"Neji?"
"Ms. Shiho..." He smirked.
"You… caught me?"
"Of course." Neji put her down gently, but Tenten immediately grabbed her ankle and fell.
"Dammit." She cursed. Neji shook his head.
"Teachers shouldn't swear." He simply responded. Tenten laughed quietly and nodded.
"You're right. But, teachers have the authority to tell students what to do right?" Neji shrugged.
"Whatever."
"That's...a yes, right?" Tenten asked. Neji finally nodded.
"Sure."
"Then carry me to the nurse." Neji stared at her and blushed.
"What the hell are you rambling about?" Neji asked angrily as he tried to fight the blush. She laughed.
"Teachers have the authority to tell students what to do." Tenten grinned at him.
"Ms. Shiho… I think I should ask Sasuke to come and help you instead." Neji responded. I might get beat up by Sasuke again if i touch her. Catching her is bad enough... Tenten shook her head and responded quietly.
"He's got something going on right now."
"More football?" Neji asked. Tenten shook her head and smiled.
"Something else…" She mumbled. "So, wanna carry me?"
"No." Neji muttered quietly and stuffed his hands inside his pocket and spat.
"I'll… give you candy!" Tenten looked up at him and grinned.
"I'm not 5." He shut his eyes and responded quietly. Tenten pouted and then was silent. After a while she grinned again.
"Please? I'll excuse you from doing your homewor-" Neji swooped her up into his arms.
"Good." Neji responded and started to walk away.
"Jeez. You're such a weird guy. Candy doesn't have any effect, but taking away homework?" She asked. Neji nodded.
"I don't feel like typing up a biography on myself. I don't need to document it. I'll just tell you..." Neji muttered.
"D-Did you see that?!" Sakura shrieked. "She was suppose to fall! She was suppose to break something!" The boys and girls looked at her.
"Y-You tried to hurt Tenten?" The boy asked. Sakura covered her mouth.
"N-No!" Sakura screamed. Ino nodded.
"She was talking about someone else!" Ino interrupted.
"Yeah right…" A girl muttered. "Sakura just wants to be captain."
"N-Not true!" Sakura said loudly.
"Whatever." The rest of them walked to the nurse to check on the captain.
"Why the hell did Neji have to god damn save her?!" Ino shrieked.
"Well, I have a plan…." Sakura smirked. "Ino… We're gonna start a rumor…"
"Lovely." Ino smirked back at Sakura. She turned and looked at the boys on the soccer field. "Naruto!"
"S-Sakura?" Naruto looked at her.
"YOU IDIOT, LOOK OUT!"
"Wha-" Naruto got hit in the face with the soccer ball.
"What the hell, Naruto?" Kiba looked down at him.
"Ow…" Naruto muttered.
"NARUTO! KIBA!" Ino called them. They walked over as Naruto rubbed his nose.
"Whats up?" Kiba asked.
"Neji… guess who he's dating?"
"Who?!" Naruto looked at them.
"Neji's dating-"
"Ms. Shiho? What are you doing here?" Shizune asked.
"I think I sprained my ankle." She grinned as Neji put her down on a bed.
"Let me look at that." Shizune nodded and quickly brought an ace bandage out. "Stay here. I'm going to be right back. Hyuga-kun, stay here with your teacher." Neji rolled his eyes and scratched his neck.
"Hn." He muttered.
"Thanks." Tenten grinned at him.
"Whatever."
"You're suppose to say you're welcome!" Tenten hit his shoulder gently.
"Hn." Neji responded. Tenten rolled her eyes. "Y-You're welcome..." He fumbled over the words.
"You said you'd tell me about yourself." She smiled.
"Right.." Neji muttered. "I live alone. My own house. My own rules. That's it."
"… That's it?" Tenten asked. Neji nodded.
"There's nothing more I have to say."
"Really?" Tenten asked.
"Yes." Neji responded and put his hand behind his head and leaned back on the chair.
"Hey, Neji…" She whispered.
"Hm?" Neji looked at her. She bit her lip.
"Have you ever had a girlfriend?" Neji fell off his chair.
"Wh-What?!" Neji sputtered, his face bright red. Tenten laughed.
"Is it awkward for a teacher to know about her student's-"
"YES." Neji said loudly. "And you have a boyfriend! Sasuke would be furious if he knew that you were asking me these kind of things!!"
"I don't think he really cares. Sure, he gets insanely jealous, but, seriously…. I think he can do better than me." Tenten responded and shrugged, leaning back against a pillow. Neji raised an eyebrow and sat in the chair again. "So, do you have a girlfriend?"
"No." Neji responded and shut his eyes. "Don't plan on getting one anytime soon."
"Why not? Don't tell me you're gay... Neji... and if you are, well, there's nothing wrong with it…" Her grin sent Neji flipping out of his chair.
"Wh-What the hell is wrong with you?" Neji asked and sputtered loudly. "I'm not GAY. I'm straight!"
"Prove it." Tenten grinned.
"I don't like men." Neji muttered loudly and stood angrily. "You're so weird."
