A/N: Wow, I got a lot of feedback on my first chapter.
So therefore I decided to continue.
This chapter might explain some things...
I'm really making it up as I go along, but I have a basic plot in my head (:
And yes Tenten has a son, a lot of people stated that.
Flashback is in italics
Enjoy chapter two :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
"I'm sorry, are you alright?" Tenten had managed to fall over, and she now took the pale hand that the person who crashed into her offered and pulled herself to her feet.
She let go of the hand, and dusted off her jacket, which had powdery white snow clinging to it. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry about that." Only then did she look into the face of the opposite man. Squinting at him she asked, "Do I know you? You look really familiar…"
Neji seemed equally as shocked as she did. He tilted his head to the side and looked her up and down. Letting out a small smile, "Well this was unexpected. It's been a long time, hasn't it, Tenten?"
"This is an interesting coincidence," She didn't even bother hiding her surprise. "So what have you been up to this past year, Neji?" She bent over to pick up her purchase, which had fallen, and looked at her watch again. "It's 7:30, so how'd you like to come to my place for some tea? Or are you busy?"
Shrugging he replied, "I'm free. It seems like we have much to catch up on."
"Yeah we do. My car is just over here." Hitting a button on her keys, her Cobalt made a quiet honk and a 'click' indicating that doors had unlocked. She walked over to the drivers seat while he opened the passenger's door. When she noticed him observing her car she grinned, "Cute, isn't it? It was a graduation gift from the 'rents."
"I've always seen you as more of a Toyota person."
Laughing, she started the ignition. "Yeah well. We've really only been friends for so long." The rest of the ride to her small townhouse was just some small talk. When they reached her home, and she opened the door, the only thing that could be heard was some screaming.
A small boy ran to the door and locked his arms around Tenten's legs. A teenaged girl with red hair soon followed him. Taking some cash out of her wallet, Tenten handed the bills to the girl. "Thanks again, Myuko-chan. He must have been a lot of trouble."
"Not at all." Then she turned her curious blue eyes on Neji, even though she still talked to the other woman. "I've never seen him before, is he your boyfriend?"
Tenten laughed. "No, no. This is Neji, he's an old friend I ran into." The girl didn't look convinced, but didn't ask any more questions. She said a quick good-bye and headed out the door. Then the brunette turned to the little boy. "Haterou-chan, I've got a present for you." She handed him the train set she just bought. "I have a friend over right now, so will you be a good boy and play quietly in the living room?" When he nodded, she have him a kiss on his forehead and smiled as she watched him go. Then turning to Neji she said, "The house is a bit of a mess, but the kitchen's this way. Would you like coffee or tea?"
"Tea will be fine thanks." He took his jacket off and hung it on the same one Tenten put hers on. He looked around, trying to spot the 'mess' she had mentioned. But his home was much more hazardous then hers. "Who was that boy? A nephew?"
She took her time answering. "Not a nephew, I don't have any siblings." Then it was silent for a moment as she turned on the kettle. She took out tea two tea bags and placed them in two mugs she got out of the cupboard. Then she went to her kitchen table and sat across from Neji. With out looking at him she said, "He's my son."
"Son?" Neji asked, surprised. He looked at her, but she was still avoiding his gaze. "Since when did you have a son?" He watched as she fidgeted with her hands, wondering how to answer. Then he rephrased his question, hoping to make it easier on her. "How old is he?"
She was silent for a little while longer, then sighing she replied. "Just turned five. I had him when I was seventeen, the year before college started." Then she smiled sheepishly, "You might be wondering why I didn't tell you about him, but believe me; keeping my own child a secret isn't easy. Do you remember how we first became friends?"
"Ah." Neji said quietly, feeling a small smile creep across his face. "That's not something one would easily forget."
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Tenten groaned when she woke up, her head felt like someone was hammering it. She lay with her eyes closed for a while, trying to recall the night before.
She had gone to a bar with Ino and some other friends with for no reason in particular, just a girls' night out. At the pub, they met up with some other friends, mostly guys they went to school with. She remembered talking a lot, and maybe drinking quite a bit too.
She groaned, again, that might explain her pounding headache. But it didn't tell her where she was now. But, still not wanting to really wake up, she rolled over and she felt her arm brush against somebody.
Swearing quietly, Tenten suddenly remembered where she was. Looking around to confirm her suspicions, it was a dorm room. She sat up and realised she had no clothes on, and quickly looked to the boy she had the one night stand with.
Inuzuka Kiba snored quietly obviously still asleep, which Tenten was very thankful for. This wasn't exactly on her to-do list, as Kiba was a friend of hers. Quietly, she slipped out of the bed and gathered her clothes on the ground. She had her panties on and quickly slid her jeans over them. Then she looked for her shirt and bra, which she found beside a small white dog that was watching her curiously with dark eyes.
"Good puppy," She said quietly, wrapping her arms around herself. "Be quiet please." She begged.
