I do not own Naruto.
Rated T for some language, though lightly.
Counting down the New Year Ino received the best kiss she had ever had in her life from a man she didn't even know. Will the mystery man show up in her life again? –Minific- AU
New Year Mystery Man
Chapter 1: New Year's Party
Ino Yamanaka was all decked out. Purple mini, blond hair flowing down, and red lipstick; it was the whole shebang. Her best friend had opted out of going to the party Ino had scored invitation too in order to study.
Some people just didn't take winter break as fun instead of work. Ugh.
"This is my song!" She yelled, even though there was no one she knew there. Ino shrugged it off and started dancing.
After a few fast songs a slow one started to play, so she vacated the dance floor. She wasn't going to be that desperate girl who slow dances by herself.
Ino was a bit depressed that none of the guys were asking her to dance. A few of them were very good looking. Oh well, she could make the first move. She wasn't known as bossy and aggressive for nothing.
Her phone vibrated.
I can't believe you went alone.
CherryBlossum
I can't believe you stayed at home. You suck Sakura.
PurpleCosmos
Yeah, yeah. Send me some pics if you see any ultra hot guys.
CherryBlossum
Ino rolled her eyes.
Dork.
PurpleCosmos
Pig.
CherryBlossum
Ino scanned the room. She still had two hours to countdown. She had better get to work if she wanted a kiss to ring in the New Year.
Her blue eyes twinkled. She'd listen in to their conversations before she decided to pounce.
One of the groups nearest to her was three boys who were kind of cute. One had a hoody on with sunglasses covering his eyes. Another had messy hair and sharp canine teeth. The last one seemed to have a smile permanently marred on his face. His dark hair was neat, and he held a sketch pad underneath one arm.
Ino snuck closer.
"Man, you would not believe what Akamaru threw up today!"
"…"
"I'm supposed to care what your dog threw up?"
"What's more important is how many fleas he has…"
"Come on now; don't get all obsessed with bugs at a time like this Shino!"
The dark haired man made a comment about male genitals and Ino turned bright pink. She decided not to engage in conversation with them.
A few tables away there were two males. One who had an obscene amount of face paint on (what is this Halloween?) and the other was a quite red haired man with no eyebrows and raccoon eyes.
Well, at least he's cute… Ino thought before sitting at the table behind them.
"Man this is boring!"
"…"
"Why'd we have to come here?"
"…"
"Where the hell did Temari go!? I want to get out of here."
"I think she's over there…" The redhead finally decided to speak.
Ino weighed the options in her head. It seemed like he would be hard to engage and face paint dude's complaining would be a downer. Plus 'Temari' might be a girlfriend of one of them.
Maybe I'll try them later. She decided. No point in scoring out early.
Three men sat to the table on her right. One was older with a scruffy beard, another with his hair pulled back and bored stare. The last was a chubby looking cutey who was stuffing his face. Ugh.
"I can't believe we found a go board so easily." One of them remarked.
"Hmm, at least it wasn't a troublesome task. That would have been a bother."
"Let's play a round, Shikamaru."
The chubby one spoke up. "I'm going to get some more food, I'll be right back."
"Don't get into any trouble Choji."
He waved them off easily. Ino deadpanned. Dorks. They'd be good matches for Sakura. Once they started talking strategy Ino got up and left the table area.
She snuck back on the dance floor.
"Woo!" A loud blond with an orange jumpsuit jumped up and down, doing a wild dance. Ino almost started giggling before she realized that he was dancing with a hideous guy that the blond loudly called 'Lee'.
"For youth!" Lee exclaimed before he started break dancing.
"Oh no." Ino stated before fleeing the dance floor as well. No way did she want to see that.
She leaned up against the far wall with the people too scared to dance. Her blue eyes sized up a long haired man who stood so rigidly she fought back making a crack about something stuck up there.
He glared at her as if saying she was below him. She glared back. Ino dared him to say something with her eyes, but he just looked away. She didn't exist to him.
Ino huffed. What's wrong with all these damned people?
She noticed another man who leaned up against the wall. She had no idea why he was there; parties didn't seem like his type of thing. He was dark haired and unbelievably handsome. However, he was also surrounded by a ton of girls trying to get his attention.
His glare was cold and full of anger. Ino shivered. There was no way she'd go anywhere near him. But she was tempted. She was completely tempted.
But why make a fool out of yourself for nothing?
Ino sighed. There were many more men she could scope out, but somehow hunting them down didn't seem as enjoyable anymore. She started remembering all the guys she had dated in the past. She had been the one to chase after every one of them. No one ever chased after her…
The dancing stopped and the countdown started.
"10!"
Ino lifted her eyes to watch the timer; she didn't count with the rest of the crowd.
"9!"
She sighed.
"8!"
"Get a hold of yourself Ino! You're better than this!" She spoke to herself.
"7!"
She joined the crowd.
"6!"
She yelled the numbers with the rest of them; forcing herself to forget about her loneliness.
"5!"
She ignored the couples cozying up to each other.
"4!"
Come on New Year! Come on!
"3!"
I'll get a boyfriend this year! I swear it.
"2!"
Someone bumped into her side. She ignored it.
"1!"
Ino closed her eyes to cheer, but her voice was cut off by someone's lips on hers. She reacted instantly by locking her lips with theirs. Butterflies flew through her stomach as she pulled the body closer. He was hard and lean, like he worked out.
His tongue connected with hers and they fought for dominance. It was perfect. It was magical.
She opened her eyes to see the man who kissed her. She was shocked.
As Ino was left speechless the man slipped into the crowd. She forgot to ask for a number or to run him down.
She was too consumed with the amazing feeling he left inside her. Ino stood there even when people started leaving. It took her some time for her mind to kick in, but what it told her was it's time to go home instead of find that great kisser of a man.
Ino felt like her world was upside down, but what could she do about it? She didn't know him, he didn't know her. What could she do to see a stranger again when she didn't know his interests or hangouts?
And it was all from one simple kiss.
Who do you think it is?