"Well, if everyone was the same… you wouldn't be able to differ who's who right?" Tenten smiled at him. Neji blushed slightly. "You think I'm really weird?" She asked Neji.
"Yes." Neji responded truthfully.
"That's good. Usually people would lie to me."
"Lie?" Neji asked. Tenten nodded.
"Yep. Lie to me." Neji was silent. "So, you're straight, hm?" She asked.
"Yes I am." Neji responded. "I have homework to do." He walked away.
"See you tomorrow, Mr. Emo." Tenten grinned as Neji shot back into the room. Neji shot a glare at her as Tenten continued to grin. "And, call me Tenten when kids aren't around, okay?"
She.. Is so weird. Neji thought and walked out of the school.
-Next Day-
"Hyuga." Neji ignored the voice and kept on walking to school. "HYUGA." Neji turned around.
"Sasuke? What's up?" Neji asked.
"Stay the hell from my girlfriend!" He shouted. "You're a bastard!"
"What are you talking about?" Neji asked.
"You're dating her behind my back!"
"Who the hell told you that?" Neji asked and raised an eyebrow.
"Everyone's talking about it in school!" Sasuke shouted angrily.
"I'm not interested in Ms. Shiho." Neji responded and turned away.
"Don't turn away when I'm talking to you!" Sasuke grabbed Neji's shoulder tightly.
"What the hell are you talking about, Uchiha? I'm not dating your girlfriend. I'd never date your girlfriend. I'm not interested in her." Neji shook Sasuke off. "Get your information straight." With that, Neji walked off.
"NEJI." Sasuke shouted. Neji didn't move. He turned slowly.
"What?"
"I don't care if it's a rumor, stay away from her! She's mine!" Sasuke shouted.
"Whatever.." Neji muttered and walked away when he heard rapid footsteps running towards him. All of a sudden, Sasuke punched Neji hard in the cheek. "What the fuc-"
"STAY AWAY FROM HER!" Sasuke shouted and pulled Neji up by his collar. "And if you tell anyone about this and I'll shatter you to bits." He let go of Neji and walked away.
"…." Neji growled and stood. There was a long scrape coming down his arm which was turning black and blue already, and his face, it was turning black and blue. Blood dripped from his mouth as Neji just smirked.
"Alright. I'm gonna start attendance now." Tenten smiled. She looked around. Neji? All of a sudden the door opened and there stood Neji. "Oh.. My gosh."
"HOLY SHIT! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU?!" Naruto shouted. Sakura and Ino's eyes widened.
"Neji?!" Kiba's jaw dropped. Shikamaru looked up and for once, his eyes bulged out of his socket.
"Who beat you up?"
"There's… someone who can beat Neji up?" Sakura whispered.
"…" Ino was silent. Neji walked to his seat and threw his backpack down and leaned back casually.
"I'm here." He said quietly. Tenten dropped her pen.
"Neji. Go to the nurse."
"I don't need to." Neji muttered.
"Go." Tenten ordered. Neji ignored her. She growled. "Class, you have a free block. Go to the cafeteria. Study hall. Move, now!" Kiba jumped and ran out the door, Naruto, Shikamaru followed. Ino and Sakura ran after them. Tenten walked over to Neji. "What happened?" Neji looked away and shut his eyes.
"None of your business."
"Neji, tell me what happened!" She ordered. Neji shook his head. "Please."
"No." He responded. Tenten walked to her desk and pulled out a first aid kit box.
"Come here."
"No." Neji responded again. Tenten growled and pushed Neji's desk away and sat in front of him.
"Give me your arm." Neji didn't move. She waited until finally Neji reached out towards her and put his hand on her lap. Tenten took some medication and spread it on his arm. "Tell me if it stings." Neji ignored her. Tenten wrapped up his arm and touched his cheek. "Who did this?"
"I'm not going to tell." Neji muttered.
"Tell me, please, Neji."
"Ms. Shiho, It's nothing you have to worry about." Neji muttered as Tenten ran her fingers towards his jaw bone. She took a tissue and wiped the blood. "Stop…" He mumbled.
"Not until I get you all clean." She mumbled back to him. "Please tell me who did it."
"…"
"Tell anyone about this and I'll shatter you to bits."
"… Neji?" Neji looked away.
"It was Sasuke." Neji muttered.
"I-It was who?" Tenten looked at Neji. She pulled his face back so he looked at her. She carefully put a bandaid over his cheek.
"Your boyfriend."
"WHAT?" She stood. "Sasuke-kun… did this to you?"
"There's a rumor. That we're dating. I told him it was not real. That I wasn't dating anyone. That… I wasn't interested in you. But… he didn't believe me." Neji muttered. Tenten walked to the phone and reached for it when Neji's hand grabbed her tiny wrists. "Don't."
"I need to tell him." Tenten looked down. "He… can't keep doing this."
"What?"
"He's… hurt other people before. He's too protective. This needs to end…" Neji shook his head.
"He threatened me not to tell. I thought I'd tell you though."
