The next morning Tenten woke up on her own, Masaki and Hiriko weren't in the room. She tried to stop the rising panic that was bubbling up and she pulled on a large shirt. She didn't bother dressing properly as she ran downstairs. She was about to shout for Sakura when Masaki came out of the kitchen
"Mummy" He shouted running up to her
"Hey" Tenten muttered picking him up and pulling him close to her
"Aunty Sakura makes pancakes" He giggled as his mother hugged him
While Tenten was stood there Sakura came out, Hiriko balanced on her hip
"Morning sleepy head" Sakura grinned at her
"Morning" Tenten smiled back before putting Masaki back on the floor
Sakura looked at Tenten, she didn't look like she'd slept really, her hair was a mess like she'd tossed and turned and she had bags under her eyes.
"Do you want a coffee?" Sakura asked, Tenten nodded her head and Sakura went back in the kitchen to make the coffee. While Sakura went in the kitchen there was a knock on the door, Tenten span to face it, what if it was Neji again?
"Who is it?" Tenten called out. If it was Neji she wouldn't let him in
"It's Ino let me in damn it" Came the reply laughing at herself Tenten went to open the door and let Ino in.
Ino burst through the door, a large purple dress on
"MORING" Ino shouted as the kids ran up to her
"Aunty Ino"
"Aunty Ino you came back"
"What's up Tennie?" Ino asked walking over to her
"Nothing it's just… Neji found out" Tenten told her
"He found out you're here?" Ino asked
"Well that and about the kids"
"Who told him?" Ino demanded
"I don't know, he just turned up drunk and found out"
"Wait he was drunk?" Ino asked "Oh I'm going to kill Kankuro" Ino shouted before she pulled out her phone and hit a number, she waited for whoever it was to answer before she started shouting down the phone
"What the hell do you think you're playing at? You told Neji that Tenten was back and that she had kids didn't you? You little bastard I am going to castrate you do you hear me?" Ino roared down the phone before she hung up. "Well I'm going to give it to him when I go round later" Ino smiled at them and sat on a couch
"You mean you'll have sex" Sakura smiled as she came in a tray of mugs with her
"No not necessarily" Ino laughed taking a mug when Sakura offered her one.
"So what happened while I was out last night?" Sakura asked sitting down
"Well he brought them back, Hiriko had fallen asleep. Masaki was still awake so he stayed up" Tenten told them as she watched the children playing with some toys that Sakura had found
"And?" Ino pressed
"Masaki told me that Neji kissed a girl while they were out" Tenten placed her mug down
"HE WHAT?" Ino shrieked
"Masaki said that a girl named Karin I think kissed him"
"Karin?" Sakura asked
"Yeah he thinks that was her name but you know what kids are like with names and people" Tenten frowned "Why?"
"Well it wouldn't surprise me if it was Karin, she's not been happy since Sasuke proposed to Sakura so she's trying to make everyone miserable" Ino explained "She did go out with him but I think it was one of them, they only went out for the sex, they only went out for about a month and then Neji ended it"
"She must have been upset when she saw him with 2 kids, she most likely thought that he was with someone else and that she wouldn't get anything from him anymore so that's why she kissed him" Sakura gave Tenten a reassuring smile
"I know" Ino stood up and went over to the kids she said something quiet and then came back with them
"Now, my little gremlins" Ino said
"Ino don't call my children gremlins" Tenten muttered
"Sorry my little cherubs" Ino smiled at them "Tell us what happened yesterday when that nasty lady kissed your daddy"
"Well she came over and said things" Masaki said
"Nasty things about mummy" Hiriko told them
"What did she say about mummy?" Sakura asked
"That she was a nor and easy and shouldn't have come back" Masaki said
"What's a nor?" Sakura asked
"Do you think she meant whore?" Tenten asked
"That it that what nasty lady said" Masaki laughed
"She called me a whore" Tenten muttered
"What else did she say"? Ino asked
"Um, that daddy wouldn't get anything from her while you were here and she wouldn't listen when he came cwying after you left" Masaki muttered kicking the floor
"Then she kissed him" Hiriko piped up
"Oh okay, you can go and play" Tenten waved over at the toys, both of the children went to play with them
"How did she even know I'm their mother?" Tenten asked
"Um maybe it was the fact that Hiriko looks just like you"
"How dare she say things like that in front of my children" Tenten raged
"Tennie calm down" Sakura warned
"Was Neji here when Masaki told you?" Ino asked
"yeah"
"What did he do?" Sakura leaned forward
"He blushed and then left" Tenten told them frowning
They sat in silence thinking when there was another knock on the door
"Who is it?" Sakura called
"Neji" Came the reply
"Oh I'm going to kill him" Ino hissed standing up she marched over to the door and flung it open
Neji blinked at the pissed of blonde stood in front of him blocking the door
"What are you doing Hyuga?" Ino snarled
"I am here to see Tenten" Neji replied coldly
"And if Tenten doesn't want to see you?"
