Hi! Finally updated. I had soo much fun in disneyland. To Chaotic Demon (that's a cool name) I also went to Disneyland for school. OnlyI went with our band and orchestra. What a coincidence. Were you there at the award ceromony. If you weren't then you are soooo lucky. One guy on stage wouldn't shut up. I think his name was skip or something like that. One of my friends kept screaming at him to get off stage. We thought he was half mental and half high.
Anyways, thanks for all the reviews. It's not that the email alerts are really annoying, it's just that i'm not very good with deleting messages. I think it runs in the family. My dad has like, 200 messages on his account.
Ihope everyone likes this next chapter.
The truth
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After training that day, Tenten had gone home to get ready for her date. Neji and her would have gone straight to dinner from training, if Tenten hadn't pointed out to Neji that they might not want to go out smelling like sweat. The public probably wouldn't appreciate it.
She looked at her clock. Oh no! Neji had told her to meet him at the training ground at 6:30 and it was 6:30 right now. I hope Neji doesn't get too mad. She ran to the training ground as fast as she could. I went home to change and clean up, and now I'm just going to smell like sweat again. How wonderful.
When she arrived she didn't see Neji anywhere. Hmm…how strange. Neji's never late.
"Boo," Tenten jumped in shock and turned around. Without thinking, she flung a kunai at the person who had snuck up on her.
Neji appeared from under the trees with Tenten's kunai in his hand. "I believe this is yours." He handed it back to her and said, "You should really find out who you're throwing weapons at before you throw them. What if you had taken out my eye?"
Tenten snorted and replied, "Then I would say it's your own fault for sneaking up on me." Hyuuga Neji actually looked amused. "So uh…Neji… where are we going?"
"We're staying right here."
"What! We're having a date at our training ground?" I know Neji isn't a very romantic person, but I would think he could have found something better to do than train
"Yeah," Neji held up a picnic basket, "Why, something wrong with that?" Neji raised one eyebrow questioningly.
Tenten hadn't noticed the picnic basket in his hand before until he had pointed it out. What kind of ninja am I? "Uhh…no."
Neji smirked and said, "You thought we were going to train, didn't you?"
"No," Tenten said sheepishly.
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Tenten and Neji were practically done with the dinner that Neji had brought. Neji had barely said a word the whole time, which started leading back to Tenten's question. Is he asking me out as an April Fools joke? Maybe now would be the perfect time to bring it up. "Neji, I have a question."
Neji looked up when he heard the seriousness in her voice. "What is it?"
Tenten took a deep breath and asked, "The other day, when you asked me out in front of Lee and Gai sensei…well I was wondering why you asked me out so suddenly…I'm still not sure…but…" another deep breath.
Oh no, did she figure out that I asked her out as an April Fools joke?
"…Neji, did you ask me out as an April Fools joke?" She had said the last part so quietly that it was barely audible.
He could just lie. He could lie about it and probably get away with it. I mean, no one else knew. He could just lie and keep on seeing Tenten. But, then again… he didn't want to lie to Tenten. She deserved the truth. "Yes." Tenten looked down. Somehow he knew she was fighting back tears. "Tenten, I'm sorr―"
"Neji," Tenten looked up with tears in her eyes. "Just save it. I'm going home." With that she turned around and started running towards her house. Halfway there, she heard Neji calling her name. She sped up, hoping that Neji wouldn't catch up to her, and yet at the same time, hoping he would.
When they were almost to her house, he caught up to her and grabbed her hand, holding her still and making sure she couldn't run away again. Neji chest heaved up and down after running and he said, "Tenten, I know how much I've hurt you, and I'm sorry. You have every right to be mad at me and I'll understand if you never want to talk to me again…but will you at least listen to what I have to say before you decide to hate me?" (a/n: Is neji a little out of character to you?)
"Fine, you have two minutes."
Neji hurriedly explained everything from why he had asked her out, how he hadn't expected her to say yes, how he hadn't meant to hurt her, and how he ended up. "Tenten, I'm really sorry, I know I should have told you sooner, instead of just going out with you. But…you know, I'm actuall―"
"Twenty seconds," Tenten interrupted.
"I'm actually glad I did because I started realizing how much I liked you afterwards," Neji hurriedly finished.
Tenten gaped at Neji. Did he just say what I think he said! Tenten just continued gaping at him.
Neji shifted uncomfortably and said, "You know, it would really help me out if you said something right now."
"…"
"Umm… how about a yes if you forgive me and like me, and a no if you still hate my guts?"
Tenten, by this time, had composed herself. Neji likes me? Wait…what if this is another April Fools joke. He wouldn't do that, would he? Well, he did ask me out as a joke, so he might do this as a joke? Only way to find out is to ask him. "Neji, how am I suppose to know this isn't another joke?"
"It's not."
"That's what you say, but how am I supposed to believe you so easily after what you did? I mean, I loved you and―" Oh shit, I did not just tell Neji I love him. Oh God, I think did.
Neji's eyes widened, and then they softened. "Tenten, I promise this isn't a joke. I can prove it. It's April 2nd today, not April 1st. So technically, April Fools is over." Oh god, that has got to be the lamest reason ever.
Tenten hesitated. "I guess you're right."
"So…are we okay then?" Tenten nodded and Neji smiled. "Good, cause I was wondering, do you want to go out on another date this weekend."
Tenten smiled and said yes.
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The end. Well of chapter 4 anyways. I'm planning on three more chapters…I thought this may have been a good place to end it but there's something I want to add to the story.
Anyways, how was this chapter. I kind of liked it. I thought it was better than Chapter 3, but that's only me opinion. In the middle of writing it, I started getting worried for Tenten and Neji even though I'm the writer and can do whatever I want. Aren't I strange?
