Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters, even if I wish I did, but I do own this story plot
A/N: I took this story from my Fanlib account
Tenten
"Why?!" The brunette cried as she curled into a ball, her back against a moss covered log. "Why did he do this to me?!" She wailed, curling up tighter. The crack of a fallen tree branch alerted her that someone was in the area. "Who's there?!" She demanded as she sat up.
"Please, don't cry." A familiar masculine voice asked of her, as the guy stepped into the small clearing.
"Shino, what are you doing here?" She asked as she hastily wiped her eyes. He came to stand beside her, and sat on a fallen log located behind her.
"You ran past my teams training grounds crying, I wanted to know why you were." He spoke lowly, as she moved to sit besides him.
"Why do you care?" She demanded as she looked at the forest floor. He turned his head to look at her, noticing earlier her hair was out of its usual buns. A moment of silence passed between them before he answered her.
"Because I'm in love with you." Her head shot up and she looked at him, a shocked expression on her face.
"What?" She whispered, barely audible, feeling several emotions pass through her, as he slowly removed his sunglasses. She looked into his grey brown eyes to see if his words were true.
"Hai. I am. I have been for awhile now, actually." Shino said, and looked upwards into the starlit sky. "But that's not why I came. Why were you crying?" he asked as he turned to look into her brown orbs.
"Because I found Neji with another woman." She said quietly as tears reformed in her eyes, trying to keep them in, but one escaped, trailing down her cheek. Shino brushed his finger against her cheek, wiping away the fallen tear, as she looked away from him, ashamed. His touch shocked her. He had never acted this way towards anyone before. "Shino." Tenten whispered his name as she turned to look at him, her eyes meeting his. He hesitantly moved his hand from her cheek to underneath her chin, and lifted her face to his until their lips met brushing against one another's. They slowly moved apart and looked into each others eyes before they kissed again, this time more passionately, moving their mouths against the others. When they finally pulled back, they were gasping for air.
"Tenten." Shino said her name after a moment and she looked up at him. "We can't." He told her and she looked into his eyes.
"Shino. I know what I want and it isn't Neji's cheating ass. It's you." She replied as he looked away from her.
"Are you sure?" He asked quietly. She placed her hand on his cheek until he looked at her again.
She smiled. "Hai, I'm sure. I've never been so sure in my life." She told him and leaned over until she met her lips with his, kissing him gently and pulled back after a moment. "I think I made myself believe it was him I wanted, when I was so blind as to see that it was you all along. I love you, not him." She told him and he smirked as he stood up, pulling her with him.
"Good, then that means your mine now." He stated as he placed one arm behind her back, the other underneath her legs, then swept her up into his arms. She let out a shriek as she felt her feet leave the ground, and placed her arms around his neck to keep from falling.
"Shino! What are you doing?!" She demanded as he started walking. He didn't reply until the reached her training grounds, however no one was there at the moment.
"We're going to my place. I'm not going to make love to you on the forest floor." He informed her, and she turned a shade of red Hinata never reached while he headed to his clans compound.