(A/N) If you're looking for smut then I suggest you look somewhere else. This story will be filled with complications, men falling in love with men, women falling in love with men...except they don't know that it's a man. There will be gay people and there will be straight people but no open romance, only humor and one-sided love. Not your cup of tea? Well, I'm sure there are plenty of stories out there more suitable to your taste then but trust me, if you miss out on the situations in this story which will cater to people of all sexualities, don't blame me!
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Prologue
"No friggin' way!" Naruto exclaimed as he slammed his fists down on the table, reacting just as everyone had predicted and so most of them looked away awkwardly as they were seated around a small table in the cramped club room, surrounded by low-tech cameras and other filming equipment.
One man in particular though, did not look away. Hiding his face in a high collar and keeping his eyes hidden behind a pair of sunglasses, Aburame Shino hadn't so much as twitched at the loud outburst, "If we had any other option, we would have already employed it. As it is, unless you do this, the movie club will most likely receive less funds."
"How the hell does me dressing up like a girl make a difference?!" Naruto demanded, eyes wide as he leaned closer to Shino over the table, the others looking on with mixed expressions.
"Because," Shino answered calmly, "when the script for this movie was written at the beginning of the school year, we had counted on getting a few more newcomers to sign up for this club. As it is," light shone off of his sunglasses, "we did not manage to recruit a single new member and as such, Hinata remains the only female at our disposal."
"Then have her do it! Like you said, she's a girl!" Naruto continued to glare desperately at Shino as he at the same time pointed to a fidgeting Hinata sitting next to him, "Why the hell should I have to dress up like a girl when we already have one for the role?"
"That is impossible." Shino countered without missing a beat.
"Why is it impossible?!" Naruto demanded, looking just about ready to rip his hair out.
In turn, Shino pushed his sunglasses up from the bridge of his nose, "It's simple," he paused for dramatic effect, something Naruto could do well without at that very moment, "her stage fright makes it impossible for her to play any other role than that of a timid girl with next to no lines, and what few lines she's given she almost always forgets, resulting in several retakes and wasting of precious time. I'm sorry to say that at best she'd only be suitable for a small and barely noticeable role." His sunglasses shone brightly once more, "Hence the reason why she only works behind the camera." He looked straight at Naruto, "We need to make this movie the best one we've made yet so that we can draw a big crowd for the cultural festival and to do that, we'll need to have our actors put in as much effort as quickly as possible."
Naruto cringed, finding no loophole in Shino's argument. If they were to have Hinata star the role, to make it successful would take far too much time, time they didn't have. The girl in question looked up at Naruto with an apologetic smile as she uttered in a small voice, "I'm sorry, Naruto-kun..."
"But...but still!" Naruto persisted, "Couldn't we just ask someone to help us with the movie temporarily?" He looked to a pony-tailed man wearing a lazy expression from where he slumped in the corner, "How about Ino?"
"Already asked her." Shikamaru answered lazily, "She's too busy with the flower-arrangement club."
Before Naruto could open his mouth to voice another candidate, yet another person made his presence known, "Give it up, Naruto." Inuzuka Kiba couldn't help but give a somewhat evil grin as he rested his cheek against his knuckles, "Everyone who might wanna help us are already busy with either studying or helping their own clubs preparing for the culture festival."
Naruto grit his teeth, sweating now as he wrecked his mind for a solution to get himself out of this predicament, "But why me?" He demanded, "Why not you or Shikamaru?" He pointed at Kiba accusingly.
The last member of the movie club snickered as he munched on some chips, "Shikamaru'd look ridiculous in a dress."
"And you think I won't?!" Naruto retorted with an almost crazed expression. No one wanted to voice their opinion on this matter. Naruto wasn't the manliest of men. He had few visible muscles and only of the kind that would be common to see on both men and women. His face was more androgynous than anything. Granted, he didn't look as effeminate as Hinata's cousin, Neji, or Uchiha Sasuke but among the guys in the movie club, he was definitely the one who could easiest pass for a woman.
Shino once more pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose, "I see we have no choice. I did not want to do this, Naruto," The young man in question raised a curious eyebrow at the tone in the club President's voice, "but you leave me no choice. Kiba."
At the prompting, Kiba sighed and reached into his pocket, "Right." Naruto half-thought he'd pull out something dangerous but then he found that Kiba had taken out a photograph which he now slid over to him with a hound like smirk.
Naruto frowned, picking up the photo and his eyes boggled as he looked at it, "What the hell is this?!" He shouted. Hinata who had stood up to look at the picture over his shoulder found herself red-faced and a moment later, she fell to the floor, unconscious. Fortunately, Naruto was too shocked to notice the trail of blood dripping from her nose.
"It is a picture of you in the shower." Shino explained like a Professor describing a scientific term.
"I can see that!" Naruto exclaimed, shaking his fist which still clung to the light display of soft porn, "Why is there a picture of me showering?!"
Naruto didn't need to ask how the picture had come into existence, seeing as he and Kiba lived in the same dorm. He idly wondered just how his club-mate had managed to take such a photo without him noticing and, most disturbingly, why would Kiba want to take pictures of him in the shower?
Shino laced his fingers together, placing his hands on the table as he looked up at Naruto from above the rim of his collar, giving an answer to Naruto's unvoiced concern regarding Kiba's intentions as well as his voiced question at the same time, "I suspected that you wouldn't be very forthcoming with my request so I had Kiba gather this to work as a form of blackmail." Naruto's mouth hung open at that, hardly believing his own ears, "Please, Naruto. Do the role or we'll spread those pictures via e-mail and paper-copies around to everyone at this university."
Naruto crushed the picture in his hand and tossed it away, knowing full well though that it wasn't the original and that Shino had probably already prepared several copies. He crossed his arms and stuck his nose out, determined to not cave under, "Hah! Do whatever you want! I don't care if people sees me naked, better that than them seeing me in a dress."
"Then I suppose you don't mind it if we alter it and put in an equally naked Uchiha Sasuke in the same picture. I'm sure we could find a picture of a naked man on the internet in a suggestive pose, then all we need is to add Sasuke's head and put everything in the picture of you to make it look like...something else." Shino easily countered, causing Hinata, who had just managed to get back in her seat, to keel over in another foray of nose blood.
Naruto now stared at Shino with wide, fearful eyes, his face paling, "You wouldn't."
None of them could see it because of his collar but there was actually evidence of a smile in Shino's voice as he spoke, "Yes, yes I would."
Kiba snickered, leaning closer to Shino as he pointed at Naruto's crotch, "Hey, make his dick look smaller too." He tossed Naruto an evil grin, "Not that there's much to see anyway."
Naruto snapped out of his fearful stance long enough to shake a fist at Kiba, "What was that?!"
"So, which is it going to be, Naruto?" Shino interjected, looking straight at Naruto, eager to get on with the matter.
Naruto, in turn, gained a pained expression as he returned his gaze to Shino. There were several long moments of complete silence as all eyes were on Naruto, save for Hinata, who was still somewhat unconscious. Finally, the young man fell back down in his chair, shoulders slumped as he murmured, "Fine, I'll do it."
This time, everyone was sure that Shino was smiling behind his collar as he said, "Excellent."
The meeting was adjourned and everyone began filing out, Naruto leaving quickly and hurriedly. As Kiba was making his way out, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked behind him only to see Hinata standing there, gripping his shoulder with her face beat red, partially from nose blood and partially from her blush, "K-Kiba-kun...can I please have a copy of that picture?"
(A/N) Too short? Well, it's only the prologue. Fear not, the next chapter will be up in a few days, I reckon. Until then, review well!
