Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, etc. "Superstar" by S.H.E.

Summary: Tenten is indebt and a really good liar. Neji's family is rich and in need of a temporary niece. What happens when these two meet? ( Nejiten & minor others )

"At least what?!" she butted in. "You were-"

"You were the one who was-"

"You were just as hungry as me! Why are you-"

"-So frustrating all the time!"

"Why you! You just took the words out of my-"

Pvvrbbbt…

Both of them became silence at once. They looked at the gas meter. Then they looked at each other.

They both thought the same thing: Shit.

Out of gas.

Sakura was sitting in her bed, stroking the new necklace that was now around her neck. She turned to her assistant beside her.

"Moegi," she began, "Did you see Neji come by?" A pause. "I haven't seen him… you know, during visiting hours." She waited for Moegi to respond and she frowned when the girl shrugged in question.

"If he did come by," she said, "I haven't seen him." Then she quickly added, "But I told him though. He should come by soon." Sakura shrugged and lay back down on the bed. She had a feeling he wouldn't come.

She looked at the broken necklace. Maybe it was time to let go.

It took awhile for Tenten to adjust to the situation.

I mean, she never really thought of what would happen if they ran out of gas. To be honest, she never even took a glimpse into that thought. Why? Simple – she never even thought it could happen. But it just did. And she adjusted to it the only way she really knew how:

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" she moaned out loud. Neji twitched. He wanted to do the same thing as well, but his Hyuuga pride kept him from doing it. He scratched his ear. She was screaming a lot today.

"WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" she shouted in despair. "WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!" She slammed her head against the seat again and thrashed about in disdain. "WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" She continued screeching and rambling on and on about 'how they were going to diiiieeeee!'

Neji massaged his temples and finally opened his car door and stepped out, walking randomly – trying to get away from the noise. He had debated whether to tell her to "shut up," but he had a feeling that it would result in a loss for him. The noise was unbearable – he could hardly think – and decided to concentrate outside.

Tenten saw what he was doing and got out too. She ran to catch up with him. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Where the hell do you think you're GOING?!"

Neji snorted as he kept moving. "Nothing's going to happen if we just sit there and do nothing," he hissed. He kept walking down the road aimlessly with Tenten on his heels who kept glancing back at the car that was getting father and farther away. She looked around at the dark woods and shivered inwardly. She laughed nervously.

"Eh… heh… Neji?" she squeaked.

"What?!" he snapped. He felt a body slam into him and he growled on the floor as he got up again. "Watch where you're going!" he seethed.

"I can't help it!" she admonished. "It's dark and we're out of gas-" A wolf howled somewhere and she squeaked as she clutched on Neji's arm. Tenten could handle the dark. She could handle wolves. But she couldn't handle wolves at dark WITHOUT any help or anything.

Neji looked at the girl in his arms and snorted. He considered shrugging her off. He frowned as he peered deeper into that solution. Problem: She would scream even louder and probably jump on him again. He shook his head. He didn't want to be jumped on again and he definitely didn't want her screaming. So, he managed to drag himself along with the girl clutching his arm, all the while, frowning in deep thought.

Why did this seem so familiar?

He stopped and closed his eyes in thought. The only thing that came to his mind currently was a seat and… A plane? He looked down at the girl in front of him. Two buns… The girl on his seat… Two buns too? His eyes narrowed. She did seem familiar… Dramatic-ness… He raised his eyebrows as she swerved around in alarm after hearing a twig crack. Neji rolled his eyes.

Density…

Suddenly, Tenten had an excellent idea. She dug into her coat pocket and whipped out her cell phone. She let go of Neji's arm and he found himself shivering inwardly at the cold air that brushed his arm. Curses… He forgot to bring his coat. Of course, that wasn't his current issue right now. He was currently wondering what the hell Tenten was doing.

The girl was walking aimlessly around the road, holding her cell phone up to the sky. "C'mon… C'mon!" she mumbled hastily. She tried lifting the phone higher to see if it would have any effect. She tried climbing on a boulder to see if it would heighten the chances, but Neji was there at once, ripping her down. "GACK!" She crashed into him and both fell down on the forest floor.

