Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto...neither do I own 'I've just seen a face' by the Beatles...
Chapter One
Ugh, math first lesson...I hate math...
I push my way to my seat at the very back of the classroom, only to find Neji sitting in it.
"Neji, get the hell out of my seat." I snap at him.
"I'll give it back to you when the bell rings, Tenten." He frowns.
"Why are you even sitting there! You sit right next to-oh."
Ino is sitting in his seat.
I knew that.
"Okay, whatever, I don't care about you and your little chit-chats. Just get the HELL OUTTA MY SEAT!" I yell at him in frustration. My bag is killing me, and I need to sit! Stupid fucktard...
"Fine." He sighs. "Lets go find Temari and Sasuke." He says to Ino, who nods and stand up. They walk away together, laughing about something.
Stupid Neji...what kinda guy has a bunch of girls for best friends anyway? Okay, my friends do, but that's beside the point.
Oh whatever.
Suddenly Ms. Kurenai strides into the room and Neji comes back and sits down beside me.
"Okay class, turn to page 345 in your text books please." She orders.
Yeah good morning to you too.
I sigh and flip lazily through the pages of my textbook.
Kurenai starts talking about some random math topic.
Whatever. Like I give a...blah.
"This is so boring." I mutter under my breath. Next to me, Neji nods in agreement.
Oh wait...everyone is opening their books. Is it time to work now? I look up at the blackboard to see what we need to do.
Oh my God. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J?!!
Damn Kurenai.
"I wanna kill myself." I moan, burying my head in my arms. I didn't get to sleep until one in the morning...
"Don't do it here, no one wants to clean up after you." Neji says.
Oh he thinks he's so funny.
"Shut up."
He doesn't say anything.
Is that supposed to be funny or something?
Ugh, whatever. Who cares about him. Now I can fantasize about suicide in peace. If it wasn't so boring.
I prop my head on my elbow and observe Neji, in an attempt relieve my ennui.
He's wearing a long sleeved black turtleneck, which I suppose is appropriate the this kind of weather. His long hair is loose, and hides his face from my view.
Okay, I should stop staring at him. He might notice.
I get out my books and start working, getting through the exercises fast enough.
Forty-five minutes later, I finally finish. I look up and across at Neji, and see him smirking at Ino, flipping his pen in his fingers.
Huh. Show-off.
Finally, lunch! I was starving...
I plonk my plate down on the table and sit next to Hinata. We're eating in a lunch room that's reserved for Year 11s only. It's basically a big room filled with around ten round white tables, with some wooden chairs tucked under them. Yeah, sounds nice doesn't it?
I start eating my Singaporean noodle thing.
Ew...
"So Lee looked at the frog and asked me whether it was real or fake, and I'm like 'of course it's real, no one would make something that ugly'." Naruto is laughing.
Retards...
Hinata giggles lightly, and Gaara shakes his head, sighing "Idiots..."
Oh yeah, these are my best friends, Gaara, Hinata, Naruto and Lee. A kind of weird circle if you think about it...but I don't.
Okay, Gaara came to this school three years ago and was really depressed and suicidal, and Naruto spent months getting Gaara to trust him. Then he spent years trying to convert Gaara to happiness and blah. Without succeeding. But, Gaara is a lot happier now.
Hinata and I are friends with Naruto because he's Lee's childhood friend. Lee was my friend since Year 5 and Hinata's been my friend since Year 7.
So, that's basically it.
"Frogs aren't ugly! They are beautiful creatures and should be respected!" Lee cries.
...we're still talking about frogs?
"..."
"Hello? Do you know what kind of animal you're talking about?" Naruto says, waving his hand in front of Lee's face. "Frogs, Lee, frogs! They're so goddamn ugly! And slimy! And disgusting!"
Eloquent, isn't he?
"We're eating, can you shut up about frogs?" I say lazily.
"Yeah, but Tenten, I have a biology test later! Frogs are biological aren't they?" Naruto says to me, wide-eyed.
...I think he's actually serious...
"Yeah, sure Naruto." I nod at him slowly. What an idiot.
"Naruto, stop making a fool of yourself." Gaara snaps at him. "Shut up and eat."
Naruto pouts and makes a hurt face. Huh. Like Gaara would actually-
"You look stupid." He says flatly. Naruto just huffs and starts eating his tuna sandwich.
