AN: Sorry for the long wait everyone but like I keep saying work and school come first. I know I said it'd be in Shino's POV this time but I start with Sakura to set up the side Hinata/Naruto thing. I hate to leave characters and side plots undeveloped, but after that it's all Shino. Hope this was worth the wait.
Chapter 4: Partying with Dogs
It was the night of Kiba's birthday bash and Sakura was stepping out of the shower drying her hair with the towel before walking over and putting on her underwear. Even though she wasn't sure about it, she had eventually asked Naruto and Sai to come to the party with her. Apparently Ino had already invited Sai, but Naruto was still on the fence. Now though he was coming, she figured it couldn't hurt to just have him and Hinata at the same party. Maybe something would finally happen. She pulled on her capri's and small white tank top before pulling over a see through green t-shirt. She loved how it looked and green highlighted her eyes. She made sure the beetle was out of sight on her left side. She found if she put a little chakra on her finger she could bribe the beetle to move.
She through on some plain brown sandles and towel dried her hair one more time before pulling a comb through it. It was a little early but she needed to grab her teammates and who knew what nonsense they might be attempting when she came to get them. She first went to get Sai who was ready, well he was wearing what he usually did so she suggested he change into more casual cloths as that's what people usually did when attending a party. He then informed her the only other cloths he had were long black pants. She told him that would do and figured she could steal something from Naruto's for him.
Sure enough they made it to Naruto's to open the door and see female Naruto in all her busty glory in an outfit that would make a stripper blush. Sakura promptly pummeled him and told him she would only take him to the party as a guy. After some fighting, apparently he thought it would be hilarious to hit on Kiba while drunk and then poof back to normal, he relented.
"Why would you go to the party as a girl anyway when you can transform at the party?"
"Because knowing Kiba he's started drinking before the party even started so he might remember a blonde girl actually showing up and might not think anything of it."
"And what if he didn't just flirt with you, what if he groped you or tried to kiss you or something?" He blanched, apparently not thinking that far ahead and instead thanked Sakura for saving him, until she stole a black and red shirt with the fire symbol on it to let Sai borrow. Once again more bickering was had, and she was glad she left early as they made their way to Kiba's. On the way she made small talk with them but couldn't help but fell a little anxious. She knew why and knew she should just put it from her mind, his friendship was more important, at least that's what she kept chanting to herself. She took a deep breath as they approached the house and tried to mentally prepare herself for any and everything.
The party hadn't even started yet and Kiba had two empty beer bottles on the table. Though thankfully he hadn't pulled out the hard liquor...yet.
"Come on Shino why do you seem more up tight then usual? Does it have anything to do with why you actually look nice?" This was accompanied with a smirk and though Kiba couldn't see his eyes he knew Shino looked away. Sure enough Shino was without his jacket, being it was a night party he figured he'd be fine without it as long as he got home tonight. He was wearing green cargo pants and a brown t-shirt with the kanji for 'shinobi' in green and of course his glasses.
"There's nothing wrong with looking good at a party. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's wearing something different tonight." Hinata had entered the room around that part of the conversation.
"Aren't you dressed up because you invited someone to the party tonight as a date?" Shino's face was beat red and Kiba's grin grew as he tried to corner the bug user. 'She always has the worst timing!' He couldn't really be mad at her, it had just slipped while they'd been talking earlier this week that he had invited someone to the party tonight. Somehow Hinata had already jumped to saying he had a 'date.' He felt his heart pound against his ribcage and tried not to think about it, to think about her. How her smile seemed to always calm him, and while her anger was scary, her compassion was one of her truest powers. He fought back a sigh and tried not to think about, like he had been all week. Ever since she had found him in the forest it seemed like she had permanently planted herself in his life, and he was starting to like it, a lot.
"Shit you got a date. Who is it?"
