A/N: Sorry for the delayed update (:
Happy Easter tomorrow!

So I've decided that this fic is coming to an end.
I know, shocking.
I'm thinking maybe sixteen chapters? Maybe even fifteen because I'm running out of ideas.
Just throwing that out there.

Anyways this fic is officially unKankTen-ified. yay :D
Sorry it this chapter's a bit short.
Thanks to my wonderful reviewers!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything you recognise.

Kankorou stared bemusedly at Tenten while she stared defiantly at him. This went on for several minutes.

He really wasn't really sure what was going on, Tenten had called him earlier saying something about urgently needing to talk, but he couldn't quite guess what about. After all, Haterou was his son too and he was also distressed, but most likely not as much as she was.

The brunette girl took a deep breath. "Kankorou…" She began.

But Tenten never actually got to say what she was about so say because right after she said that she was unceremoniously pushed back as Neji took her place facing Kankorou. Since she was too shocked to get a hold of her vocal cords, she settled on merely glaring at the back of his longhaired head.

"Sorry Tenten, but this isn't something a lady should to." Came his emotionless voice without turning around to look at her.

A small amount of rage boiled up in her head. "Don't tell me what a lady should and shouldn't do, you sexist pig. It's a lady's job to break up with her fiancé, not a man's."

"Wait," Kankorou started, finally getting the gist of the conversation. "You called me over to break up with me? And he's not letting you do it? I think something fishy is going on."

Both Neji and Tenten looked at him mildly with a look at said 'no-shit-Sherlock'.

Getting to her feet and hastily pushing Neji out of the way, Tenten said. "Listen, I don't think the marriage is a good idea now. Even if it was, I won't do it. I'm not going through with the wedding when my son just died."

Kankorou's anger seemed to get the best of him as he yelled, "Yes you are! I'm getting paid for this!"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he realised he'd made a mistake. Quickly swearing he said, "Wait no, it's not like that."

But the other two weren't listening. They were staring at Kankorou wide-eyes and gaping. In unison they said "You're what?"

"You're getting paid for this? Like what, like a bet? Am I a fucking bet?" Tenten's anger was so strong now that the only thing holding her back from pouncing on him was Neji who was grasping her shoulders tightly. "Let me go. I'm going to kill this bastard. Let me go, Neji!"

"Calm down Tenten. He's not worth it, be quiet and hear him out. Then you can beat him to a pulp, okay?" He was having a hard enough time not hitting Kankorou himself without holding Tenten back. Turning to the other man, Neji said in a cold voice, "You better have a good reason. Even if you do, you're not leaving here unhurt."

It was Kankorou's turn to lost his anger. "Is that a threat, Hyuuga? Are you threatening me?"

"He bloody well is." Tenten said, having finally stopped struggling. But she was still shaking with anger. "So answer the question. Am I a bet?"

Kankorou rubbed the back of his head nervously. "It's not my fault, I needed the money. I owe them money and they offered me seven hundred bucks if I could get married by the end of January. It was a good deal, and you were the only person who came to mind."

"So you were playing me for seven hundred bucks? You're disgusting, you know that? Who's this 'they' you're talking about?" Tenten was charging again, and Neji was holding her back again, but this time his eyes too were full of rage.

"Some guys at the Casino. I lost the money gambling." He stepped back a bit nervously. "Listen, I'm only telling you guys this because you look like you're about to kill me. But I'm not all to blame either, I know you've been cheating on me Tenten."

Tenten stopped struggling for a moment to ogle at him as if he were an incredibly ugly specimen from another planet. "Cheating on you? I wasn't cheating on you! Unlike some people, I have some dignity! And even if I were it wouldn't count as cheating, would it? Since we technically weren't together, were we?" She snarled. "Besides, who would I be cheating with anyways?"

Kankorou pointed an accusing finger at Neji. "That guy, obviously. You were always with them, you cancelled on me for him half the time."

"Who wouldn't?" Tenten said, now looking rather crazed. "Neji's a better person then you can ever dream of being!"

Before he could reply, Neji interrupted. "So you never planned on marrying Tenten? What did you intend to do after the wedding then?" Kankorou merely laughed.

"Wedding? I wasn't going to show up for the wedding, of course! I mean, why would I marry a girl?" He stopped laughing. "Oh shit…I did not just say that."

Time seemed to freeze then. Both Neji and Tenten froze and looked at him incredulously. Neji was the first to regain his voice. "So you're meaning to say…"

"You're gay?!" Tenten finished, still gaping at him. "So all this time I've not only been going out not only with someone who was using me, but someone who was gay? Since when do gay guys see straight girls? What's the world coming to?" Tenten shook her head wearily. "I need to sit down."

