Everything in nature has its counterpart. The sun has the moon, the day the night, and summer, the winter. Or that's how Tenten tried to explain it to Neji as they lay on the soft grass underneath a midnight blue sky, puncutred by white hot pinpricks billions upon billions of lightyears away.
"And what about them?" Neji asked, pointing to the heavens. "Do they have counterparts?" Tenten smiled.
"They don't need them- no matter what, they're always there- even in the daytime when the sunlight blocks them." They stayed quiet for a while, listening as the wind whispered its warm breath on them, soothing their aching, tired bodies for the moment.
"What about us?" Neji asked, breaking the silence.
"What about us?" the kunoichi murmured, her eyes reflecting the light of the stars. She heard Neji turn towards her, and felt his eyes boring into hers.
"Do we have counterparts too?" the weapon's mistress' eyes widened inquisitively.
"I never really thought about it," she said after contemplating this for a few moments, turning also so she was facing him. The two looked up simultaniously as a shooting star flashed passed them, barely visible, but all the same, caught with a second's glance.
"Did you make a wish?" Tenten asked her teammate. Neji nodded, smiling slightly at her childish belief. Tenten knew what he thought of wishes- childish and immature. She, however, found them to be something so much more- wishes gave people the chance to dream, to keep their hopes alive. That's why she shook her head now at Neji's foolishness.
"You know something?" she spoke tentatively.
"Hn?"
"I think that we're a lot like the stars- seeing as I can't think of counterparts for either- so, then, we must be counterparts of each other, right?" Neji looked at her incredulously.
"So... are you saying that we are counterparts of the stars, or of each other?" Tenten sighed exasperatedly.
"No, I meant- ugh, never mind." She turned her face to look away, but felt Neji's hand on her chin, turning her his way again.
"Tell me what you meant," he said, not quite demanding, but inquisitively, sincere in his manner.
"I just meant that we can be like the stars- since I can't think of counterparts for either. That was all I meant."
"I see," The two sat quietly for a while until Neji broke the silence.
"You're very much like the stars," Tenten looked at him, a questioning look in her brown orbs.
"How?" Neji leaned in, and locked his lips with hers. he pulled away, and looked with amusment at the kunoichi's stunned figure.
"You both shine very brightly,"
A/N: just a little ficlet i did when i was bored- hope u all liked it! plz review!!!!!
