-Chapter Ten-
-Just One Voice-
I'm confused. Which isn't normal, trust me. I don't know what I've done, but it's something bad. 'Rich bastard's whore'? Where had that come from!
"Neji?"
"Hn?"
"Have I done anything recently that would annoy my girlfriend?"
"Naruta wasn't acting today."
"I know." I mutter, letting my face fall into my hands.
"She broke up with you, huh?" I really need to get a less perceptive best friend.
"Yeah. I sigh, knowing I can't hide anything from Neji.
"I'll ask Tenten."
"What! You are not telling Tenten all of my problems!" Neji looks affronted.
"How dumb do you think I am! I'll just ask her what you asked me." I watch him suspiciously for a bit before getting up and stretching.
"Wanna go and get drunk?"
"Is that a trick question?"
Everything's hazy. Normally I feel better when I'm drunk; less in touch with reality, but now...
Everything Naruta ever said to me, good or bad, is replaying in my mind, her beautiful face, her random love of orange, her strange taste in music. I moan with the complexity of it all; my own head feeling like a strange and unexplored new world. I manage to get outside where I lean against a wall, letting the cool, red bricks press into my forehead.
"You look miserable."
"I am."
"Why?"
"Love sucks."
"You love her!" The voice in my head sounds shocked.
"Of course I do, how could I not? Her laughter, her dimples, her voice. She's perfect."
"You really are drunk."
"I know."
A/N: Awwwww! He said he loved her! But only to voice in his head...or was it...?
Becki
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