A/N: I finally took this off hiatus! But, be warned, if I continue to not get reviews, I'll drop this story faster than you can say, "WHOAMG VOTE OFF SHINJIN!"
Shinjin: Why would anyone want to vote me off???
Me: I don't know, you're in second place to get kicked off. The people seem to want Hinata.
Sakura: I'm losing, right?
Me: Yeah, unfortunately. I guess this won't be a ShinoSaku.
Tenten: If I get kicked off, I get with Neji, right?
Me: We'll know when that time comes, now shut up and let me get on with the story. Oh but…Tenten, I'm always free. ; D
Tenten: 0_0 No thanks… Ino was gone. Temari was gone. It was getting down to not many people. Nobody knew for sure what the outcome would be, but they all were left wondering how much longer they would be around.
Today they all had the day off and the girls planned on spending the day out and then going back to watch the official airing of the first and second episodes with Shino. It would be the first time they saw how everyone else's dates went.
Sakura Haruno yawned and opened her eyes. What a great day it was going to be! They had only one group meeting and then they were free to do anything. So the girls didn't try and delay the meeting at all.
"Morning," Ino said. She wasn't upset about being voted off. Of course, why should she be? She had never felt that way about Shino.
"Good morning," Sakura said. She, Ino, Shino, and Rob were the only ones there. After a few minutes, Shinjin and Tenten wandered to them, then Hinata, then Temari. Everyone was required to come to this meeting.
Rob got everyone's attention and said, "You guys all get the day off today! But before you go, I'll run over the schedule for tomorrow. Tenten, you get breakfast, Sakura gets lunch, Shinjin gets dinner, and Hinata gets breakfast the next day. See you guys later!"
The girls left to begin their day off.
LATER
They had had an amazing time. Shopping, touring, and trying out different restaurants had occupied their time. Now they were going to meet with Shino and watch the first two episodes together.
"Wow," said Tenten, "I look good on camera!"
"Not as good as me," Ino said. "I'm hoping that some people will realize how attractive I am when they watch this." She and Temari took this time to glare at each other, but not as much as when Ino was onscreen, talking about the other blonde.
"I can't believe you said that!"
"I didn't lie!"
"You little bitch!"
"Rather be a bitch than a whore!"
"Ino! Temari!" Sakura shouted, but they ignored her. Next thing they new, Sakura and Tenten were holding back Temari. Shinjin ran and grabbed Ino, but for a girl, Ino was strong.
So Shino, trying to help her, wrapped his arms around Shinjin to anchor her. Shinjin, though, was so flustered that she let go of Ino, but Hinata, in a rare courageous moment, grabbed the blonde's arm and Shinjin and Shino managed to restrain her.
"Well, I have a new 'What I did over my summer vacation' topic," Shinjin said. "I helped stop a catfight."
When the two fired up blondes calmed down, the episode had reached its end, but then, who said they would calm down quickly?
"Everyone, remember to tune in next time for another episode of You're the Man, featuring Shino Aburame," the on-screen Rob said as the credits began to roll. After that, everyone went off to bed.
THE NEXT MORNING
Shino was up on time without relying on his alarm. He had never been that interested in the others before, but he actually found himself looking forward to his next date, which was breakfast and a walk in the park with Tenten.
Did he look forward to it because he liked Tenten? He wasn't sure, in fact, he wasn't sure if he was going to keep Tenten on much longer. At the time, he was pretty sure he wasn't going to keep Sakura on. But when he thought about what he liked about them, he wanted to keep both of them on.
He decided he would really have to think when he was with the four girls so that he would be able to make a good decision. With that thought in mind, he went to the place the group met every morning, which was so automatic that he thought he would be trying to go there even when he was back home.
He didn't think it odd that he heard hushed voices, then silence, but when he saw what was going on, he was so shocked that if it had been Hinata instead of him, she would have fainted. Rob had his hands tangled in Temari's golden hair and her hands were wrapped around him. They were kissing.
Neither had shown any signs of noticing him, she Shino slid back to his room without saying anything. He didn't want to disturb them or make anything more awkward than it had to be.
He expected to hear the shrieks of Sakura, Tenten, or Shinjin, or the gasp of Hinata, but he never did so he soon joined the group in the hallway. Temari had already disappeared and he was the last to join the group.
"What took you so long, Shino?" Tenten asked casually.
"I was looking for something," he replied so calmly that no one suspected for a moment that he was lying. He didn't want to tell anyone what he had seen that morning; he didn't think it was anything earth shattering, even if Rob (21) was five years old than Temari (17. Shino, Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Shinjin were 15 and Tenten was 16.)
