By Hatake Megumi
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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AN: Thank you so much to those who reviewed, I'm so glad that people like this fic so far. I thought that it wasn't as great as "The Portrait" but I guess Tenten's antics are quite entertaining! Thank you for all your support and please review!
The author also apologizes if this chapter is a bit boring.
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Day 1Neji Hyuuga was not a morning person. He wasn't an afternoon person… or an evening person or even a night owl. Life was simply too lame for the Hyuuga prodigy. But then, there was the new girl. What surprises was she going to pop on Neji today?
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I arrived at school and opened the classroom door expecting Tenten to jump at me with a goofy expression on her face. It seemed like something she would do but instead I was greeted with the regular classroom activities and Tenten sitting on her desk frantically scribbling something in her workbook. I sat at my desk which was in front of hers.
" 'Morning Neji…" she mumbled. Her eyes never left the page and her hand kept scribbling down answers in her workbook. "I'm quiet this morning because I forgot to do some pages in my French workbook. But you're still not allowed to ignore me!"
She grabbed my hair just as I turned to face the front. I tried to pry her fingers out of my hair but she had an iron grip. Her eyes had not left the page.
"Neji, give me your workbook," she stated.
"Why?"
"So I can copy your answers. I'm never going to get the next five pages done."
"No."
She tugged harder at my hair and pulled my face in front of hers.
"Give me your workbook," she said, a slight bit of panic could be heard in her voice. Her expression was slightly worried, almost deer-in-the-headlights-like. Somewhat adorable – wait… what?
"Let go of my hair first so I can get it out of my bag," I said dryly. This girl was simply impossible. I procured the workbook and placed it in front of her.
"WOO HOO! Neji's answers!" she cheered and began copying them down.
"Neji's giving out answers?" I heard from the other side of the room.
"Great, I didn't do those questions yesterday either!" I heard another voice exclaim.
"Hey Hyuuga, share those answers with us!" said one of the students at the other side of the class.
I glared at Tenten. Her eyes were glued to the page and did not respond. I glared at the other students at the other side of the room. They quietly backed away. Death glares were such handy weapons to have. That morning passed by pretty normally as a result. Everyone left me alone again except for Tenten who was still a nuisance.
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The lunch bell rung. What a wonderful sound. I opened my lunch box to find pretty onigiri and a few sandwiches. Tenten took her spot behind me as she opened her lunch.
"Nejiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!" she yelled excitedly.
"What?"
"Hey, let's switch lunches so I get to taste the kind of food you make and then you can try some of the food I made this morning!"
She grabbed my bento box swiftly and pushed her own in front of me. Calmly, I opened Tenten's bento box only to find… a jumble of… jumble of… what was it?
"Tenten, what is this?"
"Well, I didn't know what I wanted for lunch so I just tossed a whole bunch of things I liked into the frying pan and added some sauce. Let's just call it stir-fry, Tenten style!"
I prodded something that looked like melted swiss cheese with barbeque sauce on it.
"Neji, your lunch is so cute! Your onigiri are shaped like little suns! It almost looked as if a girl made it!" she exclaimed and then paused. "Did a girl make your lunch?" She looked at me menacingly.
"Yes…" I replied, still shocked at the mess that became my lunch.
"Who?" she demanded sharply.
"My cousin Hinata," I stated. I picked up a piece of… something… with my chopsticks and let it drop back into the container.
"Your cousin?" she asks, still suspicious. That was one comment that shook me out of my stupor.
"My parents died when I was young so I live with my uncle. And for your information, my father and Hinata's father are identical twins so biologically we're basically half-brother and sister, so stop implying something as creepy as what you're implying."
I was protective over my younger cousin, which led to some of her friends coming to the same conclusion that Tenten had. It became quite annoying whenever I had to launch into this explanation.
