Disclaimer: I just love nejiten, Don't yOu? Nejiten is sO cute, wether it is pre- Or post-skip. WheN will they be uNcool? Never in A million yeaRs. yoU know That yOu love them… (in order to obtain disclaimer, some assembly required)

One warm April afternoon Neji and Tenten were sparring like they did every day. Tenten had decided to work on her close-combat taijutsu so Neji was using training jyuuken.

Close-combat taijutsu was not one of Tenten's strong points, which was why Neji had agreed to help her improve. Whenever he saw an opening Neji would show Tenten by poking her, and she would correct herself. One of the said openings occurred so Neji poked her in the ribs, the spot left open by the opening.

Tenten wasn't expecting to be poked in the ribs. As a result, she jumped away from Neji's finger and squeaked. Saying that Neji was completely caught off guard by Tenten's squeak would be an understatement.

Neji let his guard down for about ten seconds to think, Did she just squeak? That must mean that she's ticklish! The ten seconds that Neji was spaced out was just long enough for Tenten to get behind him and gain the upper hand.

Tenten placed one hand on top of Neji's head and the other underneath his chin. Then she gently tilted his head to the side a little bit. "You're dead," Tenten simply stated, signifying her victory.

"What? How?" Neji asked, obviously confused.

"When you paused I was able to get behind you and break your neck," Tenten responded matter-of-factly.

"O…well, let's try this again," Neji said as he took his fighting stance.

"Okay," Tenten agreed, choosing to take a defensive stance and wait for Neji to make the first move

Neji did make the first move. He stepped forward and, before she could block it, poked her in the ribs again. Once again Tenten jumped away and squeaked, just like she had before.

"Yep, definitely ticklish," Neji muttered to himself with a mischievous smirk spreading itself across his features. When Tenten moved to counter his "attack," Neji poked her in the ribs, yet again and was rewarded with another squeak.

"Eep! Would you quit doing that Neji?" Tenten squeaked when Neji poked her for a fourth time.

"No," was Neji's stoic response. IN her annoyance feigned an attempt to take Neji's feet out from under him and instead poked him in the ribs. Neji jumped just like Tenten did the first time he had poked her, but he didn't squeak; the Hyuuga Neji doesn't squeak.

Tenten smiled and poked him again. He didn't jump away from her this time, but he did wiggle in a funny way. "You're ticklish, Neji-kun," Tenten teased after a couple more experimental pokes.

"So are you, Tenten," Neji came back, poking her in the ribs for emphasis. He smirked when she squeaked…again. Tenten poked him back, and everything snowballed from there. A couple of minutes later Neji and Tenten were on the ground in a full out "tickle fight."

Tenten came to her senses when she realized that they were lying on the ground with him on top of her. Neji had also realized this because he had stopped tickling her. Tenten turned pink when realized what position they were in.

In a spur of the moment decision, Neji closed the small distance between his and Tenten's faces. Their lips met and Neji immediately knew that he had made a good decision. Tenten wound her arms around Neji's neck and deepened the kiss. Neji slid his tongue across Tenten's bottom lip, asking permission. She immediately granted him entrance, moaning softly as his tongue caressed hers.

At that exact moment Lee and Gai walked into the clearing. They were coming back from running laps around Konoha. "At last! Neji and Tenten's flowers of youth have finally blos—" Gai started to yell but was cut off when a pebble flew dangerously close to his head.

"Nice shot, Tenten," Neji calmly congratulated.

"Thank you, Neji," Tenten humbly replied.

End (for now)