Summary: Neji. Shirtless. Yes. That is all.
Disclaimer: Toboe LoneWolf does not own Naruto. Nor the hawtness that is Neji Shirtless, woe.

A/N: I also drew a fanart to go with this drabble; you can see it on my DA account (and also my massive Nejiten crack video as well, if you are so inclined to my crack-productions. XP)


Shirtless: Neji

Tenten quickly scanned the hallways, looking for Neji's room. She'd never been there before, but the Hyuuga guardsman at the gate didn't mind when she asked to go look for her teammate when he didn't show up promptly at the spoken time. Tenten was a little worried; Neji was never late. Maybe he was sick or something—

She trotted down yet another wooden-floored hallway, peeking to see if she saw a familiar sober-faced figure through the paper screens. Come on, where was he? She ran her hand through her bangs, frustrated; maybe she should have asked the guardsman for directions. She'd been sure Neji was out in the training courtyards though, and when she hadn't found him there she thought to try searching for his room. But this and her sparring teammate were turning out to be harder to find than she thought.

"Neji," she growled to herself, "where are you—"

A shoji door in front of her slid open, and Tenten skidded to a complete stop.

For there was Neji.

Shirtless.

"Neji—I—" Tenten babbled, as she saw Neji frown ever so slightly from his previous non-expression, part of his bangs sweeping downward as he tilted his head to look at her as if she were intruding in his private domain. "I—thought we were supposed to start sparring at this time and you weren't there at the gate and—"

…It was so Not Fair that Neji had to be shirtless in front of her as if there were nothing wrong with it.

Neji leaned against the wooden frame of the shoji door. Tenten flushed in embarrassment, trying to look anywhere except Neji's chest.

"I told you we'd start an hour later today."

Tenten blinked. Oh. Right. She'd forgotten about that. Since they'd stayed up late last night, sparring again.

Neji smiled, before turning around. "Meet you at the gate in five minutes."

Tenten nodded numbly, following behind him while Neji went to change out of his sleepwear (or the lack thereof.)

As they passed by a certain shoji screen, Hinata had to stifle her laughter as she saw Tenten's face. Apparently no one had told her that cousin Neji liked sleeping bare when inside the Hyuuga compound.