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NejiXTenten. Neji's got Tenten's diary. Sneaking in his room, threatening Lee, and 'pushing the right buttons'- she will stop at nothing to get it back.

Naruto is not mine.

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Chapter Two

So this is how a mouse feels when it gets inside a room full of mouse traps. For goodness sake, these are people who can see through walls, not to mention they have heightened senses. This is good training, I convinced myself. I've been here before, of course, I'm in Neji's team. But where the heck is his room? The house is too big and I've spent well over an hour just figuring out which rooms and corridors I haven't checked yet. By some luck, I opened one door and saw the person on the bed. I smiled as I mentally screamed "yes!" I walked in as quietly as I can. The thought that I'm alone with him in a dark room at a time like this sparked my imagination but I shook my head to regain focus.

"Concentrate, Tenten! Diary, diary, diary…"

I scanned the room. I didn't know he's so fond of books because there are a lot in there. I walked closer to his bed. I wanted to get a good look on his sleeping face first. I've seen him sleeping before when we did missions and in such a state, he is absolutely angelic.

"- - - - - - !" I covered my mouth to avoid making any sound.

I rushed outside as fast as I can. How can it be? I'm a hundred percent sure that that was his long dark hair. Wait- most Hyuugas have long dark hair. I sat down in the corridor, trying to normalize my breathing. The thought of what could have happened if Hiashi-sama wakes up and sees me staring at his face dreamily is just disturbing. Delete, erase, undo. Why is fate playing with me like this?

As soon as I recovered from that shock, I started searching the house again. I came by another room and slid the door open. Oh no, another one with long dark hair. I walked inside and proceeded immediately to check who the person is. I can't be mistaken this time. And yes, he's celestial, an adorable angel. I smiled as I looked around his room, taking my time to memorise every detail of it. It was simple and organised with minimal furnishings. Unlike his uncle, he wasn't covered with a blanket. He was wearing cotton pyjamas and a plain white shirt. His bed is huge and it's so inviting. What am I thinking? I slapped myself and sighed.

"Diary, diary, diary…" I repeated in my head.

I started to browse through the books on his desk. There aren't many but my diary wasn't there. I noticed that some were on his bed. He must be reading before he sleeps. I checked the books one by one, taking extra care to not wake him. It still wasn't there. I was somehow disappointed but thankful at the same time. It must still be in his bag. I was about to search for his bag when I smelled something. It was a clean and refreshing scent. Like citrus.

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Yes, citrus. I couldn't resist the evil temptation. I just have to give in. So here I am, my face a few inches away from his, each of my arms supporting most of my weight is just above his shoulders, my knees on either side of one of his thighs. I remember Sakura talking about how her inner self bothers her sometimes. Now I think I know what she's talking about.

"No Tenten! Get out! Leave!" I told myself.

Why am I going dangerously closer is beyond me. I gazed at him like he's some fantastic scenario. He smells so nice. Seriously, all the smelling chances that I ever had are when we were sweaty from training. Even at that, I would love to bathe in his scent.

Right here, all I want is to- stop right there. No kissing. He's sleeping, it's not right. I'm in the middle of such a compromising situation when he suddenly moved. I was so startled that I quickly hopped out of his bed and at doing so, my knee hit him on that spot, bull's eye, I never miss a target remember? All I heard is a painful "Umph-" from him. Whatever stealth I managed before has vanished and I clumsily headed to the nearest exit I can find- the window.

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I caressed my lower back on my way to the Hokage's mansion. I knocked and I heard Tsunade-sama's voice telling me to come in. I opened the door and saw Gai-sensei, Lee and Neji, along with a whole bunch of Byakugan wielders inside.

"What's going on?" I whispered to Lee.

"It seems our mission is cancelled, The Hokage sent Kurenai-sensei's team instead."

Neji glanced at me. I gulped and plastered a smile on my face, which came out more like a grin.

"So nothing is missing and no one is hurt?" The Hokage asked.

"That is correct." Hiashi-sama replied.

"But it bothers me… what reason do these people have to infiltrate our manor?" He continued.

"The Byakugan, obviously." The Hokage said.

"I doubt it. The pretty young lady didn't have any evil intent. She looked at me with yearning."

He earned doubtful glances from everyone in the room. I sweat dropped. The Hokage promised to investigate further, probably just to get the Hyuuga head going.

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I watched as Lee counted his 1899th push up. I'm lucky that Hiashi-sama didn't recognize me but Neji's glance made me worry. I'm sure things are going to get more difficult. I need to get my diary back with the next attempt.

"Is there anything that's bothering you?" He asked as he walked over to me.

"I'm fine…"

"We've been on the same team for a long time. I can tell just by looking at you."

"If I can be of help, I'll be glad to offer you assistance!" He continued, giving a nice guy pose.

I'm happy that he's concerned but I don't want to drag him into this. If I ask his help, he will know of my diary and probably the entries there. Lee is not exactly a man of few words so there's no way I'm taking chances.

"It must be Ne-ji…"

I sighed at the way he said Ne-ji. According to him, I say it with a unique melody, whatever that means. I remained silent.

"Tenten, you are truly youthful..." He was mildly shaking his head.

"But he's not the only guy in this planet, you know. No matter how youthful your emotions are, it's not healthy if it remains unreciprocated."

I refused to comment on what youth has got to do with the whole thing.

"Yes, he's from that great Hyuuga clan, he's a genius shinobi, he's not that bad from the looks department…"

I gave him a cold glare even before he finished.

"What do you mean 'not that bad'?"

"That's how it is. You refuse to see his flaws and you think he's perfect. That's why you can't find somebody else."

He was nodding to himself, extremely pleased with the analogy he came up with. I sighed heavily. It's useless to argue against a guy who thinks Gai-sensei is perfection.

"I want to help you. Falling in and out of love are both part of our youth, after all."

"One more mention of the word youth and I'm taking out my scrolls…"

"Just look at me, I sincerely like Sakura-san but she made her decision and there's nothing left for me but to accept it."

"Great, now we're on the same boat. Maybe you and I are meant to be."

"You sure learned his sarcasm, didn't you?"

"I'm sorry Lee, but can you just go back doing push ups now?"

"Yosh! Don't worry about it! I have a plan! It can't be helped, right? I will go out with you if that's what it takes to cheer you up!"

He was with that nice guy pose again. A vein popped on my forehead. The nerve, as if it's by his saving grace that I can go out with him.

"And what's this?"

He snatched the ANBU book from my hands. Lee's speed is out of this world. I wasn't able to react immediately. I can sense it. This is going to be retarded.

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Chapter Three will be posted next week! Please watch out for it!