Will of Fire...

"For me?" Tenten asked, her eyes shinnig. There was no doubt she would wear the bracelet when ever she could as she wrapped it around her wrist. "Wow... that looks amazing! Thank you so much! Did you do that yourself?"

Of course she didn't had animals, but maybe Gai didn't know?

Lil extra based on your hc regarding his eyes: If she should ever see his eyes, strangly she wouldn't be freaked out or anything but react just like she did with Neji's eyes and tell him straight his eyes look so badass and ask him if he likes, sees differently than people with boring eyes. Yes she calls eyes that everyone has boring!

I mean, what should I say? Gai is literally her dad! Even if she likes to deny it at times. But the fact is: He is! (Especially after what we plotted I can't look at him and be like yeah he's just her sensei.) And deep down in her heart Tenten knows that. Gai was the first adult who told and showed her hey kid I care about you and you're important, you matter! So ofc affection, loyalty and trust are completely full! There's no one in her live beside Neji who she trusts more than Gai. He has been there for her when she was at her lowest and offered her a helping hand and like Neji, Gai is the first person she would tell (almost) everything. Plus he does her silly dances with her, something no one else really wants to do with her. Tenten literally would die for Gai at any point, no questions ask (and get her ass whooped for this). The part with the interest is ofc completely platonic! Like she's interested in him as a person in general. For example what are his hobbies? How was his childhood? How did he get so crazy? What does he fear the most? What's going on inside his head? Can she steal his hair products so that her hair becomes just as soft and shiny? When does he get her himself new shirts? And will he ever wear something else than his jumpsuit? Like she's interested in understanding him and get to know him and all that stuff.

I’ve left attraction out of the equation cause I think we both agree that we wanna keep things platonic here! At first I also wanted to keep interest out but then I though you can also be platonically interested in someone and Tenten is very interested in Reni in this regard. Like her knowledge and skills with herbs, her position in the archive department, the fact that she knows Gai for so long and hasn't gone crazy yet! But also her as a person in general. At this point, Reni is literally Tenten’s only female confidante. Apart from her, there are only men in her life. Sure she can talk with Gai about almost everything, but there are simply things a girl would prefer to talk about with another female. And there Reni is the only one Tenten has. The only rason why the affection, loyalty and trust aren't full (yet), is because at this point (of our interactions and what we plotted) Tenten doesn't know her very well. Like they're still getting to know each other. Still in this short time Reni had managed to gain a lot of Tenten's trust. Sure, it did help that Reni is good friends with Gai, who trusts her and Tenten trusts Gai, but still. Reni also gained a lot of Tenten's trust on her own.

What else have we expected? Neji was her very first friend, her very first best friend, her very first crush, her very first love and her very first everything! It took her some time to realize it but when she did it hit her hard. She would do literally everything for him, even go against the Hyuga Clan, Konoha or the entire world even if it would mean her death. Beside that she trust him so much that he's always the first one she tells everything. He knows things about her no one else knows.

Does that make sense? Am I confusing people? I think I confused myself...