Chapter 10 Epilogue

After a few weeks, the bell rang at Neji's house.

"I'll get it!" Neji said as he walked towards the door, since he knew that Sasuke was busy with reading the newspaper. He opened the door and then his mouth almost fell open of surprise. Rock Lee, his former best friend of High School, was standing there.

"..Lee?" He asked. Lee was carrying a little girl in his arms, and a little boy was standing next to him.

"Wow Neji! How very nice to see you again! I hadn't expected to see you." Lee cheered and smiled broadly at Neji.

"Me neither." Neji said as he smiled at Lee. "How are you? Damn you grew tall. You're even taller then me! And I always were the tallest one of us all."

"I know, I had a growth spurt! I'm great, how are you doing?" Lee asked. "Oh and can you get Sasuke. Ryuu can't wait to see his daddy, can't you?" Lee asked Ryuu and smiled at him.
Ryuu nodded, smiling broadly. Neji smiled at the kid and then turned around.

"Sasuke, come here for a second!" He yelled. "Your children are here!" He then looked at Ryuu and the little girl in Lee's arms again. He smiled at them. They were cute. And Ryuu was almost an exact copy of his father, and then the smaller version. The only difference were his eyes. But he even had Sasuke's haircut. It was a very cute boy. He then looked at Lee again. "I'm fine as well. I'm very happy at the moment."

"Good, that's good." Lee said and smiled. At that moment Sasuke came walking to the door and smiled when he saw his children. "Hi Lee." He said as he smiled down at Ryuu. He then took Natsumi from Lee and held her close. Damn, he had missed his kids.

Ryuu immediately grabbed Sasuke's leg again and smiled up to his father.

"Daddy!" He happily said, hugging Sasuke's leg. Neji smiled at it. Meanwhile, Natsumi giggled a little and snuggled closer into Sasuke's chest.

"Hi Ryuu, have you taken good care of your mother and sister?" Sasuke asked and bent down to his son so he could hug him. "Thanks for bringing them here Lee." Sasuke said.

"You're welcome. Tenten's just not ready for it." Lee said and Sasuke nodded.

"Of course!" Ryuu said as he hugged Sasuke back, very happy.

"How is she?" Neji asked, smiling at Lee.

"She's doing.. OK. She's still a little hurt, but she's getting used to the idea. I'm sure she'll be fine soon, don't worry about it." Lee said and gave Neji a thumbs up.

"Good boy then Ryuu." Sasuke said and patted Ryuu's head with a smile.

Ryuu kept smiling, while Neji nodded.

"So do you want to come in or do you have to go somewhere?" Neji asked, smiling warmly at Lee.

"No thank you Neji! My, have you switched personality." Lee said and laughed now.

Sasuke looked up at the two.

"Why, what were you like first?" Sasuke asked, looking at Neji.

"Yeah, I'm wondering about that as well." Neji said, with an eyebrow pulled up.

"Oh. Well he wasn't that nice on highschool. You see, Neji was known to be a bitch around people he didn't know." Lee said and laughed again. Sasuke looked at Neji and laughed too now. Neji a bitch? Well, that had a certain logic in it. Neji could be a bitch sometimes, even nowadays.

Neji snorted.

"I wasn't 'that' bad." Neji said, crossing his arms.

"..Daddy what's a bitsj?" Ryuu asked, looking at Sasuke.

"Oh ah...Well you see, that's a...I'll tell you when you're older Ryuu." Sasuke said and laughed nervously now.

"Oh I'm sorry. I forgot all about Ryuu there!" Lee said apologising but Sasuke shushed it away. He himself had made some mistakes in what he said near Ryuu too.

"And yes Neji, you were that bad." Lee said grinning.

Neji smirked.

"You guys never told me." He said.

Ryuu meanwhile, walked into the house already, to explore everything. He was clearly very interested in this new house he hadn't seen yet.

Sasuke smiled at him and then got up, still holding Natsumi.

"You can still be a bitch about things Neji." Sasuke said and smirked.

"We never told you, because we knew you were gonna be bitchy about that too. But ey, I gotta go. I have a job remember. I guess I'll see you when I come pick them up again." Lee said and smiled at the two.

Neji snorted.

"Alright." He said. "I guess. Nice to see you again. Bye."

"Same here. Take care. Bye!" Lee cheered and then waved at the two before walking away. Sasuke closed the door again once Lee was gone and walked into the livingroom to Ryuu.

"Ryuu, there is someone you have to meet." Sasuke said and smiled at Ryuu.

"Who?" He asked, as he was busy looking under the couch. Neji smiled as he sat down onto a chair.

"Someone who's very important to your daddy Ryuu, so I need you to pay close attention. Can you do that for me?" Sasuke asked as he kneeled down next to Ryuu again and smiled at him.

Ryuu looked up and then nodded. Neji looked at Sasuke. He hadn't expected it at all, but Sasuke was very good with children.

"Good. Then say hello to Neji. Daddy has special feelings for him so I'm sure you will like him too." Sasuke said as he pointed to Neji while still holding Natsumi in his arms.

Ryuu looked at Neji now.

"..Hello Neji." He said, blushing. He immediately was shy again.

Neji smiled at Ryuu.

"Hello Ryuu, nice to meet you." He said.

