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Hello all. It's me again. This chapter will bring in a couple other characters and a look into what Tenten has been up to since she left Kiba. I think that this story was a good idea... until I started writing this chapter. Now, I just don't like it. I will, however, finish it. As long as I get feed back to know that you would like to see it finished.
AU. Modern day. Kiba-26. Tenten-27. Naruto's POV.
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It has been almost three months since Tenten left Kiba's fool ass. We all tried to tell him that he was playing with fire and that Tenten was not going to take it forever. He would just laugh it off and say that she liked him too much to leave. Sadly, we were right.
But even if Tenten leaving Kiba, she seemed to be taking it a lot harder then he was.
Kiba seemed to be taking good care of his home and himself. He even seemed to mature greatly. He only goes out once every week. Most of the time, he would not even drink. The Inuzuka would ask about Tenten, but we would tell him nothing. Shikamaru figured that it would only upset him and set him back from this new path he seemed to be on.
Tenten on the other hand, she seems to go out almost every night. I'm not even sure if she still has a job. My friends and myself have taken it upon ourselves to look after her. She found a little bar that none of us had ever been to before, but that did not stop us from going with her.
She quickly grew annoyed with us telling her, go and try not to let her see us. It's not too hard since she is usually drunk. We did however find out that she was not upset with Kiba going out, but bothered that he never asked her to join.
This night, I brought a new friend of mine. He started working with me a little while ago. His name is Sai. He might be a little awkward, but he seems alright. Besides, no one else could come tonight and so I asked him. I never thought that he would ask about Tenten when he saw her.
"She's a friend of mine." I thought about it for a moment and thought that maybe she just might need someone to keep her mind off of Kiba. "She's not drinking tequila tonight, so you should be safe."
"Tequila?" My friend looked confused. "What happens when she drinks tequila?"
I could not help but laugh. "She goes on a hunt. She starts targeting all the men. Last time she even got kicked out for hurting one of them pretty bad. But since she's just drinking some wine, you should be ok to talk to her."
"Would she like to dance?"
"Oh, yeah. She loves music and dancing. K13 is her favorite if you want to try that. She's really a good person, just a little heartbroken at the moment." I watched as he watched her and seemed to think over his options. "Here." I handed him a couple dollars. "Go play a few songs, get her a drink and ask her."
Sai nodded as he walked over to the jukebox. I watched as he started to talk to Tenten. They seemed to be getting along rather well. Her smile as they danced, I have not seen that in a long time. I could not help but smile myself.
I really do hope that Sai could help her heal. However, my thoughts were short lived when Sai returned to our table alone.
"She was grateful for the dances, but said she was not interested in anything more."
"I see." I looked to where Tenten was putting on her coat to leave. She seemed to once again have a sadness surround her. Maybe she still cares for Kiba? I'm not sure, she always get angry when he is brought up, so we just stopped talking about him. Maybe some day soon we can get the two of them to sit down and talk like the adults that they are.
Something needs to be done.
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Don't ask her on a straight tequila night
She'll start thinkin' about him, then she's ready to fight
Blames her broken heart on every man in sight
On a straight tequila night