"Threatened you?" Tenten asked. Neji nodded.
"He said he'd shatter me." He shrugged. Tenten bit her lip and pulled her hand away from Neji.
"I'm sorry…" She whispered.
"About what?"
"You. Getting hurt. Someone started the rumor." Neji heard the door clack.
"Bitches…" Neji growled and walked towards the door and flung it open. "Have you heard enough?!" He shouted at Ino and Sakura who were kneeling by the door. "You spread this rumor! You spread this god damn rumor didn't you two?!" Sakura bit her lip and Ino looked away. He spat. "You're a bunch of sluts who have nothing better but to ruin other people's lives cause you're not satisfied with your own!"
"Neji…" Tenten mumbled his name.
"That's not true! It's just that... Sasuke-kun doesn't deserve Ms. Shiho!"
"Yeah! We do!"
"What, you're gonna share him?!" Neji growled angrily.
"We didn't intend.. For you to get hurt." Sakura mumbled.
"Well I did. You better go tell everyone you started the stupid rumor! Tell Sasuke to lay off!" Neji growled.
"We're sorry." Ino responded.
"You better be!!" Neji shouted. Tenten took his arm.
"It's okay." Tenten kneeled carefully, trying not to hurt her ankle further more. "Why did you two do this?"
"B-Because you were dating Sasuke-kun! We've known him for so long! And then you became team captain of the cheerleading team!"
"I was suppose to be the captain!" Sakura cried. "So we tried to injure you by making you fall, but Neji caught you!!" Tenten's eyes widened.
"It was….. Your fault?" She asked. "Why would you do that?" She asked.
"We're sorry." Tenten bit her lip. "Go. To the principal's office. Now. I want you two removed from my class." She slammed the door shut and grabbed the phone. "Tsunade. Two people from my class to your office. And one more thing… yeah. Uchiha Sasuke. To my classroom." Neji reached for the phone, but she slammed it.
"What are you doing?" Neji asked. Tenten looked away.
"Why are you so cold?" Tenten asked.
"What are you talking about?" Neji asked.
'You're so cold to everybody, so distant. Why can't you open up?" Tenten asked and looked at him. Neji's eyes widened and a sneer made his face.
"I don't feel like it." He muttered. "Thanks for the bandages." Neji quickly added and picked up his bag.
"I'm not done yet." She responded and grabbed his shoulder. "I want you to meet me by the park today."
"I'm not interested in dating…" No matter how pretty.. And beautiful.. And… Stop! She smiled.
"Me neither… but, Neji…" She sat down and looked up at him. "I… like you." Neji's heart stopped beating.
"I like you."
"You do?" Neji asked. The girl nodded.
"A lot. Do you… like me back?" She asked. Neji nodded as they embraced.
….
"Neji, it's not what it looks like!" The girl pleaded as she ran after Neji. Her hair was a mess, her lipstick was smeared, her clothes ruined.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I… I wasn't-"
"Look at me and tell me that you weren't cheating on me." Neji turned to her. She froze.
"I… I wasn't cheating.. I was just-"
"You were just what… Making out with your ex-boyfriend while dating me?" Neji spat and turned around.
"W-Wait!" She grabbed his shoulder. "I still like you."
"Well, it's over." Neji responded and pulled away.
"Neji?" he quickly blinked and shook his head.
"You can't like me." He muttered. "You can't like someone like me..."
"Why not?" She asked.
"We just met. And you have a boyfriend." Neji walked away slowly. Tenten stood. "Ms. Shiho. Don't do it. Don't fall in love with me." There's many things you don't know about me. How can you be so sure to like me?
What about your feelings for her?
What the..
You really like her don't you?
No, i mean.. I just... don't want to be hurt.
"I know… we don't know each other too well. But, I was thinking… maybe if we got to know each other by… hanging out." She mumbled. "And I know we just met yesterday. But, as soon as you entered the class, I knew that I liked you. Not Sasuke." Neji looked at her.
Open up.
How do I know she won't cheat on me like-
Trust. You learn to trust again…
I don't know…
You like her.Like you said before, you just don't want to be hurt again.
"…. You're right." Neji muttered. "Okay."
"Hm?" Tenten raised her eyebrow.
"4 o'clock. My house." Neji responded and walked out of the room. Tenten smiled as Sasuke walked in.
"What… was that?" Sasuke asked.
"Sasuke. I need to tell you something." She took his hands. "I'm breaking up with you."
"WHY?" He asked loudly and growled.
"Neji… I.. like Neji. And besides. You hurt him!" Tenten shouted at Sasuke.
"I just didn't want anyone near my girlfriend." Tenten shook her head.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore." She smirked. "Cause I'm not your girlfriend anymore." Sasuke's eyes widened.
"So they weren't…. rumors?! Tenten!" Tenten picked up her binders and stood at the door.
"It's Ms. Shiho to you. And, they're not rumors anymore." She shut the door behind her.
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YAY! Another chapter! Long chapter to make up for the short one last time. :)
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