Author's Note: Hi! LOL, I'm feeling kinda hyper today (I think I ate too much chocolate), so I'm going for a sweet, humorous theme for this chapter. Okay…from the reviews, I got 2 for Naruto+Hinata, 2 for Shikamaru+Ino, and…BOTH Neji+Tenten AND Sasuke+Sakura has 4! Uh oh…what do I do? MUAHAHA, never fear, Haruka Kanata is here! LOL. There's gonna be two scenes in this chapter…NOT! Sorry, but I don't have much time so I can only do one pairing. And since I have a pretty good idea for Neji+Tenten and I don't know what I'm going to write for Sasuke+Sakura, I'll do Neji+Tenten for this chapter and I PROMISE that I'll do Sasuke+Sakura FOR SURE in the next chapter.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Naruto. And I probably never will, unless some kind of miracle happens.
By the way, I give my thanks to tenten-kun. Thank you for the useful little info on flowers and their meanings.
Chocolate Roses Warning: MAJOR OOC-ness!
'Breathe in, breathe out.'
Tenten repeated that phrase over and over again in her mind. Her fists clenched and loosened, clenched again and they loosened, again and again as she kept muttering those words.
"Breathe in, breathe out." she whispered as she observed the scene before her. An empty little package, a little red ribbon lying on the grass nearby, lots of empty plastic bags…And the many small crumbs of chocolate littered on the ground. Tenten nudged a half-empty box with her toe. On the box, written with big, colorful letters, were the words: 'Chocolate Roses'. But it wasn't the words Tenten was looking at. It wasn't the empty little package of chocolate eggs, or the empty plastic bag of Hershey's Kisses, or the many empty bags of assorted chocolate bars. And of course, it wasn't the little red ribbon lying on the grass nearby that caught Tenten's attention. No, those useless pieces of trash didn't catch Tenten's attention at all. It was, in fact, the 15-year-old sticky, brownish, messy, drowsy, chocolaty Hyuuga genius that caught her attention. Chocolate smeared all over his handsome face, sticky, practically sugar-covered hands, wrappers thrown all around him, and most importantly…a GRIN on his face. A happy, peaceful, content GRIN on THE Hyuuga genius's face. THE Hyuuga genius. The one and only. Think about it. A GRIN on…wait for it…a GRIN on THE Hyuuga Neji's face! Hyuuga NEJI! That's a phenomenon! A terrible disaster! The WORLD is about to END! Kiba turned into a cat, Hinata yelled "I LOVE NARUTO!" and jumped off a cliff, Sasuke laughed and skipped along the flower garden with Sakura holding his hand, Shikamaru finally got off his lazy butt and LOST against CHOUJI in a game of CHESS! Oh, WHY is the world so CRUEL! …Okay, I'll stop. Anyways, Tenten was SHOCKED. And awed. And then blushed. And then…she was MAD. MAD, MAD, MAD. She was so MAD, she got out her kunai and yelled "NEJI! I LOVE YOU!" …I'm just kidding. The REAL scene was that Tenten grabbed Neji gently by the collar of his shirt and lightly slapped his cheeks.
"Hey! Hyuuga Neji! Earth to Neji! Are you awake?" she said, tapping his chocolate-covered cheeks. The Hyuuga genius awoke with a groan.
"Ugh…I feel like I was hit in the head by Hokage-sama…" he mumbled, rubbing his head. He looked at Tenten with dazed, unfocused eyes. "Oh, Tenten…Nice day, isn't it…" Tenten cringed.
"Uhh…okay…" she muttered, and shook Neji by his shoulders. "Neji, obviously you've had too much chocolate and sugar. I'll take you back to the Hyuuga estate…No wait, I can't do that! Dammit…Neji, stop acting so OUT OF CHARACTER and get a grip!" she exclaimed, and Neji looked at her again with a dazed look. There was silence.
"…Me like chocolate. Chocolate are gooooooood. Me want to eat again. Me go WHEEEEE!" Neji shouted with glee. Yes, he shouted with glee. THE Hyuuga Neji SHOUTED with GLEE. And very soon after he SHOUTED with GLEE, his face turned green.
"Neji?" Tenten asked, concerned, but when she saw Neji's green face, her eyes widened. She jumped out of the way just in time as Neji puked on the grass she had just been sitting on.
"Ugh…uhh…oooh…ugh…" Neji groaned as he puked. Tenten winced. After he had finished, Tenten walked towards Neji and tentatively patted his back.
"Um…are you okay now?" she asked cautiously. After a few moments of cursing and rubbing his stomach, Neji turned around and looked at Tenten.
