Promise me, you'll comeback safe (NejiTen)

Chapter 15: Arguements and Confessions

~ Tenten ~
I turn on the lights and I see Neji sitting on the couch

"What are you doing here?" I asked

"No Tenten don't ignore my question do you have an interest in him? In Gaara?" He asked, his voice had a mad tone to it

"No i don't why do you think that?" I asked

"I saw you guys hugging and you were eating ramen with him" he replied as he crossed his arms

"There's no feelings involved, i don't like him he might but I don't" i said annoyed

"Then why did you hug him back?" He asked

"I was surprised, i don't think he would hug me until he did and I didn't know what to do so I just hugged him back" I said as i started to get frustrated. I didn't want Neji to be mad at me

"Tenten how do I know you aren't playing with my feelings? How? Because I LOVE YOU AND THIS ISNT MAKING ME FEEL LOVED. THIS MAKES ME JEALOUS IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD ABOUT US. I CARE FOR YOU I REALLY DO AND SEEING YOU WITH HIM BLUSHING AND COMPLIMENTING YOU, FIXING YOUR HAIR IT MAKES ME JEALOUS. YOU WERE EATING RAMEN WITH HIM WHEN THATS OUR THING EVEN IF WE ARENT TOGETHER I THOUGHT THAT ME TELLING YOU MY FEELINGS WOULD LET YOU KNOW IM INTERESTED IN YOU. I- I- i feel like you're playing around with me" Neji said as he turned his back to face the wall

"NEJI IM NOT PLAYING WITH YOUR FEELINGS. I SWEAR IM NOT I DIDNT THINK HE WOULD DO THOSE THINGS. I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO REACT" i screamed as tears started to come down my cheeks

"I am leaving" he said as he walked past me without even looking at me

"Fine leave, i don't care" I said as he opened the door

He left and i started to cry my eyes out. I didn't think he would react that way but i knew Neji was jealous whenever we would work with Gaara. He always thought that Gaara liked me, maybe he did he would bring me little things such as chocolates, weapons, and hair accessories.

I stayed in the couch and slowly started fell asleep. Before I could fall asleep I hear a knock on the door. I open it, it was Gaara

"Hello Tenten, are you okay?" He asked, he had noticed my red puffy eyes

"Hi, I'm fine" i said

"Can I come in, i have to tell you something before I leave. I'm leaving in an hour" he said

"Sure, come in. What is it?" I asked as I sat down on the couch

"Well Tenten first don't feel obligated to say anything and don't feel bad about it. I just need to get this off my chest before the war starts. I don't know what will happen and I'll feel much better if I tell you now" he said

There was a pause

"Tenten I like you" he said as he suddenly got up

"Wait Gaara you like me?" I said confused

"Yes I do, I've liked you ever since the 2nd chunin exams. I needed to tell you before I leave. I get the feeling you like someone else, such as Neji but I wanted you to know. Now I want you to have this hair pin from Sunagakure as a symbol of our friendship" he said as he gave me the little white box with a ribbon on it

"Gaara you are a great person, i really cherish our friendship but i don't share the same feelings as you do. I'm glad you told me this to get it off your chest. This will not ruin anything between us. Thank you for the gift" i said with a smile as i opened the box. The hair pins were beautiful

"I had that feeling but I feel better now. I hope you find love and that person makes you happy. I'll get going. Bye Tenten be safe" he said with a smile as he got up

"Thank you Gaara, i hope you find love too and once you do introduce me to her so I can approve of her. I don't want you getting hurt. Be safe on your way back home. Promise" i said

"I promise I will. You know Tenten I enjoyed today, i enjoyed our little date at Ichiraku. Also I was right you and your mother look alike so much. Have a good night" he said referring to the picture I had hanged up of my mother and father.

"I enjoyed it to, good night" I said as he left and I closed the door

What the fuck had just happened. So after all he did like me. I sat there just thinking. I decided to take a shower to relax. I'm fresh out of the shower when I hear Hinata's voice at the door

"Tenten-Chan are you home?" She asked

"I'M GOING HOLD ON IM CHANGING" i screamed as i hurried

I open the door and it's Hinata and Neji is there too

"Tenten-Chan are you okay? Can I come in?" She asked

"Sure, come in" i said as i opened the door as she walked in Neji tried too as well

"Stay outside Neji nii-san" said Hinata in a mad tone

We started to talk about what had happened. I guess Neji had told her about the situation and she didn't want us mad at each other. She heard me and then went to go talk to Neji. I looked out the window and he looked sad. I haven't seen him sad in a long time.

"Tenten-Chan you both should talk things out, I'm leaving you two alone" Hinata said as she kept looking back and forth at me and Neji

She left it was just the two of us now...

Authors Note: Hi all of you lovely people who are reading this fanfic i randomly created because I was sad that Neji died in the anime. I hope you are all enjoying this as much as I do writing it. This is kinda like my therapy in some weird way to cope with schools and stress. If school goes back online I will definitely be writing more and I even have another idea of another Naruto fanfic. Let me know if y'all have any good ideas to add in this story. I hope you all have a wonderful week, my posting schedule will be every 3 days or so, I'm an all honors/ap student so it's kinda hard to post every single day like I did in break BUT i will do my best to post.
         Love you all and take care
        -C