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Girl all the Bad Guys Want by ShyAnimeGurl: Because we all love Hinata ESPECIALLY after the two year timeskip! Hinata galore (cuz she's just THAT cool)
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I would've made sure that Neji and Tenten got together by now
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"W-what?" Neji's eyes widened with surprise.
"I said leave me alone!" I threw his coat back at him "I can't trust anyone I get close to… Just look at me and Sai! Neji I think it's best if we don't talk any more" I turned and ran away.
I cried the rest of the walk home.
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Neji growled as he let the coat fall from his hands.
"Dammit, dammit, dammit!" he slapped his head with his palm and kept on swearing. I sighed sat down next to him on the other side on the bench.
"I knew warning her wouldn't be enough… I warned her not to talk to strangers… I know she's an adult and who am I to tell her what and what not to do?" I laughed sadly, "I'm such an idiot! All I did was warn her, and when she mentioned you again I did nothing!" I pointed to Neji accusingly but then quickly dropped my hand and let it hang by my side, "I think she trusts you more than she does me… it's not your fault that she's like this…" I covered my face with my hands and bit back the tears threatening to fall. "This always happens! This is why I refuse to let myself expand my horizons, something bad always ends up happening and…" I choked a sob as I remembered what had happened with Matsuri. "…someone always ends up getting hurt…" I bent down to pick up Neji's coat. I handed it to him and I stood up.
"What now?" he asked softly.
"She trusts you… she'll come around" I turned to walk away but he grabbed my wrist.
"I'm coming with you; I need to talk to Tenten"
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I coughed and sniffled as I furiously wiped the tears that leaked from my eyes. I opened the door to my apartment and angrily slammed it shut. That bastard had to come and ruin everything! I entered my room and screamed as loud as I could, not even caring about the damage it would do to my voice as long as I was letting out some of my built up anger. I got the picture frame and looked at the photo of Neji and me in front of the giant Christmas tree. The stare turned into a cold and hard glare. I threw the frame to the ground and it landed with a crash, signaling that the glass had been broken. I clenched my fists until my knuckles turned white and punched the wall closest to me, leaving me decent sized dent and bleeding knuckles. I put my back against it and slid down to the floor.
Stupid, stupid Sai!
I heard the front door open and bit my lip until that was also bleeding.
"Tenten?" I heard Temari's voice, softer than usual and I did nothing to reply. "Hun, you know the door's unlocked" I made no move to get up or do anything so Temari just entered.
"What?" I said weakly. She bent down beside me and put her hand on my forehead.
"Tenten, you're burning up!" I slapped her hand away and stayed on the ground, staring off into space.
"Temari, I hate him… I hate him so much…" I heard my voice crack and shut up after that. I heard the door creak a bit and looked up to see Neji entering the room. The first thing I noticed him look at was the broken frame on the floor, along with its broken shards.
"Tenten… are you okay?"
"Do I look like I'm okay?" I screamed, "Nothing's okay! Everything is all wrong!" I slammed my head on the wall I was leaning on and whimpered. "Go away…"
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I kneeled down next to her and brushed a stray strand of hair away from her face.
"Tenten, do you trust me?" she tore her face away from my gaze but I turned her head back to face mine, "I would never do anything to hurt you"
Her lips quivered and I embraced her, she quickly returned it and buried her face in the crook of my neck.
"Neji, Temari… thank you so much…" she pulled away from me and I wiped her tears away with my thumb. She sighed and closed her eyes.
"I-I…I'm going to…"
"It's okay Tenten, you can tell us…" I said consolingly.
