A/N: Ah, not as many reviews as I'd hoped for the last chapter..
Oh well (:
This chapter is kind of bad in my opinion, I was trying out a different style of writing.
And that didn't really work out, I don't even think you can tell the difference..
Also I changed the summary because the plot changed in my head, just in case people were wondering..
Well Thanks to my reviewers :D
Enjoy chapter six!!

Disclaimer: I would not be writing a Naruto fanfiction if I owned.

Tenten handed the young girl the money and took her cappuccino to the corner of the coffee shop. When she got to the table she took the laptop from her bag and settled in. She went on her work website and attempted to begin her report on the artefacts she had been researching.

It was too bad for her that her mind was far from work.

After she couldn't find any inspiration, she started to play solitaire for no specific reason. She was so out of it that she barely acknowledged the person that had taken the seat across from her.

She nodded at him. "Hi Sasuke."

"Hn." Was all she got for the reply. He took a sip of his own coffee and said no more. Tenten took the time to finish her came before she closed her computer and put her elbows on top if it and semi-glared at him.

He didn't react at all to her stare. Instead he merely occupied himself by looking out the window until she got agitated. "What do you want?" her voice gave away her annoyance.

"Sorry. About earlier." Earlier meant about an hour ago. But Tenten was shocked enough to hear Sasuke apologizing. The Uchiha Sasuke, child prodigy and brother to the hunky Uchiha Itachi was apologizing to her.

Tenten almost scoffed. He was wasting an apology that he obviously rarely gave out to someone who really couldn't care less. She took a sip of her coffee. "You're forgiven. Now go away, I have work to do." She opened her laptop again and started a new game of solitaire.

"What work? You're playing cards." Tenten scowled. Life really didn't like her right now. She turned to glare at Hyuuga Neji who had apparently appeared out of thin air at a very inconvenient time. He too took a sip from his cup and she found herself wondering whether everyone she knew came for a coffee at nine pm.

"I'm working hard at winning this game, thank you very much." She tore her gaze away from his annoyed expression and resumed her game; trying very hard to pretend the two handsome young men near her were merely rocks.

Then she nearly gaped at her thoughts. Did she just think of Sasuke and Neji as handsome?

No. No she did not. She only thought of them as handsome rocks. After all, rocks are allowed to be handsome, right? Yes, that's right.

And like all normal love squares must go another significant other just happened to pop up at that perfect time. That's right, folks; it was Haruno Sakura's turn for the spotlight.

Tenten scowled again and gave up her game and put her laptop away. She was beginning to wish that she had never re-met Neji. She had liked her life before him, but now he had to walk in and make her life seem like a cheesy romance story.

Man, could this day get any worse?

The answer, like it always is, is yes.

The reason?

Because Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, Hyuuga Neji and Tenten were all in the same room within arms length.

Not the best combination after what happened earlier. Maybe playing a game of spin the bottle wasn't as great as an idea as it was at the time. Who knew what ideas young people just a couple years older than teenagers could get into their heads?

And the idea?

Tenten's idea was that Neji liked Sakura who liked Sasuke who apparently liked her who liked Neji.

No, she didn't just think that. She does not like Neji. No, no, no, no. No like. No.

"Ugh." Tenten's head began to hurt. Why did they suddenly turn from twenty-two to fifteen? The way they were looking at each other pretty much said 'I hate you because the person who I like likes you.'

How high school was that?

Very.

"Listen." She said, taking a deep breath. "Let's handle this like the adults we are, okay? Because we're all acting like a bunch of hormone indulged children." Then she completely lost her train of thought and suddenly looked at Neji in bewilderment. "How did you get everyone out of the house so quickly? You're not stupid enough to let Ino take over the place while you came out here are you?"

He looked at her wearily. "I trust Hinata." That was all he had to say.

"Hm, maybe we should talk about this separately, eh?" Tenten stood up and picked up her bag. "Sakura, Sasuke you two stay here. Kiss and make-up or something like that, get it through your head that I'm not interested in that bastard with a dead chicken on his head." She turned to Sasuke and smiled somewhat sweetly. "Don't take that personally, Sasuke."

Then she turned and walked away and grabbed Neji's arm in the process. "You are coming with me. We're going for a walk, kay?"

She felt him shrug and follow along with her pull. As soon as they were outside and had walked a little ways down the silent street she turned on him.

"Now, I would very much like you to tell me what your problem is? You start acting all pissy over a game."

Neji shrugged and walked past her. "You're sounding pretty 'pissy' yourself. But that was a low blow you made, saying that Sasuke's hair looked like that."

Tenten could practically feel her annoyance bubbling under her skin. "Well then you really don't want me to tell you what I think of your hair. Seriously, these past few days have been so…ugh." With a last cry of frustration she lost all self-control she had remaining and grabbed onto his collar.

