Neji was growing pissed. It seemed like an eternity ago that he woke up and had a light breakfast, followed by soothing meditation and a thorough washing of his hair.
But then Hanabi caught him using her shampoo, and then things just went downhill from there.
"Lee," said Tenten in mock irritability, "Why are you yelling? We're not deaf…"
"I DO NOT KNOW!" Lee bellowed. "I AWOKE TODAY TO FIND THAT I COULD NOT SPEAK NORMALLY!" He paused for a breath. "I WAS ON MY WAY TO GAI-SENSEI AND POSSIBLY A MED-NIN, BUT THEN I SAW NEJI HERE AND COULD NOT RESIST!" He stopped again, gasping a bit, and then stood up straight to face Neji. "NEJI-MY-RIVAL, I—"
"HOLD IT!" said Tenten. "Are you saying, you can't make a sound without shouting?"
"NO!" said Lee. "BUT IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPRESS MY YOUTH!"
"…" said Neji, not at all being helpful.
"Strange day for both of you," said Tenten, shaking her head. "Lee's on a perpetual vocal strain and Neji's getting married."
There was a moment of stunned silence before Lee opened his mouth in surprise, shock, and happiness for his friend—("NOOO! YOU HAVE BEATEN ME AGAIN!")—and Neji gave Tenten a very sour look that said thank you very much.
And then, before anything else happened, Lee ran off at breakneck speed, shouting over his shoulder:
"I SHALL GO PROCLAIM THIS NEWS LOUDLY ALL OVER KONOHA! HYUUGA NEJI'S GETTING MAAARRIIIED! HYUUGA NEJI'S—"
"I'm engaged," said Neji, annoyed. "I'm not getting married."
"Don't be silly, Neji," said Tenten. "Everyone knows that it's practically the same thing."
"I'd ask you to not spread it," Neji continued, "But it's too late, isn't it?"
"Don't be silly, Neji," said Tenten. "If we go after Lee now, we can stop him…"
"And why aren't you more bothered by the fact that I'm engaged? I probably won't be able to train with you any more, you know."
"Don't be silly, Neji," Tenten said cheerfully. "I can always train with Lee."
Well, Neji certainly wasn't a Happy Hyuuga that day.
I barely made it. Yay. Now I hope this posts... our internet's so wonkehhh...