A/N: Arrite this is the beginning where EVERYTHING in the first day part scenes goes total chaos and goes mixed up.
edited summary of chapter. I wasn't clear last time::: This chapter includes parts from gym class (NOT THE ACCIDENTAL KISS THOUGH WITH SASUKE AND SAKURA. THIS CHAPTER IS ALL ABOUT TENTEN AND NEJI) and lunch
Konoha High
Chapter 4
Tenten and Neji
Ino was just talking to some of her friends and wanted to introduce the new girl, remembering that they had gym together. She looked at the view of the class and saw Sakura. "SAKURA! COME HERE! I WANT YOU TO MEET PEOPLE!" she yelled from a few feet away.
At the same time, Naruto called Sasuke. "HEY SASUKE-TEME! COME HERE!"
"Umm I'm gon-" Sakura said as she turned to Sasuke and pointed at Ino's group.
"See ya," he interrupted as he walked off to his clique. The two departed and went to other people. The show was now over, anyways.
"Uhm hey Ino!" the pink-haired girl said with a smile as she walked up to her. She realized Ino with Hinata and a bunch of others she didn't know.
"Okay. Sakura, meet Temari, Tenten, and Hinata," she said as she pointed them out. "Oh you already know Hinata right? She told me earlier that you've already met," she said as she looked at Sakura.
"Hey Hinata!" the pink-haired girl said to Hinata with a smile.
"Hi S-Sakura," she replied.
"Uhm yeahh I have her in my science class," Sakura said as she turned back to Ino.
"OHHH I almost forgot to tell you. Your locker is next to mine! I'm 323!" Ino exclaimed.
"Oh cool!"
"Anyway, wanna sit with us at lunch?"
"Yeah thankss!" Sakura said smiling.
Everyone smiled and was happy to have her.
"So what's your first impression of Sasuke?" Tenten asked all of a sudden as she smiled. Earlier she saw the two of them together.
"I guess he's okay..."
"Oh do you think you'll like him?"
"Oh no," Sakura chuckled. "It's only my first day...?"
"But still..."
"Uhmmm I don't know...we'll just see what happens...I guess..." she said. This made her blush a shade of light pink. She couldn't believe what just came out of her mouth. It sounded like...she was looking forward to hanging out with the Uchiha or something.
"Ohhhhhkay," Tenten said in a smile. Noticing Sakura's blush, she knew that she had a part of her that liked Sasuke already.
"Why do you like him?" Sakura suddenly shot up.
"O-oh no it's not like that. We're not his fan girls," Tenten said as she chuckled.
"She likes someone else," Temari suddenly spoke up.
Tenten gave her a glare, telling her to shut up. Temari could careless about the look right now.
After she heard this, Sakura smiled. "Reallyyyy?" She turned to Temari. "Who?"
"I don't like anyone!" Tenten yelled, trying to end the topic.
"Ya you do just admit it!" Temari rebutted.
Ino, Hinata, and Sakura watched the two go back and forth.
"No!"
"Ya!"
"No!"
"Ya!"
After getting tired of this, Temari turned back to Sakura. "SHE LIKES THAT KID, NEJI!!!!!!!" she yelled out.
Her voice got everyone's attention. IT WAS REALLY LOUD!
Everyone looked at Temari, and all other voices stopped.
Whoaaa wait. Who likes Neji? everyone in the gym but Ino's clique and Neji thought to themselves.
What? Who likes me? Neji thought to himself.
After she noticed the silence and the stares from everyone else in the class, Temari knew she took it too far.
She then looked at Tenten and saw tears slowly going down her face.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. She tried to reach out to her, but before she could, Tenten stepped back and shook her head with a how-could-you face. She then ran out the gym and cried.
Ohhh. It's Tenten... everyone but Ino's clique answered to themselves. They sort of knew Tenten liked Neji in the beginning. It wasn't that much of a surprise since they hung out a lot.
"WAIT!!!! TENTEN!!! I'M SORYY!" Temari yelled as she ran after her. She felt so horrible and guilty after she said this.
The rest of the clique did likewise. Neji followed too, after he processed what just happened. Everyone else kept quiet and just stared at the people running out of the gym. Gai Sensei and the rest of the class didn't bother to stop them. They needed to get this straight. "OKAY EVERYONE ELSE!" he yelled, remembering what he was supposed to do. "We're playing basketball!"
Everyone groaned and wished to get out the class too.
Tenten hurried and ran the halls, trying to loose the people following her. She didn't want anyone else to come. She needed to be alone. She opened the back door on the school and headed outside to the playgrounds.
Neji, being a fast runner, pulled the rest of the clique to a stop before they could go any further.
He stopped right in front of the person who was in the lead, Temari, and he pulled his arm out in front of her. He held up her and the rest of the group from going even further.
Tenten, already outside, looked back and didn't find anyone. She sighed in relief, thinking she lost them. She headed out to the swings to think.
"Let her be," Neji said simply and in a straight voice, looking down straight at Temari.
