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And also thanks to moonlightpath.
Stealing Him Away
Chapter Four: The Impostor
Tenten walked down the street trying to impersonate her sister so that Neji wouldn't know it was her, she hoped her sister's plan would work. She was muttering to herself while people on the street were staring at her in a weird manner, she immediately went back into Tenten mode and yell some colourful swear words at the locals. Her yelling only made every one look at her like she was even crazier.
She was taking a short cut in the wood while she was going to meet Neji at the Cinema they were going to watch some sissy film called "Love at First Sight", Tenten hated sloppy movies, but then again so did Neji, Chichi had insisted that her and Neji watched a romantic film. The men on the street were staring at Tenten in a way she had never been looked at before, some how these looks angered her, men were so shallow when it came to women, they always looked at boobs and not brains or in Tenten's case, her strength. She thought that Neji was different, but she was wrong or so she thought. She was walking and she was deep in thought when her dress was suddenly tugged at the bottom by some stinging nettled. 'Oh crap' she thought. She couldn't get the dress away from the plant so she had no other option then to rip the dress, Tenten was no lady, she had no experience in how to walk while wearing a dress and she was not a delicate dainty person. She tried to tug at the dress gently but nothing seemed to work so she pulled with all her might and fell backwards into some mud...great, just bloody great!
Dead on time, Neji was waiting by the cinema, he wasn't eager for his date to arrive but before he had left training yesterday, Tenten had threatened that she would tell everyone about his fetish for feet. Tenten often blackmailed Neji, he couldn't do anything about it but every time she would catch him doing something odd she would always use this information against him. Just like last year she caught him crying to Celin Dion "My Heart Will Go On." Tenten would laugh, he would beg, she would blackmail. He remembered as the tears trickled down his soft ivory skin, he remembered how Leo died in the film, alas how tragic that Rose was left all by herself at the end. This is why he preferred action movies best of all. Suddenly a concerned voiced disturbed his thoughts. "You ok Neji?" He found a look of concern in those dark brown eyes.
"You're late."
"You're crying?" she asked.
"No, your butt is muddy."
"Wanna wipe it for me?" Hey, she was impersonating her sister quite well.
"I don't want to watch that stupid film you suggested"
"Yea, neither do I" He eyed her strangely, this wasn't Chichi, uh, gasp, it was...Tenten, he decided he would play around and pretend that he didn't know it was her for a while.
"Let's go and see...Star wars."
"I hate that film but whatever." Lied Tenten, she was now grabbing on to Neji's arm, dragging him to the ticket desk.
They had bought their tickets and snacks and they were now patiently waiting for the film to start. "So Ten- I mean Chichi, won't all that food, like go straight to you're hips?"
"Hmmm?" She was too busy chomping on the food; she wasn't even listening to what her date was saying.
"I said you bum looks big in that skirt."
"Eh?" Still not listening.
They were well into the film, maybe about half way thought and Tenten's eyes were glued to the big screen, she forgot all about Neji and she was watching her favourite film for crying out loud. Neji was rather bored throughout the film and he really wanted to create some mischief. He suddenly had the urge to put his arm around Tenten, who was sitting comfortably leaning back against the chair but her attention wasn't on him. He placed his arms around the chair as if he was stretching and then he squeezed her shoulders softly. Taken aback by his sudden gesture of affection, Tenten shifted in her chair uncomfortably, a very slight blush crept onto her pale cheeks and she whispered in his ear..."What the hell are you doing mate?"
"Isn't that what people do on dates." He whispered back.
"Er...I guess so." she said irritated "Just watch the movie."
"Neji"
"Do it again." So he placed his arm around her and she snuggled her head onto his shoulder. He put his head on hers breathing in the flowery scent of her hair. This was so Tenten.
About thirty minutes later the film was over and they were outside wondering what to do next, "What do you want to do next?"
"Food." she said.
"..." He took her hand and dragged her to the Ramen stand, the food was served to them and they ate in uncomfortable silence. Each time their mouths opened and closed in hope to start a conversation, but oddly they felt shy in each other's presence.
'Say something dammit' thought Neji. 'Just cos you know its Tenten doesn't mean you can't talk to her like before' "Err...so do you like you sister Chichi?"
"Nope" was the simple answer.
"Why"
"She makes me do things I don't want to do."
"Like?"
"Like this" Tenten muttered.
"Sorry?"
"I said 'Like Piss'" She lied
"How"
'Think dammit think Tenten.' she thought as she felt a pair of silver eyes piercing through her mind. "Uhh...she dips my hand into warm water at night." Yea, smooth Tenten, nice one, you the girl, girl...
"Shall I walk you home now?"
"Yes, whatever."
"How come you're quite today?"
"Eh, I'm always like this."
"Really?"
"Yep..." They had nearly arrived at Tenten's house now. "So I guess this is me then."
"Sure is." He was leaning forward to give her a good night kiss, when she pulled back suddenly.
"What the hell are you doing?" She said softly.
"Giving you a good night kiss isn't that what people do at the end of dates?"
"Uh I guess so." Good god how am I going to get out of this one. His face was now close to hers and his eyes were shut, still staring at him stunned she decided to look the other way so his kiss ended up on her cheek, feeling a fool he decided to kiss her quickly on the lips before she could pull away again.
"Good night Tenten." he smirked.
"Oh god how'd he now, shiten hosen." she whispered as she ran into her house and flung herself on to her bed.
He saw all this with his special Byakugan eyes.
Read and Review sorry if this chapter wasn't so good.
If you think the story is over, it not cos there's way more 'drama' to come!