If he knew Temari, and after a few days, he was starting to, she would brag about her new relationship with Rob. His knowledge wasn't that valuable.
"Well, you two can go on," Rob said, gesturing to Shino and Tenten. The two got in one of the cars and Shino drove them to the location of a place they could eat for free, all because of the show.
"I don't think I'll be able to leave," Tenten said when they sat down. "Free food, free lodging, free credit cards with no limits. I'm not much of a material person, but this is the life!"
"Yes, it has been fun so far," Shino said. "It'll be a shame when we have to go back home again.
"Hey, I don't wanna hear that. You and the lucky winner get to stay an extra week!" the brunette said. She said it as if she knew she wasn't going to win. Was it going to be her that he would say goodbye to that round? He could decide until after he went out with everyone.
Tenten was fun to be with, that was for sure, but Shino didn't know if that was all he wanted. He would have to take it into deep consideration.
LATER
Shino hadn't ever foreseen this. Not what he thought would happen when he went to the park with Tenten. But how was he supposed to know that she would see the children's playground and get excited? But she did. And Shino couldn't believe that he was on the seesaw with Tenten, who was having the time of her life. He had already pushed her on the swings and gone down every single slide with her. ("But this one's different than the last one!")
"I haven't been on a playground since I was little kid!" she had said.
"Well, I'll just go sit over-"
"Don't be a stick in the mud! Come play with me!" And he had been roped in.
Suddenly, she hopped up, sending his side straight to the ground.
"Come on, let's go play on the merry-go-round!" she said, dragging him off to go spin around in circles. Tenten grinned as she noticed the faintest smile on Shino's normally stoic face. Of course he was having fun. She had known that he would.
AFTER THE DATE
"No way! You're kidding!" Ino and Sakura said in unison as Tenten told the story of her date with Shino.
"I'm not! Just wait until you see him on TV! Man, I already can't wait for episode six!"
The three girls were sitting around the pool before Sakura's date, just chatting about Tenten's interesting date. Temari was on the phone with her friend, Hinata was in her room, and Shinjin had gone to get something to eat. The latter had requested permission to miss their next meeting and Rob had said that it was fine, in fact, the other girls were only really important at meetings before they began a new set of dates and in the mornings.
"I guess I'm not going to the meeting," Tenten said, "I'll just stay here with Ino."
"Well, then, I guess I'll go get ready," Sakura said, walking away.
"See ya later, forehead," Ino called after her.
ON THE DATE
"Shino, I heard some interesting things about your date with Tenten," Sakura said. "Somehow I just can't picture you going along with that."
"Yes, I'm having a hard time believing it myself. Tenten sure loves having fun," replied Shino.
"That she does. She's always made everything more fun and more memorable. I think it's the fact that she loves to have a good time and doesn't care what other people think of her."
"Sakura, do you care what other people think of you?"
"Well, yeah, I guess. I'm not going to make a complete fool of myself in public, but if people don't like me, the world's not going to end." She laughed. "Wow, what a hard question to answer."
"Sorry, I just wanted to know."
"It's fine. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
Sakura looked thoughtful. "Ooh, I got one! Kiba's your polar opposite, so why are the two of you best friends?"
"That's a tough one. I guess it's because we're opposites that we are so close. If we were both quiet, it would be boring, but if we were both loud and obnoxious, we'd be fighting everyday," Shino said after some time.
"I never thought about it that way. Ino and I are both alike, but when we first met, I was shy and she was a social butterfly. Now that we've been friends for so long, it's hard to get past the fact that we've been friends." Sakura looked thoughtful again. "Hey, does that mean you'd like a loud, obnoxious, Kiba-like girlfriend?"
"A girl just like Kiba? That's a scary thought." The male shuddered.
"Ha, good point."
The two stared intently at each other, and, for the first time, Shino wanted to kiss a girl.
LATER
"This concludes episode six of Shino's the Man, featuring Shino Aburame! Tune in next time to see Hinata and Shinjin and who gets sent off!"
A/N: Dun dun dun!
Shinjin: My turn? YAAAAAY!
Me: This story is officially off hiatus! I'll be focusing on this story and Senior Year at Eterna High only for a long time, but I may be picking up other stories someday.
Sakura: Remember, only vote me off if you didn't like that cute little scene Hikari wrote!
Tenten: Same goes for me!
Hinata: Remember to review.
