Theme Set Beta 2/5
061. Screaming voices
" OH MY GOD! Hinata!" Ino screams as she sees her the first time after she has come back from her mission. " What did you do to your hair!"
She reaches up to touch the uneven strands self-consciously. " I-I look better with short hair."
Ino stares, then sighs and pulls the chair out from the left. She indicates that Hinata should sit down. The Hyuuga does so cautiously. Ino hums and murmurs looking at her from various angles before picking out a kunai. The blonde girl starts shearing away the unequal ends and fashions the cut to be more stylish.
" You know," the other kunoichi says conversationally, " The last time I had to do this, Sakura did something foolish."
Hinata smiles softly. " Yes. But I didn't do anything foolish."
There is a contemporary silence then a smile, " You don't. Even if we'll never find out what it is you did."
062. Meekness
" Stop." She whispers but he continues to take off her clothes. "Stop." She says again and he ignores her as he starts to take off his own clothes. " Stop." She whispers and all he does is push opens her legs and fills her. " Why don't you listen to me?" she asks.
" I can't." he says after, holding her tight. " I can't obey you, not in this." He turns them both to their side and spoons her. " Mine."
063. Strength
She slaps him so hard his face whips to the side and his cheek is white with the shape of her palm before it rushes red. She glares at him furiously and he keeps his face to the side wall, jaw locked tight, not willing to stand down.
" Uh...Hinata." Ten Ten said nervously trying to pacify them.
" Never," Hinata says though clenched teeth, " say that about Naruto-kun again."
Neji is silent and his anger blazes in his eyes, but he does not reply. Both their teams stand tensely on the side, not aware of what brought the confrontation on. Hinata stands in front of her cousin, daring him to look at her in the eyes but Neji stands unmoving, body locked, and doesn't turn his face back. After a while she whirls around and stalks away from them, ignoring their curiously eyes.
064. Birds
A few flap of the wings and they are gone, soaring into the free blue sky until they vanish from sight and Neji aches as he watches them. For so long he had thought their flight had symbolized freedom, but now as he wonders from place to place, he wonders if the true freedom was having a place to land.
065. Colors / White
Sometimes it's soft, tender and gentle. And Neji doesn't mind it at all.
Sometimes it's pain, and hurt and heartache all rolled into one. And Hinata doesn't say anything.
Sometimes it's wondrous and beautiful and full of betrayal, but they don't think about that.
Sometimes it's fragments, pieces, shards of themselves they've left behind, but they never stop to pick it up. Sometimes it's hearts, hopes, souls they've given away, but never asked for back.
Sometimes they hide away and sneak off, forget the hate, and simply live. Touch. Smell. Feel.
Sometimes, the milky whiteness of their eyes means more.
066. Jealousy
She smiles, softly, abashed, and a little bit embarrassed as she ducks her head to hide her flushing face. Naruto standing in front of her laughs awkwardly, clueless about what he might of done wrong and stammers a few broken sentences before trying to leave. Hinata is alarmed of Naruto's presence, but not in the same way as she is of his.
And the feeling sweeps through him, deep and dark as Hinata reaches out to grab hold of a corner that blazing bright coat to detain the blonde as Naruto turns to leave. When the future Hokage looks back at her, she lets go hastily but she does not cringe in fear, not in the same way she does when she is with him. Neji clenches his fists but can't turn himself away from the scene in front of him.
067. Her garden
It's small, tucked away out of sight, a tiny plot of dirt behind the tool shed, the plants soaking in their small patch of light. She works there, often, caring for her plants. Her clothes get muddy, hands coming away with dirt, her small back bent over the herbs, and usually an unrestrained smile on her face that lights up her eyes.
Neither Hanabi nor Neji feel they have the right to defile it. They hide it away from Hiashi.
068. Height
He was taller than her, he had always been taller then her. He was also older but that was never really the reason. She had the habit of bowing her shoulders and keeping her gaze to the ground, it made her so much smaller than real. The first time she wears the heeled getas and turns without knowing she was not alone, she stares straight into his eyes and she is startled, but not so much as he, as he is overwhelmed by the feeling that he wishes she would look into his eyes again.
069. Childbearing Figure
She is beautiful, with her belly round with his child. He leans on the doorway of the courtyard and watches her, as she stands in the midday sun, eyes closed and face serene, basking in the light with her hands gently around her protruding abdominal. Pride, possessiveness, satisfaction, and a soft lingering regret mix inside of him violently. He holds onto the moment with everything he has.
It's been so long since Neji has been truly happy.
070. Sunlight
She stands in the sun. The light shines on her and she seems soak in and radiate the brightness. She is beautiful and ethereal and shimmering like her names implies.
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