Future chapters are fabulous. I'll just inform you now. :D
Due to school starting yesterday, and me becoming a Junior, and switching from a 4 block system to 7 periods, I have had a lot to get through my head this week. And it's only Tuesday! Craziness, I tell you, craziness. Especially the "being" a Junior. I hate it. I'm getting OLD! Gah. Anyway, due to these several facts, I don't know when I'll be able to write. Fact of life, apparently. So, yes.
I'm ahead, like, seriously four chapters. It's huge. America should erect a monument in my honor. Someone get on that.
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Playlist: Danza Espanola Op. 5, No. 5 - Enrique Granados; Silence - Aly & A.J.; Waltz In A Minor, Op.34, No. 2 - Frederic Chopin; Yellow - Coldplay; Joy To The World - Three Dog Night; Coeur Sacre - Josh Groban; This Is Your Life - Switchfoot; Intro The Gravity - Falling Up; Twenty-Four - Switchfoot; Sonata # 14 In C Sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven; Jaded - Aerosmith; Sugar, We're Goin' Down - Fall Out Boy; Hearts Of The Innocent - Kutless.
Disclaimer: Since I forgot to do the disclaimer on "Clocks", I'm going to do it here! "Clocks" and all belongs to J.K. Rowling. The fabulous genius that she is. / Bend and associates belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Hehe. Japan.
Perfect.
"Wait! Neji!" yelled TenTen, running down her apartment stairs, out onto the street below.
Neji had gotten into the habit over the past few weeks to walk with TenTen to school, so they could discuss their music in greater detail.(1) It seemed that for the two, their afternoons and weekends together had grown too small on time. So, Neji visited TenTen when she had to work, it becoming regular for him to close shop with her. Their twenty minute break at school was usually not enough either, so the two convened with each other any way possible. This obsession, however, was strictly the subject of their music. They were close to finishing, a feat the two were both excited about.
Neji smirked at TenTen as she rearranged her backpack, walking slowly beside her.
"So, I tweaked it a little this morning," Neji started.
TenTen's eyes narrowed as she looked up at the Hyuga, growing angry. His 'tweaking' fetish had once almost destroyed their entire piece. That was something they would never agree on in music: Neji wanted to perfect everything, while TenTen thought the imperfections added character. They had gotten in several arguments about it before, neither claiming to be victor.
"What did you tweak?" asked TenTen, trying to keep the disappointment from her voice.
"The title."
TenTen smirked up at the Hyuga. So, he had been teasing.
The title was a mess. That was something both agreed on. It had went untitled for a while, before TenTen had gotten so impatient and named it 'NejiTen', her reasoning that it was a symbol to recognize both the composers without using more than one word. Neji claimed it hideous and crossed it out immediately, saying that he would rather die a very painful death involving shards of glass than have his name united with TenTen's in a title like that.(2) TenTen had taken offense and proceeded with collecting and writing down names, all which Neji continued to disagree with.
"Any suggestions, Hyuga?"
TenTen had also stopped referring to Neji as 'Jerkface'. Neji, personally, was very pleased with this.
"Not currently," answered Neji, holding the door open for TenTen as they walked into the school.
"Well, we have to think of something," complained TenTen as they walked down the hall.
"I know. But we don't have to choose it now."
TenTen shrugged.
"Matter of opinion."
Neji rolled his eyes as he walked TenTen to her first class.
"We should skip," TenTen hissed to him in an undertone as they reached Kurenai-sensei's classroom.
Neji rolled his eyes again. She had been begging to skip for days now.
"Sorry. I have an attendance record to keep up," was his cool reply.
TenTen shrugged.
"See you," she said as she entered her first class.
Neji nodded, starting toward his own class.
"Hey, and Neji?"
Neji turned around halfway.
"You're a nerd!" proclaimed TenTen, grinning like an idiot.(3)
Neji shook his head, and started walking.
"Hey, girl. Long time no see," said Sakura as TenTen walked over to join them.
TenTen had frequently been spending her breaks with Neji over the past few weeks, and it didn't take a Hyuga to figure out that a few of TenTen's friends were miffed. Namely, Ino. She now stood with her back to TenTen, muttering something about not hearing anyone. Hinata, next to her, chuckled.
"Yeah. I got sick of the Hyuga," lied TenTen, stealing some of Sakura's water.
Sakura rolled her eyes, taking back her water. 'Sick of the Hyuga'. Bullshit she did, thought Sakura.
"Anyway, came to see you guys."
Ino made a defined 'Hmph!' and stomped off, somehow ending near Shikamaru.(4) TenTen watched her leave, eventually turning back to Hinata and Sakura.
