Ehhhhhh, I have to figure out how I'm getting them out of the house now and if I want them to be caught or not... You know who I'm talking about.... Maybe...

I am ridiculously drunk, so I'm going to be quiet now.

Chapter Thirteen: Don't hate me, but...


Shino was beginning to wonder what had happened to his friends. He glanced at his watch and if he remembered the time right, they'd been gone for almost half an hour now. They were just supposed to talk and tell Sakura and Ino that it was a mistake.

Well, those two had gone in after them, maybe they were all talking now? He frowned. If that were the case, Hinata and Sasuke were going to need a way out. He should go in after them. Definitely.

He pushed away from the patio railing he'd been leaning on and made his way to the door.

"Shino," Haku said, catching up to him, "Something wrong?"

"Just going in to see if Hinata and Sasuke need to be rescued from – " he began, but at that moment, both Ino and Sakura emerged from the house.

"Have either of you seen Sasuke?" Ino asked.

"Or Hinata?" Sakura added.

"To be honest, the last little while is a bit of a jumbled blur. I can't be sure," Haku told them.

"Okay, thanks."

They wandered back out to where the rest of the party was.

"They haven't come back out," Shino said, looking at Haku.

"They don't need to know that. Let's go find them. Hinata hasn't done this before, right? Maybe she's sick," Haku said worriedly.

Shino had other possible scenarios playing in his head, but he wasn't about to explain his feelings to Haku, no matter how trustworthy he thought the guy was. "Yeah, let's go look."

'*~*'

Upstairs, on Hinata's bed, Sasuke was coming up from a ridiculous make-out session for air. Kissing was awesome. Girl's were great. His brother was a fool. He smiled down at Hinata before leaning in again, nipping her throat gently with his teeth.

His hand was still resting on a bra clad breast, having weaseled its way up there earlier at some point. He had been surprised by the size. Pleasantly surprised, but still surprised.

Her breathing was heavy and he knew his own was ragged.

He was also rather regretting saying he wanted to wait before going any further. Right now he reallllly wanted to go a lot further.

There was a sound outside, but he ignored it.

Hinata on the other hand looked toward her door worriedly. "That was the sound of boots. What if it's my cousin?"

Sasuke backed off immediately. He knew that Neji wasn't looking for much of a reason to beat his ass and groping his cousin was probably a trigger for the boy.

They sat up and Hinata gave him an embarrassed look. "Um...." she looked concerned and nervous and all sorts of anxious. "I should fix my hair," she whispered, rushing for the mirror and grabbing her brush.

She sat at the vanity and combed quietly.

"Hinata, it's me, Haku. Are you in there?"

She gestured for Sasuke to unlock the door.

"We were hiding from Sakura and Ino," she admitted right away, quickly dropping the brush as though it would tattle on them.

"And that's not all..." Haku chuckled. He pointed at the crotch of Sasuke's pants. "You should find a bathroom."

Red-faced, Hinata pointed to the door near her vanity. Sasuke grumbled before vanishing inside.

Haku leaned out the door. "Shino! I found them. They were hiding from the girls," he laughed.

Shino joined them. He looked at Hinata, sitting innocently in her vanity chair. How could he have thought she'd do anything with Sasuke? She was so pure, so sweet.

"I was getting worried," he told her, "They're gone back outside."

"Man, pot paranoia must have hit you hard," Haku laughed as Sasuke emerged from the bathroom, "They were really quiet and when I opened the door, Hinata looked terrified. I thought she was here alone."

Hinata laughed lightly, "We were talking downstairs, but when they came in, we just kind of.... ran." It wasn't a lie... More than she could say for Haku. He hadn't opened the door and what was with this act as though he hadn't seen Sasuke until a second ago?

Shino smiled at her. Of course. Haku had opened the door, so it wasn't locked behind them. They were stoned, not stupid, they would have locked the door. No way Sasuke would risk being caught touching Hinata by Neji or himself.

