I admit that I had a major case of writer's block when I was writing this. I was totally… blank. Yeah, the poll results were in my face but I wasn't sure on how to put it into the story and all. Get me? Guess not.
This is the last chapter of my 10th fan fic! Yeah! So, to show my gratitude, I dedicate this to the ones who had read any of my stories, anyone who left a review/s for any of my stories and anyone who has me or any of my stories under their Favorites or Alert list. A lot no? Thanks to these guys, you are reading this. They gave me a lot of support. You're reading this, right? Consider yourself one of them.
THANK YOU GUYS!
On with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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Sunday Morning;
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
"H-Huh? What the…?"
Flickering her eyes, Tenten gazed at her bedroom ceiling. She picked herself up from the heavy duvet and muttered, "It's so early…"
Glancing at the alarm clock at her right, her eyes grew when she saw the time: 5:45 a.m.
"What?" she almost shrieked, "Stupid alarm clock! Why the heck is it going off at this hour of the morning? I didn't set it to wake me up this early!"
Throwing herself back onto her bed, she sighed. Tenten hardly slept a wink last night… for reasons.
Tenten wanted to look fresh and calm for the gathering so she went to bed early, specifically at 8:34. At around 9:12, there was a band of mating frogs that seemed to be croaking together like a band of out-of-key choirboys passing by.
Then, at half-past 11, she got thirsty. She got up, going down to the kitchen for a glass of water. Groggily, she tumbled down the stairs, letting the pain wake her up partially. She couldn't watch where she was pouring so some spilled onto her pajamas.
No one can sleep with wet, cold pajamas. With that, she proceeded to her closet and changed. From all the things she's been doing in the between her slumber, she was now wide-awake.
Desperate, she tried to go back to sleep by counting sheep. Of course, that didn't work. Now, she was ultimately pissed. It was nearing midnight and she was still awake. But, fortunately for her, she managed to sleep at around 12:30.
Then, like everyone else's case, at maybe 2 a.m., she got up for a leak.
"Man…" Tenten grumbled, "This isn't quite my day if I knew better." She reached for her beeping clock, her head still rested on the pillow.
She clicked the little button at the back of it to silence it and when it finally shut up, she heaved a heavy sigh of relief. Getting up, Tenten pulled her creased white pajama top and scratched her head.
With a yawn, Tenten searched for her slippers then marched to the bathroom, almost tripping on a bar of soap.
"I really have this nagging feeling…" Tenten muttered to herself, "…that this is going to be a really awful day."
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"It's too early to get up. It's too early for breakfast. It's too early for even Hiashi to get up. Why did I wake up, anyway?" Neji mumbled as he woke up on his own.
Sitting up, Neji smoothed down his morning hair and looked at the clock. It was quarter to six. "Ugh…" Neji grumbled.
He flopped his head back onto the pillow then yawned. He wanted to go back to sleep badly but he knew that there were things that stopped him from doing that.
With that, he went to check if Tenten was already awake. Grabbing his phone from his bedside desk, Neji flipped it open then began composing a new text message (A/C: yes, I gave them cellphones for a reason. Just keep reading, please):
Good Morning, Weapons Mistress. Awake yet? I'm dead bored. I woke up too early today, don't you think?
And, oddly, he got an immediate response from Tenten:
I'm wide awake. I hardly slept last night. Stupid frogs. My alarm clock woke me up three hours early. Man. And what's with the Weapons Mistress thing when you said good morning, eh, Prodigy?
Neji smiled and let out a soft chuckle. He stood from his bed then moved to the window to left the blinds again like every morning. Good thing Lee wasn't there to traumatize him this time.
Wearily, Neji moved to the bathroom and grabbed a comb. He gawked at himself at the mirror as he fixed his long hair, staring back at the tangles in horror. He heard his phone vibrate on the sink. Immediately, Neji read Tenten's message:
I'm not going to wait for your reply. Knowing you, you'll still comb your hair, take a shower, brush your teeth, wash your face, put on your clothes and bandages before answering to any of my messages when it comes to early morning text conversations.
Tenten never failed to make Neji laugh or at least smile with her answers. She was right that he had no intention of replying to her messages until he has finished all those acts. She was always right about him.
He began writing another message:
That's not true. I'm replying to you right now. Hey, since we're two bored ninjas, why not use this time to get some stuff for the gathering tonight, right? I admit I didn't buy any snacks or anything else for tonight. What do you say?