"It's not a date, and it doesn't matter who it is." That was the one thing that really got him down most the time when he did try to think of her like that; regardless of how he felt there was no way she'd like him like that. It's not that he thought her shallow, but while most people had at least one person admit a crush on them in their lives, he had not. He knew it was a combination of his bloodline ability and his aloofness, and knew it was no ones fault but his own. He wanted to get closer with her, but they had just started becoming good friends and he was afraid she'd drop him altogether if he did try to make a move and she didn't like it. 'Why does life have to be so hard?'
"Shino? Earth to Shino. I know you're excited and all but really you gotta keep your head in the game the party has barely started." He looked around and sure enough a few people had already arrived. Ino had come dragging Shikamaru and Choji; Neji had arrived and was talking to his cousin and a handful of other chunin he'd met vaguely were also here. Most of the ones he didn't know were women, and beautiful, which would explain why Kiba invited him.
"I'm fine, I was just thinking about how far I'm going to have to drag your ass tonight to throw it in bed."
"If all goes well tonight I'll get to bed, though not on my own," he said with a wink. Shino gave him a blank stare before walking away to get a drink. He grabbed a wine cooler, enjoying the taste better then beer, and it's not like he was looking to get drunk anyway. He tried to relax as he leaned against a wall watching more people arrive. Sakura was coming to the party and she came because of him so they'd probably hang out most the party, he should just enjoy himself instead of worrying over things that just gave him a headache. He was watching Kiba chug another beer and cuddle up to a pretty brunette when he heard someone call his name.
"Shino!" He turned and smiled seeing Sakura waving at him and he felt his heart skip a beat. He was afraid for a moment when he saw her t-shirt was see though, until he saw the tank top underneath. 'Jeez what kind of girl do I think she is?' It looked good on her, and it seem like the room brightened just a little as she made her way in followed by Sai and Naruto. He wasn't expecting that, but then again it wasn't odd she brought her team. He waved and made his way over.
"Sakura, glad you could make it," he smiled and noticed what might have been a light blush stain her cheeks as she got a better look at him.
"Yeah," she said distantly and he was worried she was spacing out before she continued. "You look really nice tonight, you even decided not to wear your jacket."
"I figured it would be fine since the party's at night."
"Hey Shino! Wow I don't think I've ever seen you without your jacket, you're a lot skinner then I thought," said Naruto making a jab at him. Shino forced himself not to sigh.
"And I don't think I've ever seen you without orange before," he said casually and heard Sakura chuckle and even Sai cracked a smile, though it did look like one of his fake smiles.
"Jeez and you got a sense of humor, though a bad one, you need to learn from the master prankster," he said confidently and pointed his thumb at himself.
"I think I'd rather learn crocheting from Lee," he said blankly again and Sakura held a mouth over her hand to keep her laughing to a minimum. Naruto looked put out and humphed.
"Fine, I'll go where people can appreciate the greatness that is me," he said and stalked away. He turned to look at Sai but found the young man to already be kidnapped by Ino and he didn't know if it was a good or a bad thing but let it be for now.
"I didn't say it before, but you look good too Sakura. I really am glad you could make it," he gave her a sincere smile and was rewarded with a smile of her own.
"Thank you, I rarely get to dress in civilian cloths even though I have plenty of them, it's nice every now and then. By the way wheres the birthday boy? I figured I should give him his gift," she said grabbing the bag she brought with her and pulling out the neck of a bottle which was some high quality and highly potent sake according to the label.
"Maybe you should wait on that. If you give it to him now we'll try to go through the whole bottle tonight, and as funny as that is it's better to not knock the birthday boy out before the party's in full swing."
"Full swing? You mean so you can convince him to do embarrassing things while intoxicated that he can't remember and the next day when telling him what happened embellish a few things," she said with a smirk. He was kind of surprised she had read him so well.
"Remind me never to get on your bad side, you're much to intuitive for your own good."
