"Sasuke! How could you!" Naruto was running through the village chasing after his best friend who was a good distance ahead. They whizzed past Neji and TenTen who were sharing a plate of dango.

"What the hell was that?" TenTen asked fixing her hair from the gust Naruto had created.

"You don't even want to know." He told her while deactivating his Byakugan.

Lee walked up a few moments later with a very petite girl who had long black hair and yellow-green eyes that were mostly covered by her bangs.

"Hey Tenny, Hey Neji. How do we love all of this commotion this afternoon?" she said as she sat down in the chair Lee had pulled out for her.

"Not really Midori, can't we just have one quiet day since those two have been back." TenTen replied stuffing another dango in her mouth slightly annoyed. With it being about a year and a half since they returned the village seems to be a little more exciting and burst-full as if it knew them returning was the start of something new.

"Well there's nothing wrong with excitement right Lee?" she nudged him a little and he laughed an awkward laugh as if hiding something. She nudged him again harder to stop the suspicious laugh and gave him a scowl look. He was horrible at hiding things.

Midori was Lee's longtime friend and current love. She had been back in the village for a few years and opened her own clothing shop. It carried standard shinobi gear along with beautiful custom formal wear. Some even used her to design and create bridal gowns and being the expert she was from her travels with her mother she profited well from it. She ran the store every day and handled most of the shop herself. She had hired some extra help lately so she could spend more time with Lee and friends she didn't want to over work herself into an early grave like her mother.

Lee on the other hand was doing extremely well being a part time professor as the academies staff teaching advance tai-jutsu to those willing to tolerate his speeches on youth. He also was Anbu's "in and out" man. He had no chakra and that was his cloak to getting into places that were swarming with sensors. His speed was unmatched and that made him get out untouched. When Tsunade wanted something to be attained or returned fast and quiet, Lee was the man for the job. What Lee really wanted was to have a team of his own though. He knew most Jounin team leaders where retired Anbu. He would have to finish and prove his worth through Anbu to be able to be worthy of a team.

"I'm please to see someone is enjoying this youthful day at least." He said after having control his strange laughter. He motioned the waitress for more dango and tea.

The couples sat for a while discussing missions and gossip until Neji rose from his seat unexpectedly. Lee's eyes grew wide knowing what his longtime friend was about to do. Doing just that received him another poke from Midori to settle down.

"Is everything alright Neji? If you're not feeling well we can go back home." TenTen's face was filled with concern that shockingly changed to astonishment as Neji was in front of her on one knee and a box being whipped out from his pocket to the front of her face.

Neji and TenTen's relationship hand been complicated over the past few years. It wasn't smooth like Lee and Midori's turned out to be. They were both stubborn and refused to give into this thing called emotions. They both were hard asses even though TenTen was the more outspoken one of the partnership she still guarded her emotions like a true ninja, usually at the wrong times.

It took longer than expected to actually initiate the dating process. TenTen didn't catch on to his hints and subtle compliments at first and so he had to suck up his pride and flat out tell her he was falling in love with her, which she told him to stop messing with her and continued to finish her training exercise. She was mad the rest of that practice thinking he was playing around with her. Neji had to repeat himself twice to get it through her stubborn buns. He knew when the time came to propose he had to do in flat-out and serious so she could believe him.

Their relationship was somewhat confusing at times because of their lack of showing emotion. But that also proved to Neji she would be a strong wife to the head of one of the world's most famous clans. Lee had told him if he wanted to skip the complication they had when he first told her his feelings he would have to propose unexpectedly and in public so she knew he was serious.

" Before you even say those words, tell me, if you are doing this for yourself or is your time limit almost up?" she sat there glaring at him in her seat with her arms folded.

He stared at her blankly. He had told her what the plan was from the beginning but he also made sure to show her that he was always fond of her and that love had bloomed form his adoration. Right now he couldn't believe his ears. This woman made him crazy at times with her outspokenness and her smart ass comments. He was crazy about her though. When training together he would watch as each bead of sweat would escape her pores and would admire how her muscle would flex gracefully when attacking him with her variety of weapons.

They lived together in one of the houses on the compound and he was happy with the arrangement. She could be gentle when she wanted to and her cooking was always something new and delicious. She wasn't OCD when it came to being tidy like he was and she would purposely put a towel on the floor or rearrange the glasses just to watch him panic over it. He knew his pre-head of clan days where almost over but he was also certain this was the women he loved and for her to have thrown those words at him left a hole in his chest. What could he do to convince her of his feeling?

"Well Neji?" he got up from his kneeling position and went to the street in front of the dango shop. The remaining company at his table looked out the window as he got into his eight trigram stance. He motioned her to him with a slight tilt of his hand. She smirked at him and rose from her seat walking gracefully out the shop to stop in front of him. She already knew she wasn't going to win but when they trained together they always felt in perfect sync. It was there secret way of showing their affection for each other through their skills in power. Neji loved her strength in battle and TenTen loved his brilliance.

They went after each other in the middle of the street creating a small crowd around them.

Midori and Lee where watching the battle unfold out the large window of the shop when she turned to Lee..." I hope you don't plan on attacking me to get me to say yes to your proposal. Just know I'm going to say yes anyway." She looked back at the fight as Lee shockingly turned to her with the words she just said.

"So will you marry me then?" she slowly turned her head back to him just missing the light cut Neji received from TenTen on his arm. She kissed his forehead …"duh!"

Neji finally was able to pin her wrist in his hands, she anticipated a head butt but instead he lips came in contact with hers in front of all these people. They stood there in what seemed like forever, and she knew he was serious about marring her with his actions. We he finally released her she whispered the word "yes" to his face and he gave her the slightest grin.

"I can't help but tear up to this youthful display in front of us. Love at its finest. I'm so proud!" Lee was starting to get emotional from witnessing his best friends odd proposal. Midori just looked at him and laughed.