"What's with her?"
There was a pause.
"She's . . . upset that we don't see you as much anymore," answered Hinata quietly, eyes downcast.
"Yeah, and I'm sorry, but I've been working on that piece with Neji, and working and stuff," defended TenTen, crossing her arms in defiance against the accusation.
"About that," started Sakura hesitatingly.
"Spit it out."
"People have been talking."
TenTen's eyes narrowed.
"About what?" she asked, her voice strained.
"You and Neji. I highly suspect it's the work of Sasuke Uchiha The Blabbermouth. He and his little friends have been spreading rumors."
TenTen cracked her knuckles absently. She knew she should have killed Uchiha when she had the chance.
"Get ready to stash a body," she murmured to them, before marching over to where Shikamaru, Ino, Naruto, and Neji stood.
She didn't even stop as she found Shikamaru's collar and dragged him away from a protesting Ino. Once assured they had some privacy, TenTen turned to the lazy ass, ready to demolish this joker.
"What the hell has Sasuke Uchiha been saying about me?" asked TenTen fiercely.
Before Shikamaru could answer, however, Neji strolled over, looking confused.
"What's going on?" he asked her.
"Stay out of this, Hyuga," warned TenTen waspishly.
Neji was so not going to not stay out of it, but the bell rang, and he was shepherded to class by other students.
TenTen turned back to Shikamaru, who she was sure wasn't going anywhere. She cocked her eyebrow to say that she wanted an answer, quickly.
"Nothing much," Shikamaru finally replied in his gravelly, slow voice.
TenTen grimaced. He'd been smoking in the bathrooms too much.(5)
"Give me a solid answer, Shikamaru, or I swear to Kami that you will find yourself in a whole heap of shit."
Shikamaru's eyes narrowed with the threat. Troublesome woman. Troublesome women, Shikamaru amended. He leaned against a column, thinking. Kami, I wish I had a cigarette, Shikamaru thought, wanting to relieve the pressure.
"We've discussed why Neji's been bailing."
"And?"
"'Cause of you, obviously. It makes sense, I guess. You like someone, you wanna be around them."
TenTen gawked at that.
"What the hell are you talking about, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru sighed, gathering breath.
"You're not stupid, I know that. No one could be with Neji and not be smart."
TenTen's eyes narrowed.
"You're shitting me. You think I like the Hyuga?" exclaimed TenTen, incredulous.
Shikamaru settled to nod.
TenTen laughed.
"Oh, Kami. Shit. There is no way I would ever like Neji."
Shikamaru shrugged. TenTen quirked her mouth, still playing the inquisitor.
"What have all of you been spreading?"
Shikamaru scoffed.
"You make us sound like diseases," he commented. But he answered. "I don't know what you're talking about. None of us have been 'spreading' anything."
By some miraculous occurrence, TenTen believed him.
"Naruto might have said something," Shikamaru added, not really caring if Hyuga's girl killed Ramen Boy.(6)
TenTen smiled wryly.
"Thanks, Shikamaru. You're not so bad," TenTen said, pleased with her (so far) investigation.
Shikamaru shrugged as he pulled out a cigarette from his jacket and flicked his lighter. TenTen meandered off to class. Shikamaru watched her leave, deciding that Hyuga had picked an agreeable one. Well, despite the desire to kill Sasuke and Naruto, thought Shikamaru. Otherwise, she's okay. Perfect match for Neji. Mostly. I'm sure the deaths of two of his friends by her hand could bring an argument to their relationship. Still, continued Shikamaru, taking a long drag before crushing his cigarette under his boot, Ramen Boy being murdered is a big plus in my book. Shikamaru smirked.
Haha. I don't know how in heck I came up with 'Ramen Boy', but I love it immensely. I hope you did too. :D
(1) I don't remember what I put this here for. . . . Hm.
(2) Muahahahaha! NejiTen!! That's an absolute dedication to all of the Neji/TenTen shippers out there!!
(3) Hehe. I tell boys this frequently. Usually when I'm hyper. Hehehe! :D They usually respond with a response like, "You're drunk!", or walk away like Neji did. :D Actually, the "You're drunk!" is from my friend who accused me of drinking all the time today at lunch. Nerd. :D
(4) Such an accident. Really. ;D
(5) It's a song! "Smoking In The Boys Room" - Brownsville Station! But, I think this is just a certain version. I'm not sure who really sings it. :D Hehe. Pretty cool song. :D
(6) RAMEN BOY!! Hahahahahahaha!
Hehehe. I enjoyed writing this chapter. However, I LOVED writing the next chapter, which I think you might love too.
Next chapter: Disastrous.
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