I haven't been updating at all…

I'm still very thankful that you guys still read my stories, though. :D

Anyway, enjoy!

Will You…?

Neji paced around his room impatiently. In his hands, was a small velvet box. He looked at it before sighing quietly. There was only one question that had taken over his whole being. Will she accept?

They had been together for many years, as partners, as friends, through thick and thin. Back then, he had enough guts to ask her out to dinner. He remembered that day very well. He knew that he was always a straight-forward, to-the-point kind of person and being nervous was something that had only happened three times in his life.

o.o.o.o.o

The two of them had been sparring for a couple of hours. Tenten's stomach growled loudly and she blushed in embarrassment.

"Let's stop and eat, Tenten."

"No! I'm not hungry at all."

Her stomach growled once more. "Ok, I am."

Neji chuckled quietly before reaching into his pack for his bottle of water.

The two of them sat in silence, enjoying the others' company before…

"Hey Tenten..?"

"Mmh?"

"Will you go out with me?"

o.o.o.o.o

Sighing once more, Neji fell onto his bed and stared at the ceiling. 'Will she accept?'

He breathed slowly, willing his nerves to calm down a bit before she came. He had rung her up what seemed like a couple of hours ago (A/N: Neji's delusional, it was only around a minute.) and told her that there was something important he needed to discuss with her.

Was there any reason as to why she wouldn't accept? If there was, he would've been dumped long ago. Just thinking of it made him ache.

The next time he had felt nervous was when he had confessed.

o.o.o.o.o

He had invited her to some fancy restaurant in some fancy suburb.

After enjoying their meals, Neji marched right up to her and kissed her before saying, "I love you."

o.o.o.o.o

But this time was bound to by the most nervous he could get. He was asking her to stay with him for her entire life. By phrasing it that way, Neji was starting to doubt himself.

Confident was a word that he had heard many times when others were complimenting him. 'They should see me now…' he thought.

Time ticked by and his hands were starting to get slightly sweaty. When will she arrive, kind smile and all?

'Will she arrive?'

Neji shook his head. Now wasn't the time to be chickening out. He mentally slapped himself before attempting to calm down once more. It wasn't like him to be so pessimistic.

*Ding dong*

Neji practically lurched downstairs, past frightened servants who were going to open the door, before flinging open the door to reveal a pair of large chocolate brown eyes.

Tenten blinked and took a deep breath before starting to speak, "so… what was this important thing you were going to discuss with me?"

"Um… let's go to my room first…" Neji couldn't help but imply a hidden meaning underneath such a simple request.

"So," Tenten started once the two of them were alone in Neji's room, "what's up?"

Neji didn't say anything. His back was turned towards her and he was fighting an internal battle.

"Neji…? You ok? Face me."

She extended a hand and placed it lightly on his shoulder. He flinched upon contact and she withdrew her hand immediately.

"So you were going to break up with me, right?"

An uncontrollable fear struck Neji at once. He spun around and looked at her, alarmed.

"Well, it's fine isn't it? I thought that there was a possibility that this would happen. Besides, you're born in a prestigious family. Why would you take a liking into me? A person who doesn't have any particular good trai-"

"Stop talking like that!"

"Eh?"

"Stop. Just don't talk like that."

"What do you mean? You were going to bre-"

"No! I didn't say anything like that."

Neji's tone was starting to annoy Tenten quite a lot.

"But you were the one who had asked me to come over! You were the one with something to discuss! What else would you have wanted to do?"

Neji reached towards his bed and retrieved the small velvet box he had left there. He stood in front of Tenten, taking in a deep breath and letting it out before kneeling down on one knee. The box was propped open, revealing a small diamond-studded ring.

Tenten gasped, "No way…"

Taking in another deep breath before looking deep into the eyes of the love of his life, he said, "Tenten, will you…"

Hoorah! Now I need to sleep.

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Peace.

Sky~