Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NARUTO
Pairing: Neji x Ten , Sasu x Saku
Possible Pairing Coming Up: NaruHina, ShikaIno

Summary:
Tsunade had decided to send Neji, Tenten, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Naruto and Hinata for a Vacation. Their Destination? Singapore, The famous Lion City of course. Neji wanted to confess to Tenten about his feelings towards her...vice versa. So...will the Courage from the Lion give both Neji and Tenten what they need...for their confessions?

A/N: Hello . Thanks fr the reviews . I didn't expect to get any reviews at all . Oh well . xD Anw , Enjoy . :)

Warning*: I wanted the Gang to try out some Local dishes so I added a Hawker Centre near the Airport . Pls don't hate me fr that . :)


When Tenten and Neji had entered their Hotel room, they were shocked. There was only a bed for the two of them! Neji and Tenten kept quiet but blushed a little.

After the gang had finished unpacking their stuff, the sky had already turned dark. Neji looked at the time and it shows 8pm. Neji groaned. It has already been that late?!

Then, someone's stomach growled. It was Tenten's. Neji turned and looked at her while she blushed deep red.

"We had not eat since 11am in Ichiraku." Tenten explained.

Neji nodded. He himself too was hungry.

'KNOCK KNOCK'

"Who would be visiting us now?" Tenten asked. Neji shrugged and went to open the door.

Outside stood Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru and Ino.

"What are you 6 doing here?" Neji asked.

"Well, we're all starved so Ino had suggested that we should go and have our dinner." Sakura smiled.

"Where?" Tenten asked.

"A Fast Food Restuarant called McDonald's. It's near our hotel." Naruto answered.

"Eww...fast food? I rather not join you all." Tenten groaned.

"Well...since we are in Singapore...why not try some local dishes?" Hinata asked.

"There is a Hawker Centre nearby you know." Hinata added.

"What's a Hawker Centre?" Naruto asked.

"It is a place where there is alot of food." Hinata replied.

"Let's go then." Ino agreed. The rest nodded in agreement.


When the gang arrived at the Hawker Centrr they were speechless. Number one, it has electronic fans. Two, it has alot and alot of stores selling all kinds of food.

They found a table and sat down.

"Well..let's take a look around." Sakura suggested.

"One of us should stay so that our table won't be taken away. The person's roommate will order for him or her." Hinata said.

"I will stay. Ino, just buy me something less troublesome okay?" Shikamaru asked. Ino sighed and nodded.

Tenten looked around. There's something called Beehoon Crab. And what's Laksa anyway?

"Hey Neji." Tenten said as she nudged Neji.

"Hn?" Neji asked.

"What's a Laksa?" Tenten asked as she pointed to a picture labeled Laksa.

Neji's eyes widen. The orangey and reddy soup had made him flinched. Whatever it is, it looked really really spicy.

"I don't know." Neji replied and immediately walked away.

Tenten shook her head. Neji always avoid whatever's spicy.

Tenten walked up to the Shop owner and asked, "Uncle, may I know what's a Laksa? I am a tourist and I am not really sure about the food here. But I really wanna try some Local delicacies." Tenten explained. The shop owner smiled.

"Ahh...a tourist who loves food I see. Well, Laksa is a bowl of noodles soaked in some curry. If you wanna taste Singapore's Local dishes, you wouldn't wanna miss this out." The shop ownder replied.

Tenten's eyes widen.

"Well...you see...I can't really...eat something that's too spicy." Tenten sighed.

"I see...well, you can choose the level of spiciness of the laksa." The shop owner replied.

"Really?" Tenten asked not believing her luck. The shop owner nodded his head.

"Well, give me a bowl of Laksa which is not really spicy but a little bit is just right." Tenten smiled.

"A bowl of Laksa coming right up! Where are you sitting miss?" The shop owner asked again.

"There!" Tenten smiled as she pointed to the table where Shikamaru is.

The shop owner nodded and Tenten went back to the table.

"Where's your food?" Shikamaru asked.

"It will be ready soon. Anyway, what are you eating?" Tenten asked.

"Well, Ino's ordering some minced pork noodles there. And she is ordering one for me too." Shikamaru explained.

"Minced pork noodles?" Tenten asked as if it was some kind of Alien food.

"Hot steaming noodles! Beware! Move it!" Ino exclaimed as she settled a tray on the table with two bowls of steaming hot noodles on it. There were Minced pork, fishcakes, fishballs, dumplings and mushrooms on the noodles in both bowls.

"What a wide spread!" Tenten squealed.

"I didn't know that it also have a small bowl of soup." Ino smiled as she pointed to two small bowls of soup, near the corner of the tray.

Shikamaru raised his eyebrows.

"I have to drink soup too? I thought I did say that I want something not so troublesome you woman?!" Shikamaru asked.

"Well, there isn't anything here that is 'not so troublesome' Shikamaru. Lazy ass. You even groan when you have to drink just a few more mouthful of soup." Ino replied while she shook her head. After getting everything off the tray, Ino returned the tray and went back to her seat.

"Miss? This is your bowl of Laksa. Enjoy." The same shop owner who had served Tenten just now smiled and placed the bowl of Laksa in front of Tenten.

"How much is it?" Tenten asked.

"That would be $2.50." The Shop owner smiled. Tenten handed him the money and tucked in.

"Mmmm..." Tenten smiled after swallowing a mouthful of noddles.

"How is it Tenten? Is it very spicy?" Ino asked.

Tenten shook her head.

"The spiciness was just right. How about your noddles Ino?" Tenten asked.

"Well, one word. Impressive." Ino smiled.

"You bought that Spicy thing?" Neji asked as he placed his food on the table, just right beside Tenten.

"Uh-huh. What did you buy?" Tenten asked.

