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I do not own Naruto. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto-sama. I'm
contented with making fanfictions of Naruto, PERIOD.
SPECIAL DEDICATION: I just want to dedicate this NejiTen oneshot to my good friend, mana-blue, for the fantastic chats that keep me out of boredom, for sharing her ideas with me, and for allowing me to share my ideas to her, for the times when we allow ourselves to bash people who we hate in our private talks and actually, for a lot of things. Keep writing! Wag kang mag-alala, marami pang mga lalake diyan, atsaka bata ka pa noh, live life to the fullest muna, ayos?
PLUG
IN: Please read mana-blue's fics! Most especially if you're
Pinoy, I recommend you to read mana-blue's "Nang Dahil Sa Hula",
it's a NejiTenSasu (and NaruHina) fic, told in the Filipino
language, fused with tons of humor!
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Another
Rainy Day
By:
Gensomaden-Saiyuki
Neji
x Tenten
It had been raining for 3 days in a row. Yet, he insisted that she should spar with him under the rain. Since he was usually hardheaded, she can't refuse. Of course, he won't take 'no' for an answer.
Today's rain was harder than yesterday's downpour or the other day's. The dark clouds wiped away the afternoon sunshine, like it was never going back up tomorrow. Hmm, last night, she could remember, it was raining before she drifted off to sleepy dreamland and when she woke up, it was still raining. When he phoned her up telling her that he was leaving the mansion and he was going to see her at their training area, it was raining.
She sighed as she twirled her fingers in her long brown wavy wet hair. She covered her mouth to sneeze and she could just stare at the heavy downpour outside the huge windows, adorned with semi-transparent white curtains. Her face had a feverish tinge of red and her head seemed like it was going to snap in two because of the splitting, hot headache.
She had her feet soaked in a basin of lukewarm water and the maids told her to strip off and they'll dry her clothes. They gave her a white robe and some blankets, too, to warm up. She had pulled off the ties that kept her brown hair buns intact a while ago, since it might not be a good idea to dry off with those things still intact, since they're still going to be wet even afterwards.
She had her robe on and three blankets on top of another as she held these dearly close to her freezing body. Well, it was too much to take for another rainy day.
She had an intense training with him just before she sneezed in the rain. She blushed as she remembered that.
He had promised her that after ten minutes, they'll go home. She agreed anyway, since AGAIN, he won't take 'no' for an answer. She threw her last batch of weapons at him and he evaded them all with ease. He ran at full speed towards her, when she suddenly made the timeout sign with her hands and automatically, in a split second, they were seen covering her nose and her mouth, and let out a rather cute, yet loud sneeze. When she removed her hands, a small tinge of red was evident on her nose; also, faint tinges of feverish blushes were painted on her cheeks. He raised an eyebrow at her when she said she was ready. That's when he finally realized that she already caught colds and fever.
He said he'll take her to his place, since his was closer than hers and it was starting to rain heavily. She said she was going to her place and she can handle it herself… She let out another cute sneeze and he crossed his arms, his colorless eyes telling her to go with him already. She sheepishly grinned and said she was fine, but a chain of sneezes were triggered.
Sighing, he picked her up bridal style and she asked him what was he doing and where was he taking her. He just eyed her, signaling that she should just stay put and hold on tight. She locked her arms around his nape as he leapt from tree to tree and roof to roof to get to his place.
When they got there, he laid her down on a bed in a vacant room and told the maids to take care of her. He'll visit her as soon as he dried himself.
And so far, that's how she got there.
She sighed, remembering the very 'out of character' thing he did. She swore that maybe, today, hell has frozen over because of his rather, kind act. Knowing him perhaps better than anyone else in town, he was stern, cruel, emotionless and a perfectionist. Yet, he showed a concerned side of him only to her. Those made question marks grow bigger as she thought about that one.
She heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." she permitted.
And in came her partner, and we can say, her 'best friend'. He was now freshened up, his long hair dried and was freed of the bond that was known to conceal the elegance of his silky soft mane, and he was wearing the clan's traditional robe, since he was grown up enough to wear one. Oh, and he was bringing a steaming mug of cocoa for her.
She only looked over her shoulder to see who was it and saw it was her teammate. He sat beside her as he let her stay in this vacant room. He said she can leave tomorrow morning and yes, to her favor, at least for once, no sparring for the rest of the day tomorrow.
