After the chunnin exams Neji changed, a lot. You remembered how selfish and cold he could be, but now he had been trying to be softer, of course, he was still somewhat calm and serious, he couldn't change that. Not when he basically had to take care of everyone, only excepting Shikamaru, he considered that he had to take care of them, after all, he was the oldest one.

He liked you, the way you seemed to take care of everyone just as he did. The way you spoke so calm and soft, how your hands had feel on his when he was lucky to hold you in a mission.

He just felt different with you.

He watched you as you tried to make the bonfire for the team,he used to thought that you both weren't meant to be.

His gaze shifted to Naruto, who was laying lazily against a tree with the eyes closed, before returning to you.

But if he truly could change his destiny, he wanted you to be on it. "Do you need help with that?"

He offered softly as he stood up and approached you from behind.