Moonsnow Neko: aww...thank you...and sorry this chappie took me so long to update! here it is! enjoy and hope you'll like it!
moonlightpath: haha...really? i love my pairings toO! lolx...anyways...you said it's hard for Neji to see Lee and Tenten getting together? then you'll see it in this chapter! scroll down and read! but please dun flame!
Appleiam: confess? yea he soon will...but not in this chapter...yet! haha and sorry to keep you waiting! kinda took me quite a few days to come up with this chappie... school is coming to an end...kinda needa crazy cram on my hwk! haha xD...hope you like this chappie! enjoy!
Lil-Donkey: haha...girl talk! lols...girls are almost nosy! lolx...anyways...i love those parts you pointed out toO! they were so cute! lolx...anyways...updated! hope you'll like this chapter...though it's kinda depressing...
harukakanata: thank you! haha...and guess what? i like NejiTen better than TenLee too! lolx...no worries! it's not only you! haha...but...this chapter...hmm...just read it! lols...but before you do...calm down! calm down!
TheGurlWithNoName: yea...i didn't expect it to end so fast either...but totally had no idea in how to continue with the triangle...it's hard to keep everyone happy! lols...here's the next chappie! hope you like it!
FireDragonBL: yup! Lee is a good kid...and yea maybe I should make Lee and Tenten into "fake" siblings just to make Lee seems happier? dunno how to add this part into my story though! eek! enjoy this chappie!
hyugatenten: haha...i will kick his butt with you! lols...runs away after kicking...anyways...i think both girls are pretty! at least...pretter than me? haha Xd...actually...i think ino is pretty pretty toO! lols...i love her eyes...and are we off topic here?
kunoichi goddess: hmm...you are such a smart reader...yea! the story is going to end soon...but kinda having trouble to add details into the ending chappie! lolx...anyways! here's the next chappie! hope you'll like it!
Krissel Himura: ice cream? yay! i love ice cream! lolx...i just bought two buckets home! lols..anyways! Lee is a good guy! yea! but...lolx...NejiTen is the best! and i do agree that humor is the most important but since im not much of a humorous person...well... i will try my best! lolx...hope you like this chapter!
KageSakura: updated updated! lolx...and yes! it's still in the process of developing! lolx...hang in there! and enjoy this chappie!
Chapter 8: Just one kiss
Ring Ring Ring...
" Not again…" Tenten grumbled as she flipped the blanket off of her furiously and slammed her hand hard onto the ringing alarm clock, "This thing is as noisy as my mom!"
"Tenten!" A woman yelled from downstairs, "What did I just hear?"
Tenten smacked herself in the forehead, realizing what she said wrong, and sighed, "I did't say anything, mom!" she then questioned her mom back, "What did you hear?"
"I heard you were calling me annoying, Tenten!"
"I didn't say that, mom!" She scratched the side of her head and grunted, "It must have been your imagination!"
Without waiting for a reply, Tenten jumped off of bed and stretched her muscles to meet another day. Her hair was in tangled mess; she quickly grabbed a comb from her counter and ran it through her long hair. "URG, the knots!" Tenten pulled through the knot forcefully, caring less about damaging her hair. All she wanted was to have her hair straight and tidy.
While she was still struggling with killing through the knots, the phone rang. In a instant, Tenten pressed the button on the phone and held it between her face and shoulder, "Good morning, Tenten's speaking."
"Good morning, Tenten...this is Lee!" his cheerful voice sounded through the phone, which sort of woke Tenten up a bit.
"Oh what's up, Lee?" She asked his teammate and grunted loudly.
"What are you doing, Tenten? Why did you just grunt?"
"Oh...I am just brushing my hair..." Tenten blushed in embarrassment; for a moment, she was glad that they were in phone conversation instead of face-to-face conversation. "Don't mind me...I am just being stupid!"
"Well...since today is a holiday, I am just wondering if you have time at noon?"
"Noon?" Tenten looked at the alarm clock she just smacked and exclaimed, "Noon? That's like a hour later!"
"Yea..." Lee spoke uncomfortably through the speaker, "I have something really important to tell you...Do you have time?"
Uh oh...what is he up to now...Is he asking me out to a date or something?
