The Quiet Ones (Neji x Shy! Reader)

Chapter 19: A Mission?

    I walked back over to (Y/n) and gently held her small shaking frame in my arms. Another loud boom sounded, making her shake even more. “Shh. It’s alright.” I soothed as I gently rubbed her back. After a while, she calmed down and fell asleep. I smiled gently.
     “She’s so cute when she’s asleep.” I said to myself as I picked her up and carried her to her room.
     I put her in her bed and pulled the blankets over her before turning to walk away. Suddenly a hand grabbed my wrist, stopping me from leaving the room. I sighed and laid down next to her before I drifted off to sleep.
     I woke up to see that (Y/n) was no longer next to me. “She must’ve woken up and gone to make breakfast.” I thought as I stood up and walked to the kitchen. “Good morning.” A voice said. “Good morning.” I replied groggily.
     She placed a plate in front of me and one across from me. Before sitting down across from me. “So what happened last night?” She asked shyly as we ate. “There was a thunderstorm and you got scared. I calmed you down and you fell asleep but wouldn’t let me leave.” I explained with a slight tone of amusement in my voice.
     She blushed a bit and nodded, most likely embarrassed about her reaction. After breakfast we washed the dishes and heard a knock on the door. She gave me a confused look before the two of us walked to the door. I opened the door to find none other than the blond knucklehead Naruto.
     “Huh? Neji? What’re you doing at (Y/n)’s apartment?” He asked, giving me a dumb look. I sighed. “None of your business idiot.” I said making him glare and yell at me.
     “Hey! I’m not an idiot!” He retorted. I closed my eyes and sighed at him. “What’s up Naruto?” (Y/n) asked from beside me.
     “Granny Tsunade wants to see you two.” Naruto said with a grave look. We nodded and followed Naruto to the Hokage’s office.

(Y/n)’s PoV
     “Who the hell is Tsunade and why does she want to see us?” I thought as we walked through the village. “Hey Neji.” I asked. He hummed in response without looking at me.
     “Who’s Tsunade?” I asked. “The new Hokage. She was instated when you were in the hospital still.” He explained. “Wait, what about Lord Third?” I asked confused.
     Neji looked at the ground. “He was killed while fighting Orochimaru.” He said gravely. I nodded sadly and walked into the Hokage building. We now stood before a blonde woman who I assumed was Lady Tsunade. She assigned us to a mission to retrieve Sasuke from Orochimaru.

*Timeskip to after mission.*
    I walked into Neji’s hospital room to see that he was now sitting up in his hospital bed. We held each other tightly as tears rolled down my face followed by my sobs as Neji tried to comfort me.
     It wasn’t too long before Naruto had left to train with the Legendary Sannin Jiraiya and Sakura and I began learning medical ninjutsu from Lady Tsunade.
     Neji became a chunin and so did most of the Konoha 12 as well as the Sand Siblings and several others including myself. I became a nurse at the Konoha Hospital along with Sakura, Ino learned medical ninjutsu, Neji became a Jounin and Gaara became the Kazekage.

*Timeskip 1 year*
     One night I sat there and realized how much stronger we’d all become. Hinata became a chunin too thanks to Neji training her in the gentle fist. Hinata had even gotten over her stutter! I smiled as I looked at my picture of all of our friends. “Someone seems happy.” I smiled as I felt Neji’s strong arms slip around my waist as kissed me on the cheek.
     I smiled and turned around in his arms to kiss him lightly on the lips. “Just thinking.” I said happily as I stared into his pale lavender eyes. “About what?” He asked me as he looked at the picture. “About how much we’ve all changed.” I replied. He smiled and nodded in agreement.