, it didn't last very long when the younger ninja realized that his ramen was drowning and he needed to grab a mop to clear up the mess.
Didn't stop Neji from smirking though.
Not even when he had several kunai and shuriken tossed at his head for making Naruto late to meet his genin team.
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Finished: 04.11.05
A/N: And because I found it amusing, Ericulf's response after reading: in a very bad announcer-voice) Neji vs Ramen! Round 1! Ramen looking smug as naruto opened its lid. Neji merely grins as he secures his hold on naruto's waist. Stealing what little of his attention, Neji chu. Ramen gonk!HEY. It is drowned by the hot water! No score for Ramen. Reason 1, it didn't make Naruto focus on it. Reason 2, no one likes soggy ramen!