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CONT'D - OH GOD WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME, ASH?
The flirting, the moments of intimacy? She's definitely staking her claim on him just as much as she's sure he's staking his claim on her. It's an unspoken agreement: deal with one, you deal with both. There is no way around it. And Tenten would not want it any other way. Together. Not together. Just friends. Something more. She's comfortable with the ambiguity (and you know they both enjoy screwing with people's heads). It's just how the two function together. How it came to be so, hell if she knows. But it works, for the most part. Tenten makes no secret about it with those that she's tried to have relationships with. And if they can't accept it, then in her mind they're rejecting a big part of her life.

Is it unhealthy? Probably. Does she care? No.

What it boils down to? Tenten loves him. In every sense of the word. She will always love him. Even when he does something stupid or reckless, Tenten will love Naruto with all her heart and would gladly pick up the pieces for him. It may hurt at first -- and in the past, he has done a few things that were painful to endure -- and she might be angry at him in the beginning. But she could never stay mad at him. She could never cut her ties with him. Deep down in the very darkest part of their hearts, they both know this. Or at least Tenten is starting to realize this. And the more that she thinks over this realization, the more she will consider... her own feelings towards him.

3. So, does she want a piece of the Uzumaki? Yes. I explained that before in the last question session. She finds him attractive and charming. But more so, he is loyal, funny, sweet, and a joy to be around, qualities that Tenten likes in a potential partner. And they already have a fairly solid chemistry that a shift from friends to something more would be all too easy. To a point where others could probably not tell the difference (but Naruto and Tenten will, of course). Will she be willing to put herself out there to get it? Maybe. It depends. Only when she is absolutely certain that their friendship is strong enough to survive any fallout that they could potentially have would she consider it. Because of all things, Tenny knows that people, no matter how wonderful she thinks they are, are capable of leaving her. And it's one of her greatest and deepest fears that Naruto will eventually follow the rest and leave too.

He's family. He's her forever, whether it's as a friend or something more. And Tenten does not want to go back to that dark place again when she lost all those who were important to her.