"N-Neji? I'm sorry but I really gotta get to my best friend before our friendship ends. So can you please move?" Temari said in a nice, calm, tone. They were already seconds behind Tenten.
"It won't end, trust me. You can clear things up later. Friends just don't end like that. But now, I gotta run to her. Leave us," Neji ordered in a stern voice.
Temari sighed, and everyone did as ordered. He walked further to the back of the school and opened the back door. He saw Tenten crying at the swings. He walked up to her. Tenten was too busy weeping to notice him. Neji finally got up to the girl.
"Hey Tenten," he said as he stood beside her.
Tenten knew who the owner of the voice was, of course Neji. She didn't want to look up to the guy, so she continued looking down, wiping her tears tightly from her face.
She really didn't want him to see her like this. Never once did she cry in front of him nor any one else. Neji was the last person she'd want him to see.
"Tenten...?" he asked, getting impatient. "Come one...why the fuck are you crying?" he said as he gave a light laugh.
The girl kept silent. She really didn't want to talk right now. It was too soon, and a really bad time. She had no idea what to say to him.
"I mean...the Tenten I knew never cried. What's up with this?" he said as he smiled. He knew the girl wasn't going to say anything, so he just continued to speak. "Alright uhh you wanna sit in that bench over there or what? There's no way I'm gonna sit on that swing next to you cuhz you'll seem too far away, and there's no way I'm going to stand here all day."
What the...the swing is 5 inches beside me! Tenten thought to herself. Issues...
Being stubborn as she is, Tenten kept silent.
"Alright...If you wanna do this the hard way..." he said. "Tenten...you give me no choice..." He sighed.
"What's he saying??" Tenten thought to herself. Neji bent down and grabbed her from the swing, bridal style.
Suddenly before she knew it, Neji scooped her up and she was now in his arms.
"N-Neji!!!! Put me down!!!" she exclaimed, with her feet going up and down. She pounded her fists into his chest repeatedly.
"Tenten. That hurt. Remind me to stop helping you work out. DAAMNNN YOU'RE STRONG AS HELL. Stop," he tried to say in a straight voice.
After she heard this, Tenten smiled. She liked the compliments he gave. It was soo true. But, that wasn't gonna stop her from pounding his chest.
They were really good friends and were comfortable in each other's presence, so this gave her the right to act this way.
"PUT ME DOWN NOWWW NEJI!!!!" she yelled.
They were a few inches away from the bench, and when he saw this, Neji smiled. He was relieved he reached it before he received any more punches from the girl.
"Alright, fine," he said simply. He slowly put Tenten onto the said bench.
Tenten now found herself sitting. She got mad at Neji for a second, but she decided to let it go.
She watched Neji bend down and sit beside her, and she turned away from the guy with arms crossed, not wanting to look at him.
Neji watched her turn away, and didn't really care to stop her. Instead, he just looked at her back.
"Tenten, why DID you cry?" he asked, speaking first. He wanted to know.
Why did she cry? Why do you think she cried?!? BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL KNOWS THAT'S WHY!
But then...a little part of her knew she was just overreacting...This wasn't a big deal...
After a few seconds in silence, Neji spoke again. "I mean, there's really no reason to. If you like me or something then there's nothing wrong with that..."
After hearing this, Tenten blushed. She really didn't know what to do or say. Damn she wished the topic would be over.
"..."
"Can you talk?" he asked.
"..."
"Can you at least look at me then?"
"..."
"Ugh fine. Then I'll just have to do this..." he said with a smile.
"Huh?" Tenten asked to herself. "What's he talking about?"
Neji leaned in closer to Tenten. He moved up and lightly kissed her on the cheek.
After feeling this, Tenten blushed even harder.
She really didn't know what to do.
She thought the first thing that came up to her mind. She turned back to Neji and punched the guy, hard.
"DAMN IT! THAT HURT!" he said, rubbing his reddened face from the slap back and forth.
She looked at Neji with a mad look, not really caring that she hurt the guy.
"WELL WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT FOR??!" she yelled.
"I DON'T KNOW! OH MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO TALK?!?!!?" he said with a sudden reply.
Tenten grew silent.
He just did that...just so I could talk? The nerve of this guy!!!! HOW COULD HE?!?!?!?!!?!?
She started to cry again and got up from the bench. But before she could stand up, Neji held her hand and forced her to sit back down.
"Wait...Sorry...That was the first thing that could come up on my mind...Oh and uhmm for your info, I like you too. Ariite if you wanna leave go ahead," he said, then let go of her hand.
After Tenten got every thing in from what Neji just said, she turned to him and went into his arms. Neji didn't bother to stop her.
"N-Neji..." she whispered as she held his waist and gave a tight hug, crying even more.
Neji, on the other hand, didn't return the hug. He wasn't good at romantic times like this. Instead, he just kept his arms on his side. "So uhmm...you wanna go back in or what?" he said, breaking the silence.
Tenten let go of him and nodded.
Neji got up and the two walked together back in the school.
When they stepped foot in the gymnasium they got everyone's attention. They found everyone, including Tenten's clique.
Temari ran up to her best friend, and everyone else just stood there in silence as they watched her doing so.
