A/N: Chapter 7 finally! I'm sorry for making you wait, I was a bit lazy and tired this week! I'll try to upload sooner next time!
Thank you for the review! ^^
To Mizuki-Hyuga: I was referring to your comment in chapter 6. I was happily surprised by it, thank you once again! Also you asked if I could make Shikamaru end up with Temari, I really can't tell you, because I haven't decided it yet. Personally I like both, Shikaino and Shikatema, equally, so it depends on how the story turns out later on. I hope you'll still enjoy my story not matter, which of them Shikamaru ends up with :)
There's a little more Tenten is this chapter, but there will be more of her in the next!
I apologize for any grammar/spellings errors there may/might be :)
Main pairing(s): Nejiten
Side pairing(s): Naruhina, Sasusaku, InoShikaTema and possible a few more
Warning(s): OOCness, swearwords
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
ENJOY!
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Date me
Chapter 7: Love in the air?
"A dating profile? You got to be kidding me?" Shikamaru's mouth was wide open in shock, and he looked at Neji with disbelieve in his eyes. Neji shrugged his shoulders and replied calmly:
"No, sadly I'm not. Hinata thought I should get a love life, although I personally don't see the need of one. Girls are nothing more than gold diggers, if you ask me" Shikamaru looked at Neji, then the laptop screen, then Neji again, then the screen and finally back at Neji once again, only this time with a raised eyebrow.
"Really?" Shikamaru said in an asking manner.
"Yes" Neji answered shortly. There was a long awkward silence between the two males. In the end Shikamaru sighed, his curiosity got the best of him.
"Okay, tell me, Neji. Who is she?" Shikamaru asked demanding. Neji was talking aback by Shikamaru's forwardness and looked pretty shocked as he asked:
"She? Who? I don't know what you are talking about?" Shikamaru merely looked at him suspiciously while he lifted a cocky eyebrow.
"Neji, we may only have been partners for 3 years, but we have known each other for longer and been friends since we were 19. So I know you, maybe even better than you known yourself" Shikamaru pointed out while he crossed his arms over his chest. Neji looked at him and finally said:
"Maybe… there are… I mean is someone…" His voice was low and it sounded almost as he was mumbling the last part. Shikamaru didn't say anything at first, he merely looked at Neji and a small smile appeared on his face.
"Sooo… Neji, are ready to tell me who she is?" Shikamaru finally asked him. Neji looked blankly at him before he sighed and said:
"Fine, I tell you, but I can't say much because I don't even know her name", Neji laughed bitterly at himself, "All I know is that she have the most beautiful face on earth, flawless skin, brown hair with matching brown eyes and an adorable smile that makes you feel all fluffy and- WHY AM I EVEN TELLING YOU THIS?" Neji yelled out. Shikamaru chuckled at him and said:
"Sound like someone has got a crush on a stranger, so-" Shikamaru's sentence was cut off when someone knocked on the door.
*knock* *knock*
Both Neji and Shikamaru sighed. Neji in relief while Shikamaru in disappointment.
"Who's there?" Neji finally asked.
"Ehm Mr. Hyuuga… is me, Miss Yamanaka. You knew your new secretary. Can I come in? I'm on time" The female voice said from the other side of door.
"New secretary?" Shikamaru asked with a raised eyebrow. Neji merely groaned.
"Not what you think" Neji said with a deadly calm voice, before he turned toward the door and said:
"Do come in, Miss Yamanaka" The door opened up and the blond secretary walked in. She scanned the room over and almost fell backward when she saw Shikamaru standing with a blank look on his face.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt! I'll leave immediately if I have to" She said while she bowed to hide her slightly red cheeks.
"No need, me and Mr. Nara here had just finished talking anyway" Neji said smugly. The blond sighed in relief.
"Okay, well what shall I do, Mr. Hyuuga?" The blond asked politely. Shikamaru slowly made his way toward the open door, but-
"Mr. Nara, do me a favor and show Miss Yamanaka around here" Neji voice was direct and calm as stone.
Shikamaru looked at the blond, Miss Yamanaka, she was a classic blond: Sky blue eyes, beach blond hair, fair skin, pink lips, great figure and nicely dressed in black and white. She wasn't bad looking at all, a paler, blonder and maybe sweeter version of Temari, if he had to compare her to anyone.
