Neji shook his head quickly and continued to stare into the mirror.

"Kari." He whispered. Why could I see that in her? Tenten looks so much like Kari… or is it Kari who looks so much like Tenten? I'm so confused. This is SO wrong! Neji thought as he splashed water on his face. I'm dating my ex-grilfriend's sister. So wrong!! He walked out and Tenten was still eating.

"Hey." She mumbled. Neji scratched his head and nodded.

"Sorry about that." He muttered. She smiled at him. Neji's eyes twitched as he shut them and sat on the seat. "How's your ramen?" He asked. Tenten grinned.

"It's really good." She smiled. "Thanks for taking me here!" She hugged his arm as Neji felt tingles shoot up his arm. She let go and put money on the table. "I'll pay."

"No." he grabbed the money and stuffed it in her hand. He reached in his pocket and threw money on the table. "I'm paying." Tenten was about to take it when Neji grabbed her arm and pulled her out.

"H-Hey! Why do you get to pay?" She complained. Neji shrugged.

"Cause I am." He muttered. She squinted at him.

"That's not a good reason, Mr. Hyuga." She mumbled. "Well, actually, you don't have to drive me back." Neji held the keys in his hands and raised an eyebrow at her.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, my house is like right here." She smiled. Tenten pointed to a big house at the end of the road. Neji's jaw dropped. "Hm?"

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you had such a big house?" He asked. She shrugged.

"I don't know. Oh! Why don't you come in! I have homework to do, and so do you!" Neji sighed.

"I actually don't. We didn't have classes today, remember?" Tenten nodded.

"Oh well." She hopped in his car.

"I thought you wanted to walk." He muttered. Tenten shook her head.

"NAW!" She pulled his arm. "Come on!" He nodded and turned on the engine. He drove slowly until he parked right outside her house. "You can come in!" He shook his head.

"That's okay. I actually-" Tenten pulled him out.

"Don't be shy!" She smiled. Tenten walked up to the door and knocked. The door opened and oh boy. She had the biggest dad in the world. Muscular…

"Hey, honey." He grinned.

"Hey, dad. School was cancelled today. So I'm going to do my homework upstairs. Okay?" She asked.

"Okay." He stared at Neji. "Who's your boyfriend?"

"Err. That's Neji Hyuga. He's one of my students, and he's my classmate too." She ran up the stairs as Neji walked in.

"Wait. What happened to Sasuke Uchiha?" Tenten's dad asked. She shrugged and walked down the stairs.

"I dumped the jerk." She grinned. Her dad gave her a thumbs up.

"I'm proud of you! I never liked him. Too protective over you." He stared down at Neji. Neji's eyes widened. "Don't you hurt her, boy… No shenanigans while you two are upstairs in her room, understand?" Neji nodded.

"Y-Yes sir." Her dad slapped him in the back and started laughing.

"Don't be so stiff kid, but seriously. Nothing weird… okay?" He asked. Neji nodded and ran up the stairs.

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"Tenten?" Neji called her name.

"In here!" She called. Neji walked towards the door at the end of the hall and walked in. "Ta-da!" She opened her arms wide and grinned. "This is my room!!" Neji blushed. It was clean, with lots of boy band posters. Typical teenager.

"Cool." He muttered.

"Ah! You never thought you'd see a teacher's room ever didja?!" Tenten laughed as she pulled out her books from her backpack. Neji stood there and looked around. There was a bunk bed, and a bookshelf next to it. Then across from the bed was a closet, and next to that, were two drawers. Neji looked at the bunk bed. The bottom was clean and sheets were neatly folded. Up at top, was just extra bed sheets. He stared at it. "That's where Kari used to sleep…" Neji turned around as Tenten smiled.

"I.." Neji started. Tenten held a picture frame.

"Yep! Here she is." She smiled. "Before she died that is. It was just the night before she…" Tenten paused and continued to smile. "Well, you know." Neji stared into the picture. Yeah that was her alright. The girl Neji loved so dearly.

Her brown hair was up in a pony tail. Her grin plastered across her face as she wore a tight white tank top. She had a denim skirt on and was giving herself a thumbs up. He smiled gently.

"Neji?" Tenten called him. He blinked and his smile disappeared. He looked at her.

"Hm." He handed her the frame as she put it back up on her drawer.

"You still miss her don't you?" Tenten asked. Neji paused.

I don't want to hurt your feelings… Neji thought and shook his head. "No. I don't." Tenten looked up at him in shock.

"Liar." She muttered quietly and started working on her homework. Neji walked to her closet and opened it slowly. "Wait! No! Don't!" She stood. Neji opened it and inside it were… Neji picked a roll up.

