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Chapter 5 Heartaches

After breakfast, they all went their separate ways. Shikamaru and Ino didn't show up at all. Tenten called them again and Shikamaru told her that they had breakfast in bed. In addition he said that the gang shouldn't be expecting them to meet up later on with them, because they were going to spend the day together.

Naruto vanished almost immediately after he was done eating. Before he left he gave Hinata a strange look. She wondered what was on his mind. She decided not to pay a lot of attention to it and left to do some shopping on her own. Sakura went to her apartment, she didn't feel like shopping. She just wanted to relax and read a book.

Shino, Kiba and Chouji left to go somewhere, nobody knew whereto. Just like Sasuke. And Lee went to train in the woods with his sensei. Even when he is on vacation he is still so fanatic to train.

Neji went to the bathroom and when he came out he saw Tenten outside still talking with Shikamaru on the phone. She was laughing out loud. She had a warm laugh. He smirked. He remembered what he did, or rather what he almost did with Tenten the other day.

He walked over to where she was standing, he was a few inches away from her. Tenten didn't realise he was standing behind her. She was so caught up with Shikamaru and his jokes over the phone. She heard Ino screaming in the background telling Shikamaru to hang up already.

"Ok Shikamaru, I'm going to hang up now, before Ino haunts me down and bites my head of. It was nice talking to you, I'll see you when I see you. Bye." She hung up the phone and sighed. She looked up at the sky and closed her eyes. The sun was shining warm and brightly on her face.

"Nice weather huh?"

Tenten quickly turned around. Neji scared her. "Neji!" She said surprised. "Stop scaring me like that, you know what happened last time. Luckily Sakura healed my ankle this time, but I don't want to bother her again with another injury."

Neji smirked. "You know what happened after that right? Right before Lee interrupted us?" He said with a low, soft voice.

Tenten blushed. "Err… yes… err yes, I remember."

Neji took a step closer and slowly approached her with his head. He whispered in her ear. "Did you dream about it, dreaming that I would one day finish what we started?"

Tenten trembled. His voice was sending electric shivers down her spine. "Yes." She whispered back at him.

He smirked. "Good… keep dreaming." He disappeared. He was literally gone like the wind. Leaving a bedazzled Tenten behind.

Her eyes were wide and she was in shock. Her shock quickly turned into anger. She made a fist. She could not believe that she fell for that. "Stupid Neji with his stupid tricks! THAT IS IT! That is the last time I'll let him trick me like that. I am not some toyhe can play with! However if he wants play, we'll play…" She grinned.

Sakura opened the door to her cabin and dropped down on her sofa. It was so comfortable that she didn't want to get up, nevertheless she did and went to get a good book to read.

She slouched over to the bookshelf. There were only a few books on it. "I guess the organisers of Hidden Fun Island didn't expect anyone to read a lot here. Who can blame them? There is so much to do on this island, yet I'm here home alone doing nothing special." Sakura sighed. "I desperately need a boyfriend." She sighed even heavier. --o

She decided to go outside and walk for a bit, her self-pity was getting the best of her. She quickly changed into a white miniskirt and a light blue top. She glanced at the mirror. You could see her bellybutton with the shirt she was wearing. This might get the attention of a cute boy. She tied her hair in a ponytail and left a few strands of hair hanging in front of her face. She approved her outfit and went on her way.

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining brightly and the birds were singing happily. It was almost to good to be true.

Sasuke was meditating under a waterfall in the forest he saw on the way to the island. It felt very relaxing and refreshing letting water run down on his back and thinking of nothing. His eyes shot open when he heard a voice. He gazed up into the direction the sound was coming from. It sounded like someone was singing. It was a beautiful and soft voice. He saw Sakura climbing over rocks. She hadn't noticed Sasuke sitting there under the waterfall.

Sasuke kept staring at her, remaining in the meditating position. She had some white flowers in her hand. When she got to the bottom of the cliff, she looked around and saw Sasuke watching her. She blushed.

"Oh hi. I didn't realise that somebody was down here."

"Nn." Was all Sasuke said.

A moment of silence. That was nothing unusual between the two, but Sakura still felt a little bit uncomfortable.

Sasuke closed his eyes again. Images of Sakura kept popping up in his head. A laughing Sakura, a crying Sakura, Sakura in pain, Sakura training, a worried Sakura and a smiling Sakura.

"Sasuke-kun? Sasuke-kun? Did you hear what I said?"

"Huh what?" He opened his eyes again.

"I said, do you want me to leave, so you can continue meditating?"

"No. Err… I mean… Do as you like." He stuttered, he closed his eyes again.

Sakura raised her shoulders and walked towards a big rock situated in the lake. She walked a bit through shallow water. The ground was very slippery. She tried her best not to trip, but she did. She fell face first in the water. "Aah."

Sasuke opened his eyes yet again. He looked around. He didn't see Sakura anywhere. He raised an eyebrow. "Sakura?" He saw the flowers that Sakura had in her hand floating around. He saw a shadow coming towards the rock he was sitting on under the waterfall. "What is she doing?"

Sakura's hand came out of the lake and she placed it on Sasuke's knee. He raised his eyebrow again. "What the hell?" Sakura's other hand rose up from the water and she placed it on his other knee. Right before Sasuke could protest, she pushed on his knees and lifted herself up out of the lagoon and kissed him lightly on his lips. She let herself fall back in the lake.

Sasuke sat there in shock. "Did she just kiss me?" The shadow was moving away again. Sakura swam towards the rock she was planning to sit on earlier. She climbed out of the water and started drying her hair.

