A/N: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 2

Tsunade finished checking over Tenten and motioned for Sakura to come over. Tsunade whispered something in Sakura's ear. Sakura nodded.

"Sorry, but you and Sasuke will have to wait outside for a few minutes. We're going to perform a quick surgery right now," Sakura told Neji.

Neji nodded and took Sasuke outside of Tenten's room with him. He couldn't stop thinking about Tenten.

Was she unaware of what she was doing? Was she just hugging me because she was delirious? Does she have feelings for…no, that's never going to happen. She was just unaware of her actions, that's all. For all I know, Sasuke could've gone up to her and she would've held onto him too.

Neji noticed several pictures hung up on her wall. There was one of her when she was a toddler. She was very cute, she looked the exact same, but smaller. There were pictures of her with her family, her in snow, her on the beach, but one picture caught Neji's eye in particular. She was in an elegant black dress with a guy he didn't recognize in a black tuxedo. They were posed holding hands in front of a moonlight background, probably a prom photo. Neji didn't know much about her love life, so this picture made him frown.

So she already has a boyfriend. I should have known. A girl with looks like her is bound to be taken.

Neji let out a small sigh that caught Sasuke's attention. Sasuke looked for what Neji might have been looking at. He found it quickly.

So Neji saw the picture of Tenten and her prom date. He must be pretty disappointed. I would be too if I saw a picture of Sakura holding hands with another guy I don't know.

"You're way better looking than that dude," Sasuke informed him.

Neji just shrugged. Sasuke smirked.

Neji never shows any emotion, and when he does, it's only slight emotion, Sasuke thought.

Tsunade opened the door of Tenten's room.

"Alright boys, it's ok for you guys to come in now," Tsunade said cheerfully.

Based on her voice, Tenten most likely survived, Neji and Sasuke both thought.

Neji and Sasuke walked into Tenten's room, but Neji didn't approach her this time. No matter how much he loved her, he was angry that she was taken. Neji didn't even bother to look at her. Sakura noticed this immediately.

"Is something wrong Neji-san?" Sakura asked, a bit concerned.

Neji shook his head, but everyone clearly saw that something was disturbing him. Sasuke was the only other person in the room that knew why Neji was upset.

Tenten was a bit worried herself. Although Neji didn't know this, Tenten had made the choice on her own to hug him. She was aware of her actions at the moment and had full control of them. She still didn't know why, but she felt better with Neji by her side.

Am I developing a crush on Neji? Maybe I have a chance with him…no…that's stupid. He has so many fangirls, why would he need me? I'm not very pretty anyways…Tenten thought to herself.

No one said anything. There was pure silence. Tenten was about to get off her futon, but Tsunade held her back.

"Tenten, you can't walk for a week. That was some really strong poison, and it killed a lot of crucial muscles in your legs. Same with your arms too," the Fifth explained.

Everyone's eyes widened.

"WHAT?!" Tenten said, shocked.

The Fifth looked sorrily at Tenten, "I'm sorry, but you'll have to stay in this futon all week, unless someone carries you…"

Sasuke saw this opportunity quickly and said, "Neji was just talking to me about how he would do anything to help Tenten! I'm sure Neji would love to carry Tenten around everywhere for a week."

The Fifth looked at Neji. "Is this true?"

Neji shrugged, so Tsunade took it as a yes.

Neji was happy that he'd be with Tenten for a whole week, but he was still upset.

"Why don't you just have your boyfriend carry you, Tenten?" Neji said coldly.

Tenten looked at him in a concerned way. She was confused.

"What are you talking about? I don't have a…"

"I saw that picture of you."

"What are you talking about?"

"That picture…with you…and him…at a prom…holding hands…"

Tenten thought for a moment and then giggled.

"That's my friend from China! I went to visit his family because our families are close, and he couldn't find a date for his prom, so he asked me to pretend I was his date."

Neji blushed. He couldn't believe he had overreacted like that.

Tsundae smiled and said, "Well now that that's all worked out…I have to get back to my sake..I mean work! Yes, tons of paperwork."

With that, everyone said goodbye to her and she left back to her office.

