3 years passed, each day went by as quickly as it came. Each day in the span the allowed 3 years, Neji sat there by the tree in the training grounds. He sat there every day, through rain, through shine, day to night. He'd write letters to someone who wasn't even there each and everyday. The girls wonder what had become of their Neji-kun.
She sent something to him once. Something that shattered him. Something that made him realize that she meant the world to him.
Don't wait for me. You never did before. So why start now.
-Tenten.
He knows why he waits. But she does not. I wait for you not because I want to. I wait for you because I need to. That is his reason that was always the reason.
Tenten is said to return today before nightfall. And he waits by the bridge and he waits to see her and her squad to appear by the gates. As the sun begins to set, 4 figures are seen walking towards the village. One figure stops and pauses, as if she was finding something, and she turns to his direction, it seems as though she has found what she was looking for. The other three figures jump away and towards the Hokage's building as she walks towards him.
"Tenten…"
"Neji. Why are you here?"
"I was waiting for you."
"I thought you read my letter Neji." He cringes. She sneers, and continues, "then again, you could have ignored it, like you've ignored me."
He grabs her wrist in one fluid motion. "I never ignored you."
She turns with tears in her eyes, her head down and a sob can be heard. "Yes you did. You've ignored me every time after training. You were never there to chase away my fears. You know I'd do anything for you, and yet you never seem to care. So isn't that enough reasons to say that you've ignored me?"
"No. No. No. This is wrong. This is all wrong. I never meant to ignore you. I never meant to hurt you the way I did. If I can I'd go back in time to cherish everything I had with you. I'll do this because I love you."
"I can't take you word for it. But I can try. I believe you waited for me. But I'd admit, I'm still in love with you. And if I were to tell you I never once regretted saying all those harsh things to you, I'd be lying. I decided the day before I came back, I decided that if you really have waited for me, I could give you another chance. So, the question now is, do you want this?"
"More then anything in the world Tenten, more then anything in the world."
And it wouldn't even take a complete moron to figure out the ending to this love story because simply, there is none.
If the world was to fall,
I'll be your glorifying hero
And hold it up for you,
Until you can stand be here with me
To share the burden and the pain
And be my everything.