A/N: I AM ALIVE GUIZZZ IM SO SORREH.
Yeah... My last two updating attempts were dumps because I missed the date. So yeah. BUT I AMZ BUSY.
So here's the chappie.
ENJOI.
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"Hello Tenten," the man said from behind her.
She twisted her head and met face-to-face with a blonde man with a similar hairstyle to Ino, dressed in a sleeveless black top and blue jeans.
"He...llo?"
The man snickered, and lowered his lashes. "Don't know who I am? Let me introduce myself, I am-"
The door opened and shut, as Neji entered the room. "Deidara, get out of my house, and stop flirting with my girlfriend."
The word "girlfriend" really switched something on in Tenten's head because her lips were in a thin line and her face was pink.
Deidara smirked. "Just doing some preparation rebounding for when you decide to get rid of her."
The two brunettes stared at him with eyebrows cocked and eyes unbelieving.
"Right," Neji said, taking off his shoes and suit jacket and walked over to the kitchen. "What are you really doing here? I paid my rent already to that Kakuzu character already."
The blonde took a seat beside Tenten on the couch. "Just checking out the new arm candy, Hyuuga. I still find it unbelievable that the heir of the Hyuuga Empire moved in with his girlfriend so quickly." He proceeded to scooch closer to the girl, placing an arm over her shoulder while she glared at him.
"Pshh. You just can't believe you didn't get the gossip that we were going out in time." Neji pulled a carton of milk out of the fridge and scowled at Deidara as he drank from the container.
Tenten pulled herself out of the man's grip, and pulled the milk away from the Hyuuga's lips. Placing the carton on the counter, and pointing at Deidara with her right index finger, she sighed, "I'm sorry, who are you again?"
He smiled once again. "I'm part of the Landlord's crew. Pein-sama owns Akatsuki States. I'm one of the two designers slash carpenters of this ditch, along with Sasori."
"Speaking of Sasori," Neji said, undoing his tie, "where is he? Aren't you two always conjoined at the hip?"
The blonde's eyebrow twitched. "He's at an art convention. Some Michelangelo stuff. Old artwork, renaissance crap."
"Didn't come with him?" Neji asked, heading into his bedroom.
"Nah, I'm more into modern art, Pablo Picasso, not Leonardo DiCaprio."
"DaVinci," Neji interjected as he walked out into the living room in sweats and a black T-shirt.
"Whatever."
"Um, excuse me, but how'd you get in here?" Tenten asked, as politely as she could manage.
"Honey, I have a skeleton key to every single room. I can come and go as I please. But I usually don't, just in case we receive complaints from residents."
"Uh, okay. Can you leave?"
Deidara laughed. "I see how it is. Wanna get some now that Neji's home. I won't intrude. Have a nice night, you two," he said, walking out of their place, and right before he left, he announced, "Make sure you use a condom!"
Close went the door.
"O... Kay?"
The man sighed. "At least he's gone. And the fact that he thinks we're fucking only helps our cause."
"How the hell does that help?"
The Hyuuga shook his head. "Never mind. Look, I've found a lawyer that seems slightly interested in our case."
She smiled at this, then sat back down beside him on the couch. "Seriously? How long do you think it'll take?"
"Hm... It says a year, maybe more due to lack of proof or reasoning from the actual date."
"Oh," her heart sank. Will she have to be Mrs. Hyuuga for very long?
"But no worries, we'll get out of it. Did you eat dinner?"
"If a package of canned fruit counts, then yes."
Neji stood up and pulled a can of SPAM from the kitchen cabinet. "Make the rice, this'll have to do for dinner."
"Don't you know how to cook anything that isn't instant?"
"Yes, I just don't find the need for it today. It's already 8:00, and I'm starving, so just do it."
"Whatever."
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"Ino, please," Shikamaru said, hands over his eyes, "put on some clothes."
The blonde in the bathroom door refused. "No! I left my panties in the other room! And I'm sure as hell not walking around in only a towel to get it!"
Shikamaru groaned. "I have I go get it, don't I?"
She nodded. "Go. I'm getting cold."
The man sighed, and climbed out of bed, walking into the adjacent guest room that Ino had insisted on occupying. On the bed, there was a pair of pink panties and a black lacy bra. "Why can't she do this... It's our house... There isn't anyone here anyways... Troublesome woman..."
He took the undergarments and headed back to the washroom by his room. "Here Ino."
The blonde squealed and gave him a hug. "Thank you, thank you!"
Shikamaru felt a sensation in the pit of his stomach that scared him when her breasts pressed up against him and grunted a "You're Welcome" before detaching himself from her grip and escaping to his room.
Ino scratched her head. "Weird."
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"So how was work?"
Neji slowed the rotating of his jaw, and thought for a moment. "It was fine. Why do you want to know?"
"Is there something wrong with a wife wanting to know if her husband did good at work?"
Neji laughed, and replied with a "Tenten, you're a weird one. So how was your work? Anything big happen?"
She stopped chewing, and said, "actually, something did happen."
He raise a brow. "Oh? Well tell me, was it a promotion?"
She shook her head. She was planning on telling him that Kiba knows, but... "Ino came to me complaining about Shikamaru."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Her parents and his parent look at this marriage as an amazing opportunity to bind the two businesses."
"That's convenient."
"Yeah, but don't expect that from me."
Neji looked at her. "What?"
"I'm... I'm not special. I'm an orphan. My mom abandoned me as a baby. I spent my life miserably with the other kids at the orphanage, but my only friends were these kids named Rock Lee and Naruto. We met Hinata at High School, which started Naruto and Hinata's relationship. Lee fell hard for my friend Sakura, and... Things happened. I'm pretty basic."
The Hyuuga pondered this new information in his head. "Basic... No. Not basic. Basic girls wouldn't have ended up in this situation, married to the biggest egoist on Earth. Basic girls wouldn't have walked around in only a towel with a guy as perfect as me in the room."
"Tch, you're definitely correct about that ego."
"Anyways, You're not basic. You're Tenten."
She looked at him with soft eyes. "Thanks."
"Now onto me," Neji started.
"Wait-"
"We learn something new about each other every day, right?"
"Right."
"That was your turn. Now ask me something about me you want cleared up."
"O... kay. Umm... Why do you work?"
"Why do you?"
"To earn money, to pay off for my schooling. I only got a half-scholarship."
"Well, I do to study. The Hyuuga Enterprises is where I'll be working whether Hinata-sama decides to take over or not. So Uncle has me study there. Sometimes I have actual classes, but that's basically it."
"...oh."
"Want more rice?"
"Yeah sure, food is good."
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A/N: THAT IS THE END IF THAT SUCKISH CHAPTER!
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