"Hey, what do you have against gays?" Kankorou said, indignantly, his chest heaving.

The bun-haired girl glared at him from the couch. "I have absolutely nothing against gays. But I do have something against you. Death wouldn't even be a good enough punishment for people like you.

"Do you have any idea what it's like for a parent to outlive the child? Don't say anything because you didn't even know you had a son until two months ago. It's horrible, like there's a big hole right through your heart. When you came along, I thought everything would be perfect again. Haterou-chan would have his father back, and we could start over from the very beginning."

She then but her head in her hands and stayed quiet Soon, after a couple minutes of silence, it became clear to the two men that Tenten was crying. Kankorou was taken aback and simply looked at her as if she were a completely different species. "Why on earth are you crying?"

It was Neji that answered. "Why wouldn't she be?" He said coldly. "Her son just died, she just found out that the man she thought she loved turned out to be a dirty bastard – even though I knew it from the beginning – and because of that she no longer has any family or family-to-be. There would be something wrong if she wasn't crying."

Neji walked over to the couch and put an arm around Tenten who leaned on his shoulder and sobbed. "You better go now Kankorou, because I assure you that if I ever see you again…well let's just say you will no longer be attached to your limbs."

Without any further ado, the front door opened and shut and Kankorou disappeared. Neji held Tenten tightly until she finally calmed down.

"Neji, do you still not believe in fate?" She said quietly, still leaning on his shoulder.

The question was so thrown out there that it caught him off guard. "Yes, I still believe that there is no such thing as fate. There is a path picked out for people, and people cannot stray from that path."

Tenten laughed weakly. "Yeah, you're still the same as you were in school." She buried her face in his shirt. "But I think fate does exist, Neji. I think that it might not give people choices, but it makes choices for people that they didn't even know they had. Does that make sense?" Neji nodded slightly, still wondering where this was leading. "I also think it was fate that we ran into each other in November. I don't think it was a coincident, I think it was done on purpose."

"On purpose? Really? Because I think running into you was quite accidental, you gave me a bruise where your shopping bag hit me, you know." Neji smiled remembering as Tenten laughed again.

"Well, let's call it purposely accidental, shall we?"

"Let's."

And that was the end of that conversation as well. It was silent again, as the two deliberated on their own thoughts.

"Tenten?"

"Mm?" She said, sounding as if she was close to falling asleep on him.

Neji hesitated for a moment. "I love you."

"I know. I love you too." She said, still sounding sleepy. Neji sighed in relief; she didn't hesitate like she did when she said she loved Kankorou.

Still, there was another thing on his mind. "Tenten?" He repeated.

"Mm?" She mumbled again, this time sounding slightly less patient.

"Marry me."

Time stopped for a moment. Tenten sat up, completely awake now, and looked at Neji as if in awe.

"You have got to be kidding me." She closed her eyes and groaned exasperatedly. "Didn't we just have that whole scene with Kankorou because I said I didn't want to get married? Is there something wrong with your hearing?"

To her surprise, Neji smirked. "That hurts you know, I proposed and you asked if I was joking or not." He then laughed at her incredulous expression. "Don't worry, I was just throwing it out there. I wanted to see how you would react."

"Hyuuga Neji! A proposition is not the kind of question you just throw around. I actually – mmfg."

But what Tenten actually did was left undiscovered as just then Neji had swooped down and locked his lips with hers. To his great happiness, she responded eagerly. The kiss gradually grew into more.

Slowly, Tenten leaned back and Neji leaned forwards. His hand, which was placed lightly on her hip, slowly made its way up her shirt, gently caressing the skin on her stomach. He had expected her to protest, but to his pleasant surprise she responded by kissing deeper. She wrapped one arm tightly around his neck while she used the other ones to undo the buttons to her blouse and try to lift up his shirt at the same time.

Neji's hair had come undone from the string holding it in a loose ponytail and now hung on either side of Tenten as a veil – making her jealous of it's softness – as his mouth left hers to trail kisses along her jawbone and down her neck.

Soon enough, their clothes were no more than a heap on the ground.

A/N: Oooh suggested sex ;)
Sorry to dissapoint, but I'm not the lemony kind of authoress.
Despite them finally being together and Kankorou turning out gay, I didn't really like this chapter.
Feedback's appreciated :D
Thanks for reading!
fanny-kun