author's note.

Well, I've been updating pretty quickly as you see. So let's see, what else has happened? My sister and my mom are going to go to my sister's meet the teacher soon, even though I don't know why. My sister got the same teacher for 5th grade that I did when I was in fifth grade, so we know her pretty well. Anyway, right now I'm listening to all of my music that I saved on YouTube because my iTunes is acting weird. Oh, I made a FMA AMV, a Fruits Basket AMV, an Inuyasha AMV, a NejiTen AMV and a SasuSaku AMV! Tell me if you want to see any of them ; I have SasuSaku on MySpace videos, but I still have to upload the other ones, if you'd like to see them.

disclaimer.

We don't own "Naruto" or any lyrics from the song "For You I Will (Confidence)" by Teddy Geiger.

dedication.

The last chapter was for Evan, but I could never forget his adorable sisters, Alyssa and Megan. Love you guys!

I'm gonna muster every ounce of confidence I have

and cannon ball into the water

I'm gonna muster every ounce of confidence I have

For you I will

For you I will

Forgive me if I stutter

From all of the clutter in my head

Cuz I could fall asleep in those eyes

Like a water bed

Do I seem familiar, i've crossed you in hallways

a thousand times, no more camouflage

I want to be exposed, and not be afraid to fall.

Sometimes Neji wondered about random things in the world. Why did people fall in love? Why did people label each other? There was so many wonders to the world, that Neji didn't even know where to begin questioning things. He knew that in one year, they were going to be graduated from high school. Neji would be expected to choose a career path that would benefit him, and hopefully Tenten as well…ugh, who was he kidding. Who knew if Tenten really wanted to be in his future? What if she thought that this was just some high school fling?

Neji was sitting up in his bedroom, watching the rain pour down. They had lost power about an hour ago, which had caused panic in the Hyuuga household, thanks to Neji's sister. Neji was positive that if she kept on being this neurotic, that something bad was going to happen to that baby, god forbid. Neji had tried everything to keep himself occupied from plucking his un-amplified bass to trying to read a novel with a flashlight, before his parents came and took it away from him.

He wondered if Tenten was alright, if the power had gone out at her house. Probably not. Tenten was so rich thanks to being a model, that she probably had generators whirring right now. She could take a shower and watch TV and whatever else she wanted. Ugh, Neji had to stop thinking about her. Things were never going to be quite right, Neji knew that. And if they were, it wasn't going to work out right away for them in the immediate future.

Just as Neji's thoughts were intensifying, the lights began to flicker back to life and electricity was back. Neji heard the excited chatter of his sister down stairs. Apparently the chaos had been that the power had gone out in the middle of "Bridezillas", one of his sister's favorite 'pregnancy' shows, as he and his family put it. Even though it wasn't about being pregnant, it was still about moody women. Which was very, extremely actually, close to the description of his sister at the moment.

Neji looked out the window. It was raining still, drizzling. He sighed, knowing that he really should just stay inside. There was going to be a long day tomorrow. His parents were taking the whole family to go see a play in the city, and then they were going to all go to the travel agent to book a trip to America for his sister's 30th birthday. Neji bit down on his lip, knowing quite well that none of those events were appealing to him…but he hated letting people down.

Neji stared out the window, finally breaking his trance. Oh, screw this. You couldn't live your life looking in the rear view mirror, right? Neji would just go to Tenten, and tell her whatever was on his mind. Even if he himself could not vocalize it. Neji didn't bother to check his appearance. He rose to his feet, racing down the hallway and down the stairs. He managed to slip past his family with no interrogation.

As he emerged onto the street, his bad luck seemed to make it's appearance as the rain began to pour down again. Oh great, just lovely. Oh well, he would walk through hurricanes and tornadoes and whatever else was thrown his way, just to see Tenten. Neji walked down the all too familiar path to Tenten's house, his shoes scraping the sidewalk and providing a repetitive sound that seemed to be enough to keep him from losing his mind.

Neji stopped in front of Tenten's house, at the base of the drive way. He would just walk up, and talk to her. Oh god, what if one of her parents answered the door? Usually they weren't home, and Neji used to joke that they were more social than Tenten, even though that probably was not possible.

"Neji?"
Neji's haze was broken by the melodic voice of Tenten. She was perched on the front porch, eyes wide. She looked like she had been out here through out the whole storm. Neji's eyes widened, but he nodded. Neji started to make his way over to Tenten, but she left the shelter of her porch and stood near Neji. "Hi." She said, smiling.

"Tenten, listen to me." Neji said a little too gruffly. He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his jeans, a frown on his face as he stared off into space. He turned his gaze back to Tenten, who's eyes were wide with anxiety and sparkling with sorry. "This isn't just some high school fling, you know that, don't you?" He asked, looking at her. She obviously was not expecting that.

"Of course I know that." She briskly said, shaking her head as if she had completely lost him. Truthfully, Neji had no idea where this was going. It had started, he was going to finish it.

"Marry me." Neji said, Tenten expected to see a joking gleam in his eye, but he was completely serious.

"W-what?" A million emotions were running through Tenten to a point where it was indescribable.

"I love you, Tenten," Neji whispered, taking her hand and grasping it between his. "I want to be with you forever," Neji was trying hard not to choke on his words. "Please…please say you'll marry me."

Tenten was so scared, so nervous, but for once she wasn't worrying about her mom or anyone else or what they might think, it was just her and Neji. Tenten grinned, tears streaming down her face.

"Of course I will marry you, Neji Hyuuga."