one_long_mission | [OPEN] Riku no Sato? Away we go?

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[OPEN] Riku no Sato? Away we go?

Today felt like a magnificent day.

No, really, when ever had he started thinking like this? He felt so much lighter since that day, even with the knowledge of the future being as ludicrous as it was. He had, after all, another knowledge to counterbalance it.
After breakfast was an affair that was taken care of -oh, and he would need to buy bread once he got back home- he washed the plate and teacup he used and left them to dry before putting on his boots, coat and giving a light snicker as he wound and then tied his scarf, a few memories drifting by him.

And so, he went out of the now-still appartment, taking out the frowning dragon keychain and looking at it fondly for just a half-second before locking the door, pocketing the key and... nearly geting some sort of breacelet dropped on his head.

There was a blink as the trinket was kept from hitting the ground, a practiced hand swiftly picking it up in mid-air as he glanced up... and then his eyes widened in shock. So many birds, so many vivid colors. He couldn't help but stare, briefly mesmerized by the scene.
Then, there was the missive with the bracelet, which he unfloded to read... and the white eyes narrowed.

It was quite enticing, but also.... quite suspicious. The Hokage should already be aware of this, but in case he was not, and because he wished advice on what to do, there was nothing better but to ask him his advice, if he had any orders.
He picked up one more of the similar notes along with a seashell on his way to where Tenten had pointed him to the Hokage's dwelling.

((OOC: yea, anyone can meet him otw there~ flee!!))

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White eyes softened, features settling into a light smile. She -was- honest with both herself and him. It was endearing, how this sounded like her wish. Such a simple wish.
Being happy may not be as complicated as he originally thought.

All she wished was to make him smile, or laugh.
He also was fond of her laughter, so she may as well be just as fond of his. Although, he was unable to recall the last time he had laughed for real. Well, aside from when he heard that hilariously made up future, except... it was real.

His fingers actually felt somewhat robbed, but only for a few seconds. His thumb raced over his own knuckles, as if to mimic her lips' touch.
He held in a breath as she only brushed over the scarf. "..y-yes, things that... Understood." he had to claim a deep breath.

"Yes. It does make sense." he gave a nod, agreeing with her statement. "We cannot be completely lax. This is not a vcation..." not until they assess the facts, really.

"Nope, not a vacation until we get the ryoukan, at least," she confirmed, glancing up ahead with another smile. This really wouldn't be bad... even as much as she didn't want to climb the mountains, it didn't look like the paths were all that bad. "What'd you say we make it to the far side of the mountains, then break for the night if we can find a cave or something, huh?"

"Ryoukan.... Yes, yes. Duly noted." he shook his head with an amused smile. "So the goal is that for today? All right. It does sound good. I am quite certain we can find such a thing by the time we need to."

And so hey trekked for hours, until finally a cave was indeed found. It was not all deep, but they hardly needed a palace. "I have brought a container of water for us to use." he had a smaller one to drink out of. "I do know for a fact we will pass by a stream tomorrow, one is at around 560 meters west, which is right along our path." he also took out a small bag. "And I know you can tell what this is."

The cave was dry and relatively warm compared to outside... in short, it was just about perfect as Tenten started at making their small fire, certain it would be masked by the mouth of the cave. She glanced up, nodding at him with another smile, then a wink at the bag.

"Let me guess... overpriced water-flavor that's just going to come out your nose when I tease you~?"

"You're still on that!?" oh how could he have forgotten? "This was actually your share, since I owed you for taking some of yours last time. Think fast!" and he sent the bag in a wide arc at her. yes, Neji is the one who pays for ONE dumpling out of her plate, and gives back -exactly- the amount of tea he took when they shared it on this very fateful night.

"....eiher way, yes... I do have more for now." since he is not about to go without tea, is he?

She snatched it out of the air and checked the bag, snorting through her nose with more than a little amusement once she realized that it was the exact amount. "You really... you're ridiculous," she mock-sighed and finished with the fire, setting it ablaze and then taking several steps back... mostly hidden from the outside, but close enough for the smoke to escape.

"You wanna make the rice, I'll go check and trap the perimeter?" That had worked well the other night, so it should do for here, too. Honestly, she had to admit she was a little impatient for dinner, because after that... Her cheeks went pink as she cast a quick glance backward at him before disappearing outside to start figuring out where she wanted to set her traps.

