Title : I Need It

Series : Naruto

Character/Pairing : Hyuuga Neji x TenTen

Set : 1

Theme : #5 - Chocolate

Rating : PG-13

Word Count : 2, 136 words

Disclaimer : I don't own any of the characters that will be used in this story. Do I even seem or look like Masashi Kishimoto? No offense if you're blind, though.

Hints of shounen-ai and male pregnancy. Take no offense and please just bear with it. There's jealous Neji-san. to make it up for it.
Hyuuga TenTen. Twenty-six years of age. The so-called Weapons Mistress. A jounin instructor to the genin Team 8 which consisted of a Nara, an Inuzuka, and Lee's child. Current status, married to the Hyuuga Clan genius Neji and six months pregnant with a seemingly energetic boy. Approach with caution... currently deprived of her craving which was chocolates.

She was cranky and had just finished her daily morning sickness. She also found out that her stash of chocolate was already gone and Neji was away on his mission and he was the only one who knew where to buy that particular kind of chocolate. Soon afterwards, she shrieked. It was as shrill and loud as a banshee's and it was probably heard by anyone within a fifty-meter radius. Then again, she did live in a ninja village.

To sum it all up, for you, our sanities, and I, she wasn't someone you'd want0 to mess with lest you were a suicidal masochist.

At six months, she was supposed to be bed-ridden. If not that, she was to stay off her feet and in her house, most especially in her bedroom. They couldn't risk having a miscarriage, now could they? It would be such a shame to lose a boy who was the son of the Hyuuga genius and the girl with the most accurate throws. A brilliant man in the making. Almost every shinobi was anticipating the arrival of their child. Hyuuga Rasen. Neji had thought of the name. It was based on Naruto's, not to mention Yondaime's and Jiraiya's, Rasengan technique. TenTen didn't mind. It was all thanks to Naruto that the two of them managed to get together. But their actual hook-up was another story for another time. Right now, the only important thing was to get her hands on some chocolate. Now.

Speaking of Naruto, or something like that, the orange-and-black-wearing blond swiftly got inside their kitchen through the nearby window. He looked... weary. It also seemed as if he put his clothes in a hurry, seeing as he hadn't bothered to zip-up his jacket, showing the mesh-shirt-of-sorts that he wore as an undershirt.

"Wazzup, Ten-chan?" he asked sleepily.

Amazingly, or not so amazingly seeing as she was pregnant and had mood swings and that the person in front of her was Naruto which could only mean that, well... back to the focus of the sentence then! Amazingly, TenTen immediately calmed down and sat on one of the chairs. She also made Naruto sit on the chair opposite of her.

Perhaps Naruto coming in was a good thing. Maybe he knew where the chocolates were bought. TenTen really hoped so. She couldn't live without those precious chocolates of hers. Deep inside, she wished that her baby wouldn't have chocolates as his favorite food. Then again, at least chocolates provided calories and some energy. Though Neji had never been fond of hyperactive kids... But TenTen wasn't a kid, which sort of excluded her from that rule. She was a woman.

"Did I... wake him up? Gomen nasai, Naruto-kun," she said as sheepishly as she could with an equally apologetic smile on her face.

Naruto shook his head with a smile on his face. It was... alright. A bit. Okay, so it wasn't alright, but there was no use to break that up to someone pregnant. Sasuke already acted even more pregnant than TenTen, even at three months. Well, it was obvious enough that Naruto wouldn't be going back to the Uchiha Compound, much less his own home there, for a long time. Just enough for an Ichiraku Food Check or IFC for short.

"So what's wrong, Ten-chan?" he asked.

TenTen then began to think. How would she phrase it? Bribing Naruto with ramen was probably the easiest way, but she wasn't that desperate to use that. She knew his large ramen appetite and that would make her wallet half empty. Which would be saying a lot since she was Neji's wife and he made sure that she was as comfortable as possible if he wasn't there. So sweet. Yet another one of the countless reasons why she loved him.

Perhaps she'd use that ramen idea as her last resort. So maybe she was that desperate after all. You couldn't blame her. She was pregnant. P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T. The whole ordeal made her act more different than her usual semi-calm self.

"Neji's gone and all and... well... I was hoping if you could go run an errand for me, Naruto-kun," she said.

"Aa. I'm cool with it. What is it?" Naruto asked.

"See, there's this particular kind of chocolate that I really like," of course, that was when Naruto found out that that was her craving, "and only Neji knows where to buy it. I thought that maybe you knew."

"What chocolate?"

"It's this really special kind. He made some company do it just for me," Naruto wished for something like that... he wanted to do something good for Sasuke. Damn the teme for being such a good cook. "It's a chocolate with a mix of mint, strawberry, and vanilla."

Naruto would've shuddered if he wasn't already used to preggy people and their odd cravings. Or, well, for some that is.

"What's the company name?" he asked.

TenTen bit her lip. Now that was where the problem lay. She didn't know. Naruto sensed this and just smiled, assuring her that he would go find where Neji got the chocolate and would be back soon enough. She thanked him and he left. The journey to find the Mint-Strawberry-Vanilla-Chocolate began!

Looks like I really won't be home for a while, he thought. Hopefully Sasuke wouldn't be far too mad if ever he returned late at night. Or maybe TenTen could go explain the whole situation. Yeah, that would work. Surely Sasuke would understand this craving-induce errand. Surely. Then again, Sasuke wasn't known for being compassionate. Naruto was actually worried for his own sake after that, but he bravely trudged onwards to wherever his feet would take him... hopefully it would be this mysterious company. This was for TenTen, someone pregnant and technically helpless at six months. She was Neji's wife and, more importantly, she was a friend. He would just have to make sure that he got something for Sasuke.

