Title: I Remember
Author: Anorexia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Neji Hyuuga x Tenten
Theme: #25 - Fence
Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto.
"Remember this place, Neji?" Tenten laughed, pointing to a large open training ground where a Sensei and her students began to work on simple self-defense moves. "We used to train here back when we were Gennin."
It had only been three years since we became Anbu and things were so different. Children's parks had been created into training grounds and more schools and homes were built for the economy. Tenten demanded we took the day to go visit the places we spent most of our teen years. 'Recalling the joyful memories' as she called it.
"I remember." I said. This wasn't exactly how I wanted to spend my day off. She knew I'd much rather be training and growing stronger. "Next weekend, I promise." was her excuse.
She dragged me around different parts of Konoha, recalling all our old lunch spots, shopping areas, where we first met our Sensei and other assorted places that were all just a thing in the past. As the sun began to go down, Tenten had marked off all the areas she wanted to see and began to drag me back home where she demanded to cook me a 'proper' home meal.
"...I was talking to Sakura Haruno the other day and she was telling me that..." Tenten stopped her talking and turned a deep shade of pink.
"What is it?" I didn't bother to worry about it being trouble, if it was, Tenten would have narrowed her eyes and brought her hand down to her weapon pack instead of blushing.
"This is the place where we first..." She pointed to a the Konoha Botanical Gardens fence. "...kissed..."
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"Thank you for taking me to the Gardens, Neji. You know how much I love flowers." She sniffed the Orchid she made me buy her in the flower shop that was with the Botanical Gardens.
"You're welcome." I mumbled, the sent of all the flowers irritated me. And I was beginning to regret taking her to the opening night.
"We should do this again sometime, only then we'll go somewhere you want to." She laughed. "You won't have to dress so formal either." She sniffed the Orchid again and placed it behind her ear. "It matches, doesn't it?"
Tenten twirled around, her white dress spinning with her body as she continued. When she stopped, she laced her arm in my own and sighed happily. "I forgot what it was like not having to always live the life of a Shinobi...to relax and have fun...I remember now."
I stopped walking and began to feel nervous, tonight was the night I had planned on giving her, her first kiss but was now the moment?
"Neji?" She looked at me with concerned eyes. "Is everything okay? You look sick."
"Tenten..." I faced pulled away from her grasp and stood in front of her. Why was I nervous? I was a Hyuuga. I had to stand strong and without fear. I gently grabbed onto her hands and brought them close and pushed her body against the chain fence beside us. She was short for her age and I had to bend down to get to her face, I closed my eyes and pressed my lips upon her own. Tenten didn't deny, she pushed her body up and stood on her toes and returned the kiss.
When I pulled away, a large blush was across her face. I gave a small smile. "I know what it's like now to live like a regular person."
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"I don't remember that..." I said stiffly.
Tenten frowned. "It was only five years ago, you should be able to remember it."
"I don't."
She sighed and pulled me towards the fence and leaned her body against it. "Don't you remember? You took me to the Botanical Gardens grand opening..." She held my hands the way I held hers that night. "You stopped our walk and held me like this..." She then pursed her lips together and stood up on her toes. "Back then I was shorter then you and I had to stand on my tip-toes." She closed her eyes and the blush grew into a crimson shade. "And I remember our first kiss went something like this..." She pressed her lips onto mine and held it there for only a brief moment like I did all those years ago.
When she too pulled away, the same large blush was upon her face. "Do you remember now?"
I gave a weak smile. "I remember."
Author's notes - Wow, this story has been up for a year. Can you believe that? Well, after long hours of contiplainting and thinking about deleting this series. She finally thought it'd be too much of a hassle to have PM's about people asking why the story was deleted. Truthfully, if it ever does happen it's because of this - Sever Depression. Writing keeps me alive some days, but lately I've been really down. This move took it's toll on my body and mind and I'm extreamly stressed out. I don't care if you bash the story anymore (not like I ever did care in the start) it's all words in my head now.
Thank you for reading.