Haven’t done one of these in a while! Just a sad thought I had
Warnings: Major Character Death.
As soon as the curtains closed blocking out the natural light of the early afternoon sun Tenten spun on the spot and beamed when Shino, a small smile on his face and lamplight reflecting off his sunglasses, illuminating his pale skin, offered his outstretched hand and asked her to dance. The soft jazz music was already playing in the background that she had put on because she knew he loved it.
She was too happy, too giddy seeing him in their living room after so long, bypassing his hand, she ran the few needed steps and threw herself into his hold. Her arms looping around his neck gave him the momentum to pick her up and spin her before setting her down gracefully, holding her to him still.
“I missed you,” the whisper fell out of her lips as Tenten took that first sway side to side with him.
“I missed you as well.”
“It felt like you were gone forever,” she pleaded, her eyes sliding closed, rubbing her cheek against his. “Don’t leave me again, okay?”
“Never; why? I would never want to,” his hand slid up her back to rest right between her shoulder blades to hold her closer just as she liked. “Someone has to keep an eye on you. To keep you out of trouble.”
A beam appeared on her face pressing her forehead into his temple, leaning on him more to be able to kick her feet up, making him let out that breath of a laugh he always did. “That sounds perfect.”
The mission Shino had just come back from was long, but he was back, holding her, his hands on her, talking to her; everything about the world was perfect again. When he lifted their joint hands to place a kiss on her knuckles, her heart swelled so much her chest might burst open in happiness; again, she pushed into his hold more, to hug him against her so tightly there wasn’t any space between them at all, his breath was her’s, her heartbeat was his, yes, Shino was home.
He placed his lips on the bottom of her neck, making her sigh, they were somewhat cold, but that was expected he had his usual coat off.
“Maybe I should keep you in bed all day. That might keep you out of trouble.”
Those words in his voice were so strange they forced her eyes to open from their hiding place in his shoulder.
Shino wouldn’t say that she would say that, but he-
His hand pulsed in hers, his body became less solid against hers and the panic set in.
“No,” Tenten scrambled to organise her thoughts and calm herself, but it just made her mind race more, clutching on to him tighter, to keep him there, with her. “No, he is here. He is-he is-!”
And then Shino was gone, disappeared in a puff of smoke and accompanying tiny pop making her limp and shaky body fall to the carpet looking around with wide eyes that, for the one moment, couldn’t understand what had happened.
Reality slapped her across the face when her hazy, questioning brain caught up with the rest of her.
Nothinghad changed; he wasn’t there, Shino wasn’t home in her arms telling her all the ways he loved her, Shino was still freshly buried in Konohagakure’s gravesite in a plot beside his mother, and she was still alone.
Tenten’s hands fisted in her let down hair pulling at the roots hard as she buried her face in the floor and began to cry.
The warmth Shino’s skin held, his brilliant way of thinking that always amazed her, the love he wrapped her up in and made her feel safe no matter what was going on in the real world, the life they had planned to make together it was gone it was all just gone.
Shinowasgone.
Theloveof her lifewasdead.
No matter how perfect she made the shadow clone look.
“You don’t belong to Konohagakure right now,” Tenten breathed in a factly whisper, her warm breath against his kiss swollen lips and cold cheek making him shiver, his headband fell between them to meet the muddy soaked grass at their feet. “Right now, you belong to me.” [Shino x Tenten]
“It was Kiba and Ino’s third year anniversary,” Tenten finally managed to say after stopping and starting twice. “And instead of them going away, he organised that we would all go and have just a relaxing weekend with us all,” how stupid they all were. [Shino x Tenten] [Kiba x Ino] [Kankuro x Sakura] [Naruto x Hinata One Sided] [One Sided Shikamaru x Hinata]
Warnings:Alternative Universe. Modern Day Alternative Universe. Supernatural Horror. Major Character Death. Violence. Major Character Injury. Smoking. Swearing.
I don’t know if this goes exactly with the theme of 80’s horror but it’s what my brain came up with!
I failed youuuuu! This became so much longer and I didn’t get as much done as I hoped for today so I decided to multi-chapter it.
Shino looked so intense suddenly that it made the smile fall off her face. “Did you ever file for a name change? To change your last name?”
“Umm no,” she stated with a shrug. “No, I didn’t.”
“You are a member of this clan in; everything; but name,” he continued in a tone she couldn’t quite place. “Do you not wish to have our name as well? So to; truly; be one of us?” [Shino x Tenten]
Warnings: Alternative Timeline. Minor Character Death. Mild Bodily Harm. Mild Violence. Mentions of Touch Starvation. Kissing Scenes.
Who doesn’t like messing with canon anyway? I can’t believe it guys. I am actuallyattempting to write a slow-burn, 100K, romance and found family story
“Legend says if you dance on the fountains water base and your heart is pure, your wish will come true. A beautiful tale, don’t you think?”
“How many wishes have you had; granted; may I ask?” Shino asked in a tone that Tenten heavily assumed meant he was incredibly sceptical. [Shino x Tenten] [Shibi x OC]
@naruto-photo-album - Naruto Halloween Prompt Exchange 2021
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