Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Christmas Love ❯ New Sleeping Arrangements ( Chapter 6 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Tenten growled lowly and she changed her wet clothes into nice, comfortable, dry ones. She didn't know what was going on right at the moment. First she was all snug and fit perfectly in her little bed, nothing out of the ordinary, when she then awoke wet. Not only was her bed wet, but so was everything in the entire room.

She walked through the cold puddles of water on the floor sending shivers up her spine. Not everything was wet, only the clothes she had thankfully put in the drawer across from her bed were dry. Her weapons were going to rust now, so she was a tad angry that this happened. Or well, whatever had happened.

"This is entirely unpleasant," she muttered quietly.

She wanted to know the cause of why her bedroom was filled with a whole bunch of water. Where had it come from? Where was she going to sleep now? Her stay at the Hyuuga Manor wasn't going as well as she thought it would. She stolled out into the hallway and knocked on Neji's bedroom door.

Recieving no answer at first, she called out Neji's name to see if he was up. "Neji? Are you awake?"

She knocked again, an annoyed expression spreading across her face. Still no answer came from the other side and she soon became impatient with the waiting. Without warning she opened the door to take a peek inside. Seeing nothing at all at first, she pushed the door even wider. Nobody was there at the moment.

Tenten didn't want to wait any longer to know what was going, so she was going to get Neji here fast before she did anything that was too drastic, like her going on a random killing spree.

"Hyuuga Neji! Get you're ass over here now!" She yelled loudly making sure everyone in the huge house heard her.

Servants who were currently up at the time rushed out of the current places they were at to step out into the hall wondering who was yelling and what it was about. They only saw Tenten cursing out loudly for Neji come to her and what she would do to him if he didn't in a certain amount of time.

Neji sat cross-legged in front of a serious looking Hiashi. "You called?"

"Ah yes, I did," Hiashi said. "I was wondering, who did you dance with last night?"

His nephew was quiet for a moment before answering. "Tenten of course. You told me to dance with someone, so I did."

Neji's uncle laughed slightly. "Good, now you do not need to be forced to do the consequences if you hadn't."

"What were they?" Neji raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Well, it would be quite simple really. Either be in an arranged marrige with someone from a powerful bloodline clan from another Country, or date all the single girls within Konoha."

His face was emotionless, but inside he was twitching madly at what his uncle would have done. He thanked Fate (yes, he still believed in Fate) that he got Tenten to be his partner in a dance. He wouldn't know what he would have done if he had to do either of the choices Hiashi had set.

"Now getting back to the point why I called you here," his uncle started, interrupting his current thoughts. "There was one small detail I left out at the dinner for the bachelors."

"And what was that?" Neji questioned.

"The girl you dance with, in this case Tenten, is the one you have to take out on a date to see if she's good enough for you. No objections to it."

"What do you mean no objections? Can't I just do something else?"

"No. Besides, it is an order and you must carry it out."

"This is absurd!"

You may say that now," Hiashi murmured, "but you'll be thanking me later for it."

Neji heard what he had said but brushed it off like he would at any mere comment. Then he heard someone yelling his name. He grunted. It was Tenten. What was she fussing about this time?

He stood up. "If you'll excuse me, I believe someone is calling my name."

Hiashi stood up as well. "Actually, I think I will accompany you."

They both headed towards a cursing Tenten who was surrounded by their servants, who were trying to calm her down and were failing miserably at it. Tenten spotted Neji and ran over to him wanting to hurt him as badly as she would be able to.

"Tenten, what's the meaning of this?" He addressed the angry girl.

"I should be asking you that question! Look in my bedroom!" She pointed behind her and he looked past her. "Why the fuck is my room drenched in water?"

Before Neji could answer, Hiashi did it for him. "The pipe above your room must have busted open. I'll have to get that fixed sometime this week."

"Sometime this week!" Tenten panicked. "Where am I going to stay then?"

Hiashi pretended to think about it. "I think you'll have to stay in Neji's room."

Neji gave him a questioning gaze and Tenten was shocked he suggested such a thing. "I'm sorry. Did I hear you right? Me staying in Neji's room?"

"Yes. However, it's only till we get it fixed. I supposed you will be with him untill after Christmas."

"What?" Neji exclaimed, incrediculously.

Tenten's mouth was wide open. Sure she had to sleep with Neji when they were on missions, but Lee and Gai were there too. She would be alone with Neji this time. Alone. Wait! Hinata and Hanabi lived there too! She could bunk with them instead!

"Can't I stay with Hinata or Hanabi? I mean, no offense, but Neji's a guy."

"They have to bunk together too. The pipe above them also broke." Hiashi lied.

"Ugh! Fine! But what about all my things?"

