A/N- Happy birthday, Tenten-chan! You rock! Here's your present… NEJITEN CRACKTASTIC FLUFFY FANFICTION!!!!! (Sorry. Can you tell it's late?) Enjoy!

Tenten's Blind Birthday

"No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!!!" Tenten crossed her arms, looking the other way. "I am NOT going in that house!"

"But it's YOUR house. What could possibly be in it that you don't like?" Ino grinned, slipping the key out of Tenten's pocket and tossing it in the air tauntingly.

"When you kick me out of my house for the day and then suddenly grab me from training with Neji and tell me to go inside, I fear for my life. And my house's life." She retorted.

"C'mon. It's still standing! What if we redid it?" Sakura pleaded for her to go inside, but Tenten still refused.

"If you redid it, I will track you all down and kill you in your sleep. I like my house the way it is!"

"…Don't you mean 'was'?" Hinata corrected dryly. "Um, Ino, you might want to call back that moving truck…"

"WHAT?!" Tenten grabbed the key out of Ino's hand. "WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO MY HOUSE?!"

"Oh, come on, Tenten, you make it sound like we did something awful. Go look inside for yourself." Sakura gestured to the door. Tenten glared at her, then huffed, putting the key into the lock.

"You are going to be the death of me, you evil kunoichi, you." She muttered, turning the handle.

"Say it loud, say it proud!" Ino cheered and flipped on a light switch.

"SURPRISE!!!!" Everybody else in the Konoha Twelve, plus the Konohamaru Corps and Hanabi and all the senseis and Tsunade and Shizune, burst out of random hiding places. The whole room was covered in streamers, and there was a cake on the table, as well as another table full of presents which Tenten could tell were mostly sharp pointy things and/or explosives.

"Have a little trust, Tenten. We wouldn't ruin your house on your birthday." Sakura nudged her in the ribs. Tenten blinked, and then burst out laughing.

"Oh, wow!" she grinned, and everybody else grinned along with her. "You guys are the best!" She looked around at the brightly-colored streamers. "Let me guess… Lee put up the streamers?" She laughed as said green man gave her a hug, complimenting her on her brilliance and intelligence and youthfulness.

"And to be even nicer, we're not going to have the party here! We're going to my office for the party. Shizune just wouldn't let me decorate it…" Tsunade piped up, and Tenten shook her head in amazement that her idol was really just a kid at heart.

"Okay, but somebody needs to go get the ice cream from Sakura's house." Ino pointed in the direction of said house. "Your freezer was too full to fit it." She explained to a puzzled Tenten.

"I'll go, since it's obviously my fault for having too much food." Tenten rolled her eyes.

"But it's your birthday! You shouldn't be running errands by yourself on your birthday!" Hinata protested.

"I'll take… um… Neji with me!" She grabbed said teammate by the hand, fighting against the blush rising to her cheeks. "C'mon!" She dragged him out the door, yelling over her shoulder "I'll meet you in Tsunade-sama's office!"

"So, why were you so determined to run an errand on your birthday?" Neji slipped his hand out of her grip, and they slowed to a walk down the deserted street.

"Well, they planned a party for me! I figure I could at least go get a tub of ice cream from Sakura's house." She laughed. "Although two minutes ago I was ready to kill them."

Neji smirked, but said nothing.

"C'mon, here's Sakura's house. Let's get it and go. It looks like a storm." She knocked on the door, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Looks like her parents aren't home." Neji sighed, and Tenten huffed in annoyance.

"Figured as much. Let's go get some from my house. As long as we don't tell them, they won't get mad." Tenten turned on her heel and ran back down the stairs, Neji following her wordlessly.

A crack of thunder boomed across the village, and the rain started right after. Tenten sighed and covered her head, ducking down as low as possible.

When you carry lots of metal, a thunderstorm is not where you want to be.

"C'mon. Get inside before you get struck by lightning." Neji pushed her under her porch, and she fished around in her pockets for a key.

"I think I forgot it." She finally said after fishing around in her pockets for a few minutes.

Neji sighed, reaching into his own pocket. "Here. I found out your key is an exact copy of mine. I've used it a couple times." He confessed, handing it to her. She blinked, then inserted the key into the lock and muttered a word that sounded suspiciously like "Stalker."

"I prefer the term 'moron'. The times that I got in I just about got killed by kunai and exploding notes." Neji retorted.

"That was to protect me from stalkers like you." She snapped back.

"Not a stalker."

"Right. Whatever. Let's just get the ice cream and go." Tenten rolled her eyes and stepped inside, hesitantly tossing Neji his key back before opening the freezer and grabbing out the ice cream. "Want a coat, oh honorable stalker moron?"

"My name is Neji, but sure."

"Okay. I think I have one you can borrow over here in the closet. C'mon." She walked towards the hallway, and Neji followed hesitantly.

"Let's hurry. The sun's already gone down." Neji glanced in the direction of the window nervously.

