I was sitting in the bus after school waiting for the bus lady to depart. I was debating whether or not I wanted to go through with talking to Sakura although Shikamaru was trying to convince me other wise.

He was sitting next to me, his arms behind his head. If he weren't saying anything, then I would have sworn he was fast asleep. "It's too late to back out now," He said.

I groaned loudly, "What if, I lie and say that I twisted my ankle?" I said desperate for any excuse not to go.

"Tenten, I don't think you understand how pathetic you sound right now." He said.

I glared at him angrily, but he had a point. I was willing to use any excuse not to go. I don't even know what demonic thing came over me, to even think of talking to Sakura.

I slammed my head against the seat in front of me. "Argh!"

"Why are you so, worried about talking to her?" He asked me.

I turned my head toward Shikamaru and started considering what he asked me. Why was I so worried?

"Well, I mean you've got to admit she's pretty intimidating." I said looking at the very back at the bus, where she was seated. Neji was right next to her with his arm around her waist like some 'trophy boyfriend'.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at me. "You find Sakura Haruno intimidating?" He smirked at me.

"Well, she might not be intimidating to you. But she is to me! She's like the most popular girl of the whole school, plus she's my best friend's girlfriend, and I'm supposed to go to her and tell her that I saw her with another man and act like it's no big deal!" I let out a breath after I finished saying that, and soon after I felt Shikamaru's hand pat me on that back.

"Look Tenten, I get where you're coming from. But you have to suck it up and go through this. Neji's your best friend right?"

I nodded my head.

"And aren't you like madly in love with him or something?"

I quickly covered his mouth. "Don't say it so loud! I am not madly in love with anybody!"

He removed my hands from his mouth. "Look Tenten, you might not know it your self but you're a great girl. Other girls in your situation would have jumped at the chance to tell Neji the truth, because they'd see it as a chance to make him … vulnerable. But you didn't. You actually took his feelings into consideration. You should actually be proud with of self."

After Shikamaru had said that, I felt kind of relieved. Maybe he was right. I haven't even thought about the fact that if I do tell Neji he's break up with her. Maybe I was a good friend after all. "Thanks Shikamaru!" I said hugging him.

"Um … you can let go now." He said in an akward tone.

"… Sorry" I said smiling at him. "That was really nice thing you said."

"Don't mention it."

As I looked back to Sakura, I noticed Neji Glaring at me. It was a piercing look that could kill any one.

Why was he staring at me like that? Had Sakura told him that I was going to talk to her after school?

It 2:55 and I was about to get to Frosty's. I felt better about doing this after talking to Shikamaru, but after seeing the way that Neji was glaring at me- With so much hatred, made me a bit sick.

But like Shikamaru had said, it was too late to back out.

I opened the door to Frosty's. It was a small local ice cream restaurant in the corner of town. Neji and I used to come here every Friday after school before he started dating Sakura.

He probably does that with her now.

I started looking for an empty booth, when I saw that Sakura was already here. She was sitting at a back table. I felt relieved she had picked one in the back, just in case anyone where to walk in.

I walked over to the table and took a seat. She was texting on her pink small phone.

"Hi Sakura." I said hesitantly.

She looked up from her phone and smiled. "Hey!"

"Do you want anything?" I asked her? Sure I hadn't invited her here, but I was the one who wanted to talk with her.

"Nah thanks, I'm good. I come here with Neji every Friday. But thanks anyway."

That hurt inside a bit.

"Listen Sakura, there's a reason I brought you here." I paused, taking note of her facial expression. It was still calm. "The other day, I saw something I don't think was right."

She stayed quiet. "I saw you, kiss Sasuke"

The expression on her face was a mixture of confusion and anger. "When was this?" She said her voice shaky.

"Last week."

There was an awkward silence for about 2 minutes. I didn't know what to say. What could I?

"Are you planning on telling, Neji?" She asked, her firm voice breaking the silence.

"Well, I wanted to hear your side of the story first." I told her. "I want to know why?"

She looked down, and then look straight at me. "Look, Tenten I know what you saw … must have looked really bad, but … you don't understand I—"

"Your right Sakura I don't understand. I don't understand how someone can have such a great boyfriend like Neji, and then cheat on him. How someone could have something so perfect, and then just throw it away. I could NEVER possibly understand."

I felt like I had a weight lifted up my shoulders. I've really been wanting to say that to her since I saw her with Sasuke. I felt better, with more confidence. I wasn't afraid anymore.

Sakura looked down. She scrunched her face and then suddenly I felt a pang of guilt hit me. My goal wasn't to make her cry.

Sakura looked up and grimaced. "I know. I know. You must think I'm an idiot but, if you knew the situation, and if you were in my shoes maybe you wouldn't be so angry with me."

I waited for her to tell me the story.

"You see I used to, go with Sasuke, but I felt like he wasn't appreciating me so I decided it was over. Even though the relationship was over, I wasn't. I was still really liked him a LOT. And when I started talking to Neji, he was so sweet to me. And I thought, I can forget about Sasuke if I'm with Neji. But as you saw, he's trying to make it as hard as possible to forget him."

"Do you really like Sasuke?" I asked her.

"Yeah … I do."

"Then why don't you just end with Neji?"

"Because!" She ran her hand through her pink hair and sighed, "I like Neji. And I don't want to like Sasuke."

"But your not being fair to him. Don't you think he deserves to know? He is your boyfriend!"

She stayed quiet.

"Sakura if you don't tell him, I will."

TBC