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Inevitability
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"Tenten, where have you been? Its 11:30" I sighed as I closed the door behind me
"Nowhere Temari" I said, shrugging off my brown pea coat.
"Of course you were somewhere. That's why you weren't here" She retorted, crossing her arms over her chest. I swear, sometimes having a roommate majoring in psychology can be so…
"Troublesome" I nodded, closing my eyes and also crossing my arms over my chest. Then I opened my eyes and began to look around the room for the source of the voice. I turned around and saw a pineapple haired boy coming out of the living room and into the kitchen of our small apartment.
"Temari, who's this?" I asked
"Oh! Tenten, this is Shikamaru, he's in my psychology class and we're working on a project right now. Shikamaru, this is Tenten, she's my roommate" Shikamaru nodded and adjusted his glasses.
"Pleasure"
"Nice to meet you Shikamaru" I turned to Temari who still had a questioning gaze on her face "I'll tell you what happened later if you must know. Right now, I'm going to take a shower. Nice to meet you Shikamaru" He waved goodbye as I exited the kitchen and entered the bedroom. I grabbed my toiletries and entered the connecting bathroom. I shed off all of my clothes as the water began to heat up. As soon as I entered the shower, the hot water hit my cold body and I smiled. Then I did what any normal person does in the shower. I began to sing.
When you walk away
You don't hear me say
Please, oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way
That you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go...
I cleared my throat and rinsed out my hair. I changed into my pajamas and exited the shower as I hummed the rest of the song and dried my hair. There was a knock at the door.
"Come in!"
Temari opened the door and walked in, closing it behind her.
"Shikamaru just left, spill, Hun"
"Well it's not like anything life changing happened" I said as I threw my towel across the room onto a chair "I just got a coffee and went skating with a friend"
"Oh, who?"
"Well he's this guy I met at Starbucks"
"Tenten…I thought you'd know better by now" Temari said
"Huh?"
She sat cross legged on her bed and faced me "New York is nothing like Princeton. It's dangerous here. It's not all about Broadway, shopping, and 'fulfilling your dreams'" I frowned when she used air quotes when using my exact words "Tenten, I care about you. Please, don't go running off with some stranger. It's not safe"
"Temari, he's not like that. He's a student at NYU and he's a musician-"
"Ha" She laughed "are you defending him? Do you, Tenten, love him after only a couple hours of being with him?"
"No! I barely even know him…but he just seems…different"
"Tenten, I'm serious. Please, don't go running off with strangers" she said with a sad face "I don't want to lose another one…"
I opened my mouth to say something but then quickly shut it. Temari had lost a dear friend when she went running off with a stranger. It was her brother Gaara who was the most devastated out of all of them since he liked Matsuri and they were close friends.
"Alright…"
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"We wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy new…aw fuck this" Sasuke chuckled at my antics and raised his half full glass of vodka.
"Merry Christmas Hyuuga"
We 'clinked' our glasses together and dumped all the contents of our glasses in our mouths.
"So Hyuuga, tell me, what did you do today"
"Nothing, played guitar a little, got some coffee, went skating"
Sasuke nearly choked on his newly poured glass of scotch as he began to laugh "the ever- stoic Neji Hyuuga went skating? Who paid you and how much?"
I smirked "well there was this girl…"
"Hyuuga, you went with a girl?"
I nodded and put my glass on the coffee table in our living room.
"So, who is she?"
"Tenten" I said
"Yeah, that helps a lot. So what's so special about her?" he asked.
"Don't you have Sakura to worry about?" I asked, smirking
"Hn"
I laughed "I'll take that as a yes. Well for starters, she's gorgeous. She sings and acts and loves coffee. Oh yeah" I leaned back in my chair "she's a kick ass skater"
Sasuke smiled "Do you love her?" he asked jokingly
"Nah" I said, serving myself another glass of vodka.
"So how'd you meet her?"
I laughed "she was dancing in the middle of the street"
Sasuke chuckled "of course, you go after the crazy ones. Well, I'm going to bed before I get a fucking hangover. Night Hyuuga"
"Uchiha"
Sasuke sighed "remember, it's college, this isn't love. Don't chase after her" he closed the door to his room and left me in the living room to think.
