Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

So, this whole thing is for I.heart.Hatake.Kakashi and her awesome NejiTen challenge! And, I'm planning to do all ten prompts... but, for now, this is the first one.

Review, yeah?

Enjoy!

The Bird And The Scroll

There comes a time, when every lonely little boy must learn to dance.

TenTen hummed a silent tune as she cleaned her weapons. Her chocolate brown eyes danced between her cleaned weapons on the blue blanket she brought and the person beside her.

"Hm. So, Neji," TenTen stopped cleaning her weapons to glance at the white-eyed Hyuuga prodigy. "Where do you think Gai-sensei and Lee are?"

Eyes closed, he monotoned. "Probably doing some ridiculous task."

TenTen laughed at the now open eyed Neji. "Aw, c'mon, don't tell me their ridiculous tasks never sparked an inspiration in you." TenTen smiled widely, shooting him a playful look.

Neji scoffed.

"Please, you honestly think spreading nonsense about youth and doing ridiculous tasks, such as running one-hundred laps around Konoha is inspiration sparking?"

TenTen stared at him.

"What?"

"I think that's the most I ever really heard you say."

He grunted.

She smiled, laughing in return to his grunt. "I'm just kidding, Neji."

"Anyway, they're not that bad… " TenTen trailed off when Neji stared at her skeptically. She rolled her chocolate brown mirth filled eyes unconditionally, smiling as she started to clean her weapons once more. "Okay, so maybe they are ridiculous… With their green spandex, their youth sprouting, and their over ridiculous stunts…"

Neji closed his eyes again, smirking at her.

They sat in silence enjoying each other's company. This was one of the many days they didn't train. During this time they cleaned their weapons and made small talk.

TenTen contemplated as she stared at her weapons. Honestly, looking at the pile of weapons that were dirty and the pile of weapons on the blue blanket that were clean, she thought she may have had too many. She smirked, she was a weapons master after all, and she was pretty damn proud of all her weapons.

Picking her dirtied katana, she glanced at the closed eyed Neji. "Oh by the way, Neji."

"Hm?"

"Are you going to the annual ball Tsunade-sama is holding?"

"Hn."

TenTen gaped. Over the years as Team Gai and hanging around Neji all the time, she had come to learn what his grunts and one syllable replies meant.

"What?! What do you mean you're not going?!"

"Hn."

"C'mon, Neji! With you and your Hyuuga charm and etiquette the ball would be at lost without you! And, at the dancing part, you could show everyone off!" TenTen put down the now clean katana.

TenTen paused, feeling his uneasiness. "Wait, you do know how to dance… Right?"

"…" Neji remained silent.

TenTen put a lone hand to her mouth, and gasped. "Oh my god…" Neji turned away from her stare, frown plastered on his face. "You don't know to dance, do you?"

For a time, there was silence till Neji heard the rustling of grass. Opening his eyes cautiously, he looked up.

"TenTen, why are you in front of me?"

TenTen held out her arms, indication for him to get up with her help. "Up, Neji." In return, Neji made a grunt of protest. "Hyuuga Neji, up."

Neji frowning, he took her hands and complied.

TenTen stepped closer to him. "I'm going to teach you, Hyuuga Neji, how to dance."

He quirked a brow in her direction.

"Don't quirk your eyebrow at me. Just because I may have never showed any real interest in dancing doesn't mean I don't know how!"

"Hn."

Without another word from TenTen, she took both of his hands using hers and placed them on her waist, then she wrapped both of her arms around Neji's neck.

TenTen looked at face for a reaction.

She laughed. "Don't get all shy and blushy on me, Neji." She commented, seeing his faint blush. "I think Hinata's rubbing off on you." He grunted in response to her laugh filled comment. "Plus, it's not like we've never been in this kind of position before."

At that last sentence, he smirked proudly.

"Don't go smirking like that either."

Neji's smirk was still strong, it wouldn't falter.

TenTen sighed, as she started to sway in Neji's arms. "Anyway, follow my movements."

Neji mumbled a 'Sorry.' when he had stepped on her foot. TenTen waved it off dismissively, staring at his face.

"Don't look down. Keep eye contact at all times."

Neji made a small nod, quickly averting his eyes back her eyes. Neji couldn't help, but ask the question that'd been tugging at him since she said she was going to teach him how to dance. "TenTen?"

"Hm?"

"… How do you know how to dance?"

TenTen face faltered a bit, as she smiled sadly. "When I was little, my mother taught me when I was little…"

Neji patiently waited if she was going to continue or not. If he had asked a question that went out of limits, she didn't have to answer him.

"You do not have to talk about it if you do not wish to."

TenTen shook her head. "No, it's fine."

"Anyway, my mother taught me for this celebration we had every year, you know, like family tradition or something. There, I danced with my father."

"What happened to your parents?"

"… They're dead."

"… I'm sorry for your loss."

TenTen shook her head once more. "They died an honorable death, I'm proud of them."

TenTen smiled again. "Anyway, dancing isn't so hard, is it?"

Neji 'Tch'-ed.

"Okay, so what if you stepped on my feet four times…" Neji growled at her sentence, though, she ignored it. "You're just now learning after all."

For moments, they danced together. Neji every now and then mumbling 'Sorry.' and TenTen waving it off dismissively, saying that it's normal for beginners.

"Thank you…"

"Hm? For teaching you how to dance? That's no problem at—"

"—No."

TenTen furrowed her eyebrows in confusion at him, not really getting what he was saying. "Huh? What do you mean then?"

"For being there for me…"

TenTen smiled. "No problem."

"So, I take it you'll be going to the ball now."

"Hn."

"That's my Neji."

"TenTen… would you be date for the ball?"

TenTen feigned contemplation. "Well… I don't know…"

Neji set his warning tone. "TenTen…"

TenTen laughed in return. "I was just kidding. Of course I'll be your date."

Smirking, Neji placed a soft kiss on her lips.

Once, they pulled apart, TenTen rested her head on his shoulder. For the time, they danced, smiles plastered on their faces. TenTen's weapons long forgotten for the time being…