A Kiss for New Year

Tenten stretched as her brown orbs opened. She jumped out of bed cheerfully, and said, "A new morning and the last day of this year!" she said cheerfully to no one in particular.

It too her a couple of moments to process what she just said,

Her eyes shot open, and screamed "IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THIS YEAR, OH MY GOD!"

She slipped into her Chinese style top and beige capris today as she rushed out doors.

It hadn't been snowing for the past couple of days, but a light blanket of snow covered almost every surface in Konoha. Tenten sighed. She absolutely loved the winter. The snow, the serenity, the peacefulness, the beauty…

She sneezed.

She loved everything except for the colds.

She looked around for the sign of a certain Hyuuga, but only caught sight of, oh about the entire population of Konoha.

There was Sasuke with Sakura.

There were Temari and Ino fighting over Shikamaru who apparently had fallen asleep in the snow.

There were Naruto and Kiba getting into fighting stances and Hinata standing nearby worried.

And there was Hanabi dragging along Neji towards her.

Wait. Wha?

Her eyes glittered against her will and her cheeks turned a rosy color from the cold weather, and her pink lips, already in a smile, greeted the two Hyuugas happily, "Hanabi-san, Neji, how nice to see the two of you!"

Neji gave a grunt in surprise.

"NEJI, TELL HER!" Hanabi roared.

"I'm getting married."

The two females' jaws dropped, "WHAT?"

"NO YOU AIN'T HYUUGA NEJI!" Hanabi yelled.

Neji sighed, "Fine I'm not."

Tenten secretly let out a sigh of relief. She didn't want anything to ruin this perfect day. It was going to be perfect. She'll spend the whole day with Neji, and then they'll watch the stars, and listen to the count down, counted down by of course none other than Anko, who had the loudest voice…

Hanabi glared at Neji one last time before catching sight of Kiba and Naruto and Hinata, "HEY YOU TWO! YEAH YOU, INUZUKA AND UZUMAKI! DON'T YOU DARE HURT MY SISTER!" she yelled as she took off preparing to separate them.

Tenten blinked a couple of times staring after the younger daughter of Hiashi.

Neji smirked, "She likes to take control of things."

She smiled slightly, "I see."

"Tenten-chan! Neji-san!" Sakura cried happily as she skipped over to them dragging the Uchiha with her.

Tenten smiled warmly, "Ohayo, Sakura-chan, Sasuke-san."

"Hyuuga."

"Uchiha."

The two greeted each other and glared.

Sakura raised an eyebrow at them, "Come on you two, cheer up! It's New Years' Eve!" she said happily before grabbing Tenten's hand, "Let me read your palm…"

Of course, Tenten didn't believe in these kinds of things. So she let Sakura stare at her palm, while she looked around, taking in the festivities, the smell of delicious food, chattering, and children running around, screaming in delight, and enviously watched the couples walk together, a love aura surrounding them.

"Ah!" Sakura said suddenly snapping Tenten out of her trance.

"I see your future.."

"Then tell me."

"Fine fine," she sighed giving up trying to be mysterious, "You will get kissed tonight at the stroke of midnight, and a tall and cold prodigy will confess his love to you tonight. The two of you will have two children, a girl and a boy, you will live in a rich estate, and you will be happy. When you die however, you die because—" Sakura was cut off when Sasuke covered her mouth with his hand, "That's enough Sakura, I'm not sure Tenten would like to know how she dies."

"Wha?" Tenten sad dumbly. She had tuned Sakura out after she said a tall and cold prodigy would confess his…

Oh snap out of it Tenten. She probably made that up.

"And besides, it wouldn't have been accurate," Sasuke said smirking, but was that playfulness in his voice? "You were just saying random things."

Sakura pushed his hand off with her own and pouted, "Aww, Sasuke-kun, you ruined the fun!" she whined.

Sasuke smirked as he dragged the pink haired medic nin off with him.

Tenten stared down at her palm, wondering if Sakura wasn't lying…

"You believed that Tenten?" Neji asked half snorting.

She flushed slightly, "N-no, I just thought there was something on my hand…"

She glanced up to look at Neji, but ended up looking right past him, and her eyes sparkling happily.

Now, Neji didn't like to be ignored. So he narrowed his eyes and tried to figure out what Tenten was staring at and why she was… drooling.

He followed her gaze all the way to… a sesame ball stand.

"Tenten, do you want a… Tenten?" the Hyuuga prodigy looked around for the brunette.

He groaned as he saw her at the sesame ball stand and went to join her.

"Yes, I'd like one please," she said happily, pulling out her coin purse.

She started to take out some money to pay, but was stopped when she saw Neji's hand pay for it instead, "My treat."

"Are you sure? I mean, I can pay…"

"Its fine," he said softly handing her the pastry and watching her as she ate it happily.

She grinned as she felt the sweetness of the pastry fill her mouth. This day was perfect so far. Now, she only wanted one more thing…

Night

"Neeeji! Let's go watch the stars!" Tenten chirped happily dragging the prodigy with her, not giving him much of a choice.

She sat down on the soft grassy field, and laid down while her teammate sat up, leaning against the tree. She spotted other couples near them and sighed with envy.

"Hey you, brunette," someone said.

Tenten sat up, "Hm?"

"I see you're single," the boy said flashing a crooked smile, "Mind if I join you?"

"Uhh…"

"Actually, she does mind," a masculine voice came, "She is with someone."

The boy grumbled something under his breath and left.

Tenten smiled, "Neji! I thought you were at that tree…"

"I was. But there's a better tree here."

Tch.

She sighed mentally, no matter how dumb the reason was, at least he was here.

She laid back down onto the soft yet prickly grass as Neji sat down, leaning against the tree trunk.

Far away, she heard Anko's voice yell, "ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE OF KONOHA, LISTEN UP CUZ I'M GONNA START THE COUNTDOWN RIGHT NOW!"

Tenten sat up and smiled slightly as Neji sat down next to her.

"ALL RIGHT! TONIGHT, DECEMBER 31, AT ELEVEN FIFTY-NINE AND FIFTY SECONDS I WILL START THE COUNTDOWN! TEN!"

Tenten's pulse increased.

I feel something big is going to happen… but what?

"NINE!"

"Tenten…" Neji said softly.

"EIGHT!"

She glanced at him, "Hm?"

He blushed slightly, "I wanted to say…"

"SEVEN!"

Were her eyes deceiving her? The great Hyuuga Neji?

Blushing?

"SIX!"

"I wanted to say.. I… I…"

"FIVE!"

Neji took a deep breath to calm himself.

You can do this. Who cares if she thinks you're pathetic, after beating her in a spar tomorrow I'll regain her respect.

"FOUR!"

Tenten blinked as she watched him, "Yes?"

"THREE!"

"I… love you."

"TWO!"

He leaned in quickly and caught her in a sudden but gentle kiss.

Tenten smiled to herself. Who knew Sakura was actually right? Someone had confessed to her. And she had been kissed.

She responded, unaware of Sakura and Sasuke nearby.

Sakura squealed softly, "Yay!"

Sasuke smirked, "About time Hyuuga."

"ONE!"

Neji pulled Tenten closer to him, deepening the kiss as he tilted his head.

"ZERO! HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE, AND DON'T SCREW THIS YEAR UP, YA HEAR ME?"

Fireworks went off, illuminating the usually dark night sky. Konohanians cheered and whooped, but Neji and Tenten were too… busy to notice.

Tenten pulled back slightly, "You know… I love you too."

He smirked, "Of course you did. I just waited until New Years because…"

"Hm?"

"Because," he leaned in until their noses touched, "I wanted to give you a kiss for New Years."