(Chapter 13 – Happy Ending)

"What took you so long?" Neji asked.

Tenten, oh-so bubbly flashed his black sweater and her white trench coat.

Neji raised an eyebrow at her and said, "Well, finally, you were able to return my sweater!"

"I've no pants that you can fit into so, just wear this trench coat to hide your bandaged legs.

Neji put on his sweater and the white trench coat. He fastened the lower locks of the trench coat while he looked around for Tenten but she wasn't anywhere. He looked at the mirror and saw that his hair was in a haphazard-like manner. He found a comb on the bedside table and combed his hair.

After ten minutes…

"Hey Hinata!" Tenten greeted as they reached Hinata and Naruto's house.

"Hello, Tenten. Hello, Neji-niisan. Please, come in." Hinata smiled at them.

"Hinata-chan, who's there?" a very familiar voice came from the inside.

"It's just Tenten and Neji-niisan, Naruto-kun!" Hinata replied.

"Ah, okay!"

Tenten and Neji sat on a couch and Hinata asked, "What brings the two of you here?"

"We're here to get his things." Tenten replied, "He's going to live in my house from now on."

Naruto came down from the stairs and went beside Hinata, "So, rumors are true."

"What rumors?" Neji asked, facing Tenten seriously, "Tenten?"

Tenten blushed furiously and told Naruto, "Naruto, who told you?"

"Sakura-chan did!" Naruto answered, "But she told me she was told by Lee. But anyway, it's good to see that the rumor was REAL."

"You still don't know the rumor?" Hinata asked, "By the looks of Tenten, it seems like she knows it already. Well, Neji-niisan?"

"That Lee!" Neji angrily answered.

"Before you grab his throat, Neji, I'll tell you about it!" Naruto happily teased, "There are rumors in town that you fell in love with Tenten! And it's so true because you're going to live in her mansion!"

Tenten blushed some more and Neji flushed slightly and smiled.

Neji added, "Yeah, it's true-"

"Hinata, where did you put his things?" Tenten interrupted trying to get away from Neji as soon as possible before he does anything 'romantic' to her.

"Naruto-kun, please guide her to the room where I placed Neji-niisan's things and help her carry them as well, pretty please?" Hinata answered.

"Sure thing, Hinata-chan!" her husband answered.

While the two were away, Hinata laughed.

"What're you laughing about?" Neji asked, annoyed.

"Nothing." Hinata finally stopped laughing but smiled, "It's just that you and Tenten-chan look so good together."

"Hey! How come you can lift that one with no sweat!" Naruto asked Tenten, who placed a suitcase at the foot of the stairs.

The two suitcases were already brought there. Naruto sure does look tired.

"Where did you focus your chakra anyway?" Tenten winked, "It's common sense, Uzumaki."

"Just say yours ain't too heavy like mine!" Naruto replied.

"Fine," Tenten told him, "lift it, then. Do you think I can lie when I can tell a proven fact?"

"At any other circumstances, yes!" Naruto boastfully answered, "Now, I'll prove that what you carried ain't so heavy at all!"

"Be my guest."

Naruto walked near to Tenten and tried to lift the suitcase she carried. He heaved, he pulled, he pushed, every way to move a darn suitcase he tried, but it won't bulge. He just tired himself out!

"Now tell me, Uzumaki Naruto," Tenten dared, "did I tell a lie?"

Catching his breath, Naruto sighed, "Fine! Yours is A LITTLE heavier than what I carried but-"

"Oh yeah," Tenten ignored Naruto and tugged Hinata's arm, "can I talk to you for a while, Hinata?"

"S-sure." Hinata replied, unsure, as Tenten dragged her along, just past the jawdropped Naruto.

"She ignored me?" Naruto thought.

"So much for showing off." Neji teased, "Never thought you got outsmarted by a girl, huh Uzumaki?"

"What did you say!" Naruto retorted.

"It's true. Tenten would rarely tell a lie. But even if she did tell a lie, it's believable because she makes sure her lies are a quarter of fact." Neji explained, "That's why she gained most of the attention from Tsunade."

Meanwhile…

Tenten dragged Hinata to the far side of the house and told her, "Hey, don't tell this to Neji, okay?"

"O-okay." Hinata answered, "But what is it?"

"Neji… Uhm… W-was not allowed by his doctor to carry heavy things." Tenten lied, "Because…"

"Because?"

"You know why the bottom part of his trench coat is buttoned?" Tenten sighed.

"No, why?"

"That's because he got a terrible skin rash." Tenten confidently continued, "I was sparring with him yesterday in the forest when I accidentally knocked him down on the itchy-looking grass. So we went to the doctor, and said that he also caught colds because we sparred under the rain a few days ago and afterwards… We went to the dermatologist because his legs had these huge patches of red marks and the dermatologist said it was a rash he got from the grass he fell onto."

"Oh my…" Hinata reacted, "But why wasn't Neji-niisan allowed to carry heavy things? It's just a rash-"

"It's NOT just a rash." Tenten raised her voice a little, but in a gentle way, "The dermatologist added that if he carried anything heavy, the rash would get worse because it hates pressure. So if he carried anything of an average weight aside from his own body weight, the rash would get worse."

"Oh, I see."

"So…" Tenten concluded, "Please, please, please, don't tell Neji I told you this! Don't even tell your husband, okay?"

"Okay." Hinata smiled, "In fact, if that's the case I'll just ask Naruto-kun to carry one suitcase while you carry the other. I promise, this is just between the two of us."

"You see, Neji told me not to tell anyone." Tenten sighed in relief she made Hinata believe her lie, "You do know that, right?"

"Yes, yes." Hinata giggled, "Now there's nothing more to worry about and just take him to his new home to rest."

"Oh geez, thanks Hinata." Tenten smiled as they went their way back to the living room.

"What took you so long?" Neji asked Tenten.

"Oh nothing." Tenten smiled, "Don't worry!"

She approached the suitcase she carried a while ago and Hinata told Naruto, "Naruto-kun, could you please carry the remaining suitcase for Tenten-chan and Neji-niisan? I'm sure you won't mind if you can just lend them a helping hand."

"U-until their m-mansion?" Naruto panicked, "But that's a long way!"

"Oh I know you can do it." Hinata assured, kissing Naruto's cheek, "That's because I trust in you!"

Naruto blushed and said, "Since you said that, okay!"

"Thank you!" Hinata replied.

"What did you tell her?" Neji stared sharply at Tenten.

"I'll tell you later." Tenten replied.