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Neji's thoughts kept going back to Tenten. He hadn't seen her out anywhere in two whole days. He closed his eyes. He had no idea why he cared- she was only a teammate- nothing more!- but still, it didn't stop him from wondering who that Chakra signature belonged to. He opened his eyes and to his surprise he saw her walking into Ichiraku Ramen with a guy about their age. He was a little taller than Tenten. Could that be the person in her apartment the other today? he thought to himself. Only one way to find out...

Neji wasn't normally one to pry into his teammates' lives, but he just had to know who this person was- and why he was making Tenten act different, because from what he could see, she was in a blue sundress and she was laughing- and BLUSHING! Neji had only seen her blush a few times with him during training when he complemented her skill.

He walked into Ichiraku's pretending not to notice the two as he took a seat.

"Neji! What are you doing here? Uh, I mean, shouldn't you be training?" She seemed truly surprised to see him there.

"Gai-Sensi and Lee ran off again- or should I say as usual?- and my uncle is out for the day." He responded plainly. "I thought I'd come and get something to eat before going to see Shikamaru"

"Oh." She looked a little embarrassed.

"Hey Tenten, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" Inquired the guy behind her.

"Oh umm, right. Neji this is Hisoka, his family and mine have been friends for years and he decided to come visit." Neji's face remained the same even when to boy put his arm around Tenten's waist. She took a breath, "And Hisoka this is Neji... He's one of my teammates."

"Nice to meet you." Neji stated with a polite expression, but in a tone that clearly said the conversation could and would stop there. He turned to his ramen, not saying another word, and ate quickly, excusing himself as soon as he was finished.

Hn... so Tenten was blowing everything off for a visitor. He didn't understand why, but when she introduced him as only as a teammate he felt disappointed... His thoughts trailed to times when she hugged him after learning a new justsu. She always mad him feel warm. Wait what was he thinking? She was his team mate and that was all. Wasn't it?

His thoughts were interrupted by a lazy black haired boy calling his name. "Oi, Nejiiiii. Ready to play?"

They would play shogi once and a while, since they both had high IQs it was always fairly interesting.

"What's wrong? Your game seemed to be off today." Shikamaru asked him calmly as he studied the board after they finished the game.
"Nothing." Neji replied. Knowing Neji wasn't going to give up any information, Shikamaru got up and began to walk away. "Well, I've gotta go meet Temari at the gate. What a Drag." he said putting his hands on his head.

Neji followed, rolling his eyes at his acquaintance's comment. "You don't need my eyes to see there's something going on with you two, ya know."

"Ugh, there is nothing going on with me and that troublesome women!"

"Whatever its no concern to me anyway." He said with a light shrug, rolling his eyes once again.

"So how come I haven't seen Tenten around lately? Normally she hangs out with Ino at the flower shop."

Neji felt a pang of annoyance. "She has a visitor and has taken some time off."

"Really? I'm surprised to see you're okay with that." He said, chuckling.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Oh please- everybody knows you like her."

"Oh, like you don't like Temari?"

"Point taken. Well, I'll see you later." He said stopping at the gate

Neji waved as he walked away towards the Hyuuga residence.

Find out how this 'friend' of Tenten's starts to drive Neji crazy next time!Review!