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Chp.6- Passing Notes

Neji was about ready to die…of boredom. His history teacher droned on and on about whatever era they were covering today, and it took all his strength to refrain from doing two things…

One, he was struggling to not just yell at the teacher for being so dull.

Two, he was trying not to shake so hard due to the close proximity of a certain brown haired girl, sitting right next to him. Neji dared to glance to the side at Tenten, and he felt his nerves relax a little bit. She looked just as bored as him, and was doodling little pictures of her professor dying in several painful ways.

She caught Neji staring and they both quickly looked back down at their notes, blushing madly. Neji continued writing until he felt something prod his thigh. He looked down and found Tenten's hand, with a small note in it, tapping him on the leg under the table. Neji thanked his lucky stars that they sat in the thick of the crowd of students and quickly snatched the note from her. He opened it up to her neat little handwriting.

"Please shoot me now. Or shoot him, I don't care which. Or just get me a gun, I'll shoot him myself."

Neji bit back a laugh and scribbled his own little note beneath her message. He silently folded it up and kept his gaze straight ahead as he passed the note back to Tenten. She unfolded it and bit back her own laughter.

"I find that clubs are much more effective…and less permanent too."

Tenten flashed Neji a quick smile, which he nervously returned. "Mr. Hyuuga, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" The teacher was currently surveying the two teens with a skeptical look. Neji paled and stammered, "Uhh…well…uhh…" Tenten coughed and quickly tapped his desk; he quickly glanced at a note saying "Play along…"

Before Neji could ask, Tenten dramatically fainted in the middle of class, falling from her chair and landing on the floor with a loud thump. The teacher immediately ran over and started murmuring worriedly; he went back up to call the nurse from the classroom phone. Neji knelt down beside her and his worry turned to outright shock. Tenten opened her eyes quickly and winked, mouthing "Play along."

Neji finally got the hint and made a show of helping up Tenten as she awoke from her "episode". "Mr. Hyuuga, please help the young lady down to the nurse, take your belongings please and do not come back until you are sure she's alright." Neji nodded and helped a "drowsy" Tenten to her feet, pretending to struggle to get her to the door.

As soon as the door was shut and they were around the corner, they both burst into laughter. Neji wiped his eyes and said, "Excellent performance, that was quite convincing if I do say so myself." Tenten bowed and said, "I am an artist indeed… an artist that is sick and tired of history." They laughed again and made their way to the nurse. Tenten put on a face of mock bewilderment again and Neji placed his arm back around her shoulders to "help". Tenten thanked god that he didn't notice the blush creeping into her face from the contact. As soon as they were inside, the nurse grabbed Tenten and threw her onto the couch, stuffing a thermometer in her mouth and fussing at her desk for supplies.

The eldery nurse turned to Neji and said, "You stay here please. I need to go grab my bag from the car." Neji nodded and the nurse left in a rush. The two teens once again burst into laughter. Neji quieted down and soon realized something. He was alone, with Tenten. He remembered the bet he had made with Naruto not thirty minutes ago, and decided that it was now or never.

"Tenten-chan…"

"Yes, Neji-kun?"

"I was wondering…do you…err…well, what I mean is… oh boy…do you have a date to the dance?"

Tenten blushed madly, whatever she was expecting, it wasn't that. Not out of Neji at least…

"N-no… wait…are… are you…"

"Well…kinda, sort of… yeah, I am."

"Seriously!?"

"Yes."

"No fooling?"

"None whatsoever."

"Really!?"

"YES, I'M ASKING YOU TO THE DANCE ALREADY!"

Neji instantly shut up and paled to the color of a sheet, seeing a very triumphant smirk on Tenten's face. "You…you… you knew I was going to ask, didn't you!" Tenten got up from the couch and smiled warmly. "Call it a girl's intuition… oh, and by the way…" She leaned in, smirking at the way Neji blushed and kissed him on the cheek. "Yeah, I'll go to the dance with you."

Neji finally looked her in the eye and his shock turned to relief, seeing Tenten blushing just as badly as he was.

Unfortunately, the nurse came in and shouted, "My god, look at you two! You're both red as beets, you must be burning up! Lay down, both of you!"

Neji grumbled as the nurse left again and said, "Well, that's my luck, isn't it?" They both lay down on a couch, still grinning like idiots.

A/N: Yeah-ha, way to go Tenten! I always appreciate a good bit of acting, being an aspiring actor myself. So now Neji is all set, but what about Naruto? Will he be able to ask Hinata in time? Or will he be dooomed to the ultimate torture: CLEANING FILTHY JOCKSTRAPS::insert high pitched scream here:: Stay tuned for my next chappie, "To ask, or not to ask?"