Tenten watched him from behind a tree, making sure her chakra was concealed carefully.
She knew his was still single. Hiashi had been trying to find him a fiancée, but he turned down everyone of them.
She loved him so much…
But she thinks he doesn't like her.
Hiashi would never agree with it.
She let out a silent sigh, gazing at his back.
She doesn't know when she fell in love with him… she just did.
His long sleek hair… clear and sharp eyes… that perfect face… she loved everything about him, even his cocky and arrogant attitude.
She just loves everything about him… but she knows they can't be together. She just knows it's not possible.
Her heart aches to be with him, but she knows he doesn't feel the same way about her.
He was a prodigy. She was average.
He just saw her as a sparring partner, and if she was lucky, a friend.
She loves him so much…
And it hurts to know she can't be with him.
She felt tears well up, but brushed them away quickly.
She still remembered the day they met…
Flashback
"Team 9, Hyuuga Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten."
Tenten's head snapped up and glanced toward Neji who was calmly staring out the window.
She felt a small blush and smiled a bit.
She felt like the luckiest girl to know that she'd be with her idol.
End flashback
Then she found out she was the luckiest girl in the world.
Flashback
She knew it.
She knew she was the luckiest girl in the world.
She had been paired up with not only her idol… but her one and only true love.
End flashback
She let the corners of her lips to turn up into a small smile.
Correction: She was the luckiest girl in the world.
She knew he had to find a fiancée. Probably some rich girl from another prestigious clan.
She'd be lucky if she would be invited to the wedding.
She'd go… even if it broke her heart. Why? Simple, she was in love with him, and wanted to see him one more time… it would probably be her last.
She knew the woman he'd marry probably wouldn't actually love him, just like him for his looks, fame, popularity, richness… not true love.
But Tenten really did love him. She'd die for him, she'd wear herself out if he got sick, she'd worry if he got hurt, she'd try her best to protect him forever, she'd do anything for him, and it killed her to think some other snobby girl would get him when she didn't really love him at all.
WHO stayed by his bedside day and night after the failed Sasuke retrieval mission?
WHO cried her eyes out when he wouldn't wake up for weeks?
WHO nearly died protecting him?
WHO knows pretty much everything about him?
WHO nearly killed her hands making him food?
WHO gave up her most precious weapons to him?
HER, and it KILLED her to know she couldn't be with him when she loved him so much.
Even though she wouldn't get to be with him, she still wanted him to be happy.
After all, that's what you do when you're in love with someone, right?
Tears welled up again.
"Only the weak cry."
Neji's voice echoed in her head.
"Let's start sparring."
She loved him so much…
"LEE, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"
The one time he lost his temper… even if it was in her dream.
"My darling Tenten… I've always loved you…"
The one time he confessed his undying love for her… in her daydreaming fantasy.
The tears flowed down too quickly, she couldn't stop them.
"It's… all right. We'll… be fine…"
He had managed to say that while protecting her… and near death.
He protected her, and was so close to death… did it mean something?
No, of course not. He was just her teammate.
Just a teammate…
Just a TEAMMATE…
The tears doubled. She sniffled loudly, not caring if he heard, and ran off, through the woods, back to the village.
Twigs snapped, leaves cracked, but she didn't care.
She didn't know the man she loved was watching her.
Neji watched her go. She didn't know his Byakugan was activated.
His eyes fell. Something flickered through his eyes… sorrow, perhaps?
His long hair covered his eyes, preventing anyone from seeing what they showed.
She'll never know…
That he loves her so much.
Tenten… I love you so much…
Neji… I love you so much…
It hurts… to know we can't be together.
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