Chap 1 – Sleepover :'D

It was the night before Christmas and the little ninjas was having a little slumber party to celebrate the holidays. They were at the Hyuuga resident, because Hinatas parents were on a trip to the mountains. For some reason they had forced Hanabi to come with them but insisted that Hinata would stay… Hinata stood for the moment in the kitchen, and tried to make food to everybody, but it didn't go to well, because Chouji came and 'tasted' the food all the time. It resulted in that she didn't have any food at all after that he had came for about 7 times.

"Oh… I have to go to the shop…" She walked out of the kitchen and towards the main door. It was a minor storm outside so she decided to take her warmest jacket and her big boots. She checked the pockets to see if she had the wallet with her, and then looked towards the living room, where all her friends were. "I'm going to the store! I won't take long!" Shino came out to the hallway.

"…I will make you company…" Hinata shook her head a little.

"You don't need to, Shino-kun…" Shino walked to the door and put his hand on the handle.

"… We are team-mates and team-mates make each other company…" Hinata looked at him.

"B..But Shouldn't you take on some warmer clothes?" Shino looked at her.

"…If you have not noticed… I always have my jacket on…"

"B…but… It's a storm outside… its cold…" He looked down at his jacket and then at her again.

"… I will not freeze… I have a knitted sweater under my jacket…"

"Oh… okay… Then it's.. Fine then…. I guess…" He opened the door and walked out in the snowstorm. Hinata followed him and shivered a little when she got snow in her face. And while they were going to the store Kiba and Naruto was having a pillow fight.

"I'm going to win!" Kiba threw a pillow at Naruto. The little blond ninja dodged the pillow and threw another one on Kiba.

"Yeah right, dattebayo!!" Kiba took the pillow and threw it back at Naruto.

"YEAH!"

"Could you please be quiet? It's troublesome to sleep if you're too noisy…" Shikamaru laid in his sleepingbag. Ino sighed a little.

"Shikamaru… You're not supposed to sleep at slumberpartys…" Shikamaru crawled even deeper down in his sleepingbag.

"I don't care… Slumberparties are troublesome… I don't even know why I'm here… What a pain…" Ino looked weird at him.

"Ok…ay? You're weird…" Shikamaru didn't answer, he had begun to snore. Ino sighed again. "I can't believe him…" The room was filled with sleepingbags and pillows and it was hard to believe that the leader of the Hyuuga lived here. It also was chips everywhere, and that's just because Choujis chipsbags had been ripped apart by Kiba and Akamaru. Neji sat in a corner, trying to convince himself that it wasn't his responsibility to keep things under control. It wasn't his house, so he could just take it easy. He closed his white eyes and took some deep breaths. Lee was jumping around in the sofas, and TenTen tried to make him stop.

"Lee! Stop that! It isn't your apartment! It's Hinatas house!" Lee jumped up in the air and did a triplespin before landing in the sofas again.

"The sofas are so bouncy!" TenTen tried to grab his arm.

"Lee!! What if they broke?! They look expensive!!"

"Jump with me, TenTen!" Lee took her hand and pulled her up in the sofa.

"What?! No!!" TenTen tried to go down from the sofa. Lee began to jump again, still holding her hand. "Lee!! Stop!" TenTen didn't want to jump in the expensive looking sofas. Lee stopped jumping and looked sad at her.

"But…TenTen…"

"But what?" She pouted a little.

"It's funny to jump in the sofas…." Lee looked a little sadder when he saw her look.

"But what if the sofas broke? Then we have to buy new sofas, and then I'll be broke, and then I can't pay my rent, and then I'll have to move out of my apartment, and I don't want to move out of my apartment, Lee." He looked down.

"I'm sorry, TenTen…"

"I like my apartment really much, and where will I live if I've to move out?" TenTen didn't listen to Lees apologises. Lee thought a while.

"Well… You can live in my apartment in that case…"

"No, Lee… Your apartment is really small, and if I would live there, I wouldn't get an own room, and I want to have an own room."

"Oh… Okay… I won't jump any more…"

"A girl needs to have her own room, Lee. It's really important for a girl to have an own room." TenTen didn't listen to Lee. Lee started to get impatient.

