Second chapter, this time it's Neji. Hope you like!
When Neji first met Toshiro Tohomiko, he did not like him at all. As far as he was concerned, Toshiro was an interloper. He had kept his little sister from his parents for thirteen years and only now saw it fit to return her to her proper place. He remembered vividly his mother's agony and his father's silent suffering over the lost of their youngest child. They had gone to their graves, thinking she was dead. All the time she had been with this man, this man who had stolen his father's place in his sister's heart. And for that, he swore he would never forgive him.
For the first week, he would send the man cold stares and give him short, curt answers. He made it clear to Toshiro that he was not welcome among them and it would be best for him to leave.
Neji's whole opinon changed one dark night by two things. One was hearing a pair of old gossip-birds talking about Kimiko's early life. It seemed that she had been in an orphanage until she was five years old. During that time, she had been constantly bullied and teased by the other children because of her eyes and the seal on her forehead. Prospective parents had been scared off by the same things. Toshiro had been the only one to see past all this and into the child within.
The second thing that changed his mind was finding Kimiko sitting in the fetal position against the wall. Clutched to her heart was their parents' wedding photograph.
The next day, Neji went to Toshiro and thanked him for taking care of his sister for all those years.