I think it got really cracky in this chapter. Regardless I hope you enjoy it.

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Chapter 2: Waste

"Tenten? My youthful teammate, what are you doing there?"

Tenten suddenly looked up at Lee and pulled him down quickly. She was sitting behind a bush fixing what looked like to be a white basket. She was tying a red ribbon around it.

"Shut up Lee. The whole village is going to hear you if you keep talking that loud," she said under her breath. She continued trying to tie the ribbon around the basket.

"What is that Tenten?" Lee asked curious.

Tenten grinned at Lee. "These," she said holding the basket up with one hand and pointing at it with the other, "are muffins. Made from scratch!" She had finally finished the tying the ribbon which hung almost sadly around the the basket.

"Oh how lovely! May I have one Tenten!"

"God damn it Lee, keep your voice down! And no, you can't have one," she hissed at Lee.

"Why not?" Lee asked frowning.

"These are for Neji," she said, smiling sinisterly.

"Neji?" Lee asked out loud. "But Tenten, Neji does not like Muffins! He told us himself, remember?"

"I know that Lee," she said nodding her hear. "That's the point!"

Lee furrowed his eyebrows confused. "I-I don't quite follow."

Tenten sighed, frustrated. Maybe if you didn't sit around doing speed all day, then you would, she thought to her self. "Look Lee, I'm trying to help both of us out here. You want to go on that mission and I don't. I'm going to give these babies to Neji, while confessing my love and what not. Neji, being the ass hole that he is, won't accept them, after- stay with me Lee."

Lee turned back to Tenten and nodded. His attention had been caught by a nearby squirrel. "My apologies!"

Tenten rolled her eyes. "Anyway, after he rejects me and my muffins, I'll be struck by tragic and I wouldn't possibly be able to go, because you know, he just rejected me and all and broke my heart, so then you'll have to end up going!"

Tenten nodded her head to herself. This plan was gold. "Then you'll be happy, Gai-sensei will be happy for you, fuck Neji's feelings and I'll be able to stay home and eat these suckers up!"

Lee shook his head at Tenten. "That's a terrible plan my dear teammate."

"Why! You don't think it will work? You know how long it took me to come up with this bull shit?" Tenten questioned Lee angrily.

"No, no! it's not that it won't work! It's just that it's so … cynical," Lee said with a tear in his eye. "Tenten? When did you become so evil?" Lee bawled, throwing himself at Tenten in despair.

"What did I tell you about being loud!" Tenten said pushing Lee off. She looked over the bush and saw Neji heading over to the training field.

"Look Neji's coming!' she whispered harshly to Lee. "Now, you're going first, when I get out there ask me about my muffins."

Lee looked confused, "you want me to ask you about your what?"

"My muffins!" Tenten whispered harshly. "Go! And act natural!" she pushed him out to the field. Lee stumbled to to where Neji was sitting. What did she mean by acting natural? What was natural supposed to be like?

Lee headed over to where Neji was. Neji had sat down and had began to meditate. "Well, hello there, my dear teammate! H-how's it going?" Lee asked trying to act natural.

Neji opened his eyes and gave Lee a puzzled look. "Fine," he said closing his eyes once again.

"Oh, that's nice," Lee said smiling awkwardly at Neji. He sat down next to Neji, but then got up again. "No that's not natural, i wouldn't do that normally," he thought.

Tenten began to walk into the field, she made eye contact with Lee and nodded her head. "O-oh! Hello T-tenten! My dear team mate, you're looking lovely today!" he said smiling at her nervously.

"Hey Lee, hey Neji," she said smiling widely at Neji. Neji opened an eye and nodded at her.

Lee and Tenten stood awkwardly while Neji sat and continued to meditate.. Tenten shifted her basket from one hand to another and cleared her throat.

"Oh! Yes!" Lee began, "so Tenten, h-how are your muffins?"

Tenten blinked. "Um, what?" She questioned.

"Your muffins," he motioned to her basket, "h-how are they?"

She shook her head at Lee, no, no, no that's not what you're supposed to say.

"H-how are your muffins? I'm asking you about them … How are the-"

"They're fine Lee! Thanks! Thanks for asking! They're fine!" She stopped Lee in his tracks. She shook her head annoyed and simply amazed that he could fuck this up.

"I see," Lee said nodding his head. "May I dabble in one?"

Tenten narrowed her eyes at Lee. "What?"

