Is This... Do I Like You? III Nejiten Fanfic

Chapter Sixteen: "You talk too much."

Word Count: 25,125

3rd Person's POV:

"Tenten... Who hurt you?"

Tenten's eyes widened. Was she that easy to read? She wanted to run. She had to. She had to get away from him. But at the same time. She wanted to run to him. More than anything in the world she wanted to run into his arms. Tenten's breathing started becoming uneven. She stared at Neji.

'I have to run. I have to run. I have to-'

Tenten bolted.

Neji took three seconds to process this before he took off after her. "Tenten, wait!"

Terror coursed through her body, only making her run faster. She couldn't stop. She wouldn't. Even though her legs were screaming at her to. Her lungs burned with effort. But she wouldn't stop.

Neji struggled to keep up with her. But he was faster than she was. Tenten broke through the door to the parking lot. She stopped only for a split second to locate her motorcycle.

"Tenten!"

At the sound of Neji's voice she started to sprint. Tenten fumbled with her jacket as she ran, trying to grab her key out of it. This slowed her down significantly.

'Where's my key?!'

Tears pricked Tenten's eyes. She took a sharp turn to the P.E area. As she stepped into the grassy area she slowed, trying to catch her breath. However, this gave Neji plenty of time to close the gap between them.

"Tenten!"

The teen turned her head to see Neji leaping towards her. She fully turned around, her eyes widening.

"Neji?!"

His body collided with hers, sending them both to the ground. Neji wrapped his arms around her and smoothly twisted their bodies as they fell so she would land on him. Neji groaned and squeezed his eyes shut.

'Bad idea.' He thought to himself.

Neji's eyes snapped open in surprise when he felt something warm and wet fall on his cheek. His lavender eyes clashed with Tenten's bloodshot brown ones. She wrapped her arms around his neck and continued to sob.

Neji awkwardly sat them up so that Tenten was sitting on his lap. She had wrapped her legs around his torso. Her tears slowly soaked his shirt, but he couldn't care less. She needed to cry. And he would be there for her.

Eventually, her sobs ceased. They sat there in silence. And when the bell rang, they didn't even flinch. Tenten seemed to be in another place. Not here. And Neji was going to let her stay there. As long as she needed to. He was content with the feelings of her chest rising and falling beneath his arms.

The bell rang again, signifying the start of fifth period. People started to trickle into the P.E field. Neji glared at them before sighing.

He gently brought a hand up to Tenten's head. "Tenten, classes started. I'm going to pick you up. We're in the way of the P.E class." Tenten nodded.

Neji slowly, but surely, stood up. He slipped his arms under Tenten's legs to support her weight. He felt her grip on his neck tighten. The Hyūga started walking towards the entrance they had come from. Just as they reached there, a couple female students opened the doors. They took one glance at Neji and started to giggle.

Neji grunted a thanks to one who opened the door for him. He took a right and made a bee line to his locker. When they arrived Neji tried his best to open it with one hand. It took him a minute but he eventually was able to. He grabbed a few of his things before shutting it and making his way back to the parking lot.