Blunt
Gelfling
He steeled himself. He opened his mouth. He closed his mouth.
Hesitation was not something that came naturally to Neji Hyuuga; he'd detested the trait worst of all the traits he disliked about Hinata Hyuuga when he hated her because she was her and the Head of House's daughter. He still disliked being hesitant; it wasn't really him.
He smoothed his hair back; an unnecessary gesture, revealed his nervousness. Damn. The hell with it. It couldn't be that hard, people did this every day! Sometimes they did it more than once! Even Lee found it easy, and Neji found it hard to keep his gaze steady in the mirror.
"Since the mission..."
No, that sounded stupid.
"I believe earlier that you..."
Too damn formal. If he was too subtle, the idiot would never get the hidden message. Damn.
"I'd like to treat you to dinner."
Neji considered that. Straightforward, to the point, very suspicious but would Naruto notice that?
Neji blinked; it was hard to predict what Naruto would and wouldn't pick up; sometimes he was thick as a brick sandwich, other times he heard and saw the dead echoes of the deeper truths where Neji couldn't see or hear a thing. Naruto was...difficult. Very difficult. Just his luck--Neji always considered his luck to be abysmal.
Still. He would not be waylaid. Neji inhaled and exhaled, shifting his shoulders (another nervous gesture damn it! ) and planned.
So. Naruto might pick it up (always plan for the worse). Naruto would accept of course, it was free food and Naruto was a hopeless moocher for free food especially if it came with company. But if Naruto picked up the subtleties...and he asked, what would be the diplomatically correct answer?
"I wanted to." Neji scowled inwardly; too obvious, too shallow.
"I wanted to spend time with you." Neji flinched; too blunt.
"I'd like...to sleep with you."
Neji found himself staring at his reflection in surprise. His reflection stared back blankly, bluntly.
"And have sex with you."
No blush; at least he wasn't blushing. He'd kill himself if he started blushing like some child; he was a full grown seventeen, already an adult in the shinobi world.
"Tonight. If you'd like. Or any other time. Preferably as often as possible."
Extremely straightforward. Almost...excessively straightforward. Too much? Not enough? But it was true!
"I mean, we've already kissed and I like you and I believe you like me and we have no other formal engagements. If you'd like."
Neji stopped himself. God. He sounded like an idiot.
Was it too late to back out?
A fist thudded on the bathroom door. Naruto.
"OI! C'MON! I NEED TOILET NOW!"
Neji closed his eyes, almost wincing. It was straightforward enough, he thought. Only one way to find out.
He opened the door, let Naruto in, and let himself be pushed out. Tonight. Tonight.
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