Sasuke looked guilty. "I initiated the running. Sorry."

"Yeah, well, there wouldn't have been any backing out once you were up here because you know what they'd assume and there's no way they wouldn't tell the world," Haku said, laughing again.

"Let's go outside. You said they were gone, right?" Hinata suggested.

"Yeah," Shino replied, nodding. Hinata walked out beside him.

Sasuke followed Haku. "So, where's my brother?"

"He said to call him when you want a ride. He's gone to finish up an essay on Buddhism."

"What about you?"

"He's got my number."

There was silence and the two in front of them got a little further away.

"Thanks," Sasuke said.

"I did it for Hinata. She needs to be more foolish once and a while. I don't think she realizes she's a teenager. Not to mention, I knew what Shino was thinking when he came in. He won't admit it, but he thought exactly what was going on was going on."

"And what was going on?" Sasuke asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"You tell me."

"Kissing."

"And?"

"Just a lot of kissing."

"And?"

"And maybe I had my hand up her shirt..."

"Doesn't it feel good to tell the truth?"

"Hn."

"Well, maybe not exactly what he had thought, but close enough I'm sure."

"Nobody's clothes came off and she never at any point touched anything lower than my shoulders....unless you count my hands..."

"It's fine Sasuke. I don't mind. She seemed embarrassed, but I didn't get the impression she was angry with what happened, so it's fine."

"I'm a bastard. Shino was worried because he likes her," Sasuke sighed.

"I know."

"How?"

"Tenten told me. She tells me everything. Don't worry though; it always stays between us girls." Haku winked and they emerged into the backyard again.

Sasuke remained silent after that, wondering if Haku would tell Tenten and how she'd feel about him knowing he'd acted in such a way. She'd probably think he was a pervert. He grinned a little at that. After all, he was just realizing that maybe he kind of was.

'*~*'

Tenten watched them return. She looked at Haku, who gave her a small wave, which she knew meant they'd have to talk later. She nearly swallowed her own tongue. What could he have to tell her? She pushed the feeling aside and turned to Neji. "See, told you everything was fine. Shino would be ultra pissed if they'd been doing anything."

"Yeah, but I couldn't help but speculate. I mean, that Uchiha is just bad news."

She laughed.

"What?"

"My Dad says the same thing about you..."

He looked surprised.

She returned her eyes to the small group and observed Ino and Sakura shout about how they had been soooooo worried and that they couldn't find him and all sorts of other stoned, girly garbage.

"Oh, those girls are going to crush Sasuke. Poor kid. I can see why they'd hide from them."

'*~*'

Naruko stood with Hinata, Haku, Chouji, Kiba, and Shikamaru. Haku recounted the same story to them he had given Shino and while he spoke, Naruko kept her eyes on Hinata, looking for the subtle signs there was any untruth to what was said.

The girl was an open book. Naruko knew something more intense had happened. For one, she was not confirming anything he said without being prompted, for another, her hair was freshly brushed and finally, she kept glancing over at Sasuke who was very casually blowing off the questions of the girls around him.

Oh, and there was a moment where her sweater neck slid sideways a touch and Naruko could definitely see a hickey.

"Hey, Hinata. You want to sit down maybe? You look a little burnt out," she offered, pointing to the patio steps.

"Huh?" the girl asked.

'Bingo,' Naruko thought at the astonished look on her face. "Burnt out. You know, like your crashing from your high. I don't know about other people, but I'm starting to and it makes me feel tired."

"Oh, yeah, thanks," Hinata accepted and joined her in sitting on the steps, just back from the group.

"Need a drink or anything?" Naruko asked.

"No, I'm not really having any cotton mouth like Shino said I would."

"Hard to get that way when someone else is slobbering all over you."

"What? No. Didn't you... Oh god..." Hinata surrendered.

"No worries, I won't say anything. It's just that you have a hickey on your shoulder and I thought if we went inside to get a drink, I could use some of my cover up to help you hide it."

