Neji stared at his wooden door blankly. He let out a small sigh.

Now what…?

"…Neji…"

"Hn?" he turned around and looked at the lovely teammate of his.

He was nervous. He had no idea what to say. Nobody ever had been in his room before.

"You think it's okay? I mean,… you allow me to use your bathroom?" she asked him shyly, her eyes locked at a random painting on the wall, as if to avoided his eyes. Small tints of red reflected on her tanned cheeks.

She…blushing? That's…kind of adorable…

Neji shake his head mentally. It was pretty awkward. For both of them actually.

He coughed slightly to regain his composure.

"I don't mind. Do you have any spare clothes with you in your bag?"

"Yeah, there was one clean left, but it was a civilian outfit. I thought I would have some times to hangout if I finished the mission early. But, hehe, apparently not…" Tenten looked up at her teammate. His pearly eyes still did not leave her presence.

Silience.

"So,…" Tenten muttered "I'm going to take a shower!" she stood up with clothes in her arm. "No peeky, Hyuuga!" she joked at him.

Neji smirked. The awkward tension between them evaporated.

"I thought you think of me differently, Tenten!" he eyed her.

"Heh! I did, Hyuuga! But you're still a male, so I don't know!" she let out a small giggle.

"Unless you're not interested in woman,…I would be less worry!" she laughed at his change of facial expression.

She knew he hated it when people questioning about his sexual status. But how can they not? He was too pretty.

"You take that back, Ten…"

Neji glared murderously at her.

"Alright, alright!" Tenten raised her free hand on the air in surrender gesture, but she can't help to giggle at him, "Geez, Neji! You have to learn how to take a joke sometimes! Well then, I'm off! I see you maybe twenty or thirty minutes later!"

"Hn! Take as long as you want!" Neji told her and he really mean it. He had to keep her with him for about two more hours.

What the hell should we do in two hours?

Neji walked to his bed and sat on it. Frustrated at his own question, he decided to mediate.

I might come up with something when my mind is at peace.

…

A small noise of water running from the bathroom shook Neji out of his silence moment. He wondered what had caused that. Oh right, he did let Tenten use his bathroom to take a shower, didn't he. How could he forget?!

Hm,…I wonder what is she doing…

Open both closed eyes. He shifted his head to the right. Neji stared at the bathroom door. Suddenly, some rather-inappropriate images from nowhere flooded in his head.

'What the hell?!"

Where were those images come from? No! This is WRONG! Tenten was his dear teammate. And as a good teammate and a perfect gentleman he was, he must bear no ill thoughts for his female friend. No matter how alluring her presence to him, he must not…

Sighed to himself, he brought a hand to massage his temple and tried to get back with the meditation. But whenever he heard noises escaped from the bathroom, his gaze immediately shifted to it. He just can't help it…

' When did I become such a pervert?'

The bed, which located very near the bathroom, did not help either.

Defeated at his own war, Neji angrily stood up from the bed and started to walk to the left corner of his room. He sat down, eyes stared at the wooden wall in front of him while his back faced the bathroom.

'At least this may help me from…'

The Hyuuga prodigy inhale a long breath and exhale slowly. He concentrated all his mind and chakra in his meditation.

~~~o~~~

"Neji?"

Neji slowly opened his eyes as his name rung through his ear. He knew the owner of the voice.

"Yes, Tenten?" He asked without moving from his spot.

"Ehm,…I'm very sorry for taking too long. Your tub was so comfortable, so I kind of fall asleep in there…" Tenten apologized shyly

"Hn. What time is it, now?" He closed his eyes

"Nearly 5:30!"

'Oh…! It had been over one hour already? That was fast. I think they must be finish by now.' Neji thought to himself

"Uhh, Neji?" Tenten asked

"Hn?"

"Why are you sitting in the corner?"

"I…was mediating."

"Oh, you usually sit in the corner while mediate in your room?"

"Yeah,…it helped me,…concentrated…"

"Oh okay."

"Ten, do you want to go back to your apartment?" Neji asked her.

"Yes, it getting pretty late."

"Hn."

Neji stood up from his spot. He straightens his clothes a little then shifted his head back to see Tenten.

He speechless.

Tenten was currently sitting on his bed. Her usual baggy training outfit was replaced by her so-called civilian clothes.

She was wearing black shorts that stopped just above her mid-thigh. A simple blank white shirt hugged her upper body, which pretty much showed Neji her feminine upper curves that he never saw before. The hair was usually styled in two buns on the top of her head was now hung in one loose braid on her left shoulder.

For a second there, he thought he was seeing a normal cute little country girl, the type that can't even hurt an ant. Who would say this girl is the same with the deadly, strong and stubborn kunoichi of his.

Her simple civilian outfit of course can't compared with the styled and complex clothing trends of Haruno or Yamanaka or any other girls in Konoha, but yet, the girl in front of him still manage to do one thing that no woman was able to do before, made a stoic Hyuuga prodigy's heart skipped a beat.

"Uhm, Neji. Are you alright?" she suddenly asked

Neji stared at her but said nothing.

As like she sensed her best friend discomfort, she nervously looked around to find any faults she carelessly made that upset him.

"Is everything alright, Neji…? Did I do something? Was I…*gasped*…was I not allow to sit on your bed…?" the girl immediately stood up from her seat and walked slowly away. With her standing up, Neji was able to take a better look at her full beautiful form.

She is…beautiful…

"*cough* Tenten! It's fine. Sit." He didn't mean to freaked her out by his intent stares, but,…he can't help it,…

He coughed again, as to try to block his thoughts about her. Finally regained his normal self, Neji took his eyes off her, painfully he admitted, and walked past his teammate to the closet. He pulled out a dark blue kimono and carefully folded on his hand. He spoke without looking at her.

"I'm going to change then we can go back to your apartment."

Without waiting for her answer, Neji walked hurriedly to the bathroom and shut it. He leaned against the closed door for support, slowly raised one hand and place it over his heart. The beats…