"Ridiculous? Why is that?" no really, he had no idea because it was -normal- to him.

"I will take care of kitchen matters~" he assured her, chuckling lightly, and giving a fond smile as he busied himself with their dinner. Even though he was plainly aware of the future, it had not happened yet. What was happening here and now was much more important.
Here was freedom... and here... was where he felt he had been reborn, all thanks to Tenten.

She had to admit, for as much as she could cook, she much preferred having Neji do it while she set traps. It was another form of teamwork, right? In any case, she made sure the area was securely trapped, not wanting to be interrupted later, before returning to their fire.

"All set," she promised, dropping her pack near his and moving in closer, just dropping behind him and letting her arms drape loosely over his shoulders. A quick kiss to his cheek before she peered curiously for dinner. "How's it coming here?"

He had been sitting on his heels, taking care of the rice. Of course he had set out the two teacups in the nearest vincinity. They were filled with the most perfect tea, too. A few sips were already missing from his.

"Good work, it will feel quite safer tonight." he gave a nod, and one hand claimed her, fingers twining around as he stroked the side of her palm with his thumb. "It should be ready within the next five minutes. I brought a few dried herbs to add some flavor."

"Oh, great." She smiled again at the prospect of something other than just bland rice for dinner, dropping to her knees beside him and claiming the more-full cup for a sip. A sound of surprise, then she glanced to him. "You brought the good tea, huh?"

"Hmph~ Did you expect anything less from me, Tenten?" his voice was a half-purr, amused. "And here I thought you knew me well..." her and her tea-powered byakugan...

"Well, never had anything this fancy on a mission before," she defended herself, though that little almost-purr left her shivering again. One more sip before she set the teacup carefully aside, one hand coming up to caress his jaw and tug him in. "Five minutes, you said, Neji-sama?" she murmured, her own smirking lips only centimeters from his.

"Perhaps it is time to start, hm?" it was not because she had nothing so fancy that the possibility was not there. "Perhaps if we had shared sooner, although I doubt I would have let anyone at my tea back then."

Eyes grew slightly wider, although he did knew she was bold.
"Yes. Five minutes." he repeated. "Exactly four minutes and forty-two seconds from now..." his voice dropped gradually to a murmur... and he claimed her lips, a hand slipping up her hair to undo a bun.
His tea would most likely cool down for the whole remaining time, but he found out it hardly mattered.

She let out a muffled sound of surprise that quickly dissolved into a low moan at the way she already felt one of her buns coming undone. Impatient fingers reached into his hair to undo the tie there, both hands coming up to brush stray strands of hair and those little straps of his forehead protector away from his face so she could deepen the kiss, seeking to dominate it in a way she'd missed while they'd been apart. Even a few days was far too long, it seemed.

Pulling back to breath, she laughed quietly, lips curving into another smile. "Still got the exact time remaining, Neji-sama?"

One just might wonder how they both held that long while travelling, really. With how he had undone that second bun as fast as the first even as they kissed, her hairties having joined that bracelet she'd slipped on him earlier adorning his wrist.

He was quite fighting her, however, on that kiss, and in the end when they pulled apart, there was no clear winner as they both gasped for breath.
"..w-what?" he asked, briefly confused before suddenly remembering. "Ah... oh, yes. Four minutes and seven seconds now" he slowly ran his fingers down her now-freed hair, stopping halfway down to rub at the side of her ear with a thumb.

She sucked in another breath at the rub to her ear, her own fingers dropping to his neck to tug away his scarf and making immediately to press against that sensitive point right between his neck and collarbone. "That long?" she purred, nuzzling her nose against his cheek. Making him forget that internal clock of his and the rice? Sounded just about perfect right now~

Fingers curving to apply the smallest hint of nails to that spot, she leaned in for another hard kiss, again seeking to dominate him, turn his every thought toward her.

"Ah~ y-yes, taht long... My guess is that you wish to make use of all the available.. time." there was a trange pause there because he needed to gulp back a moan, breath hitched.