"Why'd you roll all these posters up?" He asked. Tenten's eyes twitched. He looked in the closet and in it were medals and trophies. He put the poster and picked up a medal. "A medal for martial arts?" He asked. There was a whole rack of them inside. Tenten bit her lip. Some trophies for them too. He looked around and saw a baseball with a name written on it. "You like the Red Sox too?" He asked.

"Er, yeah." He looked at a dusty picture and it was a picture of Tenten and Kari. His eyes widened. Kari was wearing a tight black tank top and tight jeans. While, Tenten was wearing long shorts, and an under armor shirt. He looked at Tenten now behind him. She was wearing what Kari was. "Um…"

"What's with this?" He asked her. Tenten flinched and sat on her bed, sighing.

"Kari was the cheerleader. The girly and shopping one. She was the one who always had lots of boyfriends, a lot of friends too, very popular, and she was always out of the house." Tenten mumbled. "I was the girl who was into martial arts, sports, cars and everything."

"Why do you have al that inside here?" He asked.

"Cause I want to be more like her. I didn't have much girl type friends when back then. More friends with boys. But then we moved here. And I wanted to change…" Neji shook his head.

"Don't change." He pulled out a hockey stick. Tenten smiled.

"Well, to tell you the truth… I hate cheerleading." She mumbled.

"Why do you do it then?" He asked.

"Kari did it.." Tenten mumbled quietly. "And she made captain. So in order to keep up with her, I decided to take it too. And then, I became captain as well. I sort of ditched all my other sports and dropped all my boyish clothes. I was pretty much known as the tomboy in my old school." She shut her eyes.

"How many sports did you actually play?"

"Hm… Softball, hockey, I did martial arts, lacrosse…" She muttered. "I even tried to join the baseball team. I did, but then they found out I was a girl." She laughed. "It was fun though. Baseball, in my opinion is a better sport than softball. Stupid sexist pigs." Tenten spat. Neji let out a smile.

"You're… very different from your sister." He mumbled.

"Is that bad?" Tenten asked. Neji shook his head. He closed the closet and looked at her walls.

"No. Kari was always too girly…" Neji grinned. "You're great though. To be able to do all these sports. And then when your sister died, you took over everything she did. That's pretty amazing, Tenten." He whispered. Tenten blushed and rolled her eyes.

"I don't need your flattery." Tenten giggled. Neji shook his head.

"Seriously. I wouldn't care if you went back to being a tomboy." He muttered. "It would be cool."

"If I looked like a boy?" She asked. Neji shook his head again.

"Not like that. It's just… you remind me of Kari a lot, with you looking like this." Tenten sighed.

"Sorry." She mumbled.

"It's fine. Anyways, You asked me if I liked you before. I-" Her phone started to ring.

"One second…" Neji mentally cursed the stupid phone for ringing. He was just about to tell her how he felt too. Tenten's eyes widened as she stared at the screen. "Tenten?" He touched her shoulder. She blinked and picked up her phone.

"Um. Hi?" She was listening carefully as she bit her lip. "Why are you… no. Hang on." She covered the mouth piece. "Um. I'll be outside my room for a second…" He nodded. She slipped out the door. Neji sat down on he bed and laid back on her pillow to hit something hard.

"Oh. What the fuc-" He lifted the pillow and his eyes widened. A diary. The hell she put a diary under her pillow? Neji covered it quickly. He wanted to look at it so badly…

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"Wh-What do you want?" Tenten's voice came from outside. Neji sprung up from the bed and walked to the door. He listened carefully and heard another voice.

"You know…"

"Wait! You can't!" Neji heard her let out a moan. "Stop it!" Neji continued to listen.

"Tenten…"

"Stop! Sasuke, stop!!" She screamed. Neji pulled open the door to see Sasuke pinning Tenten to the wall. Neji growled. "N-Neji!!" She screamed as she tried to get away from Sasuke's grip. Sasuke immediately let go as she slumped against the wall holding her wrists.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Sasuke asked. Tenten bit her lip and looked away.

"Why did you come out.." She whispered. Neji glared at her.

"What are you talking about? You were screaming.." He spoke bitterly.

"I don't want you to get hurt.." She mumbled quietly.

"What's that?!" Neji almost shouted. He was worried about her, but yet, she was worried about him at the same time.

"Hyuga! I asked you a freakin' question…" Sasuke growled. "What the hell are you doing here?!"

"I'd ask you the same…" Neji snarled. "I was invited to come. For a matter of fact, you were suspended. Why are you here?!" Sasuke shrugged.

"She's my girlfriend."

"We're over, Sasuke!" She screamed. "I told you that already!!"

"…" Neji growled. "She's mine, Sasuke."

"Oh. Hah. Was that a joke?!" Sasuke shouted. "You? And Tenten?" Sasuke started laughing. Neji kept a still face.

"You think it's a laughing matter?" Neji asked. Sasuke nodded and smirked.