I sit back and survey the scene. Lee starts reciting some crap he's memorized for the biology test, and Hinata listens patiently, braiding her long lavender hair. Gaara rolls his eyes at me, and I grin back. Oh well. Lee is one of the best in his class, I guess, so maybe we should do what he does and study like crazy. His favourite saying is 'Hard work will defeat genius!'. But he's never actually beat the genius in his class, Sasuke Uchiha. I kinda pity him, he works so hard to beat him.
"Hey, Tenten, can you do this graph for me?" Naruto pulls out a sheet of blue graph paper and his notebook.
"Sure," I yawn. "Give."
I take out a ruler and a pencil and start drawing the stupid graph, listening to the other fours' conversation.
"You guys wanna go to a movie tomorrow?" Naruto asks, bored, drawing circles on the table.
"That would be so fun! We could rejoice our youth together!" Lee yells.
Naruto backs away slightly. "Now I don't want to go..."
"I want to go." Hinata says quietly, smiling.
Gaara just gives them a 'I'll-go-but-you-better-not-do-what-you-did-last-time' glare.
"Tenten?"
"Yeah, sure..." I mumble, distracted. I just screwed up the scale...
"Tenten, we better leave for physics. We've got to go to the other building." Hinata reminds me, looking at her watch. She picks up her blue bag and waits for me.
"One sec, almost done..." I scribble on the stupid labels and fling the paper at Naruto.
Except paper isn't exactly the best 'flinging' material and it kinda lands in his food.
"Tenten!" Naruto shrieks.
"Oh don't complain to me, I did the thing for you." I grin at the others and walk out into the stairwell with Hinata.
Together, we walk across the road and to the other building of our school.
"Hey, remember the last time we all went to a movie, Hinata?" I snigger as we walk. "That was stupid."
Hinata lips curve into a smile. "You mean, the time you, Lee and Naruto threw popcorn on Gaara's head?"
"Yeah. He was so mad! Stupid retard chased us all the way back to school...I think Mr. Kakashi remembers that, he still gives me weird looks in class."
Hinata giggled. "You know, in the end Gaara stayed in his dorm and sulked until bedtime."
"Really? Sissy."
"Gaara i-isn't a sissy!" Hinata says indignantly, but giving herself by grinning reluctantly.
I guess he isn't...not as much as Naruto and Lee, at least.
We arrive at the upper building and turn right, into a walkway that overlooks the courtyard, where boys are playing basketball.
Hinata leans against the metal railing, and I do the same. We stare at the guys playing basketball, while I comment on how crap they play.
"And look, Kiba doesn't even know how to dribble." I remark derisively, as we watch him chase after the ball. Really, how stupid...
"I like Kiba. He seems nice." Hinata says softly.
"I guess..." I say vaguely. To be honest, I've never really spoken to Kiba before.
Not to say we're some sad and pathetic loser group. We...have our own friends.
Anyway, Gaara, Naruto, Hinata, Lee and I are all happy with our lives...at least I am, I don't give a crap about the others...okay, maybe I care a bit...
I'm just a naturally selfish person.
In physics...
Haha I'm done with all the work, yay...
I twirl my pen in my hand lackadaisically, watching the rest of the class. Mr. Asuma is sitting at the front of the classroom, and silence reigns.
Yeah...
I sigh and look out the window.
Wonder what movie we're watching tomorrow. Wait, do I have any homework? No...oh shit, there's that Math test on Monday! Oh whatever...free time is important and crap.
Suddenly something under the window catches my eye. I move my gaze lower and see Neji smiling at me, winking.
...what the hell?
I deliberately look away from him, but I still catch the smirk that comes to his lips.
Bastard. What the hell is his problem?
Okay, you probably don't know much about Neji, so I'll do a short introduction:
1.) His friends are Sakura, Ino, Temari and Sasuke. They're not together or anything, just friends. Basically because they're a bunch of rich people. Gaara and Hinata are technically the true heirs, but nobody really remembers because they're really quiet.
2.) He has a lot of girls wanting to go out with him.
3.) He has a lot of boys wanting to go out with him.
4.) He's had one girlfriend before. She left Japan within a week after they broke up.
5.) He's a genius-the best in every single class, prefect, SV, blah blah blah
6.) He's nice...I guess. Never rude to anyone, quiet, polite, helpful, considerate etc.
7.) He's in every single one of my classes.
I guess he's okay...he's the person I would choose to have a crush on. But my actual crush who I liked for eight years left two years ago, and I still notice every little thing that reminds me of him. He never told me how he felt about me, but he liked me. Gah whatever. He's gone forever now, sad, boohoo.
Hmm...maybe I should think about Neji more...a new crush would be funny.