"TENTEN!!!! I"M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRRYYYY!!!!" she yelled as she ran.
Tenten smiled. She ran up to her likewise, leaving Neji behind. As for him, he went back with his clique, and still watched the two of them.
Tenten and Temari finally reached and gave each other a hug.
"Hah. It's okay now. We're fine," Tenten said as she tried to calm down her best friend.
"O-Okay. Y-You're not mad at me are you?" Temari said, still not letting go of the hug.
"Noo! You're my BFF I mean come on. I just over-reacted," Tenten said, smiling. "Yeahhh sorry for running out earlier and making you worry. Arrite now come onnn. Everyone's staring at us."
The two let go of each other and looked at the crowd. Everyone stared at the two in silence, making them the middle of attention.
Luckily for Tenten, the bell rang. She hated being looked at by everyone and getting into the spotlight.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
Everyone headed off to their next class. On their way to lunch, Sakura was met by Ino at the lockers. Ino told Sasuke she could lead her so Sasuke left.
Soon everyone arrived to the lunchroom and took their seats. Off course, Sakura sat with Ino, Hinata, Tenten, and Temari. Sasuke sat with Shikamaru, Neji, Naruto, and Kiba.
"Okay so Tenten, TELL US EVERYTHING!" Ino said as soon as she sat down. She was really excited to know what happened between her and Neji.
"Wha?" she asked. She was confused and didn't know what Ino was talking about. As for the other ladies in the group, they looked straight at Tenten. They knew what the blonde was talking about and also were very eager to know. Noticing the stares, Tenten wanted to slowly back off.
"Oh come on Tenten. What happened with you and Neji when you two left? OMG did you know he stopped us from chasing you when you ran out?!!?!?!?"
"H-he did that?" she said with a light blush.
"Yeah. He stopped right in front of me since I was in the lead and he pulled his arm out. Then he said 'Let her be'. And then I asked him to move and he said 'No. I gotta run to her. Leave us'. Then we went back to the gym while he went after you."
After Tenten heard what Neji just done, she really felt all –aww-he-did-that-for-me–inside. She was surprised and somehow felt happy. "W-Wow..."
"YAH! HE REALLY LIKES YOU!!!!!! SO WTF HAPPENED!??!?!?" Ino exclaimed.
"Well uhm..." She took a deep breath and started to explain.
((((((A/N: Here I'll make it easier for you. Read this instead. Same thing below but with spaces this time. UHmm I don't think you really need to read this because it's just a recap but feel free to:
"I was at the swings and he wanted to go to the bench but I didn't do anything so he lifted me up from the swing and carried me there and started talking to me but I was silent and wouldn't talk so he kissed me on my cheek so I punched him and asked him what the fuck did he do that for and he said he did that so I can talk and I started to cry again and leave because that wasn't a really cool thing to say," she said, running out of her breath. Then she took another deep breath and started to talk again really fast. "But before I could leave he grabbed my hand and forced me to sit back down and said I'm sorry that was the first thing that could come up in my mind and then he said uhm for your info I like you too," she said, again running out of her breath. Then she took another deep breath and started to talk. "And then I hugged him after I heard what he just said to me and then there was silence and we finally went back inside".)))))))
"IwasattheswingsandhewantedtogotothebenchbutIdidn'tdoanythingsoheliftedmeupfromtheswingandcarriedmethereandstartedtalkingtomebutIwassilentandwouldn'ttalksohekissedmeonmycheeksoIpunchedhimandaskedhimwhatthefuckdidhedothatforandhesaidhedidthatsoIcantalkandIstartedtocryagainandleavebecausethatwasn'tareallycoolthingtosay," she said, running out of her breath. Then she took another deep breath and started to talk again really fast. "ButbeforeIcouldleavehegrabbedmyhandandforcedmetositbackdownandsaidI'msorrythatwasthefirstthingthatcouldcomeupinmymindandthenhesaiduhmforyourinfoIlikeyoutoo," she said, again running out of her breath. Then she took another deep breath and started to talk. "AndthenIhuggedhimafterIheardwhathejustsaidtomeandthentherewassilenceandwefinallywentbackinside".
After she was finished talking really fast, everyone else in the table had a really confused and a 'wahhh did you just say?' face.
"Whaa?" Temari was first to speak. "Speak slowly..."
Then Tenten repeated what she just said but in a slower way. 5 minutes after explaining everything and getting 'aww that's soo cute' comments, mostly from Ino and Sakura, everyone else at the table finally understood.
"You know that makes him your boyfriend right?" Ino said.
Tenten took thought into the statement. They actually never really said 'you wanna go out?'. She took a chance and said, "I guess..."
Ino squealed. "OMG!!! I always knew you guys were made for each other!"
"Hey guys," Sakura said, getting everyone's attention. After everyone turned to the girl, she spoke again. "Are Neji and Hinata somehow related? They have the same eyes."
"Y-Yeah h-he's my b-brother," Hinata spoke up.
"Oh-Okay."
Then they went back to talking about other things they could come up with.