Note from the Author: This is for Furuido because we were randomly discussing this pairing the other day. o.O And then I had to write it … even though, you know, it freaks me out beyond all reason.

Book-manga-freak: I think they actually do make Shino and Kiba plushies. :puzzled:

Porny: Yeah – I always wondered about the bandages too. Sooooo I had a hit-myself-in-the-head-and-say, "Duh, I write fan fiction!" moment.

You know, I've heard the term "Canon" used to describe pairings before, and I really don't know what it means. -.- :feels like a bad fan:

:gives you an OOC shovel: Now we're twinkies!

Ihrtinu: … You're a Kiba fangirl? o.O Would that happen to explain your pen name? OMG. I get it! I'm a Kiba fangirl too. -.-

Invader-Nehima: Not everyone agrees with my pairings, but I'm flattered that you read them anyway. I'm a grammar freak as well – if it's not written to my English specifications, I refuse to read it. (Pet peeve: people saying "Anyways" which isn't a word!)

… I want a ShinoKiba plushie … :plots making one:

:hugs:

DragonStorm85: Right on, babe, right on.

Naash: I honestly don't understand you at all. You don't read yaoi, you don't read NejiHina (my number one pairing!), but you read my one-shots. -.- But thank you for that:hugs:

Ravensbff: … I don't know of any like that … but now I want to write one. o.O I'll dedicate it to you!

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Rock Lee had never been able to sit still. He didn't like to waste time – life was too short, there were too many things to be done, too many things to improve upon.

And of course, one person he had to prove something to.

Hyuuga Neji – well, he was a genius, wasn't he? He had been talented from the moment he took his first Jyuuken stance.

Unlike him, Lee had had to work for his strength, had to work hard, and he had always believed that one day, he could beat Neji, because he believed in himself.

But what was very strange was that, after more than a year being on the same team with him, Lee wasn't so interested in being better than him – but being with him.

Somewhere along the way, Lee had come to love him and – oh! – how he wished it was platonic! He often envisioned the day he would confess his feelings – and those daydreams usually involved gallons of Lee's blood spewing from his body, because Neji was completely disgusted.

So he just kept it to himself, wishing Neji would offer some clue as to how he felt about him – and it would never come.

That is until one very odd day.

They had been training and were now breaking for lunch, sitting with their backs toward each other, silent, because neither really ever knew what to say to the other outside of words of encouragement or comments for improvement. So they stayed quiet, choosing to ignore each other as opposed to insulting each other.

Of course, Lee had trouble staying in one place, so his leg bounced, and he rocked from side-to-side or back-and-forth, like he was dancing to some tune no one else could hear.

His tapping fingers were abruptly subdued by Neji's hand. "Sit still, Lee." He said softly, and his back pressed against the other boy's, as if he was bracing him.

Somehow, with his fingers laced with Neji's, leaning lightly against him, being calm didn't seem nearly as hard.

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Additional A/N: o.O My first (and probably last) try at this pairing.