Chapter 1- Special Guest
"This town deinitely needs some improvement," Neji said to himslef. Neji Hyuuga was driving around, looking for a place to stay. Due to some unknown reason, Hyuuga Interprise sent him to make a business deal in this small town in the country. What was worse is that it rained alot...and Neji did not like the rain.
I could be at my penthouse in Tokyo right now. Damn Hiashi for sending me here all by myself! Neji thought. Then he saw it. A small inn that looked decent enough. He parked his car and got out of it, only to be greeted by rain drops. He walked to his trunk and grabbed his luggage, hurrying to the inn where it was dry inside.
Neji walked to the front desk where he saw a young girl with two buns. Weird hairstyle, he thought.
"Hi sir and welcome to the Tyzuka Inn! I'm Tenten, here at your service!" Tenten said energetically even though it was late at night. She was wearing a uniform with a nametag on it.
"Whatever, can I just get a room? And quick?" Neji said inpolitely and unpatiently.
"Yes, but you don't have to be such a jackass about it," Tenten replied.
"Tenten, is it? Aren't you a bit young to be saying such rude words?" Neji asked.
"I'm sixteen," she said.
"Which still makes you a child in my eyes," he said.
"What?! You can't be that much older than me. How old are you anyways? Twenty?" Tenten asked.
"No, I'm nineteen," he answered.
"Ha!" she said, pointing a finger at him.
"Where's the manager so I can complain for bad service?" Neji asked.
"You're looking at her. My family owns this place, so I like to think myself as the unofficial boss," Tenten said.
"Look miss, I just need a room so I can sleep comfortably. Tomorrow I have an important meeting and-" Neji said, getting cut off.
"What kind of meeting? Is it illegal? I bet it's illegal. I think you do some black marketing on the DL," Tenten said.
"You have one crazy imagination. I don't like imagination, among other things," Neji stated.
"You're such a pessimest, you know that?" Tenten said, crossing her arms.
"Hn, like I care. Now give me a damn room this instant!" Neji said, pounding on the counter. Why is this girl so difficult? And annoying too!
"Fine, but only because you look rich and we need the money. So, what's your name?" Tenten asked, typing on the computer.
"Neji Hyuuga."
"Never heard of you," Tenten lied. Oh shit! He's a Hyuuga! I just backtalked to a Hyuuga! she thought.
How dense is she that she doesn't even know how famous us Hyuugas are? If she were like any normal girl, she'd be all over me by now, Neji thought.
"Well Neji," Tenten said, showing no respect by calling him by his first name," here's your key. You'll be in room 48. Enjoy your stay here at Tyzuka Inn."
"Don't I need to pay you?" Neji asked.
"Not until you're ready to leave. It's $75 a night by the way. And breakfast is served promptly at 7:00," Tenten informed hum.
"Okay. I'd say thanks, but I don't think you deserve it," he said as he walked upstairs to his room.
"You're not welcome!" Tenten shouted.
"Tenten, try to keep it down. Some people are sleeping," Mr. Tyzuka said as he came in.
"Sorry dad. Did you get the eggs?" she asked.
"Yeah. Five dozen like your mom said. Shouldn't you be in bed as well? You got school tomorrow young lady," he said. He was tall, graying a bit, but still in good shape.
"Fine. Oh, did I tell you? We have a Hyuuga staying here tonight!" Tenten said.
"Really? A Hyuuga you say? When did he arrive?" he asked.
"Just a few minutes ago. Must be horrible traveling in this weather...and all alone."
"You were nice to him, right?" Mr. Tyzuka asked.
"Define nice," Tenten said.
"Tenten..." he said,
"I was a bit sassy with him, that's all," she answered.
"I guess that's not too bad."
"And I called him a jackass as well," Tenten added.
"Will you ever learn to not disrespect our guests?" Mr.Tyzuka said.
"Good night daddy," she said, walking away and leaving the question unanswered.
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The next morning Neji woke up, took a quick shower, and put on his business suit. He looked at the time and grabbed his suitcase, heading downstairs to the dining room. There were many tables, most of them already occupied by a family or couple. Neji chose one by the corner all by himself.
He saw Tenten come over and snickered. She still had her hair in two buns and she wore an apron that said "KISS THE CHEF."
"Your hairstyle, it reminds me of a panda. Except a panda is cuter than you. Oh, and nice apron," Neji said as Tenten came to his table. She looked appalled at his remark.
"Wh-What?! I know you did not just say that! I only went here to take your order and this is what I get! An insult!" Tenten exclaimed.
