In this hospital

Summary: In this hospital, I learned how complicated love could be.

Declaimer: I own Naruto . . . not!

Pairings: ShikaIno, SasuIno, NejiIno . . . hints of SasoIno and DeiIno.

While Preparing the Party at Ino's house:

"Shika, did you already talk to Chouji?" Ino asked as she put on the music to check on the stereo.

"I did, he said everything would be finish in any time now." Shikamaru said lazily as he looked at the clock.

Chouji Akimichi, one of their best friend, they used to hang out together when they were in high school but everything changed when they went to college, they went to different universities but even though, they still have their communication.

Chouji is one of the head chefs of a very prestigious hospital.

Ino sighed heavily, they are almost done, 5 hours more and the party will get started.

"Shika, today is your birthday, remember?"

"Yeah . . . I think." He replied sarcastically.

"Stay there, I am going to get your gift."

Ino said as she runs upstairs to get his gift.

Afterwards, Ino went back with a medium size gift.

She went into him and handed him her gift.

"Shika, happy 29th birthday."

He accepted it. Ino kissed him in the cheeks.

He didn't blush or anything but he felt those butterflies in his stomach.

"Thanks, your gift is on my car . . . I am going to give it to you later." He said.

He sat on the sofa with Ino.

"What is your birthday wish, Shika?"

"You don't have to know."

"Yes, I do. I am your best friend, remember?"

"It's confidential."

"Confidential my ass! I never kept any of my secrets to you, you are just unfair."

"My wish is not going to happen . . . so you really don't wanna know."

"I wanna know so bad . . . please!"

"Ino, stop being obstinate."

"Come to think of it, you never told me your birthday wishes."

"I only have one wish."

"Then what is it?"

"You . . . . do not have to know"

Shikamaru yawned.

"Ugh! So iniquitous! Shika! My one and only wish never happened as well but I keep telling you what it is."

Ino stood up and marched down into the kitchen.

My one and only wish is nothing but you, troublesome woman. Shikamaru thought as he looked softly on the back of standing Ino in the kitchen.

"Oh yeah! Shika . . . your tuxedo is in the guest room on the left hand side . . . your mom sent it last night—so you won't go back and forth to your mom's house."

The pineapple head breathed out.

". . . Alright."

And the party has begun:

There's some few guests that came so ahead . . . everything is set, the food, the decorations and the drinks.

All of them are wearing formal suits, obviously.

"Dei, you are too early! You must be really excited." Ino joked as they cheek-to-cheek.

"Of course, yeah! It's your birthday, un!"

"It's not my birthday yet, four more hours."

"I put your gift and his in the counter, un!"

"Thanks. Where's Itachi and them anyway?"

"They are going to be here, un!"

"Okay, why don't you go to buffet to grab something to eat?"

"Nice idea, yeah! See yah later, milove!"

Ino smiled. "Right!"

She walked to the living room and saw a loquacious Naruto talking to Shikamaru.

"He's already here?" Ino whispered.

She went into him.

"Naruto!" Ino called him out.

Naruto stood up and walked to Ino and he gave her a very big hug.

They are like siblings.

"Ino, you look so beautiful today! It doesn't look like your 30!"

Ino knotted her eyebrow.

"What the fuck? I doesn't look like 30 because I am just turning 29! Get that right, bonehead!"

Naruto sweat dropped, he knows darn well that Ino doesn't want people to think that she's older than she already is.

"I was just kidding! Don't take it too hard."

"So, where's my gift?"

"Where's my kiss first?"

Ino leaned on him and kissed him in the cheeks.

"It's on the counter with your other gifts."

"Okay, thanks! Enjoy the party for me?"

"Sure thing, hon!"

After not too long, the guests' number hugely grew. Some of them are pretty late, some of them aren't because they want people to think that they are professionals.

Friends and foes are present.

Not too far, she spotted Neji, the person she utterly waited. She decided to confront him.

"Hey! Neji, so how long you been here?" Ino smiled at him.

He has no emotions. "Not too long, happy birthday, your gift is in the counter."

He said in monotone.So all my gifts are in the counter, huh? Ino thought.

"So, did you already eat?" Ino asked, fluttering her eyelashes.

"Not yet." He said without changing the tone of his voice.

So this freaking guy won't compliment how beautiful I look like right now? Isn't he going to give me a peck on a cheek? Just what the fuck is wrong with this fucking guy! So insensitive! Ino muttered in her thoughts.

"Oh please, enjoy this party for me, help yourself."

He just nodded.

Does he have to be drunk to notice me? This guy is a jerk, correct? Ino cried to herself.