"Why thank you good sir, now where might the snacks be? He showed her over to the food table to get a few snacks and munch and talk for a while. He grabbed another wine cooler and offered her one which she gratefully took and sipped on. She was telling him about her last visit to Garra a month back when she suddenly stopped mid sentence. She was staring at something behind him and turned to see Hinata talking to Naruto in a corner blushing like mad.
"Sakura," he called getting her attention.
"Sorry I didn't mean to space out," she said to him even though her attention was on the couple behind him.
"I wasn't sure if I was glad or not that Naruto came tonight, but whatever is going on needs to be sorted out one way or the other," Shino said surprising her with his own intuitiveness.
"I'm kind of surprised, I thought I was the only one who thought that," she said as she saw Hinata shyly meet Naruto's eyes as she continued talking. "I didn't know if I should invite him or not. And when I asked he wasn't sure but I really pushed to get him to come. Things can't stay as they are, they have to move in some direction, they've been stagnate for too long and it's getting painful on both sides." He felt his heart swell in something like pride at her view on the situation at hand. For good or bad she saw something had to happen, and even if it was something bad she'd be there to help Naruto along the way. The same way he'd help Hinata regardless of what happened. "Sometimes I'm afraid I'm too callous or impatient but it's hard to watch when people you care about are involved, don't you think?" He hmmed and nodded his head.
Ever since Hinata's confession she'd been waiting for something, anything, even if it was rejection, though she hoped maybe Naruto would give her a chance. She'd been waiting for so long for just a chance, 'Kind of like me...' He shocked himself with his own thoughts and gave a start that had Sakura asking if he was ok.
"Yeah, just thinking. I hope she at least gets a chance. She deserves that much."
"I know, ever since her confession I kind of stepped back and looked at my own feelings." She captured his attention completely with that one sentence, and left him wondering where this was going. "I've been on a team with Naruto for so long and he always asks me out, but I never thought of him that way, not when there was Sasuke. But, I eventually gave up on Sasuke then I was forced to really look at Naruto." She stopped for a second and had a wistful look on her face. His body felt tense and he had a burning desire to know just how that train of thought ended.
"And, how do you see him? Naruto I mean," he asked trying to sound casual though god knows if he succeeded right now.
"It took me a while and I even considered going on a date with him, but..." 'but...,' he echoed in his head. "The thought of kissing him kind of grossed me out," she finally admitted giggling a little. "Maybe a kiss on the cheek or hugs or something, but I felt really weird and grossed out when I thought about doing anything else with him." Her confession had lifted a weight off his shoulders and he let out a tense breath he didn't know he'd been holding.
"So you love him like a brother," he concluded and saw her nod.
"Something like that. I'm an only child so I can only assume it's something like that. But I guess it's kind of the same for your right?"
"Huh," he replied eloquently, and kicked himself for it. But he giggles reassured him at least his stupidity was cute.
"I mean you're an only child too right so you're not too sure on how it is to have a sibling?"
"Ah, well kind of." Her questioning glace made his heart beat a little faster as she seemed really interested and her whole attention was on him, he kind of liked it. "I don't have siblings, but I have a small cousin, Miyon, she's only 4 but I babysit her a lot and I like spending time with her."
"Oh I didn't know that. I thought maybe your clan wasn't that large because I didn't notice any kids and I never noticed any other Aburame at school other then you." 'Jeez how'd we accidentally slip into this subject?' He felt his heart flip flop and fought with himself over wanting to tell something and wanting to keep it in his family. Though his mom and dad were trying to make her a part of their family if they had any say in it. But she could also get in trouble if anyone found out she knew.
"Shino are you ok," she asked bringing him out of his revelry. "You seem like something's wrong."
"Ah, well, it's complicated. I'd like to tell you something, but I also don't want to get in trouble and I also don't want to get you in trouble."
"Huh? I'm sorry I'm not following," she said confused. "Listen if it's a problem don't worry about it, it doesn't matter if I know, if it gets us in trouble right?" She finished her current drink and grabbed for another wine cooler. The thing was he did want to tell her. He liked opening up to her because in the end she opened up to him. So even though his mind was yelling at him to stop his heart said he could trust her.
