Alright. Here's Part Two.

Title: Notes
Part 2: Tuesday
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Neji/Tenten; minor Naruto/Hinata
Rating: PG(-13)
Word Count: 716
Summary: AU. Tenten finds herself developing a strange relationship with the new guy in Homeroom.
Warnings/Spoilers: None, really. Maybe OOC, but it's not OOC as much as it's just AU, if you get what I mean. The teeniest bit of cursing. POV skips like nobody's business.
Notes: Thanks for all the positive feedback, guys. ;) Muchly appreciated. Angechan wanted to know how old they are; about 16. :) In answer to your question, Alyana, I don't like AUs because most of them end up being generic and stupid. Not that there aren't good ones; they're just rare. So when I found myself with a bunny for an AU fic, I was WTFing all over the place. I blame it on the idiot demon muse. XP
Thanks to: See first chapter, please.
Disclaimer: Unless I fly to Japan, seduce Kishimoto-sama, get him to marry me, and then off him, I doubt Naruto will ever be mine.

Tuesday

When Neji walked into class the next day (late again; he'd had to help his cousin find her class) Kakashi was handing out papers.

"Pop quiz," the teacher explained cheerfully when Neji directed a questioning look at him. Most of the occupants of the room were glaring at Kakashi, or grousing beneath their breath, all of which the silver-haired man ignored blithely. He glanced at the late student. "Don't worry; you're exempt. Ino, go back to your seat," he added mildly, not even looking in the blonde's direction. "Shikamaru can't, and won't help you. Meanwhile," Kakashi continued without missing a beat, redirecting his attention to Neji, "go study or something."

Neji was vaguely aware of someone – the prankster from yesterday, he believed – piping up about how unfair that was, and just because he was the new guy didn't mean that… but Kakashi shushed him in due course. The Hyuuga slid into his seat just as Kakashi called out, "Start!"

He could hear pencils tapping papers acutely all around him. Stifling a sigh, he took out his timetable and looked over it. After this class he had… Chemistry Lab.

Damn it, he thought shortly, squaring his eyes as a frown settled on his lips.

Refusing to feel the least bit silly or sheepish about it, Neji began writing a note to Tenten. He folded it neatly, and flicked it with his thumb and forefinger over his head, knowing that it would land exactly where he wanted it to; in the middle of her test paper.

Tenten smirked widely when she read it, dry amusement infusing her.

Where's the Chemistry Lab?

Even the set of his shoulders looks surly, Tenten mused, running her tongue over the surface of her teeth, her smirk showing her amusement. Pushing her answer sheet aside, she hurriedly wrote a reply, keeping an eye on Kakashi as she did.

Oh? This from Mr. 'I-don't-need-a-chaperone-I-can-find-
my-way-around-the-school-perfectly'?

Neji read it, and glared at the paper. Another corner of his notebook page was ripped away.

I can ask someone else.

Tenten snorted as she scrawled an answer, shaking her head in minute exasperation. She wrote a few responses on her test paper before inching her note forward.

Yeah, I'm sure you will. The Chem. Lab's in the building adjacent to this one, Room 4-2.
Can't miss it, Pretty Eyes.

Neji read the note, read it over, then one more time for good measure. He then began to think of all possible responses to it. After some time, he managed to think up of a reply, and sent it back.

...?

Tenten snickered slightly.

What do you mean, ?

…Pretty Eyes?

He passed this note to her with a pointed glare; a brave move, with Kakashi right up in front, seemingly engrossed in a book. The girl shrugged, and hid a mischievous smile as she scrabbled the next note on a page corner.

What? You've got pretty eyes. They're a cool silver/white colour.
Don't tell me nobody's ever told you that.

Neji looked almost confused as he read it, eyes skipping over the words.

These eyes are inherent to my family.

The brunette rolled her eyes.

Well, I've never seen any of your family, have I?

She threw it so that it landed in his lap; he caught it deftly with two fingers. After reading it, he placed the scrap of paper in the corner of his desk and did not reply for about two minutes. Tenten, staring at his back, thought that he had grown tired of her. Just as she was about to scribble something back, a folded note sailed over his head and onto her desk.

Don't you have a test to do?

Tenten fought the urge to laugh out loud, shaking her head in barely controlled amusement. The broad shoulders in front of her were stiff and straight and stoic; he really was a surly guy. She smirked. If he'd just loosen up a tad, she could actually see him as being an okay guy to hang out with.

The girl stared at his back a moment longer, at the sheet of chestnut hair that fanned out on his shoulders, before going back to her test, a smile still tugging at the corners of her lips.

"Twenty more minutes," Kakashi called out lazily.

Notes: :) Love is in the air?