Tenten (3)

Right now I and Tenten was in the restaurant, I didn't make any romantic theme for our date because I feared it would only make Tenten uncomfortable. With her easy-going personality, I thought it was the best just to blend with other customers, I also wanted to make her less nervous so she wouldn't reject tonight's last dinner. But I was looking at the dishes in front of me, my God, why they were all bubbling with red like some kind of lava or magma? Was this restaurant try to kill its customer or something?

But Tenten didn't seem to dislike these types of killer-foods, in fact, she was... drolling? I don't know, her eyes were fixed to the food tho.

I glanced at Tenten in front of me, she was wearing a white qipao with long pants below, around her eyes were painted with thin eyeliner and her cheek also painted slightly reddish, her creamy lips put on a little pink at the moment.

Considering her, she would unlikely to paint her face like that when she went out, even for the dinner, clearly, she did it for me, and it was honestly touching. A woman started to put on makeup because they wanted for the opposite gender to notice them, or in another word, they started to have a crush on someone thus they would do whatever it takes to gain their attention.

It was the same with the boy, not that we would start to put on makeup, but we began to pay attention to our appearance, the smell on our body, and how we behaved in the public, if not to attract the attention of our dear beloved, at least we wanted to less not humiliating ourself in front of her.

"Well, what do we waiting for? Let's eat!" I picked a chopstick and ate the least thing that looked like hell.

"Um!" Tenten nodded excitedly, then scooped a red soup, she blew it several times and slurped on it, she shivered, but there was absolute happiness across her face.

As we ate, we chatted about each other experiences, naturally, I was richer, and if I had to write it down, it could have been more than 20,000 pages, but I toned it down, of course, I believed women liked men who listened more than prancing about themselves.

"So, this guy was using a sword that could call upon a thunder, buzzaaa!!! It was really scary, I can't fight him with most of my weapon due to them being made of metal, so I had to resort on my wooden ones, ah... I almost defeated him if not that broken sword of his..."

Tenten had eaten quite a bit, but she barely sweats, her face was not even flushed despite the number of spicy meals she consumed. I myself already stopped eating due to, first, I was not really into spicy, and second, to me, eating was just merely a habit now.

"Wait, there is a sword that can call a thunder?" I couldn't help but get hooked by her words.

"Um, yes, if I remember correctly, the sword is part of the 7 legendary swords of Kirigakure, and the man I fought before, his name was Raiga, and he was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist before became a missing Nin."

"7 legendary swords..." I hummed, an idea suddenly crossed my mind, I asked it further about them from Tenten, but she didn't seem to know much, she knew at least three of them; one was in possession of Raiga, the one that could utilize lightning, it fell at the bottom of the sea when he died, one was in possession of Zabuza Momochi, a missing Nin, killed by Kakashi and his team apparently, and the last one was Samehada, currently was in the possession of Kisame Hoshiagaki, Akatsuki's member.

After we finished eating, we took a stroll on the road, the night still early thus the village didn't sleep yet, left and right the shops and stores still opened, I volunteered to buy her clothing but unfortunately she rejected it, what's wrong with this sexy and cute lingerie? Wasn't women love this kind of thing? (You mean men?)

As we walked side by side, I took this chance to seize her hand, which made her frozen but doesn't ask for unhand. I didn't talk, didn't ask for permission, it was rude indeed, but I couldn't help it, besides, it was clear we were dating, holding hand was normal, no? It's not like you could get pregnant with merely this...

I led her along the way, she followed me like a delicate doll, perhaps she was embarrassed, or simply not used to this, then again, which women do?

After a while, the stiffened nerve went ease, Tenten returned being a cheerful and no longer mind the hand wrapped around hers, despite handling many weapons, her hands and fingertips remained smooth, I wondered if it was because she didn't train really hard?

I took her into the crowd and we arrived at the tranquil park, the lights on the poles stood between the many wooden benches, and dry leaves scattered on the ground. There were a few other couples with us here, reducing a few good spots to take a seat, I settled on the one that closest to a fountain, there was also a line of lights following its structure, making the area around it quite bright in fact, not a good option to sneak intimacy with your couple.

I brought her to sit together, this time she had a red on her face, not from the spicy food, nor the makeup, but the nuance of the atmosphere in this area.

"Tenten, can I ask you something?" we sat face to face, my both hands grasped her tender one, seriousness appeared in my eyes.

"Un..." Tenten nodded gently, her eyes didn't stare at me, looking at our hands.

"What do you feel about me?"

Tenten went silent for a while, then she shook her head, "I don't know."

"Then can I ask you several questions?"

She nodded again.

"Are you happy now?"

"I do."

"When you see me in danger, do you feel pain in your chest?"

She recalled the time when I fought Deidara alone or when I sent her away to fight Sasori alone, her other hand lifted up and she pasted it on her chest, she said, "I don't know... but I felt I couldn't breathe... I can't focus on the fight, my inner voice told me to go to your side and help."

"But why you didn't do it?"

She thought for a while, said, "Because I was torn between the mission and your safety, and you said to let me believe you that you can handle it, I... I want to believe you, at least that's the best I can do at that moment."

I smiled at this point, my hand reached out toward her chin and lifted it up gently, I asked while staring at her eyes, "Tenten, can I ask you the last question?"

"Yes," she softly said.

"Can I kiss you?"

I could feel her body went tensed immediately, face burned very redly, it's like a kettle soon boiled, she glanced to the side, didn't dare to look at me. I patiently waited for her response, and after I counted about 60 times inside the heart, she looked at me again and closed her eyes.

Oh, hell yes, the time had come!