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Chapter 20
Normal POV
"So, Neji, when are you going to propose to her?" Naruto asked, munching on a chicken wing.
Neji had met up with the other guys for lunch without Tenten knowing.
"Yeah, I thought you said you loved her." Shikamaru yawned.
"I do." Neji said, looking at the ground.
"Then propose!" Sasuke said. " It's now or never."
"...I have no ring." Neji said lamely.
"Yes, you do! I saw a ring in those heritagey boxes!" Naruto said, pointing an accusing finger at Neji.
"Heritagey boxes?" Shikamaru raised a questioning eyebrow.
"My heritage boxes from my father, it has all the belongings that he had he wanted to give to me." Neji explained.
Naruto looked confused. " But yeah! That's proves my point! He wanted you to marry!"
"...you know, that baka has a point." Sasuke said. " And when he's actually right, something is wrong."
"What did you say!?"
"Be quiet Naruto." Neji said as he thought.
"What's so bad about proposing to Tenten...we've known each other for a few months now..."
He was leveling out the pros and cons in his head when suddenly his phone started to vibrate in his pocket.
"Huh?" He quickly got it out and flipped it open.
"Hello? Hyuuga Neji here." Neji said politely into the phone, expecting another nice, polite voice to reply.
But, instead-
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Screamed Tenten's angry voice through the phone. " THERE ARE WEIRDO PEOPLE HERE FROM SUNA AND THEY WANT TO MEET YOU! THEY CAME LIKE HALF AN HOUR AGO, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE BACK BY THEN!!! COME BACK NOW!" He could hear her panting after she finished.
"Uhhh..." Neji looked around, feeling slightly humiliated.
Shikamaru, Naruto, Sasuke and all the people in the cafe they were eating at were staring at Neji, or more so at Neji's phone.
"I'll be right back." He said as normally as he could. " Just a little problem at work..."
He got up and tucked in his chair. Then he walked out the cafe onto the street, looking as dignified as he could in that situation.
"Tenten?" He said gently into the phone.
"What?!" Tenten still sounded a bit hysteric.
"I was eating lunch." He said through gritted teeth.
"SO?!" She suddenly turned angry again. " If you actually cared one ONCE about me, you would come in my time of need!"
Neji sighed. " Tenten, of course I care about-"
"I HAVE A TIME OF NEED! IF YOU CARE, YOU BETTER BE HERE IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES."
"Beep."
"Damnit." Neji cursed under his breathe. Tenten could be so manipulative at times...
Sighing, he walked back into the cafe to get his stuff.
Tenten POV
Damn Neji.
Damn that bastard.
Where the hell was he!?
Why couldn't he just ask me to order from the Deli again?! Like any other normal day!
"Miss Tenten? Could I have more tea please?"
Damn it! That's like her fifth cup of tea!
Does she have a bowel the size of a huge cake tin or something...
Muttering swear words under 0my breath, I grab her cup and fill it up one more time. Then, I carefully head back to the table, holding the pink china cup.
"Your tea Miss Hanji." I say, placing it down in front of her, using my pinky as a cushion first to stifle the noise.
"I'm so sorry I'm late."
Oh my God. Thank God here's here.
"Hi Neji!" I say, more happily then I intended to.
Crap. I bet that Hanji person is suspicious.
Uhhh...back track!
"I mean.." (insert cough) "Mr. Hyuuga, Miss Hanji and her...associates are here to speak to you."
"Ahh..." Neji said, looking into the waiting room. " I'll go talk to them now."
"Good." I nod.
"Okay." As Neji walked past me, I can see a hint of a smile tweaking at the side of his lips.
You just gotta love that guy..
One hour later
"So Tenten...have you and Neji ever spoke about getting married?" Hinata asked me, with a very un-Hinataish gleam in her eyes.
"Yeah, have you?!" Sakura and Ino asked in unison.
They glared at each other.
"Don't copy me Ino-pig!" Sakura yelled.
"What?! You copied me first you stupid forehead girl!" Ino screamed.
Then...they started a cat fight.
I sigh, clutching my head. " No. We haven't talked about marriage yet. I don't think we're even thinking about it."
"What?" Ino exclaimed, suddenly distracted from the cat fight. " That must mean Shika lied to me!"
Wait a second...WHAT?
"What?" I say, trying to keep calm, but I'm failing. My voice is coming out in high, squeaky notes. " Ino...what did Shikamaru tell you?"
"Shit." I hear Ino mutter. " Well...it slipped...so..." She looked around at Sakura and Hinata.
They both sighed and nodded. " Tell her."
Normal POV
At the Hyuuga Mansion
"SHIKAMARU!!! YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!"
"AAAAHHH!!!"
"Ooooh..." Naruto said in awe. " Neji is scary when he's mad."
Sasuke nodded in agreement.
"SHIKAMARU, YOU WIMP! COME FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN!" Neji's voice rang around his huge mansion.
"Neji." Sasuke walked up to Neji and promptly slapped him in the face.
"What the hell! Sasuke! You want me to kill you too?!" Neji said, glaring at Sasuke.
"No! I was just slapping some sense into you." Sasuke said, keeping up his 'cool' appearance. "Shikamaru just accidentally let it slip you might propose to Tenten."
"Yeah!" Neji said, pointing to Shikamaru who had finally come out of hiding. " He told Ino! Out of all people he could have gossiped to, he gossiped to Ino!"
"Yeah Shikamaru..." Naruto said, hands resting behind his head. " Are you really a genius? It was kinda stupid telling Ino."
Shikamaru sighed, holding his heads in a surrender act. " I'm sorry okay? It accidentally slipped." He emphasized on the 'accidentally'.
"Fine. This time." Neji pointed to Shikamaru again. " You are forgiven." Then he walked out the door, holding his head up high.
"Heehee..." Naruto giggled. " Neji's funny when he's mad."
Sasuke and Shikamaru ignored the giggling blonde. " How do you think he'll explain to Tenten?" Shikamaru said, turning to face Sasuke.
Sasuke looked to the door which Neji had walked out of.
"You know what?" Sasuke said, shaking his head. " I have no idea."
Hehe...please don't shout at me for not updating for so long...
I'm going on holiday tomorrow, so I had a feeling that I had to update...
Anyways, this story is coming to an end soon!
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