Sasuke walked over to Sakura and hugged her from behind, "I haven't talked to you in a while," he said. "You've been so busy."

Sakura giggled, "Sorry. You want to get some ramen?"

Sasuke paused.

"Is something wrong?" she asked him.

"Do I look like Naruto to you?"

Sakura giggled again, "Well…"

Sasuke kissed her neck.

"Come on let's go," Sasuke said and grabbed her hand, headed toward the door. Sasuke turned around and asked Neji if him and Tenten wanted to go yoo.

Neji shook his head, but Tenten nodded.

Tenten laughed, "Neji, PLEEEEEASE. I'm sooooo hungry!"

Neji sighed and lifted her onto his back. She was extremely light. She barely had any body fat. She was mostly skin, bone, and a bit of muscle.

"Have you been starving yourself Tenten?" Neji asked.

Tenten punched him playfully, "It's none of your business."

She smiled and he wrapped her arms securely around his shoulders, her hands reaching down to a little below his neck. Neji held onto her limp legs.

"How come you don't carry me, Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke looked at her funny, "You don't look very crippled to me."

Sakura's lower lip quivered. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Don't do that, Sakura!" Sasuke sighed and lifted her on his back.

"Yay!" Sakura smiled.

Sasuke sighed, "What are you, four?"

So Sasuke and Neji walked side by side to the ramen bar with Sakura and Tenten on their backs. They had asked Hinata if she wanted to come along, but she said that she told Naruto she'd be at his house soon to help him study for an "upcoming exam." Although the four of them knew that teachers didn't assign exams on the first day of school.

As they were walking down the street, they got several stares from others. But they paid no attention to them.

Once they entered the ramen bar, the guys set the girls down and sat next to them. They ordered what they wanted. All of them had ramen except for Tenten, who asked for a small plate of pickled radish.

Everyone looked surprised at her, "That's all you're going to eat? There are only like 3 slices of pickled radish in one order!" Sakura said.

"I'm well aware of that," Tenten said.

Neji shook his head, "Tenten, you're thin enough as it is, you should really eat more."

Tenten shook her head, "I'm not hungry, that's all!"

Neji shrugged. When their orders arrived everyone started to eat, except for Tenten. Tenten cleared her throat, "Ahem!"

Neji looked up from his bowl of ramen, "Hn?"

"You have to feed me Neji, my arms aren't working, remember?"

Neji sighed and fed her as she ate her 3 slices of pickled radish happily. Neji smiled on the inside. To him, everything Tenten did was cute. She was pretty innocent when she wasn't fighting, or when she wasn't arguing with a boy about who's stronger.

Although Tenten didn't have much muscle, she was a very skilled fighter. Neji knew this and didn't doubt her skills.

When they were all finished eating, Sasuke and Neji lifted the girls on their backs. Sasuke looked micheviously at Neji and Neji instantly knew what he was thinking. A race!

The girls saw these looks and had a bad feeling about it. Sasuke slowly counted to 3, and as soon as he got to 3, the boys took off as fast as they could, the girls screaming like crazy.

They both reached Tenten's house at the same time. "Rematch!" Sasuke called out. Tenten and Sakura both yelled, "NO!!" That race had scared them to death. Neji agreed that they should stop, but Sasuke told Neji that they would have their rematch later.

The girls sighed. Neji laid Tenten down on her futon, and they all said bye to her. Tenten's lower lip quivered, "You guys are all going to leave me alone?"

"Sorry Tenten-chan, I have to go. Tsunade is examining my skills tomrrow and I really have to practice!" Sakura apologized. She said goodbye, and then left.

Sasuke also left, probably just going to Sakura's house to spend more time with her. Neji was left alone with Tenten. Tenten looked at him, "Neji…you wouldn't leave me, would you?"

How could Neji deny that face? He couldn't. "Fine," he sighed.

"Come sit by me!" Tenten urged.

Neji sat down by her, but she told him she wanted someone to hug her. He thought she was joking at first, but she wasn't. He smiled a little and laid down next to her and held her close to him. She closed her eyes and fell asleep, her head snuggled into his chest.

A/N: I hope you liked it! Please comment or review! Thanks!