"Sure" Shikamaru nodded his head and turned towards the blond," Miss Yamanaka?" Shikamaru turned to the blond, who nodded and said:
"Of course, if it isn't too much to ask for" she said with a small smile. Shikamaru nodded and returned her smile.
Neji looked as the two left his office. After they had left, he took a sit in his big chair and looked at the laptop screen in front of him.
"Should I try to give this site another chance?" He mumbled to himself, while tapping one finger on the laptop.
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"Sooo Hinata, what do you want to order?" Naruto asked Hinata with a big smile, Hinata smiled shyly back at him and replied:
"Umm I'm not sure… Oh, they have raspberry sorbet ice cream!" Hinata's eyes brightened up.
"Eh? Sorbet? What's that?" Naruto asked cluelessly, Hinata looked up from the menu card and gave him a warm smile.
"Is just ice cream made of fruit juice and water instead of milk" She said softly. Naruto nodded his head slowly and took a close look at the menu. There was a long silence between the two. Hinata looked at Naruto with wonder and admire in her eyes, she blushed a faint pink and smiled softly to herself.
"Naruto is so sweet, I wish I could tell him how I feel, but… I fear his respond and his reaction, will he reject me or will he accept my feelings for him… I wish I knew how he feels about me, but he is so hard to read… he is so friendly and nice to everyone… I wish I could translate him, if I could then maybe… I could…-" A loud and very eager voice broke Hinata's thoughts.
"I GOT IT! I KNOW WHAT I WANT!" Naruto yelled out with pure eagerness in his loud voice. Hinata smiled awkwardly at him and blushed after realizing, that she had been daydreaming in front of him. After regaining her own thoughts, Hinata asked:
"Sooo what is it you want, Naruto" Naruto gave her one of his goofy smiles.
"What you are getting! Sor-sor-sor-SORBET ICE CREAM!" Naruto finally manage to say after struggling with the words a bit. Hinata couldn't help, but giggle at him. When she had stopped giggling, she saw that Naruto was looking at her with a curious look on his face.
"Ehm why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong?" She asked softly with faint pink cheeks.
"No, is just… I don't think I have ever heard you giggle, it sounded kinda cute actually" Naruto said as he rubbed the back of his head. Hinata's mind went black.
"Cute? Did Naruto just call me cute?... He did, didn't he? Am I dreaming? It must be a dream, because… because… I'm not what he says I am, am I?... Agh, Hinata quit daydreaming! You are on a dat-I mean hanging out with Naruto! Wake up from dreamland and communicate with him! Hinata!"
"Hinata!" A voice said from afar, Hinata opened her eyes. Everything suddenly became brighter and Hinata found herself looking up into a pair of blue eyes. Hinata blinked again, everything was blurry and all she could see was a big pair of blue eyes, blue like the ocean. So blue, so familiar, so-
"Naruto?" Hinata mumbled out. Everything became clear and indeed the blue eyes were Naruto's, who was learning over her with a worried look on his face. She lifted her body and realized that she had fallen off the chair due to her little daydream. She rubbed her neck and eyes, which both were a little sore or at least her neck was sore.
"What happened?" She finally asked.
"Apparently you started to daydream which resulted in you falling off your chair after having a mental battle with yourself" An unfamiliar voice said from above. Hinata looked up and saw a beautiful brown-haired waitress. The waitress learned down and asked with a soft and concern voice:
"Are you okay?" Her voice had an amazing warmness in it. Hinata was slightly stunned by it, but managed to nod her head.
"I think I am" Hinata replied unsurely. The waitress held her hand out, which Hinata took. When Hinata finally was on her feet again, she looked at Naruto with an apologizing look on her face and said:
"Sorry about that, I don't know what happened, I swear" She could feel her voice almost breaking and she wanted nothing more than to vanish into a black hole. She was talking aback when she saw a smile form itself on Naruto's lips.
"Is okay Hinata, maybe you didn't get enough sleep today. No need to apologize. I'm just glad you're okay" Naruto said to Hinata with an understanding look on his face. He gave her a thump up and smiled brightly at her. Hinata couldn't help, but to smile back at him.
"Awww you two would make such a sweet couple" A female voice said from behind them. They both blushed before they turned towards the voice. Behind them stood the waitress, who had giving Hinata a helping hand, she was smiling nicely at them.