Tenten got up immediately and brushed herself off. "What the hell is your problem you idiotic…" She trailed off as her eyes widened and she started searching the floor for the cell phone. "No, no, no!" she muttered frantically as she searched her pockets and her sweatshirt. She went down on her knees and began searching the floor again.

Neji rubbed his sore chin. "You could've fallen down," he reasoned. The man snorted. "Were you aiming for another twisted ankle?" He frowned as he realized that she wasn't paying any attention to him.

The girl scurried in the ground lifting up dead leaves – some of which had fallen on the prodigy's head – and clawed at the ground with her fingers. He made a wise decision not to bother her as she made her search. Moments later, she stopped, still on the ground. She took a deep breath and massaged her temples – a habit that was caught from Neji.

At last…

"YOU IDIOT!" she shrieked, stamping her foot loudly on the ground. "I was searching for some service for the phone!" The girl kicked the boulder she had tried to climb on before. "Great!" she shouted sarcastically. "Now we're stuck here without any phone to call for help!"

The man grumbled, feeling a slight heat rise in his cheeks. Whether it was from anger or embarrassment for not figuring out her solution by himself, we will never know.

"Then take mine," he argued he tossed his phone at her and she fumbled with it. A pause and then, "What does it matter? We're in the mountains. There's hardly any service here anyways."

"It wasn't my cell phone you buffoon!" she launched back, his phone in her hands. "It was Sasuke's! He gave it to me-"

Neji's eyes narrowed. "Sasuke's phone?" he inquired. "Didn't I tell you not to-"

"We didn't go out for dinner or anything!" she shouted, sighing a little at the same time. "He just walked up to me when I was-"

"And when was this?" Neji asked angrily. He closed the distance between them. "Where were you when this happened?" She put up a slight barrier hand between him and her just so that she would have an equal chance of defending herself. Why did this seem like déjà vu to her?

"Market," she muttered. "He was pretty nice too. He-" She stopped at the beginning of her sentence and looked up into the sky. Her eyes widened. Smoke! She dashed past Neji toward the outskirts of the road and Neji furrowed his eyebrows. She never answered his questions, but he planned to ask them later.

"Gai-sensei!" Lee's voice penetrated the dark night. "I see a car!!!"

At once, the tall green replica of Lee crashed through the window and onto the street. "HALT!" he cried. "HALT IN THE NAME OF YOUTH!" The car stopped and the man bounded over to the window. The man frowned. Two angry faces were glaring at him through the window. In spite of those angry glares, he smiled and there was a PING!

Good thing they were wearing sunglasses.

"YOSH! Have you seen a –" He was abruptly cut off as the car drove by him, leaving him in the dust. His face took on a confused look for five seconds until he shrugged it off. "Perhaps they were in a hurry," he mumbled. He turned to his partner in crime. "Lee!" he shouted enthusiastically, "Don't give up hope! The two will come sooner or later!" He gave the Good-Guy Pose™ and grinned – his teeth flashing with a PING!

Lee agreed, shoving a fist into the air with determination. "Yes, Gai-sensei! They shall come back sooner or later!"

Little did they know that about two days would pass until they would 'come back sooner or later.'

"What are you doing?" he asked. Neji was trying to hide his feelings of curiosity and at the same time, trying to figure out what the hell she really was doing. He snapped another branch out of his way through the trees, trying to keep up with the fast pace of Tenten who slipped between each branch without crashing any of them down.

"Smoke!" she snapped back, as if that was enough to explain the situation. "Now be quiet for a sec!" She crept out of the trees and bushes and smiled at what she had found. Yep! Another run-down, old neighborhood. She became giddy as the smell of food reached her nose.

Meanwhile, Neji, had also taken a look at the place with displeasure. He looked at Tenten. Was she serious about letting them stay in a place like that? "Tenten," he began, "don't do anything stupid- Tenten!" The girl didn't take heed of his advice as she dashed out of the trees.

The Hyuuga grunted angrily as he had no choice but to follow where she was going.

Tenten was walking on the dirt path until she bumped into a tall man. His hair was a matted gray and he was reading… a book? The man looked up and stared at her. And stared. And stared some more.

"Who are you?" he asked, scratching his chin.

"Err…" she mumbled. "I'm… Your daughter's best friend!" she blurted out. She hoped that they had a daughter.

