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"Well I dunno bout you guys. But I'm starving!" Kaname exclaimed, her face beaming brightly as Kankurou wrapped his arms round her waist "Hmm, There's loads of snacks in the kitchen but I aint getting them. Remember I'm no slave" Temari spoke before sticking her tongue cheekily "Oh, I'll get them" Hinata gave in since she didn't want an argument ensuing, plus she hadn't got to check out the kitchen yet.
As she entered the kitchen she saw the many trays of food sprawled out all over the gleaming silver worktops. Everything in the kitchen was sparkling and bright, it felt so clean. There was a large dining table in the middle of the kitchen with bar stools all around it; these too were silver, with white cushion pads. It looked too comfy for a kitchen. However the heiress had a problem on her hands 'How on earth do I get all of them through there' she questioned looking dumbly at the luscious food in front of her. "Um, I-I think I might need a little help please?" the raven haired girl requested simply. "HINATA!" she heard her blonde friend scream at her "Y-yes?" a started Hinata responded "I told you not to stutter," was all the girl said to her before turning to Naruto and telling him "Well…Go help Hinata then." The blond didn't want to go through, it wasn't that he didn't want to help her, it was just he was still wound up about the guy she had danced with. So reluctantly he found himself approaching the kitchen.
"God. There really is a lot of munch here huh, Hinata?" The boy asked lazily hoping that she hadn't noticed he was avoiding her. "Yes there sure is, Naruto-kun, so could you please come help me with it. I'll never manage on my own" Naruto found himself slightly taken aback by the shy girl's response. She hadn't even stuttered once 'Maybe…drink has this effect on her' He pondered quietly in his thoughts for a moment. As the raven haired beauty turned her head and gave Naruto a sweetest smile ever, she held her arm out and on it was a tray with small sausages and cheese squares. It also had crackers and a dip. He proceeded to take the plate from Hinata before she turned and snatched up another for him, and another, and another. Before she began to stack herself with trays.
As they finally dragged the remaining snacks through to the table, they found that the other six teens had begun the game already. Feeling slightly left out Naruto immediately rushed to the table, taking his seat again. Hinata didn't mind the fact that she and Naruto had missed a few rounds of the game, it seemed nothing important had happened anyway. Plus. She loved the fact that she had been with Naruto that whole time, about 5 minutes, and hadn't stuttered once, or blushed…much. Taking her seat again she found herself plopping down onto the cushiony surface, she was rather surprised at her movement, acting so leisurely, when, usually she was so courteous. Choosing not to ponder on the latter she reached out to the table to see if there was anything worth eating. She had seen a type of sausage roll with a creamy sauce inside and it had looked rather appealing…searching the table she eventually found it. Letting the taste engulf her, she let out a light "Mmmm" sound; she had never tasted anything so good!
"So…I believe it's your turn Temari..." came a small voice from the black haired boy sitting next to Pumpkin, This had been the first time the two Konoha ninja had heard the boy speak. "Ahh, Yes! Where was I, Hmm, Who…should…I….choose?" Pausing a moment the girl looked down at the shot glass sitting in front of each candidate; each person playing the game, which happened to be everybody, had a shot glass placed in front of them and whoever was to ask the truth or dare would show who the dare was directed at by pouring a drink of their choice into the poor prey's shot glass. If the teen was to answer a truth question incorrectly or to fail a dare then they would HAVE to drink the liquid, no excuses! Choosing a pale pink coloured drink, Temari moved the bottle to pumpkin's glass. "Truth or dare…Pumpkin?" the blonde questioned as the now extremely exited girl almost leaped out of her seat, "DARE! Definitely dare, how could I not, I mean, I'm finally getting a go. YES!!!"
