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Drabble Fifteen – Summer Spars and Honey Coated Love

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It was a warm – hot actually – sunny, summer day in Konoha. Like everyday, one would normally go and do something boring, like the perfect example of sparring with one soul else. Namely Neji Hyuuga.

The girl sloped her shoulders and heaved in for a long, exhausting sigh. Panting herself, she dropped to the floor aimlessly, letting the gravity pull on her like a toy. Plopping on the dirt pathway, she breathed in and out, in and out, until she felt the pressure of the sun crisp her creamy, pale skin. The dirt and muck of the mud wiped on her pelt was smudged everywhere – on her clothing, her skin, her hair, and places elsewhere in which are too embarrassing to name them all.

Her chest rose up and down – a rhythmic notion for a worn out person. Her long, slender arms lay across from her – ready for the Hyuuga boy to walk up to her, scold her relentlessly, walk away, leaving her to get up herself.

As predicted, the teenager slowly glided over towards her, smirked and hissed, "Pathetic,"

She could really care less, but the fact that he was dating – not her, oh, not at all – she didn't even bother to move.

He paced away, ready for the tapping of her feet to follow him through the honeysuckle rained grass. Waiting for the ritual she usually performed – amble on after him – he couldn't hear anything but the downfall of the falling birch tree petals and her heavy breathing.

"Well?" he mocked harshly. "Aren't you going to come and spar with me again?"

The girl frowned and breathed again. "Nope." She replied proudly and went back to the sensational feeling of having the sun beat down upon you like a roasted chicken.

He raised an eyebrow, frowned, and felt her soft, carefree aura, even from behind. "Tenten." He demanded. "You are to spar with me."

He heard her chuckle heartily. "Since when do you make my decisions for me?" Tenten issued stubbornly.

The Hyuuga boy turned back to her – frown and glare in progress – and narrowed his lavender orbs. "Nani?"

"You heard me." She hissed. "You don't make my decisions for me. I do."

He walked up to her, slowly, angrily. Sitting next to her laying body, he continued to glare at her. "Tenten, you are to spar with me." He repeated over.

She tilted her head in his direction and chuckled again. "Neji Hyuuga, please, you make me laugh," she teased coldly. "Besides, I've decided to take a new path in my life."

It was his turn to chuckle. "Like what?"

Tenten glared up at the clear, cerulean sky. "I'm tired of being your lackey. You're dating Sakura-san, right?"

Neji kept his glare on lock. "Hai."

She pressed on. "Well, I used to love these summer spars with you when I was thirteen. We always used to bond." Tenten bit her lower lip. "And ever since we were fifteen, you promised me that you would always be by my side, no matter what, remember?"

Neji nodded solemnly, remembering his vow.

"Then, last year, when we were sixteen, you told me that you were dating Sakura. So…I thought that because you would be dating Sakura, you would forget me, and you have. For six months now, Neji Hyuuga." Tenten hissed.

He glared at her again, narrowing his eyes once more. "What are you saying?"

She hurled herself up on her elbows, and rose to her feet. "What I'm trying to say is that I went on missions, without you, when you were assigned to them with me, I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Lee, who couldn't stop talking about youth, there was no one to spar with, and I had lost all hope that you know that I exist."

Neji frowned, thinking, Have I really done all those things to her?

She started to shuffle away from the training field. "Sayonara Neji Hyuuga. I am pleased to tell you I'm moving tomorrow. I hope you're going to have a happy life."

His eyes widened slightly. Rushing to get up, Neji practically stumbled on his own feet. He ran towards her limping body.

"Tenten," he called.

She limped to face him. "Hai?" He was at least a couple of inches away from her. She didn't react at all – just a blank stare.

"Where are you moving?" Neji asked, almost panting.

Tenten stared at him for a while. "Otogakure. To the Sound, Neji, my parents already signed a contract with Orochimaru that I will become his weapon."

He widened his eyes again. "Doshite?" he questioned, wrapping his arms around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder.

Tears formed in her russet eyes. "Because Neji…you left me to rot in Lee's youth tears…and…you forgot about me…"

Neji frowned. "That's why you're joining Orochimaru?"

Tenten grinned sadly. "Hai Neji, also because my family needs the money. He's paying a great deal for us to survive."

"Tenten, you idiot," Neji scolded. "Is that really why you're doing this?"

Tenten quivered. "Hai Neji Hyuuga! Don't you understand that I love you?! That's why you left me to rot didn't you?! Because someone loved you, you want them to feel your past right?! Right?!"

Neji shushed her screams of cry and pain. "Tenten…Why do you love me?"

Her tears increased and she laced her arms around his neck. "I don't know Neji. Really I don't… It's just… I… I just do… You were my best friend…and…I… I don't know…"

"Would you love me if I married Sakura?" Neji asked – her tears increased again.

"You are marrying her, aren't you?" she whispered.

Neji nodded. "Hiashi-sama proposed it, since I was already dating her…"

Tenten's hurtful tears stopped. "Gomen nasai Neji… But I would still love you…"

He looked at her – into her pained eyes, into her pained heart. "You need to stop loving me Tenten. It would hurt you more."

She smiled sadly. "But…if I stop loving you…it would hurt me more." Tenten protested. "Please Neji…At least… kill me when we're in battle. To end this all."

Neji shook his head. "Iie, I will not."

She glared at him angrily. "Why not?"

He smirked. "It would hurt too much."

She frowned back in return. "Just what are you talking about?" she demanded.

Neji let loose her body. "You are not moving, not being Orochimaru's weapon. You are staying here, with me, to marry me and try to get Sakura to pry on Sasuke."

Tenten's heart skipped a beat. "Na-nani?"

Neji turned around. "It's a thing called love," he chuckled and walked away.

She went ambling after him. "Neji? NEJI?! I'M MARRYING YOU?! WHAT?! WAIT!" she shouted, pacing up after him.

He smirked. "Get to your stance."

She smiled, and ran faster. "WAIT UP!"

Summer spars and honey coated love. It just has to be NejiTen.

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Fin.

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Erk, a bit rushed, but I can take the heat! I was just on a small vacation, doing this and that.

I have a devaintART account that I started just yesterday, and I'm gonna post up some pics from Chemicals React, Dead Sea, Tower of Ruin, Simple Pains, Hell's Fire, some doujnshi, some random drawings, and what not.

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Sorry if I haven't updated in a LONG time. Just felt a bit tired. xP

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