"She makes a good lunch!" exclaimed Tenten as she bit into one of the onigiri. I decided not to bother with Tenten's lunch and stole a sandwich from my pilfered lunchbox. Her container of... stir fry was left uneaten on my desk while I simply ate Hinata's bento box with Tenten. Somehow, it seemed as if this action made Tenten quite happy.
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The end of the day was pretty normal, although my fangirls seemed to have kept their distance while watching me and Tenten walk off together. What a luxury… no more fangirl troubles… Again, Tenten and I went our separate ways and I went home where peace awaited me… or was supposed to await me…
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I finished off the last of my assignments in my room and heard Hinata starting on dinner downstairs. I went down to help her.
"My friend had some of the lunch you made today," I said, while cutting up some vegetables. "She liked it."
"I'm glad," replied Hinata. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "I'll get that."
For a few minutes, I heard mumbling at the door and polite conversation. After a few minutes, I heard the soft yell of my name:
"Neji-niisan!" called Hinata. I went to the door. "We have – "
At that moment, I could have sworn that I had the inclination of burying myself in a hole and lying there forever.
"Neji! I didn't know you lived here!" said Tenten cheerfully.
"Meet our new next-door neighbours Neji-niisan," said Hinata. I stood there stunned. Now not only would I see Tenten at school, but she was less then a stone's throw away from my house…
"It's probably tough having to cook while moving in, so would you like to join us for dinner?" asked Hinata politely.
"YEAH! I had some of the lunch you made for Neji today, it was wonderful!" exclaimed Tenten. "I'll tell my parents that I'll be here for dinner. I think they plan on eating out so I can leave them alone on a date."
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Here I was, on the kitchen table, helping my other cousin Hanabi with her homework while Hinata did the cooking. Tenten was watching Hinata intently.
"Tenten, what are you staring at my cousin for?" I asked.
The answer to my question came in an immediate reply. Tenten jumped up and said,
"I can't stand it anymore! You're just too cute!!!" she squealed and hugged Hinata from behind. My eye involuntarily twitched.
"Wahhh, Hinata, I didn't know that you hid these under your cute little apron!" Tenten's hands were on Hinata's chest, which did yes, have quite a nice set of boobs. My eye twitched again… her hands were still there. Hinata's face was a deep crimson and she looked as if she was going to blow up any moment.
"Tenten, could you stop molesting my cousin?" I said angrily.
"Oh, I see, you are quite defensive towards her," she said slyly. I was exasperated. I already went through the biological siblings explanation of why I wasn't attracted to my cousin.
"Look at her, who wouldn't want to defend Hinata?"
Tenten looked at my cousin who was still frozen and slightly cowering at being basically sexually harassed. Her big eyes open wide and her face exuding a total air of innocence.
"Q.E.D," said Tenten, slightly in awe. "Well then, what if I did that to you?"
Her hands wrapped around me and she put her head on top of mine. I grumbled.
"You're touching my hair again," I mumbled but she ignored my comment. This girl was impossible. Prying her off would be troublesome nonetheless.
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I sighed as I flopped onto my bed. Being around Tenten was exhausting. She had just left and luckily by the end of the night, Hinata had forgotten Tenten's… escapades and they became fast friends. I opened the window to let some air in.
"Neji!"
No. This was not happening. The room with the balcony that was across from my windows… was now occupied. By Tenten.
"I'm going to bed, don't bother me," I said quickly while closing my windows and my blinds. Life was getting interesting… and annoying… and completely and utterly exhausting with Tenten around even more than she should be.
I flopped onto my bed once again.
"I like you. So give me two weeks to prove that I like you more than anybody else."
These were going to be two long and unpredictable weeks…
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In the next chapter…
Tap tap tap.
"Neji!" hissed Tenten's voice.
Tap tap tap.
"Neji! I need your help!"
It was still dark outside. My alarm clock read five in the morning. I usually started my trek to school at eight. What on earth did she want?
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The group of fangirls approached Tenten at the front gate.
"We heard that you were going out with Neji. But you can't do that yet 'cause you have to get through us first!"