Thinking that she wanted to play, Akamaru barked and Kiba groaned and rolled over in the bed. Wanting to avoid the awkward 'morning after' she quickly grabbed a tee shirt randomly from the ground and ran to the bathroom locking the door behind her.
Breathing heavily and putting her ear to the door, she sighed in relief when all was silent on the other side. But Tenten frowned when she heard something behind her. She turned around and squealed, quickly pulling the tee shirt on and wrapping her arms around herself once more.
She glared at Neji, who was currently choking on his toothpaste, and felt a blush spread across her face. He was wearing only a pair of jeans, and his long hair was wet as if he had just gotten out of the shower. Finally spitting the foam out of his mouth, his looked at her incredulously. "What on earth are you doing?"
Tenten and Neji had gone to the same school since elementary. But he was never in her class, not even in high school, because he was in the enriched programme. Now that she thought of it, even though she had known him most of her life she'd never really exchanged words with him. The only thing she knew was that he was Hinata's cousin. Blushing madly she said, "Why on earth don't you lock the door?"
"Because that's not my door. The bathroom conjoins the two rooms, how would I know Kiba didn't have his locked?" She blushed more when he rested his pale eyes on her face. He sighed. "Stay here, I'll get your things for you."
He pushed past her and walked into the room, leaving Tenten gaping. She hadn't expected the Hyuuga prodigy to be so nice. And she really didn't expect the Hyuuga prodigy to be so hot. Sure he was nice-looking, even though she'd only seen glimpses of him before, but he had one sexy body. Feeling her face heat up even more, she pushed the thoughts out of her mind.
Within a minute he came back in, handing her shirt and bra over to her. She was pretty sure she was about the colour of a tomato by now, "Thanks," She muttered.
He smirked. "I'll let you get changed." Then he pointed to the door across the one he had just come in. "Knock on that door when you're done. I'll show you how to get out of the building without getting noticed, since you really shouldn't be in here. Anyways, I'll make up something to tell Kiba when he wakes up." Tenten nodded and he left.
She quickly pulled on her clothes and knocked on the door as he instructed. When he opened it, she saw that he had thrown on a tee shirt. He nodded and walked to the other door that led into the hall, motioning for her to follow.
"Why are you being so nice?" Tenten blurted out, he looked at her without any interest. And she felt her face heat up even more. "I mean…I always thought you were this cold person…or something."
"And have you ever gotten to know me?" She shook her head and he continued walking. "This way." She followed him out and then after taking several turned and going down several flights of stairs, she was outside. "I suppose you know where to go from here?"
She nodded and when he turned to leave she said, "Neji-kun, wait!" He turned around and appeared to be agitated. "I really would like to get to know you."
He smiled slightly. "I'll see you around, Tenten."
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"Yeah, we were great friends after that. But I really would have liked to have seen Kiba's face when he woke up." She stood up when she heard the kettle whistle.
Neji leaned back in his chair. "So what does that have to do with you not telling me you were a mother? I do believe that was two years ago, so I doubt Kiba's the father." He raised and eyebrow as he watched he pour the boiling water into the cups. "Or was he?"
Tenten laughed. "Kiba? As if. I was drunk that night, remember?" she brought the mugs over and placed on in front of Neji who thanked her. She blew on her own. "I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to think I was some cheap whore." She smiled, "Our first meeting wasn't one that would exactly convince you otherwise."
"I see." Neji said, taking a sip of the tea. "So who's the father?"
"Not something I would tell you yet." Her smile faded. "But he moved away and didn't go to our college, so he actually doesn't know he has a kid." She sighed and put her cup down. "But that's enough about me, what about you? I heard from Hinata that you had taken over the company. Impressive."
He shrugged. "Not really. But I heard from Lee that you were studying in archaeology."
"So you're still in touch with Lee? He kind of scares me, he's too much like that police officer…Gai I think his name was," She paused. "So who else are you in tune with?"
Neji thought for a moment. "All of the old gang really. So really the only person I haven't seen this past year is you." After a moment he said, "And those three siblings, Gaara and them, I haven't talked to them for a long time. You?"
"Same here basically. Odd though, we seem to see everyone, and they seem to hang out with each other a lot. So it's only you and me that have cut off connection. I wonder why."
It was silent for a moment, and then Neji stood up. "I should go now. Thanks for the tea, it was nice talking to you again."
"Oh, yeah…" Tenten said, standing up as well. "Do you need a ride?"
Neji almost laughed. "Believe it or not I don't live too far from here."
"Wow. It's so weird that we haven't seen each other." She walked him to the door. He slid his jacket on and turned to her.
Smiling slightly, he repeated the words he had said the first time he had met her. "I'll see you around, Tenten"
A/N: Sorry, I just had to use Kiba. None of the other characters would really fit the part...
I'm thinking Neji is a little OOC, is he?
Well thanks for reading, Reviews are appreciated :D
fanny-kun
