Was Not Jealous
A/N: YAY! First one-shot! Reviews would be looooooooooooooooooooooooved! Also, if you guys want this continued, just let me know.
Sakura smiled at Neji, she was actually having a good time on their date. He ate his ramen carefully, but one noodle was hanging out of the corner of his mouth. He awkwardly tried to slurp it up. The noodle wiggled and quickly snapped into his mouth. Sakura burst out laughing at this. Neji managed to give her a half-smile, a very awkward, creepy, half-smile. Fortunately, Sakura hadn't noticed. Why was he doing this again? Because TenTen had gone out with the Uchiha. Right.
"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" asked TenTen cheerfully.
"Well we're actually on a da-" started Sakura
"Um . . . could I borrow Neji-kun? Gai-sensei wants to brief us for a mission."
TenTen said quickly, cutting off the pink-haired kunoichi. Sakura nodded and TenTen proceeded to grab Neji's arm and pull him away from the ramen stand.
When they reached the training ground, Gai-sensei was no where to be found. Neji scowled, turning towards TenTen, "What exactly is going on?"
"What were you doing with Sakura-chan?"
"I
was on a date."
"With
her?"
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to."
"Is this by any chance about Sasuke?"
"No, of course not."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"'Cuz you know we were just shopping for a katana."
"Then why did he buy you lunch?"
"You were spying?"
"No. . .Yes. I went by your flat to see if you wanted to spar but you were out so I decided to look for you and I saw you with the Uchiha and watched."
"Why?"
"To make sure he didn't pull anything funny."
TenTen was staring at him now, head cocked to the side out of obvious confusion, "He needed help finding a good katana! I am the weapons mistress you know! He bought be lunch as a thank you and if he did pull something 'funny' I would've been able to handle it myself!"
Neji was taken a back by her sudden outburst, TenTen was never so vocal with her anger, he resigned himself to carefully examining his sandals.
"You were jealous, weren't you?" she accused, hands set on hips.
"What?!"
"You were jealous that, well you thought that, I was on a date with the other prodigy!"
"I can't believe you would suggest such a thing TenTen."
"If you weren't jealous, then why were you on a date with Sakura?"
"I happen to be attracted to giggly girls and find the color pink lovely"
"Neji Hyuuga that is a blatant lie!"
"I've known you for years and you're favorite color is white and you prefer the more mellow, skilled kunoichi." (A/N: think pre-time skip sakura. . .not meant as a bashing)
"I was not jealous TenTen."
"Sure."
"I wasn't."
"Well, I guess I'll let you go back to your 'dream girl' and I'll go find Sasuke. Maybe he'll train with me. . ."
"TenTen, we always spar. Fate decided that we should be sparring partners."
"That may be. Unfortunately, I don't feel like listening to fate today, besides, I think Sasuke might actually be better than you."
"You take that back."
"Neji, you're a genius and I'll always train with you. Just admit you were jealous and I won't go spar with Sasuke."
"I wasn't jealous, but maybe you were when you saw me with Sakura-chan."
TenTen paled, "I wasn't j-jealous."
"I'm sure, just like I wasn't jealous when I saw you with the Uchiha."
"Was that a confession?"
"No."
"Then you don't think I was jealous."
"I do."
"Fine, so do I."
"Great."
TenTen sighed and silence filled the air as they both glared at each other angrily, both knowing the other was lying. "Neji, this could last all day."
"Hn."
"Forget it."
". . ."
"Neji Hyuuga, I might have been a little jealous when I saw you with Sakura and her laugh made you smile."
". . ."
"Well?"
"Huff . . . Fine, I was angry and jealous when I saw you with the Uchiha and he made you laugh so hard that water came out your nose."
"You saw that?!" TenTen was horrified.
"Yes."
TenTen hung her head, "That's so embarrassing."
"It was cute." Did he just say cute? What was wrong with him? Neji Hyuuga never anything was cute!
"Well, I guess I won't spar with Sasuke."
"I guess you won't."
"Hey Neji, why exactly were you jealous?"
"No reason in particular, maybe I'm just over-protective of my team."
"Like you're over-protective of Lee?"
Neji's eyebrow twitched, "Yes, like I'm protective of Lee . . . Are you ready to spar?"
"Yes, I suppose so." a grin on the kunoichi's face. He hadn't said anything directly, but it was close enough. She would have to remember to thank Sasuke later. . .
