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Drunken Admissions (Happy Birthday Hinata)

Since a young age, Neji had always learned about surveillance, deception, and hard work. Hard work being, well, hard work. Surveillance and deception were a harder concept to master, but It could be done with some practice and luck.

"Come on Hinata, tell us!" Sakura begged her friend, as she and a few other people sat around in one of the local bars.

"Yah, I've beam drying to now." Ino said drunkenly, while falling over onto Choji's shoulder.

She can't even pronounce words right anymore "I think you've had enough to drink Ino." Choji said, taking away her tequila and pulling her from the bar. Hinata was grateful for the sudden distraction and tried to slip away from her seat without being noticed.

"But dad! Come on, just five more minutes!" Ino slurred, while crossing her arms and giving puppy-dog eyes to Choji. He gave in with an "Alright" and decided to let her stay for a few more minutes."

"Take me with you." Shino whispered to Hinata as she passed, causing to Kiba to turn around and (drunkenly) say, "Oh Hinata, you can't leave yet. You… gotta tell us who you like."

"Yah, Hinata! Tell good ol' Uncle Naruto about yur lova'." He mused, putting his face close to hers, invading her personal bubble while simultaneously causing her to turn a bright shade of scarlet, adding on to the bit of red on her cheeks from the alcohol.

"Off meh team-hic-mate." Kiba said, pulling Naruto away from the red Hinata.

"Are we the only sane ones in here?" Shikamaru whispered to Shino, Choji, Tenten and Lee.

"What are you just implying, Kiba? I was asking my princess a quest-I-on if you didn't mind…yesterday."

"Not at all my -hic- good chap. Ask away, sir, for she shall tell me also the answer to your question, hm?" Kiba quickly repented, then gave Naruto a full on hug to make up for his audaciousness. Pulling away, Kiba sat on the very end of his stool, almost to the point that he would fall off.

"Guys, just leave her alone." Sasuke said, not nearly as intoxicated as his friends, but still a little rosy-cheeked. Neji, who sat beside Sasuke, didn't say anything, but smiled knowingly at Hinata.

"Uhm…" Hinata sniffled nervously, almost collapsing under everyone's gazes. Kiba fell onto one of her shoulders, knocking her into Naruto, who deemed it appropriate to smack Kiba on the back of the head.

"Don't touch meh babe!" Naruto yelled at Kiba.

'Babe?' Hinata thought with a small, embarrassed smile.

"What are you gonna do about it, Smokey? You don't even like her, do ya?" Kiba questioned.

All eyes turned to Naruto, who gave everyone a goofy grin, before pulling Hinata closer to him and then said, "So what if I do. Whacha gonna do about It.?" Making sure he hadn't grabbed Hinata inappropriately, Naruto looked back at Kiba with a challenging smirk on his face.

Kiba sat back up in his seat, then said in a distant voice, "I…don't know." He looked from Naruto to a very red Hinata, shrugged, then took another shot form the bar top.

"Are you sure you like her, or are you just saying that to show Kiba up?" Neji asked. Hinata made little cutting signs across her throat, signaling her cousin to stop the interrogation, but to no avail. Neji just smirked, looking at Sasuke through the corner of his eye.

"Naruto doesn't have to answer that." Lee said. Tenten nodded in agreement, smiling at Lee's ability to take charge of the situation, and distract everyone while she, Shino, Shikamaru and Choji could hopefully sneak away.

"Tenten, don't even try." Neji said simply, not even bothering to look at her. Her plan foiled, Tenten sank in her seat and lost her smile.

"You want proof? Here's your proof." Naruto pulled Hinata up and gave her a wet, sloppy, full-blown kiss right in front of everyone. She latched onto him, deepening the kiss, to which he responded by flipping off Neji.

"Get a room!" Ino and Sakura screeched, giggling their heads off.

"Sakura…" Sasuke said, glaring at the girl from across the room.

"Sorry Sas-uke. I'll make it up to you later tonight." This comment had the girls giggling again. Sighing and rolling his eyes, Sasuke (who had a light shade of pink on his face) turned back to Naruto and Hinata.

Pulling away, Naruto looked straight at Neji. "Need anymore?"

"Nope. Got just what I wanted."

Days later, Hinata sat in her room. She slowly pulled the needle through the fabric on her kimono when she heard a knock on the door. Recognizing the chakra signature, she said, "Come in."

Neji opened the door swiftly, pulling a DVD case out from behind his back. "I thought you might like this." he tossed the item to her, which she caught.

"What is it?" Ignoring her question, Neji closed the door behind him, smiling as he walked down the hallway.

Setting her dress down, Hinata opened up the case. A small piece of paper fell onto her bed. 'Thought you might enjoy this,' was scrawled on a small piece of paper. The girl got up and put the DVD into her player, then sat back on the bed and pressed play on the remote.

Last night's bar flashed into view, showing the 'Rookie 9' and Team Gai, except Neji. 'Oh no.' Hinata thought as she watched. Lee sat next to Tenten, Shino, Choji and Shikamaru, while beside the camera was Sasuke. Ino and Sakura were hunched over in the corner, leaning on each other. The remaining Naruto, Hinata and Kiba sat at the bar, directly in front of the camera.

"Watch this." an unknown person (who Hinata figured must have been Neji) whispered to Sasuke.

"No way man. I'll bet you 100 ryo you can't do it."

"You're on." Neji challenged. Talking louder, he announced, "Are you sure you like her, or are you just saying that to show Kiba up?"

'No…,' Hinata thought, 'He didn't.

And It went on. Lee defended Naruto, while Tenten smiled. Neji muttered something to Tenten, who sank in her chair. 'And then Naruto…' Hinata blushed madly, covering her face as Naruto did the unthinkable. She watched in amazement; not at his actions, but at her re-actions. Wow, she was crazy. Crazy for not being more forward before.

After the bar scene, another one took place after a short pause. The camera stood facing Sasuke. The boy wore a scowl as he reached into his pocket, bulling out some bills. He handed them to a pale hand, then let his own fall to the side.

"Since I'm so good at this, maybe I could hook up you and Sakura-"

"No," Sasuke said, turning away, "Thanks." He walked off down the road, muttering to himself something Hinata couldn't make out. Suddenly, the camera device was forcibly moved from its position, then turned to face the winner of the bet, Neji Hyuuga.

"Happy Birthday, Hinata." He said, flicking the camera off.

Sighing, Hinata lay back in her head, letting the blue screen play. She fell asleep like that, silently thanking her cousin for the best birthday present ever.

Notes: Just a little thing I was thinking about. It was originally going to be part of How Girls Flirt, but I decided to make it into it's own thing. Anyways, tell me what you think; be flame, critique or praise.