Tenten walked out of the bathroom and pulled at her shirt.
"Neji. This shirt is a little…" She looked down as he belly button showed slightly. "Neji?" She looked up when he didn't respond. He was looking at the ground, her phone on the floor. Tenten walked over slowly. "Neji, what's wrong?" She asked as she brought her hands to his face. He jerked away quickly. "N-Neji?"
"Tsunade was right."
"Wh-What?" Tenten grabbed at her hand.
"You're just like Kari." Tenten's eyes widened.
"I'm… what?" Tenten asked as her eyes started to water.
"You cheat. You lie. You use others… You're a horrible person…" Neji clenched his fists.
"I-I don't understand, Neji. I-" He kicked her phone as she looked at the screen and saw the message. "N-Neji.. I.. didn't get together was Sasuke. I was… I stayed by your side the whole time while you were at the hospital." Tenten stared at him as she walked slowly.
"Stay away from me…" He muttered. Tenten shook her head but kept on walking towards him.
"I-I don't understand. I… why are you doing this? I just…" Tenten looked down and growled. "Fine. I was… always 2nd best… right?" She let out a tear as it landed on the ground. "I… always was just a replacement for Kari right? I knew it. I could… never be her… Because for you…. I'm just not good enough, huh?" Tenten brought up her arms and cried loudly. "Kari… you're still in love with Kari aren't you?" Neji's eyes shot open as he looked at Tenten.
"N-No. You… I just… No. You cheated on me." Neji responded and looked away as he brought his hand to shield his face. "You were cheating on me… and I trusted you. No matter how many times my heart opens up, it always gets crushed. Am I just not good enough for anybody? That the ones I love have to cheat on me? That they have to find someone else to make them happy? Is that it now?" Neji shook his head. "I just…. Don't understand, Tenten. I thought you loved me.."
"I-I do!!" Tenten shouted as tears flew out of her eyes. "You love Kari though! And… I was just her replacement. And all you ever saw in me… was Kari…" Tenten cried.
"That's not it! Is that why you cheated on me?!" Neji shouted. Tenten screamed loudly.
"I didn't cheat on you with Sasuke! I broke up with him I didn't want him anymore! Why? Because I loved you!"
"Loved me?"
"No. I meant- I…." Tenten touched her forehead. "I'm not cheating on you!"
"Yes you are! You had sex with Sasuke last night! What? Am I not giving it to you, that you have to go and beg your ex- boyfriend?! You have to ask him to give it to you because I didn't?! Well, I'm sorry, alright?! Is that why Kari cheated on me too?! Because I didn't have sex with her?! Is that what all you girls want now a days?!!" He shouted angrily. Tenten cried.
"No! No, no and no! I didn't cheat on you, and I don't want to have sex with you or Sasuke!" Tenten cried in frustration. "What I'm trying to say is that you love Kari! You have did love her, and even when she cheated on you, you still loved her! She may be dead, but that's why you're dating me! It's because I look like her right?!"
"That's not it at all!" Neji shouted as he advanced on her. He walked close to her as Tenten back away.
"Stay away!" Tenten cried. "Y-You… love my sister! You love your ex- girlfriend. You… love her even though she's dead! You… used me!!"
"How do you know I love her?!" He shouted loudly.
"I saw pictures of you and her! I… you had pictures of her in your drawer…" Tenten grabbed at her hair slightly. "You had pictures of you and her…. And none of us…." Tenten cried.
"Is that why you cheated on me?" Neji asked quietly.
"God dammit! I didn't cheat on you, Neji!!" Tenten shouted.
"Then you tell me! You god damn tell what the hell's going on!! Sasuke… he texts you about 'last night'. How am I suppose to know that you didn't do it with him?!"
"Trust me! Trust in what I say! I'm telling you that I didn't cheat on you! Why can't you just believe me?! I love you, Neji. I really do! But, you're making this so difficult! You don't trust me, and I don't trust you! This isn't working out!" Tenten cried as she headed for the door. "I'm going home… away from Konoha. I'm leaving this stupid place! I just… I want to go home! I want to go back home with Kari! I… want to see her again!!" Tenten cried as she fell to her knees in front of her door.
