A/N: I just want to point out again that yes, I know Sakura's birthday is not actually on August 30th. I changed it for this fanfiction.


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"That's specific." Shikamaru said, raising an eyebrow and smirking at Ino.

"You have no idea." Ino replied, shaking her head.

"She's being dramatic." Sakura said at Shikamaru's look. Her focus going over the railing on the patio of the restaurant they were at to see the sun had mostly gone down, and the beach was just barely illuminated. This is going to be a great trip. I'm excited for what's to come over the next few days.


The next day, August 29th

Moving forward a little in line, Sakura whistled at how high up they were. "This seems a lot higher than when we went on this water slide last year."

"It's the same as it was last year." Temari noted, as she and Tenten were both supporting the huge float they would be going down the water slide on.

"You just had more alcohol in your system." Tenten added when Sakura shook her head.

"You're not wrong," Sakura accepted easily, as they got to the top of the water slide. The attendant set their float on the slide, and held it as they all got in. Once she was settled on her side, her eyes moved over to Kana, who was across from her. "I don't even remember half of this water park from last year."

"Same." Kana agreed.

Their float was pushed down the water slide by the attendant, and what was only forty-five seconds seemed like the longest and thrilling ride in the park. When they were pushed out the bottom of the water slide, they were laughing as they went. "See this is fun."

Temari raised an eyebrow at Sakura's words. "You haven't been having fun at all today?"

"No I have," Sakura said, as they got out of the water. "It's just the other girls all wanted to lay out by the ocean all day, and they are missing out on all this fun."

"I could understand if they were drinking or whatnot," Tenten agreed, wringing water from her hair. "They are just sitting there talking or reading. That gets boring pretty quickly."

Sakura looped her arm through Tenten's, as the four of them walked away from the water slide. "I can't lay out that long."

"So where are we headed next?" Kana asked.

"I'm actually thinking about going to the bar, and maybe float around the lazy river for a while." Temari replied, her eyes going across the water park to where the bar was.

"I think I'll do that as well," Kana said, her eyes going to Sakura and Tenten. "You two in?"

Tenten shook her head. "I'm actually going to go find Neji."

"I'll go with you, and maybe I can find Shikamaru," Sakura said, as they split from Temari and Kana. It wasn't too long before they finally spotted their boyfriends floating down the lazy river on inner tubes. Her eyes met Tenten's. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Of course." Tenten replied, before they both ran forward and jumped into the lazy river right before their boyfriends could get there. When they re-surfaced, they were both laughing.

"There goes our relaxing time." Neji said, having been wiping some of the water they splashed on them off his face.

"Wow, don't sound too overjoyed to see us." Was Tenten's sarcastic response, as she put a hand on his float in order to keep floating beside him as the current of the lazy river took them around the next curve.

Neji shook his head and smirked, as he rested his hand on top of her hand. "Tenten."

Shikamaru was smirking at Sakura, who was busy floating on her back more in front of them. "I'm surprised we got a whole hour to ourselves."

"Excuse me, rude." Sakura said, jumping over and knocking Shikamaru off his float and into the water. A big smile on her face, as they both resurfaced.

Shikamaru had one hand on the float still, and he shook his hair out a bit. Reaching over with his other hand, he wrapped an arm around her waist to pull her closer. "Thank you."

Despite knowing he was being sarcastic, Sakura wrapped her arms around him., and kissed his cheek. "You're welcome."

Smirking at her overly sweet tone, Shikamaru stopped them by some stairs, and pushed his float over to Tenten. "Here, you two have fun going around."

"Thanks." Tenten said, as she jumped up to sit on the float. Continuing down the river with Neji, as the two started up their own conversation.

Shikamaru focused back on Sakura, who had remained by his side, and had her eyes focused upon him. A smile stretched back on his face, as he pulled her a little closer. "Okay, you have got my full attention now."

"Let's go play."

Smirking as Sakura took his hand to lead him up the stairs to get out of the water, Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at her. "How old are we again?"

"This is my last full day of being seventeen," Sakura replied, as she met his eyes. "I want to enjoy it to its fullest."

"Well, speaking as someone who is already eighteen," Shikamaru said, letting go of her hand to pull his hair back up and out of his face. "It's not that much different than being seventeen."

"But it is though."

"Sure it is," Shikamaru fought the urge to roll his eyes, and he smirked at her again. "What are we doing?"