The next thing she knew she had pressed her lips to his, hard.

And to her sufficient surprise he kissed her back. She wrapped her free hand around his neck and pulled him closer. After a few seconds they pulled apart and Tenten got off her tiptoes.

She licked her lips and smiled sheepishly up at him. Their kiss wasn't nearly as long or as intimate as the one she had shared with Sasuke but she liked it so much more.

But Tenten loved spearmint, more then peppermint any day.

Neji tasted like spearmint.

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"You have no good movies." Neji looked through Tenten's DVD rack while she popped some popcorn. After careful consideration they decided that it would be better for his heart condition if Neji did not go back to his house while Ino, Kiba, Naruto, Shikamaru and Hinata were still there.

So as the plan was to have him stay over night, Neji had taken it onto herself to criticize her movie choices. It's not her fault that her son liked Disney, but she did too.

Other than Disney movies, there were sappy romances and outdated martial arts movies with pointy weapons.

Tenten liked pointy weapons, that's part of the reason she's studying archaeology. There were really old pointy weapons.

She walked back, with a bowl of warm buttery popcorn that filled the room with a sweet scent. She made herself comfortable and looked over at Neji. "Don't make fun of my movies. Let's watch a romance. I'm not in the mood for action tonight."

He sighed and obliged, plucking a random pink-covered disc from the cabinet and placed it in the DVD player. After pressing play he went and sat next to her and took a handful of popcorn.

And that's how the rest of the night went.

They'd play a movie, which Tenten would start crying at the end because it was so sad and Neji was faced with an awkward situation. Then they'd go pop more popcorn and play yet another movie, which moved the girl to tears as well.

Before too long both were asleep. Neji rested against the arm of the couch and Tenten's head propped on his shoulder.

And they were both abruptly awakened in the morning by a loud 'clang', which turned out to be the garbage truck. A look to the clock told them that it was 11 o'clock.

"I'm going to the hospital now to pick up Haterou. Do you want to come, or are you still too scared to see what your house looks like?" Tenten walked to the kitchen to throw the popcorn bowl in the sink.

After much thought, which took the time span of about half a second, Neji said, "I'll come. But I'm driving, you're a terrible driver."

"Am not. I just like to relax while I'm in the car."

"Relax as in driving over the yellow lines?"

Tenten had no reply to that. So the two got into to car, Neji in the drivers seat, and drove to the hospital where they met, as in almost collided, with the doctor from the day before.

The brunette girl smiled. "Good morning, Tsunade-sama. How's Haterou?"

"He's good. Fairing really well compared to other cancer patients. You have a strong son, Tenten." Then the blonde woman led the two to the room with the door labelled 'Medashi Haterou.'

Tenten herself didn't have a surname. She had never known her parents, so she grew up taking the last name of the two people who had adopted her and been her parents. But when she turned eighteen she dropped the name 'Medashi' because it didn't feel right to her. It also didn't feel right that her son had to live with no surname so she gave him the one she had grown up with.

When the door opened Haterou had apparently forgotten the fact that he was angry with his mother and launched himself at her, wrapping his small arms around her legs. "Okaa-san! Can I go home now?"

"Of course." She bent down and kissed his forehead. Then she gestured to Neji who was having a conversation with Tsunade about Lee. "That's Neji, he'll be staying with us for the rest of the day because his house is…kind of unliveable right now. Be nice to him, okay?" She tapped his nose.

"But I don't want to share you, okaa-san!" He pouted making Tenten laugh.

She stood up and held his hand. "Don't worry, I'll be yours always." Then she turned to Neji. "Are you ready to go?"

He nodded and said a quick thanks to Tsunade who regarded the two knowingly.

Neji drove them home, and the three of them spent the rest of the day together, rather like a normal family would. Though Tenten thought that if she'd said that to Neji he'd get somewhat angry.

Around seven pm she made the other two some hot chocolate. Haterou wanted his with marshmallows and so did Neji, making her laugh.

As she served and took a sip of her own as well the doorbell rang, making Tenten remember she was supposed to meet someone at this time.

"Damn." She muttered quietly as she stood up to walk to the door. Haterou followed his mother and so did Neji for the sake of it.

The door opened to reveal a tall man about maybe a year older then Tenten and Neji. He had messed up brown hair and a goofy grin on his face. He handed a rose to Tenten and kissed her on the cheek. "Hey girl, it's been a while."

Tenten took the rose he offered with no expression and looked down at Haterou when he tugged on her sweater. "Okaa-san, who's that?" She sighed and made and cautious glance at Neji who was regarding the man somewhat coldly.

"That, Haterou, is your father."

A/N: Oooh he comes in at last.
Anyone wanna guess who it is? It is a character in the manga by the way.
I love to hear peoples ideas :D
Thanks for reading! Reviews are highly appreciated (:
fanny-kun