Stargazing
Community/challenge: 52flavours - 51. Will you get your wish?
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Title: Stargazing
Fandom/characters: Naruto/Hinata, Neji
Rating: PG
Warnings/notes: n/a

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"Hinata-sama...?"

The shoji screen behind her slid open, but she didn't turn around. She was sitting by the garden, feet hanging off the wooden path on the outline. She leaned her shoulder and head against a beam as he sometimes saw Tenten do, staring up at the darkened sky.

It seemed as if she were going to ignore his presence completely, but she finally said, in a quiet voice, "Yes, Neji-niisan?"

"Hiashi-sama wanted to know why you didn't come to dinner." While Neji wasn't allowed to eat in the main hall with the members not of his branch of the family, Hiashi called him over and told his nephew to ask in his place.

"Oh, is that all?" Her voice was still soft; she sounded a bit distracted, if anything. He nodded--she didn't see it--and watched as her head tilted away from the beam as she searched for an answer. "I didn't feel like it."

He didnt expect such a thing from her, and certainly couldnt tell Hiashi 'oh, well, she just didn't feel like going'. Hiashi was playing host for a few village elders and officials that night, and to say what she had, well, he thought there had to be more to it. "You... 'didn't feel like going'?" he repeated slowly, unsure.

"No. I didn't." She let her head fall back to the beam before patting the spot next to her, offering Neji the chance to sit. He did, and she continued, eyes locked above with her voice soft as ever. "All they speak of is politics... I don't like to go because I'm certain father is going to choose Hanabi as his heir; what they talk about really is none of my business."

He was about to argue, but saw that she was smiling upwards, and grew curious as to why this didn't bother her. "Hinata-sama--"

"Look, Neji-niisan, a shooting star," she pointed out, interrupting him. He followed her extended arm, showing where it was, and watched her pull her hand back as she put it under her chin with the other one, closing her eyes. "Make a wish."

He hadn't looked up in time to actually see it, and decided to not make a wish. He'd heard once that they only blessed one person, and didn't want to lower her chances. He saw that she had picked her head back up, and then strained his neck to look at her when she stood.

"I'm going inside now. Goodnight Neji-niisan." She gave another smile, and bowed.

He nodded, and she took off.

In the morning, they found him leaning against the beam as Hinata had done the night before. He'd stayed up, watching, waiting to find another shooting star for himself, to hope that whatever Hinata might have wished for would come true, until he was exhausted enough to fall asleep where he was.

The last thought that had crossed through his mind before he closed his eyes had been Will you get your wish, Hinata-sama?.