By Hatake Megumi
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AN: This is my first NejiTen so please review. For my "The Portrait" fans, I promise to update soon. Although my schedule is still insane I had the inclination to write fanfiction tonight so support me by reviewing!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 1 – Day 0"I like you," she said. She saw his stunned face but ignored it. "So give me two weeks to prove that I like you more than anybody else."
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Another typical day at high school, the institution in which all teenagers must go through before they go to another institution of supposed higher learning and in the end after all nighters, crazy essays and a large amount of money, you get a piece of paper saying that you were educated. As terribly as Neji described university, it was where he wanted to – well actually, he just wanted to get out of his high school.
Although Neji was in the gifted program, he was surprised at how many idiots managed to get into his class. Nevertheless, the days dragged on and Neji was already sick of high school two weeks into the first term.
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"Class, we – "
"Have a new student in our class, please give him or her a warm welcome," I muttered under my breath. I was getting tired of this similar routine every year. The teacher had just finished her speech. It was time for the new student to come in and introduce him or herself. Being Neji Hyuuga, the Hyuuga genius, predicting predictable things like these was a piece of cake.
"Hello everyone, I'm Tenten. I like sports and… oh wow, this is a small class," she said as she looked at the class composed of ten students. "Anyways, I'd like to meet you all soon!"
"Great… a ditz," I thought. The new girl wasn't bad looking, brown hair in two buns at the side of her head, average figure. I thought that she was kind of plain, in fact. I looked at the girl again to confirm my statement but when I did, my eyes met hers and I could swear that I saw her eyes brighten at the glance. My heart sank. I just got another fangirl. I already had a hoard of them and I didn't need anymore. I knew that I was going to avoid her for the rest of the year.
"Okay now Tenten, why don't you take a seat behind Neji over there," said the teacher.
What a fantastic start to the new term with the new girl – or should he say fangirl.
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I was thankful for lunch. It was the most bearable part of the day. I sat alone in the classroom eating by the window and everyone in the class knew better than to bother the stoic Neji Hyuuga. Well, everyone except for the new girl.
"Hey, can I sit here?" she asked, motioning at the seat in front of him.
"Hn."
"Oh wow, your lunch looks really good, did your mother make it?"
"Hn."
"Sorry? I didn't hear that."
"Hn."
That seemed to be the limit for the new girl. She slammed her hands on the table and got up. Swiftly, she grabbed my hair and yanked it towards her, forcing me to face her.
"Answer when people ask you questions," she said, every word seething with anger. What she didn't know is that she wasn't the only one who was angry. Nobody – absolutely nobody was allowed to even give Neji Hyuuga's chocolate locks the lightest touch.
"Get. Your. Hands. Off. My. Hair. Bitch." I glared at her with my most fearsome expression hoping to scare her off for eternity.
"Oh, so you do talk," she chirped happily as she let go of my hair. "You should do it more often, you have a nice voice."
What???
"Hn," was the only reply I could come up with. Standing, she came up in front of me and lowered her face down to mine.
"I see… your weakness Neji Hyuuga – yes, I do know your name Mr. I am in a corner pretending I'm not here – is people touching your hair!"
She grabbed my hair again.
"I said hands off," I said exasperatedly. This seemed like the quickest way to get her hands off my hair without starting a fight and subsequently looking like a jerk.
"Ok, so I'll ask again, can I sit here?" She motioned at the seat in front of me once more.
"Sure," I mumbled.
"And your lunch looks good." She looked at me expectantly.
"Thank you?" I said, hoping it was what she wanted to say lest she grabbed my hair again.
"Your welcome. Did your mother make it?" she questioned again.
"No, I did."
"Well then, let's enjoy our lunch together." She plopped down in front of me and we ate in silence. This girl was definitely stranger than any of my fangirls.
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"Nejiiiiiiiiiiii, which way are you walking to get home?" asked Tenten. I pointed in the general direction as I put my books in my bag.
"Great, I'm going that way too! Let's walk home together!"
Protest was futile with this girl. I had tried to ignore her several times during the day but with no avail. After lunch, we had Japanese, which seemed to be her worst subject. She wanted to compare her answers with mine but I tried to ignore her request. In end, she poked on the side with her pencil until I relented. Then there was that time when she was called to the principal's office for some minor administration issue. Being new, she didn't know where the principal's office was and guess who got dragged into showing her?
Suddenly, I heard a torrent of footsteps approaching.
"Ok, it's Chieko and Momoka's turn today!" announced a voice in the approaching crowd.
"Tenten, let's go," I said. She was retying her buns as I said this.
"Wait, I'm almost done," she said.
"Neji-sempai, we'd like to present this to you." Two second years had come up to me with their usual offerings of baked goods. Behind them was a large group of girls that made up the Neji fanclub. The two second years shoved a little bag into my hands and I dare not refuse because last time I did, they ended up crying and the teachers reprimanded me for bullying or something.
"Neji, I'm ready now," said Tenten, right behind me.
"Neji-sempai, who is this girl?" asked another second year in an overly sweet voice.
"Me? I'm his girlfriend," replied Tenten, one arm was suddenly seductively draped over my shoulders and the other hand crept slightly under my shirt. I lips quivered upwards in the tiniest moment. This girl knew how to put on a show; not to mention she might just end my fangirl troubles…
I suddenly got two reactions from the fanclub. Half of them had looks of murderous intent while others looked as if they were about to cry. It was time to leave the scene.
"Let's go," I said and I grabbed Tenten by the hand and lead us away. We walked together in silence again, only stopping to give my bag of treats to some bum we saw on the way. Finally, it was time to part ways. Tenten stood in front of me in silence as if she was contemplating on what to say. After a few minutes of pacing and thinking, she finally said,
"I like you." She ignored my stunned face. "So give me two weeks to prove that I like you more than anybody else." She flashed a happy smile and waved and off she went. My feet were rooted on the spot, still a bit stunned at her odd… what was it exactly?
"Well, I guess high school isn't going to be all that lame," I muttered as I walked home.
In the next chapter…
"Hey, let's switch lunches so I get to taste the kind of food you make and then you can try some of the food I made this morning!" She grabbed my bento box swiftly and pushed her own in front of me. Calmly, I opened Tenten's bento box only to find… a jumble of… jumble of… what was it?
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"Neji-niisan!" said my cousin Hinata. "We have – "
At that moment, I could have sworn that I had the inclination of burying myself in a hole and lying there forever.