If you're wondering what's wrong with my mental stability at this point, you're in for a fun surprise next chapter.

I do not own Naruto. Fun is a very subjective term.

Tenten rolled over and stretched, though in retrospect that probably wasn't the best idea, considering her hand made fairly hard contact with the wall. She had rearranged her furniture recently and hadn't gotten used to having the head of her bed against the wall. (Normally, she had her feet in that spot. It was better for shooting out of bed when Gai sensei performed his Tuesday morning visit. However, she had decided it was time for a change.)

She shook her hand and slipped back underneath the blankets. It was cool in the room, but the bed was warm. It was no surprise, considering the human hot water bottle lying next to her. Not that she even seemed to notice him. It wasn't until she felt a hand slip around her waist that she opened her eyes and shrieked. As quickly as she could, she tumbled out of bed with the blankets and scooted over to the corner, looking at the invader suspiciously.

"Good morning to you too," Sai drawled, rubbing his ears. He made no move to get off of the bed. Or hide the fact that he was naked.

"Oh, man," Tenten mumbled, burying her head into her blanket. She had completely forgotten that Sai had come home with her last night. Feeling calmer now that she had remembered the details of the party Sakura had dragged her to yesterday (or was it technically this morning?), and how after failing miserably in picking up a suitable guy the pink haired girl had practically thrown Sai at her, she moved back over to the bed. He smiled at her in that fake way that drove Sakura to violence and Tenten eyed him suspiciously. Deciding against rejoining him due to the suddenly awkward situation, she tossed his black boxers at his head and wrapped the blanket more firmly around her own naked body.

"I thought you'd be gone by now," she muttered.

He only widened his smile. "I was hoping we could screw again before I had to leave."

Tenten's jaw dropped. Sakura was right, this guy was completely incapable of reading the mood! "No," she stated flatly, although she started having second thoughts as she watched him dress. He might have been socially awkward, but he was no amateur at how to act in bed.

"That's too bad. You were even more fun than I had imagined. I didn't think you would scream like that," he teased (how he could tease in such a flat tone was beyond comprehension), watching as Tenten turned red and retreated further into the blanket.

Suddenly, her back straightened as she stared at him. "You imagined this?"

He nodded as he pulled up his pants. "Several times. I like tough kunoichis. One of the reasons I started dating Sakura."

Tenten's eyes widened to the point where Sai wondered briefly if they would fall out of her head. "No, no, oh no oh no oh no! I slept with Sakura's boyfriend! But she was the one-"

"Who shoved us together? Yes. We have a sort of… open relationship. As long as we have the other's permission, we can sleep with whomever we like. I had been asking about you for some time, but Sakura didn't think you would appreciate my trying to seduce you. I was… happy to hear that you had changed your mind." Finished with the explanation, he pulled his shirt over his head and started searching for his shoes.

Tenten blinked a few times, trying to process this tidbit of information. Sai seemed like he was about to comply with her request to leave. She decided that if she had any questions she would ask Sakura later. After all, she didn't want Sai to interpret a barrage of questions as an invitation for a second round of sex.

Actually, once he had been gone for a few minutes she wished she had let him stay. Now that she was alone, she had to cope with the fact that she had just screwed someone who didn't care about her. It wasn't as though it was her first time (kunoichis had 'special trainings' for seduction mission, plus sometimes having to actually sleep with the target), but at least when it was for missions, she could justify it by saying it was for the greater good of the Hidden Leaf. She was by no means a slut, but she didn't feel good about herself for having sex just because she was throwing herself a little pity party. She sighed, feeling even lonelier than when Neji had announced he was dating Sereva.

She shook her head. There was no reason to feel even sorrier for herself. Last night had been… well, fun. She appreciated that Sakura had loaned Sai to her for the night (the thought didn't sit well with her though, since Sai was technically not a thing to be loaned). Yet it was a one-time thing, and Tenten was ready to continue with life, though she still wasn't sure if she was ready to approach Neji.

"Greetings, Naruto!" Lee called as he casually strolled (ran) down the street toward the orange-clad ninja. "How did the mission with Team 8 go?" The hyperactive boy had been sent out to with Kurenai's squad to take down two mob bosses that had been causing problems in a nearby village.

Naruto smiled, looking pretty excited about something. "Oh, hey there, Bushy Brows. It went pretty well. I kicked some serious ninja butt!" He said, grinning smugly. But then his eyes widened and his excited look returned. "But hey, you're not going to believe this," he started (which sounded really weird coming out of Naruto's mouth). "Hinata took out one of the bosses all by herself!"

"This is excellent news!" Lee said, beginning to share Naruto's enthusiasm. "Wait, she was not badly injured, was she?"