"Sorry if I was being confusing. The thing is this is a clan secret so you can't let anyone know that you know." She sat with rapt attention, clans didn't like to divulge anything about themselves unless they had to, and for him to willingly tell her something important made her special. She blushed but took another drink and listened intently. "The thing is we don't know if it's genetics or the bloodline ability but for some reason the women in my clan have fertility problems. And since we tend to marry within the family a lot causes a lot of problems."
"That's why there aren't a lot of kids in your compound," she whispered seemingly shocked she had missed something so big.
"Yeah, actually my mother had three miscarriages before she had me." Sakura gasped and he thought he saw her starting to tear up before blinking them back and looking at him with a fire in her eyes that had a warmth welling up within him.
"That's horrible. Your clan needs to see Tsunade, she isn't specifically into gynecology and fertility but I know she can help you!" She seemed to determined to help, like this was one of the greatest atrocities she'd ever heard and she'd do whatever it took to make it better. He felt touched she seemed so determined to help his clan.
"Umm Sakura sorry but I didn't finish. Actually we did see Tsunade which is why I have my cousin." Sakura took a second to process and probably do math and a light seemed to go over her head signaling she'd figured out his four year old cousin came about the first year Tsunade was hokage.
"Ah, jeeze don't I seem like an idiot now, of course your clan would seek out the best medic nin in the country to help them." She tucked some hair behind her ear and her face was beat red and he had the urge to touch the side of his face. He was shocked when he looked to see his hand half raised before he got it under control and put it behind him to keep it from disobeying him. 'Jeeze I can't even control my own body...ok that sounded wronger then it should.'
"Sorry I just didn't finish telling you is all. You're not stupid at all. I thought it was really kind of you to get so worked up about my family even though you don't know us that well." She turned her head and caught his eyes in her own and they seemed to be stuck staring at each other and he tried to make sure his mischievous hand wasn't trying something without his permission again. Eventually it was her who broke the stare by closing her eyes and smiling.
"Thank you, you're really sweet." His heart was in his throat and he didn't trust himself to talk right then. 'Sweet? When was the last time I was called sweet?' "Though Shino," she said dragging him back to reality again. "Why is it you only have one new cousin even though Tsunade's been here for four years?"
"Ah well that's because of the fertility problem to begin with. You see because we have fertility problems a lot of my family have huge age gaps. My cousin's mother was 33 when Tsunade helped her get pregnant. The next age up in my family is an aunt who is 47 and can't have kids anymore. Then I have another cousin 3 years older then me, 20, but he isn't married yet. And then there's me, and then there's Kimiko who's 4."
"Ah so right now there's only 3 even able to have children and only one is married, that makes sense. Hopefully though in the future Tsunade can fix that."
"I hope so too, Kimiko's mother had two miscarriages before asking Tsunade for help. And Kimiko is old enough now she wants to try again. Having more then one child in my family is extremely rare. I think the last time that happened was my grandfather and his brother."
"That does seem really odd, well I'm glad things look good for your family. I mean in the future it will help you too right?"
"What do you mean?"
"When you try to have kids I mean," she said it like it was obvious but just mentioning kids made him think of who he'd like to have kids with, and that led to thinking about how they'd go about making kids, of pink hair and warm skin, and he started choking on his drink. His red face having nothing to do with his lack of air. She patted him on his back but that did nothing to help cool his mind. 'The hell was I thinking?' Just as he was getting his breathing back under control and went to say something he was interrupted.
"There you are," came the gruff voice of one Inuzuka Kiba. "Man Shino I was beginning to think you ditched me." As he approached he saw Sakura standing next to him her hand still on his back and he smirked. "So this is your date? Damn never thought you had a thing for Sakura but I can definitely see what's so appealing," he said raking her over with his eyes. He felt a growl in his throat and knew Kiba had heard him. As much as he hated to say it he had to clear this up before Sakura got mad.
