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Summary: Freshly returned from their honeymoon, newlyweds Neji and Tenten settle into their new life together - but it's not all sunshine and roses. "Solo tu, mio cuore - only you, my heart," he whispered, and she smiled. :Neji x Tenten:

Rating: T

Warnings: Violence; sequences of doctors doing things doctors do (mentions of blood, broken bones, and surgery since Neji's an ER doctor).

Pairing(s): Neji/Tenten, some Sasuke/Hinata and Konohamaru/Hanabi

Universe: AU

Concurrent to: Entanglements

Title Inspiration: Return to Me by Dean Martin

Author's Note: It feels so good to be writing NejiTen again! I've missed my OTP like crazy. I was so happy when I got the idea for Solo Tu, since it had been ages since the last time I wrote for NejiTen, plus I wasn't quite ready to let go of the Entanglements universe yet. The title of this fic will make sense in time, I promise (I know it seems a little strange right now - it's a lot different than my usual titles). Thank you all for reading, and I hope you enjoy this first chapter!

*~Solo Tu (Only You)~*

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*~Chapter I~*

~Settled~

The Bahamas had been absolutely amazing, with miles of white sand stretching along the beautiful turquoise and aquamarine ocean that eventually melded into the bright blue sky; with shops and spas and other amazing things to do. Somehow, she'd managed to cram as much of it all as she could into a week. But despite how great the Bahamas were, newlywed Hyuuga Tenten had to admit there really was no place like home: good old Konoha, Missouri.

Stretching lazily, Tenten opened her eyes to the late-morning sunlight coming into the room through a crack in the drapes. The beam fell on her and her husband Neji's luggage, which they'd dropped next to the door on their way into the room the night before. Thankfully, their bed was already put together and made since he'd been living in the house for two weeks before their wedding; at least they hadn't had to face that at two-thirty in the morning.

Rolling onto her back, Tenten reached out to the other side of the bed. Her hand hit the flat, cool mattress, causing her to grin when she realized Neji was up and had already made his side of the bed. Her husband usually worked the early shift at the ER of Konoha General, making it hard for him to break his habit of rising with the sun. He'd done admirably well sleeping in during their honeymoon (though truth be told, there'd been very little sleeping involved in the "sleeping in"), but now that they were back home, apparently it was business as usual.

After climbing out of bed, completing her morning ablutions, and then making her side of the bed, Tenten ran her hand through her sun-streaked, wavy brown hair as she padded barefoot down the stairs of their house to the kitchen, where the smell of something sweet and delicious beckoned.

She stopped just inside the doorway, propping her hip against the counter so she could watch Neji for a minute without being caught. He stood with his back to her, his dark brown hair falling to the middle of his shoulderblades, only a little shorter than her own. He wore a blue shirt which very nicely showed the muscles in his back as he stretched to put a set of bowls on the top shelf of one of the cabinets above the microwave. From the look of the empty boxes sitting around, he'd gotten a lot of unpacking accomplished while she'd played lazy in bed.

Pushing off the counter with one pajama-pants clad hip, Tenten slipped across the kitchen and wrapped her arms around Neji's waist as she rested her head between his shoulder blades. "Morning, husband," she sighed. Would that word - husband - ever get old? She seriously doubted it.

Neji twisted in her loose embrace to wrap his arms around her and pull her against his chest, leaning down as she stretched up to give her a proper good-morning kiss. "Good morning, wife. How are you this morning, Sleeping Beauty?"

Tenten tucked her head beneath his chin and darted a quick glance at the digital clock on the stove. "Barely morning," she said upon seeing it was 11:42. "But very well. I had fun on our honeymoon, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of nice being back home and settling in."

Planting a kiss on the crown of her head, Neji swept his hand up and down her back once before letting her go. "I doubt you'll still be saying that when we're in the midst of unpacking. I hate to say it, but we need to get most of this done today since we both have to be back at work tomorrow."

"You had to ruin the mood, didn't you?" With a laugh, Tenten pinched off some of the coffee cake sitting next to the stove, rolling her eyes in ecstasy when she realized it was still warm. Fortunately for her, both Neji and Tenten's former roommate had something in common besides their shared pale eyes as cousins - they were both wickedly good cooks. Hinata preferred cinnamon rolls and Neji coffee cake, but either way, they were both jam-packed with cinnamon and made Tenten vow to be a slave for life as long as she got to keep eating the sweets. "Looks like you've gotten a good start on the kitchen. Sorry I slept so late."

"I like being productive," Neji said reasonably as he went back to unpacking the box next to him on the counter. "And besides, you needed the sleep."

Tenten nicked a clean plate out of the cabinet next to the sink and served herself up some of the coffee cake. After pouring a glass of milk, she found a clear spot at the counter and got to work eating so she could help. "So is that all we're going to do today, unpack?"

Neji glanced over his shoulder at her and smiled - a promising look. "Well, not all."

She grinned, thinking privately she liked that plan very much.

