I wish I owned Naruto, but apparently, I don't.
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Tenten sighed as she heard the birds chirp in chorus. It had been twenty minutes since she was standing under the shade of the cherry blossom tree, and before that twenty minutes was ten minutes of waiting above it. She thought that Neji might not see her from there, so she preferred to wait down. But it seems like he really won't see her since he wasn't anywhere in sight. So lately, the burning question is: Did he ditch her?
She shook her head. "This is not a date.. just lunch—they're different things!" Then, she found herself pouting. Maybe those guys were somewhere around here, laughing at her because she actually believed Neji's game, but at one side, she thought that Neji is actually trustworthy, and that he'd never let her down. Or at least now.
"Huh? Tenten?"
Tenten twisted. Nope, the voice was too high and innocent to be Neji's..
"Naruto-kun? What are you doing here?" she asked him.
"Eh.. I'm looking for Sakura-chan. Did you happen to see her around?"
"Uhm.. no. Why?"
Naruto stopped moving his head around and focused on her with the signature jolly smile on his face. "That's not important anymore. What's important is that I have to ask you now!"
She cocked an eyebrow, now confused. "Huh? Ask me what?"
"You see, Sakura-chan is hosting a party at her place in two days, so can you come?"
"A.. party?! What for?!"
"Fun! It's for fun! At least that's what Sakura-chan told me to say when someone asks.."
Tenten blinked again at Naruto's confusing statement. She thought that even Naruto himself was confused, only not showing it because of his utter devotion to his 'girlfriend.'
"So what are you going?" he repeated.
"I'll.. ah.. think about it."
"YOU SHOULD COME! IT'D BE GREAT! Considering Sakura-chan planned it out real well.."
"Eh," Tenten said, not deceived with Naruto's 'lie.' Of course, even though she didn't know Sakura well, she knew Sakura would never plan a party, or at least not alone. It's either Naruto did most of it, or Naruto did it, under the hierarchy of Sakura. "I'll try, I'll try!"
"What is this?!" someone yelled.
"Oi! Neji!" Naruto said. "I was—"
"Why are you here?"
"He was just looking for Haruno." Tenten said.
"Still! Why are you here, Naruto?!"
"Don't worry I'm on my way now.." Naruto said as he jumped away.
"Why were you with him?"
"That' doesn't concern you. What you should be concerned about is that time. I've been here for more than half an hour. What time do you take lunch anyway?! It's 12:30 already, jeez!"
"I eat my lunch at 12:30!"
"You could've at least set a time! I mean, you never asked what time I ate lunch!"
"Why what time do you eat lunch?!"
"Twelve!"
"There I already asked you, now can we eat?"
Tenten sighed a bit. Their argument didn't have a point at all, and if they would continue this, might as well do it after eating lunch. Her stomach was really growling, and she didn't train herself to starvation.
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"Eh? Is that guy really Neji? Not a bunshin or something?!" Chouji asked, surprised.
"Nope, that's definitely our boy!" Kiba said goofily. "I can't believe he's doing that boy-to-girl thing!"
They watched Neji as he offered Tenten some food. "He cooked that himself a while ago!" Chouji said. "Hahaha!"
"Shikamaru, did you see Sasuke?" Naruto approached the slacker.
"I'm here." Sasuke said.
The gang was above another tree, and Sasuke happened to be on the other side while everyone else was watching Neji being "sweet" to a girl (cept for Shika, who didn't seem to care at all.).
"You're here?!" Kiba said, shocked. He ran over at Sasuke and dragged him over, as if forcing him to peek. "Can you see that? That's NEJI over there! Hehehehe!" he grinned.
"What the—I don't give a damn! Hey, get off me you're stinky!" Sasuke almost pleaded. But at the sight of Neji and Tenten, he paused and looked for a while, seemingly interested. "What's he doing?"
"It's a date! Didn't I tell you about the dare?"
"Dare?"
"The dare!"
"What dare?"
"No, it's not a dare." Shikamaru suddenly stood up from where he lied down. "It's more of a want."
"A want?" they said in chorus.
"Oi! Sasuke! I've been looking for you!" Naruto tried to grab Sasuke. "What are you—hoe?" He stopped the moment he realized what was going on with the Hyuuga prodigy and the laughingstock. "What.. is that?"
Chouji giggled mischievously. "If only I had a camera.."
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"What is this?"
"It's sushi, duh."
"It doesn't taste like sushi—is the rice even cooked enough?! And.. what is this?"
"Hn, stop mocking my cooking abilities. It's my first time doing this sort of thing.."
"No wonder.."
A vein popped in his head. "What was that for?"
Tenten giggled. "Nothing. You're real bad for a beginner."
"Tsch. I am a beginner. There's not such thing as a bad beginner."
"You proved that wrong, then!"
Neji rolled his eyes. "Then don't eat if you don't like it! Jeez!" he grabbed the sushi from Tenten's chopsticks.
"Hey I was only kidding! Give that back I'm eating!"
"Right?"
"It's good already, there! Happy?"
Neji felt himself laugh as he gave Tenten back her sushi, which she generously ate. "You're too demanding."
"Hn,"
"By they way, why don't you invite your companions over?"
"Huh?"
"Your companions. Your best friends. They're here somewhere, right?"
Neji cocked an eyebrow. "What? They're here? How can that happen?"
"They've been on that tree for some time now, you know. And they're really.. ah.. noisy." Tenten pointed.
Neji felt himself blush. THEY WERE THERE?! "Ah.."
"Or maybe it'd be better if I finish off your recipe?"
"I think so too.." he sweatdropped.
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Sorry the thing between the boys is so messed up! Well.. I intended them to be really messed up and.. noisy, so just bear with me.. it's as messy at it's supposed to be :)