Chapter 13

"Really? SERIOUSLY? OMG, Tenten got herself a boyfriend?" Ino squealed happily. "After all those years of setting you up with guys, you finally got yourself one?"

"Yes, Ino. I have a boyfriend. Now you can't call me 'inexperienced' anymore, bitch," Tenten smiled lightly as she witnessed her best friend twirling around in joy.

"And it's Hyuuga Neji too! Oh my god, Tenten, you have really grown up, haven't you?" the blonde screeched and threw herself into Tenten's arms.

"Don't be so excited, Ino. Maybe he would cheat on me. He was a player after all," she said jokingly. Of course she knew that he wouldn't cheat on her. More importantly, she didn't care. She trusted him enough.

Ino winced. "While you are having a great time with that guy, I am stuck with some boring loser of an engineer."

"Shikamaru is a really nice guy. Maybe you should give him a chance."

"Nah, he isn't worth it," Ino brushed it off, but she had noticed the slight change of light in the blonde's eyes.

"Trust me, I could imagine you two dating. Go get him, girl. No one could stand your tornado-hair-twirl technique."

"It's not that horrible! I prefer it to be called as sexy-love-hair-motion."

Neji frowned disapprovingly as his group of friends settled down on the garden benches.

"What are you all doing in front of my house, at 9 am in the morning?" he snarled.

Naruto smirked. "It's because Man-whore is not whoring around anymore!"

Neji's eyes narrowed and he directed a glare at the blonde. Naruto shrunk into a tiny little ball.

Sasuke and Shikamaru chuckled slightly. The raven-haired man's eyes twinkled as he announced, "Well, well, Hyuuga Neji sure got the shock of his life when she confessed to you."

Neji's head whipped around. "You were stalking us?"

"We did, or we did not. It's what you choose to believe. Though I might urge you to believe the latter," Shikamaru said trickily. "And you might want to ignore that group of waiters who were standing during your showdown."

He tried to recall, and yep, there was a trio of waiters who looked uncannily like the clique of friends he had. Just that they were wearing fake moustaches.

"Seriously? You guys are hopeless," he gave up and heaved a long sigh.

Naruto guffawed. "Now everyone in this group is attached! Even me! I know that you guys thought that I won't be able to get a girlfriend, but look, I did! In your faces, jerks."

"That was because we didn't know someone was actually into you!" Sasuke said with a deadpan face.

"We were more shocked when we heard that Hinata was into you," Shikamaru agreed. "Pretty little Hinata liked a loud and brash guy like you."

"But you have got to agree that me and her are like the best match in heaven," Naruto squealed. "And well, well, the one who was expected to get a girl first…well…got the last!"

"That was really surprising, wasn't it?" Sasuke supplied. "Hyuuga Neji, the player in the university, the one who wouldn't not have a date every day, got himself a pretty little girlfriend and decides to settle down."

"We aren't going to marry, Emo boy," Neji snapped. "Maybe a long-term relationship?"

However, he knew that wasn't true. He didn't just want a long-term relationship that would break apart someday. He wanted a long-lasting relationship that would continue until they died.

"Look at the Hyuuga looking all sweet," Naruto cooed. "I think I would marry Hinata. She would be the first and the last in my life."

"Wow. You actually made sense for once, dobe. You two are actually cute together. I would smack you if you cheat on her," Sasuke warned.

"I will send you to the deepest of hell if you do," Neji snarled angrily, then calmed down. "Shika is the same. Who would have expected him to finally get a girlfriend?"

"We all thought he was too lazy," Sasuke joked.

To prove his point, Shikamaru yawned. "That Ino girl really…interested me. Somehow. Whatever. It's troublesome."

Neji smirked and leant forward. "Shika-chan, did you know that I almost hit on your girlfriend while she was coming around at my girlfriend's house?"

In response, the engineering student's eyes flared. "Oh you wouldn't dare. I am strong. You don't know what you are facing, Hyuuga."

"Chill, Shika. If I had wanted your girlfriend, I wouldn't have the girlfriend of mine right now."

Shikamaru paused. "That's actually true too. My dumb moment there. Sorry."

"You have many dumb moments," Neji agreed.

The doorbell rang.

Tenten got up abruptly. She was lazing around while Ino was sleeping like a baby on her bed. She wondered who it was. It might be Neji, but as she glanced outside, she crossed off the possibility.

"Hello, who's there?" she asked tentatively.

"Um, hi? This is Hinata."

"Hinata? OMG, what a surprise. I hadn't seen you around since the last time at the mall!" she answered, genuinely surprised. "Come on in!"

The shy girl stepped into the apartment, and scanned the walls. "I see why you are a designer," she smiled and her eyes twinkled.

Tenten blushed from the compliment. "Hyuugas have their ways of charming me."

"I certainly bet that my cousin has the most," she giggled and sat down on the couch. "I brought cookies."

"Why did you come here? I mean, your house is just right beside me, so yea," Tenten asked curiously.

"They are having a guys' talk right in front of my room, and I couldn't stand it, so I came."

"I can understand. My dad and my brother pulled that on me last time. It was horrible. They talk about sex for god's sake," Tenten provided and nodded enthusiastically.

