Shikari spun her stool around to face him. She had the kind of drunken free spirit that made Kiba laugh.

"So, you going to buy us shots or what?" She asked, scooting closer to him. Kiba cracked a smile and waved down the bar tender, he poured two shots of liquor and Shikari shot hers down faster than Kiba could even get the drink to his mouth.

"how've you been, key-buh" the way she enunciated his name made him smile.

"Just rocking out the shinobi thing, ya know." She smiled at him. Grabbing his hand and pulling him out on to the dancefloor. A fast pace song rang through building and Shikari was hitting every beat. Kiba watched the drunken girl as she wrapped her arms around his neck and grinded her body into him. Kiba allowed his body to respond, grabbing her hips as she swayed into him. He'd never noticed how breathtaking she was up close. Not that either of them would remember this in the morning, but he Kiba tried to tell his drunken mind this was important.

As the songs changed, Shikari grabbed Kiba by the back of the neck, pulling his ear down to her "wanna step outside, get some air?" Kiba smiled, grabbing the youngest Nara by the hand guiding her to the door. Once outside Shikari threw her hands up spinning in a circle. "I like to breathe. I like being outside" she giggled to the inuzuka. At this point both parties had seperated into their own couples or friends, shikamaru had Temari, so Shikari wasn't so worried for her anymore.

"Wanna walk?" Kiba asked her. Shikari smiled at him, grabbing his arm, he took her lack of an answer as a yes. As they stumbled along the streets of konoha they ended up near the inuzuka clans property. Akamaru came hurdling up to greet his favorite human. "Hey buddy" he said petting the white dog. Shikari stood back, observing.

"I love dogs so much" she blurted out, Kiba laughed, pulling her towards akamaru for her to pet. The began walking further and Shikari took off her heels, opting to walk barefoot.

"Suna is THE WORST For walking barefoot" she said with a giggle. They chatted as they approached Kibas home.

"I really didn't intend to bring you back -" he was interrupted by shikaris lips on his. He reached and opened the door to his home, guiding her inside. Who was he to stop her from falling all over him? He picked her up, and Shikari wrapped her legs around Kibas waist. She weighed practically nothing. He sat her on his kitchen island, breaking their kiss.

"Did you want another drink?" He asked Shikari thought about it and shook her head

"I better not" Kiba was slightly disappointed as the words fell out of her mouth. "Sai wants me to go look at rings with him for Ino, tomorrow. I need to function" she spoke, and a look of horror crossed her face "DONT TELL SAI I TOLD YOU." She blurted out. Kiba laughed again.

"Everyones getting married and settling down" Kiba said, pulling a couple bottled waters out of his fridge tossing one to Shikari, she didn't catch it.

"Kiba. I'm dunk. my sense of anything is shit right now, sir" she stared at the bottle on the floor. He picked it up and sat it beside her.

"I can't believe my brother beat me to alter" she said suddenly

"I can't believe Naruto beat us all"

Shikaris gaze shifted to her bare feet. "I can. I thought it'd be me that he married though." Kiba prodded her with questions, and she opened up about when they were kids how they'd lay in the grass and naruto would talk of himself being hokage and how they'd have this wonderful life together. She told Kiba how she always knew Naruto would be a good husband. Kiba listened intently as she talked, he sat on his bar stool as she laid back on his island.

They talked and opened up about their lives. Her touring and his missions. Dating lives and that. It almost turned into a game, they moved to his couch and Kiba rubbed her feet and told her about growing up with his mom and sister

"Hana has six years on me, I was young when Dad left, and when mom had to leave for missions, Hana took care of me. We've always been really close" Shikari smiled at the inuzuka.

"Older siblings are the best, man. I hated when shikamaru watched over me like I was incompetent of taking care of myself. After I found out Naruto had been seeing Hinata behind my back, I had never seen shikamaru so furious. I mean obviously everyone got over that, but still. It always nice to know they have your back no matter what the situation. Shikamaru has seen me play more times than I could count, honestly. I think he's more proud than my parents ever were or could be, he would never come.out and say it though"

Kiba observed the way her eyes sparkled talking about shikamaru. It was almost like he hung the stars in the sky.

"so are you mad you're not his best man?" Kiba asked with a laugh.

"Oh no. I'm Temaris maid of honor. I've known Temari for a loooong time. I actually dated Kankuro for a bit." Shikari let out a light laugh at the memory

"You dated a guy who plays with dolls?"

"Puppets. And It didn't last long. He wanted to be really serious. I just wanted a fling and got caught up somehow."

Kiba liked hearing her talk. they were both starting to sober up, hours had pay and it was in the wee hours of the morning. "would you like me to walk you home, it's getting late" Shikari smiled.

"Kicking me out, already? "

"No it's not like tha-" Shikari smiled, crawling over to the end of the couch Kiba was sitting on.

"I thought we might watch a movie or something. I don't really feel like trecking all the way home, and I've been enjoying your company, inuzuka"

Kiba got up and searched through the movies sitting on his entertainment center, naming off different ones he owned, deciding on a horror flick, much to his surprise.

Kiba walked back over to the couch, sitting down beside shikari. Kiba wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and she snuggled in to Kibas surprise. They continued chatting throughout the movie, mainly about the incredible stupidity of characters in horror movies. Shikari told him how her and shikamaru used to do the very same thing when they were young. Kiba told her Hana would sneak and let him watch the scary movies when his mother wasn't home. At some point in a memory he was telling her about, Shikari had passed out.

Kiba smiled lightly at her. He picked her up and carried her to his bedroom for the evening.