"Porridge. Century Egg Porridge." Neji stated as he sat down. He picked up the spoon and started to stir the porridge with it. He then scooped some porridge up with he spoon and nibbled, the content on the spoon, slowly. Neji's eyes lit up and smiled! Tenten's eyes widen. Ino's jaws dropped. Shikamaru stared at Neji. Did Neji...just...smiled?!

"What?" Neji asked when he noticed his three comrades' reaction after he nibbled abit of porridge from the spoon.

"Were...were you smiling?!" Tenten asked in disbelief. Neji frowned.

"Can't I?" Neji asked.

"Sure. You can...it's just...you know...weird? Since I don't always see you-" Tenten replied but was stopped by Neji. Neji pushed the spoon with the porridge on it into Tenten's mouth. Tenten's eyes widen. Her eyes...were like...they could pop out of the sockets any moment. Ino's jaws couldn't drop any lower since it had already reached the ground. Shikamaru had actually fallen off his chair. Sakura who was walking towards the table saw the incident anf she almost dropped her food. Sasuke was as collected as ever when he saw what Neji had did but...he smirked a little. Naruto was frozen in shock. Hinata almost fainted. Did Neji...just used his spoon...and shared his food...with Tenten...a female...by...stuffing the spoon into her mouth...like he was...her boyfriend or something?! Okay...this world is turning upside down.

"Okay, time to wake up. Knock knock." Naruto stated worriedly as he knocked his head three times but nothing happened. He wasn't dreaming! Neji Hyuga, the cold and emotionless...destiny freak...was...showing his...soft side?!

Neji then realised what he had done and started blushing deep red. Tenten too was blushing really red. Maybe, you could even fry an egg with Tenten's steaming red face.

"What?! Why is everyone looking at me like that?!" Neji asked. He was referring to the gang. The rest of the people in the Hawker centre were too busy with their food and stuff to notice anything.

Tenten took out the spoon from her mouth, after removing the porridge from its top by eating it, and handed it back to Neji without a word.

The rest of the gang sat down around the table and they wasn't even caring if they were hungry or not. They were shocked...after what Neji did.

"What?! I was just sharing some...tasty food with a good friend. The porridge is nice you know." Neji made up an excuse.

"Yeahhhh...sharing a reaaaaal niceeeeee porridge with a...'good' friend." Naruto snickered. Neji glared and that had shut his mouth up.

"Com'on, let's dig in!" Sakura smiled as she changed the subject to save Neji and Tenten from any...further embarassment.

"What's that?" Tenten asked as she pointed to the plate filled with eggs and cube-liked radish in front of Naruto.

"This? The chef told me that it is called a Carrot cake. The dish is fried with rice flour and radish, which is some kinda white carrot, together with soy sauce, eggs, garlic and pickled radish. Carrot cakes has two kinds of version, the black and the white one. The black one has sweet sauce mixed with the ingredients while frying while the white one doesn't. I am now having the white one." Naruto added.

"Wow. This is weird." Sasuke smirked.

Naruto raised his eyebrows.

"I must be dreaming. Naruto had remembered memorised alot of things! Must be some 'miracles'!" Sasuke smirked.

"TEME! I KNOW AN INSULT WHEN I HEAR ONE!" Naruto exclaimed.

"It is an insult." Sasuke stated.

"Calm down guys." Sakura sighed.

"N-Naruto-Kun, calm down. Teammates shouldn't be fighting." Hinata stuttered.

Naruto sighed and nodded. Sasuke just 'hn'ed.

"What's that?" Sakura asked when she noticed what Sasuke was eating.

"It's called Rojak, a local kind of salad. It is served with fruits and vegetable and Chinese doughnut which are cut into pieces; mixed with thick prawn paste and toppled with peanuts." Sasuke explained. Sakura and the rest nodded. The plate of Rojak in front of Sasuke looks really appetizing.

"Hinata, what's that thing you're eating?" Naruto asked.

"This is called Char Kway Teow. A mixture of white and yellow noodles fried with dark sweet sauce, bean sprouts, fish cake, vegetable and clams." Hinata explained.

"Ohh...it smelt good." Naruto smiled.

Hinata nodded and continued eating.

"What are you eating then Sakura?" Sasuke asked.

"This? Oh, this is Roti Prata. Roti Prata comes from South India. It is a type of Indian pancake made of flour. It comes with a variation of fillings including egg, cheese, banana, onions, meat or even topped off with a scoop of ice cream. It is always served with hot curry gravy but I prefer sugar though. I am currently tasting an Egg Prata and a Plain one." Sakura explained.

Sasuke nodded. That might make a good breakfast for everyone.

"Wow...Singapore's delicacies comes from all races." Tenten piped out.

"A multi racial country eh? Very interesting." Sasuke smirked. The rest nodded in agreement.


After the gang had finished their dinner, they left the Hawker Centre and went back to their Hotel. They had decided to discuss about where they should visit tomorrow. They would first meet each other at the Entrance of the Hotel. And then, they would decide where they would head to. And they were eat out instead of eating in the hotel. They had decided to meet at 9am sharp.

Neji and Tenten each took a turn to take a shower and brushing their teeth before going to bed.

"Tenten?" Neji asked.

"Ya?" Tenten asked.

"I-I'm sorry...about the spoon incident." Neji sighed.

"Nah...that's okay. Anyway, let's rest now. We have a big day tomorrow." Tenten smiled. Neji nodded quietly and turned away from Tenten and the both of them...fell asleep, each with a smile on their faces.


*Phew* !
Chapter 2 is up! :)
Anyway , I hoped that you had all learnt more about Singapore's local dishes but I am not finished with them yet. There are still some more delicacies I had yet to mention so stay tune . :D

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