Hello everyone! I've been away from fanfiction for numerous years and I decided to take a chance and come back. With episodes of Boruto currently airing, my hype is real. I currently have a slight obsession with the Naruto fandom, specifically specific couples, NejiTen being one. So, because of this, here's a story. I'm going to try to make it as canon as possible. So without further ado...

After the war, her life became an endless rut. She went through the same mundane actions, over and over. It was all she could do to keep herself from thinking about him. But suddenly, right before her eyes, her life was tossed a curve ball and she could no longer walk through the trench that she dug for herself.

"Tenten, are you alright? Tenten?!"

Her attention was brought back to reality when she heard Shizune voice calling her name.

Suddenly, her memories came flooding back to her mind, and she was, once again, able to recall the day's events.

Her day began by waking up to the noises Lee had been making around her house, the same way her days have begun since the war ended. Tenten and Lee weren't romantically involved, but they needed each other's presence. The war took a toll on everyone in the village, both physically and mentally. Everyone experienced loss in one way or another and everyone needed to find their personal coping mechanism. For Lee and Tenten, they unconsciously made the decision not to dwell on the sorrow they felt due to the death of their teammate but instead attempted to continue as if nothing in their life had changed.

The night after the Infinite Tsukuyomi was released, they returned to their respected homes. Not even an hour had passed before Lee was knocking on Tenten's door, tears streaming down his face. No words were spoken as Tenten gently took Lee's hand and guided him to her bedroom. The two crawled into bed and held onto each other as they both cried: Lee sobbing loudly while Tenten has silent tears falling down her face. From that night forward, once dusk hit, Lee showed up at Tenten's house. At night, they never spoke to each other, neither of them having any words to describe the emptiness they felt without their teammate.

It was at that point that their lives became stuck on a repeat. Tenten would wake up in the morning to find her bed empty and the lingering scent of Lee's cooking from the kitchen. She would remove herself from the warmth of her bed and make her way to the small kitchen in her house to find Lee preparing breakfast for the two of them. At this hour, no one would have ever been able to tell how much of a toll Lee's emotions had taken. He appeared to be the same Lee she always knew: glowing, energetic, and yelling nonsense about youthfulness.

During their meal, they would spark up a light conversation. These conversations were anywhere from predicting the day's weather to discussing the current movies out in the theater. The war and their fallen comrade was a taboo subject and was never brought up in conversation.

Following breakfast, Lee would help Tenten clean up the morning mess and the two teammates would head down to the training grounds. They would begin their routine with some laps around the village. Tenten would usually lose stamina around the 72nd lap. At that point, she would practice with her weapons while Lee ran some more laps. After Lee was satisfied with how many laps around the village he completed, Lee and Tenten would spar, one on one.

It was the same every day. After training, they would assist with rebuilding any damages to the village. After that, they would go out to dinner, sometimes just the two of them, but frequently with other members of Konoha 11. Once the sun started to go down, they would say their goodbyes and make their way out of the restaurant. Before they headed off in opposite directions, Tenten would give Lee a look, silently inviting him over to her house. Despite this invitation, Lee would return to his own home every evening, determined to get through a night all on his own, not wanting to have to depend on Tenten's help with something as mundane as falling asleep. In the end, though, Lee would end up knocking on Tenten's door and she would invite him to sleep in the same bed as her. Day to day, it never changed. That is, until the events of this morning.

Tenten woke up and made her way to the kitchen for her first meal of the day but, on that particular day, she had no appetite to eat the food Lee had prepared. Nausea and distaste took over her as she merely sat on a kitchen chair, unable to eat anything that occupied the table. Lee was slightly concerned and pressured her to eat something. Though Tenten's stomach was upsetting her, she did manage to eat a piece of toast without her nausea getting the best of her. Once she finished her light mean, both Tenten and Lee took off to the training ground. As they ran their laps, Tenten felt exhausted and only managed to run 46 laps around the village. She stopped at the training ground, panting hard, trying to catch her breath before she started to unload the weapons in her pouch. Lee approached her, asking if she wanted to go home and rest instead of continuing with their training. Tenten insisted that she was okay and began her target practice while Lee ran more laps.

Soon after, Tenten and Lee began their sparring. Tenten held her ground against Lee's furious fists, but it was obvious to both her and her partner that her stamina was lacking severely that day. Lee had a look of concern the entire time they were fighting each other, but Tenten had a contrasting look of determination in her eyes. It wasn't until Tenten threw a kunai, which landed at least a foot away from where Lee was standing, that Lee decided to put a stop to their training.

"Tenten, what is wrong? You never miss your target. I am concerned that something might be wrong."

"Lee, I'm fine, I'm just a little under the weather I guess. I'm probably getting a cold. Let's just keep going."

Before Tenten could raise her kunai in defense, her eyelids got a sudden heaviness to them and she felt herself falling. The last thing she remembered was Lee yelling her name and running towards her.

Currently, she was conscious and resting in a bed at Konoha's hospital. Her gaze was on Shizune, trying to register what the medic just said to her.

"I'm sorry, what?"

Shizune sighed and got a pained look in her eye.

"Tenten, this is a lot to take in, I know, but I need to know that you're with me and that you hear and understand what I'm saying."

Tenten turned her eyes away from Shizune and looked at her hands that were lying in her lap. She heard what Shizune said, yes, but did she truly understand? Her life was on repeat, the same events over and over. It was the only way she could focus on the day without breaking down in tears. If the repetition were to stop, would she be able manage? So far, she had succeeded in suppressing the memory of her genius teammate. She didn't want to think about him. She didn't want the world to know that Tenten, the strongly willed kunoichi with 100% accuracy, was crumbling away in weakness. But how was she supposed to go on without thinking about him now?

"Tenten!"

Lost in thought again, Tenten snapped her face to look at Shizune's. There was a momentary look of surprise on her face before a blank look returned to her face.

"I'm sorry Shizune, could you repeat what you said? I'm listening, I am, but I just can't seem to register what you said."

Shizune's face softened as she spoke again.

"Tenten, your pregnant."