Note from the Author: I in no way support NejiTen (although I find LeeTen adorable). This is supposed to be more of a friendship/TenTen-loves-life thing more than anything. NejiHina all the way!
LoversPastForgotten: Thanks, hun!
CaveDwellers: I believe I sent you a review reply, but thank you again!
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TenTen smiled, laying her chin on her arms, her brown eyes roaming lazily over the sky. Her throat vibrated with her hum as she kicked her legs, her slender body nestled into a bed of wild grass.
Today was too perfect for training. The clouds were a friendly white, promising not to rain, and the weather was warm for the first time since winter began. A pleasant breeze skipped over the training grounds where she lazed happily.
It was her birthday, but that mattered very little to her. No one ever remembered birthdays when one was a ninja. It became painful to know such small things after friends were killed, which was a near-inevitability in the life of a shinobi. TenTen was one of the strongest kunoichi in the village, and she understood this logic well. Knowing each other, loving each other, caring at all; it could all be used to one's disadvantage.
Despite this knowledge, she was very attached to her teammates. Something possessed her to love them both more than was healthy in the profession she had chosen. She didn't care. The part of her that considered them her family made her recklessly in love with both of them.
She pushed herself up on her elbows, her fingers twisting in Neji's long dark hair, tugging gently. His white eyes were half-closed, his cheek pale against the deep green of the grass against which his face rested. His bandages knuckles pressed affectionately against his arm, as if making sure she wasn't going anywhere while he relaxed.
Her adoring gaze turned to the boy on her other side, and she brushed a ladybug from Lee's cheek, and he beamed up at her fondly, his hands folded on his stomach, the sun warming his happy face. His head rested beside her hands, his hair mingling with Neji's loose strands. She sighed contentedly, pressing her lips softly to Lee's forehead, then to Neji's exposed temple, feeling almost motherly.
She loved them both dearly, was filled with joy in their presence, and she lived in the hopes of giving them hope. She worked hard for only them, and these were the people she became strong to protect. These were her precious loves.
And on this perfect day in early March, aching with the pleasance of their company, TenTen thought this was her most beautiful birthday. These boys that made her life worth living were the best present she could have wanted.
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Additional A/N: Hella. Yeah, you know TenTen's birthday is only two days before mine. Go us!