I felt my stomach do this weird drop when he came out of the bathroom. The look on his face was hard and stony, and I tried to wet my dry lips but could produce no saliva. He turned it over in his hands, and I mentally screamed at myself. Why did I throw them away in the bathroom!?
"What the hell is this?" he asked icily. It was a rhetorical question. He knew exactly what it was.
What was I supposed to say? My mind raced, struggling to come up with a logical explanation. I could tell him right now and hope he would understand, but I knew Neji, and there was no way in hell he would just accept this. He would really go after Naruto. He would be beyond furious, and there would be nothing that could stop him, not even me. Hinata was someone you didn't mess with unless you wanted Neji to kill you.
"I don't know," I responded in a barely audible voice. I don't know! That was the best I could do!
His jaw clenched visibly, and my heart began to beat savagely at my chest.
"It's positive. They both are." His tone was so harsh and cold, that I cringed slightly and said nothing. "And I know it's not because of me."
Of course he would know. The last time we had sex was about six months ago, having been so busy lately. And if I had gotten pregnant it would be pretty obvious by now.
My breathing was hard and sharp now. I could hear it, and I knew he could too. He would think it a sign of guilt and regret. Regret about being caught.
When I didn't respond, he spoke up again. "So this is what you've been doing while I was gone, fucking someone behind my back!"
My mouth dropped open at the accusation and the sudden shout. He was livid now, clenching and unclenching his fists. Tears sprung into my eyes, and I struggled to regain my voice.
"N..no. No, that's not it. I would never do that," I stammered, and he cut me off.
"Then whose is it, Tenten? Whose?"
Tears bubbled over my eyes and spilt down my cheeks, making me seem all the more guilty. "I don't know. I don't know," I sobbed, suddenly overwhelmed by the situation.
His eyes flashed dangerously, the anger in them burning so fiercely it almost hurt to look at them.
"Of all the things you could do to me, Tenten," he said, and I could actually see the hurt and pain flash across his face for a second. "I never thought you'd be whoring around with someone else."
"No Neji!" I cried, moving towards him and reaching out to him. He moved away. "Neji, I would never do this to you! You know I wouldn't!" My voice sounded so pathetically desperate and pleading even to my own ears, and I could barely talk through my tears.
My heart did a savage twist in my chest when he made his way to the door. "Neji! Please!"
The door slammed loudly, and I gasped. Run after him you idiot! But I couldn't. My legs had grown completely immobile, and I stared at the door with my mouth still hanging open. I was torn between loyalty to my best friend, and my love for Neji. Realizing what I had just chosen, I began to panic.
It was just a fight. He would come back, and we'd work it out. I needed to talk to Hinata.
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"Tenten, why didn't you just tell him!" Hinata cried, her voice shrilly.
"I promised, Hinata," I responded thickly. "I know that he would have gone after Naruto if I had told him. He would have been so angry, I know it."
Hinata was sitting beside me on her own bed, now trying to console me. I'd arrived at her house in hysterics, and when Hanabi answered the door she'd immediately ushered me in and began to call for her older sister.
It was Hinata's face that I remember best. She'd began to walk down the stairs, her face already solemn and dark. When she caught sight of me, so many emotions had passed along her face: fear, confusion, worry, dread. It finally settled on worry, and she'd flown down the rest of the stairs to my side.
"Tenten, I can't let you do this," she said softly. "Neji leaves in two days, and I won't let it be under these terms."
She pulled me up from the soft bed, and began to drag me out of the house. It was already sunset. I hadn't realized I'd been at her house for that long.
The whole way over to my apartment, I was in a daze, letting myself be led along. A part of me had actually expected him to not be there and all his stuff to be gone, but when we arrived and it actually was, I couldn't hold back the surprise.
Hinata gazed around the apartment with tear filled eyes. "Wait for me," she whispered before darting out and leaving me to gaze forlornly at the blue carpet.
The silence made my ears buzz, and I raised my eyes to gaze at the picture of Team Gai that I kept on the coffee table. Lee and Gai were doing their good guy pose, while I grinned widely beside an unsmiling Neji.
I wore those buns occasionally, but I'd since grown out of them. My cheeks were a little too chubby for my liking back then, but Neji still looked absolutely perfect. Unblemished skin, lean body, and a perfectly sculptured face.
I continued to gaze at that picture until Hinata returned, panting and now freely crying. "I went to Tsunade," she panted. "He left for his mission early."
My knees gave out, and I fell to the floor loudly, struggling to breathe.
A/N: So, I just realized that whos is actually spelled whose when you're asking for ownership. Yeah, I know I'm dumb. Lol. Anyway, I went back and changed a few that I saw, but I got tired of looking for 'em so sorry if it bothers you in this chapter or later ones. Chances are, I'll probably forget about the correct way to spell it. Haha. So yeah, that totally sucks for Tenten. And Neji was a jerk, but honestly, how else would someone react to that? Later!