silliness
“Oh,” added Tenten, staring into the pile of dead leaves directly beneath her head, “By the way, I think I might be in love with you. Just a thought-if you’re into that sort of thing.”
Neji was silent and she felt a giddy sort of panic. His voice was unreadable when he spoke, but that really wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.
“What sort of thing?”
“You know. Love. Girls. Me.” She might have laughed, but it was really only to keep herself from puking, which would have been disastrous-or, rather absolutely disgusting- due to their predicament.
Again he didn’t speak, choosing instead to struggle some more, injecting chakra into their bindings-this resulted in nothing but sending them swinging violently. Tenten giggled again.
“Are you feeling alright?” Neji sounded worried, if not a little dizzy and disoriented himself.
“Eh. I would imagine there’s a dangerous amount of blood rushing to my head but other than that, peachy. You?”
“Fine.” Neji was using his thinking voice and Tenten knew he was desperately trying to find their way out of this simple, but rather powerful trap. “Someone has incredible chakra control,” he murmured to himself and then they fell once more into a comfortable sort of silence that involved both of them trying to figure out how to get the hell out of this terrible situation.
“Hey,” Tenten said after a couple minutes during which what felt like another gallon of blood had started to flood her cranial area. She knew her face was beet red. “Remember how I just told you I loved you?”
“Hn.”
“It’s crazy but I think I actually meant it. But seriously, I mean, when I think about it, I’ve always loved you and I really don’t see myself ever not loving you, in fact, if we ever get out of this I think we should fuck. Oh, sorry,” Neji had made a sort of choking noise-“Make love. I dunno. It wouldn’t be too bad, I mean; I’ve heard I’m kinda good at it. And I’m sure you’re not too shabby yourself, at least, if those Byakugan rumours are true.” Shit, the forest was spinning now and Tenten was pretty sure her speech was slurring. Out of all the traps for her to get caught in. She wasn’t even sure what she was saying anymore.
“Okay, Tenten,” Neji’s voice sounded strangled, “Cut down the tree.”
“Wha-?”
“We are going to pass out if this lasts any longer.”
“Cut down the tree?”
“Don’t you have something for that?”
“It’s a pretty…pretty fucking big tree Neji.”
“That’s a pretty fucking big scroll.” He was getting frustrated now so Tenten swung her arms down and grasped her scroll, rolling it open while still fighting the urge to pass out or vomit, or perhaps declare more undying love to Neji which seemed to be working out great for her so far.
But even her barrage of weapons didn’t do much. They all got stuck in the tree and Neji groaned. “Plan B?” Tenten asked, a little pleased to know that she could still use her jutsu while hanging upside down.
“Okay,” Neji said, “Okay, we’re going to swing back and forth until we can get close enough to the tree and then I’ll take care of it.”
“Okay. I apologize in advance for hurling all over you,” Tenten said.
“Don’t worry about it,” Neji said bracingly and begun to swing. Tenten felt her stomach lurch and her head spin and she shut her eyes tight against the blur of the ground, her hair brushing the leaves.
Surprisingly enough, it worked. Neji cut through the tree with one punch and with a scream the tree toppled, trapping Neji and Tenten beneath on of the huge branches.
Tenten had never felt so relieved in her life. Seriously. Sure, she was trapped under a massive branch and she was pretty sure a couple of her ribs were broken and Neji’s face seemed to be squashed against her breasts which she really didn’t mind except for that it was making the intense pain a whole lot worse. But suddenly her blood returned to where it was all supposed to be, and she could see and breathe and swallow and the panic was gone. It was beautiful. She could have cried.
“Are you okay?” Neji’s voice was muffled and he reached out to move the branch away, slicing it with his chakra like he had done to the tree.
“Ribs,” She gasped, not daring to sit up, even though Neji was already sitting, tugging fruitlessly at the glowing bonds that were still tight around their ankles. Painfully she felt around her ribcage, “Two. Shit, that hurts. You okay?”
“Fine,” he said tensely, “Except for the fact that we’re still tied to this tree.”
