Chapter 12

Tenten and Sotaru

Part 2

For weeks, Tenten and Sotaru continued to see each other at her father's law firm. The two of them were very careful to keep their relationship a secret from those around them. Tenten's infatuation with him wasn't a secret from her parents. They knew their young daughter had a crush on the intern, and a crush wasn't taboo. However, the things Tenten and Sotaru did away from everyone else was definitely wrong in the eyes of just about all of Japan's population.

Tenten went to work with her father, even on the days she didn't have to, just in hope that she and Sotaru will get a moment alone to share a measly kiss. Tenten was stubborn, and needy in terms of affection from the older boy. Even if her father refused the intern a break, Tenten still got her kiss, or caress of the inner thigh, or brush of the knuckles while they followed her father down hallways. She wanted him so bad, more so than she had ever wanted another guy.

Sotaru was so mature compared to the guys she went to school with. He knew what he was doing with his life, and he knew how to reach his goals, and get what he wanted. Tenten was just one more thing he wanted. He had her wrapped around his finger. He had her lying to her parents about where she was. When he wanted to see her, she told her mother and father that she was hanging out with a school friend. Sotaru was always there to pick her up on the corner of her block when she "walked to her friend's house."

Getting what he wanted from Tenten was easy for him. All Sotaru had to do was tell her what she wanted her hear; "you're seriously perfect," "you're art is so amazing, you could win awards," "Tenten, you're absolutely beautiful." Any compliment he could give her, he did, because each and every word he spoke to her made Tenten do exactly what he wanted all while melting her into a puddle of helplessly in love goo.

Tenten had all her firsts with him. Her first kiss that was more than a stupid peck, her first make out, her first anything sexual. The day he told her he was falling hard for her, was the first time she allowed him to touch her breast while they made out on the couch in his apartment. The day he told her he thought she was the most amazing, more perfect woman alive, they put their hands down each other's pants. When he told her he loved her, Tenten gave herself to him. She felt the same way. She was head over heels in love with Sotaru, and she trusted him to take care of her. So she had sex with him, and she loved every second of it. She had no regrets.

Breathless, Tenten stared up at the white ceiling. She couldn't wrap her head around the fact that she had just had sex for the first time. "Not what I expected," she said to the man lying next to her.

Sotaru propped himself up on his elbow and brushed sweaty bangs from Tenten's eyes. "But?" he egged on.

"I liked it…a lot."

Sotaru chuckled. He collapsed back onto the bed and pulled the girl closer to him. He kissed her temple and mumbled, "I'm so in love with you."

She returned the gesture, capturing his lips.

From that moment on, Tenten used every excuse she could think of to hang out with the older man in his apartment and stay the night without her parents finding out. Each night, Tenten took to her sketchbook after they had just done something intimate, and captured every one of his positions perfectly.

The first drawing she had done of him were while he was at work at his desk, when she still only had a crush on him. Quickly, her sketches turned into his bare chest while he slept next to her, then his entire body, and eventually the drawings showed everything in every intimate position she witnessed him in. Finally, the art form turned into digital pictures.

Tenten kept the pornographic pictures of her boyfriend hidden in the pages of her sketchbook. The moment she had them printed off, she deleted them from her camera and her computer…just in case her parents felt like snooping. But her sketchbook was never subject to being looked through since it was always on her, tucked away in the bottom of her backpack.

Tenten and Sotaru's relationship was quick, no longer than five months, give or take a few days. Their break up wasn't messy, Tenten was convinced she loved him, but after a while, she began to feel like he didn't feel the same way. Maybe on some level he liked her, but she didn't feel like her was in love with her like he said.

There was no feeling in his words other than lust. She began to feel used, which wasn't a good feeling at all. Tenten was never one to feel insecure. She was raised to have confidence in herself and in her appearance, no matter what anybody said. Even when her parents made her dress differently for her father's work parties, she was okay with it because she knew her parents loved her for who she really was, and her false appearance was only temporary to please those ignorant enough to find Tenten's style "inappropriate," or "ugly," or "skanky." But the way Sotaru complimented her was demeaning. Not the words, but the way they were delivered...forced, unbelievable.

"Sotaru, I think we need to break up." It was as simple as that. Eight little words.

And a quick reply, "Okay."

