I know. It's just- I wish I hadn't taken your choices away so that you wouldn't have had to do it.

[And trying to explain herself was making her cry less, but still tears poured down her cheeks as she pulled back to look up at him. She hated every moment that came after, seeing Naruto doubt himself while Obito verbally abused him and blamed him for Neji, when he'd only been trying to protect them.]

I-I'm so sorry... [Closing her eyes tightly, she tries to stop how hard her heart is slamming in her chest. Neji was here, alive, and he wouldn't leave again if she had any say about it. She didn't regret moving to protect Naruto. She would die for him gladly, but it had cost her something to feel that way for him. It had cost her someone just as important and dear to her.]