"I have a special gift for you all today, team!" Gai's voice carried over the training grounds, excited and pumped for the day ahead.

Tenten was sceptical, as she always was when it came to anything her sensei had in store for them. But she couldn't help but be curious about what it could be, considering how excited he was to show them.

Of course, she should have known better. As soon as he whipped the green spandex outfits from behind his back, she knew she would hate whatever he was about to say.

"Today, we will be conducting our training while wearing these beauties!"

It took all Tenten's self-control not to groan at his declaration. "But Gai sensei! You never make us wear that outfit. Why now?"

"Exactly, Tenten! I'm lenient with you and Neji, but not today. You will listen to your sensei and put these on. Then, you will finally realize how amazing they are!"

"Yosh!" Lee yelled, pumping his fist in the air. "What a brilliant idea, Gai sensei! Quickly put them on Neji, Tenten."

Tenten could think of plenty of other things she would rather do to the disgusting piece of green spandex flapping in the wind, but she knew she couldn't say no to her sensei's request. That didn't stop her from grumbling, though, as she snatched the outfit out of his hand, before making her way to the set of public toilets nearby.

She was aware of Neji doing the same thing—sans the grumbling, of course—but didn't slow down to let him catch up with her. She locked herself in a stall and stripped, before struggling into the green atrocity. There weren't any mirrors, but Tenten could just imagine what she looked like, and a shudder passed through her body as the image entered her mind.

Stepping out of her stall, she noticed a flash of green nearby and turned to see Neji frowning down at the outfit he wore. He glanced up at her and they locked eyes, and a snort escaped Tenten before she was able to stop it.

Neji took her in from head to toe, his lips tipped up in amusement, and Tenten couldn't hold back the laugh building inside of her. He looked ridiculous—and no doubt, so did she.

"That looks amazing on you, Neji," Tenten teased, laughter still lacing her voice. "Green is definitely your colour."

His eyes flashed with humour, his lips curving up even more. "I hope Gai sensei does not parade us around town," he commented, plucking at the tight, form fitting fabric. "We will be a spectacle."

"He probably will, just to see our reaction. Maybe even make us walk on our hands and do laps with him and Lee."

Neji chuckled. Tenten's heart warmed at seeing his happy face again, of laughing with him after so long had passed. Not that he laughed a lot at the best of times, but he had come a long way since they were Genin, and he had shown her that he did indeed have a sense of humour.

They were smiling at each other when he took a step towards her, his eyes turning serious. "Tenten, I know that I have apologised before, but please allow me to apologise again for hurting you, because that was never my intention."

All the humour inside her evaporated in an instant. Tenten didn't know what to say, could only nod silently at him to continue while her she tried to reign in her pounding heart.

"You know I am not good with expressing my feelings to others, even to you." He took another step closer, so he was directly in front of her. "It was hard for me to show you affection, both with my words and actions, but I tried. Apparently, I did not try hard enough."

He looked down at his feet, breaking eye contact. He took a deep breath before meeting her gaze again. "I love you, Tenten. I am sorry I did not tell you sooner. My family… we do not say such things to each other, and I know that should not be an excuse, but I found it difficult to say the words out loud to you before." He reached out to take her hands in his. "I will do better. I cannot promise I will succeed all the time, but I promise to try."

Tenten couldn't stop the tears from filling her eyes at his words. "I don't want you to force yourself, Neji," she said, giving his hands a squeeze. "I would never want to make you uncomfortable in order to please me. Just hearing you say that makes me extremely happy."

"I will not force myself. I was naïve, not realizing what you needed as your boyfriend. I want to correct that. Never again do I want you to feel as though I do not care for you." He looked deep into her eyes, his own reflecting the truth of his words, so much that Tenten felt her eyes fill with tears again. "Tenten, will you be my girlfriend again?"

"Yes," Tenten replied with a grin. "I love you, Neji. And I promise I will do better too."

Neji smiled. A genuine, bright smile that made Tenten's heart melt at the sight of it. And then he kissed her, his arms wrapping around her waist to draw her closer to him.

At the back of her mind, Tenten knew her team was waiting for them to start training, but she didn't care. She was right where she wanted to be, and she didn't ever want to leave.

.

Some distance away, teacher and pupil watched their teammates as they reconciled. They both wore the stretchy, green material from neck to toe, and Gai felt a surge of pride at the sight they made.

"How did you know that would work, Gai sensei?" Lee asked, glancing up at the older man with wonder.

"I didn't," Gai admitted. "But I did know for a fact that they still cared about each other and that they were miserable being apart. So, I thought they just needed a push—some way to break the tension between them." He sent his pupil a grin. "And what better way to relax people than by making them laugh?"

"So, we're not going to train in matching outfits then?"

"Of course we are!" Gai wasn't going to let this opportunity slip through his fingers. He would parade his students through the streets of Konoha, proudly showing off the greatest team in the village for everyone to see. He knew he would never get this chance again.

The fact that his two precious students had made up was the icing on the cake.

I wanted to make this prompt a little lighter, since most of this week has been angsty. I'm running behind on next week's prompts, so I might not end up doing all of them as I'd planned, but I will try my best!

As always, thank you for reading. Your support helps keeps me motivated!