"Tenten, honey, you're causing a show again," her mom said as she wiped the table nearby. She looked like an older version of Tenten, minus the buns.
"Sorry. I'll try to control myself next time," Tenten said.
"Next time? Does she do this all the time?" Neji asked Mrs. Tyzuka.
"Unfortunately yes," she answered.
"You know, I'm still here! I can hear what you're saying!" Tenten said.
"Why don't you take Mr.Hyuuga's order while I make more coffee?" Mrs. Tyzuka said as she walked to the kitchen.
"What would you like Neji?" Tenten asked through gritted teeth, She took out her notepad and pen from her apron pocket.
"Two eggs, scrambled, and a hashbrown," Neji said. Tenten wrote that down, smiling as she calculated a plan to get back at him.
"Okie-dokie. And I assume you want coffee as well?" she said, still smiling.
"You change your attitude quite fast. Are you bipolar?" he said, astonished that she was acting nice to him. Maybe it's this country air that's making Tenten act weird.
"No," she said, leaving him to serve other guests. A few minutes later she came back with his breakfast. Neji stopped reading the newspaper to starte eating his food. He was about to grab the ketchup bottle for his hashbrowns when Tenten beat him to it.
"Why don't I do that for you?" she said, squeezing the bottle until it squirted ketchup...on Neji's shirt. He opened his mouth in shock.
"Ooo, is that expensive?" Tenten asked innocently.
"It was," he answered, using a napkin to blot it off.
"Let me help!" Tenten said eagerly.
"Wait-" Neji said, but too late. Tenten grabbed the napkin and wiped it on the stain, making it bigger.
"You just made it worse!" he said
"If anyone asks, just say it's a blood stain that you got from fighting a sumo wrestler. You'll definitely get macho points for that," Tenten said. My plan worked out perfectly!
"I don't want macho points! All I want is a clean suit!" Neji yelled.
"Why don't I get you more coffee? Coffee always calms me down," Tenten said, running to the kitchen. She came back quickly with a coffee pot. "Here," she said, "accidentally" pouring it on Neji's pants.
"HOT! HOT! HOT!" he shouted, getting up from his seat. He was jumping up and down, holding on to his private parts. Tenten laughed, falling to the floor.
"You think this is funny?" Neji said. By now everyone was staring at him like he was some sort of lunatic.
"Would you look at the time? I should really be getting to school now. Bye everyone!" Tenten said, running towards the front door and leaving.
"Sir, please forgive my daughter for her actions. You see, every week she picks a guest to annoy. And well, this week it's you," Mrs. Tyzuka explained.
"I see. Does Tenten treat all her 'special' guests as nice as she treats me?" Neji said sarcastically.
"No. She must really hate you," Mrs. Tyzuka said.
"Hn. Just my luck," he said.
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"Ah, Mr. Hyuuga, so nice to see you! I wasn't expecting you so soon," said. Mr.Yutaka. He was a real-estate guy who was going to show Neji some land he could but. Then the hired constructors would then build the Destiny Mall (crappy name, we know, but bear with us) that was owned by Hyuuga Interprise.
"So where's the land you wanted to show me?" Neji asked, already in a bad mood thanks to Tenten.
"Just get in my car and I'll take you there," Mr.Yutaka said.
"I'll just follow you in my car," Neji said. He didn't trust anyone and leaving his car alone would be stupid.
"If you insist," Mr. Yutaka said, going outside and getting in his car. Neji did the same and followed him once he started to drive.
When they arrived, Neji got out of his car, stepping on a puddle. "Ah, my shoe! It's all wet!" Neji said, looking at Mr.Yutaka like he was to blame.
"I warned you that our town gets lots of puddles after a rainstorm like last night," he said.
"No you didn't," Neji said, taking off his shoe to get rid of all the water.
"I thought it was obvious. Anyways, what do you think of the land? Isn't it big enough? It's eleven acres to be exact," Mr.Yutaka said.
"I guess it'll work. How much?" Neji askaed.
"Well, for you Mr.Hyuuga, it's three million dollars,"Yutaka replied.
"Done," Neji answered. That was the cheapest deal he ever made.
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"A Destiny Mall will be coming soon," Tenten said, reading the sign she saw. She wasn't much of a shopping girl, but she was excited. She ran all the way to the inn, splashing on puddles along the way.
"Mom! Dad! Did you see? They're gonna build a mall. Here!" Tenten said, entering the inn from the back. She took off her backpack and placed her nametag on her unifrom shirt.