God I'm so friggin' bored...why is the damn bell not-
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong
"I can't believe I did so crap! I mean c'mon, look, here I just forgot one tiny little number, how can he-"
"Naruto, you did crap. The end. Do better in the next test." I say to him, while finishing up my math homework.
Every night all of us stay in Hinata's and my dorm to talk and do random stuff. Tonight's Friday, so nobody is doing homework except me, because I've got so much fucking...
"That one's wrong, Tenten." Gaara frowns, looking over my shoulder. "You mistook Z for a 7."
"Seriously?!" Damnit...
"Lee, watch out for Tenten's knife!" Hinata cries, as Lee nearly steps on it.
"Shit Tenten, why do you keep that stuff lying around on the floor?" Gaara mutters, leaving me to go soothe a crying Lee.
It's not 'stuff''! I want to scream at him. My precious weapons collection is so much more than...'stuff'.
Anyway...lets take a look at the room.
Naruto is sitting on my bed, leaning against the pillows, frowning down at a textbook. Lee is sitting on Hinata's bed, a few feet to the left of mine, hugging Hinata for saving his life, tears streaming down his face. And Gaara's trying to pry Lee off Hinata, because she's suffocating...
And me? I'm sitting at my desk like a good little nerd, doing math.
I look up at the clock. It's around nine thirty. Oh my God, I've been doing math for over an hour.
I abandon my books and go flop down on my bed next to Naruto.
"Whatcha reading?" I ask, looking up at the cover of his book.
"English..." He replies miserably. "Stupid language..."
"It's easy." I yawn, propping myself up on my pillows to see what he's reading.
"Twelfth Night?" I say, raising my eyebrows. Can Naruto even read that in Japanese?
"Mmhmm...have to write a damn essay..."
"I-I'll do it for you, if you want, Naruto." Hinata offers. Oh good. Gaara got Lee off her.
"Nah, it's okay, Hinata. I wanna try this 'make mistakes and learn from them' thing."
"Good luck, Naruto." I laugh, getting up.
"I'm gonna take a shower, guys." I call, as I waltz out of the room with my clothes and a towel.
I've just seen a face I can't forget the time or place where we just met, she's just the girl for me and I want all the world to see we've met...Mmmmm... I hum under my breath as I make my way to the bathroom.
As I turn the corner though, I bump into someone.
I look up, annoyed, to see who the hell it is.
Neji Hyuuga. Shirtless, wearing only a faded pair of jeans, long hair hanging perfectly at the side of his face.
Stop looking.
"Get the hell out of my way." I glare at him, pissed at myself for looking at him. Seriously, I thought I was above that.
"Why, you look wonderful tonight, Tenten." He says to me randomly.
Which I might believe, if not for the huge smirk he has plastered across his face.
"Fuck you." I have a reputation for my foul language...wonder why.
I shove him hard, and he stumbles back a few steps.
Haha, fucktard.
I stalk past him, saying "Weakling."
I can't see his reaction, because I'm already in front of him and I don't want to look back, in case he thinks I'm actually interested to see whether I hurt his feelings or not.
Narrator
Neji shook his head and made his way back to the girls' dorm. The three girls were lying on the floor, around a pile of magazines. Sasuke was sitting next to Sakura, looking at a men's fashion magazine with her.
"Neji, put on a shirt." Temari said, rolling her eyes as he entered the room.
He took the shirt from her and pulled it over his head, saying "I ran into Tenten outside."
The four of them stopped what they were doing and looked up at him, surprised, and Ino gasped in delight. "What happened?"
"I told her she looked good."
"And she said?" She asked excitedly, eyes glinting with mischief.
"She told me to fuck off."
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"...And then?"
"...She shoved me and went somewhere."
"A girl shoved you?" Sasuke said, arching an eyebrow.
"I let her shove me." Neji muttered.
"She's never going to like you if she thinks you're weak."
"I'll fix it tomorrow." He yawned.
"This is gonna be so funny. I wonder what a love-struck Tenten is like." Sakura smirked.
"Of course, it'll only work if Neji actually manages to make the girl feel for him." Ino scoffed.
"Are you implying something, my dear Ino?" Neji chuckled.
"We chose Tenten for a reason, Neji. She'll be a challenge for you."
Neji smirked. "You don't think I can do it?"
"Oh of course you can do it Neji. I just think it'll take longer than the last one. And will take much more effort on your part."
"The last one was a girl who had a whole circle of friends, good grades, and one of the richest fathers in Japan. How much harder can Tenten be?"
"Tayuya was desperate for attention from you, Neji. Tenten, on the other hand...wants you to go to hell."
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