I laid on the same part of the floor for hours, trying to adjust to the pain. In life, if a senbon to a pressure point is an inch closer to death, every stab of pain here was another foot. Surely I wasn't far now.
After a while someone opened the door, checked the room with a glance, then locked the door. More time passed and the door was unlocked. The pain was so bad that everything was in black and white. People were mere silhouettes, furniture just random shapes.
Tsunade walked into the rom and everything came back into color. The stars disappeared, along with the pain.
My first reaction was to run up to my room and see who was there. After the 96 stairs I found that no one was in my room a the moment.
Crestfallen I sat down on the floor. Only a couple of seconds passed and the rest of my team walked into the room. When I saw them the pain returned, almost taunting me because I wasn't able to see them, really see them. My existence became a black hell, filled with the pain meant just for me.
Every day went like this. The world became colorful and pain-free, my teammates walked in my room and it became hell. All the energy I had went towards taking the pain and not giving up.
A new day, no pain again, and my team walks in. I brace myself for the pain, but none comes. Unsure of what was going to happen I opened my eyes, not even realizing I had closed them. The world was dark, blacker than any black I had ever seen. But no pain accompanied it.
The world flipped to pure white suddenly, hurting my eyes. Then, there was a strange sensation of being pulled downward, almost more internally. Unfortunately, I had no choice but to follow it. I was being sucked somewhere and I didn't know where.
As soon as this vacuum-like event starts, the world went black again. Only this time it may have meant my death, and I wouldn't know.
When I opened my eyes I tried to remember where I was. In my efforts I succeed in remembering everything with a rus.
Sitting up, I glanced around me and saw my team.
"Tenten?" This was Lee. "You're awake?"
I looked over at him. "I'm sitting up talking to you, aren't I?"
Neji was standing in the back of the room, behind the other two so only I could see him smile slightly and shake his head.
"Now that we know you'll be fine, Lee and I must go because I promised to teach him a new technique today." Lee darted out of the room and Gai followed. He didn't even glance at Neji.
The Hyuuga glanced out in the hallway and closed the door.
"You made it," Neji commented. I smiled.
"Obviously." I sighed and leaned back against the wall. "The whole not getting tired part was kind of nice."
Neji grabbed a chair and placed it next to my bed. "I'm sure if you want to be close to dying it can be arranged," he said.
My eyes shot open and I glared at him. Then I stopped and smiled slightly.
"Wow. Almost dying really changed you."
Of course, my luck was that he mentioned it and I thought of everything, in more detail. I blushed. Fortunately it was only slightly.
"You changed too. Don't bother denying it," I argue playfully.
Neji smiled, only proving my point. "You're right. Before I would never have done this." He leaned forward and his cool lips brushed against mine.
"Yes. And hopefully no one will ever change you back," I said quietly.
For all of about three seconds we sat in silence. It only lasted that long because I remembered something, and I needed an answer.
"Before, while we were waiting for the cure to take effect, what were you going to say?"
Neji paused, and smiled.
He got up and put the chair back. "Guess," he answered, and walked out of the room.
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