Okay guys… I'm sorry, but I'll have to break my ideal of not starting another story while still writing one. I just have to publish this one now, since I'm kinda stuck in one place with the other one for the moment, and I just kinda like this one. ;D Please don't be too mad at me, and I hope you'll enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the songs, book, movies etc that I might mention.

Prologue: How it all started

Hiya there! My name's Tenten. Just Tenten, no last name. I'm pretty much your average girl… if you don't count the violent temper, obsessions with sharp, perilous items and the fact that I'm a ninja from Konohagakure, of course. I've got brown hair (always worn in two buns on my head), brown eyes (that tend to oddly enough get a reddish tint when I'm mad) and an athletic body (that some males seem to find quite interesting at times… Of course, ever since I beat up that one guy, they've left me alone).
In fight, I'm quite known for keeping my cool and considering all possibilities before I make any decisions – this might be hard to believe, considering my temper, but it's true. I am – no way around it – quite a good fighter, and I'm quite intelligent, too.

Despite all this, though, a few years back, when I was eighteen, I did something very, very stupid. Although the fault wasn't entirely mine; my teammate had his part in it, too. But naturally I was the one suffering the consequences.

Not that he wasn't trying to help me out. He just wasn't too good at it.

Yeah, bet you're interested, huh? Well, alright. I'll tell you.

XxXxX

It all started one rainy, dark autumn evening in Suna. I, Lee, Neji and Gai-sensei – my teammates, in case you're wondering – had been on a long and hard mission in some other village I haven't bothered to remember the name of, and were now heading home. Suna was on the way, and we'd decided to spend the night there.

So, Lee, Neji and I were standing in the rain, freezing, while Gai-sensei was somewhere trying to find a hotel or an inn or something where we could get a bed, a bathroom and food.

After we'd waited for a while he came prancing through the rain, a huge grin on his face. As usual.

"Listen up, my youthful students!" he said when he came to us. "We are staying at a five star hotel tonight for free, thanks to our old friend Gaara-kun!"

"That is truly amazing, Gai-sensei!" Lee exclaimed with gleaming eyes and just as huge a grin as the sensei wore. "We have to thank Gaara-kun as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Lee, we do!" Gai agreed. "Although he is now working and we wouldn't want to disturb him, now would we?"

"No, Gai-sensei!"

"Yes, yes, the both of you!" I said impatiently. "Now where's that damn hotel? I'm fucking freezing, here!"

"Tenten, that kind of language is not attractive for a young woman to use!" Lee scolded, twirling around and pointing at me accusingly. I gave him a glare that could rival Neji's.

"Because heaven forbid I should ever be unattractive", I said, boring my narrowed eyes into his own bug-like ones.

I could tell Neji rolled his eyes.

"Calm down, Tenten", he said sternly. "Gai-sensei, which way is the hotel?"

"This way, Neji!" Gai-sensei announced and turned around, marching back toward where he came from. We followed him, Lee energetically, Neji calmly and I irritably.

Lee and Gai – being their hyper selves – were running all the way to the hotel, while Neji and I loomed after, and by the time the two of us arrived, the two of them had already checked in and gotten the keys. They were now bouncingly waiting for us in the giant lobby, gaining odd looks from the passer byers.

"Okay, give me my key so I get to take a shower and go to sleep", I said, holding out a hand to them, palm facing the ceiling.

"Of course!" Lee laid a key in my palm, and I glanced at it.

"564", I announced. "What numbers have the rest of you got?"

"685!" Lee replied instantly, not even glancing at his key. I nodded and looked at Gai expectantly.

"I'm afraid we could only get two rooms, Tenten", he told me. "The hotel's quite crowded right now, so we'll only have to share."

I blinked.

"So, since the two of you didn't show up fast enough, Lee and I decided to share one room, and let the two of you share another one!"

I blinked once again before my eyes widened. "Wh-what? B-but… I can't share a room with Neji!" Gai looked at me, surprised.

"Why not?" he asked, apparently confused.

"B-because! H-he's a guy and I'm a g-girl!"

I was trying hard to fight the blush that threatened to appear on my cheeks. Keyword: trying.

My face became hot, and – being confirmed by myself as I glanced in the mirror behind Gai and Lee – very red.

I couldn't deny the fact that I had had some sorts of… feelings for Neji lately. I had become embarrassingly aware of the well developed muscles of his torso – the bastard had made a habit of taking his shirt off whenever he felt warm during training – and his handsome face that was framed by that long, beautiful hair…

Of course, I told myself that that was all just hormones. After all, I was a young woman. It could only be expected.

But still, the thought of sharing a bedroom with him… It wasn't nice.
Or as a matter of fact, it was very nice, which was exactly the problem.

Lee gave me a confused look, but Gai just smiled slightly and sighed. Thankfully I couldn't see Neji's expression.

"Tenten, you and Neji have known each other since the Academy days", he said. "There is absolutely nothing to worry about!"

I kept silent, not meeting anyone's eyes. This was all very embarrassing, to say the least.

"Now, Lee and I will go to our room to do some training! We'll meet in the restaurant in an hour!" With that Gai and Lee disappeared.

