A Night On The Boardwalk

Hey everyone! How have your holidays been?

Christmas for me was awesome! :P Hope yours was too!

Ugh, I'm not really sure if I like this chapter. Oh well. I promise to do better next time, kay? ^^

Anyways, here is the long awaited chapter!

"SASU!!!"

"Hn."

Neji and I chuckled to ourselves quietly, as the energetic blond literally pounced on top of the poor Uchiha.

Ino blinked twice at the odd sight. "...Isn't it weird seeing them like this...?"

"I know! Normally they're gayer than this." I blurted out, sarcastically.

Apparently, no one noticed my sarcasm, because everyone nodded in sync.

Naruto pouted. "I'm telling you guys! Sasu and I aren't gay!"

...

Everyone started laughing, minus Sasuk- oh, sorry; SASU, and Naruto.

Kiba wiped a tear from his eye. "God, for a second there, I thought you were serious!"

"...He was." Sasuke mumbled.

...

Let me take this time to explain the whole setting. Boring, I know, but oh well.

Well, it was lunch time, so we were sitting at our usual table, Naruto was in detention (again) for laughing uncontrollably whenever Jiraiya said; breast; therefore, he was late meeting us.

And then, the normal teasing started.

Simple enough, right?

Hinata giggled. "I'm sorry Naruto, but sometimes you and Sasuke look rather..." she was cut off with more giggles

"Gay." Shikamaru finished for her, adding a snort for an extra effect.

Naruto frowned at us, before stabbing his chopsticks in his pool of ramen. He swirled the noodles carefully, before shoving the precious goodness; as he likes it call it; in his mouth. "Name one time!"

Sakura went into her 'thinking pose', which was her cocking her head to the side, while pouting a little. "Well, there was the time when all of us were watching the movie, and Sasuke said that he had no interest in women whatsoever."

"...Sakura," Sasu said, rolling the 'ra' in her name. "That was you who said that."

"Well, you implied it!"

"Then, after you said that, Naruto went all horny on us, and started wishing he was gay. Probably so he would have a buddy to play with." Ino said.

Buddy? Play with?

...no comment...

"Hey! I said only one time!" Naruto said, madly.

"One time too many!" I said, laughing.

"What about the time when we were watching that stupid movie, and Sasuke ended up sitting on Naruto's lap? I mean, Sasuke could've just sat down on the floor with Tenten and me, but no. He decided to sit on Naruto's lap." Neji said, before taking a bite out of his rice cake, completely ignoring Naruto.

"I remember that!" I exclaimed, while clapping.

"Let's not forget that you have this obsession with dicks." Shikamaru said, smirking.

"Or that they did have their first kiss together." I brought up.

"That's not our fault!" Naruto said.

"But you did like it." Ino said wagering her eyebrows playfully at him.

"Let's face it. You're gay." Kiba said.

"No." Naruto said, stubbornly.

Sakura raised a pink brow at him. "Then explain why you're still holding onto Sasuke."

...

"...I...was...cold...?"

I snorted playfully. "Cold my ass."

"...Get off me, you idiot." Sasu said, pushing Naruto off of him.

"Gay." Neji coughed, as he stood up to throw out his napkin.

I chuckled at the 'un-Hyuga' like behavior. "Couldn't have said it better myself."

Neji looked back at me, and winked playfully. "Obviously."

"...Hey!"

"OMG!! Tenten! Did you notice that!!??" Sakura squealed in my ear.

I raised a brow at her. "What?"

I reached into my locker, and pulled out some random binders, and shoved them carelessly into my backpack.

"You and Neji totally had a moment at lunch."

I dropped my books on the floor once she finished that sentence.

"Um...no..." I said, before bending down to pick up the binders.

"Yes it was." Sakura stated, while bending down to help me pick up the books.

"So what if it was?" I said, standing up.

Sakura stood up with me, and handed me my Science text book. "I'm just saying...that maybe you guys are a bit...nicer to each other."

I accepted the books, and placed them into the bag. "Well, of course!" I looked behind me, and saw Neji quietly waiting by the entrance. "Anyways, I have to go. Bye, Sakura!"

I skipped over to Neji. "Ready to go!?"

"Hn."

Both of us walked together out the door.

Sakura blinked a few times. "For someone so smart, she sure is dense!"

"So, Neji..."

"Hn?"

"Um, tomorrow I have to go to-"

"Hn."

"So, I was wondering whether you could dr-"

"Hn."

I gazed at him. "Wow, it's almost as if you're reading my-"

"Hn."