"She's not-"
"Kiba if you keep this up you might not get your present." Sakura was playing with him as she sang the last sentence and smirked.
"Present?"
"It is your birthday. But I was told brats don't get presents on their birthdays. So are you going to keep being a brat?" He seemed to be contemplating it, though considering how long the party had been going he could have also been buzzed and trying to comprehend the situation.
"Depends on what it is," he finally shot back. She picked up her bag, grabbed the neck of the bottle and held it out in front of her so he could read it. His eyes turned the size of sauces and he instantly became the picture of innocence. "Sakura did I happen to tell you how nice you look tonight? And how glad I am you came, I would have invited you personally but Shino insisted he do it." Shino narrowed his eyes and suppressed a growl. 'That ass hat, what's he think he's up to!'
"Fine fine you can stop kissing my ass now Kiba," she said with a grin and handed the bottle over to him. He grabbed the neck of the bottle but as she was pulling her hand away he stopped her by grabbing her wrist.
"Oh come on Sakura, you don't expect me to drink this on my own do you?" Shino couldn't tell if he was flirting or teasing but he didn't like it one bit.
"Kiba, maybe you should just take your present and find someone else who can appreciate it with you," he said in a deceptively calm voice.
"Oh come on she's the hokage's apprentice. Everyone knows what Tsunade's like, I just want to know if the apprentice is as good as the teacher," he said still not letting go of her hand. Though he felt a little less threatened now, it seems he was trying to tease and provoke instead of flirt, he still didn't like the situation.
"Kiba I seriously doubt-"
"I accept," Sakura cut in.
"What?" It was simultaneously shouted from both Kiba and Shino.
"You wanna know what kind of skills I got Inuzuka then I accept your challenge," she said with a smirk. She waltzed over to a small end table, grabbed two chairs and dragged them on either side before plopping the bottle down in the middle of the table. Kiba smirked and went to the kitchen to get some shot glasses while Shino was at her side trying to talk her out of it.
"Sakura you really don't have to do this. Kiba is just being an ass. There's no reason to do this."
"Don't worry Shino I'll be fine. I'm no lightweight."
"I didn't say you were, but Kiba on the other hand is definitely a heavyweight. He won't stop til one of you falls over."
"Good, then we have an understanding," she said smirking as Kiba sat two shot glasses down and they stared at each other like the competitors they were. He instead stood next to her in case Kiba did drink her under the table and she needed help.
"You can still back out if you want," Kiba all but taunted.
"You'd like that wouldn't you," she said and grabbed her shot glass turning it right side up. He turned his over also and popped the cork on the bottle. Shino's eyes watered from the smell alone, that had to be strong enough to knock out an elephant. He couldn't step in and stop it, not now. It's not like he could make Sakura back down. 'I'll just have to make sure nothing happens to her. Jeeze I got a bad feeling about this.'
It started with one shot, they both took it like champs and it seemed like not much had happened. They waited a minute to make sure the other wasn't backing down before they did their second, once again nothing much. The third time around Kiba's eyes watered and he held back a cough but they heard it. Some more taunts thrown and they threw back their fourth, this time Sakura made a face as the hard liquor hit her stomach, but she wouldn't back down. Shino tried to get them to slow down and after their fifth shot they agreed to a five minute break, more or less to use the bathroom. They made it back to the table though both seemed slightly off balance and Shino once again whispered to Sakura to just let it go, it didn't matter.
"It matters to me," she said, she surprised the hell out of him by grabbing his shirt and pulling him almost on top of her so she could whisper in his ear. "Watch me." So up to the ninth shot they were both looking worse for wear and Kiba almost fell out of his seat once. Sakura was having trouble keeping her eyes focused but kept her hand on her glass to at least make sure she could grab the glass. It came down to their eleventh shot, both of them were looking fucked up, and Shino had half a mind to just take her and leave, he didn't think she'd be able to fight back at this point, but for some reason she was determined to do this so he just watched at her side. They held the glasses in the air and slowly (probably because their depth perception was off) brought the glasses together to clink before they both threw the shot back. There was no initial reaction, after a minute Sakura started coughing and Shino grabbed her a water as it seemed like she couldn't stop. She took a deep drink and sighed before looking back to Kiba. Kiba...was sitting there. He hadn't moved, even blinked, since his last shot and Shino was starting to get worried.
