For fanfic100
Prompt: 011 – Red
AN: written for naruto contest on LJ, prompt was paint.
Painted
Neji glances at the door when it swings open and Tenten walks in. He shakes his head when she looks at him, silently answering her question. She isn't late, despite the fact that they were supposed to be there almost an hour ago. She collapses into the chair opposite him and he eyes her warily. She's covered in bright red splotches, of what, he doesn't know. She doesn't look hurt and the colour is too bright to be blood. Up and down her arms, and all over her chest and legs, and there's also a patch on the side of her face. She shoots him a glare and folds her arms.
"It's paint, Neji," she says, looking away. He raises an eyebrow and she sighs. "I was helping my mother decorate and I lost track of time, okay?"
"It's on your face," he says, cutting off whatever else she wants to explain. He points to the spot on his own face.
"Oh, great!" she groans. She brings a hand up to try and wipe it off but it doesn't work. When she looks down to try and rub it off her sleeve, he sees it's also in her hair, and she won't be able to get rid of it all before the Hokage summons them into the office. "I hope we get to beat something up on this one," she mutters. Neji hopes so as well, since that would mean she wouldn't take it out on training ground nine. The place was already a mess from when Sakura beat the hell out of it.
The paint is still there when they're told they can go in. Shizune frowns at Tenten's appearance but decides not to say anything as she takes her place beside the desk. The Fifth takes one look at Tenten and promptly bursts out laughing.
End