Naruto shook his head. "Nah. I mean, she used too much chakra and collapsed, and after I lifted her up to carry her back she fainted, but Lady Hokage says it's just exhaustion. But, man, Bushy Brows, you should have seen her. I didn't think she was so tough, since she faints all of the time, but, I mean, wow!" He said, clearly incapable of giving a proper description of what had occurred. "Oh, by the way, have you seen Sakura?"

"I'm right here, you knucklehead." Lee and Naruto both turned to see the pink-haired kunoichi approaching them from a side street.

Naruto grinned while Lee tried his best to look 'cool' (he had borrowed one of Sai's books on romantic relationships and decided to follow the author's advice and be nonchalant instead of so forward) leaning against the building behind him. His attempt to be calm and collected only ended with him leaning back too far and having his head slide down the wall before finally coming to a stop in the dirt.

"Hey, Sakura, did you miss me?" Naruto asked, managing to look even goofier than usual.

She shrugged. "About as much as I miss having a cold. You alright, Lee?" She ignored the hurt expression on Naruto's face and focused on the miniature green beast who, out of embarrassment, hadn't moved from his position on the ground.

Hearing Sakura address him, however, changed that. He stood up so fast that Naruto didn't even have time to change his expression before Lee was gripping Sakura's hands. "I am feeling especially youthful now that you are here!" (So much for playing it cool.)

"Yeah, that's nice," Sakura mumbled as Naruto yanked Lee away from her. Some days she even wondered why she bothered interacting with them when they were together. Lately, it had only ended up with them fighting over her, usually challenging each other to ridiculous competitions (such as who could eat the most chocolate pudding in 15 minutes (that one had actually been pretty funny)) for the right to ask her out.

That being the case, she was pleasantly surprised to see them stop arguing when Sai walked up behind Naruto.

"Good morning, Sai!" Lee greeted, letting go of Naruto's shirt to give the artist a salute.

"Yes it was," he replied, grinning that grin that gave Naruto the chills.

The blond haired shinobi looked his new teammate over suspiciously. "Why do you look like the tiger that got the melon?"

There was a beat of silence as a slight breeze whistled past the teens. "Do you mean the cat that got the canary?" Sai offered.

"Oh, yeah! I was pretty close."

"Idiot! That wasn't close at all!" Sakura shouted as she managed to get behind him and smack him upside the head.

Lee looked thoughtful as he and Sai watched Sakura yell at Naruto. "I understand that a tiger is a large cat, but where did he come up with the word melon?" He closed his eyes and put his hand on his chin, looking inappropriately serious next to the fight occurring just a few feet in front of him.

"Perhaps he was thinking of a canary melon." Sai suggested, looking as nonplussed as ever as his semi-secret girlfriend beat the crap out of Naruto.

Lee tapped his fist into the palm of his other hand in a gesture of realization. "That must be it!" He stepped back a bit as Naruto was flipped in his direction, his face landing where Lee's feet had been just a moment before. "By the way, what had you wearing such a pleased expression earlier?" Lee was extremely curious, considering the artist rarely looked anything but bored.

He smiled again. "Sakura finally let me fumppfh." The aforementioned kunoichi had clapped her hand over Sai's mouth before he could say something really offensive to the naïve shinobi.

"Don't. Say. Anything," she snarled, a dark, fiery aura surrounding her entire body. Naruto and Lee both backed up a step, and Lee suddenly had second thoughts as to whether or not he really wanted to know what was happening.

Once she removed her hand, he actually managed to pull off some sort of pout-esque expression. "But I had an idea that I wanted to discuss with you concerning… that." Sai might be horrible at reading the situation, but his survival instincts were screaming at the moment, so he thought it would be best to heed the warning.

Sakura violently gestured over her should at the two terrified boys still behind her, making them both jump a little. "I you want to discuss it with me, then fine," she said, her voice clearly strained and on the verge of turning into a shout. "But not with them," she hissed.

He nodded. "Alright."

Sakura, now much calmer, turned back to smile sweetly at the two boys who, despite not being the ones to bring about her ire, were terrified for their lives. The smile did nothing to soothe their fears. "It seems that Sai and I need to have a little talk. I'll see you boys around," she bid farewell, practically dragging the former Root agent by the front of his shirt.

The two energetic shinobi watched the pair for a few moments before turning to face each other. "What was that about?" Naruto asked, wondering if maybe he had missed something important when his head had been slammed into the ground.

"The wonders of youth?" Lee shrugged, sounding skeptical but finding no other explanation.

"Oh. Want to go get some ramen?" The shinobi in orange replied, not really sure what else he should say in the wake of what had just happened. Plus, he was hungry.

Lee nodded. As soon as he stopped, though, his expression lit up as though he had an idea. "Let us prove our youthfulness by having a race! If I lose, I will clean the Hokage Monument with a toothbrush!" he added as his self-imposed punishment.

"You're on, Bushy Brows!"