I got an ask for this in the blog's askbox (For the Advent Calendar, I would
love to see more of Harry's interactions with Neji.)
This isn't really a prompt fill because I was already going to put something up for this AU. So anon if you want to send in another prompt, feel free to do so.
Anyway, this bit occurs after this part
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The door slammed opened. “Nii-san! Do
you want to...” Naruto stared between the two of them in silence
for a long moment. All signs of weariness vanished into a look of
pure joy. “A summer wedding!” He turned and disappeared in a
flurry of leaves.
“Take a seat,” Harry said, ushering
his guest inside and shutting out the cool evening air. “I'll bring
the food out.”
“You didn't have to cook,” Neji
replied.
“Of course I did,” Harry said,
glancing around to make sure everything was neat and tidy. “Have a
seat.”
“We could have gone to a restaurant,”
Neji said, even though he sat at the table.
Though thrilled at Neji's easy
admission that they could go out together in public, Harry was glad
that their first proper dinner was at home and away from prying eyes.
When inevitably Harry embarrassed himself tonight, he didn't want any
witnesses.
Bypassing the stacks of dirty utensils,
Harry grabbed the soba that he'd made with a judicious amount of
magical aid.
“How did you manage to get the
herring for this?” Neji asked, his eyes fixed on Harry.
Harry shrugged, trying to stay calm
under the stare and cursing himself for not downing a Calming Draught
before. “I know people.”
“It smells good,” Neji said as he raised his chopsticks.
Though Harry had his own chopsticks in
had, he didn't move. He couldn't even breath as Neji took his first
taste of the soba.
After swallowing the first mouthful
of noodles, Neji glanced at Harry with half-lidded eyes and he licked
his lips.
“Did he say wedding?” Neji asked,
breaking their stunned silence.
Harry cleared his throat and leaned
back from the table. “I think?”
There was another long moment of
silence before Neji said, “Do we need to be worried?”
“It's Naruto,” Harry said.
They stared at each other for a long
moment before Neji said, “I'll do a quick check, just in case.”
Harry nodded.
Veins bulged into existence from the
corners of his eyes and disappeared into his smooth hair. “He's
still on the property and he has a box with our names on it,” Neji
said, his even tone hard to decipher.
“There are lots of written
notes and... swatches.”
“Swatches?” Harry asked, even
though he didn't want to.
“I think they're kimono swatches?
There's embroidery on it.” Neji's eyes switched back to normal.
Harry sighed and looked down at his
bowl of soba, embarrassed that his first proper dinner with Neji was
ruined. Nothing could salvage this.
“I've always known that Naruto could
be quite a handful,” Neji said. “I'll have my work cut out for me
with him as family.”
Harry looked up, his heart fluttering
at the words.
With his eyes
crinkled in amusement as he gazed at Harry, Neji slurped down some
more noodles.
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To be honest, Naruto has way more boxes dedicated to their future wedding.
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