Black Hair and Blue Eyes (NaruxNeji)

'What does his hair feel like?' I wondered to myself, once again openly staring at the object of my wet dreams. Pale lavender eyes accentuated his face in the perfect way and his hair fell halfway down his back, looking like it felt softer than silk. I shivered with desire, but knew that I couldn't do anything about it. We were both guys, and I didn't think he was gay, so what chance did I have with him?

"Naruto, why are you staring at me?" I heard him ask. I was so focused on looking at him that had I not seen his lips move, I wouldn't have known that he had spoken. I managed to successfully fight off a blush, but my voice wasn't so easy to control.

"No-nothing! Why do you ask?" I blurted out. Even I wouldn't have believed that. Neji raised his eyebrow, and I watched the action with rapt fascination. Everything that he did was perfect in every way. Everything he did sent my mind spinning into the gutter. I so needed to get laid.

Almost as if he knew what I was thinking, Neji graced me with a seductive smirk that nearly had me whimpering in need. Thankfully, I caught myself just in time. I forced myself to become more natural.

"Seriously, nothing's wrong. Don't we have a mission to complete?" I asked, glad that my voice sounded more like it usually does, even though that was fake as well. Not many people knew how deep in pain I was. Those that did were careful not to let it slip. Probably afraid of what I would do to them, not that I would really do anything, but people just get it in their heads that I am an evil monster that will hurt anyone and everyone around me. Just because I had a demon fox sealed inside of me did NOT mean that I immediately became the fox. I was my own person, but no one would see it.

Throughout that entire scene in my head, I didn't even notice that my face lost all of it's good humor, only to be replaced with what I try to keep off of it. Pain. For just a fleeting moment, I let all of my pain show on my face, and I didn't need to look at Neji to know that he had seen it. I could sense the shock radiating off of him.

Just as quickly as it as there, the pain was gone. I smiled at Neji and fled from him before he could question me.

Throughout the rest of the mission, I managed to avoid Neji asking me any questions. It was tough, but I didn't want him to know how painful my life had been. I knew that I could hide it well, but something about Neji made me want to tell him my entire life. As far as I knew, he had no clue about the Kyuubi, and I planned to keep it that way. I couldn't deal with the rejection that it would cause.

I considered myself pretty lucky, but my luck abruptly ended once the mission had ended. Neji apparently didn't have anything better to do, so he followed me back to my house. I tried to shake him off of my tail before we got there, but he stayed on my tail resolutely. I didn't want him to see where I lived. I tried to make my apartment as livable as possible, but I lived in the worst part of the village.

As I landed on my feet at my front door, I turned around, unsurprised to find Neji already there. He had his arms crossed, regarding me with a raised eyebrow. I was tired of trying to act all clueless and naive. I just wanted to be me for a bit.

"What did you want Neji?" I asked. My voice didn't betray any of my emotions, but it also didn't hold any of the cheer that is always present in it. Upon hearing it, Neji's other eyebrow rose. He regarded me carefully before moving so fast he was a blur. He backed me up against the wall and moved both of his arms to either side of my face, effectively blocking me in. To saw I was surprised would have been an understatement. Shocked would have been the closest word.

"I want to know why you always act so cheerful around people when you're so full of pain." Neji said. It was a little surprising to hear that he had me figured out so well from just one glimpse of the pain I keep locked up. Then again, it didn't take a genius to figure it out.