"She will see me" Neji pushed past her, Tenten and Sakura were sat in the living room and the children in the corner playing with toys
"Morning" Neji greeted them, the kids just carried on playing, Sakura looked like she wanted to punch him and Tenten looked like she just wanted to be anywhere else, shaking his head slightly Neji went to sit on one of the chairs
"What are you doing here, why aren't you with the slag Karin?" Ino snapped at him once she came back into the room and sat down
"I'm not with Karin" Neji stated coolly
"Well she kissed you yesterday and called Tenten a whore" Sakura hissed at him
"I only came to talk to Tenten, I did not think I would have to answer your questions, Tenten I want to talk to you" Neji stood up, looking at the others Tenten slowly stood up and followed him
They went in the kitchen and Neji shut the door
"It's wasn't what the kids are making out" Neji started
"If you want to kiss and have sex with other women then that is okay"
"Wait you don't mind"
"No like if I want to kiss or have sex with other men then that is okay as well" Tenten sighed
"But"
"No buts, I don't want to get hurt again Neji so I'm not going to try" Tenten smiled at him they stood in silence, then the house phone rang. They heard Sakura answer then they heard Masaki on the phone to whoever it was. They watched as the door was pushed open and Masaki came in holding the phone
"Mummy it's daddy" Masaki gave Tenten the phone while Neji felt his heart stop, who did Masaki mean by daddy? Did Tenten have someone already?
"Hi Zabuza" Tenten greeted, to Neji she sounded overly friendly, he watched her as she listened to what this Zabuza had to say
"No I'm coming back after the wedding" "Um no" Yeah I'll pick some up on my way back" "No don't worry, I'm okay" "Yeah he's found out" Tenten listened for a bit longer before she hung up, picking up Masaki Tenten left the kitchen and gave Sakura the phone she could see that Ino and Sakura had questions but they would wait for Neji to go first. Neji soon followed her out
"I'll be taking the kids out tomorrow and then I want to take you and them to have something to eat, Naruto and Hinata want to see you" Neji said before he left slamming the door behind him.
Ino, Tenten and Sakura watched Neji's car as it sped off
"Zabuza?" Ino asked turning to look at Tenten
"My roommate" Tenten laughed
"Then why did Masaki call him daddy?" Sakura asked
"Because to Masaki and Hiriko Zabuza is as close to a daddy as they had, so they called him daddy
"well Neji looked like he was going to crush mu phone" Sakura giggled
"He probably doesn't like his kids calling some other man daddy, they don't call him it do they" Ino laughed as well
"True, how am I going to get out of going to dinner with him tomorrow?" Tenten sank to the floor
"well if Naruto and Hinata are going you should be safe so to say" Ino mused tapping her chin with her finger
"I'll talk to Hinata find out where you're going, see what it is you should wear" and with that Ino left
The next day Tenten was pacing up and down
"You'll be okay" Sakura called out
"I don't know" Tenten wanted to cry, this was what she had hoped wouldn't happen, she had hoped that he wouldn't find out about the children. Ino barged into the house while Tenten was thinking
"He's going somewhere really posh, do you have anything that you can wear to a posh place?"
"No, I only have my normal clothes and what I'm wearing to the wedding
"Well Sakura have a look at what you have, maybe she could wear something of yours for the night, if not we'll have to go shopping"
The girls looked in Sakura's wardrobe, they tried all sorts of dresses, long ones, short ones.
