×Tenten's POV×

I walked back home, my mood was off today. What happened earlier, it was a scene that I wish would be eraised from my mind.

--"Neji...why would you...hurt someone... it's i-it's n-not like y-you...to h-hurt someone w-without a...valide reason..."-- I thought to myself as I made it to my little building.

I started walking up the stairs, clenching the strand of my backpack and keeping my head down, giving the floor my eyes full attention.

I was almost in front of my small apartment door. Naruto lived one floor below mine so we visited eachother constantly. It was a building with fifteen floors in total. I lived on the tenth floor while Naruto lived on the floor below mine, the ninth floor.

As I reached my door knob with my key I heard voices...

Voices inside my apartment...

My hand started shaking uncontrollably, my eyes drifted upon the wooden door infront of me, my hearing capacity trying to decipher what the two men inside my home wanted.

--"Tch. Is this actually the kids apartment!? You sure it ain't the floor above?"-- One of the men questioned the other, banging on one of the walls annoyed.

--"Idiot, of course it oughta' be. See? There's even a picture of the brat with some other brat's."-- The man being questioned yelled out. I then heard glass break as it made contact with my ceramic tile walls, making an uncomfortable sound as it landed loudly, scattered around the floor.

--"That must've been...t-the picture frame..."-- I thought as I gulped fearfully the accumulated saliva that gathered up in my mouth.

--"How old was that girl again?"--

--"She's only eleven years old. No family record, apparently some irrelevant friends, living in a small apartment all by herself which is provided by the Hokage himself. She's a nobody. Just some orphan who's maintained by Hiruzen! We can have...some nice use out of her..."--

"...Get some money out of her?"--

"No dumbass! We'll have her be our little slave...and when she's older, ohhh boy, will we have fun."

I stumbled back as I heard the conversation keep on going..."Have fun? With me? What are they talking about!?" I reached out to the wall behind me, not breaking eye contact with my apartment door, located right before my eyes.

--"I'm scared...I don't know what to do...I c-can't even m-move m-my legs..."-- fear consumed my body. Was I about to be taken!? What would they do with me!? I don't want to be made a slave for some sick minded bastard's!"-- my thoughts went bizarre. I couldn't control my body anymore. I was scared.

I suddenly felt someone cover my mouth, I started to struggle until the person spoke...--"Tenten, calm down, it's just me, don't worry." I heard a soothing, familiar voice say. It was...nice...I stopped trembling and I astonishingly regained control over my body.

He slowly removed his hand from my mouth and looked firmly into my eyes. --"N-neji..."--

"Come on, we've got to leave."-- he said in a hurry, taking my hand and pulling me besides him, while walking down the stairs rapidly.

~×Time passed×~

--"Tenten?...Tenten I beg of you, please say something! Tenten!? Please...tell me what's wrong..."-- these words, kept repeating themselves, over and over again with no end. I was sitting on Neji's bed. My legs hanging off his bed as I gripped the sheets beside me, my eyes widened with a fearful expression as I looked down at my lap.

"Tenten..." I heard one last time. Neji called out my name. He was kneeling on the floor in front of me, one of his hands going over my shoulder as he constantly tried to shake me out of my thoughts.

My eyes managed to drift onto his. "It's late...I'll escort you home, alright?" he offered sweetly while taking a hold of my hand but I couldn't agree to something like that... tears started to stream down my cheeks, my head moving sideways, showing my denial as I crawled to the back of his bed and hugged my knees together. --"N-no...N-Neji p-please d-do-don't let m-me go there again...I don't w-want t-to go home! I c-can't!"-- I said as I sobbed.

He looked at me cluelessly, I couldn't blame him...I couldn't manage to tell him what I heard. He carefully sat next to me on his bed. Delicately placing an arm around my waist and then pulling me into a hug.

--"I'm here, I won't let you go."-- he whispered softly as he rubbed my back for me to stop crying. I was able to do so but soon after that... everything turned pitch black.

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I know I haven't updated in like forever but well, I wanted to add a little plot twist to the story line.

Neji's point of view will be on the next chapter so please bare with me on the random updates anyways,

Byeeeee!💞👑