It was the second day, wasn't it? She had survived the first day, although not fight-free, and now they were standing together. She wasn't crazy, not yet. And standing there, him holding onto her, looking like her as if he could see her soul, the bane of her existence, she wondered if he knew what she was thinking.
"So," Hinata said, walking into the room, "are you two just going to stand like statues for the rest of the day?" Neither one of them replied, Tenten because she couldn't, in fear of actually speaking, and she was sure that if Neji did, he would have said something that would have made his cousin continue on with whatever she came in the room for.
"I see, silent treatment from both of you."
Of course from me, idiot. He's in here, and I...I can't do it.
"Obviously, Hinata, we are getting to know each other a bit better." A lie in all aspects. How could he say something like that, knowing full well that she couldn't speak and he already knew too much about her. He had known she was weak against his mind games, right? "But it's not going to well, as she is still being silent."
"I have to be!" she snapped, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "Or else you'll do stupid stuff and I'll be in trouble."
He looked at her and smiled. "Of course, my dear. Anything you say will be held against you."
"Your nose is crooked, you know." She backed away and pulled herself from his grasp. "Maybe you should take care of that."
"If you had actually said that, I would have told you to shut up. However, I can't, so I'll forgive you for that one."
Hinata laughed. "You two are so silly. Kind of like two lovers, you know?"
"Don't even dare go there."
"For you, I won't. I'm scared of your freaky foot, Tenten."
How badly she wanted to attack the girl right then! "You better be."
"Enough, enough. Let's get out of here, you two. Better things to do today than standing here and arguing."
He's a jerk and I know it. I know she's in on whatever his plan is, and she's only trying to get me to talk to tell him, and effectively get rid of me. Am I her competition or something?
Tenten yawned as she watched the other two sitting at a table and talking to one another, civilly. She refused to take part, partly because she really was not in the mood to be associating with any of the Hyuugas and partly because she was scared of accidentally speaking.
"Hey! What are you doing just sitting there?" Hinata, standing up, asked. She shook her head and the younger girl sat back down. "You aren't plotting escape or something, are you?" Another head shake, followed by a long, drawn out sigh.
"She's being silent. Like she's supposed to. Don't bother her anymore."
She grinned, although it seemed weird that the person who had forced her into this silence with the intent to make her talk and do...something to her was the one telling his cousin off from talking to her. However, the peace of not being bothered seemed oddly, well, peaceful.
"But, of course, we can talk." She felt something touching her back, and instantaneously swung her hand behind her and smacked somebody in the face. All that came after was a string of curses and something dripping onto her neck. I can't even go one day without hurting somebody here, can I? She turned to see what damage she had done, but the room behind her was empty, only a trail of blood there as whoever it was had ran. Asking herself if she knew who it was, from the corner of her eye she saw Hinata skipping back her way with a mop.
"You're really good at beating him up, Ten. Next time, though, I advise you not to hit him that hard. That's two injuries in two days. He might be dead when this is all said and done."
A/N: My updates are sporatic, or, as fast as I can figure out how to fix my documents. Sorry this took so long, but wow. :/
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Siggy