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Goodbye Love

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Needless to say, Tenten's health was slowly deteriorating.

The first signs came up just about when Lee returned from Boston. Tenten came over to my apartment after the incident at her apartment when she revealed when she'd be leaving for Princeton… her birthday.

It's been two weeks and six days since then.

I looked down at Tenten's sleeping figure, her head lying on my lap. Her breath was ragged and her temperature was switching from hot to cold. My I looked at my reflection in the frost covered window and noticed how my once pearly white eyes were now a dull shade of gray. They were dead.

Tenten began shaking and I pulled a heavy blanket over her. I laid my eyes on her and quickly saddened. Her hair was mangled, her face was sickly pale and the smile was gone from her face. She looked nothing like she did when I first saw her dancing in the middle of the city. No longer was she the aspiring singer who had quickly captured my heart. She was a different person now.

One who was fighting for her life yet she would inevitably lose, and we all knew it.

I heard a knock on the door and turned to face the turning knob. Sasuke's head popped in.

"Temari's here to pick her up", Sasuke said simply, opening the door in order to let her in. Temari grabbed Tenten's coat off the hook and walked over to the two of us. She placed a hand on her shoulder and shook her slightly.

"Tenten, honey… wake up" Tenten's eyes fluttered open and she smiled weakly.

"Hi Temari, is it time to go?" her smile turned into a grin, she turned to me and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry for falling asleep on you Neji" she lifted her head and pecked me on the cheek. Temari helped her to her feet and they left the room. As soon as I heard Shikamaru's car exit the driveway I buried my face in my hands and yelled as loud as I could. My face was red and my eyes wide. Sasuke looked at me sadly and I shot up from the couch angrily. I made a dash for my bedroom and pulled out a suitcase. I began to stuff my belongings into it, not caring whether it was organized or not. Sasuke barged into the room after me.

"What the hell are you doing Hyuuga?" he yelled angrily.

"Leaving"

Sasuke growled and grabbed me by the collar, "are you insane? You're leaving now, right when Tenten needs you most? What is wrong with you?" I slapped his hand away and punched him in the stomach.

"Nothing's wrong with me! What's wrong with you? Leave me alone!" I yelled back. Sasuke clenched his hand into a fist and quickly relaxed his hand.

"She needs you! Have you even seen her! Tenten's gotten thin, she's running out of time and you're just leaving her!?"

I said nothing and shut my suitcase "I gotta go". I grabbed my coat and slipped it on. Sasuke followed me to the door and sighed.

"This is going to kill her Neji…" I said nothing. "I'll… I guess I'll see you" he said sadly.

I nodded and opened the door, eyes widening when I saw who it was leaning against the wall in the hallway.

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"You heard?" he asked. I looked down at my feet, feeling the tears stinging my eyes.

"Every word…" I whispered. Sasuke stood behind Neji in the doorway and Neji simply pushed past me. "You don't want to see me like this do you? You don't want to watch me die. I just wanted to say…"

"Don't say anything" he scowled. "It's not worth it"

"No!" I yelled, clenching my now burning throat. "It is worth it" Neji ran down the stairs and I followed after him, disregarding my poor health in order to find out what was wrong.

"Tenten go, you're not well"

"Of course I'm not well! Not when you're leaving!" I pulled a paper out of my pocket and tugged on his sleeve, carefully slipping it into his pocket. "Don't go Neji…"

"Go Tenten"

I stopped running after him and held my head. I was getting dizzy and my temperature was too high. We were now at the train station and Neji was getting ready to board a train to Philadelphia. Neji was waiting impatiently for the train to come.

"Tenten… just go"

"No Neji…" my voice became soft "I'm not leaving because I-" I was interrupted by the train arriving and halting to a stop in front of us. Neji lifted his suitcase from the ground, showed his ticket to the attendant and found a seat on the train. I tried to follow after him but was stopped by the female attendant.

"Ticket please"

"But I don't have one I need to-"

"Miss I'm afraid you have to step aside" I was about to refuse when a big guy pushed me out of the way and handed his ticket to the lady. I frowned and winced when trying to get up. My lungs were on fire.

"Neji!" I shouted, he turned to face the window, a blank look on his face. "Goodbye…"

The train doors slid shut and began to move north. I stared in the direction it headed in until I allowed one small tear to slip out. I shook and began to sob. I fell to my knees and screamed. By that time, my lungs gave out and I could barely breathe. No one was around to hear my loud coughing fit. I placed my hands over my nose and mouth to make it less painful to breathe. My hands felt moist and I pulled them away from my face only to see them covered in blood. I heard fast steps coming towards me and someone was screaming my name. I saw Sasuke, Temari, and Shikamaru standing in front of me. Temari pulled me into her lap and covered my face with a scarf as Sasuke began to lift me up, Shikamaru trying to calm Temari.

"Please don't touch me… go away…"

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"You're really stupid aren't you?" I turned in my seat and was met by charcoal ones. He smirked and held up his hands as a sign of peace when he saw my hold on the armrest tightened. "You just left her, ha, and they say I'm an asshole"

"Sai", I seethed. What the hell was he doing here? He got up from his seat and sat in the one directly across from mine.

"I come in peace", he joked. "But the question here is how could you just leave her like that?"

"You should be one to talk", I snorted. "After hurting her so much" Sai frowned.

"She's a tough girl, she can handle it" he glared. I tightened my grip on the armrest, trying to punch his lights out.

"You nearly drove her insane when you left her and all you can say is 'she can handle it'!?"

"Well she did, didn't she?" Sai stated. I sunk back into my chair and faced him, the scowl never leaving my face.

"Your point?" I asked menacingly.

"She needed a reason to hate me. I couldn't just leave her and continue to hurt her. Everything I told her was a lie. I didn't have any one else to 'toy' with. I tried moving on but couldn't with that guilt hanging over me. By her hating me I would at least have a reason to move on because I knew she'd never return my feelings. I sucked the life out of her, that I know and accept but I did love her. This is more than I can say for you though", he paused, letting all the newfound information sink in. "I'm really not that bad a guy if I went through all this trouble just to stop myself from hurting her. You on the other hand just left her without a reason, without any hope"

"What were you doing here in the first place?" I asked.

"Me? I was just visiting and old friend, Yamanaka Ino" he stopped. "You know it's too late now, there's no going back. This train doesn't stop until we get to Philadelphia which should take a few hours at the rate we're going. The next train back to New York will be tomorrow"

A frown found its way onto my face. Here I was listening to Sai, away from Tenten, going to Philadelphia. There was something seriously wrong.

And it was too late to say goodbye.

I slipped my hands into my pockets and heard a crinkle in one of them. I picked out a slip of paper with two fingers and pulled it out. Carefully inspecting it, I unfolded it and read the words written in neat penmanship… Tenten… I clenched my hands into fists at my sides and ground my teeth.

I'm such an idiot.

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"Take care of yourself, Tenten" Temari said to me, giving me a long hug. I smiled at her and gave quick hugs to both Hinata and Sakura whom I grew close to in a few weeks' time. To Shikamaru, I gave a few words of advice on how to deal with Temari and a hug. I turned to Sasuke who was holding my two bags. He, being the stuck up and well mannered person he was, stuck a hand out to me. I smiled and gingerly placed my hand in his then pulled his body toward mine to capture him in a hug.

"Take care of him for me when he comes back, will ya?"

With one last departing wave, I boarded the plane and took off. My eyes became downcast and I allowed a few tears to slide down my cheeks.

"Goodbye everyone… goodbye… Neji"

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