From the last chapter...

"How am I weak? I'm a Hyuga. I'm never weak." He replied, giving Sasuke a death glare.

Sasuke smirked and crossed his arms on his chest, leaned on his chair and placed his leg over the left and replied,

"You don't know what keeps me stronger. After training, I don't always get the strength that I need to move on, the strength I need to believe. Do you want to know what keeps me strong, huh, Neji?"

Sasuke captured Neji's attention this time for sure.

"Then what?" Neji asked.

Sasuke smirked and replied, "You always think highly of yourself. You always think that you're the strongest there is. You even gave up your love for Tenten just to be stronger. The strength that keeps me going is Sakura. Our relationship is strong, we love each other more than ourselves and we forget about other things just to love each other. Silly as you may think, love keeps me going on."

"How could you say... that... I never gave importance to Tenten?" Neji mumbled, like a child who did something very peculiar.

Sasuke chuckled at the question, "What? You still don't understand your own lover? Look, Neji, if you love Tenten and you want to prove it to her, then show her. All you cared about is your own strength; you always have second thoughts for your heart. What about Tenten? She is willing to give anything, just for you. If you want proof, then why is she in that hospital bed right now? As you can see, she is even willing to die for you, because she loves you."

"Do you have any experience at this? You may just be running your mouth and still, you don't know what you're saying, Uchiha." Neji said, giving him another death glare.

Sasuke smiled and answered, "Of course I was able to do that. I was just like you, well, except that Sakura's following me wherever I go but unlike Tenten, she's already sure you're fine. You see here's how it started. Sakura's getting on my nerves and I told her. I didn't notice that Sakura was on the verge of tears and left me. And for one week, she didn't talk to me, ignored me and disregarded me; she usually gives me her death glares. And on one night, I soon realized that if I didn't have her, I'd be alone all my life. So, I told her if she would forgive me, so she did and that's where our love blossomed. Now Neji, I think you already had serendipity and just shook it off. If you still have shame on yourself, then go apologize to Tenten. She'll be happy if you did that. Oh and by the way, nice acting with the oh-I-have-amnesia. Oh bliss, didn't I feel awkward, too. Here's Hyuga Neji, all polite and so-so, blah-blahs, then sooner will you know that he's just pretending."

Sasuke stood up and placed his hands in his pockets, "Okay Hyuga, I'm leaving. Sakura's waiting for me at my house; we have a date tonight. Good luck with Tenten.

Sasuke left the clear-eyed boy alone in the hallway. Neji was standing infront of the room where Tenten was confined. He sighed and entered her room. He found a chair beside her and sat down.

Tenten had so many machines attached on her, bandaged from neck to shoulders and chest to mid-section, Neji felt so much sadness in his heart – he felt like he was going to go first than her as he hovered his eyes on her sleeping face.

Neji took Tenten's left hand and kissed it then held it near his face as he looked at her.

"Tenten, I'm sorry if I never loved you whole-heartedly at first... I am selfish and I just realized that... That... You're the most important person in my life. I wish you could hear me, Tenten... I... love you... Please don't leave me alone; don't die just yet. We're still young; we don't need to die, no, not now... Not now... Not me... Not you..."

A tear fell on Tenten's fingers – believe it or not, Hyuga Neji was now crying.