"Very well, my dear, Pumpkin…I dare you to kiss…Hinata" she began "and I'm not talking just any kiss, I'm talking full kiss, including tongues." She smirked at the look on both girls faces, it was like pure horror. 'Well since I am trying to get Naruto attracted to her, I might as well pull out all the stops. And everybody knows there is nothing that turns guys on more than watching two girls make out'' Temari knew this, she had proved it on many occasions, using the trick to her own advantage. Everybody turned their gaze to the two youngsters, Naruto had to stop himself from choking on the mixture he was sipping, and Kankurou burst out into unstoppable laughter. "Kankurou. It's not funny" Pumpkin cried "but I always do my dares, since I'm a lightweight I'd rather not get too bleezin before the fun's really started! So…how about it Hinata?" the heiress didn't know what to do, but she didn't want to make pumpkin fail her dare 'How bad can it be? I mean I'll just close my eyes and imagine its Naruto' she thought to herself, knowing that it really wouldn't be so easy, but since she had had a few glasses of Temari's magic mixture, whatever it was, she didn't feel near so embarrassed or shy. She found it rather easy to lean forward over the table and wait for the blonde to come forward. Pumpkin raised her body over the table placing a hand on the surface for balance and the other she used to pull the Kunoichi, who was just inches from her face, forward and into a kiss. It wasn't hard for her to slip her tongue into the younger girl's mouth as she had already opened it; Hinata was hoping to get the kiss over with as fast as she could. Everybody was watching them and the pair could feel the eyes on them. The blond jinchuuriki, who was one of the people closest to the two kissing girls, was fighting very hard to stop his gaping mouth from drooling and his now heated crotch from hardening. As they broke the kiss, Hinata felt her face heat up, and noticed the girl in front of her also had a blush on her face, this had been more embarrassing than expected, but it hadn't been as bad as she had expected, she had successfully imagined it was Naruto. Like in her dreams, although it definitely felt different than she would have imagined Naruto's kiss to be. "I bet you liked that babe!" Pumpkin beamed to her boyfriend whose face subsequently turned red along with the other girls. Temari began giggling and Hinata knew exactly why she had used that dare 'She did it because she thought it would make Naruto like me, I doubt it worked.' Was what the raven haired girl thought before she turned her gaze to the boy in front of her and realized that he was staring right at her, however he quickly snapped his vision off her when their eyes met. 'Maybe, Temari's plan is working. Maybe, he did like that kiss, maybe, what I saw in his face at the club was jealousy. But then again, maybe not.'
Temari now had to drink the shot that she had poured for Pumpkin. It was the rules of the game. If the person being dared or truthed pulled it off, then the darer had to drink the shot they had poured their prey. Temari downed it in one, like it was nothing. But she knew she couldn't get drunk until she got her friends hitched up, which she had 100 confidence in. She had already discussed it with everybody else at the table when the two had been trailing the appetizers from the kitchen, they all knew what she was up to and had decided to help. Time flew by after the kiss. Smaller dares ensued, but nothing noteworthy took place, considering most of the people there had a partner. A few truths were asked but a lot were not answered. Hinata had managed to answer most of her dares well, except from one, where she was asked to name who she liked. I had been Naruto's question too.
He had asked her if she liked anyone in more than a friendship way and she had successfully answered with a "yes" but when it got round to him again he followed up on his previous answer and asked her who it was. She, of course, couldn't handle the pressure and took the shot. Naruto seemed displeased at this; he had wanted to know who he was up against. Pumpkin and Reno had headed to the bedroom after a few rounds too, leaving only the sand siblings, Hinata, Naruto and Kaname. But it was in the midst of all the fun that Kankurou had an evil idea, one that he knew would definitely work, but he would probably get a fair few slaps along with the happy outcome, but he wasn't fussed, he wanted his friends to be happy and that's what they would be. 'They will thank me for this later!''
It didn't take long before Kankurou was asked the fateful question "Truth or dare?" by his lovely girlfriend, Kaname. Choosing the easiest and fastest way out he went for truth. "Hmm, lets see. Erm…Ah! I've got it. Is it true that I was your first girlfriend? Or did you lie about all the others?" and again choosing the easiest way out, Kankurou took his shot without a second thought. "HEY! Kankurou, that's not fair you could have at least lied first!" The girl at his side moaned. Deciding to ignore her, he moved on to his turn. Turning to the table he grabbed the tallest bottle which had a deep red coloured mixture inside. He proceeded to pour it into his little brother's cup. "What are you doing Kankurou!? You know Gaara can't drink that stuff he's allergic." Wearing an evil grin he responded simply "Well…I guess he'll just have to avoid drinking it." 'Oh, Kankurou, what are you playing at?' His sister was now seriously worried about her older brothers intentions.
"So…Gaara…Truth or dare?"
"You know I'd never pick truth. It's a dare!" the redhead beamed with pride and excitement until he heard his dare.
