A/N: Dedicated to Midnight Insomniac. For the full reason, see in store for details. Nah, just check out the bottom A/N.
Tenten rolled the dice and smirked triumphantly.
"Three, two, one. I win. Sucked in, Neji."
She slammed her piece down on the finish line of the board game she and Neji were playing. They had just spent the last three hours playing this game and she was oh so glad for it to be over. Not that she didn't enjoy playing with Neji but sometimes, his competitive streak just got in the way. She looked up from writing her victory down on paper to see him glaring at his piece.
"Don't glare at the poor piece of plastic, Neji, it did nothing wrong."
She finished writing and stood up, putting a hand in the air and the other on her chest, striking a dramatic pose.
"After all, it was my fate that I won."
She laughed as he glared harder.
"I let you win."
Tenten shook her head.
"You can't control what the dice does, Neji, I'm sorry. I won fair and square."
He crossed his arms and looked to the side, annoyed look on his face as he glared out her window. She put her hands on her hips and regarded him with an amused look on her face. He won so many times that a victory felt better than going to sleep clean and full of good food. Shaking her head at him, Tenten reached over and started packing up the pieces. She stopped when his hand reached over and gripped her wrist.
"One more time."
She sighed, a grin on her face.
"Why? You know I'm just going to win again."
Neji shook his head, determined.
"I will beat you this time."
Even though that was what he said, it wasn't what he did. Tenten beat him again two hours later. She had to stop herself laughing when he had to calm himself down by deep breathing. She cleared her throat.
"I'm sorry, Neji, but you just fail at the Game of Life. Just admit it: there is something I am better than you at."
He glared at her and looked away again. Tenten couldn't help herself this time and burst out laughing. She reached over and patted his shoulder, stifling a laugh when he twitched.
"Don't worry Neji. It's just a game."
"You make it sound like the real thing."
She snorted.
"Good. That was my intention."
As he stood up and she shooed him out the door, she could hear him grumbling as he walked down her street to home.
"Game of Life. More like 'game that only females can win'."
Chuckling, Tenten closed her door and did a silent victory dance. Finally! Something she could beat Neji at! And to think, it was hiding in her games cupboard for the past five years...
A/N: Dedicated to Midnight Insomniac, because I received a troubling review for one of my other stories from them saying that they were annoyed because Tenten kept losing. Well, here it is. Neji sucks at the Game of Life. If you think about it, he really does. XD. BTW, if you've ever played the Game of Life, you'll know that unless you have the funniest people up against you, it really doesn't go for two or three hours. I knew it was going to be the Game of Life but wanted a large time frame. There you go. Review, because I like getting emails.