Neji collapsed on his bed after a long day of training, grabbing the remote and turning on the television.

"Neji?" came the voice of Hinata's father, Hiashi, from down the hall. "Have you done everything I've asked you to do?" The man entered the room and gave Neji an accusing look.

Neji stared back at him blankly. "Hn. What did you want me to do, again?"

Hiashi sighed. "Neji! Today it was your duty to clean the kitchen and mop all of the hardwood floors in the mansion! Did you forget again?"

Neji looked back towards the television like he was bored with the conversation. "No. I've been out training all day, so I didn't have time."

"Look, Neji, I know you like to train, and that's fine. But you KNOW that it's important for you to get home early on days like this! If you're not going to do your chores when they're assigned, how do you expect the other Hyuugas to?"

"Why don't the maids just do it? It's they're JOB. My JOB is to be a ninja, which is what I'm trying to do." A temporary surge of defiance flowed through him, and he looked up at Hiashi with a smirk. "What if I say I'm not going to do them?"

Hiashi crossed his arms. "Then I say pack your bags."

"What!" Neji cried, hopping up quickly. "You're going to kick me out?"

"No, of course not. I wouldn't do that. I just think you need to learn some responsibility for once. You know what, yes, I think that would be best. Neji, I'm ordering you to leave the mansion for one week and find a friend to live with during that time. Perhaps one of your teammates would be willing to offer you a home..."

"But...you can't just kick me out," Neji argued.

"I can, and I am. Oh, look!" Hiashi pointed to a green blur moving towards the mansion outside of Neji's window. With a loud smack, Rock Lee slammed into the window and blinked at them. Neji sighed and opened it.

"What do you want, Lee? This is a very bad time."

"Hello, dear friend!" Rock Lee called cheerfully.

"Actually, I think this is a perfect time for you to arrive. We were just discussing how Neji was going to go live with a friend for a week. Maybe Rock Lee can help you, Neji."

Neji looked from a grinning Rock Lee to a smirking Hiashi. He blinked. "I'm going to go find Tenten."

Tenten was headed from her house to her favorite clothing store, planning on a whole hour of shopping, when with a flash, Neji Hyuuga appeared in front of her. She stopped in surprise. "Neji? We already trained today, what are you doing here?"

Neji looked at her blankly. "I...hn...I have a favor to ask."

Tenten raised her eyebrows. "What kind of favor?"

Neji sighed and looked down at his feet, at the last second remembering his pride and raising his eyes to meet hers. "Could I perhaps...stay with you for a week?"

Tenten blinked at him. "You...stay with me...for a week?"

Neji nodded.

They looked at each other.

"You're kidding, right?"

"I am afraid I am not."

Tenten scratched her head. "Well...why? What's wrong with your mansion?"

Neji sighed. "I've been kicked out for a week...apparently this is supposed to teach me how to be responsible."

"You seem responsible enough to me already."

"I didn't do my chores."

Tenten snickered. "Neji Hyuuga didn't do his chores?"

"They wanted me to clean the mansion," Neji said stiffly. "I don't clean."

Tenten crossed her arms. "Well, I suppose I could ask my parents. But you'll have to come with me. Darn, that means my shopping trip is canceled for this afternoon!" Neji stared at her. "You don't care, do you?" Tenten asked. He shook his head. Tenten sighed and led him all the way back to her house, ushering him in quickly. A man and a woman that Neji assumed were Tenten's parents sat on the couch in the living room, watching television.

"Back already, Tenten?" her father called over without looking at them. "What happened to shopping?"

"Well, I ran into a friend on the way there."

Both parents turned around. "Oh, you ran into one of your little girlfriends? That's great! What's your name, sweetie?"

Tenten blushed as Neji struggled not to kill them then and there. "...Neji," Neji finally forced out.

"Oh, what a pretty name!" Tenten's father said. "Well, is your little friend spending the night tonight, Tenten?"

"Uh...wait one second, father!" Tenten called, seeing Neji's face get even more redder. She pulled him into another room quickly. "Um...look, I know you don't exactly want my parents thinking you're a girl...but they would be more likely to let you stay here for a week if we let them think that. And I'm guessing after me all that's left is Rock Lee, so...do you think you can handle it?"

"Hn."

Tenten glared at him. "Don't give me that, Neji. I know my parents can be really stupid sometimes, okay? I think you're very manly, if that makes you feel any better," Tenten said playfully, patting his arm. Neji glared down at her.

"Fine. But I don't want to talk to them any more than what's required. Got it?"

"No problem. You can go into my room and I'll try and convince them to let you stay, okay?"

Neji nodded and stalked off. Tenten returned to the living room. "Okay, Neji and I talked about it, and if it's okay with you guys it would be great if h-she could stay for a week."

