Hey everyone! This is the second chapter of Playboy. It gets a little emotional here, so I hope you can still enjoy this chapter. Neji has his little own POV here. Next chapter would be mostly composing of flashbacks. So stay in tune! Thank you!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. ~
Ugh! Where is the school store? Oh My Goodness! This school is big! Tenten complained in her head. While she was walking on an aisle, she hadn't noticed the red-haired girl that had stopped walking and now crossing her arms in front of her.
"Excuse me. You're blocking my way." Tenten stated while being polite. She noticed that the girl had two guys behind her who kind of look like body guards. "What is with the super short skirt? Isn't that a provocative style of wearing a uniform? Why is the school allowing it? It almost shows her underwear!" She noticed the girl's style of wearing the uniform but nonetheless she said nothing about it. "You're blocking the way." She tried to tell her to move away but she was afraid of doing so.
"Who are YOU?" the red-haired girl said, stating her anger and glaring at her like there was no tomorrow. Tenten was confused. She was the one who was trying to block her way, now she's angry at me. Who in the world is SHE?
"I'm Tenten." she said not trying to fight back. "And who are you, if I may ask?" I added. "What is your relationship with Sasuke-kun?" Okay, now she's really angry. She's blushing like a tomato.
"Karin, she has no relationship with Sasuke." A deep male voice said. "Who is tha-? Oh my Gosh! It's him! Oh no! He goes to the same school". Tenten panicked in her head. She was stuck with the decision to face him and tell him she got over it or just run away as usual. "Okkkaayyy... I think it's time to run now…" She decided but before she can even turn around she heard his voice reprimanding her not to.
"Don't you dare even do that!" he said. And there it goes that same old voice. How can I even do what I want if he's shouting at me with that bossy voice? He just doesn't change.
"OMG, Neji-kun! What are you doing here? Are you here to protect me? Where is Sasuke-kun?" Karin suddenly blasted. Neji glared at her. "Who are YOU?" Whoa, that is just plain scary. Karin had her eyes wide-open in shock and scare. "Uh… Uhmm… I was Uh… just talking to… her… uh… you know… welcoming a new student… uhmm… yeah that's it." She stuttered. "Liar." Tenten said. "Liar? Who? Me? Tell me you have a relatio-"she was cut off with Neji Hyuga's death glare. "Fine, Come on guys let's get out of here." She said to her guards and glared at Tenten for the last time before turning around and swishing her hair.
"Neji Hyu- What is going on here?" asked a familiar voice. When we heard the voice, Neji turned around to see who it was. "What happened?" Sasuke asked. "Nothing happened." She stated and walked towards her cousin but before she could even reach him, Neji grabbed her wrist. "What? Ouch, that hurts!" she complained. "We need to talk." He stated monotonously. "No, we don't." Tenten easily replied back. She knew where this would lead. She will have to express her feelings again and be misunderstood. Maybe that's why he broke up with me. He can't understand me so much that he would just break my heart instead of try.
"Hyuga! Don't force my cousin if she doesn't want to. You had hurt her enough already." My great cousin stated. That's what I like about him. He can understand me without giving so much trouble. He was almost my twin brother with half a year age gap.
"You don't have any business here." He said deeply. Before Sasuke could even reply, he pulled her wrist and he started to drag her along anywhere he wants to go.
While the Hyuga was dragging her somewhere private, she was screaming and struggling to be let go of his grasp. And when they were finally alone, he suddenly released her wrist making her unbalanced for a while. "What is your problem?" Tenten asked while trying to sound irritated. "What are you doing here?" he asked back not even bothering to answer her question. "You're still rude." She blatantly said. "Why don't you just answer my question properly? What are YOU doing here?" he repeated. She thought of her answer for a while. She knew this would happen then why did she even think of coming back in Japan and studying in the same school as his? Maybe she came back for revenge? But she is not capable of doing that so she decided that she would him the new her. She would show him how she can express her feelings properly now. "I'm here to study." She answered his question.
"So, after all the things I have done to you, you decided to come back and get your revenge." Neji said looking at her with that coldness in his eyes. "You're wrong, Neji… I did no-"she didn't want him to misunderstand for she knew that would cause so much trouble. "Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot you're not a bad girl. That's why you can't even stand up on your own feet. You don't know how to speak for yourself." Neji said.
"Of course I can speak for my own self. I am old enough to know what is right and wrong. I have learned from past mistakes so I may not do it again. But you, you're older than me you should've known what is right and wrong earlier than I do but no, instead of fixing yourself; you are hurting other people. I don't know what I was thinking when I sent that love letter to you when I was still in middle school. You were a senpai and I admired you. If I should've known that you can easily humiliate me in front of everyone and deny me when you're with your friends; I should have never met you." She expressed all her feeling this time and she did not hesitate to cry.
"So, those letters were real, could've fooled me. Go. You need time to think for yourself. We will meet again some other time. And at that time I will tell you all I feel." He said. But Tenten cannot allow this. She had just expressed herself in front of her first love. He is not the one running out of the situation this time. "No. I don't allow this. Please Neji, I want to hear your side now. It's okay if you hurt my feelings as long as you can make it clear to me why we broke up. Please." Tenten pleaded.
"Everything has a perfect time. For now, I want you to sort yourself out and try not to fool yourself. I want you to prepare yourself to accept all the facts I am going to give you the next time we meet privately." With that he was gone. And suddenly the room was silent and cold. She felt her knees weaken and slowly fall to ground. She was crying very loudly.
(Neji's Pov)
I think that was the best time to end it before she gets to emotional. I just suddenly moved away from her and going to the door when I heard her fall on the floor. She had started crying. This was the last thing he ever wanted to see. So I did not even bother to look back. She will just soften my heart again and make me fall all over again.