"Really? Well, that's good since the nearest mall is twenty miles away," Tenten's mom said from the living room. She came over to where Tenten was and gasped. "Tenten, you're all wet!"
"I know. I was jumping on the puddles," she said, biting an apple.
"You're not working at the front desk looking like that," she said.
"But mom, I always work with the looks God gave me," Tenten answered, walking to the front desk. Her mom trailed after her.
"That's not what I meant. Why don't you change?" her mom asked.
"My attitude? Don't think so."
"I meant your clothes."
"Why didn't you say so from the beginning?" Tenten said, walking to her room which was in the back of the inn. She got out of her school unifrom and put on her back-up one. "Do I look presentable now?" she asked, stepping out of her room.
"Yes," Mrs.Tyzuka responded. Tenten sighed in relief and sat down on the stool behind the counter.
Two hours passed and business was really slow, so Tenten decided to play games on the computer. Then she remembered her math homework that she had to do.
"Um...let's see, if I factor that...then divide by the square root..." Tenten muttered to herself, working on a REALLY difficult equation.
"You're doing it wrong," Neji said, appearing out of nowhere.
"Where'd you come from?" Tenten asked, looking up.
"I've been here for about ten minutes watching you trying to solve that problem," he answered. "I don't know why you don't get it, it's easy."
"If it's so easy, then why don't you solve it?" Tenten asked.
"I'm not going to do your homework for you!" Neji said.
"Fine. I don't need you anyways. I'll prove to you that I'm smart enough to solve this problem," Tenten said.
"This I gotta see," he said.
Tenten grabbed a new piece of paper and started all over. Neji moved behind her, looking over her shoulder.
"That's wrong," Neji pointed out, smirking. Tenten was frustrated by now.
I knew I should've payed more attention in class. But I won't give up, not in front of Neji, Tenten thought.
Neji was so close to Tenten that he could smell her hair. He breathed in her scent. She smells nice. Like strawberries. I wonder what kind of shampoo she uses.
"There! The answer is six!" Tenten exclaimed, turning around to face Neji. She didn't know that he was right behind her, so their noses were touching. A faint blush was on her cheeks.
"Ahem," a guest said. Neji and Tenten jumped a bit and seperated from each other.
"Y-Yes?" Tenten asked, trying to compose herself.
"I need more bath towels," he said, eyeing the two of them. Neji just stood there, crossing his arms.
"Right," Tenten said, getting some towels from the back room. "Here you go."
"Thanks," he said, leaving.
"Uh, Neji?" Tenten asked awkwardly.
"Yeah?" Neji questioned.
"What are you doing here anyways? You're not supposed to be back here! This is for employees only! Now get!" Tenten shouted, pushing him out.
"Geez, you try to socialize with someone and they get angry at you," Neji said.
"Socializing? But I thought that you didn't do socializing?" Tenten said.
"I don't. But this town is boring and you're the only person I know who is remotely interesting."
"I'm interesting all of a sudden?"
"Did I say interesting? I meant annoying. Thank you for catching me on that," Neji said.
"I don't appreciate your sarcasm by the way. Don't you have something better to do?" Tenten asked.
"No. Tomorrow I'm seeing contractors though," he answered.
"Ooo, for what?" Tenten asked.
"So I can tell them where I- wait, why am I telling you this?" Neji said, walking away.
"Hey wait! Our conversation ain't over yet! Come back here!" Tenten yelled.
"I don't get you Tenten. A minute ago you told me to leave and now you're saying to come back," Neji said.
"Well, it's rude to leave someone talking to themselves. Now, is the answer six or not?" Tenten asked.
"It's not," Nej replied.
"Argh, not again! This time for sure I'll get it right," she said. Neji watched in annoyance as Tenten messed up for the third time.
"Here let me do it. This is how you solve it," Neji said, taking the pencil away from her hand. It really bugged him to see someone not understand something that he found so easy.
"There. Do you get it now?"
"Wow! You must be super smart!" Tenten said astonished that he finished it quickly when it took her almost a half hour.
"Well, I did graduate top of my class," Neji said.
"Whoa, I keep forgetting how old you are. I'm barely a sophmore and you've been out of high school for a year now." Tenten said.
"I'm not that old," Neji said in defense.
"What ever you say grandpa," Tenten laughed.
"Okay, can we stopwith the grandpa jokes? They're not that funny," Neji said.
"You know what Neji?" Tenten asked.
"What?" he said.
"I think this is the longest conversation we've had," she commented.
"I guess. Hey Tenten, aren't you a little intimidated of talking to a Hyuuga?" Neji asked.