The message reached Tenten's phone and she thought twice before she replied as she fixed her hair buns:
Sure. I didn't buy much yesterday, anyway. Meet me outside the Ramen shop, okay? I need breakfast and I know you do, too.
Neji didn't bother to reply anymore. He was sure that Tenten understood that he'd meet her anyway. And so, with one last look at his phone, Neji walked off and entered the shower.
(A/C: No, I will not write the details of how Neji takes a bath. :D But I wish I could.)
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"No, I'll pay." Neji insisted.
They did meet at the Ramen shop in a few minutes. They had a breakfast of Scallion Ramen and Miso Ramen. They were just fighting over who gets to pay the bill, which is kinda petty, even for Neji.
"Oh, come on," Tenten forced, "I'll pay for it. It's just cheap."
Neji shook his head then offered, "What if we just pay for ourselves?"
Pouting, Tenten took out enough to pay for them both then muttered at Neji, "I said I would pay."
She went out of the Ramen shop ahead of Neji. He watched her leave before he took the money she used to pay then replaced it with his own money and a few coins that served as a tip.
"Okay," Tenten sighed as she stood outside the Ramen with her hands on her hips, "It's really early for any decent store to open so we'll head to a convenience store, the only ones that are open for 24 hours."
Neji walked along with Tenten then asked, "What do you plan to buy?"
"Hmm…" Tenten thought for a minute before she shared, "I'll buy a couple of bottles of soda, some Lemon Tea, maybe three huge bags of chips along with some flour, baking soda…"
"Flour?" Neji exclaimed, confused, "And baking soda?"
Tenten nodded then perkily said, "Yep! I'm going to make a batch of cookies for the team! You guys will love it! And since you're here, you can help me pick out the kind of chocolate chips you want."
Shaking his head, Neji declined, "Don't ask me. I'm just here to pay for the stuff you buy."
Tenten then giggled and added, "And my cookie taste tester. Is that okay with you?"
Pushing the convenience store door open once they got there, Neji muttered to Tenten, "Go get whatever you want or need. I'll just be at the counter, waiting for you, okay?"
She just nodded then went to grab a shopping basket then disappeared at aisle 2.
"You and your girlfriend out on a picnic today?" the cashier joked. He snorted then looked at Neji to see his reaction.
Surprisingly, Neji just smiled and said, "Nah."
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"Taste it, please." Tenten pleaded. She held one little chocolate chip cookie in front of Neji. The tanned little biscuit looked so scrumptious but Neji didn't have a sweet tooth for stuff like that… or so he thought.
Neji shook his head and held his hand out, "Why don't you try it yourself? It'll probably be better that way."
Slightly angered, Tenten snapped, "Are you saying that my cookies are awful?"
"Huh? No! Of course not!" Neji exclaimed, "I'm… just not the type of person to… like cookies. That's all."
Persistent, Tenten demanded, "Come one, Neji. It'll be like the Lemon Tea. You hated it yet you haven't even tasted it. Now, you're going berserk over the stuff."
"Am not!" Neji defended as he gulped more Lemon Tea from his can.
Giggling, Tenten asked again, "Can you taste it now, Neji? Please? For me. Hm?"
Neji stared back at her adorable chocolate eyes. Big mistake. Doing so was worst than looking directly at a hypnosis spell.
"Oh, alright." Neji gave in, oddly. With that, Tenten gleefully beamed then handed him the tiny cookie. He sighed then took a bite out of it.
Watching Neji chew on it, Tenten was looking quite eager and she had the goofiest smile on. Savoring the cookie's sweet flavor, Neji arched a brow then took another bite. He did so until he finished the whole cookie.
"Aha! I told you you'd like it!" Tenten screamed with joy, "You love it?"
"There are a lot of flavors…" Neji mumbled with his mouth full, "I thought you placed chocolate chips only."
Grabbing the recipe book, Tenten read out, "Yeah, I placed some chocolate chips along with some oats, macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips, peanut butter and some crushed cornflakes."
It sounded like too much to end up good but, surprisingly, it was really delicious (A/C: Believe me! I tried these cookies out!).
"…Wow." Neji said as he recalled each addition Tenten put in to change her simple butter cookies into choco-oat-nut-white-peanut-corn-whatever cookies.
Tenten grabbed another cookie then handed it to Neji, "I'm going to make some more. Can you help me?"
"In case I haven't told you before," Neji said as he chewed on his second cookie, "I don't know how to cook… at all."
