Again. Do not. Own. Naruto.
When Tenten got home from her encounter with Neji, the first thing she did was take a Tylenol. Five of them. She wasn't sure if that was considered drug abuse, but she needed it at the moment.
"I can't believe I just dissed Neji. Sure, it wasn't a good diss. And sure, he probably has no feelings to hurt. But still! He'll remember that forever. There's no way I can magically seduce him now! He'll remember me as the ugly girl who to him told stick his head up his ass! I'm going to end up kissing a hobo, I just know it," she told herself as she dragged herself upstairs to her bed.
After an hour of wallowing in self pity, TenTen decided she might as well go to sleep and hope to dream about something more pleasant (and hopefully non-Neji related). She undressed and got into her blue nightie, undoing her buns as well. Slipping under the sheets, Tenten had just reached over to turn off her lamp when the phone rang. She sighed. Who the heck could be calling at this hour?
"Hello?" Tenten asked hesitantly, hoping the person on the other end wasn't a telemarketer. They were like devils with phones and phone numbers .
"Hey Tenten? It's Sakura. I know you are probably in bed already, but I just wanted to tell you to come over to my house in the morning. So wake up early," she heard the high-pitched voice say. Sakura sounded excited. Tenten couldn't help but to wonder what hell she was in for the morning. She considered pretending that her alarm didn't go off, thus avoiding Sakura's house entirely, but realized that she was, quite frankly, the worst liar on the face of the earth. Whatever Sakura had in store for her couldn't be worse than an eternal cold shoulder.
"Okay," Tenten mumbled, then hung up. Finally, she turned off the light and flipped onto her side, drifting into a light sleep.
Tenten woke at five the next morning. School started at seven. She spent half an hour showering, dressing, and fixing her buns, then grabbed her backpack and proceeded to Sakura's house. But before she had even rung the doorbell, Sakura was already swinging the front door open, grin plastered on her face. Tenten wondered how long she had been looking through the curtains watching for her.
"Oh my god, Tenten! You're here! And I was starting to think I'd have to go get you. Come in, quick!" Sakura squealed, then yanked on Tenten's backpack strap, pulling her inside.
"Last night my mom gave me a new makeup kit. I know. Exciting, isn't it?" Sakura gushed. Tenten nodded insincerely, making a note to thank Mrs. Haruno personally later. Upon reaching Sakura's room, the girl practically dove under her bed to drag out a ginormous box. Oh yes. Tenten was in hell.
"If we're going to get guys," she explained, "we need to use makeup. And not like coverup and mascara. That's baby stuff. I mean hardcore adult makeup!" TenTen gulped.
"Sakura, three things. Makeup can't be hardcore. Two, I look like Freddy Kreuger with makeup on. And three, why don't I trust you with this?" she said slowly, worry drowning her voice.
"Relax, Tenten. Close your eyes," Sakura said, whipping out a stick of eyeliner and a huge assortment of eyeshadows. Tenten followed orders and awaited her doom. She felt a pointy pencil continuously stabbing her lower lid and winced. Then she felt the powder being applied above. She waited long after the prodding and pricking had stopped, enduring Sakura's endless 'Hmms' and 'Oohs'.
"Okay, open your eyes now," she said excitedly, then stood with her hands on her waist and head held up high. Tenten opened one eye, then the other, and turned to look at the mirror. A look of utter horror took over her face as she saw her reflection.
Tenten could see where Sakura got her inspiration. Today she was wearing a red Chinese top with gold buttons and golden embroidery along the edges of the cloth. Her legs were covered in jeans, ripped at the knees, and her feet had small gold slipper-like shoes. To pull it all off, Tenten's ears held long, dangling golden dragon earrings. Sakura had tried to compliment the colors by adding a deep pink (practically red) blush to her cheeks, bright red lipstick, gold eyeshadow and almost golden eyeliner (more like dark yellow). It might've looked okay if Sakura hadn't made them so bold and if each side of her face had the same amount of makeup. But neither of those things happened.
"No offense, Sakura, but I take that back. I look like Freddy Kreuger screwed Ronald McDonald and I was the result. Makeup just…isn't my thing," she finished with a sigh, reaching for a makeup remover wipe. After she had cleaned herself up, her face still had a red hue to it. But at least it was…better.
"Suit yourself," Sakura said, surprising Tenten with the casualty of the statement. She had thought for sure Sakura would be offended and hurt. She waited on Sakura's bed for twenty minutes while her friend hovered obsessively in front of the mirror. Finally, she was done.
Tenten picked her backpack up from the corner and started down the stairs, Sakura close behind. They walked to school almost in silence, Sakura too preoccupied with how her makeup looked, and Tenten worrying about seeing Neji again. Luckily for Tenten, she didn't see Neji at the front of school. Oh no. It was much, much worse.
Sakura and Tenten saw their green spandex clad friend a mile before even reaching the school's entrance. He was waiting faithfully for them, looking every direction until he saw them coming up the road.