"TenTen, I said I wouldn't jump any more…."

"Oh… sorry… I didn't hear that…" TenTen smiled a little and got down from the sofa. Lee then jumped onto Naruto.

"I want to have a pillowfight too, Naruto-kun!"

"Get of me!!! DATTEBAYO!!" Naruto glared at Lee.

" No, I won't!" Lee clung onto Naruto while smiling big, thinking it was a fun game.

"DATTEBAYO!!!" Naruto started to jump around, trying to get Lee of him. Lee giggled a little while Naruto ran around in the room. "GET OF ME!!!!" Naruto jumped down on the floor and started to roll around. Lee giggled even more.

"You're funny, Naruto-kun!"

"GET OF ME, FUZZY EYEBROWS!!!" Naruto yelled while waving with his arms. Neji couldn't stand it any more so he stood up and screamed.

"SHUT UP EVERYBODY!!!" Everybody got silent and stared at him. "I won't tolerate that you destroy the Hyuuga head family house!!! Sit down and shut up or I'll zap you!" He glared at them, one after one. Everybody sat down, or sat up, still staring at him in silence. Neji sat down again and crossed his arms. "Good…" Then they heard the maindoor open and close.

"We're back!" Everyone looked towards the door but didn't say anything. Hinata came to the door and looked nervously at them. "Wh…Why are you all just… sitting there? Do you think th..at this is b..boring?" Shino stood behind her holding 2 bags.

"…It looks like they are having a good time…" Hinata looked at him.

"B… but they are just sitting there… staring at me…." Shino walked towards the kitchen.

"… I guess they have missed you, Hinata…" Hinata looked into the living room and bowed.

"I'm sorry that this is boring…"

"You don't have to worry, Hinata-sama. They are having fun…" Neji glared a little at the others to tell them to smile towards her. They started to smile and nodded, and Hinata looked a little more nervous.

"B… but Neji-niisama… why are they just sitting there?" Neji looked pleased.

"I call it discipline."

"B… but Neji-niisama… They don't look like they're having fun…"

"They are! Right, Naruto?" Naruto nodded, but didn't say anything, and Hinata looked a little worried, but not at Naruto.

"Why… aren't they saying anything, Neji-niisama?"

"They are! Right, TenTen?" TenTen smiled and nodded.

"Yes, we're just playing a game. It's called 'talk and you're going to get zapped'." Hinata looked at her and blinked a little.

"Oh… I see. I'm sorry I disturbed you…" She bowed a little and walked out to the kitchen. Shino had begun to fix some new food. She walked up to him. "Shino-kun… I... I can do that…" He looked at her but continued to arrange a bowl of salad.

"…We're team-mates… And team-mates help each other…"

"Ye..yeah… b..but it's my house… and you're a guest…"
"…Are you saying that I not can help you in a way that pleases you?..."

"D…do you really wants to help me? You're a guest and…"

"…I won't say it again…"

"If… you really want to, you can help me…" Hinata started to boil some rice.

"… I did not ask you for permission…"

"O…okay… Thank you, Shino-kun…" She looked a little at the rice boiler, before looking at him and bowed.

"… I only help my team-mate…" Hinata didn't know what to say, so she just started to prepare the meat. She heard how Shino was doing something at his corner but didn't look towards him. She didn't want to interrupt in his cooking in any way. She actually didn't even know that he could cook… It was a little shocking that he could, because he, Kiba and Kurenai-sensei always had let her do all cooking when they were at missions. Maybe he couldn't cook but only wanted to help her. That was nice of him, but why did he want to help her? He had never done something like that before, and he had followed her to the store too. Could it be that he…? She quickly shook away the thought and continued with the meat. She took forth a frying pan and put it on the stove. She hoped Chouji wouldn't come again… That wouldn't be so good… "…Can you tell me where I can find the spices…" Suddenly Shino stood beside her and she jumped a little by the surprise. She looked at him.

"Sh.. Shino-kun… you scared me…"

"… My apologizes…"

"It.. It's okay… Wh... what did you want?"

"…Where can I find the spices?..." She pointed at a shelf.