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because, you know Neji and Tenten are such mediocre shinobis that they would get caught in a trap like that. ...anyway they're already wildly out of character so it's okay.
Neji was silent and she felt a giddy sort of panic. His voice was unreadable when he spoke, but that really wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.
“What sort of thing?”
“You know. Love. Girls. Me.” She might have laughed, but it was really only to keep herself from puking, which would have been disastrous-or, rather absolutely disgusting- due to their predicament.
Again he didn’t speak, choosing instead to struggle some more, injecting chakra into their bindings-this resulted in nothing but sending them swinging violently. Tenten giggled again.
“Are you feeling alright?” Neji sounded worried, if not a little dizzy and disoriented himself.
“Eh. I would imagine there’s a dangerous amount of blood rushing to my head but other than that, peachy. You?”
“Fine.” Neji was using his thinking voice and Tenten knew he was desperately trying to find their way out of this simple, but rather powerful trap. “Someone has incredible chakra control,” he murmured to himself and then they fell once more into a comfortable sort of silence that involved both of them trying to figure out how to get the hell out of this terrible situation.
“Hey,” Tenten said after a couple minutes during which what felt like another gallon of blood had started to flood her cranial area. She knew her face was beet red. “Remember how I just told you I loved you?”
“Hn.”
“It’s crazy but I think I actually meant it. But seriously, I mean, when I think about it, I’ve always loved you and I really don’t see myself ever not loving you, in fact, if we ever get out of this I think we should fuck. Oh, sorry,” Neji had made a sort of choking noise-“Make love. I dunno. It wouldn’t be too bad, I mean; I’ve heard I’m kinda good at it. And I’m sure you’re not too shabby yourself, at least, if those Byakugan rumours are true.” Shit, the forest was spinning now and Tenten was pretty sure her speech was slurring. Out of all the traps for her to get caught in. She wasn’t even sure what she was saying anymore.
“Okay, Tenten,” Neji’s voice sounded strangled, “Cut down the tree.”
“Wha-?”
“We are going to pass out if this lasts any longer.”
“Cut down the tree?”
“Don’t you have something for that?”
“It’s a pretty…pretty fucking big tree Neji.”
“That’s a pretty fucking big scroll.” He was getting frustrated now so Tenten swung her arms down and grasped her scroll, rolling it open while still fighting the urge to pass out or vomit, or perhaps declare more undying love to Neji which seemed to be working out great for her so far.
But even her barrage of weapons didn’t do much. They all got stuck in the tree and Neji groaned. “Plan B?” Tenten asked, a little pleased to know that she could still use her jutsu while hanging upside down.
“Okay,” Neji said, “Okay, we’re going to swing back and forth until we can get close enough to the tree and then I’ll take care of it.”
“Okay. I apologize in advance for hurling all over you,” Tenten said.
“Don’t worry about it,” Neji said bracingly and begun to swing. Tenten felt her stomach lurch and her head spin and she shut her eyes tight against the blur of the ground, her hair brushing the leaves.
Surprisingly enough, it worked. Neji cut through the tree with one punch and with a scream the tree toppled, trapping Neji and Tenten beneath on of the huge branches.
Tenten had never felt so relieved in her life. Seriously. Sure, she was trapped under a massive branch and she was pretty sure a couple of her ribs were broken and Neji’s face seemed to be squashed against her breasts which she really didn’t mind except for that it was making the intense pain a whole lot worse. But suddenly her blood returned to where it was all supposed to be, and she could see and breathe and swallow and the panic was gone. It was beautiful. She could have cried.
“Are you okay?” Neji’s voice was muffled and he reached out to move the branch away, slicing it with his chakra like he had done to the tree.
“Ribs,” She gasped, not daring to sit up, even though Neji was already sitting, tugging fruitlessly at the glowing bonds that were still tight around their ankles. Painfully she felt around her ribcage, “Two. Shit, that hurts. You okay?”
“Fine,” he said tensely, “Except for the fact that we’re still tied to this tree.”
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because, you know Neji and Tenten are such mediocre shinobis that they would get caught in a trap like that. ...anyway they're already wildly out of character so it's okay.