"Oh," he huffed. "You must be for the Li's party. They're over there on that street." The man scurried away writing down something in an orange book that reminded Tenten vaguely of the stuff that Kakashi always read.

Neji finally caught up to her. "Where do you think you're going?" he hissed. "We're not even supposed to- Tenten!" The girl squirmed out of his grasp and dashed over to where the man had pointed before. A party! That means food!

The prodigy huffed as he continued chasing after her.

"Hello!" Tenten beamed brightly as she bowed politely in front of the Li family. "How are you today?"

The family members mumbled looking at her and then exchanging looks with one another.

"Oh!" Tenten cried. "Your daughter probably hasn't said much about me-" Neji walked up. "-US!" she quickly corrected, realizing that she wasn't alone. "We're her best friends from… err… the city!" Neji gave her a panicked look and she just looked at him.

"Oh!" a woman cried. "You must be here for her birthday party!" The woman clasped her hands together. "Tell me: is she coming back for winter break?"

Tenten nodded. "Of course! She said that she wouldn't miss it for the world!"

The family members then welcomed them into her house with Neji still perplexed about the lie she had just woven.

"It's late right now," the woman said jauntily as she led Tenten into the guest room. Neji sniffed at the dirty furniture and the girl nudged him forcefully – a warning not to show any bad manners. "Did you arrive here on bus?" the lady asked. "I didn't see a-"

"We kinda ran out of gas in the mountains," Tenten explained quickly. A little nervousness crept into her voice as well. "I didn't expect the party to be so hard to find…"

The woman smiled knowingly. "I see." She fluffed up a few pillows in the room. "Glad you were able to make it! We're about to start the party celebrations!" Neji twitched. Did she just say… party celebrations?

Neji… Party celebrations… Those two words didn't seem to mix.

On the other hand, Tenten was frivolous about what would happen during the party! Party equals food… at least in her own calculations. The arched an eyebrow at Neji, however, who didn't seem like he was taking the news too well. She nudged him again and gave him the look – the look in which to tell her what the hell he was sulking about.

In return she received a vicious glare that explained everything. Tenten rolled her eyes deciphering the glare herself. He has too many glares, she thought irritably. She blew her cheeks up and then let them slowly deflate. She turned to him.

"It can't honestly be that bad…" she reasoned.

A narrow of eyes. "…"

She grinned, trying to lift up the mood a bit. "There'll be food!"

He closed his eyes in thought. "…" Tenten just shrugged at his demeanor and went to ask for a cup of hot chocolate or something to help her feel warm again.

Neji was angry. He was humiliated. And above all things: he was exasperated.

He looked distastefully at the people that were at the party. Most of them were waving beers around, getting wasted. Tenten was among them and he twitched at the way she was able to make friends so easily. She was planted next to him in the middle section of the table waving her glass around.

The girl was laughing – clearly enjoying herself. She reached for another beer bottle and got it in her hands until Neji slapped them, making her drop the bottle with a crash. "Hey!" she cried out, hurt. "Just because you hate alcohol doesn't mean that I don't!"

"You're drunk," he insisted. "If you drink anymore, you're going to die from alcohol poisoning." He proceeded to knock the bottles away from her, lest she reach for another one. The girl shoved him away clumsily.

"Hey, hey!" she mumbled, dazed. "It's a (hic) party! I can drink as much as I want…!" She reached for one that was to her right and frowned when Neji knocked that one away as well. And handed her a glass of water instead.

"The food isn't even here yet and you're already drunk!" he spat. "If-"

"KARAOKE!"

Everybody cheered and Neji found the fire in the trash canister more interesting. The leader of the group pointed to the pair in the middle. "In honor of our gracious guests," he cried, "let them sing first!" Another cheer and more clapping from the part members.

The girl spat out the water once more. That seemed to snap Tenten out of her drunken state. "Eh?!" Karaoke?! She didn't realize that they had the money to actually buy a karaoke machine. She hit herself mentally. Damn… They were richer than her! She then scoffed. It wasn't like she actually wanted one. She bit the edge of her glass instinctively in deep thought. But it would–

"I'm not singing."

That snapped Tenten out of her thoughts. "Wuh… huh?" She turned to the Hyuuga beside her. "What did you say?"

