Forced Wedding

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They got married when she was 7 months old, to prevent a premature birth that would preserve that hateful last name she wanted to get rid of at once. As she requested, only the two of them stood in front of a judge to sign the marriage certificate. No, she hadn't wanted a big celebration. She had already had that and 2 times when she had been forced to get married, she didn't want to repeat that. Part of her felt selfish for depriving him of a ceremony, but he hadn't complained.

The next afternoon she was at home when the doorbell began to ring insistently.

"You're a bad friend!" was Ino's greeting when she opened the door, "You're not really good at telling us you're getting married."

"Hello, Ino," she greeted ironically, letting them pass, "Sakura, come in."

"Hinata was engaged for more than a year and you get married twice in the same time without telling us," Ino sat on the sofa crossing her arms and pouting, "please notify us in time if you decide to get married a third time."

"I'm sorry, Tenten," apologized Sakura handing her a small gift, "congratulations for your wedding," the woman hugged her and then went to sit next to Ino.

"Thank you," she uncovered the box, inside there was a small porcelain of a couple with a baby, "it's beautiful."

After serving tea and some cookies she sat down to talk with her friends, the rumor of her wedding had spread quickly, few could understand at what time it had happened, others apparently believed that they had flirted before she was sent to the village of Lightning and upon returning they had finally decided to have a relationship. What definitely no one managed to believe was that she had been able to catch the Hyūga, as his reluctance to start a family was well known.

Ino didn't understand how she was able to put up with her husband's schedule, the woman had tried to date Shikamaru because of her family's previous insistence, but the truth was that she hadn't been able to stand the long working hours that the ANBU had and the very little time he could dedicate to her, and thanks to what had happened, since the planning of the attack on the Yoshida family began, they had given up trying to commit her to someone without her consent. Also, against all odds, the blonde had reconciled with her ex, Sai.

She said goodbye to them as the evening began, satisfied that she had survived that evening and incidentally found out what people were saying in the village about her marriage. To her friends she told the story of the surname to justify the haste of a marriage, they suspected they had done much more than flirt before she left, yes, but not of the long relationship they had hidden, and she hoped it would stay that way. Of course the news had spread fast, though it didn't bother her at all. 

What kept echoing in her head was how easily Ino had referred to Neji as her husband, and how normal that sounded, her husband. She looked down at her hand, happily contemplating the wedding ring that adorned her ring finger. She was Tenten Hyūga just as she had dreamed long ago.

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He loved being a married man, though unfortunately he couldn't wear his wedding ring since as ANBU they couldn't wear any personal items. Tenten Hyūga, loved the sound of those words. He had started to figure out his retirement from the forces to return only to jōnin missions but it was a delayed process, apparently the bylaws stated that the minimum time of service was one year and he had barely made it past 6 months. Yamato didn't want him to leave, few recruits managed to rise to captain in less than 3 months and lead in such a majestic way a mission of that magnitude, but there was nothing the man could do. 

On the other hand, from the 8th month of her gestation he would be allowed to adjust his schedule and leave at 6 p.m. and he would have 2 days off after delivery, and then he wouldn't be asked to be available during his free time. It was still an extensive schedule and it was the best they could offer him given the proximity of everything, there were few ANBU's who finally decided to have a family and nonexistent those who suddenly married a woman who was 7 months pregnant He couldn't complain.