"Oh great. Lassie's waiting for us, Sakura," Tenten muttered, slowing her pace to a shuffle. Lee, however, starting jumping up and down, screaming their names until they reached his five foot range.
"GOOD MORNING SAKURA AND TENTEN MY YOUTHFUL FLOWERS OF YOUTH. WHY DON'T YOU LOOK YOUTHFUL TODAY? DID YOU GET A YOUTHFUL SLEEP ON YOUR PILLOWS OF LOVE AND SHEETS OF TRUTH? I HOPE YOUR YOUTHFULLY YOUTH LASTS YOU YOUTHFULLY THROUGHOUT THIS YOUTHFULLY YOUTHFUL DAY OF YOUTH!"
Sakura and Tenten stopped, scarred and horrified. Tenten tried to hide her face as everyone turned to see who the bowl-cut freak was yelling at.
"Oh…my…effing…god…" Tenten growled, reaching into her backpack and retrieving a text book to hold in front of her face. Lee was now screaming 'Youth! Youth! Youth! Youth!' over and over again, pumping his arms up and down with each 'Youth'. He was going up and down the concrete stairs and even into other students' faces. They, of course, ran away as scarred as Sakura and Tenten were right then.
"Uh…Tenten," Sakura said in a concerned voice, prodding her friend's arm, "do you…er…think he's broken?"
"I hope so…" Tenten muffled. Her lips were now mashed up against her cloth book cover as she continued to try and hide her identity. In the background Lee was still chanting youth and flailing his arms.
Then Tenten heard a chuckle, and everything went from totally humiliating to totally humiliating plus a too-sexy-for-his-own-good asshole. The voice made her angry and embarrassed at the same time. But instead of whacking him she just stood as still as a stick, face crushed against her book and hot with blush, hoping like heck he'd just go away.
"I think something is wrong with your little friend there," Neji pointed out to Tenten. Sakura, noticing Neji, decided to leave and give the couple privacy. Or maybe she just wanted to run away and commit suicide in a fish tank.
Tenten said something that sounded like 'He is not my friend', but it was drowned out by the book and Lee's ceaseless screaming of youth.
Neji laughed silently, then walked away. Tenten poked her head out from behind the book to see if Neji was really gone, but found to her utter and complete dismay that the prodigy had walked over to Lee. Tenten wanted to die. In that moment she thought about over a hundred ways to kills herself without moving from that spot.
"Eyebrow boy, I think your little girlfriend over there wants you to shut up. Actually, I think the whole school does," Neji said to Lee. Lee stopped yelling and looked at Neji for a moment.
"TENTEN IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND SHE IS MY YOUTHFUL FRIEND OF YOUTH THAT LIKES TO SHARE YOUTH WITH ME. SOMETIMES WE SHARE OUR LUNCH OF PEACE AND KINDESS WITH EACH OTHER BUT THAT IS IT. YOSH!" He yelled at Neji. Neji reached up to wipe the rather large amount of spit off his face. Instead of replying, he slid into a stance with his right arm extended and left leg slid back.
"Jyuuken!" he yelled, pummeling Lee with strikes all over his body. Lee fell to the ground seconds later, twitching and foaming at the mouth. Neji then strolled into school like nothing had happened.
Tenten had dropped her book long enough to see the whole ordeal. Her mouth hung open as she watched Lee collapse. She wasn't sure if he had died, but decided in the end that she didn't really care. (a/n ouch…. ) Instead she chose to run after Neji and thank him for saving her from further public humiliation. She secretly also wanted to apologize for last night. Tenten could only hope this would help improve her chances of making Neji "the one".
Tenten found Neji by a locker, which she logically assumed was his. Closing her eyes, she took a moment to breathe before starting over to the prodigy. He didn't see her until she spoke.
"Hey, um, Neji? I er…wanted to say thanks…for uh…shutting Lee up. You know, he's so retarded but he just keeps following us around…I owe you a favor now….and I talk way too much, don't I?" she finished her babbling and pursed her lips, looking at the Hyuuga whose expression displayed amusement.
"Yes, you do. And it wasn't for you. It was for the school. In a few minutes people would have started having seizures. Wouldn't want that, would we? But I'll keep that favor in mind" he smirked. Tenen's eyebrows came together. She desperately tried to fight back her temper, but failed miserably.
"You know what, Hyuuga?!? I was being the bigger person by coming over here trying to be nice for once in my life. I was going to apologize for last night, but you can forget that now. So just….just…go screw a cheerleader or something, why don't you?!" she said fiercely, and huffed off.
She saw him grinning as she left him, and she swore she heard him laughing something.
"Been there, done that. Isn't too great"
A/N Okay…I realize I have a rather…er…odd sense of humor Oo I'm so mean to Lee D: Review if you wish. I'm just having fun writing this story, which is the important part, ne? Not like I wouldn't appreciate a review or two, though :DDD