Hello every one, Sunny here. So this is like my first fanfic ever, so I would love some constructive criticism please, or you could just tell me how much you liked it. .
I don't own Naruto!
Tenten's Fear
'Thunder' she thought, 'Why does there always have to be thunder?' She absolutely hated thunder. For unknown reasons she had a huge phobia of it, which was strange because she liked rain, and she loved to watch lightening, but she absolutely hated, Hated, HATED thunder. She would usually watch the first few flickers of lightening while it was still miles away, but every time it moved closer, she would hide knowing that the thunder was soon to follow.
CRASH! BOOM!
The windows shook and vibrations shivered through the walls and floors. "Oh man." She whined from under her bed. To her it was the safest place to be. She curled her blanket around herself and waited for the storm to pass hoping that it would be soon.
"Tenten! You have a visitor!" came a voice from down stairs.
'Oh great.' She thought. 'Just what I need!' Before she could move out from underneath her bed, her bedroom door opened with a familiar creek causing her to stop any and all movements she was about to make. 'Oh man, I don't want to get caught hiding under my bed, I can already hear the laughter if anyone found out.' Not but a few seconds later, standing just three feet from her face, were two sandaled feet. There was maybe thirty seconds of silence before the owner of said feet spoke.
"Tenten, where are you?" came a familiar voice.
'OH CRAP, NOT HIM! Anyone but him! I don't want him to see me like this. Maybe if I'm quiet he'll go awa….
CRUNCH!
'Oww oww oww oww OOOWWWW! GET OFF MY FINGERS!!' She screamed inwardly. She tried to move her fingers but the foot was just too heavy.
BOOM! CRACK!
Tenten whimpered and tried to cover her ear with one hand while trying to keep her other hand still. She didn't want to add anymore pain to an already painful situation. Neji heard the sudden noise and activated his Byakugan immediately.
"Tenten, one question. Why are you under the bed?" he asked exasperated.
"First off. GET OFF MY HAND!" came her muffled reply.
"Oh sorry." He replied rather dispassionately while lifting his foot. Tenten took a few minutes to rub her abused hand before crawling out from under the bed. "So are you going to answer me?" He questioned. Tenten just glared at his emotionless face.
"If you must know I was hiding." She hadn't meant for that to slip, but she was tired, her hand hurt, and she just wanted to crawl back into her safe place before the next thunder clap. Under there she could handle it, she knew she was safe, and it wasn't quiet as loud with the mattresses above her.
"Hiding? From what?"
"Did I say hiding? I meant training." She said rapidly.
"Un-huh…" was his skeptical reply
"No really, being under there is great training."
"Really? How so?"
"Oh it's great for training in how to maneuver with limited space." Came her sheepish reply.
"Hn." Was all he said.
CRASH! BOOM! CRACK! BOOM!
Tenten let out a very unlike her shriek and jumped face first into Neji's chest, cowering. 'Is she shaking?' "Tenten are you ok?" He whispered softly. His breath tickled the side of her face and ear making her gasp. Realizing what she was doing she quickly pushed on Neji. This in turn caused her to lose her own balance and land ungracefully on her bed. With a loud thud pain shot through her brain and everything went black.
(5 minutes later)
"Oww my head." Tenten mumbled as she opened her eyes. She looked up to see Neji standing over her with… wait, was that a worried look on his face? "What happened?"
"You hit your head on the wall when you fell back. You've been out for about 5 minutes." He replied. He felt relief wash over him. When she knocked herself out, he did a very unneji like thing and freaked for about two seconds before laying her out straight to wait and see if she would wake up.
"Oh umm… well ok." She was so totally embarrassed. 'Great! Now he probably thinks I'm a scaredy cat AND klutzy.'
"Tenten?"
"Yes Neji?" she replied while shifting to a seated position.
"Are you afraid of storms?"
'Not storms exactly, just the thunder.' "No." was her only reply.
"Hn." He grunted not believing her. "So you like storms then?" he teased.
Tenten sighed knowing that if she didn't give him a reason as to why she jumped he would keep pestering her. That was Neji for you, never letting up until he gets what he wants. "If you must know, and please don't repeat this to anyone," she begged, "I'm afraid of thunder. Well it's more like a phobia really."
"Thunder?" he asked with piqued interest.
"Yes I know it sounds strange, but its true. Actually you wouldn't believe it but, I love it when it rains, and when the lightening isn't too close I like to watch it, but I can't handle the thunder… it... it … I don't know, I just don't like it." Her words started to get faster the more she talked about it, so the last was said in a blur. "pleasedon'ttellanyoneaboutthisbecauseIdon'twantthemtothinkI'mweakorevenyetweirdorsomething."
"What was that last part?" He couldn't keep up with her speed.
"Please don't tell anyone I'm scarred of thunder." She begged once more.
"So that's why you were training?" He smirked…a little.
"Yes." She sighed. "And YES I was Hiding, ok? It's quieter under there, and I feel safer dow…"
CRASH! BOOM!
"EEEEP!!" with this Tenten scrambled back under her bed. She quickly pulled her blanket back around her and covered her ears.
"Tenten?" Neji called. 'Man she moves fast' he thought.
"I'm under here again." Her voice sounded distant. Neji knelt down peering under the bed a concerned look crossing his face.
"Your not joking about the thunder are you?" He didn't know what to think, he'd never seen her like this before. I mean come on this was TENTEN! The tough weapons mistress. The fearless…, well use to be fearless, kunoichi that he always trained with. Suddenly there was a lightening flash so bright that he could have sworn that the lightening had struck right outside the window. He knew this one was going to be another big one.
BOOM! CRASH! BOOM! BOOM! CRACK! CRASH!
Tenten whimpered and tried to crawl even deeper under the bed. She wished she could make it all go away: the thunder, Neji, and her unrealistic fear. Then suddenly in one motion, her blanket was pushed back, she was flipped around, and then pushed against a very muscular Neji. 'OMG! What is he doing?! Is he actually trying to comfort me? Who knew that the great Hyuuga prodigy could actually be sweet?' She suddenly felt better with his arms around her. She felt somehow even safer. She was suddenly a lot happier that he was there.
"Tenten?" he whispered.
"Yeah?" she replied as she snuggled closer
"I promise I won't tell anyone. This will stay between us." He said softly.
She suddenly felt a little warmer. "Thank you" she murmured as she drifted in and out of consciousness. After a few minutes of silence, Neji's breathing and the warmth from his body lulled her to sleep. For the first time since she was little, she slept through the lightening and thunder that raged on outside.