I'll always love you (re-continued)

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Tenten wiped the sweat off of her forehead with her forearm before grabbing her bottle of water, a lot of things had been plaguing her mind and she wasn't sure how she should go about it, there were so many things she wanted to say but yet she didn't know how to express them, while she tried to ignore the fact that she felt guilty. Tenten tried to convince herself that she had nothing to feel guilty about but she knew that she would just be lying to herself.

"What is up with that grim look on your face?" Rock Lee asked as he looked over at Tenten, he hadn't said anything but he had been noticing how distracted she looked during the past few days. "Is something on your mind?"

She quickly snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head. "No, no, no I'm fine, I guess lasts night's conversation with Neji is still fresh in my head." It was still fresh in her head but she wasn't that shocked by the conversation.

"If you don't mind me asking, what did you two guys talk about?" He asked curiously while he raised one of his bushy eyebrows as he gave her a puzzled look.

Tenten's eyes glanced around the dojo as if trying to find the answer on one of the objects in the room. "Well..." She started as she crossed her arms, Lee had been one of her best friends for the longest time and she did trust him. "Naruto is back." She finally said with a faint smile.

"What's wrong with him being back?" He asked slightly confused.

"Nothing... nothings wrong with it. It's just that he looks really good, he hasn't changed much other than the fact he has three kids."

"I'm sorry, but I am not catching onto what you are trying to say. Do you not like him or something?" He inquired.

"What! I don't dislike him! I have no reason to! If anything he should be the one who dislikes me for what I did to him." Perhaps that was why she felt guilty, maybe talking about it would be able to get rid of the feeling. "He has three beautiful kids. And while we didn't tell Yuika that they are related she somehow managed to get close to his daughter."

Lee's face held some confusion until realization finally took over his face. "Oh! I remember now!"

"Yeah. I haven't really met them, nor properly reintroduced myself to him but they seem nice. But something did annoy me." Tenten stopped talking for a few seconds as she thought of the proper words to use. "For some reason, his eyes didn't show any anger towards me."

"How is that a bad thing?" Lee asked as he slightly cocked his head to the left.

"He's supposed to hate me!" Within those few seconds, it felt like something finally snapped inside of her. "I was so stupid! And selfish! Before I was so wrapped up in wanting to be with him that I didn't realize how I aided in pulling him away from his family! Something that he craved for so long even if he never said it! When they were dating he looked so happy!" She paused. "And all I've done was lie! To him- them! I'm nothing more than a liar."

He tried to keep up with what she was saying, although one thing stuck out to him the most."Neji isn't happy with you?"

"No! He's happy! He's just isn't as happy as he was back then! I'm not sure if that makes sense but even though he's happy he could be happier." The back of her eyes began to sting as the damage began to fully sink in, it took her thirteen years to realize the full extent. "Since they didn't live in this village before I didn't realize it... but when Yuika went on that day trip with them it hit me... at first I tried to reason but it kept bugging me."