Pointing to a really big water slide that twisted around and went in all sorts of directions, Sakura's smile widened. "That is what we are going to be doing."

Sighing as he took her hand, Shikamaru glanced over to where he could see Temari and Kana at the bar. "Weren't you just going around and going on all the water slides with your cousin, Temari and Tenten?"

"Yes, but now I want to do it with you," Sakura told him, then she laughed lightly. "However, Temari and Kana wanted to go to the bar, and Tenten and I had to go find you and Neji for replacement entertainment."

"Wow, I feel special."

Shikamaru's sarcasm had Sakura laughing. "It's only because I knew that you wanted to relax today. I was trying to give you some free time to do so… Of course, that only lasted an hour and a half, and now here we are. Back together again."

"I was surprised you lasted that long," Shikamaru said, laughing along with Sakura as they got to the stairs of the water slide. "If I die on this, then I will haunt you forever."

"Oh that sounds fun," Sakura replied as they started up the stairs. She raised an eyebrow at Shikamaru watching the water slide. "Wait, do you not like water slides?"

"It's not a matter of "like" so much as I've never on purpose went on one before."

"What does "on purpose" mean?"

"I have not been inclined to go on a water slide before," Shikamaru corrected, smirking at Sakura's look. "Don't worry, I will attempt to have fun doing this. Just for you."

Sakura grinned, as she took Shikamaru's hand again. "Oh, I wasn't worried about that. I was just thinking about how we will now have to go on every water slide here so that way you can get some experience here."

"Why would I ever need experience going on water slides?" Shikamaru countered, then he shook his head. "Nevermind, let's just get this over with."

"That's the spirit!" Sakura exclaimed, laughing happily as they got up to the top of the stairs.

That night

"Okay, let's go." Sakura said, as she left the bathroom after changing into a fresh bathing suit.

Shikamaru smirked as he eyed her bathing suit. "I like that one."

"Are you saying you don't like my other ones?" Sakura countered, as they left their room and tip-toed out of the living area of the condo, and out into the hall.

"I do like the other ones," Shikamaru told her, handing her towel to her, as they got into the elevator. As soon as the doors closed, he looked to her. "I just really like this one."

Grinning at his flirtatious words, Sakura glanced to the side of the elevator that was see-through glass. It was dark out now, as it was close to midnight. After dinner with the others, they had settled into the condo early to rest up before her birthday the next day. Of course, after walking out in the balcony, she noticed that the hot tub out at the back of the hotel was finally free of people, and she wanted to go and enjoy it a bit.

They left the elevator and walked to the back of the hotel that bordered the beach, and they went to the hot tub. After setting their towels to the side, they stepped into the hot tub, and slowly got in as the heat got to them. "This already feels nice."

Sakura just hesitated, as she felt a little bit of a sting on her back. "I think I got a little bit of a sunburn today."

Noticing her hesitation to get in further, Shikamaru propped his elbow on the edge of the hot tub. "I could have told you that. You didn't put on nearly enough sunscreen today."

"I was distracted by having fun," Sakura replied, as she made herself slip further under the water. The stinging from the sunburn was getting to her, but she was finally able to get used to after a minute. "Okay, that's better."

"We have some aloe in the refrigerator upstairs. We can get you some when we go back up," Shikamaru replied, a smirk on his face. "I would be happy to help you put it on."

A smirk appeared on Sakura's face, as she turned more to face Shikamaru. "You're in a mood tonight."

Shikamaru shrugged, as he reached over for her hands and pulled her closer. "So what? You're in a mood all the time."

"You're not wrong, but an attitude mood is not what I'm talking about." Sakura said, smiling as they kissed again. When they broke apart after a moment, she raised an eyebrow at him.

A smirk returned to Shikamaru's face, as let his hands fall to her thighs after she sat on his lap. "Okay, I'm in a mood. To be fair, you are basically setting me up for it though."

It was Sakura's turn to smirk. "How so?"

"Well for starters," Shikamaru's eyes traveled down. "The bikini your wearing is… something."

"Uh huh."

"Then the whole sunburn thing." Shikamaru said, his hands slipping around to her lower back.

Laughing at that, Sakura crossed her arms over her chest. "Are you saying that I got sunburnt on purpose so that I could get you to rub aloe on me?"

"You said it, not me."

Once again Sakura laughed, then she kissed him. This time when their kiss broke, she remained close to him. "I'll take the blame, as long as we're on the same page on what we're going to do about this mood that you're in."

