Lunch time and getting to know you

"Mistake?" She repeated while looking at nothing in particular. "Mistake...so if I do something wrong when...I do not mean to....it is excusable?"

"Excactly."he smiled,glad she was actually getting it. "You see that is the kind of things I will be teaching you."

"Oh....so-this is part of ...having a better life?" she leaned forward looking at him somewhat curious as to what made him smile like that.

Neji nodded."Yes that's part of it. The sooner you stop hurting yourself the better."

"Oh....okay." she kicked her legs again and then asked, "So-what happened in the elders office anyway?"

"They said that they didn't care about your well being and said i was a nuisance and needed to leave."he said and rolled his eyes. "I was very obliged to do so. They were not as great as their titles put them to be."

"Neji....what they told you....it was all true. I am stupid and-and-I am not qualified to be an actual person...." Her shoulders dropped from their straight stance and her eyes showed sadness and seriousness. "Things have happened in my life that make me see this fit to be the truth..."

"As long as you exist you have the right to be an actual person. There are no rules saying you have to be a certain way."he said and held her shoulder. "I myself have changed quite abit. I've had some terrible things happen to me. I used to think that the fate of a person was set and there was no improving the way your life was destinec to be. But I was changed when a friend snapped me out of it."

"You think...there is still hope for me then? I...do not know if it is possible anymore...." she lowered her head but winced when he reached out thinking he'd hit her. When it gently rested on her shoulder she blushed and looked at hi, "Why do you try so hard....to help me change? Am I really all that worth it?"

Neji looked at her and nodded. Long as you are willing to change,you are worth it.Only if you lose faith n yourself will I be wasting my time."

Love looked a bit away from him. She was falling into his eyes again. Those beautiful-beautiful eyes....She almost missed what he had said but nodded. Love scratched the back of her head and then looked at the sun-lit sky. Her eyes widened and she grinned.

"I believe in Neji's words! But....I do not know as much as I would prefer to know about you. Tell me about yourself," she encouraged him. Her smile had returned in an unclear way but it was much better than her mopiness.

"Um,myself? What about me?"he asked,unsure of what he should say.

Her jaw dropped a bit as a bundle of questions filled her mouth at once causing a big, "Uh..." that leaked from her mouth. She blinked quickly as she thought and nodded at an idea she made mentally before pointing at him holding her finger between his eyes.

"Why are your eyes so pretty and white? I really like them...but I have never seen anything like them....My eyes are round and black but noting unique...not like yours...no....nothing like yours."

She raised her hand and held it just a few inches from his eyes as if taking this as a substitute pleasure for literally touching them which even she knew was not polite to do. Love hastily brought her hand to his chin and tilted it up a bit so she could see it from the side making sure they were not fake.

Neji frowned and put his hand on her arm when she touched his face. "Please stop. This is uncomfortable."he said and let go of her once she had removed her hold on his chin.
"My eyes are like tis because my eyes have the Byakugan. It' a kekkei genkai that only the Hyuga clan can obtain so it makes sense if you don't have them and if no one but a Hyuga has them."he explained and looked at he a little bit embarrassed. "And...thankyou for the compliment."

"Byakugan? Hyuga clan? Oh my-you must have a family then," she leaned forward. "Um-you are welcome....Now you said clan so your family is relatively large is it not? And....only your clan has this 'kekkei genkai' meaning....there are a lot of shinobi with those eyes?"

"Yes there are.Do you have a clan too? Or are you simply from a small family?"he asked and looked around randomly. "I do not have a father though. He died when I was young.I've been raised by my uncle"

"Clan? Family? Um...no. My mother died while I was barely a toddler and I had not lived with her....my father tried hurting me while I was in his custody at around.....I suppose I was four or just turned five so I was taken from him and....no one had seen him since then. No Neji kun, I have neither. I am on my own. That is not relevant though. I am sorry about your father but even without him you seem to have been raised well under your uncles wing."

She stretched her arms overhead and sighed with her eyes closed, "The idea of having someone who will care for you, parent or not is something I envy. But what has been done cannot be undone. I was not meant to have such fortune."

"Oh do not say that. In my case, having an uncle for a guardian was no treat. Don't think that you are meant for misfortune because you find yourself missing out on somethings."he said and shrugged. "But our misfortunes shouldn't be our focus right now. Okay?"he said and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

Her eyes were crossed as she gazed upon a ladybug on her nose. It gave him the notion she heard absolutely nothing. She blinked slowly and then started speaking again in a dazed voice.

"Why was fate your ideal way of thinking? Why did it matter to you so much until your....friend said somehing about it?"

Neji watched the lady bug and rolled his eyes. He may have wantedc to help her,but he could take her light-headedness no more than he could take Naruto's.
"I was taught that way through the death of my father and the actions of the main branch on the my family I thought that I would always be stuck in one postion,not able to improve or move up in anyway."

"Well-that is stupid." she picked the bug from her nose and held it in her hands.

"You ca always improve. Take training for example. You get better and better." She crossed her legs and looked at him, "So you changed have you? I am glad. You do have potential to be great as you get older and your attitude is not exactly unwelcoming. Oh! Were you ever on squadron?"

"Yes,actually I was on the same squad as your brother and our friend tenten."he said,smiling abit remembering their many days together.

"My brother? I do not have a brother." she uttered out in clear bewilderment. "Are you sure we are related...how come I have never met him or heard of him?"

Neji's eyes widened. He had not meant to blurt that out. Love and Lee's connection to each other had been busying his mind so much and he had not meant to tell her about him in case he was wrong. "Oh,no no. I'm sorry. I made a mistake forgive me please."

She leaned forward in her seat, "What mistake? Hm...oh never mind....Oh-I wanted to know about your abilities. When we were sparring my chakra control grew more and more limited. It was as if....as if you were closing off my chakra points and-and your eyes just grew more bold and in a way...the strain you put them under made them prettier but-what exactly was happening? What are your methods?"

Love's more obedient side had comeout doing her best to put aside the brother comment as much as it intrigued her. Her features were identical but in a more feminine way. She was just oblivious to this.