Sasuke watched her, still in shock. Sakura saw his expression. "Haha, Sasuke stop looking at me like that. It was just a little kiss." She smiled. "Those self-confidence lessons from Ino really paid off. First I massaged him and now I managed to steal a kiss from Sasuke. I can't believe I had the courage to do that -."

Sasuke frowned at her. "Leave."

"Huh? What? Why?" She asked surprised.

"Just… Leave. You're breaking my concentration. Just go." He said irritated.

"But… Sasuke."

"Go!" He glared at her.

Sakura had a tear in her eye. She was being spontaneous and he was being so mean to her. It was just a modest, little kiss. He didn't have to react this way.

"Fine! I'll leave! Just like everyone else if you keep up with that attitude." She angrily wiped her tear away.

"Wait Sakura." He regret the fact that he hurt her feelings again. "Sakura?"

She didn't stop walking and didn't respond. He swam towards the side and followed her.

"Sakura, wait! Wait a minute." He said desperately. He grabbed her arm. She turned around.

"Leave me alone!" She broke free from his grasp and ran away.

It was nighttime. Nobody had seen Naruto ever since breakfast. Hinata bought some cute clothes. Shikamaru and Ino did all sorts of fun things together this day. Shino, Kiba and Chouji ended up in some café playing darts. Lee joined them later on. Sakura spend the entire day in her cabin after the incident with Sasuke. Sasuke himself also spent the day in his cabin, annoyed by his own behaviour.

Neji was somewhere on the island, nobody knew where. Probably training. Tenten was in her cabin getting ready to play a little game herself with Neji. She put on her sexiest dress and made sure she looked absolutely stunning. She had on a short black dress with low cleavage, with matching black high heel shoes. Around her neck and in her ears she had a matching diamond set of jewellery. Dark red lipstick and long black hair was the finishing touch. "Now to find Neji."

She opened the door and saw Neji passing by. She smirked. "Hehe, this is going to be fun." Neji saw her standing by her front door.

"Why are you so dressed up?" He said dryly.

"For you of course." She gave him a warm smile.

Neji raised one eyebrow. "Oh really?" He smirked.

"Yes he fell for it." She grinned. "No." She turned around and locked the door to her cabin and walked away without giving Neji a glance.

"What the…?" He stood there in shock for a moment but quickly came to his senses. He rushed over to Tenten. "Hey Tenten, wait up. Where are you going then?"

"Not that it is any of your business, but I'm on my way to meet someone, a guy." She said without stopping and without looking at him.

Neji rolled his eyes. "Yeah right." He mumbled.

This caught Tenten's full attention. She stopped walking and glared at him. "For your information I do have a date with a very nice guy and just like you, even though you'll never admit it, he is attracted to me and, unlike you, he doesn't like playing games with other people's emotions." She almost shouted the words. She paused and was ready to say something else, when she saw that Neji wasn't even paying that much attention to what she said. Annoyed by his attitude she growled at him. "Why do I even bother?" She left.

"That arrogant Neji! He doesn't even care that I have a date. He wasn't even a little bit jealous. He probably knows that this is just a stupid joke. But how?" She stopped walking for a second. She has been walking and pondering for a while now. Somehow she ended up in the park. She looked at the stars. She sighed. "I guess… Neji will always be Neji. That means that he'll never admit his feelings towards me." "I'll just have to accept that…"

"Accept what?"

Tenten looked down again, away from the stars and saw Neji standing in front of her. "Neji? What…?"

He sighed. "I followed you."

Tenten had a look of surprise on her face.

"Don't look at me like that, it is hard for me to admit." He looked away from her stare.

There was a moment of silence. Tenten was staring at the ground and Neji had his hands in his pockets and stared at the moon. He then gazed at her from the corner of his eyes.

"So err… Where is your date?" He said carefully.

"There was no date… You were right. I got all dressed up for nothing." She walked over to a bench and took of one shoe. She started massaging her foot. "Damn heels." She mumbled.

Neji was relieved to hear that there wasn't another man in her life, but somehow he was not as happy as he should be. He realised it's because she was really hurt by the things he has done to her. He could see it in her eyes. It was time for him to grow up and stop playing these childish games. He walked over to where she was sitting. He sat down next to her and grabbed the foot that she was massaging. He placed it on his leg and he started massaging it for her.

"What are you doing?" She asked surprised.

"What does it look like I'm doing." He replied.

Tenten's expression went from surprised to sad. "Stop it." She said softly.

Neji stopped and now it was his turn to look surprised. "Why?"

"Just stop it. I can't do this with you anymore."

"Do what? What are you talking about?"

"You're making me feel good again and then the next thing I know, you do or say something, which makes me depressed or angry again."

"Tenten…"

"No wait please let me finish." She sighed. "Neji… I'm in love with you, but you are confusing me." She paused. "I don't know if you love me back, or if you only have a physical attraction towards me, or if maybe you just like playing with my feelings for your personal amusement. I only know that… I can't do this anymore."

"Tenten…"

"I don't know…" She interrupted him. "If you love me or not, but I just want to be left alone right now. I am too confused." She had teary eyes. She was afraid to look him in the eyes. She removed her foot of his leg.

"Let me make it clear for you." He leaned forward and kissed her on her lips. She tried to escape, but Neji placed his hand behind her head to stop her from doing so. He felt her relax and she started kissing him back. They wrapped their arms around each other. It was as if time itself stood still. Both Neji and Tenten wish that it were so, because they never wanted this moment to end.