"I think we are." Shikamaru replied, smirking as they kissed again.

The next morning, August 30th

Having been awake for a few minutes, Sakura opened her eyes when she had felt pressure all over her body. "You're laying on top of me, you know?"

"I know," Shikamaru replied, kissing her once, then he gave her soft little butterfly kisses down her jawline and neck. "Happy birthday."

Enjoying the attention, Sakura laughed as his hands had been sliding under her shirt. "Thank you."

Bringing his lips back to hers, Shikamaru smirked when their kiss broke. "I have a present for you."

"I told you not to get me anything-" Sakura broke off as his hands had explored downward, and she took in a breath. "On second thought, I'll take it."

"I thought so." Shikamaru said, his lips returning back to hers, and he moved to take her shirt off.

A half hour later, and they had just got out of the shower and Sakura was sighing happily.

"That was probably the best way to start off my birthday morning," Sakura said, slipping her tank top on, as she smiled at Shikamaru. "You sure know how to give me a happy birthday."

"Sakura," Shikamaru said, although he chuckled and kissed her. "How about we go downstairs and get a coffee from that little cafe in the lobby?"

"That would be great right now," Sakura said, as they walked out of the bedroom. Her eyes widened when she was greeted with streamers and balloons all over the room, a big sign that read happy birthday was hung up as well. "Oh my god, this is so cool. When did this happen?"

Shikamaru kicked some of the balloons aside that were on the floor, and leaned against the kitchen counter. "Yeah, after you went to sleep last night, everyone came back and I let them in so they could decorate the place."

"This is so cute and nice of everyone," Sakura said, a smirk appeared on her face. "This is something I would normally do. Of course, I would have done a much better job."

"Wow, way to be appreciative."

Sakura laughed, as she motioned to the room. "I am appreciative. But, I'm not denying that I have excellent decorating skills… Well, I should say destructive skills, because usually when I decorate someone else's room or house for their birthday, they wouldn't be able to walk because there would be so many decorations."

"I can imagine." Shikamaru said, smirking as they made their way to the door to go out.

A half hour later

"I can't believe we are up this early on purpose." Sakura said, sipping her coffee, and taking Shikamaru's hand with her other hand. They had been walking down the beach, and since it was so early, there wasn't anyone out there yet.

Shikamaru took a sip of the coffee in his other hand. "Neither can I. Honestly, I thought you would sleep in after we ended up staying up until almost two in the morning last night."

"Apparently four hours of sleep is all I need." Sakura laughed, as they kept walking.

"Look," Shikamaru said, as he leaned over and picked up a shell from the beach. "They are all over."

"These are so cool," Sakura said, admiring a few shells in her hand. "It's amazing how they turn up like this on the beach."

"It is pretty cool. They all seem to be different from each other." Shikamaru agreed, as he picked up a few shells himself. However, he slipped them into his pockets as they went.

After picking up shells for the next few minutes, Shikamaru glanced up at the sun in the sky, then to Sakura. "You know we should probably head back. The others will be waking up soon."

Deciding to leave the shells she collected on the beach, Sakura set them down and nodded. Keeping one really neat looking shell, as she stood up. "Okay, let's go back."

"Have you decided what you want to eat for breakfast yet?" Shikamaru asked, as they had started walking back in the direction of the hotel they were currently staying at.

"Hmmm," Sakura thought for a moment, then she clapped her hands together. "I want pancakes. A lot of pancakes, and breakfast foods. But mostly pancakes."

"Alright, pancakes it is." Shikamaru said, smirking as that received an overly happy reaction from Sakura.

A couple of hours later

"Oh this sun feels nice." Sakura raised an arm up, as she spun around in a circle. Bringing her margarita to her lips when a little spilled out on the side, she took a few sips to get it to a lower level. They had been out on the beach for the past hour after breakfast, and it had been a great morning so far.

"You need to put on some more sunscreen. Especially on your shoulders." Shikamaru said to Sakura, as she had got a little bit of a sunburn on her shoulders already from yesterday.

"Only if you give me a hand." Sakura said, her tone flirtatious, as she sat on Shikamaru's lap. Her margarita sloshing around in the glass a little. It was her third one that morning.

Smirking, Shikamaru kissed her once, then tried to focus back on the others conversation. Trying to ignore the slight warmness he felt in his cheeks.

