A/N: Yea I know you don't want my excuses so I'll just get right on working on this update. Enjoy!
A Kunai In Bloom
Lee was still holding up the dress looking confidently at Tenten.
"So, what do you think? I think Neji will like this dress, don't you?" Lee said smiling.
"Yea…Lee I'm sure Neji will just love it." she said trying to hold a smile, secretly she thought the dress was hideous, but she did have to thank Lee one day for reminding her it was in there in the first place so she could burn it. She looked to the clock and it was a little past nine.
"Lee, I think you should get going, not to be rude, but it's getting late." she said, stifling a yawn.
"Yea, you're right Tenten. We want to preserve our youth. Plus you've got a big date tomorrow." Lee beamed and let himself out the door.
"It's not a date!" Tenten yelled as Lee started walking up the street. She walked back up the stairs to her room.
"But what will I wear? I can't wear that hideous thing in front of Neji." She opened her closet to find something a little more modern than a plain sundress. She pulled out a light pink halter top with an a flower design sewn into the fabric on the bottom right side and a denim skirt. "I think that should do it." Tenten said as she hung up her outfit and got ready for bed. When she was done she slipped under the covers and drifted off to sleep.
The next morning Tenten woke up to the phone ringing in the hall. She picked it up.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hi, Tenten dear! I'm just calling to remind you that we'll be home tonight. Is everything going okay?" The woman at the other end said.
"Yea, Mom. Everything's great. I'm going out this afternoon with Neji so I'll probably be back around the time you guys get home."
"Alright Tenten, well have fun. We'll see you tonight. Love you sweetie, Bye."
"Bye Mom, love you too." She hung up. Tenten then looked at the clock and her eyes almost exploded out of her head.
"Oh My God! I'm gonna be late!" she yelled when she saw that the clock read 11:37. She quickly brushed her hair and braided it and then brushed her teeth, slipped on her outfit, making sure she looked good enough for the Hyuuga prodigy. She ran down the stairs and took one final look in the mirror in the hall before she headed out the door.
It really was a nice day outside. It was sunny but not too overly hot. She was just about to walk down the road that lead to Neji's house when she saw Neji himself walking up it instead. She waved and she could swear that she saw him smile a little.
"Hi Tenten. You're looking…different. I haven't seen you without buns for awhile." He said. She put her hands on her hips.
"Neji, is that supposed to be a compliment?"
"Uhhh I guess so." he laughed slightly. "But you do look nice." Tenten smiled.
"Thank you, and you look…the same." she laughed.
"Well I did just come from training, so cut me a break Tenten." he said. Tenten nodded and giggled.
"So what did you want to do today?" she asked. Neji shrugged.
"Well like I said, I did just get back from training. I am kinda hungry though, so…lunch?" Neji asked.
Tenten smiled. "I'd love to." They walked side-by-side to the Ichiraku Ramen Shop which had the 'very best ramen in town, believe it!' as quoted by Naruto. They took their seats and ordered. They talked about the usual thing, what had been happening in each other's lives, if Lee would ever get Sakura and Neji's favorite subject, training.
"So when I was training with Hinata last night she was getting pretty good at evading my attacks and this afternoon she even almost had me cornered for awhile." he said in a sort of embarrassed tone. Tenten laughed, she was glad that Neji could admit it.
"It just goes to show me that I need to train even harder. So hard that when Hinata and I spar, I can beat her flawlessly." Neji said triumphantly. Tenten frowned.
"Neji? Aren't you even proud of Hinata, I mean she's come so far since the Chunin exams." Tenten said defensively.
"Of course I'm proud of her, she does come from the Main Branch after all. But I have to be the best, I have to show everyone what a Hyuuga Branch member can do." Neji said.
"Neji you can't always be the best. I don't mean to sound rude but give Hinata a little time in the spotlight."
"Tenten! Her whole life has been 'in the spotlight'! Nobody notices me." Neji spat.
"Neji everyone in the village considers you to be a true genius! They do to notice you!" Tenten said starting to get agitated.
"Well it's not good enough!" Neji said as if it was the final say.
"You know what, I didn't ask you to hang out just so we could talk about training, I really liked you but you can be so self-centered sometimes! Some days I can't take your arrogant attitude. You know this is just like when you hurt Lee…" Tenten yelled. Neji looked defeated. "I'm going home Neji! Call me when you don't have such a big ego!" Tenten walked home leaving Neji sitting there thinking.
Neji paid the ramen bill and trudged home feeling depressed. "She 'liked' me? So she doesn't 'like' me anymore? I have to apologize to her." Neji thought to himself. "But, I don't know if I can face her now…"
Sorry it took me soooooooo long to update and thanks so much for all the reviews, it really means a lot to me. It took me a long time to write such a short chapter cause I've haven't been getting any really good ideas, so please review and tell me some ideas or things that you would like to see in any upcoming chapters and I'll try and add as many as I can!