I bit my lip and looked at the floor, avoiding looking at Neji.

"Well?" he said after a moment. "What are you just standing there for? Let's go." Then he walked past me and headed for the large staircase at the end of the hall.

I followed him, still blushing slightly.

We walked in silence – nothing out of the ordinary there – and soon made it to our room.

"I'm calling the top-bunk!" I informed Neji while sticking the card into the… card-hole?

"No you aren't", he replied coolly. I glared at him.

"It's not like you care where you sleep anyway!" I said, annoyed.

"True", he said, shrugging, as he passed me and entered the room. "But it's still fun to annoy you."

I punched him in the back, pouting, as I followed him.

The room was really nice. It was big, and had nice, light golden walls, a wall completely made of glass that led to a large balcony and gave you a view of the beautiful nightly city, it had an expensive flat-screen TV, a nice, big, comfy-looking double bed, a door that probably led to a fancy bathro-

Wait.

Rewind.

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Double bed?

"Tenten?" Neji asked, glancing at me with a raised eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

"Wh-wh-wh-what's wrong?" I repeated, turning my face to him, my eyes wide and horrified. "What's wrong? Well, I'll tell you what's fucking wrong! That's fucking wrong!" I swung my arm dramatically in the direction of the bed and pointed at it.

Neji looked at the bed, then at me, than back at the bed, than again at me, then once more at the bed, and then at me again.

"Oh, c'mon, Tenten", he said, sounding annoyed. "Don't make this such a big deal."

"How could I not?"

"So, we'll have to share a bed? What about it?" He dumped his bag on the floor and turned back to me, arms crossed and an eyebrow raised.

I glared at him. "Maybe it's not a big deal to you", I said, "but it is to me!"

"Why is it a big deal to you if it isn't to me?"

"There's a difference!"

"How so?"

"Well… You're a guy! It's worse for a girl you know."

He rolled his eyes. "Is this all because you're attracted to me?"

I stood there with a blank expression for about five minutes before my brain caught up with his words. And so did my cheeks, by the way.

"I-I-I-I-I…!" I stuttered out. "I am NOT-"

"Please, Tenten", he said, smirking at me. "It's pretty obvious, you know. And kind of cute, actually."

I was unable to make a sound, and my face was burning. This was like my worst nightmare come true!

He rolled his eyes again, and his smirk widened as he looked at me. "Oh, it's not that big a deal", he said. "It's not like you're in love with me or anything. Just hormones. Right?"

I glared at him.

"You're so full of yourself", I said angrily, pushing past him and walking into the bathroom, carrying my bag with me.

I could hear him snickering when I closed the door behind me.

XxXxX

We met the two green morons down by the restaurant at the agreed time. I hadn't talked to Neji since our discussion, and he hadn't said anything either, just glanced at me with an amused expression a few times.

"Hello, Neji-kun, Tenten!" Lee called cheerfully at us when he spotted us. I huffed in reply and walked past them into the restaurant without a word.

"…Is there something bothering Tenten?" I heard Gai ask Neji.

"She's just sulking", the longhaired bastard replied. Ooh, he thought he was so friggin' cool, didn't he? Well know what? He wasn't!

The three of them followed me, and we were showed to a table by a window. I and Neji both ate in silence while our teammates planned their nightly training-session. I had no idea how they still could have the energy to do stuff like that, but I guess they were just inhuman. That'd explain a lot…

I myself was planning to sit down here for a while and take a few glasses while I waited for Neji getting ready for bed. It would so much less embarrassing if he was already asleep when I crawled down next to him.

…Why did the thought of 'crawling down the next to him' sound that inviting? I cursed in my mind.

"Well, goodbye!" Gai told us in the lobby after we'd finished our dinner. "Lee and I will go now! We'll see you tomorrow!"

Neji gave a short nod, and I mumbled something incoherent in response. I wasn't anywhere near over my bad mood yet.

Once the two had left, I turned to Neji. "I'm going to the bar to take a drink or two", I told him. "Goodnight." With that I turned away and started walking away, just to soon notice that Neji was walking right next to me.

"I'll join you", he explained when I looked confused and annoyed.

I groaned, but I knew there was no way to stop him. I would really have wanted to be alone right now, but I guess there was no way I could get even such a little thing.

We sat down by the bar and ordered some drinks. We were silent for a while, but then Neji suddenly started talking.

"How are you feeling? That guy from earlier was pretty bad."

I glanced at him, before I replied after a moment. "I'm fine. He wasn't really that strong. Just so freaking weird."

"Yeah, his attacks sure were pretty interesting", Neji agreed, sipping his drink. "Actually, they reminded me slightly of…"

Let's just say, that when Neji decides he wants to talk, he's good at it. I was soon more or less forced into a discussion about everything and anything.

We had a really good time, to be honest, and you know what? Sometimes Neji's real fun. I was laughing soon enough, and it wasn't all due to the fact that I got a little more to drink than necessary.

"You're good a holding you liquor", I commented after almost two hours.

He smirked. "I'm shinobi. I kind of have to be."