"Tenten.." Neji walked to her and kneeled next to her.
"I.. I didn't cheat on you. I never cheated on you. I never cheated on Sasuke. I never… cheated on anyone. Please… I love you." Tenten cried as tears trembled down her face. Please… believe me… Trust in me…"
"…" Neji looked down.
"Neji. Listen to me… I didn't cheat on you. And I have to… tell you something." She turned and held his hands. "I… never really felt used by you. I never really felt unloved… It's just that… when I found pictures of you and Kari in your drawer, it made me feel like.. You were just using me because Kari was gone." She moved her hands as Neji grabbed them tightly.
"No. No. No. Please… believe me. I just… I don't love her anymore. She could never replace you…" Neji responded. "Sasuke… he won't… give up on you will he… I feel so troubled. I can't trust anybody. I can't trust anybody after what happened with Kari. I can't trust anyone anymore." Tenten touched his cheek gently.
"Then this won't work…" She mumbled as a tear landed on hish and. "If you won't trust me, then I don't think anything will work between us. You think I'm cheating on you, and I think you still love my sister. Our relationship isn't working…."
"No wait, Tenten. I didn't say that. I just said that we-"
"Need some space…" Tenten put her hand in front of Neji. "You just thought that I was cheating on you. It… hurts. I really need some time, Neji." He shook his head quickly.
"No. You don't need time! You thought that I loved your sister, but-"
"But you did!!" Tenten shouted. "You had tons of pictures of her!!"
"Look, I'm trying to get us back together." Neji responded.
"No! There's no us! There is NO us anymore! We're over! There never was an us, and there never WILL be an us!!" Tenten shouted. The words cut deep into Tenten's heart, and deep into Neji's heart. She stood and stormed out of the room.
"I'm sorry." Neji mumbled as he stood. "I can't let you leave my life yet." He ran out and jumped on Tenten as she landed hardly on the marble floor. She let out a scream as Neji pressed against her. "If you cheated on me… for sex… then I'll give it to you. If you say I love Kari, I'll deny it. Because I'm giving you what you want. I'm putting you before me, because I love you. So if you really want to do it, then I'll do it with you." Neji whispered against her ear.
"St-Stop it, Neji. I said we were-"
"We're not over. Not until I say we are!" Neji shouted at her. "You're not breaking up with me, and I'm not breaking up with you. I'll learn to trust you. I promise…" Neji kissed Tenten's ear gently. "Just… give me more time." She took his hand.
"Neji…." She whispered out his name. "Please… tell me the truth. I don't want you to lie…"
"I don't lie…" He whispered into her ear.
"I know. So, please tell me… if you love Kari. If you still love her right now…" Neji pulled away from Tenten. "Please, tell me the truth. I… won't get mad at you…" Tenten whispered as she looked down. Neji embraced Tenten.
"I… don't want you to run away." He whispered. What did… that mean? Tenten's eyes began to water. "I still… think I love her. I think I still might love your sister…" He said in a low voice. Tenten's heart broke in half.
"I-I understand." Tenten managed to speak out as she cried, silent. "I… I understand."
"Th-There's more.. To my confession." He whispered. "I did lie. At first… I did see Kari in you, but I just never thought about it. When you told me, I saw her in you. I still loved her and couldn't forgive her for what she did.. But that didn't make me hate her. It just… I don't know." Neji stopped and then continued. "I did see you as a replacement at first. I only dated you because you reminded me of Kari, and that since you two were twins, you two would act the same and you could be my Kari again. But I soon learned that, Kari can not be replaced. She cannot be replaced by you. Just like… you cannot be replaced by her. You two are different."
So.. I was used.. I was used all this time. When he said, I love you… he really meant to say that to Kari, right? And whenever you looked at me, or kissed me…. All you saw was Kari's face after all right? When you looked right into my eyes… you saw Kari.. Not me… Tenten thought as the tears stopped. "and I loved you…" Tenten whispered. Neji ignored her.
