I'm really sorry for the long break. Life has kept me busy, but I want to continue this. The chapters will be shorter, but I will try to upload them more often. When I spend a lot of time with them I always end up thinking they are horrible and I don't upload them. I hope you like this one, it's a short, light and fluffy one, and it has served me as a practice to return.

CHAPTER 10

"Uhm..." Tenten rubbed her eyes and looked at the clock. It was past midday. A small dog was watching her, its guts roared. "Good morning Bo. Sorry, I think I overslept, and I guess Neji didn't give you brekfast-"

"I did, but this dog eats more than Choji. Well, almost." Neji was standing by the door, carrying a first aid kit.

"Neji? Why are you here? You should be in the base."

Neji sat by her side. "Kazuo has given me some days off. After what his men did...I guess he don't want me near them. He hasn't punished Takumi for now, and I really doubt he will."

"Why? I thought you were his favorite." Tenten tried to move, but he pain didn't let her.

"Don't move, I'm going to change your bandages." He looked down, his pale face was red "I...umm...I need to take off your shirt."

Tenten surpressed a laugh and indicated him that it was okey. Neji gently pulled her shirt off. The old bandages were stained with blood.

"Your wounds have opened again." Neji stated, starting to remove the bandages.

"Of course they have, your medical skills are horrible." He looked her right into the eyes, his mouth was a clear straight line. "Oh, come on, you know that too. Now I feel better, hand me the clean bandages, I'll do it myself."

Neji didn't say anything and passed the first aid kit to her. She cured all his wounds in the missions, even when she was also wounded. And she did very well.

"Now tell me what happened." Tenten said as she removed all the bandages of her chest. Neji quickly turned his gaze "Seriously, Hyuga? You've seen my tits several times already."

"Please, don't say that word." he begged, still looking at the floor.

"As you wish." she sighed "Now speak."

Neji cleared his throat and began to tell what happened that morning in the base "Kazuo was angry because his men had acted without his consent, but he made it clear that Takumi and the rest had always been loyal to him, and that Kakashi and I are relatively new, and that he has given us too much freedom. He even assumed the guilt of his men." Neji clenched his fists tightly "He has withdrawn me temporarily, so that his men feel important again. Whatever. Kakashi will continue to teach them, and in a while I will be Kazuo's bodyguard again. I'm sorry I couldn't punish them for what they did to you."

"It was nothing Neji, just a few civilians pissed off. You can look now." Neji turned to her, she was covered with bandages, but some cuts and bruises were still visible. He was going to say something, but she put her hand on his cheek, and caressed it "It's okey, believe me. And now that you don't have the control of the mission, it's my turn to act. I have been studying the information you gave us, and there are some locations that I would like to investigate-"

"No way, you are still injured!" He got up all of a sudden, stepping on Bo's paw. The dog pounced on Neji and threw him to the ground, growling hard.

"Bo, leave us." commanded Tenten. Diligently Bo got up and left the room "See? I've been teaching him."

"Fantastic..." Neji said sarcastically and sat down in the side of the bed again "Look, Tenten, you can't even get up."

"I know, just give me a few days and I'll be perfectly."

"Fine, but at least let me help you planning everything."

"Oh, the Hyuga wants to take part in my success." she mocked at him.

"Would you stop teasing me and calling me Hyuga when you do it?" he sighed.

Tenten laughed "Never!"

"Not even when your last name became Hyuga too?" He smirked, knowing in advance that he had won that battle.

"Neji..." Tenten was speechless, her eyes wide-open.

"What? Never thought of that?" He gently brushed some strands from her face "Cause I remember saying that I wanted you to be mine."

"Yeah...but...you meaned...as a married couple?" she was still shocked.

"What else would I refer to?" he asked confused.

"Well...there are other ways of being yours..." Tenten blushed violently.

Neji sighed again "You really are a bad girl."

"Excuse me, Hyuga, you made me a bad girl." she said, offended.

"Me? How?!"

"Your voice, your hair, the sharp shape of your jaw." she slipped her finger down his jaw "The way you treat me, the way you've let me into your life. Everything about you just drives me crazy. Having you so close and not being able to touch as I'd like...that torturse me, and make me want more. I desire you." she stopped moving her finger and looked him into his eyes, just a few centimeters apart.

"Tenten..." he cupped her face with his hands and kissed her passionately. "I feel the same. Oh man, I feel just the same." Neji hugged her carefully, trying not to hurt her "I'm deeply in love, and now I'm not afraid to say that it's with you."

She buried her head in his chest, listening to every heartbeat "Your heart beats very fast..." she mumbled.

"Of course, I'm next to you." he smiled and kissed her again.

"You're very sweet today, Hyuga." she smirked.

"You had to spoil the moment, right?" he smiled and ruffled her hair.

"Eh! Stop!" she did the same, but his hair returned to its original shape, smooth, combed and shiny "What kind of black magic is this?!" she asked, touching and touching his hair.

"Be good and someday I'll tell you." he winked.

"Neji joking...this can't be possible. Who are you?! What have you done with the prodigy of Konoha?!"

"Why don't you kiss me and confirm that it's me?" he suggested.

"Oh, you are a very bad boy." she smirked.

"That's a side of me that only you can see."

"I'm honored, Hyuga." she joked.

"Great, but can you just kiss me at once?" he asked exasperatedly.

"As you wish."