So-Called "Broken Heart"

Tenten watched the couple from behind a tree.

She smiled sadly. It had been a couple weeks after she had accidentally heart Neji's love confession for Sakura.

She let out a silent sigh as she watched the two watch the night stars.

She was madly in love with him. Neji, she meant. It had began as a small crush, then it progressed into where her inner self was yelling at her to be like Sakura and stalk Neji. In other words, a crazy fangirl.

But now she can't do it. Neji and Sakura were together. Everyone was happy. Kiba was with Hinata, Naruto was Hokage, Ino and Temari were fighting over Shikamaru and Sasuke… well, Sasuke still had his fangirls.

Tenten perked up. Sasuke was single, she was single maybe…

She banged her head against the tree trunk, not noticing the couple approach her.

There's not way she'll fall in love with that cold bastard.

"Tenten-san?"

Tenten froze and looked up at them. Well, more like looked at Sakura, looking at Neji would only break her heart more.

"Tenten-san, is something wrong…?" Sakura asked.

Tenten managed a small smile, "No, nothing is wrong, I just… lost a special senbon… but it's fine, I don't need it anymore," she finished shrugging, "Sorry to disturb you!" she called as she 'poofed' out of there.

Neji looked at the place she was.

If only she knew.

Meanwhile

Tenten sat down near the fountain, and felt prickly tears in her eyes.

She knew she'd probably die single. Usually she didn't care, but at this moment, it meant the world to her.

She sighed and tried to block out everything around her, including Sakura's voice.

Wait, what?

"Tenten-san…?"

Tenten's head snapped up and plastered a pleasant grin on her face, "Sakura-san."

"Tenten-san, is there something wrong?" Sakura asked sitting down next to Tenten, "I'm a pretty good listener… I think…"

Tenten sighed, "Nothing…"

"You like Neji, don't you?"

Tenten blushed prettily, "N-no!"

Sakura half smiled and leaned back, "It's all right, a lot of people like him…" she giggled, "I'm glad I'm his girlfriend… oh sorry…"

Tenten smiled weakly, "It's all right," she stood up, "I have to go get some new weapons, see you later Sakura-san…"

Tenten walked off, ignoring Sakura's yells.

Neji belonged to Sakura.

There was nothing she could do about it.

Tenten walked briskly toward the weapon shop, and let out a sigh as she entered it. The weapon shop was pretty much her second home.

"Tenten-chan! So nice to see you!"

Tenten smiled, "Konnichiwa, Tani-san!"

The old woman smiled and disappeared into the back room.

Someone else entered the store, and she could've sworn she heard Sakura's cries of despair.

Probably her imagination.

"Tenten."

Tenten froze and turned around, "Neji…"

They stared into each others eyes until Neji looked away, "I broke up with Sakura."

Hope settled in Tenten's heart but she pushed it away, "Why?"

Neji shrugged, "We weren't meant to be together."

Sakura burst into the store, "Wow Neji, you left me for HER? Well, Sasuke would've been a better boyfriend than YOU!" Sakura shrieked, burst into tears and ran out.

Tenten glared at him, "Why did you do that? Don't you see how unhappy she is?"

"Hn."

"Why don't you care about anyone else? First you completely break my heart when you clearly know I like you, now you break Sakura's heart, then you're going to break your next girlfriend's heart! You're such a cold hearted bastard!" Tenten yelled.

He paused, "I was never really serious with her… I just got together with her… because…"

She eyed him carefully.

"Because I wanted to know if you liked me."

She gaped at him, "WHAT?"

"I could tell from the hints you kept dropping, and I knew you wouldn't tell me directly, so…"

She stared at him, "You broke Sakura's heart just to know if I liked you?"

"…Pretty much."

She glared at him, "You FREAK?" she screamed and slapped him. Hard.

Neji froze as Tenten ran out the store.

Tani-san came out, "Did I miss anything, dear? Oh… you must be Tenten-chan's boyfriend!"

"No… I-"

"She was looking at this katana… it's a bit pricey but she would love it if you got it for her…" she said and took out a thin katana.

Neji looked at it.

"I'll take it."

Ooooh, bad Neji, bad bad bad BAD Neji… okay, I'll shut up.

Tenten ran around looking for Sakura and finally found her with Sasuke, "Sakura-san, I'm so sorry for what Neji did!"

Sakura looked at Tenten and glared, "Wow, so now you've come to apologize? Sasuke is a way better boyfriend than Neji the asshole!"

Tenten narrowed her eyes, "Sakura-san…"

Sakura smirked and clung onto Sasuke's arm, "Sasuke is way better, so you can have Neji, both of you can go BURN IN HELL!" she spat.

Sasuke tried to calm Sakura down and Tenten left.

She stopped near her favorite place, a grass clearing with a stump perfect for sitting on and a perfect view of a lake.

"Tenten."

Tenten spun around, "Neji…" she noticed the hand mark on his cheek and flushed with humiliation, "Er, sorry about earlier…"

He took out a long thin package, and thrust it toward her, "Here."

She opened it slowly and gasped as she saw it was the katana she wanted, with her name engraved in it, "Neji…"

"It's an apology for what I did," he mumbled.

She smiled happily and approached him, "Neji…"

"Hn."

"…I love you," she mumbled before pressing her lips to his.

Many people would ask he why she loved him.

He'd never say 'I'm sorry', just say 'It's an apology.'

He'd never say 'I love you.'

He never seems to care about her.

Tenten would just smile and say, "Why do I like him? Because he's Neji. I love everything about him.