"May I dabble in one of your muff-"

"Are you asking me if you can have one of my muffins? Because if you are, the normal way of saying that would be 'Can I have one of your muffins-"

"May I," Neji said interrupting her. Tenten turned slowly to him. "Excuse me?"

"It's 'May I' not 'Can I', we all know that he can, the question is if he may," he explained simply. God damn it, here we go again correcting me, Tenten thought shaking her head.

"Nope, I'm not dealing with this. Not today Neji!" She turned back to Lee frustrated. "Now Lee, what is it that you wanted to ask?"

"May I," Lee winked at Neji and he frowned at him in distaste, "have one of your muffins?"

Finally! Tenten thought. It took him long enough!

"Nope, I'm sorry Lee, but these are for Neji!"

Neji raised an eyebrow at Tenten. She turned fully to Neji and held the baskets towards him. "I stayed up all night making these for you! They're a symbol of my … um ... passionate love for you and stuff! Please accept them!"

Neji stood up from his meditation. "Thank you," he said.

"But Neji! How could you possibly … say thank you? D-did you just say thank you?"

Neji took the basket from her hand and Tenten's mouth fell agape. "Yes, thank you, that was a very kind gesture of you."

Tenten stood in front of Neji, puzzled. She couldn't find the right words to say. She looked at the basket in Neji's hand and then back at Neji. The only thought that came to her mind was, I spent all night making those muffins and I'm not even going to be able to enjoy them. She suddenly pictured Neji scarfing the muffins down his throat. Or worse, she thought, what if he just throws them all away?

"I take it back," she said quickly. No.

"What did you say?" Neji asked.

"I-I said, I take it back. Give me the muffins back." My work will not go to waste.

"You can't do that Tenten, you're being preposterous," he said, almost amused.

Tenten shook her head. "Look, the only thing I'm proposing is that you give me back my muffins!" This rotten bastard is not going to get rid of them.

Neji furrowed his eyebrows at Tenten. "I said preposterous, as in you you're being ridiculous Tenten. God, when did you become so illiterate?"

"That's not the point! The point is that, I want my muffins back!" she said to him reaching for the muffins.

"You're being an Indian giver," he said moving the basket away from her reach causing her to stumble forward a bit.

"That's racist!" She said regaining her balance, she reached for the basket again, but Neji moved again.

"It's a saying Tenten," he said to her holding the basket over his head so she wouldn't reach. Tenten tried to jump but Neji continued to avoid her.

"God damn it Neji! You don't even like muffins!" She cried out loud. Shit.

Her eyes widened slightly and she took a step back from Neji. Shit, she thought.

"If you knew I didn't like muffins Tenten, then why would you make them for me?" he questioned her.

Tenten looked down at her feet. "I uh, I forgot. You see, I was so um, so overwhelmed with joy and excitement about loving you that, I completely forgot," she said. She looked up from her feet to Neji. She couldn't tell whether or not he believed her or not. "Just now, I remembered that you don't like them, so you should give them back now. Because I remembered," she finished, ashamed almost.

"Really? I see. Well you say that they were made with love, didn't you Tenten?" He asked her.

"Y-yea, they were made with a lot of love, because I love you, a lot!" She said trying to sound as convincing as possible.

"Well since you worked so hard on them and put so much love in them, I'll eat them!"

Tenten could almost hear the smirk in his voice. She pursed her lips together. "Y-you do understand that by accepting these, y-you're accepting my love!" she said to him.

Neji rolled his eyes at her. "Yes, yes Tenten I understand."

Tenten eyes widened even more and she gulped. What the fuck am I supposed to do now?

Neji began to walk past her and head toward Lee who had shifted toward end of the training field. He stopped mid-track and turned to Tenten. "Oh and Tenten," he began.

She turned her head unable to move her feet. "Yea?" She asked.

"You're still coming with me on this mission," he said turning back around.

God damn it.

Hey guys! Well I've decided on continuing on with the story! I'm happy you guys enjoyed the first chapter and thank you, thank you, thank you so much for reviewing! You're feedback is wonderful and I love reading what you guys think! I hope you liked the second chapter, I hope it wasn't too out there, I tried to keep it at a certain sanity level. Thank you again for the reviews, they really are lovely! Please, if you have any suggestions, or if you think of anything funny tell me! And tell me what you thought of for this chapter!

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S/N: This totally ridiculous but, whenever I read or write what Lee says, I hear his voice like "Pops" from The Regular Show. I don't know why and I know that's really random, but it just comes out like that.

Well anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed it and I hope you laughed!