Tenten flipped through her agenda and checked if she had time at noon; she did, "Sure, where do we meet?"
"How about the bridge in Konaha Park?"
"All right! See you later!"
Then both ninjas hanged up the phone and continued with what they were doing. Of course, by now, Tenten had tied her hair into two buns and wrapped the forehead protector around her forehead. Today is not going to be a good day, is it? She sighed and walked towards the closet; she grabbed a white t-shirt and a pair of black shorts from the drawer. She disappeared into the bathroom and soon came back out with herself fully dressed not in her pajamas, but in her outing clothes.
"Mom! I have to go out for a while!" Tenten informed her mom about her meeting with Lee when she reached downstairs, "I will be back in the afternoon!"
"Be careful, all right Tenten?"
"Of course, mom!" She grinned widely and gave the woman a "nice guy" pose. When she realized what she just did, her face dropped. Oh god...did I just do that?
"12 o'clock!" Lee looked at his watch to check whether he was late or not. He didn't want to be late on such an important day, "I guess I arrive earlier..."
"Who said it?" Tenten suddenly jumped down from the tree and landed in front of her teammate, "I am earlier!"
"Fine, Tenten..." Lee blushed and rubbed the back of his neck, "I have no intention to argue with you today..."
"So? What is this meeting for?" Tenten took a bite of an apple and smiled, "What was that important thing you wanted to tell me?"
"Well..." Lee stood up straight and talked in a serious tone, "I...just want to...hmm..."
While Tenten was still waiting patiently for his answer, she screamed in her mind.
Please not a date! Please not a confession! I don't want to get a heart attack right in the early morning...Wait! I mean noon?
"I want to tell you that..." he stared into her eyes and a sweat drop fell from his forehead, "Tenten...I..."
Not I love you...Not I love you...PLEASE...not I love you...
"...do NOT love you." Lee stated.
"WHAT?" Tenten was shocked and almost screamed out her one worded question, "What did you just say?"
"I said...I don't like you, Tenten."
Whao whao whao! Did I just hear that right? He said he doesn't love me! He doesn't love me! He doesn't love me!
"I don't love you too!" She replied happily and jumped in joy. Maybe her reaction was too big, but who cares. "Thank you for telling me that, Lee!" She jumped onto him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders to pull him to a friendly hug.
"Hm...Tenten?" He cleared his throat and puzzled, "are you okay? Did you have too much sugar today?"
"Nah! I am just too happy to hear that!" Tenten let go of him and smiled brightly, "Thank you! Thank you!" She placed her hands onto his cheeks and started rubbing them. She was just too happy to hear his confession; however, she didn't realize...someone else was watching the two of them in the shadow...
Neji dropped to the front door of Tenten's resident and rang the doorbell. He was expecting Tenten to answer the door, but instead, her mother answered it.
"Hello...May I speak to Tenten, please?" Neji asked the woman in front of him politely, "I would like to speak with her about an important matter."
"Oh...she just went to the Konaha Park..." Tenten's mother replied and smiled, "Maybe you would like to leave her a message and I will tell her you dropped by?"
"No...It's okay!" Neji waved his hand to dimiss the woman's kind offer, "I will drop by another day then...Thank you!" He bowed at the woman and left the house.
Hearing from her mother that Tenten went to the Kohana Park, there was a eagerness in him to see what she was doing in the park. Then, of course he went to find his teammate. Instead of meeting up with Tenten, he saw Lee walking hurriedly on his destination; in his mind, he wondered how his teammate was walking in such a hurry. Therefore, he decided to follow him from the treetops.
Then, the next thing Neji saw was Tenten having a conversation with the bobbed hair kid. He couldn't hear anything they said to each other. When he realized it was too boring to listen to their conversation, he decided to leave the two alone; however, the next action Tenten took surprised Neji.
She jumped in joy...
She hugged Lee...
She played with his cheeks...
A pain just flew through his heart; it was giving him heartache. Then, without a choice, he walked off in a depressed, yet confused, mood.
What am I to you, Tenten?