"Kiba?" Kiba went to turn his head towards his friend when his eyes rolled in the back of his head and he fell over sideways half on a couch, half on the floor. He sighed, it looked like the duel was over. He made sure Sakura wasn't going to be falling out of her seat and then went and dragged Kiba to lay across his couch, hopefully to sleep a little of this off. Once he was sure he was laying there comfortably he went back to Sakura. "Sakura are you al right?"
"Shino, did you see me?"
"Of course I saw you I was here the whole time."
"I did it, I beat Kiba!" He felt the corners of his mouth twitch up, but really he couldn't help it, she seemed so excited, like it was a real accomplishment. She grabbed the bottle and he was ready to grab it away from her, but she shook it around a little listening, and after a minute she poured a shot in her shot glass again.
"Sakura I think you've had enough," he said some panic creeping into his voice.
"It's not for me silly." He let out a sigh of relief. "It's for you." Too soon.
"No thanks Sakura I'm not really a liquor person." Her face fell and she looked like he said he just kicked her cat.
"Come on it's only one. And it's to celebrate my win over Kiba. Come on one won't hurt you," she pleaded. He wanted to turn her down he really did, but with those big green eyes staring up at him, and how close she was as she held onto him to try and get him to drink. He sighed.
"Fine, but that's it." He grabbed the glass from her hand and his eyes watered from the smell of it. He stared at the seemingly innocent clear liquid, but he knew better. In one go he plugged his nose, opened his mouth, and let the vile tasting stuff slide down his throat. His eyes began watering and he coughed a few times trying to get rid of the taste. He felt it hit his stomach like a rock before slowly spreading throughout his stomach leaving a warm tingling feeling behind. He took a minute to recover and saw Sakura very close to him smiling.
"Sakura?"
"You know that was technically an indirect kiss right," she said so out of the blue and calmly he tripped and slid to the ground staring up at her gaping at her. But she was right, he looked to the glass he just drank from and sure enough he saw where her lip gloss had smeared on the glass. He hesitantly ran his tongue along his lips and tasted strawberry lip balm. He felt like his heart was fighting to get out of his chest and he did his best to keep in where it was. All she did at his antics were giggle. "You're so cute when you're flustered, I might just have to do that more often." He tried to pull himself together and got back to his feet. 'The hell? Is she...is she flirting with me?'
"Why don't we go outside and get some air?" He figured the air would do them both some good, and if she tried something cute like that again at least there wouldn't be witnesses. He tried to help her up but she tripped and slid to the floor. He sighed, got better footing and picked her up bridal style. He expected her to object, but on the contrary she put her arms around his neck and snuggled into him. His face was beat red but if anyone asked it was the alcohol. He made his way outside on the porch towards the far corner of the yard where there was a hammock between two maple trees. He sat down on it first, sitting up on the edge before slowly rolling her over on it, she lay on her back, he legs dangling over the edge since they were sitting on it the short way. He stayed upright not trusting her or himself not to do something stupid. Not that he didn't want to, but he figured when she woke up the next morning she'd be pissed. But then again she was flirting with him, that was a good sign wasn't it?
"Are you feeling ok?' It was funny as she was the one asking him. She had 11 shots of the stuff, he only had one.
"Yeah, I was more worried about you. That's a lot of alcohol for such a small body." She laughed and rolled on her left side to face him.
"Says you, you've never seen all my body," she said with a wink that caught his heart in his throat as his eyes roved over her long neck down the front of her shirt where he could see her cleavage.
"Yeah you're right, sorry I didn't mean anything by it."
