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Oh, and chocolate. XD.


Crap.

He was so screwed. Hyuugas were not supposed to be screwed. The Hyuuga Neji was definitely not supposed to be screwed. Yet here he was, being inspected by his much hated uncle.

"Neji, since Hinata has recently married—and to that fox boy no less—I have decided to start putting affairs in order for the expected heir to the Main House. It is your duty and responsibility to have a legitimate child to protect that heir. We cannot risk the Hyuuga heir being caught by another clan. The Byakugan can never be exposed; it is the secret that allows us to be so powerful. If you don't start a relationship with a viable female soon, I will have to find someone for you. You know what is required. Go."

A complete hour later, he was still repeating the same mantra in his head.

Crap. He was so screwed. Totally screwed.

Neji completely ignored Tenten and Lee's combined greeting. They looked at each other, acknowledging the sudden change. Neji was cold, but not this cold. He usually responded with a small, curt nod. The second big hint that something was horribly, disastrously wrong was the fact that his porcelain cheeks were several shades redder than either of them had ever witnessed before.

"You think it's a girl?" Lee whispered loudly, causing Neji's eyes to shoot up and pin his conspiring team mates with a signature glare.

"Lee, when you pass private information to someone, whisp-!"

"But, I was whispering," Lee butt in with an offended look.

The moment Tenten's team had been announced, she knew she was doomed. She'd gone through her complete stash of chocolate. The extra buzz from her seventy-six percent cocoa bars, imported from Stone, only caused more agitation. She had bemoaned fate's cruelty in placing her in a team of perfect opposites. Neji was a cold, hard statue. Lee, on the other hand, was a tad too cheerful for his own good. And Tenten? She had never thought she would survive through the combination of them and her deranged sensei. Why think about the future when you weren't even sure you had one?

Despite everything, she had to admit she was attached. The hours they had spent training together and honestly scrutinizing each other had formed a quiet, intangible bond. This bond had only strengthened when she learned of Sakura's fateful team. Honestly, Neji and Lee were almost saints compared to an angsty Uchiha and enthusiastic Uzumaki. Almost. If only Gai were more understanding than Kakashi, she would be satisfied.

Deciding a good training session was in order to clear his mind, Neji stood up off the ground in one fluid movement. He carefully plucked a few pieces of grass from his meticulously cleaned pants and settled into a well-practiced stance, eyes glinting murderously at an unsuspecting Lee.

Tenten knew that look, knew what that look meant. It meant the great apocalyptic end of time was coming.

Crap. She was so screwed. Totally screwed.

After a difficult afternoon of getting nailed against trees by her own kunai, Tenten crawled to her water bottle. Neji had almost decapitated her twice during the training. She hadn't seen him this worked up in years. Upon reaching her pack, she realized her water bottle was empty and surreptitiously reached for Neji's half-gallon container.

"All you had to do was ask, you know," Neji murmured while handing his own water bottle over. He smirked at the way she grabbed at it greedily. Really, she ought to have packed a bigger water bottle.

"I don't have any," she mumbled. Apparently, Tenten had traced his thoughts and read his mind.

"Don't glare at me like that. Not all of us have an amazing Hyuuga fortune to constantly replace those crappy pieces of plastic. I stopped buying the big ones after the fifth one cracked. Anyways, thanks."

She handed it back to him, carelessly brushing her fingers against the back of his hand. That one simple motion brought him back to his dilemma. He'd been mulling over what kind of girl to pick. A very desirable ANBU, Neji had a fan club worthy of Sasuke's. Unfortunately, he had high standards. Not a single airheaded girl was worthy of even dating, much less spending the rest of his life with. But, Tenten was a girl. He knew her well enough and she was strong. From an objective point of view, he could see himself living perfectly comfortably with his only female team mate. With this thought in mind, he turned to talk to Tenten.

Tenten was redoing her buns when Neji tapped her on the shoulder. Thinking it was Lee wanting to ask another favor, she turned around with a scowl.

"What do you want now, Lee?" she grunted out. Her coarse manner dropped at the same time her mouth did. Neji was pink again.

"Sorry Neji, you had something to say?"

After several awkward moments (there seemed to be a lot of these today), Neji turned. He looked her straight in the eye and asked.

"Tenten, will you go on a date with me?"

The jade hair stick she had received from Sakura and Ino at her seventeenth birthday bash dropped from between her fingers and hit the ground with an ominous thud. Even Lee and Gai, who normally weren't very sensitive to long silences, looked up from their discussions on youth and spring.

Yep. He was screwed.

It was then, that Tenten realized no amount of dark chocolate could get her past today.


Just so you guys know, I normally don't do NejiTen fanfictions. But a certain person forced me to write this for her.

Cough tsukekami cough.

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