Naruto Oneshots + Imagines

The Diary (Rock Lee x Reader)

Rock Lee was buzzing with excitement as he sat in the living room of your apartment. You'd wanted to train with him and the others, but you were still in your bedroom getting ready, so he sat on the couch and looked around, dark eyes raking in every detail- the white sheer curtains that covered your window, the wooden bookshelf in the corner, the light wooden floors and matching walls, your glass coffee table, and the (f/c) couch he was currently sitting on.

You lived alone like a lot of ninjas did, and whether that was because your family life was complicated or because you'd just felt like moving out once you'd saved the money from your job as a ninja, he wasn't sure, but he didn't really ask- it was always awkward when people asked about his or Neji's family, so he tried not to put that feeling on other people. In the back of his mind, the ravenette wondered what was taking you so long. Guy-Sensei, Neji, and Tenten were probably all waiting at the training grounds for the two of you, and...

Trying to occupy his worries about being late with something else, he looked around the room again, eyes landing on the coffee table. There was something sitting on the surface that caught his attention, a little (f/c) notebook that he'd bought you for your birthday a couple of years back when the two of you had first met. You'd graduated from The Ninja Academy the year after him, Neji, and Tenten, but there had been a weird number of graduates, so while everyone was put into teams of three, you were the one who was leftover since you didn't seem to fit into any of them. The instructors had described you as incredibly talented and advanced in just about everything despite having only graduated recently, so you'd been stuck on Guy-Sensei's team a year late, and now they had a team of four students and one captain. It had been a bit of an adjustment, but one that everyone had grown used to rather quickly.

The only reason he'd brought you a notebook and a set of pens along with the cake he'd helped Tenten make was because he felt they were practical, useful gifts that wouldn't be tossed in the back of your closet and never used again, and upon seeing the notebook on your coffee table, he assumed that meant you'd used it recently.

But he also wondered what you'd used it for.

So, he picked the notebook up and opened it, thinking that you must've been using it for mission report drafts, training notes, or some other trivial thing like that.

Oh, how wrong he'd been.

'Dear diary,'

He should've stopped there. Really, he meant to stop there- he swore! It was unyouthful to read a girl's diary, and he was about to close it when he saw his name right under the first line, which caused his self-restraint to fly out the window because he'd had a crush on you for years and couldn't help but be enthused at the thought of you talking or writing about him, even when he wasn't around to see or hear it.

'This whole crush on Lee thing is getting worse with each day that passes and I'm wondering how long I'm gonna be able to keep it a secret for. I mean, I've been in love with him for the past three years and he still hasn't noticed, so there's no way he's interested. I wouldn't be surprised if he still liked Sakura... Or maybe Neji if he swings that way-'

But then, he heard footsteps coming from your bedroom, and he was slamming the notebook shut and placing it back where it'd been on the coffee table a few moments before.

Lee leaned back into the couch, looking anywhere but at the diary and trying to look as inconspicuous as he possibly could. It seemed like he'd put the notebook back down just in time because you walked into the living room a few seconds later, gorgeous as ever. Lee couldn't help but smile at you, heart beating much faster than usual as he fully processed the information that you had a crush on him, too.

"Lee, are you alright?" You asked, tilting your head, (e/c) eyes laced with concern.

He offered a hurried nod, standing up and taking you by the hand.