Smiling, Tenten explained, "You don't need to know how, Neji. I just need help in putting the whipped cream and strawberries on top."
"Yikes." Neji mumbled as he finished the cookie he had, "Sweet. You sure we won't end up having diabetes?"
"Whatever, Neji." Tenten laughed as she took out a new batch from the oven, "I'll just let these cookies cool before we put the cream and berries. Don't get another cookie, okay?"
Nodding in acknowledgement, Neji kept his gaze on the cookies that lay on the cookie tray on top of the kitchen counter.
Tenten came back with a bowl of halved strawberries and two cans of whipped cream. She placed them alongside the cookies that were ready then explained, "Just carefully grab a cookie, careful not to make it crumble, top with whipped cream then place a strawberry on top."
She demonstrated this then showed the finished product to her teammate, "It's that simple. Anyone can do it."
At that, Neji grabbed a cookie, placed some cream from the can then topped it with a strawberry.
"There. Now, let's work on the others now, okay?" Tenten said.
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"Hey! Stop eating the cookies!" Tenten shrieked as she watched Neji try to sneak another cookie into his mouth.
Embarrassed, Neji returned it then sheepishly smiled at Tenten, "Sorry…"
She just beamed back, forgiving him. She took her can of whipped cream then said confidently, "Watch this."
With that, she tilted her head then faced the whipped cream can's nozzle above her mouth so when she let the whipped cream fizz out, it directly went to her mouth.
Licking her lips, Tenten laughed, "I love doing that with whipped cream. Haha!"
Neji snickered then said, "Oh, yeah? I love doing this with whipped cream." He placed a glob of cream onto his finger then tapped it onto Tenten's nose.
Now, Tenten had a spot of whipped cream on her nose. Smiling, Neji teased, "You look like Rudolf with a white nose instead of a red one."
"Corny!" Tenten snapped with a beam. She then placed some cream onto Neji's nose saying, "Let's see if you like it."
The two laughed with each other over the cream on their noses. They were practically blushing.
Neji wiped the cream off Tenten's nose then sighed, "No, I guess I don't like it. Hn."
With a grin, Tenten took her handkerchief then smeared the cream she left off of Neji's face.
"Hey," Tenten said as she glanced at the clock, "We've been spending the afternoon making these cookies. It's almost 4. Shouldn't you be going home to get ready? The gathering's at 7."
"Three hours more," Neji shrugged, "I'll leave when I want to. Is that okay?"
'It's better than okay!' Tenten thought in her mind.
"So, we'll see who lost the dare tonight, eh?" Tenten said.
Neji raised his brows then passively muttered, "Yeah. Then, you know the consequence for the loser."
"Of course I do." Tenten winked.
With that, Neji chuckled then helped her clean up the kitchen.
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"THIS IS SO YOUTHFUL! WHIPPED CREAM ON THEIR NOSES! HOW… YOUTHFUL!"
"Ssh! Gai, they might hear us!" Kurenai hushed the eager sensei as they gazed at the couple in Tenten's kitchen.
Lee looked at the cookies hungrily, "Gai-sensei, do we really have to be absent for the gathering. Tenten's cookies look so… good…"
He drooled some more until Gai slapped his head, "Youthful love must prevail over the cookies today, Lee."
Lee was practically crying until Kakashi interrupted, "Let's get a run-through of the plan, shall we?"
Asuma took the cigarette from his mouth then spoke, "Oh, alright. These two, Neji and Tenten, are going to their training ground with the food. They think Gai and Lee will be going, too. But they aren't. We'll be nearby, spying on them. Let's hope Neji doesn't use his Byakugan."
"We can always use the invisibility technique, right?" Kurenai suggested.
The senseis (and genin) exchanged glances then Gai said, "Why didn't we think of that earlier?"
Asuma winked at Kurenai then complimented, "That's my Kurenai."
With that, Kurenai just shyly smiled back at him.
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Tenten sat herself on the grass by the lake then thought, 'I must be early. Gai-sensei, Lee and Neji aren't here yet. Usually, it's Lee who fusses about punctuality.'
She arrived at the venue at around three minutes to 7. The stars were hardly out yet and as she held on to her basket of cookies, soda, Lemon Tea and chips, she lay down on the grass, waiting for the rest of her team to arrive.
Meanwhile, Neji was rushing in his room.
"Do I look fine?" Neji, a little panicking, asked Hanabi, who was standing at the doorway.
