GR 11

A/N- Thank you for all the reviews! They mean the world to me. I am so happy that people actually like this story. It's amazing, because this story was nothing more than a crazy idea of mine that I decided to write randomly. I'd especially like to thanks I LOVE TENTEN, because without their pestering this update would probably show up in December, Lol.

Warnings- Homo-sexuality and Hetero-sexuality. And Sai is here, so OOC.

Disclaimer- Naruto is not mine.


Chapter Eleven. Is that phobia I see?

"You're really going to stay here too?" Tenten asked Neji.

The normally stoic Hyuuga was outright glaring at Lee and Sai. But mostly Sai. "As a proper man, I must intercede on behalf of your honor." Neji said. "It is damaging to your reputation enough to have these two men living with you. Therefore with my presence here, I can protect your honor from these two."

Tenten managed not to laugh. But she could not keep the large grin from taking over her face. "Neji, I promise that my honor has always been safe with these two. I wouldn't have allowed them to stay here otherwise."

Neji raised an eyebrow as he regarded the two men that were sitting next to each other on the couch. "How so?" He asked. "All men are the same."

Tenten laughed. "These men are different." She said vaguely. Then she grabbed Neji's sleeve. "You're soaking wet, let's get you dried off. You can probably borrow some of Sai's clothes while yours dry."

Tenten couldn't help the little evil smile that appeared on her face when she thought of Neji in Sai's crop tops. She's never been able to see the Hyuuga shirtless, and now she would get to see half of it!

Neji shook his head violently. "I brought extra Hyuuga robes with me. I don't need to borrow his girly shirt." Neji protested as he allowed Tenten to lead him to her little bathroom.

She showed him the shower and she explained how the nobs were backwards, turning the cold one would turn the water hot and vice-versa. He listened intently. Then she turned around and faced him. He really was a sight with his hair all wet matted, and tangled.

"Is Hiashi alright with you staying here?" She asked.

"Hiashi has no jurisdiction over matters regarding my teammates and my personal life. And you Tenten are both my teammate and very important to me personally." Neji said gracefully.

Tenten felt her heart flip a little. Did Neji just say…?

"Hey what are you guys doing in here?" Sai asked from the doorway. When both Neji and Tenten gave him a glare he held up his hands. "Sorry! I was just checking on Tenten's honor. I was making sure that it was intact and everything. I'm going to go now." He retreated quickly.

Tenten suppressed the urge to roll her eyes. "I'm going to see how much food we have." Tenten said.

Neji nodded at her as she left the little bathroom. His white eyes following her as she departed.

Sai and Lee immediately latched onto Tenten when she shut the door of the bathroom. "We were so worried about you!" They said in unison as she walked down the hall with the two of them holding each of her arms

"What have you been eating in the time that I have been gone?" Tenten asked as she dragged the two men into the kitchen.

"Choji was kind enough to give us some bagels! So we've been having those." Sai said.

"There is no nutritional value in a bagel." Tenten said with a frown.

"It is better than nothing my precious-flower!" Lee said excitedly. "Are you hungry now? Because I can prepare a delicious bagel for you!"

Tenten shook her head. "No. I ate at Neji's house. Those Hyuugas really know how to eat." Tenten said. "And do we have any more money? Because there is only three bagels left, and there is four of us now."

"Darn! I knew that I should not have had two!" Lee wailed as he pressed his head into Sai's shoulder.
"You needed the sustenance my love." Sai soothed.

Tenten rolled her eyes at his antics. "I guess that I can go without again. After all I did eat a lot at Neji's house.

"Absolutely not." A deep voice said from the doorway.

Tenten, Sai and Lee all turned to look at Neji. He looked a lot better after a warm shower and dry clothes. "I will procure some food for us." Neji said. "I still have my allowance from the Hyuuga clan."

Neji then headed back toward the door. "Hold on!" Tenten called. She resisted the urge to call Neji 'my love' because she didn't know how he would take it. They hadn't gotten to discuss the kiss yet. "I'll go with you." Tenten added as she followed Neji.

Neji nodded to her and the two of them stepped back out of the apartment. "Are you sure?" Neji then asked as he remembered how weak she had grown if she went out in the rain she would most likely get sick. "You don't have to-"

"Here you go!" Sai sang from the doorway as he handed them a frilly pink umbrella. "Keep yourselves out of the rain! We can't have you two getting sick!"

Tenten tried not to groan as she opened the umbrella. It was pink and had frills that much had been obvious even when it had been closed. But once it was opened she saw that it had purple bows on it.

"I don't need it." Neji said instantly.

"Please use it Neji. It's the only umbrella available, and I don't want you getting sick." Tenten said.

"You use it. You're still shaky from earlier I can see." Neji said. "Your health is more at risk in this situation."

"I won't use it if you don't use it." Tenten said stubbornly.

Neji sighed and then stepped underneath the umbrella with Tenten. "Thank you." Tenten said with a smile. "Now, shall we?"

Neji nodded and they set off down the road towards the super market.

The people along the streets of Konoha all stopped and stared at Neji Hyuuga with Tenten. Underneath a pink frilly umbrella. It was a spectacle that they knew might never happen again.

