Phone Call: A Naruto Story

Neji gets sick and calls TenTen to come take care of him, she wonders why and their friendship progresses into more. It all started with a phone call. 3 Tenji 3

TenTen sat on her bed when the phone rang loudly throughout the house. She jumped off the bed and sprinted to get to it before her voicemail did. "Hello?"

"TenTen." She recognized who it was immediately, her best friend Hyuuga Neji.

"Neji? Hi!"

"Hn."

"Are you ok? You sound different."

"Yes, well no. Probably, maybe, ok no."

"Huh?" Sometimes TenTen marveled at her own cluelessness, but then others she was amazed at how in tune she was. Like the fact that she could tell something was wrong with the Hyuuga prodigy with one word and a hn.

"TenTen are you there…?"

"Oh yeah sorry! I was just thinking…"

"About?"

"Uh never mind. So what's wrong Neji?"

"I believe that I am sick."

"Oh really, where are all the Hyuuga doctors to take care of you? "

"Gone."

"Gone?"

"All the Hyuugas are gone, but me"

"Why?"

"Because I wasn't invited…" Neji seemed slightly upset by this, so she didn't push it.

"So Neji, why did you call me?"

"I was, uh er, wondering it you could urm…"

"Come take care of you?" There you go again TenTen with this mind reading crap or whatever.

"Hn."

"Ok, be there in a bit."

20 minuets later.

The familiar halls of the Hyuuga mansion seemed lonelier then usual, what with the no one being there but Neji. Once she reached the prodigy's room she knocked just to be polite and entered after the familiar "hn" that meant come in. "Hi Neji." TenTen looked at him, his face flushed, with his lavender eyes slightly duller and his nose red and running. "TenTen thanks for er uh coming."

"Anytime Neji." TenTen walked over and sat on the bed next to Neji, "first things first." She put her hand on his forehead after she removed his Konoha forehead protector that the shinobi of the fire country normally wore. "Hmm…you're hot." Neji shifted uncomfortably for a second for two reasons. 1. TenTen was touching his forehead. 2. She called him hot, not warm but hot. Then again, why did he care? It must be the sickness going to his head.

TenTen walked into the bathroom to get a towel for Neji, and as she walked away the Hyuuga couldn't help but smile at the girl taking care of him. After a minute, TenTen walked out of the bathroom with a wet towel and a glass of water. She placed the cloth gently on his forehead and handed him the glass of water. "TenTen why are you doing this?"

"Because you asked Neji." He doesn't really need to know why…

"Just because I ask doesn't mean you have to…"

"You were sick and you're my friend!"

"Oh…your friend."

"Huh?"

"I, urm thank for all this TenTen, but it's getting late so you should go home."For one split second TenTen detected a hint of sadness in the Hyuuga's voice and eyes. Does he maybe not want me to leave…?

"But what if you get worse without me here?" Oh like I'm so sad about this…

"Well I guess you could stay here…"

"Ok! Floor here I come!"

"You're going to bed already?"

"Yep and so are you!" TenTen pushed Neji's head down onto his pillow and pulled the covers up to his chin. "Goodnight, got to bed Neji!"

He watched her go to her bed which was just pillows and blankets and suddenly felt very guilty that his best friend was sleeping on the floor for him. Neji flipped on his to see around the dark, but her voice floated up from the floor. "Neji, no byakugan! You need sleep!" Neji slumped backwards, but sat up again immediately. Meditation, Neji's one true love. Besides TenTen of course…wait did I just say that? I'm sick, it's making me crazy. Just meditate. Which he did, but soon a picture of TenTen's face popped into his mind. What's wrong with me?

"Neji?"

"Hn?"

"No meditating. Sleep. Now!!"

She can tell what I'm doing without even looking at me…she knows me all too well. Somehow this didn't bother the Hyuuga, it put a rare smile on his face as he fell asleep.