Hanabi just stared back at him then grumbled, "Uh, I just came up to tell you that dinner's ready and my dad's really freaking out that you're not yet down there." (A/C: I'm sorry Hanabi's OOC. I don't know how she really acts.)
Neji mumbled something under his breath then went through the door and went down with his cousin Hanabi. "Yuck. How much perfume did you put on?" Hanabi asked as she held her nose.
Giving her an annoyed look, Neji answered, "One. It's just this once, anyway. Then, I'm going to throw the stuff away."
"What a waste." Hanabi muttered, "Hand it to me later so I can replace it for the aromatherapy oils Hinata gives off in the morning. That'll teach her to put the stuff all over my school things. I smelled like a wilted lily the whole morning."
Without a word, Neji rushed to his uncle, who was already seated at the dinner table, eating with Hinata.
"I… I'm going out." Neji said, as if asking permission, "My team has a gathering tonight, like always."
Hiashi gave him a stern look then nodded, letting him go without a care.
Neji nodded his head then went off.
As soon as he was walking through the streets, he reached for his phone then called Tenten up.
"Hello?" Tenten picked up at the other end.
"Tenten? It's Neji. How long have you been there?" Neji asked.
Tenten sat up then replied, "A couple of minutes. Not that long. Where are you?"
"I'm on my way there," Neji said, "I won't take long. Where's Lee and Gai-sensei?"
Tenten looked around then said, "They're not here. I thought they'd be on their way, too."
"Oh, okay. I'll try to get there as soon as I can." Neji assured her before hanging up.
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"What the…? Lee and Gai-sensei aren't here yet?" Neji exclaimed baffled as he walked towards Tenten.
Tenten glanced at her watch then said, "Which is surprising. It's almost 8. They're late for once."
Little did they know that the two people they were looking for were just somewhere nearby, hiding their aura as they stood in invisible mode.
"Let's look for them?" Neji invited.
At that, the spying senseis' (and genin's) eyes grew. If they went looking for their missing teammates, the plan would be ruined.
"Nah. Let them arrive late. We're fine, anyway." Tenten shrugged as she dipped her bare feet into the refreshing lake water.
The snooping senseis (and genin) heaved a sigh of relief then went on watching the two.
Neji noticed Tenten dipped her feet into the water so he decided to joke with her, "You shouldn't do that. It'll attract piranhas…"
Tenten yelped then took her feet up in a hurry. Neji chuckled then sat beside her, grabbing the basket she had.
"You're so mean!" Tenten said but she wasn't mad. She was actually kinda happy with him.
Neji took a bite out of the cookie as Tenten sipped some of the Lemon Tea. They splashed their feet lightly under the water as they waited for more stars to appear.
"So," Tenten started, "While Lee and Gai-sensei aren't here, let's proclaim the winner of the dare, shall we?"
Neji looked uneasy then mumbled, "I guess you win. Hn. I couldn't find a decent girl."
"I don't win." Tenten slowly said, "I also wasn't able to find someone. So, there."
There was an awkward silence until Tenten tried to make Neji smile with a comment, "Heh, I guess we'll be stealing the Sannins' underwear and valued property tomorrow, hm?"
"That's the consequence, remember?" Neji smiled, adding that. "It'll be fun since we're doing it together."
Tenten felt a slight blush cross her cheeks then she said, "I really, really wonder how the many girls of Konoha can get a boyfriend around here."
Arching a brow, Neji turned to her to hear more.
"I mean," she went on, "Kiba's got rabies. Shino's inhabited by cockroaches. Naruto's been swallowing bowls of artificial Ramen flavoring and MSG all his life. Lee is doggy-browed. Sasuke's possessive… really possessive. Shikamaru's super lazy and Choji needs to diet some more."
Snickering, Neji then replied, "Yeah. The same goes to the girls around here. Ino's a flirt and will probably have three boyfriends per second. Sakura is still obsessed with Sasuke and Hinata… well, she's just weak. Temari is trying-hard everything… in my opinion."
The two laughed at each other's opinion until Tenten asked, "Hey, you didn't mention me."
"You didn't mention me, either." Neji said immediately as he grabbed another cookie, "But, I know what you hate about me. I'm too much of a prodigy."
"I took that back." Tenten defended, "I don't hate anything about you, Neji. That's something I realized for the past few days. Okay?"
Hiding his growing grin and blushing cheeks, Neji nodded then muttered, "Yeah. And I took back the thing about… the damsel-in-distress thing. I'm sorry for saying that."