"No. Why would I be intimidated? Sure you're a Hyuuga, but that doesn't mean you're better than me or anyone else. And if I should feel intimidated, it would be because of your eyes," she said.
"My eyes are...unusual," he said.
"I'm hungry. Are you hungry? Let's get something to eat," Tenten said, changing the subject. She dragged Neji to the back of the kitchen and started to open a cupboard. She took out two boxes of Easy Mac.
"Are you in the mood for macaroni and cheese?" Tenten asked.
"Macaroni and cheese? What's that?" Neji asked bluntly.
"Are you serious? You've never had mac n' cheese before?" she asked.
"No. My chef only prepared me gourmet food," Neji answered.
"Dang! You missed out on a lot!" she said.
"Is mac n' cheese good?" he asked.
"It's delicious! Wait until you try it," Tenten said. Ten minutes later and the food was ready. "C'mon try it!"
Neji brought the fork to his mouth and took a bite of the macaroni and cheese. "It's...mmmm...," he said, taking another bite. And another.
"Whoa, take it easy. You still need to breathe," Tenten said, eating some herself.
"I never knew how good it would taste," Neji said. "And you- you're such a great cook!"
"Oh, it came from...um sure!" she said. 'A compliment is a compliment, no matter the circumstances' Tenten thought.
"Tenten, have you seen- Oh Mr.Hyuuga! What are you doing here?" Mr.Tyzuka said, surprised.
"What does it look like he's doing dad? He's eating," Tenten said since Neji was gulping down his food.
I can tell," he said, staring at Neji in astonishment. "Rich people sure can eat alot. Damn, did I say that out loud? Uh, no offense Mr. Hyuuga."
"None taken," Neji answered. "And please, can you just call me Neji. Mr. Hyuuga reminds me of my uncle." Tenten's dad nodded.
"So, what did you want dad?" Tenten asked.
"Oh, right. Have you seen my screwdriver? I've seemed to misplace it...again."
"I think it's in one of the bathrooms. You had to stop working on the car because one of the guests clogged the toilet-" she said.
"Tenten..." Mr. Tyzuka said, trying to stop her from babbling embarrassing stories of the past.
"...with a heavy dose of you-know-what. If you ask me, she should of laid off the chili. But no, she just had to get seconds. Then you had to unplug it, and I think you left it there," Tenten finished. Neji's left eye twitched.
"I'll be going then," Mr. Tyzuka said, leaving the kitchen.
"Don't you just feel like eating chili all of a sudden?" Tenten asked.
"No," Neji said. He didn't really know what chili was, but after today he definitely was never going to eat it.
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The next morning, Neji jeard a knock on the door as he was busy putting on his jacket. "Come in," he said, irritated a bit.
"Hi Neji! Just came in to make your bed, if that's cool with you," Tenten said, entering his room. It was extremely clean, even for a guy's standards.
"Fine.Whatever," Neji said, grabbing his wallet from the desk. Damn, I'm gonna be late! I've never been late. This never happens to me, he thought.
Tenten started laughing all of a sudden, making Neji turn around to look at her. "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Nothing. It's just that you sleep in the middle of the bed instead of to one side," Tenten said, pointing to the pillows.
"So? I still don't get why you were laughing," Neji said.
"It's just that I sleep like that too. We have something in common. Weird," she said.
"Yeah," Neji agreed. Then he looked at his watch. Shit! I gotta go, he thought. He left, leaving Tenten all by herself in his room. Once she finished making his bed, she thought it'd be interesting to look around.
Um, let's see, where's his underwear drawer? I just gotta know if wears boxers or briefs. But first things first, what kind of conditioner does he use on that long, silky (I've never actually touched it, but it looks silky) hair of his? Tenten thought as she walked to his bathroom.
She picked up the conditioner bottle and read it. "Loreal. Because you're worth it. Are you kidding me? How gay is that??!" she said. "Wait, what was I looking for again? Oh yeah, his underwear!"
Tenten kept opening drawers until she hit the jackpot, grabbing a pair of boxers. "Oh thank god he's a boxers guy! For a minure there, I thought my gaydar was going whack!" Tenten exclaimed. "Oh, what's today again? Argh, it's Friday! I totally forgot I have school!" With that she threw the boxers on the ground and dashed out of Neji's room.
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After a long day of business, Neji went back to his room to relax a little. That is until he noticed that a pair at his boxers were on the floor. He picked it up and stared at it.
"What the hell were these doing sown there? That's kinda creepy. Someone's been spying on me...are there cameras in here?" Neji said to himself, looking at the corners of the walls.
