Umm...yeah. Another oneshot (I know I should be updating IceFire, but my brain is like 0_0 whenever I think about it). Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"Neji!"
He turned around in response to his teammate's call, "Yes?"
She nervously shuffled her bare feet in the dry dirt. Looking up at him unsteadily, she asked, "Will you?"
He rolled his pupil-less eyes, "Tenten, it is not the issue of whether or not I will. It is the issue of whether or not you can."
Her rough, tiny hands momentarily clenched the hem of her black tank top. She whispered, "I don't know."
"Breathe," he ordered her.
She took in slow, shaky breaths. Her shoulders went up and down along with her breathing in a hypnotizing, rhythmic way.
After a brief silence, she lowered her head and murmured, "I can't."
"Don't be a fool."
Her head snapped up at that comment. She, confused, asked, "A fool?"
Neji climbed up a tree, "Yes, a fool."
Tenten wiped her non-existing tears, "How?"
"Find out yourself," he replied curtly.
"How! Tell me how I am a fool!" She yelled angrily. Tenten didn't like not knowing. Or being considered something degrading.
"Do not make me repeat myself."
"Fine! I'll go and find out! I'll go to that blasted ceremony with you! I'll go and take the blasted Jonin exam! I'll go, go, GO!" She retorted.
He watched as she marched off angrily, swearing profanities every time her bare feet stepped on something uncomfortable. He had to admit, seeing his neighbors' reactions were quite amusing when they saw a tiny teenage girl clad in summer-wear in the winter, stomping on dirt and threatening rocks and pebbles.
Neji chuckled. Then he said, to no-one particularly, "Of course I will request a day off and buy you a congratulatory gift, Tenten. Only the ANBU will be active on the date of the Jonin exams. You are Konoha's strongest kunoichi ever since you overwhelmed Haruno-san last year...but you still lack common sense." Gazing at the fiery settin sun, he commented "I never said anything about a ceremony."
I should thank Hinata-sama for always informing her of every event that regards the Hyuugas.
Two hundred meters from where Neji was, Tenten had reached a standstill. She muttered, "Shit, I let that Hyuuga manipulate me again." She face palmed herself, "I agreed to two things this time!"
She stomped off again, only stopping at a shoe store to purchase a pair of sandals.
Following her was a trail of muffled mutters that sounded like: "Now I have to get a kimono!" and, "Hyuugas, be less sophisticated!" and, "Screw you Jonin exams!" The last mutter heard before she slammed her apartment door shut was a soft, "At least Neji still wants to spend time with me."
Later in the evening, Tenten's neighbors were gifted with her her endless chatter as she happily talked with Neji on the phone.
And should a stalker look through her window, he (or she) would see a girl comfortably sprawled out on her couch and twirling the cord attached to her phone while a sunny smile adorned her beautiful heart-shaped face.
Thanks for reading! Please Review!
~starisice
P.S. Did I rush too much?