Chapter 6
I smiled up at him. I placed a butterfly kiss on his lips.
"Always."
He picked me bridal style and placed me on the bed. He laid down beside me and pulled the blanket over us both.
"Are you going to sleep?"
"No. I'm just relaxing."
He wrapped his arms around me and I buried my head in the crook of his neck. I inhaled his scent and relaxed also.
"I wish we could stay like this forever Neji."
"Me too Tenten. Me too."
"Neji, do you have any family members?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"I'm just curious. No one seems to visit you." He chuckled lightly.
"It's because no one wants to visit me. I'm not the most um…friendliest person."
I laughed alongside him.
"Well obviously."
"Hn."
"But what about your family? Where are your parents? Do you have any siblings?"
A frown reached its way across his face and I felt my heart stop .He turned away from and his arms let go of me. I suddenly felt cold. I wanted him to laugh again.
"My mother died while giving birth to me. My father died when I was four. I don't have any siblings. Before I was here, I lived with my Uncle Hiashi, he's my father's twin brother. He has two daughter, Hinata and Hanabi. You can consider them my family, but I don't."
I leaned up and kissed his forehead. I can't believe how much he's gone through. No wonder why he's so cold.
"I'm sorry Neji, I didn't mean to make you sad."
"It's fine. What about your family Tenten?"
He looked back at me now and his arms returned to their position.
I turned away. I didn't want him to see me cry. He would call me weak. I just can't handle being called weak even though it's a true fact. A tear fell onto the pillow and I inwardly cursed for being so pathetic.
"What's wrong Tenten?"
He places a hand on my shoulder and tried to turn me towards him. I didn't look at him. I couldn't. Returning my gaze to the other side of the room I spoke.
"When I was five, a couple of men murdered my parents. They did it right in front me." I choked out the last few words and I began to shake.
"I went and lived with my aunt in China until now."
I started sobbing and used my arms to cover my face. Neji grabbed my shoulders and turned me around. He hugged me tightly.
"I'm so sorry Tenten for bringing it up."
He placed his hand under my chin to make me look up at him. This time I didn't fight. He used his other hand to wipe away the tears.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry f-f-or b-b-being s-s-so w-weak."
He kissed my lips gently.
"You are not weak."
"Y-yes I-I a-a-am."
"No you are not. In fact you are incredibly strong."
"You're j-just s-saying that."
"No I'm not."
"How am I-I s-strong?"
"For starters, even though you lost your parents at a young age, that doesn't stop you from smiling every day. I love that about you Tenten. I faced the same dilemma, but my solution was to distance myself from everyone. I was the weak one. Not you."
He kissed my forehead and smiled. I smiled back. My tears were dried and I believed him.
"I love you Tenten."
"I love you, too Neji."
We kissed again. I felt loved again and couldn't help but smile in our kiss.
"What are you smiling for?"
"I'm loved."
He smiled back at me and then there was a knock. REALLY! REALLY! Why do people keep ruining our moments? It's not much to ask, but can't we just have a romantic moment?
"Come in."
Tsunade walked in. She wore the same thing she wore when I last saw her. Which was yesterday. It looks like she hasn't slept in a while. It probably sucks to be her. But secretly, she's my new role model. I mean she is breathtakingly beautiful, abnormally intelligent, and she doesn't let anyone boss her around.
"Ah, good morning Neji, Tenten."
"Good Morning." We both said. I looked at him
"Haha jinx! You owe me a coke now Neji."
"Hn..how childish.." He murmured.
"I'm not childish!" I poked him in the cheek and then crossed my arms and pouted.
"Exhibit A." He pointed at me.
"Shut up Neji!"
We forgot Tsunade was there. I jumped a little when she coughed.
"Oh Tsunade, you're still here."
"Yes Tenten I am. I just need to check up on Neji, so if you don't mind, can you please get off the bed?"
"Sure." I jumped off the bed and onto the chair between the window and the bed.
Tsunade pulled out a machine pushed the on button. The machine made a sound and then lights started flashing.
"Take off your shirt Neji."
"Hn."
He took off his shirt and my jaw fell to the ground. I expected him to be toned, but not that toned! He had an eight pack and his chest was well-built. He wasn't heavyweight champion muscular, he was actually rather lean.
"You like what you see?"
"Shut up." A blush found its way onto my face and I turned to face the window.
"Okay Neji, are you ready?"
"Hn."
"I'll take that as a yes."
Then, Tsunade took the machine and ran it over Neji's chest. It started beeping and I was scared that something bad might happen to him. I pulled my feet up and hugged it to my chest. Neji was lying down and it looked like he was in pain. He turned to face me and smiled as best as he could.
"Don't worry Tenten. I'm alright, it's not as painful as it looks."
"Then why do you look like you're in pain?"
My vision was starting to get blurry. He grabbed my hand and tried to comfort. What a horrible person I am. He was the person in pain and he was comforting me! I should be comforting him!
"Because I'm just a good actor like that."
I smiled bravely at him and tried to hold back the tears.
"Okay Neji, you're finished."
She turned off the machine and put it away. Neji put pack on his shirt to my displeasure. He pulled me so that I was sitting in his lap. He encircled his arms around me.
"See, I'm all better now."
"You had me worried, Neji."
"You shouldn't have been." He kissed me lightly. He broke it off and turned to Tsunade.
"So, how is my heart doing?"
"Surprisingly better."
I looked at her with hope in my eyes.
"Really?" I said.
"Yes. Really."
"That's good news. I think this is the first time my heart has gotten better rather than worse." Neji said. He positioned his head on top of mine.
"Yay! We can celebrate! I know how, too!"
"How is that?" He looked at me and I giggled.
"We can throw a party!"
"No. No parties. I hate parties."
"Aww Neji, why?"
"They're loud and a lot of people come."
"That's the point of a party."
"That's why I don't like parties."
"Hmph. You're such a fun sucker!"
"Hn."
"I've got it!"
"What?"
"I know another way we can celebrate!" I yelled cheerily.
"What is it?"
"You can go buy me a coke."
"Why would I do that?"
"Because you owe me one. Duh!"
He chuckled and turned me around to kiss me. I kissed back with more determination. He wasn't going to lose to me though and bit my lip. I gasped and he took that opportunity to slide his tongue in my mouth. Tsunade didn't want to witness a make-out scene so she left. She closed the door behind her and walked into the hall. She turned around to take one last look at the door to the room 1791.
"My plan is working very smoothly."
With that said, she turned around and headed back down to her office.