We're Not Even Friends

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞... 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭." 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. "𝐀𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?" 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤. "𝐀𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞."
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Two shinobi. One mission. And a lie that feels too real.

When you and Neji Hyuga are sent undercover as a couple in a quiet village, the assignment is simple: observe, report, and pretend to be in love. But the longer you play the part, the harder it becomes to tell where the mission ends and something real begins.

Somewhere between fake holding hands and silent nights, duty starts to blur into desire, and pretending was never part of the plan.

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