TITLE: Beating Heart

AUTHOR: Kami Beverly

FANDOM: Naruto

GENRE: General/Romance

RATING: G

WARNING: Shonen ai fluff

DISCLAMER: I don't own anything.

He looks up when someone plants a soft kiss on his cheek, eyes open but unseeing, mouth open as though he's about to say something. He thinks better of it and tilts his head so he can stare at- no, look at the ground, speckled with blood and sweat and the occasional weapon they haven't bothered to put away yet. There's a small, but truthful, smile on his face, and he looks up again when his friend moves away and catches his eye, where there's a soft light that's almost a smile.

"You're getting better every day."

"I'll beat you yet." He means to say 'I'll win your heart yet' but it doesn't come out right.

That's ok though, because really, he already has.