"But… it's not like that anymore." Tenten's eyes widened. "I do love you. I figured out my feelings finally. I do still love Kari, but, I love you more. And… when I read the message about you and Sasuke… I just… all I wanted to do is blame you for choosing someone over me… but really. I didn't really believe that you cheated on me. I believed… that it was Sasuke who was after you, not you after someone else. So please, say something, Tenten…"
"I loved you all along. I loved you the whole time… when I first met you… and taught your class, it was like love at first sight. I immediately fell for you. It was just so long ago, that I could not remember your face when you went out with Kari. But…" Tenten pushed herself from Neji's grasp. "I know you said I wouldn't be mad when you told me that you loved Kari.. It's just that.." Tenten started to cry loudly, her tears landing on Neji's pants. " When you told me at first that you used me because I looked like Kari, because you saw Kari in me…. Because… you thought that I could replace Kari… I just…" Tenten looked into Neji's eyes as she stood.
"Tenten…"
"I'm sorry. I can't do this anymore."
"I told you. We are not breaking up." Neji glared at her. "You said you wouldn't get mad."
"I'm not mad. I'm confused. I'm sad, I'm hurt… I… hate you!" Tenten shouted. "Forget me every falling in love with you! Maybe I should've gotten back together with Sasuke! At least he won't cheat on me!!"
"I'm not cheating on you!" Neji shouted at her. "I have no one to cheat with!! I only-"
"Love me? You only love me?! You yourself said you lied! You lied to me about your emotions!! You said… that you didn't love Kari anymore. But you do! You still love her! She cheated on you, and you still love her! She died, and you still love her! You loved her so much, that I, her sister was being used by someone like you!!" Tenten shouted and tried to run for the doors. Neji stood. "I'm not going to trust anyone! Ever again!"
That's… how I was at first… Neji froze as her words echoed in his head. No. I can't have her turn out like me. No one to trust. Not knowing what trust was… I can't let this happen. Neji ran after her again and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Stop! Stop!" Tenten's tears flew in all directions. "Tsunade was right! I should've left. I should've left!!"
"Tenten. I do love you…" He whispered and threw her over his shoulders. "We have to talk without crying…. Without screaming.. Without yelling and shouting."
"SHUT UP! I hate you, god dammit! You said you don't lie. But you do! You lie about EVERYTHING." Tenten pounded against his back. Neji didn't put her down until he finally made it to his room. He flung her down on his bed and locked his room.
"Listen here, Tenten. I'm not about to let you leave me. I told you how I felt. I didn't lie. Now, I want to hear you say it. I want you to say how you feel about me. I don't want you to lie about it because of what I said." Neji glared at her and pinned her down to the bed.
"…" Tenten stopped crying as she looked up into his eyes.
"Tell me how you feel. Tell me everything… Say it to me over and over." Neji brought his lips towards hers and kissed her gently. Tenten mumbled something. "Say it louder. Say it louder for me to hear.. Tenten."
"I love you." She whispered. "I love you!" She shouted loudly. "I always did! I'm sorry that I said I hated you!!" She shouted. "I don't want to leave Konoha! I don't want to! I want to stay here with you! I don't care if you still like Kari, and I don't care if I'm her replacement. I want to stay with you here!"
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Sorry that I haven't updated. I've been so busy. I had tests everyday last week, and report cards were coming in.
Please review. Give me some ideas or suggestions for the next chapter. Should it be about:
1. Neji and Tenten getting back at Ino and Sakura.
2. Neji confronting Sasuke.
Also, should Neji and Tenten stay together? Or should Tenten leave him for Sasuke? And what about Neji… Lastly, tell me what you think Neji should do next. He already proclaimed that he still had lingering feelings for Kari and that he loved Tenten more though. He also said that he saw her as just a replacement at first, but now he doesn't. Should Tenten take his words and stay with him?
Thanks for reading! Your reviews will help me a lot. :)