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A New Beginning	By : SumiHatake Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1314 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Next To You

Pairing: NejiTen

Summary: Tenten wonders if she and Neji are friends or something more. 'A New Beginning' series fic.

Disclaimer: I don't own, nor will I ever. Kishimoto and his publishers do. Shame.

A/N: Written for NejiTen Music Festival and dedicated to mayuzero who did the NejiTen video for this song.

Tenten paced back and forth in the one room apartment, the floor boards creaking loudly in the silence. She looked at the clock and watched the numbers tick over to the new hour. Already it was two and she hadn't been able to sleep at all. Her eyes drifted to the cell phone sitting beside it. It cost her a lot to use and it only worked inside the village, but she knew he was home and it would be more than worth it to hear his voice. She reached for it and then looked at the time again. Pulling her hand away and huffing out a frustrated breath she turned away.

'Maybe Hinata misunderstood,' she wondered, walking over to the window and looking out over the houses and other buildings. It was hard to know if he really did think she was too good for him without knowing the exact words he'd used. Hinata had refused to tell her since she'd let it slip on accident in the first place and didn't want to betray his confidence.

Flopping down on her futon, Tenten grabbed the leather photo album that she kept beside it, that he had given her, and flipped it open. She turned the pages slowly, studying the pictures and thinking about all the moments they captured. Until recently she'd believed that it was all in her head, the looks that seemed to last a few moments longer than they should, the touches that weren't really necessary. It was all too easily explain by the fact that they were friends and teammates, but... Maybe that's all they were and maybe, just maybe, they were more. Smiling and setting the album aside, she stretched out and stared at the ceiling. "You drive me crazier than Gai and Lee combined, you know that, Neji?"

She laid there, her mind turning things in circles, until the walls began to glow a bright orange, and then she gave up and got up. She'd be exhausted later, but it was pointless to lay there when they would have to meet up in an hour. Even if she did fall asleep it wouldn't be for long enough to matter.

Getting dressed, she ducked out, locked the door, crept down the stairs, and stepped outside into the cool morning air. Even a year after the war, things were still not the same. Despite help, most of the trees were still growing back. Team practices had been moved to the forest beyond the village. Turning, Tenten leapt to the rooftops, heading out over them in the direction of where her team would meet up. Waving to the guard on duty she dashed through the gate and turned to follow the newly constructed wall.

One minute she was alone save for the birds and squirrels and the next... there he was. Tenten stopped and stared, surprised to see him despite the fact that he would obviously be going to their teams meeting spot as well. It was the way just stood there under the trees staring directly at her like-- he'd been waiting for her.

Tenten's heart skipped a beat and she swallowed, feeling oddly nervous. She opened her mouth, wanting to ask if he was waiting for her, and realized she couldn't. The words simply wouldn't come out.

Neji smiled, but didn't move or speak. The breeze stirred and several leaves drifted down over him.

She was crazy, she knew then she had to be. Looking down, she watched her feet move forward. As silly as it seemed she was mezmorized by her own steps. It wasn't until she was right in front of him, their toes separated by strip of grass no wider than her hand, that she stopped.

If she was wrong... The way he'd been looking at her rose in her mind. Lee had never looked at her that way and they were friends too. Nobody she knew of had ever looked at her like that.

"Tenten..."

Her name caught her attention and she looked up.

Neji swallowed, his cheeks turning a faint pink, but he didn't say anything, just stood there staring at her.

It wasn't her imagination and she knew he felt it too, the 'pause', the silence between them that seemed tangible enough to touch. He wouldn't do it though, he would never, and she knew it. Lifting herself up on her toes she pressed a chaste kiss to his lips.

His eyes widened for a moment and then his lips parted very slightly under hers and he returned the kiss.

Her eyes slid shut and for a moment the only part of them that touched was their lips. Then a hand touched her elbow and she pulled back, her cheeks burning and her heart thudding loudly in her ears. Opening her eyes she smiled up at him, happy and embarrassed at the same time.

Sliding his fingers down the back of her arm, Neji caught her hand. "I was waiting for you."

It occurred to her then that this spot was right where their paths crossed if they left their houses and headed for their team's meet up point. Tenten giggled realizing he probably had just been waiting for her to go train with Lee and Gai-sensei. Even if she had caught him by surprised with the kiss he seemed to be okay with it. Maybe she was wrong and she'd imagined all the looks, but either way she was right now. More importantly though, she was right where she belonged, at his side. "Good, because I was looking for you."
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