"Oh where's Hanabi anyway? Did she make it?" Ino changed the topic.

"She'll be here any minute now." He said calmly.

"So . . . see yah around."

Ino walked out, she's pissed off!

She saw Deidara with Itachi and Sasuke.

And she confronted them,

"Hey, having fun?" She asked them, but the truth is she's still pissed off because Neji didn't flirt with her or something.

"So princess, looks like you are not having fun in your party, yeah!" Deidara noticed.

"Why do guys have to be so tactless?"

"Huh?" Deidara asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Never mind! So hi Sasuke, Itcahi."

Itachi said a 'hi' and Sasuke just nodded.

"So Itachi, I've known you for like so long and you never told me about your little brother?"

" . . . I don't like talking about someone, that's all."

"Well the party barely started, how is it so far?"

"Fine." Sasuke said without giving any emotion as well.

Oh fucking damn! Why does hot men doesn't know how to define the word 'emotion'. Sasuke is really sexy though Ino thought as she gave a little glance on his flawless face.

"So Sasuke why don't you get something to eat with me?" Ino said with flirtatious smile.

"Sasuke? Not me, yeah?" Deidara sulked.

"Dei, I know you and Itachi for hella long time. Give me a chance to know someone new." Ino replied as she looked at Sasuke.

"Alright . . . since it's your birthday I'll forgive yeah, un!"

"So?" Ino looked at Sasuke.

He stood up and he followed her.

"So is it wine, rum, whisky, cognac, champagne or tequila?" Ino asked him.

"Champagne will do." He said plainly.

"Oh alright. I am going to have rum." Ino informed him.

Sasuke poured her glass some rum and then pour his glass some champagne.

"Thanks." Ino said.

Ino sat down on a settee with Sasuke.

"So why didn't you bring your girlfriend or maybe a wife?" Ino asked bluntly.

"I don't have any."

Ino is shocked to what he had said.

Hot as him doesn't have a woman . . . Don't tell me he's . . . Eve not Adam. Ino garbled in her thought.

"Oh okay, but you are interested in women, right?" the blonde-haired woman inquired again.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Are you questioning my sexuality, Ms. Yamanaka?"

"No, no, of course . . . not . . . I think."

"You think." He repeated.

"Can you just answer my question . . . I mean you're sexy—oh scrape that, I mean your features are like a dream guy . . . I am just asking in case I might like you in the future—y'know."

She's the first person who questioned his gender . . . well at least in front of him.

"I'm heterosexual."

Ino sighed as she put her hand on her chest.

"That's a huge relief." Ino confessed.

"What makes you think that . . . I'm not?"

"Cause you don't have a woman . . . You are really hot . . . I mean most of my guy friends are single but they at least had a love life . . . well maybe Shika never had one but I have a feeling he likes someone."

"I never had as well." He confessed.

"Eh? But you said you are interested in women . . . don't tell me you are interested in women but you are more interested in men."

He smirked as he sipped his champagne.

"Not in your life . . . I just haven't find her yet."

"What do you mean? You are 11 in the of scale 1 through 10."

"Women are infuriating."

"So not! You are just a chauvinist!" Ino protested.

First, she questioned my gender . . . and now she called me a sexist? Sasuke thought.

Ino sipped her rum.

"You said you never had a love life . . . that doesn't mean you're still a virgin, right?"

Ino whispered on him.

"Eww! A woman questioned your virginity. What could get any worse, yeah?" a voiced from their behind asked.

"Dei, we are talking privately . . . don't be nosy!"

"I thought you wanna know if he still a virgin or not, un!"

Ino blushed.

"What the—I?"

"The answer is . . . he's not a virgin no more, he--"

"Dei, stop! Too much info . . . you can go now."

Deidara went away.

Sasuke looked fiercely at Deidara.

"Sasuke, don't feel uncomfortable to me." Ino smiled on him.

"I don't."

Ino smiled on him and kissed him softly in his cheek.

"See yah around."

Ino stood up and went away.

Sasuke is honestly quite disappointed because she's going hang around with someone else, but he will never admit that.

Ino stood from the settee they were sitting and went to the center.

"Guys! Guys! Guys! I need your attention!" Ino shouted to everyone.

People stopped what they were doing and look at Ino.

"Alright, first and foremost, I wanna thank you all for attending to my and Shika's party. We appreciated it whole-heartedly. Please enjoy and help yourselves. Thank you!" Ino announced as she raises her glass of rum to have a toast.

People raised their drinks to have a toast with her.

"Once again, enjoy this party for me and Shika." Ino reminded them again.

People cheered on her.

Ino walked out from the center and joined some people on the huge table.