I punched him on the arm playfully. "Are you even listening!?"

"..."

"Neji!!"

He chuckled, and set his arm on my head, as if it was an armrest.

"I just figured if I did that, you'd shut up for once." He said, chuckling a little. He looked at me with amusement hinted in his eyes. "I guess it didn't work out so well."

I frowned. Why is it that everyone wants me to be quiet!?

"Is that a bad thing?" I asked him teasingly, even though I already knew the answer.

He obviously thinks it's a bad thing. We're supposed to not like each other. It's like a rule of rivalry.

Neji closed his eyes, as we continued walking down to the cottage. We were a few feet away from it.

"Weirdly enough, I honestly don't mind you anymore." He said, while opening his eyes, and finally taking his arm off my head.

I blinked a few times, before turning my head to face him. "Yeah, same here. It's almost as if we've grown closer."

"Yeah, I guess you could say something like that."

"Hm...black..."

I scanned my closet for the umpteenth time. My closet was colorful!In fact, most of my clothes were orange, blue, yellow, and other bright, bubbly colors. Not filled with depressing black.

Too bad you can't wear green to a funeral.

I smacked my forehead. Jeez, I should've gotten ready earlier. The funeral's tomorrow, and I still had no idea how I was going to present myself.

I sighed, then plopped down onto my bed. I could just borrow some black clothes from someone. Hinata was out of the question, since she's way too thin. I would probably stretch her clothes by 3 sizes, since she's so thin. Sakura would never let me since I'd probably get her clothes dirty. I mean, the last time I borrowed a shirt from her, I ripped it from climbing over a fence. Ino? God, she doesn't even own anything black! I know this from snooping in her closet with Sakura.

I couldn't borrow a shirt from the guys, either.

...wait a minute...

"Neji!" I called helplessly.

A few moments later, Neji appeared by the doorway. "You called?"

I smiled sweetly, and batted my eyes, trying to look pretty. "Could you be a doll and do me a favor?"

"I'm already a doll." Neji stated, with a bored expression on his face.

I gasped. "Neji!"

He chuckled, then smirked. "True story, Tenten."

I smirked. "Could I borrow a shirt...? Preferably a black one...?"

Neji raised an eyebrow at me. "That's it...!?" I nodded. "That's all you wanted!?" He said.

"Why? What did you expect me to say?" I asked, cocking my head to the right a little.

Neji chuckled a little. "I just thought it'd be some sort of crappy event."

"Like...?"

"Oh, you know." He said, apparently amused. Winking, he left me bamboozled.

I blinked a few times. What activities...? Why was he so surprised? Wait... why the hell was he winking at me!!? Does he have the winking disease or something!?

A few minutes later, Neji appeared at the door once again, holding a black baggy shirt.

"Here," He said, before chucking it at my face.

"Thanks." I said, ignoring the fact that he threw it in my face.

"..."

I raised an eyebrow at him. "Yes, my doll?"

"Well..."

"...?"

"What's my reward...?"

I stared at him. "What do you mean, 'reward'?"

"You know, a reward for letting you borrow my shirt." Neji said, walking towards me.

I tilted my head upwards, to look into his eyes. I didn't need to tilt it much, since I'm only about a forehead shorter than him.

"Well, what do you have in mind?"

Neji looked down at me, so that our gazes were locked. "Well..."

"Don't worry. I promise I'll give you your reward, my little doll." I said, smiling at him.

"Hn." Neji looked away from me, then sighed. "What would you say if I said that my uncle's trying to get me married...?"

My eyes widened. Neji? Married? At such a young age? Well, never mind the last question. I understand why.

Since the Hyuuga clan is such a noble one, in order to maintain their high status, they send off their clan members to get married, and bear babies. Sounds gross, I know. I don't believe in that kind of stuff. Marriage isn't a game, where you can just do it whenever you want to. You have to take the time to build relationships, and confess love when you're ready, and confident.

"Do you want to get married...?" I whispered, trying to hold back my anger. How dare Hiashi! Playing with my little doll's feelings like that!

...wait...why do I care...?

Neji snorted. "No. I prefer to actually make my own decisions. Not wait until my jackass of an uncle tells me to. But no. Since I'm single, my uncle thinks it's right for me to be a baby-making machine. Honestly, I'm not ready for all that."

...I swear! The next time I see Hiashi, I'm gonna shave his ugly-ass head! Though, it would make his head look like the shape of a yam...

"Wait. How does this have to do with your reward?" I asked.

