The Girl With Two Buns. A NejiTen Fanfic

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Picture of Hinata-hime up there.

This chapter is dedicated to @BGauxSRI

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It was the night of the fireworks festival that Tenten looked forward to so eagerly. The sundial read six in the evening and the event was supposed at seven so everyone in the Uzumaki palace hurried to get ready.

The palace maids dressed the royalties while Tenten assisted Neji in putting on his kimono. The fabric was a soft black colour designed with pink flowers and blue birds, much like hers. They both had blue obis tied around their waists. The woman flushed as she realized that she and Neji wore matching clothes.

Hinata's kimono was lavender in colour with intricate orange designs with an obi of the same colour as the patterns. Her midnight hair was packed into a bun and adorned with a hairpin which was gifted to her by Kushina, her soon to be mother in law. Her fiancé's kimono was orange with purple designs to match with hers. His golden hair was in a mess as usual but the vibrant locks could not be tamed with mundane things such as pomade, it always sprung back up.

Hanabi wore an amber and wine Korean hanbok, leaving her rich brown hair in a low ponytail. The young one wasted no time in looking for the one she developed a sudden infatuation with, Konohamaru, and tried to get some alone time with him but things never went the princess's way. The boy's friends, Moegi and Udon decided to tag along with them so all hopes of a romantic getaway was lost.

Shikamaru wore a grey yukata and wandered off somewhere that nobody knew of. It would be no surprise if the lazy man was found sleeping in the field next to the palace.

Tenten and Neji set off without the guards that usually followed the Prince around to enjoy the night in solitude. Lanterns decorated and lit up the streets of the village and music filled the air. Tenten's face lit up at the many carnival games that arrayed the place and didn't realize that she had grabbed Neji's hand until she did. The jolts of electricity that traveled up their hands did not go unnoticed by either but both were reluctant to let go. And so they stayed.

Neji smiled down at Tenten, one of his rare and absolutely beautiful ones, and intertwined their fingers which made the maid blush pink. "Which of these games do you wish to play?" Neji asked. Like that, Tenten's initial bashfulness vanished like it was never there in the first place and she brightened to rival the lights from the lanterns around them.

"Let's see that one, Neji-sama!" Tenten chirped and dragged him to a stand. The game was about trying to capture a goldfish with paper nets. Neji paid for three nets and handed them to Tenten. The woman squatted and chased the swimming fish with her eyes before lunging at the poor fish with the net. The paper broke when the fish bounced in the net, enabling the small creature to plop back into the tub of water.

"Mada mada[1]!" Tenten yelled as she dipped another net into the water only to have it break again. The fish swam back and forth as if to mock her, eliciting a growl from our heroine. "Listen fishy, I shall get you this time and show your mocking ass!" She yelled angrily.

A smile tugged at Neji's lips as a laugh threatened to drop at Tenten's antics. Aye so short tempered was she but he loved that she was easily riled up, he could tease her better that way. The man at the stand crossed glances with Neji as if asking for her mental health and looked back at the woman with the fish.

"Yata[2]! Neji-sama, did you see?! I caught it!" Tenten squealed in triumph as the fish seemed to be deflated at its loss.

"Congratulations, you have won the fish!" The man at the stand said.