"We'll be on the yacht soon enough, and I can't wait." Hinata was saying, as she leaned back on her beach chair.

Naruto grinned in Sakura's direction, at how obviously tipsy she was. "You may not even make it off the beach at this point."

"Shush, I'm fine," Sakura waved off Naruto's words. "Don't worry about it."

"We'll be getting on the yacht in two hours, you know?" Sai asked her, at her taking another sip of her margarita.

Sakura didn't seem bothered, as she shrugged and adjusted herself on Shikamaru's lap. "I'll just take a quick nap and it'll balance itself out."

"How- nevermind." Neji said, waving it off, and trying not to get more involved in the conversation.

"I don't see how that is going to help," Shikamaru said, his hand resting on Sakura's waist. "You've been drinking all morning, and I don't know if a nap is really going to help at this point, Sakura."

"This will be my last drink- this morning." Sakura said, quickly adding that last part, as she finished up the margarita.

"Really?" Hinata asked, her tone showing she was skeptical, as she had raised an eyebrow at Sakura. "Yes really- Oh my god, look at that!" Sakura pointed over to a very large margarita someone was getting a few beach chairs down from where their chairs were. "I want that right now."

"Shocker." Ino mumbled, focusing down on the magazine on her lap, as she put her sunglasses on.

"So much for stopping with that drink." Temari added, although she held a smirk on her face.

Later that morning on the yacht

As they walked onto the yacht, Sakura giggled as she nearly toppled over a chair, but she did happen to knock over another chair that she had to work to pick up."Oops."

"I'll go see if I can find you a coffee." Hinata said, turning and walking over to where all the drinks were.

"Thank you!" Sakura called over to Hinata.

Shikamaru reached over to hold her arm, as she was wavering a little bit. "I think you're a little bit drunk."

"Just a little bit," Sakura said, her hand going to her forehead. "I think I've made a mistake."

"I don't know," Shikamaru said, his arm wrapping more securely around her, as she almost seemed to rock with the boat. "I think this is a new record for you. You've been drinking excessive amounts of alcohol all morning, and you're not unconscious or dead."

"I'm supposed to stay relatively sober until dinner time, and I think I'm doing a great job. Except for the part where I'm really drunk right now."

"Really?"

"Yes really, Shikamaru."

"Like I said. It's a record, because it's not even noon yet." Shikamaru told her, smirking.

Sakura grinned. "You're so supportive of me."

"Sure," Shikamaru said, his eyes going to Hinata, who was walking over with a coffee for Sakura. "She might need more than just a cup."

"I'll be sure to keep it coming." Hinata said, giving Sakura the coffee cup, before she walked over to Naruto, who had smiled as she approached.

Shikamaru's eyes remained on Sakura, as the others had started to pay attention to something else. He watched her looking back at him, as she sipped her coffee. She smiled and laughed after she took another sip. His own smile widened, as he raised an eyebrow. "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Sakura replied, trying to hide her laughter, as she took another sip of her coffee.

"Okay." Shikamaru said, smirking as Sakura laughed again. She definitely needs that coffee.

Later that evening

"Oh, this is so embarrassing." Sakura murmured, trying to hide her face on Shikamaru's shoulder, as she was currently being sung happy birthday by her friends and some of the staff of the restaurant they were at.

"It's your birthday, so you get the full treatment remember?" Shikamaru whispered back to her, chuckling at her obvious embarrassment.

When the song finally ended, Sakura sighed and straightened up, and blew the candles out on the dessert that the staff had brought to the table. "Thanks, you guys. You didn't have to do this."

"Oh yes we did," Hinata replied, grabbing her glass of wine. "We've had to put up with your intoxicated butt all day, and seeing you embarrassed a little bit makes it worth it."

"Wow, thanks a lot Hinata. I am feeling the love," Sakura said, taking a bite of the cake and ice cream, she hummed happily. "This is really good."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow when Sakura had got a bite on her fork, and held it over to him. "I'm pretty full from dinner actually."

"Come on, it's really good," Sakura encouraged, smiling as Shikamaru finally accepted the bite of cake. "Well?"

"Okay," Shikamaru started, finishing the bite of cake, then he washed it down with his drink. "I agree, that was good."

"What are we doing after this?" Tenten asked, having been leaning back against the back of her chair, as she was full from dinner and feeling like she wouldn't be able to move again.