"Mr. Neji Hyuga is dating a teacher? Miss. Tenten Shiho? The Football captain's ex-girlfriend? A cheerleader captain?" Sasuke's smirk widened. "It's hilarious."

"We… actually aren't really…" Tenten whispered. She looked away. "According to Ne-"

"We are." He muttered. Tenten stared at Neji her eyes wide. "We are dating actually. If you got a problem with it, then talk to me, Sasuke. For a matter of fact, you're not the football captain anymore." Neji pointed to himself. "I am." Sasuke's smirk disappeared and he glared at Neji bearing his teeth.

"What…"

"You got suspended and lost your position to me." Neji responded. Sasuke clenched his fists. "You also know nothing about Tenten. You think she's a cheerleader, and all girly. But you know absolutely nothing about her." Tenten felt her face heat up. Neji didn't even bother looking at her. "You heard me." Sasuke pushed Neji into the wall.

"You…" Sasuke growled at him and punched Neji hard in the face. He pulled away as Neji wiped his mouth.

"You wanna fight?" Neji smirked.

"Bring it."

"I'll break you in half."

"I'd like to see you try…" Sasuke sneered at him.

"No… no no!" Tenten cried. "Please don't fight!" She stood and grabbed Sasuke's arm. Sasuke shook her loose. "Neji, please…" She begged him. Neji closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry…." He whispered. "Not now, Sasuke."

"Ah. Chicken?" Sasuke smirked. Neji shook his head.

"Tenten doesn't want me to fight." Neji responded. "I'm not going to fight you." Neji said quietly. Sasuke growled.

"Excuse me?!" Sasuke shouted. "You're saying no to a fight because a girl told you so?! What happened to you, Neji?! You used to be so buff and say yes to every challenge! You were the human ice cube! What the hell happened to you?!" Neji looked away ashamed. He sighed and looked at Tenten.

"I met her… that's what happened." Neji said quietly. He looked at Sasuke. "I met Tenten…." Tenten let out a tear. "I was only like that because Kari cheated on me. I was in turmoil. But I met Tenten. And I…." Neji stopped.

"You what?" Sasuke sneered. "Don't tell me you fell in love with her. You stupid piece of trash. You fell in love? That's funny. That's hilarious, Neji Hyuga!! The ice cube has FINALLY melted, huh? That image you worked so hard to keep.. Worked so hard to KEEP. And for what… for nothing. You're nothing now, Neji. When you fall in love, you lose your reputation. You lose everything…." Neji clenched his fists.

Sasuke then sent a kick at Neji hard in the ribs. He sent Neji into a wall as he slumped against the wall. "You listen! Get away from her! She's mine!" Sasuke shouted at Neji, pointing a finger at him. "If you even get near her… talk to her, look at her… I'll break more than a rib of yours!!" Sasuke walked out of the house. Neji clutched to his stomach and coughed out blood.

"Neji!" Tenten screamed as she ran to him. She bent down and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oh my god. Are you alright?!" She screamed panicking. Neji nodded.

"Two.. Cracked ribs…." Neji whispered. Tenten ran to her room and pulled out an old t-shirt. She wiped his mouth carefully. The bruise on his cheek was forming. "Tenten. There was something I wanted to tell you before…" He whispered hoarsely. Tenten shook her head.

"Don't speak! I'm sorry. I didn't want you to come out of the room!! It was him on the phone! He told me to come out of the room quietly! And he would hurt you if you…." She cried. "I'm sorry. I didn't want you to get hurt! I didn't' want you to.." She touched his chest gently. "I'm so stupid!!"

"You're not." Neji whispered.

"Dad!" She called. There was no answer. "Dad?" She stood and looked down the stairs. He wasn't home. Of course. That's how Sasuke got in the first place. Dad wasn't here to keep him out. Tenten also forgot that while they were together, she gave him a spare house key. She blinked back a tear and picked up the phone.

"I'm going to get you to the hospital. Don't worry!" Tenten dialed 911 and spoke into the phone now. "Help me! Neji Hyuga… he broke two ribs!" She cried. "Sasuke Uchiha did it! Please!! Help him!" Neji's vision started to get blurry.

Cr-Crap. Neji swore.

"Neji? Oh god." He heard her drop her phone. "Neji!!"

"Tenten…" He whispered her name.

"Stay with me!"

"I wanted to tell you something before.." Neji blinked and his vision was back.

"Please don't speak!" She cried. Neji opened his mouth but nothing came out. His eyes began to shut and his vision blurred immediately. "NEJI!" She screamed.

Tenten… you're… calling me? Sorry. Neji thought as he fainted. You didn't want to listen to what I wanted to say, well, let me pretend I said it okay?

I… do love you.

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Come back, Sakura.

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