~~~o~~~

After changed his clothes. Neji lead Tenten out of the compound and head to the street. On their way back to her place, the two shinobis somehow felt all eyes from the people on two side of the street stared intently at them. As they passed a group of teenage girls, they heard some whispers and squeaks exchange from the girls behind them. Girls drooled over Neji Hyuuga was not a rare scene. However, they seemed not only caught the girls attention, the guys was also stared at them as well, but mostly to Tenten, except for few individuals. The kunoichi was embarrassing; she kept her gaze fixed on the ground in front of her, inwardly begging for the unwanted attentions to go away. Neji was not care much about the embarrassment; he was too busy to glared down every man that had the nerve to checked out his teammate. He was giving out a lot of glares today.

Even though the prodigy was pretty much occupied with the glaring, he was also not missed the sensual feeling that building up in him while walking with Tenten. Once in a while, he looked down at his dear friend and found her head still bowed down and her bang covered most of her face, refused to meet anyone eyes. He can't help but felt sorry for her. He smirked and stared back ahead. But she looked so cute…

"Neji,…"

Taking by surprise, the prodigy looked down at the voice owner.

"What is it, Tenten?" he asked her.

The girl slowly shifted her head upward to meet his face. He stiffed for a moment at her lovely big chocolate orbs.

"Why… people looked at us kind of funny today?" she asked nervously, looked back down again.

Neji smirked

"I don't know." He lied.

Should he say the reason people have different looks on them today was because of her.

They finally reached to her building. Tenten let out a relieved sigh. She turned her head up and looked at to Neji.

"Thanks for walking me home, Neji!" she smiled "I'll see you tomorrow?"

Neji looked at her smiling face. He can't help but feel so happy.

"I have a mission tomorrow, Tenten. Inuzuka told us this afternoon, remember?" he said

"Oh, right…" her smile slowly faded on her pretty face. "An S-ranked mission…"

Neji sensed the sadness in her eyes. He hated it! He hated it so much! He hated to see her sad! He wanted to kill the problems that made her smile disappear!

Tenten walked up the stairs with Neji followed behind her. He can sensed the nervousness in her little form.

They stopped in front of her apartment door. Tenten pulled out a key from her pocket.

"I'll go in, then. Have a goodnight, Neji! Be careful on your mission." She said without turning around to look at him.

When she put the key in the keyhole, she felt a hand placed gently on hers. She knew whose was it belong.

"Tenten…" His breath near her right ear sent a shiver down her spine. Butterflies from nowhere bounced up and down in her stomach.

"Yes, Neji…?" she stopped what she was doing but still refused to look up.

A hand squeezed hers slightly and slowly turned hers and leads her whole body to turn around. Tenten eyes gazed at the neck in front of her. She had no intention to look up. The hand that hold hers a moment before, left her. It moved up under her chin. The hand tilt her head up and made her gaze directly at the beautiful eyes that she always dream of whenever sleep took her away.

"What's wrong, Tenten?" Neji asked her in the calmest tone that she never heard from him.

Tenten orbs nervously shifted away. She didn't want to look in his eyes. She afraid she will broke down in front of him if her eyes continue to drowned in his pale lavender eyes.

"Nothing is wrong." She answered softly.

"I knew you too long, Tenten, to know that you're lying to me, right now." He moved his hand which was under her chin and up to her right cheek, which made her brown pupils back to his. "And you had never been success in hiding anything from me, Tenten." He told her softly.

They looked at each other for a while.

Tenten placed her small hand on the larger one that cupping her cheek.

"Really Neji! It's nothing important." She smiled softly at him. She squeezed his hand a little and gently brought it away her face. Neji still looking at her. She placed a key back again.

"You have to prepare for tomorrow, didn't you! I'll wait for you at the Main Gate when you're back, Neji."

A click from the door. Tenten pushed in gently.

" Tenten! I-"

"!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

A/N: OKAY! I really want to fuck myself right now. The story didn't even finished, YET! What the hell is wrong with me! The more I tried to finished it, the more it keep getting longer.

*sigh* but I did have fun writing this chapter though. Its kinda showed some romance between Neji and Tenten! And I luv romance! ;3

Now I can't be sure at which chapter I will finish it but it will be done soon! It's a short story afterall.

Again! Plz review! Pretty plz! :')