To Blindly Follow

Greetings to all and thank you to those who are still reading and reviewing. I love reviews. Any way, i will try to get another update out sooner but that may be kinda hard right now. I will try my best though. Love all of you much JA NE Anubis.




Neji woke up, feeling comfortable and warm. He could feel Sasuke’s breath on the back of his neck, blowing his hair slightly. He shifted a little, and winced. His leg was sore and stiffer than usual. “Shit,” he muttered.
Sasuke moved a little and cracked one eye open. “What’s wrong?” he asked.

“My leg is sore,” Neji said, “I think I slept with it positioned wrong.”

The Uchiha sighed and moved to get up. He looked at his lover’s leg, which actually looked swollen. “Can you move it?” he asked.

Neji nodded and shifted it to sit in front of him. He winced as the pain shot up into his hip and he looked at Sasuke. “Can you help me up?” he asked softly.

Sasuke stood and helped Neji off the bed. The Hyuuga stood unsteadily for a moment then limped towards the bathroom, leaning on the wall. Sasuke watched for a moment, and then walked to the kitchen to start breakfast.

Neji stood in the bathroom, trying to get his leg to cooperate. “This sucks,” he growled, starting the shower.

Sasuke sighed when he heard the shower start. He knew that Tsunade would want to see Neji and him today, but if the leg as acting up this badly, it would be hard for Neji to make the trip. Sighing again, he pulled out the ingredients for the breakfast and began to cook.

Neji leaned his head against the shower wall. He was concentrating, trying to use his Byakugan. When he finally got a flash, the pain was searing. Crying out, he collapsed in the shower, holding his head.

Sasuke ran into the bathroom and lifted Neji out of the shower. “What happened?” he asked.

“I was trying something,” Neji whimpered, “But it hurt.”

Sasuke looked at his lover’s face and noticed that the Byakugan was activated. “Neji, the pain will go away when you turn have to deactivate the Byakugan,” he said gently.

Closing his eyes for a moment, he felt the pain slip away. “Why the hell did you do that?” Sasuke asked, “Have you tried this before?’

Neji shook his head. “First time,” he said, “I hate being useless!”

“You are not useless,” Sasuke snapped, “You only think that way because your circumstances have changed.”

Neji tried to glare at his lover, but his head still hurt a little. He was happy that he saw something, but it was not enough. He pushed himself up and noticed that he was getting cold. Sasuke had turned off the water. “Can you help me find some clothes?’ Neji asked, “I forgot to grab some.”

Sasuke stood as well and stared at Neji. “Don’t do that again,” he said, “Unless you are with Tsunade or me.”

Neji turned and glared again. “What the hell does it matter to you?” he snapped, “I am sure that you are getting tired of having to help me out.”

“Why the fuck would you think that?” Sasuke growled, “If I were getting tired of you, you would be back at your family’s house.”

Neji backed away. “You would really send me back there?” he asked quietly.

Sasuke mentally smacked himself in the head. “No, I would never send you back there,” he said, “I didn’t mean to say that.”

“Then why did you say it?”

Sasuke gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. “I didn’t mean it, all right,” he said.

Neji heard the change in his tone and sighed. “Fine, can you get me my clothes now, I am starting to get cold,” he said, grabbing a towel.

Sasuke nodded and walked out of the bathroom. Neji listened for a moment then sat on the toilet. He buried his face in his hands and began to cry.

Naruto looked at his empty ramen bowl morosely. He didn’t have any money left with him to buy some more. Looking around, he saw Kakashi walking by the stand and he jumped up. Running up behind his lover, he placed his arms around the narrow waist and laid his head on the strong back.

“Out of money and you want more ramen?” Kakashi said, smiling underneath his mask.

“Yup,” Naruto said, “I’ll pay you back tonight.”

“You had better.”

“Oh, I will,” Naruto purred into a delicate ear, “you will love the payment you are going to get.”

Kakashi shuddered and gave some money to Naruto. “You had better make good on that promise.”


Sasuke heard Neji start to cry and sighed in frustration. He knew he should not have said what he did, but Neji should know better than to do things like that. He grabbed some clothes and walked back into the bathroom. “Why are you crying? He asked softly.

Neji drew in a breath and shook his head. “Because I am nothing but a burden to you right now,” he said, “You are being paid to stay here with me and you have to do things for me that I should be able to do myself.”

“I know, but you will be able to do things for yourself again,” Sasuke said, “You have to have patience and work hard.”

He laid a hand on Neji’s back and tried to soothe him. The older teen shuddered, hunching his shoulders. Sasuke frowned and helped him up. “Come on, let’s get you dressed,” he said gently.

Neji nodded and followed his lover into the bedroom. He sat on the bed, and held out his hand. Sasuke handed him his shirt and watched silently as Neji dressed himself. When Neji was finished, he stood and walked into the sitting room, moving fairly confidently through the apartment. Sasuke smiled and then looked over towards the kitchen. He could smell the breakfast he had started. At least nothing burned.

Neji heard Sasuke walk into the kitchen and sighed. He then heard their phone ring and Sasuke pick it up. He tried to listen, but Sasuke was talking quietly. When he heard the phone hang up he sat back and waited. “Neji, guess what?” Sasuke asked, when he walked into the room.


I am evil huh?