"Well...if he thought I was already seeing someone, he'd call the whole thing off. So, I told him that I was seeing someone, and he wants to meet her at dinner." Neji said, blushing a little.

"...Again, what does this have to do with me!?"

"..."

I gasped. "A-Are you asking me...!?"

Neji shrugged a little. "Never mind. Stupid idea." He was about to head for the door, when I grabbed the back of his shirt. I didn't really intend on doing that, it just sort of happened.

"Tenten," Neji said. He looked a little taken back from my action.

I released the grip, and then looked down at the floor. "I'll do it." I clenched my fists. "You shouldn't be forced into doing something you don't want to do. Even if you're part of the Hyuuga clan, it means shit." I looked at him, and smiled. "So we'll post-pone it as much as we can!"

Neji closed his eye in relief, and then did the weirdest thing.

He hugged me. First he goes all 'winky-winky' on me, and now this!

I smiled softly, then wrapped my arms around him accordingly.

"Thanks, Tenten." Neji mumbled.

I closed me eyes, then sighed contentedly. "No prob, my little doll."

"...Is that my new nickname or something...?"

"...You don't like it...?" I asked, trying to sound upset.

Neji chuckled. "Well, it's much better than being called a douche bag."

I pouted playfully, then finally let go of our little hugging session. "That's not fair! I don't have a totally awesome nickname like 'My Little Doll'!"

"...I thought yours was Tenny Teddy..."

"But it makes me sound like a gummy bear!" I exclaimed.

"'My Little Doll' makes me sound like a Barbie doll!" Neji snorted/chuckled.

Hehe. Imagine that...

Neji, with his little Barbie friends, having a dainty tea party, wearing their finest outfits, while praying that they would make love to Ken.

...Who would Ken be...?

...OMG. Sasuke.

Ew.

...Anyways...

"No, it makes you sound cute!" I said, poking his nose with my finger.

Neji glared at me. I smiled at his glare.

"Don't worry, my little doll." I said, smirking. "I won't call you that in public."

"...You better not."

"Konoha University..." I mumbled to myself, reading the brochure for the umpteenth time. I had no idea why I still kept that darn thing. I should've just thrown it out. Especially because that Ass-o-maru probably touched it before. Or licked it.

Like he did to my neck...

Like he did to probably Sasuke's body.

Like he probably did to his own body.

Ugh. Bad thoughts!

"The place to accomplish the unaccomplished." I read aloud. That brought me thinking about my list that I made. Would this place really help me with that...?

"The imagination is an important part of one's mind. Dreaming is believing. We can help you make your dreams a reality." I said, adding the many expressions that were packed into those few sentences.

I sighed. I placed the brochure neatly under my pillow, and then plopped down onto it.

Sometimes, you just need to sleep on your thoughts. That phrase normally isn't meant to be taken to be literal, but...ah well.

I pulled my blanket over my cold body, before sighing contentedly. I gazed at the black material covering my upper body. I pulled it over my nose, giving me a rather familiar view of my...ummm...bajeebers. I inhaled the sweet smell of sweat.

Hey! Try saying that 3 times fast!

...Anyways...

I smiled. The sweaty goodness wasn't just anyone's sweat. Nope.

It was the smell from my room mate/rival/friend/best friend.

Who knows? Maybe it's a little more then that too.

...ONLY a little bit.

...right...?

No matter what Neji is to me, I promise to make him happy. And that means delaying this whole crap fest of a marriage.

I mean it.

After all, it is a promise.

Monday.

Why is it that my heart beats 100 times faster!?

Why do my palms get sweaty? Why does my stomach feel like it's going to fall out my butt any second!?

Why do I feel like laughing every time? Why does it feel so un-natural yet so comforting?

Why is it that I'm enjoying it!?

Am I angry?

Am I confused?

Am I stressed?

Am I simply at that glorious time of the month?

...well, I am, but I just have really bad cramps.

Maybe? Yes?

No. That's not it.

It's much more deeper than that.

But I don't know what it is.

Maybe I just ate too much sugar.

Yeah. That's it.

Glad I figured it out!

...wow...talk about random...

Bye!

Tenten.

Wow, that sucked. :P

I seriously don't know why my chapters seem to suck all of a sudden.

Maybe because I didn't have enough motivation to write. :P

Anyways, I promise, I'll make the next chapter better!

Especially since it's a juicy chappy!

I seem to write better when the chapter plays a major part of the whole plot.

BTW, the whole dick scene does play a major part of the plot!

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, even though it sucked balls!

Please review!

(No reviews telling me it sucked, because I already know that. XD)