Party Kiss

Chapter 2
Denial

- The next day at Sakura's house, 11.29 am in the morning. -

"Ugh… Man. I have a major headache. What happened yesterday?" Sakura said as she rubbed her head and opened her eyes, only to be greeted by a messy house. "Oh right. We drank sake. Hm?" She said as she looked at the bottle in her hand. "Oh. My. God. This is extremely potent stuff! I thought these were those for amateurs?" She exclaimed. Ino grumbled. "Sakura… keep your voice down! It is early in the morning for god's sake." She said as she threw her slipper at Sakura, then went back to sleep. "Time time. What time is it?" Sakura panicked. Sakura's eyes widened. "11.29? We slept in! Oh no. What date is it?" She asked herself. Ino took her other slipper and threw it at Sakura. "I said pipe down!" She said angrily. "Ino. Ino! Wake up! It is 11.29 am! We slept in!" Sakura screamed in her ear. Ino's eyes widened in disbelief. "Oh my god! Please tell me it is not a weekday." She pleaded. "Lucky for us it is not." Sakura said in relief. "Or Tsunade-sama would kill me!" Sakura said dramatically. "Ok. Let's wake the…"Ino's voice trailed off, after remembering the very "exciting" thing that happened yesterday night. She blushed. "Ino? Are you ok?" Sakura asked worriedly. "Yeah. Just remembered what happened yesterday." She replied. Sakura, upon remembering that, blushed too.

-Flashback-

Tenten woke up, though still drunk. She looked at the boy sitting besides her. Her hazel brown eyes closed as she leaned forward, getting closer to his face till she felt his breath. She then leaned in for a kiss. Her cold, sake filled lips touched his. This woke Neji up. All the people in the room looked at Tenten, eyes wide open. Mouth agape. "I… hic L-love you hic Neji!" She proclaimed, still drunk. Then she fell down, back to her deep slumber, leaving Neji stunned, together with the rest of the people in the room.

- End Flashback. -

"Wonder what will happen." Sakura said as she walked towards Hinata, about to wake her up. "Yeah." Ino replied, making warm towels for them, knowing they'd have a hangover once they wake up. Both Ino and Sakura went from one person to another, giving each a nice and hot towel. Neji was the last to be woken. When he awoke, he was shocked to see to girls beside him then realized they were trying to help, only after making the sofa fall back when he jumped. He took the towel from Ino's hands and wiped his face with it, which then triggered the memory of what happened last night. He looked around, seeing many pairs of eyes gazing at both Tenten and himself. He glanced in Tenten's direction. She looked as if she did not recall what had happened last night, from the looks of her happy and innocent face. He looked down at the floor then heaved a long and heavy sigh. He noticed a pair of feet and looked up. Hinata. "What do you want?" He asked in a irritated tone. "Erm. Neji-niisan. A-about last night. T-Tenten-chan probably d-does n-n-not remember. Like t-the last time Temari b-brought us out. S-She mistook Temari's sake for crysamthemum tea. T-then drank it. She said something bout S-Sasuke-kun too. L-Like yours. But for-forgot it the n-next day." She stammered. "Oh." He replied emotionlessly, though he knew he was upset deep down, to realize that the one he loves knew nothing of her confession or his feelings.

"Well. I'd better be heading home! I think my mom would be worried!" Tenten told the rest. "Sure Tenten! Bye!" They all said. "Tenten. I'll walk with you." The sentence that Neji said shocked everyone. "Had he forgotten too?" Ran through everybody, except Hinata's mind.

-On the way home -

"Hey Neji. Somehow I feel like as if all my worries were gone! Feel quite refreshing!" She said as she looked up to the bright, clear sky and stretched her hands. "Hn." He replied. She looked at him. "Hey. Want to get a bite at the nearby Chinese café?" She asked. "Seeing that you are in such a bad mood." "Whatever." He replied, thinking of something else.

- At the café -

"One wulong tea please and a plate of chicken buns." She asked the waitress. "Sure!" She replied then turned to Neji. "And for you?" "A cup of tea." He answered coldly. "Right." She said before she left the table. The food came soon after and Tenten began scoffing it down like Chouji would. "Eat like a girl." Neji said, looking else where and sipping his tea. "I haven't eaten breakfast. Of course I'd eat like that." She retorted. Not even 5 minutes has passed and Tenten had eaten the entire plate of 10 buns. "Neji was shocked but concealed it. "There. Happy now?" He asked. "Yep! So full. So full…" she sighed happily. He paid for the meal. "Hmmm. You are paying for the meal… Ok! Guess this means I owe you a favor!" She said. "Tenten. Would you mind following me to the park?" Neji asked. "Ok. Sure! But that means you will be using up your owe!" She said happily, being relieved of the stress of thinking what would Neji make her do.

- In Konoha's one and only Sakura park (A/n: Ok. They don't have that. Am making it up.)-

"Tenten" He said when he stopped walking and turned to face her. "Do you like me?" Tenten got a shock. "N-No. I-I don't. No. No!" She said before she ran off.