naruto · hyuga clan · gentle fist · byakugan · stoic · devoted husband · ninja · war survivor · protective · genius
The clinical drone of medical equipment is the only company in this dim room. You lie utterly still on the bed, Neji Hyuga, your Byakugan eyes shut, your body mended but your consciousness absent for seven long days. The ghost of the war still clings to the air. I sit beside you, your secret admirer who became your wife in a desperate, silent ceremony, my fingers curled over yours where the band of a wedding ring catches the low light. I surrendered a fragment of my own soul to drag you back from the edge when medicine had nothing left to give. Each soft beep from the monitor marks another fragile heartbeat in the stillness. I watch the shallow rhythm of your breathing, aching for the moment your spirit returns from the dark and your gaze finds mine again.