I gave him a warm smile for some reason I couldn't quite put my finger on. I just felt like it.

"You know, Tenten", he said after a short moment. "That thing I said in the room… You don't have to be embarrassed by it, you know."

I blinked in surprise.

"Because…" He slowly turned to me. "Truth is, I'm attracted to you, too."

My eyes went wide, and then, suddenly, I started laughing again.

"Maybe you've had a wee bit too much to drink after all", I teased him, but I couldn't help the slight blush on my cheeks.

"No", he whispered, and suddenly his face was only an inch from mine. It was even more handsome this close up. "I've had just enough." He stared deep into my eyes for a few seconds that seemed like eternity. My breath started speeding up slowly. His eyes were so beautiful; there was great talent and intelligence behind them, but right now, they spoke of only one thing: desire.

Suddenly his mouth was on mine. It didn't come as a surprise, oddly enough; I responded immediately, wrapping my arms around his neck and running them through his long, dark hair. I had never kissed anyone before, but it felt so natural that I didn't even think about it.

I felt his arms wrap around my waist tightly, pulling me as close as possible though we were sitting on different stools.

After an eternity that felt way too short, we broke away for air. I was panting, and his breath had sped up, too. Our faces were flushed as we stared at each other in awe.

"Let's get up to the room, shall we?" he suddenly whispered, his breath tickling my skin. "Where we can get some privacy."

I didn't even think about it. I only nodded.

XxXxX

The next morning, 09:58

I woke up, groaning. The sun was shining on my face, and that would have been nice if it wasn't for that terrible, terrible headache.

"Oh, man…" I muttered, sitting up and immediately regretting it. Never had I had a hangover this bad.

I glanced down at myself, just to get a shock. I was naked, I realized. Why the hell?

Suddenly I got the feeling that something was terribly wrong; like I knew I had done something really, really stupid.

My brain then registered the calm breaths that weren't mine, and the warmth of a body next to me. I whipped my head in that direction, just to see Neji lying there, deeply asleep. His attractive and muscular upper body was visible, but the rest was hidden by the blanket, thank goodness.

I stared at his handsome face that was surrounded by his now loose dark hair, and I felt horror growing in me. This was not good. Really, really not.

Very slowly, careful not to wake him up, I started moving. But, then, he moved too, in his sleep.

And put his arm around my waist.

My eyes went wide and my formerly pale face started burning.

"You idiot", I whispered, starting to panic. There was no way I could get up now without him noticing.

So I just sat there, waiting.

After what felt like an eternity, although it was just a few minutes, he slowly started moving, and, then, after yet another moment, his eyes slowly opened. I could see him grimace; he probably had a headache, too.

Suddenly he stiffened. His eyes slowly started following his arm – the one around me – and then, once he saw where it was, he just stared for a moment.

Then he quickly looked up into my eyes.

We stared at each other for a moment, before he suddenly made an odd little sound and pulled his arm off me, moving back quickly and dragging the cover with him.

"Hey!" I yelled before he had time to pull it off me completely. I got up from the bed quickly, while holding on to my part of the cover so he didn't see anything… private… and he did the same. Thank god it was a big blanket.

We stood there, on either side of the bed, and stared at each other with horrified expressions.

"This…" I suddenly whispered. "This…! This is your fault!"

He widened his eyes. "My fault? How is it my fault?"

"You were the one who seduced me!"

"I did not!"

"Well you kissed me!"

"You kissed me back!"

"You started it!"

"You should've ended it!"

"So now it's my fault!"

He was silent as he looked at me again for a while, and then he sighed, shaking his head. "No. It was both of our faults."

I nodded. That was reasonable.

"Soo…" I eventually asked after a moment. "Umm… What are we gonna do?"

He looked unsure. "Uuh… What do you want to do?"

I bit my lip. What did I want to do?

"Well…" I said, hesitating.

"Pretend this never happened?" he asked after a moment. I didn't quite know what that emotion in his voice was, but then I decided that that was the best solution.

"Yeah", I agreed. "That's probably the best thing to, uh, to do."

"Yeah, it is", he nodded. "We'll never talk about this."

"Yeah. Pretend it never happened and forget all about it."

"Right. It's not that big a deal."

"No, no big deal at all!"

"None at all."

There was another uncomfortable silence.

"Well, uh…" I eventually said. "Mind, um, turning your back for a second? So I can get my clothes?"

"Oh, right!" He quickly turned away from me, still shielding himself with the cover.

I ran over to grab some clothes real quick, and then I hurried into the bathroom, swearing mentally all the time.

'Forget this? Easier said than done…'

XxXxX

And, voilá. Here was the prologue. It wasn't long, but it wasn't really supposed to be, either.

So, yesh. This story ain't gonna be that long, and pretty fluffy at some points. It's not that deep or anything; just something funny and cute. And problematic.

It's probably going to have a bit of the same kind of humor as Roommates, but not as, uh, innocent. ^^

Hope you enjoyed this, and please review so I know whether you want me to continue or not. I will, though, even if you wouldn't want me to! ^^

-M-B