...now there were.. nails, ever-so-lightly, teasingly sinking into that spot.
That spot. Oh, yes that spot! Her kiss claimed the needy whimper that followed, white eyes fluttering halfway closed. His thumb was rougher against her ear as he seeked to not give in for the first ten seconds of that kiss.
It was, however, a battle he was most likely destined to lose...

She only hummed another sound of agreement into the kiss, free hand trailing through his hair even as she kept lightly digging her nails into that spot, thoroughly pleased with the reactions she was getting. That touch to her ear left her shuddering, shifting against the ground as her hand shifted from his hair to his shoulder, trying to better balance and dominate him further, intending to take away not only his breath, but that uncanny count he still had going on, too.

By the time she pulled away again, she was all but panting, her nails digging harder into that spot as she grinned. "Missed me, Neji-sama~?"

Within that kiss, she would feel each and every hitch of breath that coincided whenever her nails would shift, lightmoans muffled inside. His thumb shifted a nail slightly biting into the skin although not too much, touch shaky as she claimed his shoulder. He was still hanging on, still fighting...

...until she pulled away, and her nails sank deeper in. There was a strangled cry then, his body giving a tremor as the white eyes closed halfway.
There it was again.. that -sama she liked to adorn his name with here and there. Had he been more aware, he would have reminded her this was a mission, and that she said holding hands in Michi was fine but they should be careful...

"Those days... felt as weeks..." he murmured, one hadn's fingers hooked lightly onto the back of her ear.

She'd trapped the perimeter expressly so she could have this time with him, and she wasn't about to let it go so easily. Another hitched moan at the sensation of nails against her ear, those sounds she pulled from his lips only adding to the too-warm feeling building within her.

"Yeah... for me, too," she murmured with a softer smile, stroking her fingers over his throat before pressing in with nails again. "But about that rice..."

It was as if she could just control his current state of mind, really. When the touch lightened, he almost succeeded in thinking straight. "Ah, y-yes the rice, we ahould--augh!"
okay no, the rice just left his mind completely when those nails all but punctured skin. "Hnn... Tenten..." he was very much lost in some very, very happy place right now, that on hand at her ear acting as a lifeline.

...he really should worry about the rice, but.. was it a minute and a half, or two minutes? Or... closer to three...?

Somewhere around two minutes, she was pretty sure... in any case, she paused, eyes going wide for a moment as she resolved that cry of his into a sound of please... then she smirked and leaned in again for a kiss, nails continuing to lightly graze over his throat and what she could reach beneath his collar. Her head tilted against his hand, trying to encourage more of those touches to her ear as she drew back from the kiss after a moment, almost immediately diving to nip near his pulse point with another smirk. Gods, the sounds Neji made...

"Thirty seconds," she breathed against his skin with another smirk. It wasn't precise, but it was probably at least a little close~

He gripped and tugged and dug slightly onto her ear, then more and more as he neared the edge of what he could stand. No, really, if the scarf was going off, he was doomed. He had been doomed a minute ago, because now she was just trying to reach lower.

Once there was that nip, however, the sound he made reverbated slightly onto the cave, as loud as it was, eyes impossibly wide.
thirty seconds? Thirty what? How long was that anyways?
It just might have been a slight shock as he suddenly shifted, pitching all his weight onto her to pin her onto wall or ground, and then fingers leaving her ear so teeth could nip harshly into it, along with what might be either a purr or growl...

The sudden shift caught her completely by surprise, ending with her flat on her back, shoulders jammed up against the cave wall with a sharp, shuddering outcry at the sudden concentrated attention to a single point. Oh gods, was this what it was like for Neji?

"Ahn!" The pressure almost hurt, but not in a bad way, more like the burn of sore muscles after training than a physical injury, something that hurt but still felt unbelievably good. "N-Neji--!"

Oh, there we go. THAT was a nicely executed reversal, and she did not expect it the slightest. He had her and was not letting go. Teeth sank.. and briefly loosened their hold before sinking again similar to what she had done to him earlier. Let her think it's over before doing it again, and jolt that brain into locking up. Yes, this was a viable plan of action.

As this went on, one hand was upon her jawline, fingertips then passing over lips before nails and fingers tried to replicate what teeth did to an ear as he claimed her lips with his again, keeping her right where she was under him.

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