100 NejiTen Oneshots Collection

ABOUT THE HYUGA

Tenten threw another kunai. It whizzed past him as he moved on to the other side of the sparring area. It was fairly dark; sunset, to be exact, and Neji had'nt released her from training yet.

"Dammit Neji, I'm late." She sighed as she threw another barrage of kunai at him which he easily deflected.

"Late for what?" he asked. He continued on dodging her numerous attacks did it calmly.

"Neji, it's Wednesday." She retorted back to the other side as she angrily pointed at the sky, indicating it was already dark.

"Ten. You need to train." He did not know if that made her angrier, but he knew that something very wrong was coming.

"But Ne-"

"Fine." He did it. He let her go.

It didn't sound stressful at first, but he did it. He let her visit that lazy ass of a ninja.

She shook of the dirt from her clothes as she picked up the remainder of her weapons. After doing so, she simply walked away, muttering something which included the words 'possessive' and 'jerk'.

He didn't know why it bothered him so much. She'd do it every week, leave early from training to go cloud watching with that so called 'genius' who couldn't care less.

But today was different. He had this feeling that he didn't want her to see her go, it was almost devastating.

He watched her pick up her gigantic scroll and carry the weight on her back as she left the training grounds.

"You're late." She looked at the woken Nara, lying on his patch of grass on the hill. She set back her scroll among the trees and lay down beside Shikamaru.

"I-I'm sorry I'm late..." she said, putting down the rest of her stuff.

"Don't worry. I can't really say much because that would make me a hypocrite," he drawls, making Tenten giggle.

"No, no, it's not my fault though," she says, managing an easy smile. "It's just that Neji, that cold-hearted bastard of a friend wouldn't let me go from training," she sighed, putting her hands up under her head.

Shikamaru opened one eye.

"I don't know. That Neji of yours is possessive," he says, turning to her side.

"Hmm..tell me about it."

She looked up at the sky which seemed to be splashed with orange and pink with the sun almost halfway through the horizon. Surprisingly enough, there were no clouds in the sky, and she had nothing to talk about.

Tenten sighed when she felt a nudge on her shoulder.

"Hm?" He opened both eyes, sleek eyebrows furrowed.

"What?"

Shikamaru brought his leg to his chest and hugged it smugly. "About the Hyuga..."

Tenten lifted an eyebrow. "About Neji?"

Shikamaru picks the grass, because he doesn't know what he's doing, but he knows he's doing one thing that is helping his friend.

"Yeah, him. Well, you know me, Tenten. I'm not really the romantic, but I think he likes you."

Tenten scoffed. "He's mean to me, Shika. I told you, he's the reason why I'm late."

Shikamaru started to munch on a string of wheat. "Hmm...nah. I told you, I'm not the romantic. You should go ask Ino or something for this type of stuff..."

He immediately regrets that decision. Females, nice or not, were always troublesome in his tastes, and he didn't like it very much.

Tenten laughed at him. "Ino? Shika, I thought you liked Temari!"

Shikamaru furrowed his eyebrows deeper. "I never said I didn't."

Actually, he didn't know either. Because he thinks that he is in love with two very troublesome blonds at the same time while he can't seem to decide which one he liked (he was a edging a little towards Temari, though).

Tenten giggled. "Hey, we're getting off topic here," he reminds her, and suddenly she's blushing.

She shook her head. "What? About that ice cube of a crush that I have who you think might ever like me?"

Shikamaru drew something on the dirt beside him.

"Precisely, yes. I said he likes you," he repeats. He's getting quite ticked off and doesn't know if he can keep this up any longer, but then again it's for her benefit. And if it's for her benefit, he might as well do it, no matter how troublesome it seemed.

Tenten laughed again. "What makes you think so?"

Shikamaru sat down on his patch and pointed at her. "He won't let you go from practice, Tenten."

She crossed her arms. "I know that".

"Have you ever wondered why he didn't let you go, anyway?" he asks, cocking an eyebrow.

She shook her head. "I mean, he did tell me that I need more training..." she said, sitting up as well.

"But cold, concieted boys like Hyuga here, are really predictable," he said, wiping the invisible dust off his flak jacket.

"I'm just saying that he wouldn't want you to leave, considering you'll leave him for the likes of me, a lazy bum who can't do anything..."

Tenten sighed and moved her head to the other side. There was a long silence in between them, and suddenly a cold gust of wind rushed past them. She put two hands up, questioning him. "How does that make you think that he likes me?"

He folded his arms. "I dunno, he may be jealous. Or that he just doesn't wanna see you leave."

Suddenly Shikamaru stood up, gesturing to the sky which was filled with stars.

"I'm taking my leave now, bye Tenten." He walked away, leaving a slightly confused Tenten behind.

"So you're saying that he likes me plainly because he's overly possessive?" she shouted. Shikamaru waved to her. "Yeah, exactly."

He stops walking. "You should get some sleep." She watched him leave in awe.

"Thanks anyway, Shika." She picked up her scrolls and went back to her training grounds.

"Naturally."

She entered her training grounds in which she saw Neji, with several craters on the ground. "Tenten?"

He looked at her with those beautiful pearly orbs, while she sighed in relief. "Hi Neji." He folded his arms and gave her a serious look. "I thought you went cloud watching..."

She pointed up to the sky, which didn't have any clouds at all and smiled at Neji. "Neji, It's nighttime. I should go home." He smiled back and held her shoulder.

"Shall we?" he asked with that serious monotone voice, which immediately soothed Tenten down a tad lot. "Yeah, let's go home."

END

(1) No ShikaTen here, just total platonic supportive friends who help each other with their crazy fucked up love life

Okay, that was pretty corny, don't cha think? But the sole purpose of why I wrote this fic was to emphasize the bond between Tenten and Shikamaru, because you know, she's practically a tomboy who's friends with a lot of boys.

Edit (5/17/17)

Fixed a few grammar errors. No rephrasing, save for some spell and punctuation checks.