"What am I to you?" Neji repeated that question in a whisper only he could hear. It was starting to rain; tiny raindrops fell from the heaven and hit his face. The people were running to find a shelter while Neji just continued walking mindlessly under the heavy rain.
"Ow!" A voice sounded behind him; a girl dumped into his strong body and fell onto the wet ground.
"I am sorry." Neji did not even bother offering her a hand; he just looked over his shoulder and made his apology. Then, he took a step forward without paying further attention to the fallen girl.
"Hey you!" The girl yelled at him, which made him to stop, "where do you think you are going, mister?"
"This is totally not your business!" Neji snapped at the girl and turned 180 degree around to face her, "Why don't you..." He chocked on his words when realizing who dumped into him; It was Tenten. "I am sorry, Tenten!" He quickly ran towords her and helped her to gain balance. "I didn't know it was you."
"Nah it's okay..." Tenten smiled sweetly at him and grabbed his arm, "Why don't we find a shelter now? The rain is getting pretty heavy!" With that, she pulled him to the nearest corridor where a piece of wood acted as a ceiling.
Tenten patted on her soaked clothes and hair, "Who would have thought that the rain will fall down at this time of an hour!"
"Yea...Who would have thought..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Tenten questioned him, "if it was another girl who dumped into you, will you pick her up?"
"No." His reply was simple and direct, as usual.
"Why? Am I that special to you?" Tenten took the opportunity to ask another question, "How am I different from the other girls?"
"What are you talking about, Tenten?" His calm voice shook uncomfortably as he looked away, "Of course you are...different than the other girls..."
"How so?" She leaned closer to him to feel his heat radiating in her body, "I am just another girl, am I?"
"You..." Neji parted their touching bodies and cleared his throat, "I...of course you are just another girl..." he turned his head on the side even more and responded, "You are my teammate...of course I care more about you than any other girl?"
"Oh...that's it?" She bowed her head and stopped asking him more questions since she understood that he would just continue making excuse and hiding his true answer away from her, "I wonder when the rain will stop..."
"Tenten..." Neji turned to stare at her form.
How adorable she looks when trends of hair are falling off from her buns...
"Tenten..." Neji repeated in a louder tone, "May I tell you something?"
"Sure..." she raised her head up to meet with his cloudy eyes, "What...would you like to tell me?"
"I..."
The piece of wood above them suddenly started to shake violently because of the heavy load of rain. Loud squeaking came from the shaking wood and ,in almost an instant, the piece broke into pieces and fell onto the two ninjas.
"Tenten!" He pushed her away from the spot and both of them landed onto the ground. Tenten sat onto the ground, being pushed against the wall, while Neji was kneeling in front of her with his arms wrapped protectively around her. It was so warm all of a sudden; the temperature was rising. Or was it just that their body heats were rising?
"Are you all right?" He asked her with concern, examining her face to see any sign of harm.
"Yea...I am fine..." She softly replied with two shades of pink of her either cheek.
Their faces were dangerously closed to each other's and they were looking into each other's eyes.
It is all so cute...but...
"Neji..." she placed her hands onto his arms and blinked, "Kiss me."
I thought she is with Lee now...Why? Why is she asking me to kiss her? This is just not right...not right at all!
"Just one kiss," she repeated as she leaned in closer to him, "Then that's good enough."
Their faces were now centimeters apart...
What am I to her...Nothing? Or...something more?
He could feel her breathing hitting his warm lips...
No...I am nothing...She is with Lee now...I can't...
Their faces were now millimeters apart...
I can't do it...
"I can't..." Neji whispered and caused her to open her eyes.
"What?" Tenten whispered back to him; he could see the hurt in her eyes, but he didn't care. Lee can always find a way to comfort her anyways.
"What do you think I am?" Neji backed away from her and stood up, "I am not someone who gives out kisses that easily..."
"Neji...but..."
"Tenten..." he looked at her and clenched his hands into fists, "I don't want to kiss you."
End of Chapter 8
A/N: haha...never thought that Tenten would be that forward! but it's for the story...so! please don't mind! and...I kinda think this chapter's ending is a bit sad...don't scream and yell at me please! i tried my best! lols...and btw! i apologize for updating this chapter late! too busy at skool..that's all! Hope you all liked this chapter!