Sakura's eyes glanced around the table, some of her cousins and her eldest brother, Sora and his girlfriend Amaya left earlier that day. Sora and Amaya left, because they had to go back to the Leaf village before meeting them up at the lake house tomorrow. The cousins had similar reasons for leaving. "Since some of the others left today, we should just go back to my condo and drink and play games or something."

"If that's okay with Naruto and Hinata," Shikamaru added quickly, shaking his head at Sakura's raised eyebrow. "They also are sharing the condo, so you should probably ask first before inviting everyone over there."

"It's okay," Hinata said, waving it off, as she and Naruto shared a look. "I'm fine with it."

"Me too." Naruto agreed with a nod.

Sakura then leaned over to Shikamaru. "Are you okay with it Shikamaru?"

Smirking at her, Shikamaru rested his hand on the back of her chair. "Of course. It's your birthday, and we can do whatever you want to..." he trailed off, and whistled lowly at the size of the jumbo margarita the waitress just set on the table in front of Sakura. "Besides, if you drink all of that, I don't think you're going to remember if we go upstairs or not."

That made the others laugh, Sakura just raised an eyebrow. "I didn't order this."

"That's because I did," Kana said, giving Sakura a wave. "It is my birthday present to you."

Sakura smirked as the waitress set one in front of Kana too. "And to yourself?"

Kana grinned. "Of course. I wouldn't dare make you have this much fun by yourself."

"What an amazing human being you are." Sakura said, laughing along with Kana, as they picked up their margaritas and clinked them together. She took a long sip of hers, and a shiver went down her spine at how cold it was. Happy birthday to me.

The middle of the night

Opening his eyes, Shikamaru blinked a few times to adjust to the dark room. He reached an arm over to Sakura, only to find she wasn't in the bed next to him. Despite sleep tugging at the back of his mind, Shikamaru pushed himself out of bed, and walked over to the bathroom door. It was cracked and the light was off. He pushed it open, and found the shadowed outline of Sakura wrapped in a blanket on the rug in the bathroom. Growing more alert, Shikamaru quickened his steps over to her, and knelt down beside her. "Sakura."

Sakura groaned at first, as she cracked open her eyes to look at him. "I drank too much."

Shikamaru smirked when he realized she was okay, as he settled down to sitting on the floor next to her. "Yeah, I would have to agree with you."

Feeling a huge wave of nausea came over her, Sakura was quick to sit up and make it to the toilet, before she threw up again.

Reaching over for her hair, Shikamaru held it with one hand, and the other rubbed her back gently until she seemed to be finished throwing up.

After flushing the toilet and brushing her teeth again, Sakura returned back to the floor, and sighed heavily. "I am pretty sure that I am dying right now."

"You'll be okay," Shikamaru encouraged, his hand rubbing her back again. "You know that we have some traveling to do tomorrow to look forward to. I will finally get to see the infamous lake house that I've been told all about."

"It's going to be a lot of fun, and I'm excited to go up there for a few days. But, I think that it has been a great few days at the beach," Sakura said, humming lowly as she smiled. "This trip so far has been so much fun. I don't know if I can pick out my favorite part. The beach, the bar, or the food."

It was silent for a long moment, and finally Shikamaru broke the silence. "I honestly didn't know what to expect for your birthday trip. The way you and the others made it sound certainly left a lot to the imagination. But here, right now, sitting on the floor of the bathroom at almost three o'clock in the morning is about right."

Sakura chuckled after a moment. "I'm sorry that I'm a little bit of a disaster sometimes. Thank you for being here for me when I need you."

"You don't have to thank me," Shikamaru murmured, his finger tracing down the side of her face, and going back to tuck her hair behind her ear. Repeating the process, he noticed that seemed to soother her more. "Do you feel any better?"

Sakura was quiet for a moment, then she sighed and nodded her head slowly. "I sort of still feel like death, but I'm not that nauseous anymore, I think."

"Okay," Shikamaru said, as he slipped his arms behind her shoulders and knees. He slowly picked her up off the ground, his eyes glancing to her face with concern when she groaned. When there was no protesting from her, he left the bathroom and brought her back over to the bed. He laid her down, and moved over to get in on the other side. After covering them both with the comforter, he wrapped an arm around her, and moved a little closer to her. "Happy birthday Sakura."

"Thank you." Sakura said, relaxing when Shikamaru had put his arm around her, and feeling sleep calling to her.


A/N: Sakura's birthday chapter is complete! I hope you all enjoyed it. :)

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