I was not too happy after a little incident involving the construction on the house, when I was sleeping one night and was rudely awoken by someone deciding it was okay to be working at almost midnight. It was one of those times where I was alone, as Hiashi was out of the village for some reason, and everyone else was spending the night either guarding some lord of some land or with friends.

Well, that was what I had thought was going on. When I dragged myself out of bed, picked myself up from off the ground after tripping over a shoe, and got to the door, I began to panic that something seriously bad could be going on. I was a ninja, and I was scared. Right there, I decided was going to go out there and regain my ninja points I had just lost, even if it meant I would die.

Opening the door, I was greeted by a giant tarp, covering up the work zone, and I was not going to go past it, because I didn't know exactly what was behind it. "Who's in there?" I shouted, hoping my voice was louder than the noise.

It was. "Tenten? I thought you were asleep!"

"Neji? I thought you were supposed to be out!"

"Have you ever heard of a lie? Yeah. I told you one so I could work on this."

I laughed, because he was standing right on the other side of the tarp, and I could see him pressing up against it. "I'm okay with you working during the day."

"But I had a really good idea for something, and I didn't want you asking about it. Did I wake you up?" He was being so silly, and I couldn't go and lie to him (although he had just lied to me), so I told him, yes, yes he had. "Sorry about that, love."

"It's really no problem. Why don't you come into the room, and we can just sleep. Then, in the morning, you can work on whatever you're working on, and you won't have to worry about disturbing your wife's sleep." My arms were folded across my chest, and I started tapping my toes. "Unless, of course, you don't want to sleep..."

"Are you tired?" he asked, pulling the tarp back and coming past it. "You sure don't look it."

I grinned. "If I was tired, I'd still be in bed."

"Lazy."

"You're liking this, aren't you?"

"If you want me in there, and not out here, you better make it worth my time."

He gave me a look of pure excitement after that, and I got exactly what he was hinting at. "Are you sure about that?"

"Damn straight. You're my wife. You have to make me happy." I grabbed his arm and started pulling him toward the room.

"And happy you'll be, when I'm through with you!"

So maybe it wasn't quite what we both had been looking forward to, but I wasn't going to complain after waking up next to him like any morning before, but having him be shirtless and me so much in love with him. It was something else, totally. And, probably the best part of it all was that he never did get up to go do whatever he was doing.

No, wait. Best part was that no one else was home to wonder what was going on. But that afternoon, I was out with Ino, doing some shopping with her. She had mentioned me seeming more happy than normal, and I, once again, didn't want to clue her in on my romantic life. "I swear, if something happened, I'd tell you right away," I said in probably the most sarcastic way I could have. "And I'd expect you to do the same."

"If you're going to lie to me about this, why should I?" she retorted, before being distracted by a cute little puppy that some scary lady was holding. There was something she was hiding, I could tell, but I wasn't going to act like her and interrogate her for it.

"Hey, Ino!" I heard a male voice call out. Spinning, I saw that it was Chouji coming up to her, and she was too interested in that dog to even pay attention.

What did I do, seeing this guy coming up to my friend, and her not even noticing? I went up behind her and jerked her head in his direction, that's what. "Don't lose focus next time!"

"Hi there, Chouji," she giggled. "How are you today?"

"I'm good. You?"

She shrugged, and I backed away. "I've been amazing. Do you want to go to lunch or something?"

"Of course I would." And with that little exchange, I lost my shopping partner, and was left alone for the rest of the day, just poking around through shops and such until it was close enough to dinnertime for me to go back to the house.

Dinner was an interesting ordeal all in itself. Since Hiashi was off doing whatever it was he was doing, it was just me, Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi there, and I was not cooking, because I definitely remembered the last time I had cooked. No one wanted to eat burned to oblivion food.

I was surprised to walk into the house and see the two girls cooking. However, I was not surprised to hear the construction noises again. "He's still going at it?" I jokingly asked.

"He's stubborn," Hinata replied, not turning away from her work.

"I know that. After all, I have known him for a long time, and I am married to him."

"You do know his birthday is tomorrow, right?" Hanabi questioned, to which I let out a nervous chuckle and a lie that I did in fact know.

She didn't buy it. And that little lie right there was what made sitting with them for a meal all the more interesting. They couldn't just go out and say I had had no clue that my very own husband's birthday was the next day, but they sure could hint at it.

"Is something going on between you guys?"

"Of course not! We're just playing around with dear, sweet Tenten. Isn't that right, Hinata?"

The older girl nodded. "Yes, it is."

I was more than happy to get to go back to my room and hide from them all until it was time for bed, but because of the work, I was attempting to fall asleep alone.

When I did, it was because I was pondering exactly how I was going to get myself out of my current predicament.