'Well it's not like I'll ever see her again'. I thought as I emptied my last glass of vodka.
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Two Days Later
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"I'm sorry…" I turned around and felt my eyes begin to water "I have to go…"
"But…why?"
I smiled through the tears "I'm getting married"
He opened his mouth to say something but I put my finger up to his lips "You had your chance, you didn't take it" I turned back around "I loved you for the longest time…I'm sorry" he grabbed my shoulder and spun me around "please, one last kiss…" he leaned into me and right before he pressed his lips to mine, we heard a loud applause.
"Bravo! You two were remarkable; I could tell that you really got into the scene"
I grinned and wiped the fake tears from my eyes.
"That's it for today class, tomorrow, we'll be choosing out monologues for our auditions"
I grabbed my bag and slung it over my shoulder. Acting was my last class of the day which meant I was free to do whatever I wanted as soon as I got out of the building.
I walked quickly to the exit and opened the doors only to be met by a cold gust of wind. I wrapped my cream colored scarf around my neck and buttoned up my black coat. It was definitely time for a nice chai latte from starbucks.
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"Can I have a tall chai latte?"
"Coming right up"
I handed the cashier a five dollar bill, not asking for the change and waited in line. What Sasuke had said last night was still in my head, especially now that I was in the same place where I first talked to her.
"Grande Chai Latte please" I turned my head in the direction of where I heard the voice come from and smiled. There she was again. I grabbed my coffee, thanking the barista, and walked up to her.
"Hey stranger" I said smiling.
She turned around after paying and her eyes widened a bit.
"Uh..hi" She grabbed her chai latte and sat down at an empty table. I followed her to it and sat down.
"Anything wrong?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.
She looked down for a second and the looked into my eyes "Why do you care?" she asked, not coldly but with a concerned and worried tone.
I sighed "frankly, I don't know myself. Now, care to tell me what's wrong?"
She sipped her latte and cleared her throat "you're a stranger but here I am. I'm talking to you, and yet…" her voice trailed off "I don't feel threatened even when I should be. Hell, I know nothing about you"
I stirred my latte and smiled at her "there's no reason for you to be threatened"
She smiled and drank the rest of her beverage
"Neji" I looked up from my empty cup and saw her getting up "let's take a walk"
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We got up from our seats and we left Starbucks. We walked in silence until I sighed.
"I want to hear you play" He smiled at me and stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"And I want to hear you sing" I nodded and I just followed his footsteps to wherever he was going. Not a wise decision.
"What song is that?"
I raised my eyebrow, obviously confused at what he was saying.
"The song you were humming"
"Oh…uh…" I didn't even realize I was humming anything.
"It's okay, you're not the only one who does that" he smiled then grabbed my arm "come on, I want to show you something"
I let him lead me to a fancy looking building and we entered it, glad to be off the cold streets and in a heated building. I followed him up the stairs and he knocked on a door at the end of a hallway.
"Come in"
Neji turned the knob and ushered me inside the room. My eyes widened with glee as I saw myself surrounded by instruments of all kinds. Guitars, drums, flutes, saxophones, and other instruments were lined up on the walls.
"Wow"
"Like it huh? Tenten, this is Sasuke Uchiha, he owns all of these"
I shook Sasuke's hand and looked around the room again "this is amazing"
"Thanks" he replied
Neji grabbed my wrist and led me to the guitars.
"I brought you here since you wanted to listen to me play" I nodded and sat down in a seat beside Sasuke. I watched as Neji lifted a guitar off the wall and reached into his pocket to get a guitar pick.
Will you say goodbye
On even the brightest day
Will you begin to cry
When I have gone away
Time goes by with a slow pace
But keep on living with that smile on your face
Fake as it may be
It leaves nothing more to see
You say you love me so
But so long my almost lover
For me it's time to go
You never loved me
So just let it be
Here my whisper in your ear
I'm not to be loved
For I'm something to fear
And with those final notes that he strummed, it hit me.
I've been through this too many times to know when it's going to happen.
I will, inevitably, fall in love with Neji.
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Songs:
Simple and Clean by Utada Hikaru (Tenten's song)
Neji's song was written by me!
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