"So are you two ready to order?" The waitress asked, they both nodded and ordered.
"Ehm two raspberry sorbet ice creams, a coke and a glass of water with lemon" Hinata said softly to the friendly waitress. After the waitress had written the orders she left. Hinata looked at the waitress thoughtfully and remembered her conversation with her cousin a few days ago:
*Flashback*
"TELL ME"
"HINATA, LET GO OF MY HAIR!"
"NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME!"
"… Fine" Her cousin finally said, she smiled at herself and her grip on his hair loosened.
"Sooo tell me" She said with eager and curiosity in her voice.
"Well there's not much to tell. She had chocolate brown hair with matching brown eyes, flawless slightly tan skin, slim body with soft curves, a shunning smile and a quiet nice voice, not too loud or too annoyed, just… nice" Her cousin said, his eyes had gone soft and Hinata couldn't help, but smile at him.
This moment, seeing him so soft and with so many emotions in his eyes was a moment she will never forget. She felt kinda bad for him, her cousin wasn't incapable of loving, he was only afraid of it, afraid of being cast aside, afraid of getting hurt.
*End of flashback*
Hinata watched as the waitress returned with their orders, this time she scanned the girl over and took mental notes.
"She had chocolate brown hair", brown hair, check, "matching brown eyes", matching eyes, yep, "flawless slightly tan skin", flawless and quite tan, indeed, "slim body", slim body, check, "curves", curvy she is, "shunning smile", very nice smile too, so check.
"You orders. Two raspberry sorbet ice creams, a coke and a glass of water with lemon, enjoy" The brunette said, she gave a friendly smile before she left.
"quiet nice voice", check, check and check!
"Could she be?... No, it must be a coincidence… I mean... there are many good-looking, nice, brown-haired waitresses in the city... quiet many I assume… Nevermind, if Neji can't find his Miss perfect, he can always ask this waitress out, she seems pretty sweet AND she's a waitress too!" Hinata thought to herself proudly as she took a sip of her lemon water. Naruto was busy eating his sorbet, no manners at all from his side of the table.
"Hey, Hinata! It's yummy!" Naruto said eagerly, Hinata nodded her head and they both smiled happily at each other.
"Who cares if this is a date or not, I'm with Naruto and I wouldn't wish being with anyone else, but him right now" Hinata thought to herself while she smiled.
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*click* *click* click* *click* *click*
Neji tapped away on his laptop, he looked the screen over and over again, but nothing. No one seemed to catch his attention. Already had 20 girls asked him on dates, he had nicely declined them all. They all seemed the same to him, all looks and no brain. But suddenly something or rather someone caught his eye.
"Huh?" Neji looked at a picture of brown-haired girl with matching brown eyes, beautiful facial features and a pretty smile on her lips. He clicked on her to see her profile.
Sassy-Brunette
Age: 25
Birthday: March 9th
Job: Waitress
About me: Hey, I'm not your ordinary brown-haired girl! Sure I have both curves, ass and boobs, but I'm more than just that! I'm kind, trustworthy and a very outgoing person, I always stay true to myself, no matter what! When it comes to love, am I a little hard to get. I have had a lot of bad experiences, when it comes to dating; most of my ex's have cheated on me in some kind of way, which makes it harder for me to trust people in the romantic way – so if you're a player or tend to be very needy, then I'm not the girl for you!
Neji stared at her profile, he was speechless. He thought to himself a few minutes before he took a deep breath and started to tap on the laptop.
Dear Sassy-Brunette, you sound like a very unique and interesting girl, you're not what I picture girls to be like – no, you caught my attention, which people, mostly girls, rarely does. I want to know, if you could be interesting to… perhaps go out with me this Friday? – Upper-class-Hottie
After a bit of hesitation, Neji mange to click:
*send*
He sighed in relief, but to tell the true he now felt even more nervous than he had while sending the message.
"All I can do now, is hope for the best" He mumbled to himself.
To be continued…
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A/N: Finally! Neji has found Tenten's profile, how will she react to his message? Will she accept? Love is indeed in the air!
Ino and Shikamaru met and might get to know each other a little better after their little tour around the building.
Hinata and Naruto, such a cute little pair! Will they ever confess to each other?
No mystery man today guys, sorry! He will come, just you wait!
Thank you for reading! Review and tell me what you think! :D