By the time they stopped for a late lunch, they'd already finished unpacking the kitchen, dining room, and master bedroom. After downing sandwiches and chips, they tackled the sitting room - by far the most challenging room, at least to Neji's way of thinking.

His wife, who worked as an antiques dealer at a little shop close to the center of their small town, collected anything and everything sharp and pointy. Thanks to her healthy employee discount, she'd amassed a sizeable number of weapons - mostly Japanese, but there were others there as well - and she knew how to use every single one of them.

So instead of knick-knacks decorating the sitting room, they had weapons. Two katana hung parallel horizontally over the mantle, display cases sat around the room with various other weapons inside, and several shuriken formed a star shape in a glass frame hanging between the two picture windows on the back wall. Each was polished to a sheen and had been freshly sharpened right before their wedding.

Neji had been practicing martial arts since he was eleven, but he was pretty sure Tenten's collection would be more intimidating should anyone even dare to break into the house.

Tenten cooed to a matched pair of sai as she settled their case atop the entertainment center. "Don't you look good in your new home," she said proudly.

"I think we should get a dog," Neji said, watching Tenten with no little bit of amusement.

Turning, Tenten blinked at him with her soft chocolate eyes. Strands of her brown hair were already falling from the twin buns atop her head, and her yoga pants and black cami beneath an oversize top (was that his?) had little spots of dirt on it from where she'd spot-polished a few of her "babies." "What kind of dog?" she asked, face lighting up.

"Somthing big," Neji replied. He didn't like little ankle-biters like Chihuahuas which were better for neurotic barking and biting than being a true companion and friend. "Maybe a shepherd, collie, or even a Golden retriever. They're all really good as family dogs."

He felt something unwind in his chest as Tenten's face softened. "Good with children," she murmured. "As long as we get one that is, I'm fine with it."

They'd discussed kids several dozen times before they got married. Whereas Neji had grown up in a fairly large family - though most of his extensive clan still lived in Japan and he rarely saw them - Tenten had grown up an orphan. He wanted kids, definitely, but he tended more toward one or two, whereas Tenten admitted she wanted a whole houseful.

He wasn't quite sure he was ready for that many kids. But, at least for now, he was content to wait and see what happened.

"Speaking of family-" Neji hated to bring up the subject, but it had been lingering at the back of his mind all morning "-I really need to talk to Hinata."

Tenten, busily putting framed pictures on the top of the entertainment center to join her sai, stilled. "I still can't believe she did that," she said softly.

His cousin was about the most selfless person Neji knew. It really didn't surprise him at all that she'd given up her freedom and let her younger sister live with her in her condo so he and Tenten could have the outdoor wedding of their dreams. After a tree destroyed the gazebo in the park in which they originally planned to say their vows, Hinata had called her father and basically sacrificed her freedom so her cousin and his fiancée could have their outdoor wedding in the extensive gardens out back of Hyuuga Hiashi's mansion on the other side of town. It had been beautiful, almost like a fairytale, but he still wanted to talk to Hinata about what she'd done.

"I'm going to call her later," Tenten announced, drawing Neji away from his thoughts. "I'm hoping we can have lunch tomorrow, and I'll try to set up something then, okay?"

Neji nodded. "I'll try to join you, but I doubt I'll have time." Usually his lunch consisted of a few bites of whatever was handy in between emergencies. Though his job was stressful and hectic, he wouldn't give it up for anything. The ability to help people who were badly injured and at times on the cusp of death was very fulfilling, albeit occasionally draining, and he honestly couldn't imagine himself in any other profession.

Even if he had dreamed of being a ninja when he was around six years old.

Tenten's lower lip poked out in a playful pout. "I've gotten so used to having you all to myself over the past week or so, I'm just not sure I'm ready to share you with the hospital yet," she teased.

Crossing the room in six long strides, Neji wrapped his arms around his giggling wife from behind and buried his face in her neck. Pressing kisses to her soft, tanned, fragrant skin, he said, "And I'm not ready to share you with all those people who come into the antique shop. Surrounded as they are with dusty old relics, you're so beautiful I can't see how they'd resist." He nuzzled her collarbone, and she squirmed against him, laughing because she was so ticklish.

Leaning her head back against Neji's shoulder, Tenten sighed and pressed her hands against his, where they clasped comfortably in front of her stomach. "I love you."

Suddenly unpacking seemed like the most dry, boring thing in the world to do. Swiftly scooping her slender body into his arms, he carried her toward the stairs while mumbling against her lips, "I love you, too."

Oh, how he looked forward to spending forever with this woman.

*~To Be Continued~*

Author's Note: Ahhh, it feels so good to be writing NejiTen again! I've had fun writing for other pairings in the fandom, but N/T was my first pairing, and has always been my favorite. And I have to admit, I wasn't really ready to let go of the Entanglements universe at the end of the aforementioned fic, so I was really happy when Neji and Tenten nicely asked if I could tell their story, too. I am so excited about all the things I have planned for you all in this story, and I look forward to sharing them with you! Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this first chapter, and I hope to see you all again for next week's update!