"I'm not singing," he repeated.

She arched her eyebrows, unsure of how to respond. "Singing can be… fun. Sometimes." The girl smirked at him. "Why? Suck at singing?"

He ignored the last part. "They want one of us to sing," he stated stoically. The man shifted a little and gave Tenten a look. "I'm… not… singing," he said again – slowly this time. "Which means…" He trailed off, waiting for her to finish his point.

The girl's eyebrows rose even higher. "Ok…" she prompted, not totally getting it. "What the hell do you want me to do about it-"

"My friend here would like to sing." Neji's voice was loud and overpowered the cheers of the party guests and the drunken guests that were sitting in the corner wrapped up in their own little world. Tenten's eyes widened and she nearly fumbled with her glass. What?! That was his solution?!

At once Tenten was shoved to the front of the table. A fellow party guest handed her the mike and a woman set up the karaoke machine. The girl gaped. It was brand new! The song blasted out of the speakers brashly and she winced from the loud volume.

Hiashi tapped the end of his chin. It was late.

Where the hell were Neji and Tenten? He took another sip of his tea and Kurenai chastised him again to "Get some rest already, dammit!" However, he had an inexplicable reason as to why he couldn't actually go to sleep. He had a feeling that somewhere something was going to get messed up.

He tapped his chin even more in deeper thought. His eyes narrowed.

That was it.

He gave a wistful sigh. "Neji you really are too proud sometimes."

The boy forgot the map at home.

xiao jiu ge song yi zhou mei tou jiu xin tong
wo mei kong li hui wo zhi gan
shou ni de gan shou
ni yao wang na zou ba
wo ling hun ye dai zou
ta wei
ni zhao le mo liu zhao you shen me yong

Tenten rolled her eyes. "You've got to be kidding me," she huffed. This song was not on her favorites' list and the high-pitched vocals made her ears ring. However, it was a karaoke machine, and who knows? Maybe she does have some singing talent.

The girl sighed again. The lyrics were going so fast, but she couldn't disappoint the crowd. She twitched inwardly. Especially if they were freeloaders…

Hesitantly, she clicked the mike on and hurried to catch up with the rest of the lyrics – all the while giving off a nervous smile.

ni shi dian
ni shi guang
ni shi wei yi de shen hua
wo zhi ai ni
You are my super star

Soon, Tenten got into the music and she started hopping around doing her own little jig with it as well. The party guests clapped in appreciation and enthusiasm as they stood up and danced as well. Neji, however, managed to squeeze out of the suffocating crowd to get a breath of air.

He turned to look back at Tenten who definitely stood out of the crowd.

Ni zhu zai
wo chong bai mei
you geng hao de ban fa
zhi neng ai ni
You are my super star

The proud man had to admit that the atmosphere was quite… cheerful. He watched her as she sang and also danced alongside everyone. She was able to stir up quite the party and befriend many people – he'll give her that much. And she was a pretty good singer…

He grunted, aware of the compliment he just gave her.

Well, compared to him that is.

shou bu shi shou shi
wen rou de yu zhou
wo zhe ke xiao xing qiu jiu zai
ni shou zhong zhuan dong qing
kan jian wo rang wo you meng ke yi zuo
wo wei ni fa le feng ni bi xu jiang li wo

Tenten continued singing and was glad that it was in a language she knew. She smirked as she thought of the best way to get Neji back… The only way was pretty unoriginal, but it was really his fault that she was singing in the first place. So it was only fair that he should sing too.

She grinned again and knew that the party guests would most likely force him to if he refused. Ha! He deserves it!

ni shi
yi yi shi tian shi di shi shen de zhi yi
chu le ai ni mei you
zhen li

Pretty soon, Neji started adjusting to the song. His unemotional appearance still stayed intact, but Tenten could tell from far away that he was starting to warm up to this whole karaoke business. She frowned. Darn. If I wasn't holding this mike, I would've taken a picture of him with the cell phone.

huo ni shi huo shi wo fei
e de jin tou
mei xiang guo yao tao tuo
wei shen me wo yao tao tuo
xie xie ni gei wo yi duan kuai le
Super Star

de meng you
ru guo

wo wang le wo qing bang mang ji de wo

"Next up is my good ol' pal, NEJI!"

