Tenten normally didn't mind coming home; in fact, she was usually the first one there, ready to greet the other two, or to grab Sasuke and go storming off to grab Itachi if the need arose. Tonight, however, she came back later than usual, after dusk. How was she supposed to go back to the way things were, after learning what she had?
Not only the fact that in the future, there would be a war, against an enemy powerful enough to unite the five shinobi nations, but that they'd be losing so badly that Neji...
She'd spent the time after parting from her other two teammates just aimlessly wandering the village, taking stock of all the little things she'd gotten so used to. Daily life, monotonous, peaceful... all of it was hard to reconcile with the idea that back home, eventually, they'd be plunged deep into war.
"I'm home." It was more of a murmur than her customary call as she slipped her shoes off by reflex and made her way through the house. She didn't intend to find any of the others; if she was lucky, she'd be able to head to the kitchen, grab a quick bite to eat, then just head to bed. Or pretend to be asleep, at the very least.
Not only the fact that in the future, there would be a war, against an enemy powerful enough to unite the five shinobi nations, but that they'd be losing so badly that Neji...
She'd spent the time after parting from her other two teammates just aimlessly wandering the village, taking stock of all the little things she'd gotten so used to. Daily life, monotonous, peaceful... all of it was hard to reconcile with the idea that back home, eventually, they'd be plunged deep into war.
"I'm home." It was more of a murmur than her customary call as she slipped her shoes off by reflex and made her way through the house. She didn't intend to find any of the others; if she was lucky, she'd be able to head to the kitchen, grab a quick bite to eat, then just head to bed. Or pretend to be asleep, at the very least.