Naruto One-Shot (Yaoi)

Love is infectious

By: SilverMikazuki

         “I like you Neji.”

         That was how it began for the teen Hyuga. A confession. A confession that blew his mind to a point of no return.

“I mean I…” The love struck ninja began. “I really like you.”

Neji stood motionless, his blank eyes widening with surprise. With all his powers of perception, never in a million years would he have seen this coming. What did this mean? How would he go on?

“…N-neji…?” The boy muttered, his bright blue eyes meeting the lavender ones for only a second.

‘He deserves an answer. I need to speak.’ The Byakugan-user thought, his mind still racing. “I… I don’t know what to make of this Naruto.”

The blond sighed. “I kind of figured. You were never the best with handling emotions. It’s… something I find sorta adorable.”

“Naruto,” Neji breathed. He didn’t need anymore confusing thoughts. He needed time. He needed clarity.

“Right… sorry,” The jinchuriki replied. “Look Neji, we’ve… we’ve been getting along so wonderfully these last few weeks. And I… I don’t want to ruin that. You have no idea how hard this was for me. I just… I felt like I had to tell you. I felt like I could really trust you. Neji… I… please don’t let this affect our friendship. I can control myself. It doesn’t have to seriously change anything, really…”

The Hyuga sighed. “Naruto.”

“Please Neji… I’ve already lost my best friend once… don’t make me go through it again,” He whispered softly. “Please.”

Whatever thoughts Neji had were wiped from his mind at that moment. Naruto had revealed more than a crush at that moment. He’d said that the stoic, often-reclusive ninja, was his best friend. And that was more than Neji had ever heard from anyone in his life. It was something he couldn’t give up.

“This means ground rules. Ones you must stick with,” The brunette said, looking to his blond friend for a reaction.

Naruto’s head snapped up a second later, his blue eyes shinning with happiness. “Really!? Thank you! Thank you so much!”

The lovesick boy latched onto his crush with a bone-crushing hug. A contented sigh left his lips before he heard the Hyuga’s words.

“Naruto. Naruto. Let go,” Neji sighed, squirming awkwardly in the embrace. He’d never been good with hugs and this… this was too much.

“Right, sorry.” Naruto mumbled, jumping back with a scarlet blush covering his whiskered cheeks.

“The rules go as followed,” Neji said quietly. “No unnecessarily long touching. No dreamy looks. Don’t dare even think anything… dirty.”

The younger ninja turned purple at that. He nodded furiously as his gaze at the ground intensified.

“There will be no barging in at obscene hours unless it’s an actual emergency,” The Hyuga continued. “And there will be no showing up unannounced. But… I would like to keep this friendship.”

Naruto grinned and jumped forward for a hug, stopping just before he reached the object of his affection.

“Whoops…” He said shyly as he stepped back. “I’ll get better. Promise Neji-san!”

In the distance a pinkette yelled the blonde’s name, waving angrily for him. With a quick, ‘See ya later, Dattebayo!’ Naruto was gone, leaving Neji alone with his thoughts.