The man's head snapped up. What?! What did she just-

"Yes! Next should definitely be your friend!"
"He does look like he has the voice of a singer!"
"Indeed he does! Hurry! Hand him the-"
"Where the hell is he going?"
"He's a fast runner-"

"NEJI! GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE-"

"Moegi… Can I go to France tomorrow?"

The little girl opens her eyes and looks at Sakura. "Why?" she asked. "Your wrist isn't better right now," she reasoned. "It's better to stay in the hospital. It might get damaged on the flight over or something." Moegi shrugged. "Besides, Neji still has to visit you, you know. Maybe-"

Sakura shook her head with a sad smile. "I don't think he's coming," she sighed. "I still like him, but I don't think he feels the same for me."

Moegi arched an eyebrow and bit the bottom of her lip, not knowing how to respond. "There's still a chance," she said finally. "It's not really over…"

The girl chuckles a bit. "Maybe not," she murmured. "But I think I'm making it harder for him if I stay here. I don't want him to hate me more."

"He doesn't hate you." Sakura opened her mouth to protest, but Moegi cut in with, "If it makes you happy, I'll tell the others that we're leaving tomorrow, ok?"

She nodded and then lay back down, finally able to go to sleep.

Neji was standing on the edge of the crowd again, his arms folded. He was exhausted, but didn't show it. The part guests had chased him for about twenty minutes before giving up at the end. The man closed his eyes in thought. They obviously weren't the brightest tools in the shed.

Now they were back to the karaoke machine, but the prodigy didn't feel that unexplainable joy anymore. He had analyzed it over and over again, and the only plausible explanation was that it was just a "spur of the moment" thing. It was a "on a whim" kind of thing. He nodded his head in silent agreement with himself. Yes. That had to be it. What else could've caused it?

Despite himself, he started feeling bored of the whole thing. His eyebrows furrowed. Perhaps it was because the people on the stage were horrible singers. Or maybe it was because that bouncy girl wasn't on stage anymore. His frown deepened. Whatever that joyous feeling was, he found himself missing it.

"What's up, Neji?"

Speak of the devil.

The Hyuuga opened his eyes to see Tenten – the cause of all his problems – beside him with a grin on her face. He shifted away from her a little bit, getting ready to run for it if Tenten called out his name again and got the attention of the party members. He grunted.

Tenten noticed his slight movement and laughed out loud. He winced. "Neji!" she cried. "You're so funny." With this, she slapped him hard on the back and he sputtered out a breath of air that he didn't know he was holding.

Silently, though.

He grumbled. "Hn."

The girl gave out a sigh at his icy manner. "Anyways," she prompted. "Why aren't you smiling?" She shoved her hands into the front pocket of her sweatshirt and waited for his answer.

Neji twitched inwardly. "What are you talking about?" he inquired. "I don't recall smiling."

Tenten smirked inwardly. Denial. That was typical of him. "Yeah, sure, Neji," she replied skeptically. "I saw you while I was onstage," she said. "You looked pretty happy." She stepped away from him a little and eyed him – trying to see the whole picture. "So why are you frowning… Like always?"

He bristled slightly at her accusation. "I… Was… Not… Smiling," he gritted out slowly. Clearly too, making sure that she heard.

She chuckled. "Alright, fine," she decided. Then, under her breath, "Denial king." Before he could ask what she had just said, her attention turned to the party members who were seated around the table again. "Food's ready, Neji!" she called and dashed off without even waiting for him.

Neji stared at his plate of food.

"Ne, why aren't you eating?" The Hyuuga twitched at the way Tenten's mouth was stuffed while she was speaking. He thanked the gods above when she swallowed the food down her throat. "Not hungry?" she guessed, wiping her mouth with a tissue nearby. Neji was inwardly surprised that she didn't just wipe it on her sweatshirt sleeve. He didn't answer.

"C'mon, Neji," she sighed. "You were just as hungry as I was in the car. This is your chance to-"

"It's dirty food," he said curtly.

The girl next to him snorted. "Are you serious?" She couldn't help but feel slightly offended at that comment. These people were richer than her, and she thought that the food was pretty darn good, too. If she was poorer, then does that mean her food sucks twice as bad? "Look, Neji." She almost smashed the chopsticks into the table wood, but resisted. "Just because you come from a freaking rich family, doesn't mean that-"

"That's not what I meant," he cut in casually. He turned to her. "You lied to get this food."

