Tenten went to the hospital to visit Neji again. When she entered the room, she was greeted, "Ohayou gozaimas, Tenten-san!" Neji greeted.
Deep inside Tenten, she didn't really want to be greeted.
"Ohayou gozaimas, Neji-kun." She replied with a smile as she sat.
"The doctors told me a lot of stuff! Now I know everything about me."
"Really? I'm so happy for you." She replied. 'But I bet they did not tell you about... Our relationship.' She thought.
Tenten's smile faded and looked at his window. Neji looked at her and asked, "Hey Tenten-san, are you all right? Is there a problem."
She instantly snapped out of it and smiled, "Ah, gomenasai Neji-kun. It's just that... I... was thinking of... something."
"Something?"
"You don't have to worry, I'm always like this. Okay, sometimes I know that I'm already being a little sarcastic, but hey!"
"Ah... Sou deska? Anyway, doctors say I'm leaving tomorrow. Would you pick me up and drop me to my house? Because I don't have any idea where would that be."
"No problem," she replied with a smile, "it wouldn't be any trouble at all!"
'Augh! I hate being polite! How I wish this can stop at an instant!' Neji thought.
Tenten couldn't stop her tears any more and she just let it go. Neji asked, "Why are you crying, Tenten-san?"
"Oh nothing." She answered with a smile, "it's just tears of joy. You're my teammate you see, so I'm happy for you. You don't know how troubled I was to hear that you were in comatose."
She stood up and hugged him saying, "Welcome back, Neji-kun."
He hugged her back, "Tenten-san, arigato for your efforts of staying by my side. For being patient and of course, for simply being a good teammate."
'It's better for us to stay like this Neji-kun... If there was a person who can break my heart, I wouldn't let you be that person... I'll break my own heart.'
The next day...
(Neji's POV)
There I was, standing in my hospital room, waiting for Tenten. I can't believe myself for faking I don't even know my own home.
I could tell, with my Byakugan... She didn't notice me use it while she was hugging me; those weren't tears of joy. She's faking it to me.
She's telling me lies so she thinks that she cannot hurt me.
The door opened, it was her. Shit, I have to act polite again.
So I smiled at her and waved, "Are we ready to go?"
"Yeah, sure." She replied with a smile.
I walked and stood by her side as we began to walk. An hour later, we were in a small forest. Yeah, you have to pass this forest before you could reach my house.
Someone blocked our way. I don't know who he is but he sure pretty looked like he was looking for a fight.
"I'm looking for Hyuga Neji. That's you, right? Little boy?" the man boasted.
"So what if he is?!" Tenten backed me up as she flashed her kunai.
"Back off, little girl. You're too pretty to fight; I might hurt you. What I need is that boy, not you, fool!"
What?! What did he say to my Tenten? A fool?! He'll get more than what he bargained for from me!