Neji returned home sometime between five to six in the evening. He was hoping that someone had kept TenTen company. He was so worried, despite the normal stoic look on his face. He had been tempted to drop this mission, but she had urged him to do it.

When he went to their living room, he was met with a sight of a heavily bruised and oddly twitching blond, his TenTen happily munching on her chocolate, and Uchiha sipping tea. He certainly didn't expect this to be what he came home to.

"Neji!" TenTen cheerfully greeted.

As long as TenTen was happy, he wouldn't mind. Not at all. He sat beside her and briefly kissed her on her cheek. Real kissing wasn't something he liked to show to others. It made them feel less meaningful. The ones that really mattered were the ones that were done when they were alone. People didn't need to see their love to believe it. All that mattered were themselves and what they felt.

He nodded at Sasuke as a form of greeting. He, of course, nodded back. Simple formalities.

"How did the mission go?" TenTen asked. "And Sasuke-san and Naruto-kun will be staying for dinner."

"Perfectly fine," Neji said. "I'll cook dinner."

"No need. Sasuke-san already brought with him some dinner."

"I'll heat it up then."

"I just came approximately ten minutes before you entered. It's still hot," Sasuke said. "And it might as well always would be."

The wonders of Katon jutsu. Neji nodded in understanding.

"I'll go get it then," he said, seeing as the food still wasn't on the table.

"Make the dobe get it," Sasuke said.

Naruto might as well be castrated with that look on his face, Neji thought. TenTen might've thought the same thing if it wasn't for the fact that she was so chocolate-happy. Pregnant people were weird. Not to mention pregnancy only made Sasuke a hell of a lot stronger what with some of Kyuubi's chakra in him.

By that time, Naruto's bruises had already healed. Kyuubi had a big role in their relationship, it seems. He was up in a second and went to the Hyuuga kitchen to get their food. Kyuubi would've been disappointed and embarrassed at his jinchuuriki for being ordered around like some sort of lowly servant if it wasn't for the fact that he was enjoying everything and the person who was ordering Naruto around was the one carrying their babies.

Neji sometimes pitied Naruto for having such a manipulative and domineering-outside-of-bed-matters partner. Sasuke was some sort of ANBU trainer or something.

After dinner, Naruto and Sasuke left, leaving Neji and TenTen alone. Everything was much more cleaner. Not only was Sasuke an aspiring sadistic ANBU trainer, as if not all ANBU trainers are sadistic enough to begin with, but also a neat freak. Neji would've called him anal-retentive if it wasn't for the fact that Sasuke was not retained in that particular phase of life. Or at least that was what he thought.

TenTen was still happily munching on her chocolate. That had been her... third bar for the whole evening. Naruto managed to find the company and bought what seemed to be two months' supply of that kind of chocolate.

There were times when Neji envied the innocent chocolate bar. It might seem insanely out of character for a guy like him, but this had something to do with love. Most of the time, people acted odd when they were in love. He and TenTen were both no exception to that. More than often, it had all of TenTen's undivided attention. Nowadays, it seemed as if she loved the chocolate more than she loved him. But he still kept buying the same damn thing because she liked it and he would do anything in his power to make her happy. Anything. Even if he was to be hurt, even if he was to give her up... So what, he was sentimental and stuff in the inside? He wasn't cold all the time. Can't you give a guy some credit?

He glared at the chocolate bar. Currently, that was the reason for all of his suffering. Stupid chocolate.

"Neji, don't glare at the chocolate again. It hasn't done anything wrong," TenTen said as she beckoned him closer.

Oh, so it was one of these days when TenTen was particularly sensitive to the things around her. Well, at least she was now paying attention to him. The scoreboard was now :

NEJI 3 CHOCOLATE 10

It was an improvement, Neji had to admit. Seven more points to go.

"You get jealous far too easily," TenTen said with a sigh.

Neji scowled. But soon enough, a small smile appeared on his face. He hugged TenTen from the back, his hands meeting up on top of the bulge on her tummy. She put her hands on top of his and leaned on his warm and strong chest. They were quiet. They were quite content already with what they were having. Who wouldn't be content with a love like theirs. It was actually quite surprising that they hadn't gotten complacent yet.

Moments like these were hard since they were shinobi, not to mention jounin, and they lived life on the edge whenever they were on missions. They treasured times like these. They wouldn't trade it for the world.

Then something wonderful happened. Their baby boy kicked. The smiles on both of their faces grew wider. In just a couple of more months, there was going to be another addition to their family.

"Well, Rasen-kun, welcome to the family," TenTen said.

Her baby was in her arms, her husband was beside her and his arm around her waist loosely. The baby cooed. Neji and TenTen had never felt prouder and happier before. They just knew that more moments like these were to come.

Shinobi lived life on the edge, that was why they had to cherish every moment as if they were going to die at any time. That was why Neji and TenTen always made sure that the other felt their love. Who needed words when there were actions?

In the end, the chocolate had lost. Neji's smile grew wider when he thought of that. Keh. The stupid chocolate deserved it. Hopefully, his son wouldn't come to like that chocolate... Only time would tell.

Waii!!! Was that fluff? Was it good enough? Wow! It rhymes! It rhymes!