"Okay this is my last dress give it a try" Sakura handed over a long red dress. Tenten went into Sakura's bathroom to try the dress on, it clung to her curves and skimmed past the parts of her body she didn't like, the only problem with it was it was pretty much backless. It showed her tattoos
"Come on out let us see" Ino banged on the door
Sighing Tenten unlocked the door and stepped out
"You look great" Sakura squealed
"It looks really good give us a spin" Ino clapped her hands together
Slowly Tenten spun round letting them see all of it
"Tennie you have tattoos" Ino gasped
"Yeah" Tenten muttered
"I don't know if Neji's going to like this" Sakura giggled
"What's it got to do with him, if I got tattoos for my children what the fuck does he have to do with it" Tenten snapped
"You got them for the kids?" Sakura questions
"Yeah, Masaki means Flourishing Tree and Hiriko means Generous Child so" Tenten reach behind her and touched the right side of her back in the middle of the tree "This is Masaki's tattoo" then she reach over to her left shoulder blade where there was a tattoo of butterflies "This is Hiriko's"
"They're really nice did they hurt?" Sakura asked
"No, I nearly fell asleep when he did the tree, he asked if I was asleep when he finished the outline and then the only reason I didn't fall asleep after that was he told me he'd finished" Tenten laughed
"I think that they are great" Ino grinned at her
"I think that's the dress you should wear tonight and if it don't get Neji all hot and bothered he's an idiot" Sakura smiled
"Yeah you fill the front of it more than forehead did you have much bigger boobs" Ino walked up to Tenten and gave them a squeeze
"Ino what are you doing?" Sakura shouted laughing
"Seeing if they are real or if she padded the dress" Ino defended herself
"No Ino they are real" Tenten laughed
"Well, even better to make Neji get his head out of his ass" Ino chuckled
"I'd better go and see if the kids are ready, he'll be here soon" Tenten left the room
"She still loves him doesn't she" Ino muttered
"Yeah I don't think she ever stopped" Sakura sighed
"I just hope that they get together, then Tenten would be happy" Ino muttered leaving the room
Neji knocked on the door, pulling on his tie he hoped that dressed properly or he would be embarrassed
"Neji" Ino opened the door
"Ino is she ready?" Neji asked
"Yeah come in and I'll go and get them" Ino moved back to let him in, what she really wanted to do was punch him but she wouldn't well not yet anyway
Slowly Tenten came down the stairs pulling on a coat as she went
"You look nice" Neji told her and watched as a faint blush spread on her cheeks
"Thanks" Tenten muttered before getting the children
"Grumpy" Masaki glared at him, Neji was getting fed up of being glared at by a 4 year old, his own son kept glaring at him
Neji took hold of Hiriko while Tenten carried Masaki, he wouldn't let Neji touch him, they went to the car and got in.
Neji pulled up outside of the most poshest restaurant there was. Tenten couldn't believe it she was going to be broke from this one meal. Getting the kids out of the car they went in and bumped straight into Naruto
"Good you guys got here I was going mad" Naruto pulled Tenten into a hug
"Naruto it's good to see you" Tenten laughed as the broke apart
"Tenten it's good that you're back" Hinata smiled at her from behind Naruto
"Hinata" Tenten cried and pulled the girl into a hug
"Hey man you got her back" Naruto muttered to Neji while elbowing him in the ribs
"These must be the gremlins" Naruto squatted down to look at the kids
"Mummy who is this?" Masaki asked
"That is your uncle Naruto and His Wife Hinata" Tenten smiled at her son
"Hi" Hiriko waved from behind Masaki
"Hi little girl you know my name what's your name?" Naruto grinned
"I'm Hiriko, that's my big bwother and that" She pointed at Tenten "Is my mummy"
"I know your mummy" Naruto laughed
"She has Neji's eyes" Hinata whispered to Tenten
"I know" Tenten sighed
"Come on let's get sat down then we can eat" Naruto jumped up and lead the way over to the table that they would be using
Tenten sat the children down and took off her coat before she went to sit down
"Mummy I can see my butterfly" Hiriko called out as Tenten began to sit
"What butterfly?" Neji asked looking around
"The one on my shoulder" Tenten told him turning around of that they could see her back and the tattoos on it.
"Wow" Naruto whistled
"Hm" was all Neji said
They ate, caught up with each other and all that had happened, Tenten said that she was sorry that she didn't go to Naruto and Hinata's wedding. They chatted about things until the children started to fall asleep at the table
"I think I'd better be going and get them to bed" Tenten stood up
"I'll drive you back" Neji followed her and helped her put her coat on. He picked up Hiriko and Tenten got Masaki, smiling at Naruto and Hinata they left. Once they got them in the car Tenten and Neji looked at each other
"I'll drive if you want" Tenten offered
"No it's okay" Neji climbed into the car and waited for her, sliding in Tenten felt uncomfortable
Not long after Neji pulled up outside Sakura's house
"I had a nice time thanks" Tenten smiled at him, he just watched her before he leaned over and kissed her. All the feelings she had for him came out of hiding in her body and it was only when Masaki sneezed
"Um, goodnight" Tenten blushed climbing out of the car, she pulled Masaki out of the car seat and began to carry him to the front door. Tenten quickly knocked and waited for Sakura to open it. She felt Neji stand next to her with Hiriko in his arms
Sakura opened the door to find a blushing Tenten stood there with Neji next to her
"Will you get hold of Hiriko?" Tenten asked Sakura as she walked in
"Yeah sure" Sakura held out her arms for Neji to pass his daughter over to her.
"Goodnight Tenten" Neji muttered before he closed the door behind him as he left