"Just a sec. It's right down the hall-"She stopped as a crack of lightning lit up the night, then there was no light at all.

"-Way." She finished lamely, glaring at where she thought the hallway was. Of course she couldn't even see her hand in front of her face.

"Power outage."

"Thank you, Captain Obvious." Tenten retorted, starting towards the hallway, instead hitting her head on the wall.

"Ouch." She rubbed her sore head. "Found the wall. Now to find the hallway." She cautiously inched along the wall, and Neji followed her silently until her hand touched a doorknob. She opened the door-

And she and Neji both tumbled inside.

And the door slammed shut after them.

"What was that for?" She snapped at Neji.

"You didn't tell me you found it, so I kept walking!" He shot back, feeling along the door for a handle.

There wasn't one.

"Tenten, why isn't there a handle on the inside of your closet?"

"So if somebody stalks me I can shove him into the closet and he can't get out."

"…I'm not your stalker, so stop glaring at me."

"Even if I tried to glare at you, I'd probably end up glaring at another wall. I can't even see my hand in front of my face." There were a few seconds of silence while they both tried it out, both without success.

"…Great. I'm stuck in a closet with my stalker teammate. There is no handle on the inside. There's no power. It's dark. It's storming outside. The others think I'm at Sakura's house. And it's all on my birthday!" Tenten raged.

"Well, sorry! I didn't know we were going to be stuck in a closet! I told them to go straight to Tsunade's office, but no, they-"Neji stopped suddenly, realizing he had said too much.

"…The party was YOUR idea?!" Tenten blinked at him incredulously.

"Yes, don't sound so surprised. I used my key to get everybody in so they could decorate while we were gone." She could picture him rolling his eyes. "Told you I wasn't a stalker."

"O-oh…" Tenten stopped, feeling really embarrassed. He was trying to do something NICE, and she got mad.

Aren't her social skills great?

"Let's just wait for the others to figure out we're missing and come find us." Neji shifted, trying to find a comfortable position in the cramped closet.

"And I think we've got a long wait ahead of us…" Tenten sighed.

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"Argh!" Tenten banged her head on the door in annoyance. "It's got to be nearly midnight already, and nobody's come!"

"…Do you think they got struck by lightning?" Neji asked out of the blue, and Tenten shuddered.

"Thanks. Now I have visions of a barbecued Lee in my head. Thanks a lot." She mumbled, and they had a few moments of awkward silence while they tried to think of something else.

"…You know what annoys me most?" Tenten suddenly piped up.

"You mean besides being stuck in a closet in the dark for hours?" Neji retorted in exasperation.

"Actually, it's the fact that I didn't even get to open any birthday presents on my birthday."

"…You know, I could give you a birthday present right now if you want it." Neji said after a few seconds. "If you want it…" he added hesitantly.

"Sure. What is it?" Tenten jumped as she felt Neji suddenly bump knees with her. "Oh, hi Neji. Y-you're really… close…" she trailed off weakly.

"Keep talking." Neji instructed.

"W-why- eep!" Neji's finger found its way onto her lip, and she stopped, glad for the darkness to hide her blush.

"Happy birthday." Neji murmured, and the finger moved away, replaced by his lips, and once again Tenten was glad for the darkness to hide her blush, as well as the silly grin she knew was on her face.

"W-wow! Best birthday gift ever!" She exclaimed, and she could practically see him smirking in satisfaction. "But now I'm cold…" She shuddered.

"Scoot to one side." Tenten obliged, and Neji squeezed in next to her, handing her a blanket that he had taken down from one of the shelves. She happily spread it out as much as possible, then laid it over them.

"Goodnight." She muttered, yawning. She giggled as Neji kissed the top of her head.

"Happy birthday."

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"They must be in here. My parents said they never saw them." Sakura ran up the steps to Tenten's porch, the other girls and Tsunade right behind her.

"I don't know how we're going to get in without Neji's key…" Hinata started, then stopped in surprise as the door opened for Sakura.

"They must've come in here last night." Ino pushed her way inside. "HELLO?!" A loud thud came from the closet, followed by a moan identified immediately as Neji's.

"Neji!" Hinata opened the door to the closet. "What-" She froze, then glared at her cousin who looked at Tenten sleeping next to him, then up to his furious cousin, then back down and gulped.

"Let me start again for her." Ino put her hands on her hips threateningly. "WHY IS TENTEN ASLEEP WITH YOU IN THE CLOSET?!" She shouted.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tenten grabbed onto Neji's arm, then looked up at the other girls and gulped.

"U-uh… I can explain-" Neji started, blushing furiously, but Tsunade grabbed him up by his collar and dragged him up, the other girls dragging Tenten forcibly.

We are so dead.

A/N- Wow. That was kinda rushed. I think it turned out okay, though… I just had to finish it in time for Tenten's birthday. Anywho, thanks for reading. Review for a slice of that birthday cake that never got eaten! XD