"Those shall be cleaned and dried." He nodded to the servants who evacuated the area to do that.

Neji scowled at Hiashi and Tenten just glared at the both of them. She hoped she didn't have to stay in bed with the Hyuuga too. She thought that would just be sick and wrong. She would kill herself before that ever happened. Who knew? Neji might even be a closet pervert, but she knew him better than that and he wasn't.

'Or do I really?' She eyed Neji warily, who was confused at the look she gave him.

"Hn." He walked into his room.

Tenten followed him after grabbing a few of her clothes. She opened a drawer, which was also full of Neji's clothes, making room for hers and stuffing them in there. Neji gazed at her as she did so, not liking the thought of it.

"What are you doing?"

She grinned. "Putting my stuff in your room. We'll be sharing it, remember?"

"Don't remind me," he muttered.

"So, how do think it happened?" SHe asked, trying to start a conversation with him.

"How did what happen?"

She rolled her eyes and said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "The water pipe that busted above my room."

He scoffed. "Hell if I know. It's not like I care." Leave it to him to try to end the talk.

"Can't I ever have a decent talk with you?"

"Depends on whether I'm interested or not." He answered.

"It was rhetorical. Anyways, I'm going to go take a shower..." She left the room without another word after recieving no response from Neji.

Neji watched untill her until she shut the door behind herself on her way out. He sat near his window and closed his eyes to meditate and think on what was currently happening in this world he lived in.

He didn't truely like the idea of Tenten sleeping with him. Most likely in the same bed too. He was a boy and she was a girl, things tend to happen. Dirty things. Of course, he would never do such irrational things to the girl, he was a gentleman, not a perverted bastard who would take advantage of situations such as that.

Every day something different happened and every time, his feelings seemed to change about her. He thought this was natural though, they were spending more time together, minus the part when Haru came into the picture, and not to mention it was because Tenten had to stay there.

He thought this would be a perfect way for her to know how to communicate his feelings without actually having to say a word. In the back of his mind a little voice said he was starting to like Tenten even more than as a friend, and he pushed that thought back harshly, wanting to forget it.

Then he remembered something he forgot. Training. He couldn't believe himself. How could he forget such an important thing to get him stronger? After comtemplating more on how he was going to deal with not doing it for about four days his decision was made. After Tenten got back from her shower he was going to force her to train immediately with him.

'Just how long was she going to be in the bathroom?' He thought, knowing from listening to his friends complainging about how girls like to take their sweet time.

Tenten made her way to the bathroom and hanged a towel over the pole that was holding the curtain up. She bent over and turned on the water, feeling as the cold water turned to the temperature of lukewarm. She sighed. This is what she really need right now. A nice warm shower.

Stripping herself of her clothes and undoing the ribbons that held her hair into two buns, she settped into the tub and turned the knob so the water would come out of the showerhead above and soak her from the head down.

She felt so relaxed at that moment. Hot water running down her body, droplets tracing every curve she had, releasing tension in the muscles she overworked. Nothing could interrupt her enjoyable time. Well, almost nothing. Again, the lights had gone out. For what reason she did not know though.

'This just isn't my day, is it?' She asked herself, cursing her luck.

With the water still running, she grabbed her towel clumsily wrapping it around her body, not really caring, and her thoughts only on getting out. Since it was pitch black, when she had tried to get out she had tripped over the tub's edge and as she fell her head hit the corner if the sink.

With a loud thud, she hit the floor holding her skull and shin. It hurt like hell for her. She thought that perhaps there was blood flowing out of her head, but then she remembered her hair was wet and she could have been imagining it. Right now she just had to let all her anger and frustration out.

What better way to do it than by screaming at the top of her lungs. "God damnit!!"

Sakura stopped at the front of Hiashi's door and attempted to knock on it when he himself had opened it unexpectedly.

"I've been expecting you." He said with an all knowing look.

"How did you-"

He cut her off and pointed to his eyes. "Byakugan."

"Oh, right. Hiashi-sama, I have come to deliver something." Sakura said.

"It's the invitation, am I right?"

She nodded and dug into her pocket for a card before handing it to him. "Yes. I suppose you will give it to both Neji and Tenten."

"Of course."

"Hinata and Hanabi can come too. It's says so in the card. Hopefully all four will be able to make it to my Christmas party," she grinned.

"Oh, they will definately."

"Alright then." She turned to leave, but looked over her shoulder to say something else. "By the way, Shikamaru told me to tell you he accidently wired one of the electricity connections wrong. When someone intends on taking a shower or bath, the lights will go out temporarily. But other than that, flooding Tenten's room with water was a success."

Sakura then left and he watched her leave.

Hiashi groaned. "Leave it to geniuses to somehow mess up when it comes to such complex things." He shook his head and closed his door.