It was weird how people just assumed that Tenten was infatuated with him. He got it all the time. Sly looks, whispers behind his back. Women staring them down the street as they both walked home. It wasn't until he talked to Naruto, that he realized even some of his close friends thought there was something between them.

"I'm just saying Neji, it looks like she's into you." Naruto twinkling eyes shone as he slurped down the rest of his ramen.

It was one of the few times they both weren't on a mission and Naruto suggested Ichiraku to catch up. After everything that happened in the war and his near death experience, all his friends seemed very touchy feely with him. It was rather annoying.

"We've been a close team since our genin days. The same as you and Sakura." He replied shortly.

"I guess, but you know I always thought you two were different."

"Hn"

"I mean you're my OTP…"

"Your what?"

It had been a couple days since that conversation with Naruto, but he couldn't seem to get it out of his mind. Sure they were close, but so was she and Lee. She never acted like a school girl with a crush like Ino or Sakura. He didn't even think she has ever been interested in anyone. Except weapons and maybe Tsunade.

He was making his way to the training grounds, he didn't want to be late for their spar. On his way there he saw Lee racing the Town in a hand stand with Gai Sensei who had a giant bolder on his wheelchair. He shook his head. Nothing would stop those two. No matter how ridiculous.

The cool afternoon breeze, traveled across the trees of Konoha. Shaking a rhythm out of the branches. He watched a particular leaf flow in the current, tangling itself in her pretty hair.

She was sitting under a large oak tree, her legs cross. She was just a bit far off from where they usually trained. His feet had unconsciously started walking to her. Her eyes were close and he could tell that she was far off in her meditation.

He couldn't help but marvel at her beauty. Her hair, for once were out of her signature buns. Her long and luscious brown locks, rivaled the length of his own. It fell in wispy little waves, shining different shades of brown in the light. She probably had a migraine. She usually didn't put it down marking it as "impractical". He rolled his eyes, every time she told anyone that, she would pointedly look at his own hair. She was just jealous that his hair was never out of place and was silky and perfect.

The wind gently pulled at her hair revealing a long scar just across her right shoulder. Her black tank top dragged across it, nearly falling off her shoulder. He vaguely remember how she got that one. It was a couple missions back. They were tracking an illegal organization who was using the aftermath of the war as a cover to transport illegal drugs.

They were stopping the carriage that had the presumed drugs where it head for the land of mist. It turned out to be a trap. The head boss heard his plan was tipped off, so he set up an ambush. They took the mission as partners (just like always), not thinking it would be too dangerous. They were outnumbered. Of course, thinking back he remembered the wicked excitement that crossed her face. This was baby food compared to the battlefield they were on months before. Weapons were thrown everywhere and she was sporting a very lethal looking halberd. He wiped out many of the attackers, but he watched as someone snuck up on Tenten. He easily blocked the attack with his palm strike. Distracted he didn't have enough recovery time to block an attack that was heading for him. Tenten ran in front of him and took the blow. He remember seeing blood flow down her white shirt, as she struck them with the side of her halberd, knocking them out. Needless to say, he went a little psycho. He destroyed anything in his path as she patched herself up.

"Neji, don't take all of them down! I want to get in the fight too!" She yelled at him, annoyed.

"And we need one of them awake for interrogation!" She added hastily.

It was a wonder he even heard her in his red haze. After torturing the base location out of the poor sucker who wasn't down from Neji's rampage, they were off to go destroy. Tenten did most of the work because she felt she didn't get to do much before. Neji, reluctantly let her go all crazy on the base.

Funny thing was, Tenten liked to think of that as a funny memory. She dubbed it "The time the Hyuga had more passive aggressive issues and wasn't fourteen". He hated it, he was unhappy that she had took a hit for him and thus getting a scar. Even though she had them littered across her body (a sign of a tough kunoichi) it bothered him that he was the cause of that particular one.

"Why are you pouting, Princess?" Her chirpy voice broke him out of his reverie.

He didn't remember taking a seat across her. Her chocolate orbs tinted mischievous. A smiled bloomed across her face, making her all the more pretty. His frown lessened but he twitched at the nickname. She had finished meditating.

"I wasn't pouting." He reached for the leaf that was tangled in her hair. The softness reminded him of one of his favorite paintbrushes.

"Oh, I forgot I took my hair down. I had a headache earlier." Knew it.

"It's gotten pretty long" He muttered playing with an end.

"Yeah, it's probably longer than yours!" She said triumphantly.

"No, it's not."

"Yeah it is."

"No it's not." It went on like that, until she summoned a tape measurer. His were two inches longer. Hid smugness lasted the whole spar.

Against popular belief, she won a lot of their spars. Not as many as he had on her, but hey whose counting. They often came to a draw. Which seemed to be the case at the moment. She was breathing heavily as she sat on this really big hammer she called "Firebolt". He was catching his breath as well. Dodging Firebolt was certainly a workout. Looking at her sweaty figure, he wondered if she notice that people thought they were a pair. Or "shipped" us, as Naurto recently explained.

He came to the conclusion that she probably did not. Her attention span was very limited to weapons and missions. She was oblivious to things that involved her, such as love. He remembered the time a waiter was flirting with her at the tea shop, but she didn't even bat an eye. It was something he respected. She wouldn't lower herself, she was confident. And that stupid teaboy was not worth a quarter of Tenten's time.

