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Chapter summary: A gift.

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“Oh Nejiiii.” a familiar voice seductively called out to the Hyuga prodigy.

Neji opened his eyes to see his sparing partner sitting in front of him. She was staring at him, unconsciously twirling her hair. He didn’t know when she let it down, but he couldn’t help but be amazed at how beautiful she looked.

Beautiful? Neji couldn’t believe he just thought that.

“Nejiiii.” The girl called out again, once more catching the boy’s attention.

This time she was no longer sitting across from him. She had started crawling over to the Hyuga prodigy. Neji couldn’t take his eyes off of her. She looked so… HOT! (a/n: not as hot as Neji though… lol)

“Nejiiii.”

“Hn.”

Tenten had reached the white eyed genius, but she didn’t stop there. Slowly she began to crawl up into his lap until their faces were mere inches apart. He could feel her breath on his face. They slowly began moving closer, their lips only a centimeter apart. Closer and closer they moved until…..

‘BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP’

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‘BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP’

Neji searched for his alarm, ready to destroy the diabolical machine that had woken him at the best part of the dream. He’d tear it to pieces, boil it, throw it off a high cliff, cover it in honey and toss it into a bear-filled cave. (a/n: I hate alarm clocks too… lol)

That had been the plan; but when he reached towards the nightstand to hit (and he literally meant HIT) the snooze button, his fist came in contact with something much softer than he’d expected.

“OW!” yelled a very familiar voice.

Neji opened his eyes and turned towards the direction of the voice. There, crouching next to his bed and rubbing her shoulder, was the one and only Tenten. The woman he had only moments earlier been dreaming about.

“Neji! Are you always this violent in the morning?” Tenten whispered, as she moved to turn off the alarm. “What am I asking?” Tenten continued, shaking her head incredulously.

“Tenten…” Neji finally spoke.

“If that’s your idea of hitting the off button, I can’t imagine how many clocks you go through.” Tenten said, not having heard Neji. “Well, at least now I know what to get you for Christmas.”

“Tenten…” Neji said again.

“Although, why would I give you something you’d just end up breaking?” Tenten said to herself.

“Tenten…” he repeated himself, again!

“argh, you’re so hard to shop for!” she fumed.

“TENTEN!” Neji shouted, loud enough for her to hear, but not loud enough to wake the rest of the sleeping Hyuga’s; it was 3 am, after all.

“What?” Tenten asked, hearing him for the first time.

“What are you doing here?” Neji asked.

“Well…” Tenten looked down at her hands, as she played with her fingers nervously.

“Well? ...” Neji repeated.

“I just wanted …” Tenten hesitated.

“Wanted? …” Neji repeated, growing a little irritated with Tenten’s hesitance.

He had never known her to be the shy type. She had always been outspoken and opinionated. When he’d fought against Hinata during the first Chunin exams, Tenten had not held back her anger, and had given Neji a thorough beating the next day as they sparred; all the while telling him how wrong it was to hold a grudge against a sweet and innocent girl like Hinata. She’s always fought for what she believed in, and never shied away from any confrontation. Yet there she was, acting so shy, so scared, so… unlike herself. He almost wondered if he were still dreaming.

“Well?” Neji demanded.

“IwantedtobethefirstonetosayhappybirthdayNeji.” Tenten finally said.

He stared at her for a moment. She had spoken too fast for Neji to understand, but after a few seconds he pieced it together.

“Thank you.” He replied.

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A/N: I know, I know. They didn’t kiss… but no worries, they’ll kiss in another story… Anyway, Happy birthday Neji!!... I love Neji (second only to my Kakashi).

Just so you know, this is going to be a series of one shots. Also, please check out my other stories, especially my new one (Soraoi), I don’t have very many people reading it and it makes me sad to think that maybe no one likes it…

Well thanks for reading… :D