Tenten then noticed that she was still in her sleeping clothes. Man, I messed everything up…Letting Neji see me in this state is such a … Nightmare!

Neji looked up and saw Tenten in a black shirt with black short with her brown hair hanging loosely. Wow. Tenten looked… amazingly cute…

Tenten noticed Neji staring at her and she blushed and looked down.

"Hey Tenten!" Neji smiled.

I can see that the potion is working on well… Hinata smiled.

"Hii, Neji." Tenten looked up. Neji was still staring at her.

"Umm, Neji , can you please stop staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Tenten said quietly and pointed to her face but she felt very happy inside.

"Oh. I'm so sorry… And there's absolutely nothing on your face." Neji apologized and looked away. Man, I didn't even notice that I was staring at her. What the heck is wrong with me? But really, Tenten is … sorta … cute and girly when she wears shorts…

"Let's go!" Tenten pulled Hinata away. She took a last glance behind her. Neji was looking at her. Shit… Tenten blushed.

At Hinata's room

Tenten pulled Hinata inside and slammed the door. Sakura jumped up from the bed and asked "Oh my, why are you so furious, Tenten? What the heck happened?"

Tenten could feel her heart pumping. It's even faster than after training with Lee and Gai-sensei.

"T-the potion. I think it worked…" Hinata told Sakura happily.

"Aww… Congrats, Tenten." Sakura hugged her.

"Where's Ino?" Hinata asked, looking around.

"Perhaps keeping warm in the toilet! Hahah!" Sakura laughed.

"W-wha?" HInata said, confused.

Sakura told them how she treated Ino just now, which is, pulling off the blanket when she's in that short and revealing nightie, half awake.

"S-she is going to catch a cold…" Hinata said "The air conditioner is 17 degrees…" Hinata was concerned.

"It'll teach her a lesson for wearing that stupid nightie... Don't worry, Hinata, she won't catch a cold…" Sakura patted Hinata on the shoulder.

*Ahhhh…chooo* Ino entered the room changed in a thick tee shirt and long pants.

"Oh my…" Sakura covered her mouth.

"Stupid Sakura. See what state am I in!" Ino yelled at Sakura. Ahhh…chooo!

"Did you forget? …That I know healing?" Sakura said.

"O-oh…" Hinata looked down, obviously she has forgotten.

"Hmpphh! The sky is going to fall off if you are going to heal me!" Ino pointed up to the sky, well, the ceiling actually.

"Hahaha! Funny…" Sakura looked at Ino, irritated as she isn't appreciating her medical skills.

"Tenten?" Ino looked at Tenten.

"OI! TENTEN!" Ino yelled in front of her.

"Huh? Yes? What?" Tenten looked around.

"She's hypnotized…" Sakura pulled Ino away from Tenten.

"What? The spell worked? How can I miss on that? Tell me! Tell me!" Ino asked excitedly.

"Ask Hinata. She's the one who saw everything." Sakura lay on the bed and turned on Tenten's iPod and put on the headphones.

"Wellllll?" Ino looked at Hinata.

"W-well, Neji-niisan stared at Tenten after ingesting my tarts with the potion…" Hinata shrugged her shoulders indicating that it's the end of the story.

"What? That's awfully lame…" Ino rolled her eyes.

"It's not! Neji, as far as I've known him, had never ever looked at a girl twice." Tenten argued.

"Oh ho… I know I know… You're in love, sweetie… and that guy out there is too…" Ino smiled evilly.

"Now, it's time I teach you how to… flirt!" Ino flipped her loose long blonde hair back and pouted her lips.

"Ah-hah! That's a thing I, Tenten never would do." Tenten crossed her arms and sat on the floor.

"Fine, then. If it suites you!" Ino said turning away from Tenten.

"I'm going out to look for otousan, kay?" Hinata said before leaving the room.

"Okayy." Ino winked at Hinata and Tenten nodded.

"Hmmm… let's go find Neji! Ummm… for… asking about chakra points! So that I can find out whether of not is he really interested or/and like you." Ino said.

"No." Tenten blushed.

"Oii… all I want is to find out whether he got starstrucked by you…" Ino winked and held Tenten's hands.

"But… well, okay. But we've to find a more reasonable excuse…" Tenten added.

'Well.. hmm…" Ino thought brushing her chin.

"Well, you could train with him." Tenten said.

"What! I might die!" Ino said as Hinata entered the room.

"You won't, Ino. Neji trained with me while avoiding hurting me. He's a nice guy." Hinata defended for Neji.

"Oh?" Ino said, surprised.

"So..?" Tenten asked Ino.

"Okay, but … you'll have to be there with me! How bout jogging? It's easy!" Ino smiled, narrowing her eyes.

"Great idea…" Tenten smiled.

"Jogging?" Sakura sat up removing her headphones.

"Yeah. Sakura, Hinata, be a good sport and join us." Ino said.

"But I have bad endurance…" Hinata said sadly.

"You're kidding me. You know I don't want to participate in your silly games, Ino!" Sakura replied.

"Hinata, you don't. I'm sure you can do well and as for Sakura that's just a way of admitting you aren't as good as I am!" Ino poked Sakura.

That got on Sakura's nerve and she blurted "Heh! You'll see how much better I am in endurance than you later!"

Ino smiled. She always has known how to make Sakura do something that she doesn't want to without the use of force.

"Okay then, we'll tell Neji right this instant." Ino said and led the girls outside.

Neji's POV

"Never did I think my partner is so…" Pretty… Neji never said words like that so it didn't come out of his mouth. I really don't know what's up with me today… Really…

Neji went to the lake 500 meters outside the South-west of the Hyuuga's mansion. That's the place where he goes when he's frustrated and tired. There, only, he can get some peace and quiet. Nature, his friend.

At the Hyuuga's mansion

The girls walked all over the house but didn't see Neji.

"Where the heck…?" Sakura complaint.

"Byakugan!" Hinata activated the amazing white eye power and looked around. "Neji's not in the house."

"I should've known…" Tenten said.

"So, Hinata, where do Neji usually go at times like this?" Ino asked.

"Uhh…" Hinata spoke. "I don't know… So sorry."

"What? Never mind. We'll go out and find him." Ino said.

"HAH! Brilliant plan. Like we'll ever find him. We don't even know where to start…" Sakura muttered.

"Then you think of a plan! Big forehead!" Ino argued.

End of chapterr! How was it?

xxhanabi