He gave the hot beverage to her and while she sipped the hot liquid little by little, he gently placed his hand on her forehead, to try and feel her temperature. He withdrew it and his deep, masculine voice echoed in her ears, "Feeling fine?"
She placed the mug on the bedside table and looked at him, "Although I don't look like I'm feeling any better, yes, I'm fine."
He raised an eyebrow at that reply. Was the fever getting into her brain too?
"Are you sure you don't want to spar tomorrow?" she asked.
"I meant what I said." He sighed as he stared at the rainy outdoors, "You have to rest for the whole day tomorrow. I'll visit you perhaps."
"How come I was the only one who got sick?"
"It's just that my body resistance is stronger than yours."
"Well, but I learned a new handseal today. It can stop one attack from you."
"And may I know, what is that?" he asked in his proud monotonous tone, smirking slightly as he turned his gaze to her.
The surname-less kunoichi named Tenten sheepishly grinned as she made the timeout sign, "The handseal's named 'timeout' and doing this one is effective when Hyuuga Neji is attacking you under the heavy rain. It gives you the ability to perform the 'Sneeze no Jutsu' that will confuse your opponents, hah!"
Neji smiled at his mature, yet naïve teammate, "Hmm, for once, I'm impressed."
"Eh?" she tilted her head a bit, looking at him with disconcert.
"That specialized jutsu of yours did stop me."
"I'm getting better!" she replied childishly, proud of her new 'jutsu'.
"Too bad it works only under an intense downpour of rain." Neji's smile withdrew to its usually stoic state, "And the side effect of that jutsu is uhm…"
He eyed her and smirked, "Sickly."
"Hmm, yeah… I kinda thought of that." Tenten shrugged her shoulders, "But if I didn't do that, I might've done worse."
"And what is that?"
"See, you were lunging towards me at that time and if I hadn't done that, then I would've sneezed on your face, which might've made led you to a conclusion that I insulted you or something like that." Tenten pointed out, "And the worse part is that you'll get colds, too."
Neji's face twitched a bit, as he imagined Tenten uncontrollably sneezing on his face, helpless after he lunged at her. Yes, he found that insulting and err… disgusting.
She saw her teammate's face twitch at that moment and she let out a soft laugh.
"What's so funny?" The Hyuuga prodigy asked.
"Nothing." She regained herself, her lips tugging to a smile, "Moments like these are priceless."
After a second that she had said that, Neji had claimed her lips with his. And he gently pulled away from her, a content smile evident on his handsome face. She was a bit taken by surprise with what he did.
He stood up and pecked her forehead, "Now you better rest. I don't want my fiancée to be sick, remember, our wedding's next week."
She just nodded at him. He told her before he closed the door, "I'll just bring your dinner here in your room later. Get some sleep, Tenten. I love you."
"Okay, Neji." She replied, "I love you, too."
She looked outside and contently smiled. Then, she looked at the silver-band ring with petal-shaped diamonds adorning the pearl at the center on her left hand's ring finger.
Finally, the day she was waiting for will come to her and her lover next week, after a year-long engagement to him.
Yes, pretty soon, she was not going to be the surname-less Weapons Mistress of Konoha named Tenten. She will be a proud Hyuuga Tenten, the wife, the chosen one of the great Hyuuga Neji.
Well, it didn't seem like another rainy day anymore. It was an extravagant another rainy day. The soon-to-be Hyuuga was really happy, and was looking forward to her convalescence… not to mention her wedding next week.
However, as Neji was walking to his room, he suddenly sneezed, his hands immediately flying to his mouth and nose, "Oh no…"
Yes, with the kiss he stole from his fiancée earlier, he was contaminated with the same colds that she had.
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Next
on Unspeakable Blues:
There are a lot of things in life we tend to be lazy of. However, Yamanaka Ino thinks she had been punished by the gods by giving her a super lazy teammate and an 'amazingly plump' teammate. She never thought that she would fall for Nara Shikamaru… and she really fell… HARD. Ouch.
Unspeakable Blues Segment 2 of 4: Lazy Love (Shikamaru x Ino)
"WHAT
A MESS!"
-Yamanaka
Ino
