A/N: If you want to see the gif set that inspired the series, you can see it under tentenhyuga-tonarokuma in tumblr.
Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto
What I Love About Her: How cute her blush is.
"Stop being so annoying, Neji." Tenten snapped, turning her back towards him and covering her face with her hands.
Neji, taken aback by the unusual reaction, gave a husky chuckle as he once again closed the distance between them.
"I'm annoying?" He asked, a slight tilt on his lips as he poked her again on her side.
"Eep," she squeaked and jumped three feet away from him. "Would you stop. That fucking hurts," she hissed at him whilst rubbing the lower part of her rib cage.
"I didn't know you were particularly ticklish, Tenten." He teased her with a smirk.
Baited almost too easily, she growled at him, indignant, "I am not! You're gentle fisting me, it hurts like hell."
He snorted and made his way towards her again, making her stiffen mirror his steps backwards. "Gentle fisting, sure." He said, effectively backing her into the tree with no way out.
"Hey, hey! Keep your hands away from me, you ass!" She yelled as they came crawling up her sides.
"I said stop it!" She screeched. Her hands grabbed his, her fingers entwined with his and pushing him back.
The Hyuga merely chuckled again and used his weight to propel her back to the tree, hands still clasped together. He leaned in and moved to whisper in her ear, "How about no?"
Almost immediately, her body became lax and he took that as a sign of surrender. Pleased with himself, he straightened and looked down at her and his stomach made a flop.
Now, he expected her to snarl at him. Expected a frown, a scowl, hell, even a scream of frustration and a volley of kunai. Not...not this.
Their entwined hands were resting at the space above her shoulders, mere inches separated their faces so there was no mistaking that frighteningly red flush that covered her face.
He blushed at the sight of her blush. It made her unbelievably cute.
He never knew her eyes to be so big. They were staring at him, big and bright and doe-like. But wait. Something is moving a bit further down on her face.
A flash of pink caught his eyes and he couldn't help but stare. The pink appendage traced her lower lip, wetting it, making it glisten.
He felt her exhale, felt her breath on his neck. A chill was threatening to run down his spine, he can't take much more of this. He gulped, his adam's apple bobbing and he saw her follow the movement with her eyes.
In the next moment, he was leaning in. His eyes were becoming half-lidded and he could feel her breath on his mouth and just a little more...
"Good afternoon my youthful teammates! Gai-sensei is asking for our most glorious presence in front of Hokage Tower!"
Lee burst into the clearing only to see his team in the most peculiar of positions.
Neji for one was in all fours on the ground. Or in all threes rather, one hand was covering the lower half of his face and he looked to be panting.
Tenten, on the other hand was plastered on the tree behind her, wide-eyed, flushing and panting as well.
"Team, the youthfulness to which you take your training is astounding!" Lee exclaimed as they walked the trek to the Hokage Tower, completely unaware of the tension between his two teammates and how he was so unusually (and conveniently) placed in between them.
End
A/N: I've done this trope (getting caught in the act) one too many times. It'll proably be the last time I write the trope. Hehe. Tell me what you think though!