"…Tenten." he said, looking a bit surprised. Tenten sighed with relief.
"Whew…you scared me, Neji! Who would have known that the Hyuuga genius gets VERY hyper after eating chocolate? Then again, ANYONE would get hyper and get a stomachache after eating a whole package of chocolate eggs, or a complete bag of Hershey's Kisses, and 5 whole bags of chocolate bars. Oh, and half a box of…my FAVORITE chocolate roses!" she exclaimed. Neji looked confused, but then realization of what he did dawned upon him.
"Oh my god…" he muttered, holding his head in his hands. As Tenten watched his face, a sudden flashback of Neji, THE Hyuuga Neji, GIGGLING, came into her mind. There was silence. Suddenly, Tenten began to shake. Neji looked at her.
"Tenten?" he asked, and got even more confused when Tenten wouldn't answer. Her bangs were covering her eyes and her head was lowered so Neji couldn't really see her expression. Without warning, Tenten burst into laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…(pant pant)…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…(rolling on the ground)…HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she laughed and laughed and laughed, and poor Neji didn't know what to do.
"Um…Tenten?" Neji asked, but Tenten just kept on laughing. "What's so funny?" He was torn between being angry at Tenten for laughing at him and blushing because he always thought that Tenten's smile was very beautiful. Finally, Tenten stopped laughing.
"Sorry Neji!" she said between chuckles. "I…It's just that…Oh heck, never mind." Neji sighed.
"It has something to do with how I acted while I was…um…yeah. Right?" he asked, his cheeks slightly reddening. Tenten chuckled.
"Like I said, sorry for laughing. But it's just that…it was so damn FUNNY!" she exclaimed. Neji crossed his arms and closed his eyes, obviously ticked off. Tenten noticed this and smiled. A sly smile on her face, she edged closer to Neji, their noses almost touching. Neji felt his cheeks going red at the closeness. "But…" Tenten mumbled. "You looked kind of cute." soon after she said that, Tenten gently pressed her lips against Neji's. Tenten broke the kiss not long after, but gasped a little bit as Neji kissed HER, more passionately. They both broke apart, gasping for breath. Tenten smirked. "You definitely ate too much chocolate, Neji." she said, and grabbed a chocolate rose from the box lying next to the two ninjas. She popped it into her mouth and smiled. "Want some?" Neji smirked.
"Why not." he said coolly.
The next morning, Lee and Gai were walking towards the forest.
"Gai-sensei! It is a beautiful day!" Lee exclaimed. Gai smiled.
"I agree with you, Lee! Do not let your youthfulness leave you on such a youthful morning! The spirit of youth!" he boomed, and flashing Lee a sparkling grin.
"Yes, Gai-sensei!" Lee saluted. They came to their usual training spot, only to find chocolate wrappers, empty boxes, plastic bags, and other trash littering the ground. A single chocolate rose lay in one of the boxes. But the thing…or people…that shocked Lee and Gai the most was the two certain teens with their arms around each other, kissing. The wind blew dramatically around them. A single cardboard box hit Lee's head. Gai and Lee practically had their jaws on the floor as they gaped at the couple. Yup, it was a beautiful morning, alright.
How was it? It was a bit short, but this was meant to be a little one-shot. It didn't have much to do with flowers, but…oh well. By the way, about the chocolate roses, I dunno if any of you people tried it, but it's a rose-shaped hollow chocolate with caramel filling inside. It's SO delicious…yum…I ate a LOT of them yesterday and today. LOL. And Neji was quite OOC in this chapter, wasn't he? That's because he ate WAY too much chocolate. When I eat too much chocolate, my calm and quiet personality turns into a loud and crazy personality! WHOO-HOO! LOL. OH! By the way! FOR ALL YOU NEJI+TENTEN FANS, READ THIS! I read chapter 258 of the Naruto manga last night. I'm not going to spoil anything if you didn't read it yet, but I must tell you…there is Neji+Tenten in that chapter! I'm not joking! There's a hint of it! For you to understand, I'm afraid that I must spoil ONE scene. Tenten, Neji, and Lee were trapped in a water prison and Neji managed to get out. He broke the water prisons and when Tenten started to faint because she was without oxygen for a while, Neji caught her and supported her! YAY! Now, some people might call it "friendship", but I think there's something going on…Also, Masashi Kishimoto-san hinted Shikamaru+Temari. Neji+Tenten and Shikamaru+Temari…hmm…
You people don't really need to vote cuz I'm DEFINITELY doing Sasuke+Sakura in the next chapter, but you can if you want to.