"Just kiss Hinata. Again like the other kiss, I want it to be done properly with tongues" Kankurou now had one of the scariest faces seen; it was half a glare and half a smirk. 'Come on little brother, get this party started'
Gaara didn't know what to do, he knew he couldn't drink the shot, it would be devastating if he did. He remembered the only time he had ever drunk it before and had been in hospital for a week fighting for his life. 'Why is he giving me this dare? What is he thinking? He knows I can't possibly do that to Naruto. We're supposed to be getting him and Hinata together, not causing trouble.' Hinata just sat there staring blankly at the table, kissing a girl was one thing but a boy was another, she knew it was just a dare but she wasn't sure if she felt entirely comfortable about it. Sure she had enough alcohol in her to do it, but she just didn't want to. She only wanted to kiss Naruto. Gaara sat for a minute before deciding that he couldn't betray his friend and he reached out to take the shot. Everybody started in awe when suddenly he was stopped by a tight grip on his wrist. "Naruto?" He looked up to see his blue eyed friend, staring at him like he was mad "What are you doing Gaara?" the blond began
"you know you can't drink that, just kiss her."
"But…Naruto?"
"Its not like I care, I just don't want you to get hurt." Naruto said sharply, he wanted to get his message through and was fed up of Gaara treating him like Hinata was his.
The words cut through Hinata who was still peering deeply at the table. 'He doesn't care? He doesn't care. He doesn't care! He never will care. Not about me. I'm such a disgrace, why did I ever bother coming here I should have gone back to my room earlier, all Temari gave me was false hope. He doesn't see me, He'll never see me!' Trying to fight back tears Hinata's heartache quickly turned into anger and she jumped up from the couch and progressed around the table until she stood directly ahead of Naruto, she was facing Gaara. Grabbing him by the collar she pulled him up from his seat and slammed her lips to his, forcing her tongue into his mouth. Gaara was now a mix of emotions; he wasn't entirely sure whether to be shocked or petrified 'What is she doing? Trying to eat me? Shy little girl, my ass!' Naruto was only shocked, he didn't even have the time to be jealous as the kiss lasted only a few seconds. Pulling away from the jinchuuriki at her face she turned sharply, meeting the gaze of the knucklehead on the seat "There. The dare's done. Are you happy now?" The raven haired girl snapped at the unsuspecting boy in front of her. She could feel the tears pouring down her face, knowing her makeup was probably a streaming mess down her face didn't help her feel better, but she didn't really care right now, she was far too worked up to care right now. Naruto just started at her, his eyes widening when he saw the tears rolling slowly down her face. He hated this, seeing her cry 'Why Hinata? Why did you do that? Why are you so angry? Why are you crying?' these were the questions running through his head. He was so confused, but it didn't stop him wanting to cry along with her. Just watching her break down made Naruto want to die. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came. Hinata soon realized that she wasn't going to get an answer and feeling totally ashamed and embarrassed she rushed to the door before telling the others that she was turning in for the night, that she had, had too much drink and needed sleep. But they all knew why she was leaving.
As soon as Hinata had left the room, everyone, except Naruto, had turned to glare at Kankurou, who at this point was downing the shot he had poured for his brother. The boy simply smiled as he wiped a small trickle off his chin that had leaked from the drink. After a few seconds, as Naruto was hit by reality, he dashed out of the room and proceeded after Hinata at top speed leaving the four behind at the table to kill Kankurou.
"What the hell did you do, kankurou?" Kaname yelled in his ear.
"It seemed like a good idea at the time" the boy sniggered in reply before feeling a sharp pain in his cheek as his head was flung to the side. Looking to see who the expected slap had come from, he peered up to see his sister staring down at him.
"How on earth could that have seemed like a good bloody idea? You have ruined everything!" the blonde was fuming; Kankurou was sure that if he looked hard enough he might actually see steam coming from her ears. But, he decided it was time to explain why it had been a good idea.
"Well…you see…Now we have two teenagers who fancy the pants off each other, in the same room, and they have both been drinking. They probably won't stay mad for very long. Especially since they have already kissed."
"They've already kissed?" His girlfriend questioned but was answered by, instead of Kankurou, Gaara.
"Yeh, they kissed in the woods when Hinata first got that cut on her neck. But Hinata doesn't remember it because she was too ill. Naruto told us before we got here." Gaara seemed more pleased now, it seems he understood the plan his brother had come up with and obviously agreed that it would work.
The conversation was interrupted then as the bedroom door creaked open and a very bare Pumpkin stood with the see-through bed cover wrapped around her dainty body "What's all the racket about, did something happen?" the curious girl asked, before the whole room burst out into laughter. When they eventually contained there giggling Temari answered her "Oh, no, Pumpkin, It's nothing, it's over now. Just go back to, to whatever it is you were doing." The girl was now extremely confused but complied with her friend's request and returned to her boyfriend.
There's going to be lemon in the next chapter, its not too bad but if you don't want to read it, then just skip it xx thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed xx please R&R xx