Tenten knew Neji too well to think foolish thoughts about him. She knew he was hard and dignified. He had feelings beneath all that iciness, but he would never, ever show them. The most he'd do was smirk or raise an eyebrow. Once or twice he'd shouted with annoyance. Anger was the only emotion he really would express.

So she knew, when he approached her that night after training, that it was really only a dream. His face was too soft. His eyes were half closed, and looked at her without scrutiny but with a kind of…affection. Neji didn't do affection.

There were other signs too.

The boy's headband was off, showing the condemning x he always wanted to hide. He would never show such a thing in real life, but covered it, even when the mission required they take off their headbands. And he was coming too close when really he always stayed a few feet away.

He took her hand.

Because it was a dream, she asked him, "Tell me, why are you never like this? Tell me, why are you always hard?"

He blinked at her. Then he said, "You make me afraid."

"Afraid?"

"What if I do something wrong? I could hurt you. I always make girls cry. Whenever I talk to Hinata, I make her cry." His voice was argumentative, as if he felt a need to convince her of his own clumsiness.

"I don't break so easily," Tenten said firmly. It was a good point, and she decided she'd definitely use it in real life.

"That's true," Neji said reflectively.

Neh, this dream was kind of boring. Too much talking. Nothing like her usual dreams about Neji. Time to make it more interesting. She stood on tiptoes and kissed Neji on the cheek. (Even in a dream, she didn't quite dare to do it on the lips.)

He blushed. (Absolutely, without a doubt a dream. Hyugas don't blush. Well, except for Hinata. And she didn't count!)

Tenten didn't remember much more than that when she woke up the next morning, still on the training ground where apparently the whole team had fallen asleep, but vaguely she remembered whispering…things…in Neji's ear just to make him keep on blushing. Because honestly it was cute.

Neji was the second one to wake up. Gai and Lee had worked themselves way too hard and would likely be asleep for a few more hours. When he saw Tenten taking out rations for breakfast, he blushed.

"Tenten," he said shyly.

Okay, this was surreal. Hyugas weren't shy. She would say it was still a dream, but the feel of dew on the grass between her toes told her otherwise.

"What, Neji?"

"Last night, did we…"

"Train so hard even Lee collapsed? Yep. Not that that's a surprise."

"No, I mean…" Neji hesitated. "Did you possibly…Did you k-kiss me?" The last word was a squeak.

Tenten blinked. Well, what do you know? Maybe Hyugas really did blush. (And maybe the trait wasn't limited to Hinata.)

But honestly, there was no way she was going to face up to last night. So, "Don't be silly, Neji, that was just a dream."

"Of course," Neji muttered.

"So you dream about me kissing you?"

Neji stared pointedly at the ground. Tenten wondered if he ever really did dream about such things, and her face curved into a wicked smile.

"Because, you know, I have no problem with making that dream come true." She reached over and pulled his chin up, and kissed him gently on the cheek.

He pulled away, and then suddenly swung back to stare at her pointedly. "That wasn't a dream last night, was it?"

"Of course it was!"

"Then how did you know you kissed me on the cheek, not the lips?"

Caught. The only thing to do was to zigzag the conversation. "Would you rather I kiss you on the lips?"

He kept on staring and suddenly smirked. "No, I would rather it be I who kisses you."

Suddenly he grabbed her chin and kissed her on the lips. His lips were chapped. She knew it was real because if she had to imagine it, she would have imagined them to be perfectly smooth. But this was better than that fake perfection.

And then they broke apart to find Lee staring at them.

Ah, the problems one can encounter in reality…

AN: I'm pretty sure this chapter was me pathetically daydreaming about Nejiten after receiving a prompt conducive to such daydreaming, so if anyone knows how to make it better, I'd really appreciate some reviews. Actually, I'd really appreciate some reviews anyways.