"Th.. there…" Shino nodded and walked over to the shelf and examined the different jars.

"…I notice that you have many different kinds of spices, Hinata…"

"Y..yeah.. are you looking for something special?"

"….salt…and pepper…" Shino took one jar and read on it. Hinata walked to the shelf and took down two jars.

"Here, Shino-kun.." She gave the jars to Shino, who examined them.

"…Thank you, Hinata…" She smiled a little.

"Don't think about it, Shino-kun…" Shino looked at her a little before quickly turning away and going to his corner again. She looked after him, wondering 'what's with him?'. Maybe he had a stomach-ache or something. Yeah, it must be like that, she thought and returned to the stove. After a while the food was almost done and she opened a cupboard and started to take down plates. She counted how many she needed. "Lets see… It's Shino-kun, Kiba-kun, Naruto-kun, Sakura-san, Ino-san, Chouji-kun, Shikamaru-kun, Lee-kun, TenTen-san and Neji-niisama… Is it someone more?"

"…Hinata…" Shino said from his corner, still preparing his salad. Hinata looked at him.

"Excuse me, Shino-kun?"

"…You forgot yourself, Hinata…" Shino looked at her over his shoulder, pointing at her with a piece of cucumber. Hinata blushed a little.

"That's true… Thank you Shino-kun…" She picked down one extra plate, still blushing for some reason. She walked out to the dining room and started to make the table. Shino came with the bowl that contained his salad and he put it on the table before he looked at Hinata.

"…What can I do more? ..." She still blushed, and continued to make the table.

"You… can… go and tell the others that the dinner almost is ready…"

"… You do not want me to help you make the table? …" Shino stood and observed her.

"… Y..You can do that if you want to…" She blushed a little more. He walked up beside her and took a couple of plates to put them on the other side of the table. She started to put the cutlery besides the plates, still blushing. She could feel how Shino observed her and it resulted in her blushing even more. She got nervous and dropped a fork on the floor. "Oh…" She bent down to pick it up but also did Shino which caused that their hands touched. Hinata blushed more and pulled away her hand. "S…sorry…" Shino picked up the fork and gave it to her.

"…Your fork…" She took it and stood straight up, still blushing.

"Th..Thank you, Sh..Shino-kun…" He also stood straight and put his hands in his pocket.

"…You are welcome…" Hinata looked down, not saying anything, still blushing.

"Is the dinner ready, Hinata-sama?" She heard Neji enter the room and she looked up at him.

"A..Almost, Neji-niisama…." Neji noticed that she was blushing very much and he turned to Shino.

"What did you do to Hinata-sama?"

"….I gave her a fork…." Shino looked at Neji. Nejis eyes twitched and he clutched his fist.

"And why is she blushing like that then?"

"…. I do not know…" Neji turned to his younger cousin and watched her a while. Hinata still blushed and looked down again.

"It's nothing, Neji-niisama… I've just been around the stove too much…"

"I really hope so…" He walked out to tell the others that dinner almost was ready. Hinata turned to the table again and continued to make the table, blushing a little lesser. Shino also continued at the other side. When they were done with that, Hinata walked into the kitchen to get the food. Shino followed her.

"…Shall I help you to carry? …"

"I…if you want to…" Hinata avoided looking at him. He nodded and walked up beside her.

"…What can I take? …" Hinata pointed at a big bowl of potatoes.

"T..that one…" For some reason she couldn't look at Shino, she only stared at the meat. She didn't know why, but she was extremely nervous when he was close to her. She didn't understand it at all. She took the bowl of meat and started to walk to the dining room, trying to not blush anymore. This slumberparty was supposed to be fun, and she shouldn't feel nervous while she was around Shino. She put the bowl on the table, and started to walk into the kitchen to get the rice. On the way, she bumped into Chouji.

"Is the dinner ready now?" She blushed more and bowed a little.

"I'm sorry that I bumped into you, Chouji-kun… And the dinner will be ready soon…" Chouji clapped his hands.

"Yay! I'm super hungry!"

"That's good…" She bowed again and walked into the kitchen. She hoped she had done enough food. She really hoped so, because Chouji could eat really much.