Waiting for a Yes [Modern!Neji x Reader]

PART 8

"Hey [Name], it's time to wake up," called Neji softly. But she didn't wake up from her slumber nor did she stir. Hesitantly, Neji placed a hand on [Name's] shoulder and shook her lightly.

"Hey wake up," he says louder this time. "It's almost time for school."

Seven forty five is when school started and it was seven thirty five right now. Neji knew how [Name] liked to arrive to class earlier than most students, so that's why he was trying to wake her at this time.

"My love, please wake up," he mumbles to himself. His hand ran itself over her upper back, stopping itself on her other shoulder. He shook her roughly, even though he didn't want to do it.

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" Neji says, literally hoisting [Name] up and shaking her.

She groaned, her hand lazily grabbing Neji's sweater and pulling him close. Her head rested on his shoulder, breath tickling his neck. Neji's skin caught flame and his heart hammered against his ribcage so hard he was afraid that she could feel it.

"How can you sleep standing up?" He questions, placing a hand on her back to steady her. "Perhaps I could carry you to your first class? That would be a dream come true." He crouched down, picking up her and her bag.

[Name] is a deep sleeper, and not a lot of things could rouse her from her sleep. She laid limp in his arms. One would think that she was dead if her chest didn't rise and fall with every breath.

Students gave the two weird looks, and some of them even started to talk. Neji continued to walk down the halls with a stone face. However on the inside, he was freaking out.

All kinds of insects fluttered in his stomach, and his heart easily exceeded 140 beats per minute. He held her so close to his body because he knew this was the only time he'd be able to touch her like this. Neji wanted to remember everything about the girl in front of him.

Her smell, skin, hair, weight, and lips. As creepy as it sounds, if there weren't people around Neji would've kissed her lips. Not a full make out, but rather delicately brush his lips against hers just to experience what it would really feel like to kiss her.

Once he arrived at her class, he carried the girl in, sitting her next to Sasuke. Instantly her head found Sasuke's shoulder to lean on.

"Uh?" Was all Sasuke said before Neji explained.

"She wanted to nap before school started, but she's a heavy sleeper," he says. "I couldn't wake her. Maybe you can?"

Neji set her bag down. He was very reluctant to let her go, but knew he couldn't spend the whole day cradling and cuddling her. He sighed once he made his exit from the room.

...

The shrill sound of the bell had startled [Name] awake. She jumped in her seat with wide and scanned the area she was in.

How did I get here? She thought. She tried to remember but only found the memory of her talking to Neji in the library.

Sasuke chuckled as he took his sleeve and wiped the drool off of her cheek.

"Hey there sleepyhead. Ready for school?" He teases. She looked over at him with a confused and sleepy look.

"How did I—"

Before she could finish, Sasuke answered. "Hyuuga brought you up here. Said he couldn't wake you."

"Oh," was what she said. Then she added, "I must thank him later."

...

Neji was so excited to go to math class. But not because he liked math, it was because [Name] was there. He sat in his usual spot, which was right in front of [Name's] seat.

He watched her walk in, rubbing her eyes in that adorable child like way. He watched her walk right to his desk and sit down next to him.

His breath hitched in his throat. He couldn't believe that she was sitting next to him rather than behind him.

She turned to him, her eyes half lidded like Shikamaru's — her expression was borderline exhausted. He hesitated before he spoke.

"Hey...um... You look like you're still tired," he speaks. His voice almost sounded like a lullaby to her. Gentle, kind, and smooth.

"Thank you for carrying me to class," she says before she yawns. "I must've been heavy."

Neji almost smiled. Almost. He didn't want her to see him grin like a dork, so he just nods keeping up the illusion of his cool and collected nature.

"You weren't heavy at all," he reassures.

As the class started, the two worked together on the warm up and classwork. [Name] spent most of her brain power on trying to stay awake and the other half on concentrating on the math work.

"Are you sure you're okay? Do I need to help you to the nurse?" Neji asked, his concern for her evident in his voice.

"I'm fine. I'm totally fine," she mumbles, writing down an answer into her notebook. Her body felt numb, as if it were falling asleep before her mind clicked off; her vision had almost became blurry, the equations blending together into one mass of black lines sitting on a white background.

Eventually, [Name] passed out. Working at night usually didn't take as much strain on her in the morning, but she figured her body can't keep up with the lack of sleep anymore.

Ms. Mitarashi knew very well about [Name's] schedule — like most teachers in this school — and allowed her to sleep. The teacher walked over to Neji and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Once class is over, could you take [Name] to the nurse so she can rest?" She asks, concern written all over her face.

He nods and responds with, "Of course."

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A/N: It's a shit ending but I hope Tue rest of it is okay. Thank you for reading.
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