He wanted an explanation, she could tell by the look on his face, but he couldn't get himself to ask for one. She told him anyways, "I just don't feel the same way anymore." She didn't apologize, he didn't deserve that from her.

"Its fine, I understand. I haven't been feeling it so much myself lately."

She nodded a response, got up off his couch and left his apartment without another word.

In the month following their break up, Sotaru left her father's firm to start his career. He had dinner with her family one last time, as a farewell from her father. It was awkward between them to say the least. So much so that as soon as he left their house with Tenten's father to go out for drinks, she shut herself in her room and cried.

Tenten's mother immediately realized that something was wrong with her daughter and knocked lightly at her bedroom door, "Tenten sweetie, is everything okay?" Her mother entered the room without waiting for an okay to do so. "Honey what's wrong?" she asked as soon as she noticed her daughter's tears.

Tenten sat up in bed and wiped at her eyes. "It's nothing," she replied, sniffling.

Her mother's first instinct was that Tenten's crush on the young man was still present and that Tenten's emotions got the best of her when she realized that she might never see the boy again. Then she remembered how every other time Sotaru had been over to their house for dinner, there was a certain eye contact shared between the two of them, which screamed "I'm secretly having sex with you and everyone else in the room has no idea."

Her mother gasped at her realization, "Tenten, you didn't!"

Which only caused Tenten to cry harder. She collapsed into her mother's embrace and spilled everything. "I did mom…I slept with him. I know I shouldn't have, but I did. I loved him!"

"It's okay sweetie, everything will be okay." It wasn't, but right now, Tenten just needed comfort. Later, she would consult her husband about what to do about the adult male that had had sex with their minor daughter.

"Please don't tell dad, mom. Please."

Tenten's mother unwrapped her arms from around her daughter and grabbed her shoulder. She stared into her daughter's eyes to get her message across, "I have to tell your father. Sotaru is an adult, and you are a minor, he cannot be sleeping with you, it's inappropriate, not to mention illegal."

"Mom, no! I consented to everything, I thought I loved him and that he loved me. I really did love him, I still do, but I was tired of trying to hard when he put in such minimal effort to our relationship, so I ended it."

They spent the rest of the night talking. Tenten told her mom everything. Everything except the sketches she made and the pictures she took. Her mother didn't need to know about that. Eventually Tenten convinced her mother that her father didn't need to know any of this. It would ruin him. He would never trust another boy around his daughter, and he'd never trust her again either. Tenten's mother agreed, then gave her daughter the longest sex talk in the history of the earth. She made sure that Tenten was clear about needing to love herself, and the man she was sleeping with before completing the action. Also that if there was ever a part of her that screamed "no," she needed to listen to her inner voice. She finished her talk, like any good parent with, "and remember to always use protection."

"Mom, I've been on birth control since I was fourteen."

"Yes, you have been, but that was to regulate your hormones, not to give you a green light to have sex. Not until you were much, much older."

Tenten wiped the remaining tears from her eyes and replied, "Obviously that didn't happen."

"No, it didn't, but from now on you'll wait for the right guy, correct? Sex is something that can be very emotional for young girls, boys too even, and I would hate for you to be this torn up about having sex with the wrong boy ever again."

"I don't believe that Sotaru was the wrong guy, I really did love him, mom."

"Honey, I know it doesn't feel that way right now, but when you finally find the right guy, and you and he make love, you'll know how wrong Sotaru was for you."

Tenten fought the cringe that was creeping its way up her spine due to her mother's word choice. She forced herself to nod.

"I'll leave you alone for the night. Your father will be home soon, and I don't think you want him interrupting this particular conversation."

"You're not going to tell him, are you?"

"No. Not this time, but any other future partners you may have before you move out, he will hear about."

"That's reasonable."

"I love you sweetheart, please don't keep these things from me, I'm here to help you out."

"I know, thanks mom. I love you too."

A/N: I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to update this. I've been pretty busy as of late, and I just haven't had the inspiration. Also, this whole Tenten/Sotaru thing just wasn't writing itself like the Neji/Mika stuff did for me. I originally wanted Tenten's chapters to be three parts as well, but like I said, I wasn't feeling it, and wanted it done, so I'm sorry if it sucks, because I definitely feel like it does. Anyways, please drop a review! I love hearing from everyone!