Ryuu smiled and then hugged Sasuke's leg again.

"Now don't be shy, Neji won't eat you." Sasuke said and laughed a little. "Neji will be another daddy for you, because me and Neji love each other. You remember what I told you about love?" Sasuke asked.

Ryuu nodded.

"..Can we play now?" He asked.

Neji smiled slightly.

"Yeah Sasuke, you're boring." He said.

"Ah thanks. Well what do you wanna play then?" Sasuke asked Ryuu. He couldn't help but laugh at this. Ryuu was such a mood switcher. Just like himself.

"I wanna play with my train." Ryuu said, as he looked around, as if searching for a train. Neji looked at him for a moment and then stood and opened a drawer, rummaging through it. He got a little train in there.

"Neji, will you play with Ryuu for a while, so that I can put Natsumi to bed?" Sasuke asked.

Neji nodded.

"Sure." He said, as he got the train out of the drawer. He then kneeled down next to Ryuu. "What about this train? Does it look like yours?"

Ryuu looked at the train in amazement now.

"..It's prettier.." He said, with big eyes, as his hands reached out to touch it.

Sasuke smiled now and then got upstairs to put Natsumi to bed. He could hear Ryuu make train like sounds. It made him laugh. Things seemed to start to become perfect.

The next day, a sleepy Tenten opened the front door. She'd just woken up from her sleep, and not even a minute later the bell rang. And there was Lee, standing in the doorway with a huge smile on his face.

"Hey." She said, smiling.

"Hi. How are you Tenten?" Lee asked as he smiled at Tenten.

"Oh, you look tired. Have you not slept well?" Lee asked worried.

"I just woke up." Tenten said. "Come in."

"Oh sorry. Did I wake you?" Lee asked as he walked inside.

"No, I already was awake." Tenten said, smiling.

"Oh OK, good. So how are you holding up?" Lee asked as he walked with Tenten to the livingroom and sat down on the couch.

Tenten sat down next to him, pulling down her night-gown a little.

"I feel better then before." She said and smiled at Lee. "What about you?"

"I've been doing OK, but I've mostly been concerned about you. I'm glad you feel better." Lee said and smiled at Tenten.

"I'm so glad I still have you Lee." Tenten said, smiling at her friend.

"You know you can always rely on me no matter what." Lee said and blushed a little at Tenten's comment. He never did that much, but sometimes she really got to him.

"I know Lee." Tenten said, still smiling.

"Can I ask you something Tenten?" Lee suddenly said as his smile disappeared from his face. He looked at Tenten.

"Of course." Tenten said, looking at Lee questioning.

"Why did you marry Sasuke? Other then that you loved him, but he's so...anti-social if you ask me." Lee said.

"..I could only see his good sides." Tenten said. "He can be very caring, loving, and he's so good with the children. He can be really sweet. He was, most of the times. But sometimes he was a little distant. Now I know why."

"..Then what were his bad sides?" Lee asked curious.

"He thought of himself a lot, sometimes he was angry but didn't wanted to tell why, that kind of things." Tenten said. "Or he was distant."

"I see. Can I tell you something now." Lee asked, started to get nervous.

"Sure." Tenten said, as she smiled at Lee. "You can tell me everything Lee."

"Well, I don't know if this is the right time. I don't think it would ever be the right time. But I fell in love with you Tenten. A long time ago." Lee said and blushed as he looked down nervous.

Tenten frowned now.

"..You did?" She asked, surprised, as she felt a blush coming up. She had to admit that she had strong feelings for Lee as well, but she always wanted to hide it. She was too afraid that her friendship with him would be broken.

"Well yes. And I wanted to tell you, but I figured, once you were married to Sasuke, I should just hide it." Lee said. "If you don't feel the same I'll be fine with us going back to being friends. I just thought you should know."

"..Lee, I've always had feelings for you as well." Tenten said, looking at Lee. "...I were just afraid it would ruin our relationship. I.. I always feel happy when you're around, even when I'm depressed, I feel happy when I see your face or hear your voice.."

Lee looked at Tenten now and frowned a little. "You do?" He asked surprised.

"Yes." Tenten said, nodding. "I wouldn't lie about something like this. I love you Lee. A lot."

"Probably even more then I ever loved Sasuke." Tenten said, a bit ashamed that she'd kept it hidden like that.

"..Really? I love you too Tenten." Lee said and then looked at Tenten for a while before softly grabbing her head and kissing her. He had waited for that far too long.

Tenten smiled as she pulled Lee closer and then kissed back, closing her eyes. Finally.. she finally was kissing Lee, and she finally showed her feelings towards him. And she didn't have to feel guilty towards herself or towards others now.. this was as it should be.

Lee kissed her for a while longer and then broke it. "Well...I'm glad I finally got the courage to tell you!" He beamed happily.

Tenten smiled as she hugged Lee.

"I'm glad about that too." She said, as she sighed.

Lee hugged back. "Do you feel better now?" He asked and smiled too.

"A lot better." Tenten said, smiling. She stroke over Lee's back. "I'm happy. Because I'm with you."

"I'm happy that I make you happy." Lee said. "I'm happy because we're together." He softly said now and smiled some more.

"Me too." Tenten said as she laid against Lee now. She sighed, satisfied. "Me too."

The end!