7 Years When I Was Alive (Neji x Reader) Naruto Fan fic

09. Only The Good

09. Only the Good

Messy. That was the first thought that ran through Neji's mind when he watched you stepped into the clearing. Nothing much had changed about you. You were slightly taller, your skin was a bit tanned from training under the glare of the sun, emphasizing the freckles that decorated the bridge of your nose and your rosy cheeks. Your untamed [h/c] hair was longer than ever. It was almost tailing behind you in the grass and the familiar few strands swept across your face. 

Indeed, he thought to himself, you were messy. You didn't comb your hair, you didn't even bother to tie your hair and you didn't bother to wipe the smudge on the tip of your nose.

And yet, when you called him beautiful, he couldn't help but touch his lips to your forehead.

Because even though you were a mess...

You were such a beautiful mess in his eyes.

"I-"

"You-"

"I don't know why I did that," Neji lied, taking a step back to add some distance between the two. You couldn't help but laugh a bit when you noticed Neji training his eyes on the grass beneath your sandals.

"Neji are you.....blushing?" you asked in delight, trying not to crack up at the pink of his cheeks that deepened at your question. He quickly turned away to hide his reddening face. How embarrassing, he grumbled to himself, he didn't think he was the blushing type.

"No," he muttered in denial, walking off in a hurry," I'm leaving."

"I'll see you at the tournament," you called after Neji, admiring his shy side from afar. 

"Don't even bother showing up. I'm up against a failure and the outcome is predictable. We all know I'm going to win," he grunted nonchalantly, believing the end of the match was decided before it even began. You sighed and shook your head. He was still as fixated on destiny as ever. With a final glance his way, you ran off to visit Hinata in the hospital.

"Angel-CHANN!" Naruto Uzumaki squealed once he spotted you roaming down the hospital corridor with a bouquet of sunflowers in your arms. He jumped on you, tackling you to the ground with his crushing hug.

"That's not my name!!!" you whined at the nickname. Everyone had begun calling you Angel or Angel Face because of Kiba. He ignored you and rubbed his cheek on yours.

"Where have you been?! Were you on a  journey? Did you go training-ttebayo? Boy! Do I have a lot to tell you!"

You pushed him off and gasped for air. Kiba wasn't kidding, Naruto had grown physically stronger and nearly hugged you to death," are you trying to kill me!?"

"No. I was just excited to see you dattebayo," he grinned and got on his feet, helping you up along the way," did anyone tell you yet? I am going to take part in the tournament for the chunin exam!"

You picked up the bouquet that was now partially crushed," Kiba told me! I'm going to get front row tickets just to watch you! Who are you up against anyways?"

The playfulness in Naruto's eyes twisted into fury as he seethed," Hyuga Neji."

You blinked in surprise. The failure Neji was referring to was your friend Naruto!? " N-Neji?"

"He's the one who put Hinata through all this suffering," Naruto was trying his best to control the anger that was fighting its way to the surface," he disrespected her and called her a failure when she was trying so hard to prove herself."

"I know," you mumbled with a soft sigh. Neji was becoming such an infamous person. If he continues down this road he might get chased out of Konoha,"Naruto..."