"Well, even though my boyfriend is there, and I would love to spend time with him, sometimes, he just wants to be a bore and talks to his friends."

"You sound like an old wife, trust me."

"Believe me, you would act like that when you and Neji have been together for ages. I still love him though."

"Neji?"

"No. Naruto. Neji is a dick. He wouldn't let me copy off his homework."

"That's Neji for ya!" Tenten exclaimed playfully.

Tenten sighed as she slumped onto the bed. It was a crazy day. Firstly, Hinata came, and they had an awesome talk. However, after Ino had woken up, everything went crazy.

And boy, she was tired.

After grabbing a glass of cranberry juice, she sat on her bed with her sketch book. Her wedding dress was running late and she had to submit this by the end of the month. Then, the prom was next, and then finally, it was time to go to Paris.

"I should really tell the Paris thing to Neji," she mused aloud. "He would be pissed if he had heard."

She laughed slightly, before sketching out some new additions. Numerous ideas had been hitting her these days. They just bammed into her at the least expected moments.

She decided to add a little glitter into the dress. As much as she hated glitter, it was the most suitable choice for the dress. And some people liked glitter.

She giggled and strutted to her weapon case. Honestly, if she could add metal to a dress, she would, but she couldn't.

The trend now was sequins. She couldn't stand people who were like glittery vampires walking around the town. It was torture. Her eyes were blinded by the brightness of the sequins.

At the least, glitter was something decent, unlike sequins. Sequins are man's worst invention. They were made to reflect light. However, if they were used in strings or branches of threads, it would have looked nice, but no, people just had to sew them all into a piece of cloth.

And teenagers were spazzing over it. Hipsters wore it, with their fake nerd glasses. Cheerleaders wore it, with their slutty outfits.

At least, that was how it went during her school life.

Tenten just hated shiny stuff.

"Mind if I enter?" Neji smirked as Tenten opened the door.

"I totally mind. I just hate Hyuuga Neji entering my house," she joked playfully. "Come on in."

He extended his arms out and pulled her into a deep hug. "I am sorry for not accompanying you today."

She smiled softly. "You were having a guys' talk. I figured out that you needed it."

"They were talking crap. The majority was about you," he whispered and snuggled into her hair. She had let it down today. The scent was minty and lemonish, some things that he liked.

"I figured out. Hinata told me," she giggled. She loved the fact that he was playing with one of her stray strands of hair. It reminded her of how much he looked like a kitten doing that.

"Your hair is sexy today," he said cockily, and twirled her hair and knotted it. "I tied it into a knot."

"That's certainly interesting, Hyuuga. Now, stop flirting with me outside my house and come in."

Neji stepped into the apartment. It was all too familiar now. He knew where she had stored everything, and especially, snake milk. He was never going that part of the house again.

After closing the door, he smirked playfully and wrapped his arms around her waist. Mildly shocked, Tenten tried to remain composed and calm her heart down. However, she couldn't, as the Hyuuga spun her around in circles.

"Oh my BUDDHA. This is like a Ferris Wheel! Nejiiiii, do it again," she told him.

Panting heavily, he shook his head. "I am tired."

"Are you trying to imply that I am heavy?" Tenten's eyes flashed red, and before Neji knew it, pillows were flying towards him.

"NO! I AM NOT! You are really light!" he comforted her.

"Fucking hell. You are so gonna suffer tonight."

Neji was panicking. He knew that women were unstoppable when it comes to their weight. And even though Tenten was no normal woman, it was obvious that she would be pissed when it comes to her weight.

"Oh boy, I am going to have the fun of my life," his eyes twinkled as he avoided the pillow attacks.

"You really suck, Hyuuga Neji. You really do. I don't know why I even like you."

"Because you wanted to get this hot piece of human male species," Neji smirked.

Tenten pouted. "That was true. I fell for your looks."

He pretended to be hurt. "Really? I didn't know you were so shallow."

She smiled. "Oh no. I love you. Really."

Playing with his hair. This was what she had dreamt of doing for so long. Now, she was touching that silky mass. Each strand was smooth and silky. It was a hairdresser's perfect model.

Too bad he was a guy.

He laid on her lap while she was braiding strands of hair. Admiring her brown eye orbs staring intensely into her hair, Neji chuckled silently.

"I love you, Tenten," he whispered. Then, he leant into her and gave her lips a peck.

I found the time to update! Ok, well, I took the time off. It was so busy, trying to cram all the Chemistry and Bio notes into my head. It was pure torture.

This was quite long, actually. I was reading a story on Wattpad and it was freaking awesome, so I wrote this chapter.

And I shall apologise to you all again; I don't know anything about love, so I couldn't really describe anything. And my grammar is screwed too.

Seriously speaking, this is not going to be ending anytime soon. I plan to include their romance, before the big problem. Every couple has a hard time, no matter what.

Honestly, I think this idea is quite cliché, but I still wrote this. My friend said that this was kinda like Singlish, so I am really sorry.

Ok, you guys will have to wait for one and a half month for me to update. Or maybe I could sneak out and write:D