Tenten tried to shield her growing blush. But she failed. She was not so good at hiding her shyness at the situation. It was not every day that everyone stopped to stare at her as she walked down the street.

Shikamaru and Ino were heading in the direction opposite of Tenten and Neji when they spotted them and froze. "Shika-kun, is that…?"

"Yeah. How troublesome for the Hyuuga." Shikamaru said as he snickered.

"But look! He's with Tenten! They look so cute together! They're almost snuggling!" Ino said. "We should do that! Maybe everyone will stare at us too!"

"Everyone is staring at their umbrella. Where did they even find that?" Shikamaru asked.

"It's Sai's. He loves that thing." Ino said knowingly.

"Really?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah." Ino said. "He's dating Lee."

Shikamaru shook his head. "That explains a lot."

Tenten and Neji reached the store without incident and they went to work collecting some kitchen basics.

The store owner watched the Hyuuga prodigy wandering around his store with the nice Chinese girl who was often buying things. It was odd, because Hyuugas did not go grocery shopping. They had no need to. So why was the Hyuuga here?

Tenten reached for a loaf of white bread and was stopped by Neji's hand. "Whole wheat is healthier." He said.

"But white is cheaper." Tenten said matter-of-factly.

"I'm paying. And whole wheat is better for us ninjas than plain white bread."

"Fine." Tenten said with a grin. She decided that it was nice to have someone care. She no longer felt so alone and independence could only get you so far.

"Fancy meeting you two here." A smug deep and very masculine voice said from beside Tenten

She turned to see Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki standing next to them. They're basket was full of ramen and tomatoes. How predictable.

Tenten felt Neji stiffen beside her. "Uchiha." He said coldly.

Sasuke's gray eyes steeled. "Hyuuga." He said. Then his eyes softened as he looked down at hers and Neji's basket. "How many packets of insta-dumplings do you two need?"

Tenten blushed a little. It's true, she really liked dumplings. "I could say the same thing to you." She said with a grin. "How many tomatoes can you possibly eat?"

Naruto bounded over Sasuke and peered into Tenten's basket. "How come you don't have any ramen?" He asked with his blue eyes wide. "It's so tasty!"

"We are not buying ramen." Neji said. He then took a hold of Tenten's arm and tried to lead her away. It was a mistake, because he brought the pink umbrella into the line of sight of Naruto and Sasuke.

Both men froze and their eyes grew wide. "Is that…?" They asked as they pointed at the umbrella.

Then Naruto burst into laughter and Sasuke began smirking uncontrollably.

Tenten felt herself sweat drop. Only Sai's antics could bring the stoic Uchiha this close to laughter.

Neji sighed. "Yes. We are using a pink umbrella. It was this, or let Tenten be soaked and possibly allow her to become sick. Now you two, be mature." Neji said.

Sasuke stopped smirking slightly and nodded. "I understand. Good job." He said. Then he grabbed Naruto. "Come on Dobe, we still have to get cherry tomatoes."

"You really have a problem, Teme." Naruto whined. "Tomatoes are gross."

"They are not!" Sasuke said.

Tenten realized something as she watched them walk away. They were just like Ino and Shikamaru, they were perfect together. And both of them were her dear friends and she wished for their happiness.

"Did you want any sesame to go with your dumplings?" Neji asked.

Tenten turned and gave Neji a bright grin. "Did you even have to ask?" She said.

Neji smiled a little. Tenten thought that it was the most beautiful thing that she had ever seen. Neji Hyuuga should smile more.

They went together and collected sesame for her dumplings and they also got herring soba for Neji.

The cashier in charge of checking out their order was very distracted by the ever famous Hyuuga prodigy. It didn't help that Sasuke and Naruto got in line behind them. The cashier was star struck, and Tenten couldn't stop giggling like a little girl. Tenten would have to take Neji shopping again; it was a lot of fun.

They walked back outside, and found that the rain had stopped. Neji seemed even more relieved than normal.

They chatted amicably until they reached the door to Tenten's apartment and waited for Tenten to locate the key.

They stepped inside to the kitchen. Tenten could hear voices from the TV in the other room. Sai and Lee watched too much TV! They were ninjas of Konoha, shouldn't they be out practicing?

After Tenten and Neji had set all the food away they stepped into the living room and were met with a sight.

Lee was seated on the couch, and Sai was seated on Lee. They were so intricately wound around each other that Tenten knew Shikamaru would have had trouble finding their individual shadows.

They were also furiously making out.

Now Tenten is no prude, she'd gone on several almost seduction missions.

But she had never seen two men kiss each other so passionately.

And neither had Neji.

Tenten looked over to check on him and she saw his mouth hanging open and his eyes wide.

"Neji?" She whispered.

"Sai and Lee are…" Neji mumbled. "They're gay!"

"Yes Neji. They are." Tenten said.

"Oh my god! The crop-top! The spandex!" Neji said.

Tenten took a rather firm grip of Neji's arm and led him to the table in the kitchen, but before they made it Neji had fainted.

Tenten looked down at his sprawled out body on the floor. He looked pathetic.

How strange that they had reacted in the same way.


A/N- I hope you liked it! I really liked writing it. It was a lot of fun; this whole story has been really fun. I hope you guys are having as much fun reading it as I am writing it.

Please review and have a wonderful day!