Chapter 3
A/N: zee dramatic conclusion to zee story…sorry it's so short.
So Tenten liked him? No loved him? It was hard for him to sort out his feelings for the Weapons Mistress. She was loyal and easy to be around . . . but he didn't think he had those kinds of feelings for her. Agh! This was so confusing . . . Lately, the way she smiled in cute crooked way sent his stomach doing back flips . . . Why had he gotten so upset when he saw her out with Sasuke? Was it because he did have feelings for Tenten? How could he have been so dense!
He sat down, leaning against a tree, just trying to sort out everything that had happened in the past few days. After a while he came to a conclusion and stood, wiping the dirt from his shorts.
There was a knock on Tenten's door, she threw down Konoha Teen on the couch and got up to answer the door, not bothering to check who it was.
"Look, if you're selling something, I'm not interested." she said not even bothering to look up, she held the door in one hand a pint of ice cream in the other.
"Tenten, I was jealous."
"What?" asked Tenten relatively surprised, Neji was standing in her door way, what was he doing?!
"I know it was all part of your plan for me to finally admit this."
"Neji I can ex-"
"If you liked me you could have just said so." He interrupted. "You didn't have to toy with my emotions. You didn't have to lie to me!"
"Neji I-"
"Don't you see that I care about you?"
"No! You go around acting like I'm invisible most of the time!"
"What are you talking about?"
"We have been teammates for five years. I've liked you for seven Neji! Seven years of my life!"
"What's your point?" Seven years, maybe the Uchiha was right. . .
"You didn't notice in seven years that I liked you. I had to do something like this! So don't go and make me feel all bad and stuff!"
"I shouldn't have come." he jumped down the steps, walking down the street head down hands jammed into pants pockets.
No, no, no! Tenten slammed the front door closed and thrust the remaining ice cream into the fridge. She tugged at her buns in frustration causing them to come loose. "What to do, what to do!" she screeched, tugging further at her hair. She pulled on her sandals and ran out the door.
It didn't take long for her to catch up with him. "Neji. Neji! Wait!" He turned slowly, a frown on his face.
"Neji, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." she was beginning to cry, "I shouldn't have tricked you. I shouldn't have lied! But I had to! I needed to know if anything between us was possible and well, I got my answer." She turned to walk away, tears coming hard and fast, obstructing her vision.
A strong firm hand grabbed her wrist. "You goof. I got you back." Neji smiled at her.
"What are you talking about? Don't you hate me?"
"Of course not."
"But I thought. . ."
"I had to get you back for your whole plan thing."
"You hypocrite! Who is toying with emotions now?"
"Yeah . . . sorry." he said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.
"So you don't hate me?"
"No."
"So what does this mean?" she tapped a finger to her chin thoughtfully.
"Well, I had an idea."
"Yes! I will!"
"I didn't even ask you anything yet."
"Oh well, the answer's yes."
"You dork."
"So what ever happened to Sakura eh?"
"Oh, well Uchiha got mad about that. . ."
"Who would have guessed?" she asked sarcastically.
"Hn."
"Ha, my plan actually worked out!"
"Yes, yes it did."
"Aren't you happy about it?"
"No. I can't believe I'm stuck courting you." he said solemnly.
"Neji Hyuuga!"
"A joke!"
"Pfft, since when do you joke?"
"Since I met this one girl. . ."
"Oh really, why don't you tell me about it?" He took her hand and they walked down the street talking complacently. All was well.
FIN