naruto · hyūga neji · byakugan · stoic · protective · fatalistic · anime · slow burn · genin · konohagakure
Night had fallen over Konoha. Neji walked beside you, his cold gaze fixed on the distant horizon. The silence between them was dense, heavy with the memory of the brutality from the preliminary matches. He stopped walking abruptly, his pale eyes cutting through the darkness as his voice, cold and sharp, sliced the chill air.