"A week?" Tenten's mom asked. "I don't know, that seems like a really long time..."

"Pleeeeease! She doesn't have anywhere else to go, other than Rock Lee's house!"

Tenten had told both of her parents about Rock Lee before, and they both shuddered at the mere mention of his name. "...very well. She can stay," her father said. "But only for a week!"

Tenten nodded swiftly. "Of course, only a week! Thanks!"

Neji entered Tenten's room and looked around, placing his bag with all of his needed belongings in it on the ground. His eyes immediately flew to her dresser, and he couldn't help blushing. Neji quickly fought off the blush and stood up straight. Hyuugas were NOT perverts, and he was NOT going to look in THERE. Today. After further study of the room, he settled on Tenten's desk, which was covered in random papers. He sifted through them curiously, finally coming upon one that looked remotely interesting.

25 Things A Sweet Guy Would Do:

1. Know how to make you smile when you are down.
2. Try to secretly smell your hair.
3. Stick up for you but still be respectful of your independence.
4. Give you the remote control during the game.
5. Come up behind you, put his arms around you, squeeze you tightly against his chest, and whisper softly into your ear.
6. Play with your hair.
7. His hands will always find yours.
8. Be cute when he really wants something.
9. Offer you plenty of massages.
10. Dance with you even if he feels like a dork.
11. Never run out of love.
12. Be funny, but knows when to be serious.
13. Realize he's being funny when he needs to be serious.
14. Be patient when you take forever to get ready.
15. React so cutely when you hit him and it actually hurts.
16. Smile alot.
17. Plan a romantic date full of cheesy things he wouldn't normally
do just b/c he knows it means alot to you.
18. Appreciate you.
19. Help others out.
20. Drive 5 hours just to see you for 1.
21. Always give you a peck on the cheek when you depart from each other's company- even when friends are watching.
22. Sing even if he can't.
23. Have a creative sense of humor.
24. Stare at you.
25. Call for no reason.

Neji raised his eyebrows. Why would Tenten, of all people, have something trivial like this located anywhere in her room? This was something he would expect from Sakura or Ino. Neji frowned. He hadn't realized that Tenten might be interested in guys as well...

He scanned the list. "Smile alot? Never run out of love? Play with your hair? More like 25 things a queer guy would do..." Neji chuckled at his own joke. "I can't believe Tenten would want a guy that would do all this stu..."

"I'm back!" Tenten called, rushing into the room. Neji hurried to hide the list, shoving it into his pocket before he had a chance to think about it. Tenten didn't seem to notice. "My parents said that you could stay for a week!"

Neji nodded at her. "Good. Where should I sleep?"

Tenten frowned. "You're welcome..." she said sarcastically. "Probably in here would be fine, we used to get company a lot so I've always had two single beds in my room just in case. You can sleep on the other one."

Neji took another look around. "Where's the television?"

Tenten blinked. "Out in the living room..."

"No. Where's the one in here?" Neji questioned.

"We don't have one in here."

Neji glared at her. "You don't have a television in your bedroom?"

Tenten slowly shook her head no. Neji sighed. "Well, I do. Where's your second television set, then?"

"We only have one, Neji," Tenten replied, rolling her eyes.

Neji's eyes bugged out of his head. "One TV? That's it?" He groaned. "This is going to be one long week..."

Tenten looked at him angrily and was about to say something, when suddenly her mom burst into the room. "Hey girls! I just realized how grown up you are now, Tenten! You haven't had a sleepover in forever! But don't worry!" She handed Tenten a piece of paper. "Here's a list of things girls like to talk about during sleepovers, okay?" She hurried out of the room.

Tenten looked down at the paper.

Boys
Your period

She crumpled it up and threw it onto her desk without reading any farther.

"What did it say?" Neji asked.

"You don't want to know..." Tenten replied.

Neji stared at the paper on the desk, and remembered the other list he had been reading. "Where did I put it..." he thought. "Oh..." He poked one of his pockets and felt it inside.

"Well, what do you want to do?" Tenten asked him. "You're going to be here for a week, so we have to think of something fun to pass the time."

"What do you usually do for fun?" Neji asked.

"Hmm...well, normally I write in my diary or go shopping or something, when I'm not training with you..." Tenten's cheeks went slightly pink.

"Diary. Hn."

Tenten didn't reply.

"Well...somehow I don't think either of those things will work for me. What are all those papers on your desk, though?"

"Oh...well, mostly just junk that I take a look at once and then kind of forget about. We could go through it for fun, if you want. That might take a while."

Neji shrugged. "Why not? There's no TV in here."

Tenten pretended not to hear the last part of his sentence. "Alright, let's dig in."