"It was for a good reason," Tenten replied back with the same façade. She shrugged. "You don't want it? Fine." She grabbed his plate that was loaded with food. "I'll take it." She was about to dig her chopsticks into the plate until Neji grabbed it back venomously.

She smirked as he started to eat. Denial king… Tenten couldn't help but grin at him. Even though she had some rocky issues with him, she couldn't help but think that she was getting used to having him around. It felt normal. Natural. She frowned at the utter cheesiness of those thoughts and shook her head to snap out of it.

Neji watched as the girl next to him went back to her food. He rolled his eyes. Sooner or later, he thought, she's going to get food poisoning.

"EXCUSE ME!!!"

Neji lifted up from his sleeping position and squinted his eyes – adjusting to the dark – at the intruder. "… What?" he muttered. He was tired. He was exhausted. And now he really wanted to punch something to the next dimension. He gave the man at the door a death glare.

Unfortunately, it was pretty dark for him as well and he didn't see the Hyuuga's death glare – let alone get fazed by it. "I think your girlfriend's sick," he rolled out. "We think she has a fever-"

Neji ignored the "girlfriend" comment as he went up and went into the room that Tenten was supposed to be in.

She probably ate too much… His frown deepened. Or maybe she was sick. It was cold in the mountains. Not only that, it was nighttime and everything gets colder at night.

"Thank goodness you're here!" There was a plump lade wringing out a wet cloth and putting it on Tenten's forehead. "She has a low fever, but it can easily get heightened from the weather." Neji kneeled beside the woman and looked at Tenten whose breathing was heavy.

She definitely wasn't lying.

"Don't you have a doctor around here?" he inquired. If they didn't, then they really were the-

"Of course we do!" She put the cloth back into the bucket beside her. "It's a short walk," she said slowly, "but it isn't worth it. The poor dear can't even walk-"

"I'll carry her," Neji cut in hastily. "Where is the doctor located?"

The woman stared at him, bewildered with his answer, but finally responded, "Just up the pathway. Jiraya will take you there." She wobbled to the room entrance and shouted into the hallway, "SOMEONE GET JIRAYA!" On the mat, Tenten shifted a bit from the loud voice.

"- Make sure not to be perverted around her. She can pack quite a punch. I still have bruises from five months ago. She is very experienced in the medic field, so whatever's wrong with your friend, she can fix. Also-"

Neji wanted to punch the man's lights out. He would've, actually, if he wasn't carrying Tenten on his back already. Back at the village, the man – Jiraya – offered to carry her, but… His eyes narrowed at the man who was saying random junk. There was something about him that made him seem…

"- I assure you that there's nothing wrong with our food-"

"We're here," the Hyuuga cut in, wanting that man to shut up already. He turned and bowed slightly to him. "Thank you for your assistance."

"She has a fever," the woman said slowly in speculation.

Neji nodded. "Correct." He watched as she put her hand on top of the girl's forehead. She then went to press her fingers against the girl's pulse. His brows furrowed in confusion as he watched her smile.

"I know the cure," the woman said. "The cure is-"

"See?! Didn't I tell you that Tsunade is simply the- GRMPF!"

"- that she just needs to relieve her chakra points," she continued, ignoring the log that she had just planted in Jiraya's mouth. "I'll get the needles." Neji inwardly winced and Tenten's eyes flew open at the mention of needles. She was extremely tired, but her stomach was just really in pain right now.

Tsunade returned with a small box. She opened it and Tenten twitched at the needles that were inside. She felt her palms sweat as the woman inserted needles into her hands. The girl quickly closed her eyes so that she wouldn't have to see what her hands looked like. And then…

She burped.

It was quite a loud burp. The girl blushed slightly. Neji's face seemed to collapse from the worry – pity he had wasted on her.

As soon as Tenten was feeling better, the three started out back to the village. However…

"Tenten."

"…?"

"Get off my back."

"Wuh…?"

