Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine to claim.
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I opened the door to my apartment slowly, reveling on how tired I was. I had been in a meeting about some mission I was to partake in and it had gotten late. Though I was normally up at the early hours it was not because I was out of the house, but because I was always distracted by a certain someone.
Once I entered I immediately saw the television on. I frowned. Usually the T.V. would be off at this hour, not up and running. It was dark as I walked in the small living room, I reached down and turned off the tube succumbing myself into semi-darkness. The moon was full and the curtains to the outer balcony were open letting the moonlight light up the room with a silver hue. I stared outside sighing at the calm the night brought.
It was then that I detected something. It was a soft sound, like someone breathing. I whirled around and found myself smiling at the scene before me. It seemed that while waiting, Tenten had stayed up watching television. In the end she had probably laid down on the couch and fallen asleep. I watched her sleeping form closely. Watching as her shoulders lowered and rose while she breathed; watching the moonlight hit her face making her look ethereal and innocent. Making her look more beautiful than she already was.
I stepped in front of her, crouching to get a better look. How this perfect being could fall in love with me was beyond my comprehension but I was happy nonetheless. I touched her chocolate brown hair lightly, reveling in the softness of it. I continued down toward her eyes, past her cheek down to her jaw and past her neck. It was almost as if she would disappear if I took my hand away.
I smiled at my fear of losing her, only she would make such emotions arise in a time of such calmness. I inched my face closer to hers, watching as perfection invaded my field of vision and enjoying every moment of it. I kissed her lips which were soft and silky and only mine. Perfection opened one swirling eye lazily, before bringing her hand up to break the kiss.
My smile widened, "good morning, had a good nap?"
Her other eye opened and she looked toward the balcony. "Neji?" There are no words to explain how much pleasure such a simple thing as saying my name would bring me. Just because it was she who was saying it was enough to make me the happiest man in the universe.
"You fell asleep on the couch," I informed her, my hand brushing a few strands of hair from her perfect face.
She slowly sat up rolling her shoulders to remove the stiffness. She stared at me, "you're late."
I sat beside her placing a protective arm around her slim shoulders. I had the urge to smirk in pleasure when she leaned into me; resting the back of her head on my chest and giving me a strong whiff of her intoxicatingly delicious scent. I closed my eyes and inhaled the soft vanilla-lavender before I spoke, "the meeting took longer than planned. Certain issues popped up, the Hokage wanted to add more teams…you know, the usual."
"Ah." Oh, if she knew how much that small sound affected me.
"You should have gone to bed earlier, Tenten,"-did I mention how much I loved saying her name?
"I wanted to wait for you, Neji"-did I mention how much I loved the sound of my name coming from her mouth?
I grabbed her chin and directed her face toward mine. I spoke in between kisses. "We should both head to bed then."
An agreeing "sure" was the answer and I stood up from my warm spot on the couch. Before she could voice opposition I picked Tenten up bridal-style in my arms.
She, as expected, immediately protested. Tenten was one of those women that insisted the female sex was not weaker or more fragile than the male sex. I agreed wholeheartedly but she also disagreed on everything that had to do with stereotypes on what man and woman should do. Like for example, the man carrying the woman to their bedroom.
"Put me down," she said gruffly.
"You should at least let me take you to bed. It's the least I could do after making you wait for so long."
She glared at me and I couldn't help but be absorbed in the depths of her eyes. "You and I can walk to bed."
I let myself smile, "but I want to carry you to bed."
She blinked and raised a perfect eyebrow, looking away from me she murmured, "maybe just this once…"
I didn't give her time to think about it as I almost ran to our bedroom.
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Short and sweet?
I sure hope so.
I feel like something is missing but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Either way, thank you for reading~