Particularly because those people in that table are hot and sexy.

What could you possibly wish more if there's Neji, Itachi, Sasori, Sasuke, Deidara, Shikamaru, Naruto and Kiba in one table. They are amazing and successful.

"Hey!" Ino sat down next to Shikamaru.

"Happy birthday, princess." Sasori greeted her.

"Oh Sasori, darling! I really do appreciate your presence!" Ino faked a smile to him.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru lazily sipped his tequila.

"Ino!" a polite voice from her back exclaimed.

"Oh my gosh! Hanabi! You were late!" ino said as she hugged her.

"Happy birthday!"

"Thanks!" Ino gave her gratitude.

Hanabi is a sister to her. Hanabi hates her real sister's personality; it is because Hinata doesn't have a 'moral fiber' to stand for herself. When Ino was in high school, she used to hang around with Hinata so she can be with Neji . . . and then she met Hanabi and they became so close. Hanabi idolize Ino because of her personality.

"You will love my gift." Hanabi said as she smiled.

"What is it?" Ino asked excitedly.

"Secret."

"Alright . . . it's from you then of course I would love it."

Hanabi sat down with Ino and sigh.

"What's your problem, Hanabi? I can tell you have one."

"Nothing it is just Konohamaru again . . . why guys have to be so insensitive and stupid?"

"Most of them are." Ino agreed to what she said.

"Hey! Don't be a bigot, yeah!" Deidara protested.

"Troublesome, women are too." Shikamaru shot back.

"I am chasing him for 3 years now and he doesn't even know. What hurt the most is he keeps asking that Moegi girl out even though she is always dumping him."

"Do you think 3 years is long? I love someone for almost a decade and half now and he doesn't even know."

Shikamaru just sighed.

"15 years? You serious? Who is this lucky guy?" Kiba inquired her.

"Kiba, you don't know who?" Naruto asked him back.

"You do? Who?" Kiba inquired, amazed.

Ino glared at Naruto. Nevertheless, Naruto ignores it.

Oh, fuck, better shut it . . . Neji's in front of you. Ino cursed at her thoughts.

"It's Shikamaru." Naruto replied with confident tone.

Ino sighed. "Thank God he's stupid." Ino whispered.

"Shika? I love him more than two decades now . . . but not in that way. We are just best friends." Ino informed him.

Ouch. Shikamaru thought.

"Milove, you love someone else when you were dating Sasori, un?" Deidara asked.

"Nice question . . . hell yes! Sasori even knew who it is." Ino answered him bluntly.

"And we broke up because of that." Sasori said in monotone.

"Excuse me? I was a good girlfriend to you . . . it was your fault, remember?—I saw you screwing some prostitute. Don't fucking start with me cause I had enough with that relationship." Ino remembered.

"Prostitute? Now that was really lame." Itachi commented without emotion.

"Ino, Kiba and I are going to the buffet. We'll be right back." Naruto said as he walked off with Kiba.

"Oh Ino!" Someone called her name.

Oh joy, it's Karin the queen of the sluts. Ino thought.

"Karin, nice to see you!" Ino said back.

"Still whoring hot guys, eh?" Karin affronted with nasty leer.

"Damn right, I still do . . . so how 'bout you? Still whoring any guys . . . hot and not?" Ino insulted her.

She hates Karin with passion.

Karin glared at her.

"C'mon Karin, let's eat." Tayuya dragged her to the buffet, so she can prevent a commotion.

Ino turned her attention to the guys.

"Sorry 'bout that." Ino heaved a sigh.

"Who is she?" Deidara asked.

"Just think about this . . . if screwing someone can extend a life, then she's an immortal by now." Said Ino with loathe.

"In short, she's a slut." Said by someone.

Ino turned her head over her shoulder.

"Temari? You made it; I thought you won't be here?" Ino said as she cheek-to-cheek her.

"That's not possible; I tried my best to get out of work tonight so I can spend time with you and of course with him." Temari whispered the last five words.

Temari is a cosmologist and one of Ino's closest friends. She loves Shikamaru . . . a lot but Shikamaru doesn't love her back yet . . . since he loves someone else. Cough-Ino-cough.

"Want to sit in my seat?" Ino taunted Temari. She offered her seat so she can sit next to Shikamaru.

It's not a secret to Shikamaru or everyone else that Temari loves him.

Ino stood up and Temari replaced her seat.

The whitish blond sat beside Sasuke and Neji.

"Temari, did you see Sakura and Kin . . . I haven't seen those bitches . . . yet." Ino asked the dirty-blond hair.

"Sakura said she'll be late and don't ask me about Kin cause you know how much I hate that bitch." Ino smirked to what Temari said.