Tenten stared back at Neji. He wouldn't apologize to just anyone.
The usual uneasy hush came around again. Tenten gulped more Lemon Tea while Neji almost all of the first batch of cookies.
"Uh, say Tenten…" Neji began, "…Let's make another bet."
"What?" Tenten exclaimed, "Another? What's this about now?"
Neji felt uncomfortable and he wanted to back out now… but he didn't.
"It's not a dare, okay? It's a bet." Neji then explained, "I bet that I can get a girlfriend before 8:30 tonight."
Tenten's eyes grew, "Tonight? You sure? Are you serious?"
"If I win the bet," Neji said, "I get all the cookies. If I lose, well, it'll be my loss. The girl I'm planning to ask out is almost… perfect."
The happy glow in Tenten's expression almost faded off completely until she said, "Okay. Let's bet on it."
Neji nodded then at that, he scooted on his patch of grass until he was facing Tenten completely. He breathed then muttered,
"So… will you be my girlfriend?"
Tenten's heart stopped. The flush in her cheeks was getting darker. "What?" Tenten screamed, "I'm that perfect girl?!"
Neji smiled then shyly replied, "Yeah, kinda. I'm sorry if this is so… dull and all. It's not out of desperation to get the cookies…"
Giggling, Tenten happily answered, "Hey, stop stammering. You're beginning to sound like Hinata."
It was one of the few jokes about him and Hinata that Neji didn't take seriously.
"You win this bet." Tenten admitted.
Neji grinned satisfied then tilted his head as his eyes caught the moon's shine, "Are you serious about this? Coz I am."
Gently holding Tenten's hand, Neji waited for her to answer.
"…Oh my Gosh! No way! W-Wh… I… don't know what to say! Oh my Gosh!" Tenten went on squealing with glee. She threw her arms around Neji then almost pushed him off his balance.
"But, you'll still steal Tsunade's sake and underwear, right?" Tenten tried to reassure as she hugged Neji tight.
"Of course. I didn't win the dare, right?" Neji held her as he whispered, "But I won you."
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"YOUTHFULLY YOUTHFUL! HOW WONDERFUL THE YOUTH CAN BE!" Gai wanted to scream after hearing the two talk sweetly.
"Gai, shut up." Asuma tried to hush him but he was still glaring back at Neji and Tenten from behind the bush.
Kurenai was satisfied. For her, it was mission accomplished.
"Hey, there we go." Kakashi mumbled with a smile as he went back to reading Make Out Paradise, "The two are together."
Lee was feeling giddy, "Oh, how youthful, Gai-sensei. When I grow up, I want to be a matchmaker, too!"
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It was almost 10 when Neji and Tenten finally decided to end the 'gathering'.
Walking hand in hand, the two walked through the streets, catching other people's attention every now and then.
Soon, they arrived in front of Tenten's house. "Thanks for everything, Neji." Tenten shyly said, "it's really nice of you."
Neji just nodded with a gleeful grin, "Of course. Thanks, too, Tenten."
With that, they just stood at Tenten's doorway, exchanging glances until Tenten grabbed her house keys then began to slot it through the key hole.
She opened the door, then greeted one last time, "Good night, Neji."
Neji tried to move and when he managed to, he leaned towards Tenten, letting their lips touch. Tenten, dazed, didn't even squirm until she managed to kiss him back.
Neji let go then said sweetly, "Good night, Tenten. I love you."
And with that, Tenten smiled back at him then closed her front door.
Neji left the vicinity of her home with a couple of steps then said all by himself, "Oh, by the way. Gai-sensei and Lee, thanks for not arriving tonight. Kurenai-sensei, you guessed right about a lot. Kakashi-sensei, you should really stop reading that book once in a while…"
He paused.
"And, Asuma-sensei… you're wrong. I don't like Tenten. I love her."
Then, he turned to the direction home.
The senseis (and the genin) undid the invisibility technique then gawked at each other. On that moment did they only realize that Neji knew that they were doing 'undercover' work all along.
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MY 10TH STORY IS FINALLY COMPLETE! WOOHOO! GO NEJITEN!
By the way, these are the poll results:
Neji and Tenten lose the bet but end up together anyway- 3
Neji and Tenten both win the bet by asking someone at the last minute-1
Neji asks Tenten and she says yes- 2
There you go! Thanks for everything and thanks for reading!