As he sat under a tree, meditating while waiting for his partner to arrive, his thoughts drift to very disturbing things. He could see all the opportunities for him to confess to her, taking their relationship to a whole new level. But, no, he didn't do that. Why? HE the Hyuga prodigy cannot handle rejection from the Konoha Weapons' Mistress.
Tenten woke up and stared at the clock. It was already 0559, she was going to be late for her daily training with Neji. Scratch that, she was very late. She quickly washed up, got dressed and left to meet with Neji at the training ground.
Neji was just about to leave to search for Tenten when he felt a familiar chakra near him. He turn around and saw the bun haired kunoichi.
"Let's get on with training, shall we?" Neji stated coldly.
"Ok!" Tenten replied enthusiastically.
They assumed their fighting stance and began their spar. Tenten fell back and withdrew her scrolls, summoning tons of weapons, raining down on Neji. Neji used his bloodline trait (kekkei genkai), the Byakugan, and used his defensive move, Hakkesho Kaiten.
After 5 hours of sparring, Tenten's shirt was basically in pieces and Neji, well, he became very distracted. When tenten said she wanted to take a break, Neji gladly agreed. Neji looked at his teammate and saw things he never saw before. His heart was now racing, breathing erractic and labored, sweating uncontrollably and his thoughts ran wild. Could it be? Could he, Neji Hyuga, be falling in love with his brunette, bun-haired kunoichi. He couldn't resist the temptation to ask her about her feelings for him.
Tenten was packing up all her weapons that she used, as she bent down to retrieve a katana stuck in ground, she felt her teammate's pupilless, white, tinted with a slight bit of lavender eyes on her body. She wondered if he knew about her feelings for him since day 1. She knew how much she loved him. She couldn't resist those eyes. She could stare into them all day, yet she knew she could never get enough. She felt him move closer to her, his hands wrapped around her waist, she could feel his breath on her neck, she felt very nervous, she wondered what was wrong with the prodigy today.
She asked him " are you okay, Neji-kun?"
"I feel very strange today." He replied emotionlessly.
"I can tell, Neji-kun." She stated in a duh manner.
"Can I ask you something personal?" he asked in a warmly, well as warm as a Hyuga can be.
"It depends, you can try…" she replied.
"How do you feel towards me, honestly, no just teammates, seriously." He said in his usual stoic manner. A slight blush rose in his cheeks.
Tenten blushed as though she was Hinata being near Naruto. Who wouldn't! The Hyuga prodigy ask about her feelings for him and not bullshit. "Well, I have had a crush on you since I first saw you. I I l lov love you!" she blurted out. She couldn't believe that she, the famous Weapon Mistress was stuttering.
He couldn't believe it. She had a crush on him since so long ago. He may be a genius in a lot of things, but he must have been an idiot when it came to this. Tenten turned around and looked at Neji. He does look very different. Instead of his usual calm and cool self, he looked lost and uncomfortable. He knew it was now or never. " Tenten, I love you…" he whispered to her so only she could hear his confession. She was about to respond when she was interrupted by his lips on her lips