Romeo and Juliet Oneshot
My eyes were puffy, red, and sore. My head was heavy and my nose was stuffed, but I couldn't care less. "I can't believe he dumped me!" I sobbed, blowing my nose in another tissue and throwing it in the overflowing trashcan. I flipped over on my stomach, resting my head in my pillow and continued to weep. At least I had my sisters (best friend/sister).
They were all there, helping me through this rough spot. "It'll be okay Tenten," Hinata said, sitting next to me, gently patting my back, whispering soothing words, attempting to calm me down. Sakura paced back and forth in my bedroom, her face crinkling up in concentration. Ino sat in the corner, eating a bucket full of ice cream, and Temari was aimlessly twirling her fan, plotting what she would do to punish her little brother.
"I don't get it!" I muttered in a shaky breath. "Everything seemed so perfect, I don't understand what went wrong!" Lifting my head up from my pillow, I looked around at all my sisters and sighed. "Am I too ugly? Too stupid? Too weak? What did I do wrong?" All at once they all protested that I did anything wrong. It was just a guy thing. Ino snorted, swallowed another spoonful, and said, "It's nothing you did Tenten, guys are pigs. They use you to get what they want, and then they dump you."
I stared at her, horror spreading all over my face. Sakura hit Ino hard in the arm, dropping the ice cream all over the floor. Temari rolled her eyes at Ino, then looked back at me, saying. "Don't listen to her Tenten, that's just the way guys treat her. Besides, you and Gaara had been dating for almost a year, he must've had a good reason…"
Next Day
"I don't know what I did wrong Lee, one moment, everything was great, and then the next thing I know, I'm lying in bed, crying." Lee shook his head, "Don't worry my youthful friend, young love is hard to figure out at first." "Lee!" I shrieked, "We were dating for 11 months!" I threw another kunai at him and he dodged it with ease.
Training with Lee always made me feel better; he was such an easy person to talk to. My emotions swirled inside me, just daring to come out. All the anger and hurt starting to seep out with each weapon I threw. With more power and fierceness each time, my self-control gave away and I lost it.
It was raining sharp metal objects, some tinted with poison, some without. Blinding tears ran down my cheeks as I continued this poisonous dance. I heard my name being called several times, but I wouldn't stop, couldn't stop. But my heart did stop and my actions did cease when I heard someone cry out, "Oh no! Lee! Tenten, what have you done?"
Blindly, I dropped the Katana in my right hand and the Kunai in the other and fell to my knees. Lee lay on the ground, his body looking crumpled and deformed. Oh God, what did I do? I watched as Naruto picked Lee up, carrying him to the hospital with Sakura in tow. Hinata came up beside me, resting a reassuring hand on my arm. "I'm sure he'll be alright, Tenten."
My whole body went cold at her touch, I felt dead. With a shake of my head, I turned and ran. I didn't listen to Hinata as she called after me, I just ran. I needed to be alone, and I knew exactly where to go. I continued to run, well out of Kohana, and straight into a forest in the middle of nowhere.
Slowing down to a walk, I watched as the water ran down the creek. Stepping on one of the rocks, I skipped over to the largest one, right in the middle of the water. I sat down on my favorite rock, let out a deep breath, and waited. I don't know what I was waiting for, but it was a calming sensation to listen to the water rushing past the rocks.
Wrapping my arms around my knees, I sighed again, saying to myself, "Maybe the girls are right. Maybe I don't need a guy to make me happy…" I laid my head on my knees, closing my eyes and listening to the sounds of nature, trying to figure things out. After what seemed like forever, I heard a twig snap far off. Placing a hand on the scrolls at my hip, I slowly lifted my head.
Eyeing my surroundings, I casually stretched, bringing a Kunai knife out as I turned around. In the blink of an eye, I swiftly turned back around in my fighting stance just as a stranger appeared. Standing face to face with him made my palms sweat. I've never been this close to someone, let alone a guy. Casually, keeping my eye on him the entire time, I took a step back, feeling the cool water splash against my heels.
A chill ran down my spine as I raised my weapon higher, waiting for him to make the first move. I glared, taking in his casual pose. I was awestruck by his eyes; those pearly-purple eyes, so familiar, but yet so different. They looked guarded, but amused. His long black hair moved slightly with the wind, I was loosing my patience when he smirked.