He had years of experience with people who were obsessive fans or stalkers. Damn my sexiness. Damn my parents for having good genes, Neji thought. He chose to ignore this incident for the time being. Instead, he began packing, for he was to leave tomorrow in the morning.
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Tenten loved Satudays. There was np school that day of course. But also, she didn't have to work the counter. Saturdays and Sundays were he days off. Her parents hired someone else for that day, the same person who was in charge while she was at school.
"Hey Ryo! How ya doin'?" Tenten asked the counter guy. She always talked to him for a few minutes before hanging out with her friends.
"Hello Tenten. I'm good, thank you. So where are you going this weekend?" Ryo asked. He was a good looking, h-o-t, HOT! guy. He was at least 24. Tenten liked to flirt with him once in a while, even if he did have a girlfriend.
"To the movies. We're watching that new action movie starring Jackie Chan. How are Megumi and you doing?"
"We broke up."
"Really! Uh- I mean, already?" Tenten said, recovering from her little outburst.
"I was just kidding. Anyways I talked to Neji Hyuuga the other day. That man is so conceited and selfish," Ryo said.
"Yeah, but he's not that bad," Tenten said, surprised she was sorta defending him. Ryo raised his eyebrows at her. "Neji Hyuuga wears boxers!" Tenten blurted out. Whoa, where did that come from? she thought.
Ryo raised his hands in defeat. "You know what, I don't even want to know. I'm just glad that he's leaving today."
"Hottie boy say what?" Tenten asked.
"What did you just call me?" he asked.
"Don't avoid the question. So what did you say?" she said.
"That Neji is leaving today. Actually, he's leaving in a few minutes. Good riddance," Ryo said.
"Bye Ryo! See ya later!" Tenten called out as she ran upstairs to where Neji's room was. Guests were looking at her strange, but then again, they always looked at her like that.
As soon as she reached Neji's room, she started to pound on the door. "Neji, open up!" she yelled. She could hear a grunt of annoyance from inside. "Wait, what am I doing? I have a master keycard," Tenten said. She took it out of her pocket and jammed it into…..Neji's stomach. He had already opened the door.
"Tenten, why did you poke me with that stupid card of yours?" Neji asked as he rubbed his stomach.
"It didn't hurt?" she asked. She couldn't tell because he had a shirt on, but Neji probably had abs of steel underneath.
"I hate it when people answer a question with a question," Neji commented. He noticed that Tenten looked different without her usual uniform. She was wearing jeans and a t-shirt.
"Well Neji, to answer your question, I poked you with you with my keycard because you wouldn't open the damn door," Tenten answered.
"So that was my punishment for not opening the door, even though I did a few seconds later," Neji said.
"I'm not a patient person," Tenten said. Ugh, and to think that I almost defended this jerk downstairs with Ryo, she thought. That's when Tenten noticed the luggage.
"So you really are leaving?" she asked.
"Yeah, I was actually on my way downstairs to pay and sign out," Neji said.
"But I thought that you were going to stay until they finished building the Destiny Mall," Tenten said.
"No, I only came here to set things up with the contractors. It's about time that I start heading back to Tokyo," he said.
"Oh," she said. Was she actually going to miss him? She knew he was going to leave someday, but somehow she thought that he might actually stay. "Well, the least I can do is walk with you to the front desk," Tenten said smiling.
"I guess, if you really want to," Neji said, grabbing his bag. He closed the door behind them and they began to walk downstairs. It was quiet, but the silence wasn't an uncomfortable one.
"It's that guy again," Neji said, referring to Ryo. "I hate him."
"Don't worry, he hates you too," Tenten muttered.
"Ah, Mr. Hyuuga!" Ryo said with an obviously fake smile. "You're leaving?"
"What does it look like? So, how much has my stay here cost?" Neji asked.
"$225, and we accept credit cards and checks as well," Ryo answered. Neji handed him one of his many credit cards.
"Wow! How many do you have?" Tenten asked.
"Eight, I think," Neji said, grabbing his card back from Ryo. He headed towards the front door.
"Tenten, aren't you going to be late for the movie?" Ryo asked.
"Oh, I am. Thanks for reminding me Ryo. I should get going now. Bye!" Tenten yelled. When she reached outside, she caught a final glimpse of Neji as he drove away from the parking lot. She waved at him, although she knew he couldn't see her by now.
A/N: End of Chapter 1. Next chapter will be set after a 2 year time-skip. Personally, we've been dying to do a Tenten/Neji story and this seemed perfect for them. Please, please,please review! We really want to read your feedback on this story so far.
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