"Are you sure about that?"
"E-excuse me?" He was definitely out of his comfort zone. He liked that she was flirting with him but he was worried it was only because she was drunk and he was the closest guy to her right now. She could be demanding when she was sober, but now she was down right dominant. He felt like a mouse being stalked by a cat, the only problem was he was pretty sure he wouldn't mind being caught.
"You look so cute when you're flustered, like when you got so wound up about the indirect kiss." His face could rival a tomato and he turned his eyes away from her hoping getting her out of his line of view would help calm him down. He knew what he should do, he should leave and let her sit out here and cool off and work off some of the alcohol. He could even get Naruto, Sai, or even Ino to come over and help him figure out what to do with her. But he couldn't bring himself to leave her side, or look her in the eye, just in case...something did happen. He knew it could potentially ruin their new friendship, but he'd never wanted something so badly, never wanted someone so badly and it was hard to even move if it was away from her. "It makes me wonder," she said softly and he turned his head unsure if she said more. Where she was leaning against him before she shuffled her weight and he fell back on the hammock, one of her arms planted on the other side of his body effectively trapping him as she slowly leaned closer to his face. "What would you do...about a real kiss..." The last part was nothing more then a whisper on his lips as her eyes slid closed and her mouth found his.
His mind was reeling and he couldn't hold onto one feeling long enough to decipher it. All but one, want, he wanted to hold her, to touch her, taste her, breath her. She was everything, all around him, all encompassing him. He was vaguely aware of his own lips moving across hers and he groaned as she lowered her upper body onto his, feeling her soft chest pushing against his own as her hand found its way into his hair. It may have been moments, it might have been ten minutes, but at that time there was only him and her, and their warmth and he never wanted to leave. He knew then and there if when she sobered up there was even the slightest chance of being more then friends he'd take it. She moaned slowly parting her lips and he tasted strawberry again for a minute before he felt her tongue against his and his control was gone. He put his arms around her and rolled her onto her back, she giggled a little as their lips broke contact but it was only for a moment and then his mouth was back on hers and their hands were busy exploring the others bodies. His hands found the bottom of her shirt and timidly let his fingers slide under the bottom of the fabric to feel her warm skin beneath his fingers. His heart was beating in his throat and he wasn't sure how he was able to breath at this point. She gasped his name, "Shino," and he felt himself coming undone, until he heard his name again, but it wasn't from the girl beneath him.
"Shino," the call came again from the house. He slowly pulled his lips away from Sakuras to see her panting and flushed beneath him and it took everything he had to turn his head towards the house to see a flustered Hinata calling for him. He had no doubt in his mind she'd already used byakugan to see where he was and what he was doing and was doing the polite thing by calling for him from a distance to only indirectly break it up. "Please I need help," she continued. "Lee challenged Kiba to a run through Konoha, and Kiba said he'd do it naked." He felt his heart sink and let his head fall. He was being pulled away because his damn friend was a drunken fucktard! His eyes went to Sakura and she seemed disappointed but sighed and relented.
"Go on, you can't leave poor Hinata to him alone, god knows what would happen to her." Her didn't want to, but agreed as he rolled off of her, trying to fixed his rumpled cloths and banish the thought of her hands exploring his body from his mind...for now. "Don't worry I'll have Ino take me home," she said reading his expression as he got up and looked back at her.
"Sorry again, I told you he'd do something like this." He turned to go but felt a hand on his sleeve and turned back just in time for her to pull him down by the cuff of his shirt for one more quick kiss before she let him go.
"Thanks Shino, I had fun." With that she slowly pulled herself to her feet and started for the house and he was left gobsmacked until Hinata called him back to reality. 'When I find that mutt, I'm going to fix him," he though as he saw Sakura swagger off to the party and he made his way after Hinata down the road.
AN: So what did you think of Shino's POV? I can easily slip back into Sakura POV or go to Shino or do both next chapter, what do you guys think?