Temari winked at Ino.

"Huh? What does wink suppose to mean?" Inquired Ino, she's confused.

"You know . . . you told me that you were waiting for this day to come." Temari replied.

"Oh that! Close it Temari."

"What is that, un?" Deidara asked.

"You don't have to know . . . it's not about you." Ino said with a lame tone.

"You are keeping a secret to me now, huh?" Deidara pitied himself.

"I always keep my secret to you, Dei. Do you even know who the guy I love for half of my life now, you don't, right?" Ino said.

"Ino, how about go with me at the buffet, I haven't eaten yet." Temari said as Ino nodded.

"Later guys!" Ino exclaimed on them.

She faded away with Temari.

"Itachi, do you know who the guy she's talking about, yeah?" Deidara asked him.

"Of course I do." Itachi smirked.

"Who is it then, un?"

"He's here." Itachi informed.

In that table, only three people know who it is.

Those three people are Itachi, Sasori and of course her best friend, Shikamaru.

"So Ino loves me for 15 years now? But I only know her for like 6 years, yeah!" Deidara said.

"Then, that can't be you." Sasori said as he rolled his eyes.

"Don't tell me it's . . . you Itachi, un!" Deidara cried.

"Nah." Shikamaru answered idly.

"Then the only choice—"

Deidara was cut out by Ino.

"Oh my Lord have mercy on me! Guys, I need someone . . . I need someone to act as if he's my boyfriend—"

"What's the matter, princess?" Sasori asked her.

"My dad . . . he'll be here any minute now and I told him I have a boyfriend and he wants to meet him. My dad wants me to have a family as soon as possible—you know he said I am getting older and crap and I have to get settled." Ino explained wearily.

"I volunteer then, un!" Deidara said.

"No! My dad knows you, Dei. You can't be my boyfriend. I told him that he hadn't met him yet, and—"

"Ino, my dear little girl. Happy birthday!" Her dad called out as he hugged her.

"Da-daddy!" Ino said nervously.

"So you told me that you have a boyfriend . . . who is it?" Inoichi became serious to the last statement.

"Oh it's . . . its Neji." Ino said as she put her arm on his.

Deidara spitted his drink and holds his laughter.

Shikamaru muttered 'What a pain' and yawned.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

Sasori smirked.

And Itachi didn't give any emotion.

"So you are my daughter's boyfriend, huh?" Inoichi inspects Neji.

Ino stepped on his shoe and looked at him.

"Ow—yes, sir." Neji said as he looked at Ino.

"So, what're you doing for a living?"

"I am an anesthesiologist, sir."

"So are you working the same hospital as her?" Inoichi asked him in very serious tone.

Neji nodded.

"So how many wives did you have or do you still have?"

"None, sir."

Now, Neji feel so uncomfortable.

"Good. Don't hurt her if you don't wanna regret it in the end. And are you planning to marry my daughter? I prefer a church wedding and I want a lot of grandchildren, and—"

Ino cut off his dad and she blushed.

"Dad! You are embarrassing me!" Ino glared at her father.

"I was just assuring, I told you, you are old and I want my grandchildren as soon as possible." Inoichi answered his daughter.

Ino rolled her eyes.

"Dad, I am not old! Maybe you are but I am so not! Dad, if I were you . . . do not start and just go to the buffet and eat . . . please!"

"That's a fine idea since I am fairly starving but I am not done with you yet, Ino Yamanaka." Inoichi said as he walked out.

Ino exhaled noisily and turned to Neji.

"So sorry . . . and thanks. You saved me from a long homily of my father." Ino said.

" . . . Hn." He growled.

"That was funny, un! Your dad wants you to get married and have children rapidly." Deidara bursts out laughing.

"Shut up, Dei. Your mom is like that too, remember?" Ino smirked.

"Alright, I'll shut up, un." Deidara lamely said.

"Neji, I am sorry. Forgimme!" Ino apologized to him.

Neji just stared her heavily.

"That won't happen again, next time it will be Sasuke, I promise."

He didn't say anything and just sipped his drink.

"So I will take that as an 'apology accepted'. Don't worry, if you need someone to pretend as your girlfriend, just call me and I will be there, that's a promise of perpetuity." She said as she raised her right hand.

A/N: Part 1 of the party ended.A lot of things will happen on the party on the next chapter. Everything will be revealed on the next chapter, so please hold on. HanayakaXy, thank you so much.Sorry for my late update. I mean many rough things happened in my life this week. I broke up with my long time boyfriend. We were together for 2 years and we broke up. Please tell me every single mistake I made.