Neji shifted the weight on his back and still held on to her even though what he really wanted to do was drop her onto the ground. "You're alright now, correct?" His eyes narrowed. "So get off." He felt Tenten yawn and her arms contracted around him. He sighed as he took a quick glance at the girl's face. She was obviously tired, having no sleep – unlike him who had a few minutes. He shifted her again and continued to walk down the path.

In spite of herself, Tenten snuggled a bit more deeper. "Your back is pretty warm for a cold moron like you," she muttered absent-mindedly.

Neji took a deep breath as he ignored the last part of that comment. He felt that weird feeling return to his chest again.

"Hn."

"Thanks for letting us stay!"

"Hn."

The pair bowed simultaneously in front of the village. In her hand, Tenten held a map – scared that if the Hyuuga held it, he would've torn it to shreds repeatedly. "Thanks for helping us with the gas, too!" Tenten stood up from her bow and clasped her hands together. "I'll say 'hi' to your daughter for you guys!"

Neji nodded and added, "There will be some gifts for you as well." In his spare time, both of them had decided to order some products using the cell phone. As if on cue, a truck honked its way through the village delivering a gigantic TV completed with surround sound speakers.

He smirked as the villagers went around the TV and cheered as it was loaded on the ground.

Tenten twitched. The hell?! How come she never got anything like that?!

They turned to go back to their car which was parked beside them. Inside, Neji started the engine. Tenten poked her head out of the window and waved. "Bye!" she cried. "We'll miss you! And we also promise to visit every year or so!" The villagers also waved good-bye at their party guests that were now driving away down the road.

"Hey, Neji?"

"…?"

"I'm hungry again." She watched, amused at how Neji nearly slammed the brakes on his car. It had been about four hours (thankfully), and Tenten hadn't spoken once since she was sleeping. Neji grunted. That was expected considering how ill she was just last night.

"There's a store ahead," he replied. "We'll stop there."

Tenten grinned, glad that he hadn't said that phrase, "Hunger is for the weak," again.

Tenten grabbed the plastic bag of food that the two of them just bought. "Thank you!" she cried happily, bowing to the cashier. She dashed over to Neji who seemed dazed, standing in front of a newspaper stand. The girl frowned at his expression and went closer to him.

"Hey, Neji." The man didn't respond. "Neji?" Silence. She frowned. "Hey, Neji… You want some sausage? They're pretty-"

"Let's go," he stated, walking back to the car. Tenten looked at his retreating back and looked at the newspaper again. Her eyes widened at the headlines that were printed in bold words:

HARUNO SAKURA: LEAVES FOR FRANCE TODAY!!!

Tenten picked up the newspaper briefly, scanning the article and found the time. She understood his motives. They could make the time that was said in the paper. She threw it back in the stand and hurried up to catch up with Neji.

They got into the car and all was silent as the Hyuuga started the engines and drove in the direction of the hospital.

The car swerved into the parking lot of the hospital. Tenten sat there. Neji did too as if debating with himself. He made a move to unbuckle his seatbelt until he saw two figures get out of the hospital. His eyes widened at one particular figure – a woman. Sakura…

Tenten stared at him, expecting him to get out of the car already. Inside, she felt her pulse quicken. "Well?" she prompted. No response. "Neji." Still no answer. Her eyes seemed so soften a bit at his hesitant appearance. She followed his gaze to the tennis player in the distance, and then she looked back at him. Was he really at lost of what to do?

"You love her, don't you." It was a statement, not a question. "What are you doing?" she said. "What are you doing just sitting here?"

Still no answer. The girl bit the bottom of her lip. "You don't want her to leave, do you?"

Silence.

The girl pressed her hand over the wheel and before Neji could stop her, she honked the horn loudly. Tenten watched as Sakura turned toward the source of the noise and she saw how her eyes brightened up as they connected with their car. The sound seemed to snap Neji out of his thoughts as well. He quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the car door.

She watched as Neji's figure went over to Sakura. They stood there for a moment, exchanging words that Tenten couldn't really hear. And then they hugged each other. The girl in the car felt a pang at her heart as she continued to stare at the two of them out of the car window.

"Why does it feel like my heart's been broken?"

A/N. Hum. Yep. Drama ensues… a lot. I hope this story isn't getting too long. XD The song that Tenten sang was "Superstar" by S.H.E.

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