"Someone's pouting again." She sang.

"I guess I was close to winning there wasn't I?" She jibed.

"Someone's cocky today." He returned. She was beginning to pack up her stuff.

"A new tea shop opened up near that weapon shop you admire." He mentioned

"Mm, you want to grab some tea after I grab this new axe I ordered?"

"Hn." She already knew that he would come with her. He always did.

"Hiashi wants you to come by for dinner when you have the chance." He still didn't understand how they had a good relationship. It was as if she melted his ice cold soul. Guess that made two Hyuga's. Oh wait all the clan members loved her too. Thought of her as an endearing kunoichi with strong potential.

"Kay, I'll go today. Thank god, I didn't really wanted to cook today." Tenten lived by herself in a small apartment very close to the Nara residents. The team went over quite often. She was surprisingly a good cook. Her parents weren't in the picture.

The walk to the store was filled with Tenten rambling about the new attribute of the current model of the axe she was getting.

"You bought an axe last month." He told her drily.

"That was the older model! This one is supposedly much lighter with a slightly sharper edge!"

He blankly looked at her. She was much too addicted to sharp things.

Just as she was about to start arguing, she spotted someone.

"SAKURAA! HEYY!" She jogged towards the pinkette.

"TENNIE" What a stupid nickname. He trailed behind her.

"Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in forever. Did you hear about the new teashop that just opened?" Sakura rambled.

As the two girls quickly caught up, he realized that Sakura was with her teammates. Sasuke spiky hair and casual clothes gave him a nod of his head. Neji nodded back. His attention was quickly thrown to the ball of sunshine that was Naruto Uzumaki.

"Dattebayo! I haven't seen you in forever Neji!"

"I saw you three days ago." He stated.

"That was ages a go man!" He quickly grabbed Neji in an obvious manner.

"So did you give what I said a thought?" He whispered dramatically.

"Naruto" He warned, "Same as I told you before".

"Sureee" He said with a sneaky smile and a wink. Neji's eye twitched.

"Mmmm so since were both going to the teashop lets go together! And plus, Naruto told me he was running low on his Kunai stash. So it's best we went together." Sakura pushed her short hair to the side and smiled.

"Ugh, but teashop Sakura? We should go get Ichhiraku instead." He whined.

The scary look Sakura sent him, shut him up for the rest of the walk.

The positive gleam that Tenten sported as she practically ran into the weapon shop, made Neji smile. Her eyes dazzled as she looked at the showcase of new weapons that recently came in.

"Ah, Tenten-chan! It's good to see you! You're orders in the back, let me grab it for you." A boy that looked the same age as them, with green eyes and brown hair, smiled dazzlingly at Tenten.

"Yay. Thank you Tachi-San" It wasn't the same old geezer that usually worked the shop. He frowned annoyed. Tenten looked happy.

"Oh he's cute, he's not the same guy that's usually here though." Sakura pondered. The other boys were looking at a set of kunai.

"Yeah, it's Oji-chan nephew. He went to go visit his daughter in Suna this month. Tachi-San is just filling in for him, until he comes back." She smiled leaning over the counter to look at a sword in on the shelf behind the counter.

"Ah, so you like my masterpiece Tenten-Chan?" Tachi came back holding a package out to Tenten.

"You made that! It's beautiful!" She was practically drooling over the sword.

"Yup, it's made out of this piece of mountain. Really light material, very fast" Neji kept a blank face, but his annoyance was building.

"Someone looks jelly" Naruto had made his way to the counter holding a bundle of kunai in his hands dangerously. Not as dangerously as the look he received from Neji.

"What if this is a ploy to make you jealous" He whispered. No, that couldn't be. Tenten was only being friendly because he was the weapon gatekeeper. And plus she wasn't interested in Neji, to make him jealous. Not that Neji cared.

"Oh, um sir, here put those on the table and I'll wrap it up safely for you" He looked at Naruto's bundle warily.

"Bye Bye Tenten-Chan, come test out my sword when you have the chance" Tachi hollered as they exit the store.

"Sounds good! See you!" She said. Neji's, teeth grated against each other as he looked venomously back at the shop. He wasn't jealous. He couldn't be.

The drinks at the teashop were good. Still the warm lotus tea did nothing to ease his cold angry heart. Tenten kept stealing sips of his tea and that didn't quite help the anything. The group was departing their separate way when Sasuke stopped him.

"The dobe is stupid, but he's not blind. Reverse situation isn't it?" Sasuke quickly gave him a nod and left with the rest of his teammates. Neji was dumbfounded.

"What did Sasuke say?" Tenten tilted her head up to him. Her eyes curious.

"Nothing"

"Hn" Oh the roles were so reverse. They walked the rest of the way to Hyuga Compound in a comfortable silence. And Neji couldn't help but wonder what the rest of the world would think if they realized that it was not Tenten, but Neji who had a school girl crush.

Meanwhile just a couple blocks away.

Sasuke's hand was filled with groceries as he walked home. "Well that's a good step for my favourite ship" He mused.

Author Note: Lots of fluff, and crack. Nejiten is my fav. Should I add more chapter or keep it a oneshot.