"I've never told you two why I'm here… have… have you ever heard of the Make a Wish Foundation?" Temari and I shook our heads, "I was never expected to have a long life… when I was thirteen, they concluded I-I wouldn't live t-to be… twenty five" I felt a pang in my chest when Tenten said that and I urged her to keep going. "The Make a Wish Foundation grants one wish to the kids before they died. Mine was to become a singer, so until I turned eighteen, I've been taking lessons. I was able to transfer for one good school to another so easily because of the Dream Foundation that grants wishes to adults. I believed that here in NYU I would be able to make my dream come true. Due to how hard it is to get in here, I'll be leaving in the summer" I felt another pang at the thought of her leaving yet didn't interrupt. "I… back in Princeton… I had to take another test, about a month right before I came here… Neji… Temari… Sai knows this but he wasn't supposed to find out! No one was!" she clamped her hands together "They… they told me…that I-I…I have one year to live!"
The pang I felt in my chest was unbearable.
Tenten… dying?
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Saying that had gotten a huge load off of my shoulders lifted. Now that Temari and Neji knew the truth… I looked up at Temari who had a far off look in here glassy eyes. I turned back down to Neji who seemed to be taking it harder.
He was looking down, his long hair covering his face, his hands clenching onto the carpet as if for dear life itself and he was shaking. I heard a small movement and Temari walked out of the room, leaving me alone with Neji.
"N-Neji?" I stuttered. He looked up at me with sad eyes and I saddened, I didn't like seeing him like this and it was all because of me…
"Neji… I… I'm sorry… I'm sorry you had to find out like this… but I'm also sorry I didn't tell you before…" my heart felt as though it was tearing in two with so much pain… so much pain.
"Tenten…it's not your fault…" Neji lifted his head up and faced me.
I just seemed to get lost in those pearly white eyes. We were quiet until Neji broke the silence.
"Tenten… how much longer do you have?"
"Until… November… but I'm going back to Princeton in August…"
Another silence.
"Tenten?"
I turned to meet his eyes again, barely aware that I had looked away in the first place.
"Yes Neji?"
"I promised myself I wouldn't do anything if something big wasn't going to happen…"
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I barely knew what I was doing; all I knew was that it needed to be done.
"But… I didn't know that you were… well… you're one of the few people I trust. I haven't known you as long as I have the others but… you're different…"
"Neji…"
"This past month or so that I've known you… I don't think I've ever laughed as much in my entire life than I have in one sitting with you… you're just different… and I… well… even Shikamaru was able to see it… and we have so much in common…"
"Neji?" I turned back to face Tenten and she smiled. "I get it… just… shut up"
"Gladly"
We smiled at each other and I kissed her on her forehead.
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My eyes widened when his lips touched my forehead and I felt myself blush fiercely.
Barely a month of knowing the guy and look at us… we're acting like lovebirds…
When he backed up from me, we touched our foreheads together and Neji chuckled. I sent him a questioning look.
"You're burning up" he said. I flushed and touched my own forehead, feeling it burn under my hand.
"That's funny, I don't feel sick" I smiled then burst out into a coughing fit. Neji helped me up took me to my bed. I lay down under the covers and immediately regretted it due to the fact that as soon as my head hit my pillow, I felt nauseous. Neji sat next to me on my bed and stroked my hair. I smiled and leaned into his touch. I began to doze off and regained full consciousness when I felt Neji get off the bed.
"Wait", he turned to me and I blushed. "S-stay", Neji smiled and walked back towards my bed.
I took his hand in mine and put it against my cheek, liking the feeling of his cold skin against my burning flesh.
I fell asleep with his hand still in mine. Yet even in my peaceful slumber I felt him move away. I tossed and turned when I began to have nightmares.
"This is what I'm talking about! You keep playing these stupid little games, what is wrong with you? First you start breaking down and now you act as though nothing ever happened? You need to quit being a little girl and GROW UP. This isn't a game and it never was, how could you hide something like this from me, from all of us? Tenten, wake up and accept it, you're not alone. No matter how much you think you are" Temari yelled.
"I'm sorry Temari!"
I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, now look what's happening…
How would Temari react?
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BADUM! How was that for angsty?
Thanks to my reviewers:
The Blood Ruby
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Thanks to TENTEN-NYGUYGEN-HYUUGA for reviewing chapter one!