Hinata touched the spot on her shoulder. Knowing where it was without looking. "Let's go get a drink. My mouth is suddenly very dry."

"Okay, got anything a little stronger than water?"

"Yes. Tenten has loads of beer."

"Oh, yeah, I remember her saying something about that before... I think. Pot makes my forget things easily." She gave Hinata a smile and they went inside.

'*~*'

Kiba took one look at Hinata and he knew something was bothering her. It was probably just embarrassing for her that people had thought maybe something happened. Shino was such a big brother type; he probably would have slugged Sasuke if they'd been doing anything. Not to mention what Haku had said made it pretty clear that they had been in different places of the room, hiding from the fitting room girls.

There was no way Haku would lie to them.

When Naruko led Hinata away, he wondered if the girl was going to be bothering Hinata about it. They had gone inside and this unnerved him. He didn't really know this girl, but he kind of got the feeling she was like Ino and Sakura. Maybe she was pestering Hinata for gossip.

A few minutes later though, before he found the nerve to follow them, they returned and Hinata looked happy. Naruko tugged at a piece of her hair and they were laughing.

At some point, Haku dismissed himself and found Tenten, leaving the group of boys to sit in silence a bit.

"I didn't think they were doing anything," Chouji said finally, "Hinata's such a good girl and there's no way Sasuke would risk pissing off Neji."

"Or Shino," Shikamaru added, stretching.

"No kidding, Shino is such a big brother. He'd have killed him," Kiba threw in.

Shikamaru and Chouji chuckled awkwardly, but Kiba didn't seem to notice.

'*~*'

"For real?" Tenten asked, looking at Haku, trying to conceal her surprise, lest anyone wonder what they discussing.

"Real. He swears there was no sex and I don't think they could've been dressed so fast. Not to mention... He was definitely sporting a ridiculous hard-on when he answered the door."

Tenten burst into a loud laugh at this.

"Seriously, I was almost a little afraid and that should tell you something. Me, afraid of an erection."

She kept laughing; ignoring the looks it garnered her.

"Oh man. Hopefully I get a chance to talk to her at some point over the next few days. She was all worried about this crazy web of love I told you about. I still think Sasuke is just hormones though."

"Undoubtedly."

"So, they were just making out for like, twenty minutes?"

"He said he maybe had her hand up his shirt."

"Is it weird that I'm kind of proud of Hinata right now?"

"Not at all. I'm so proud. I'm debating with whether I should tell his brother..." Haku paused to sigh, "Assuming he calls."

"He'll call. How about this, if he calls, you tell him. I get the feeling he'd enjoy this tidbit responsibly and if he doesn't... Well, not only does he miss out on how fabulous you are and this juicy gossip, but we'll get super drunk to celebrate the sad men in our life."

Haku smiled. "Deal."

'*~*'

"Of course nothing happened," Naruto laughed, "I can't believe people would even think that! Hinata is not that kind of girl."

Shino was a little surprised. If it was this obvious to his idiot friend, it should have been much clearer to him as a man who had known Hinata for years. "No, she's not," he agreed.

"Well, why did they need to hide if nothing was up?" Ino insisted.

Sakura looked contemplative.

"Maybe because they're high," Naruto pointed out.

"Damn, you are just making everyone look stupid, Mr. Whiskers." Sai cracked his knuckles.

'*~*'

Gaara was bored now. He wasn't high anymore and this gossip was tedious. "Who cares?" he asked his siblings.

"Not me," Kankuro replied, "If it wasn't me in that room with her, it doesn't matter what happened."

Temari kicked her brother's shin. "Be nice. We all know what a sweetheart Hinata is. Don't talk like such a pig."

"I'm just saying."

"Which is why you would never get that opportunity," Temari reprimanded.

Gaara laughed.

'*~*'

Sasuke had pulled away from everyone else. He pulled out his phone and thought for a long moment. He wondered if he should warn Hinata that he'd told Haku what they'd done.

Before he could, his phone trembled.

He opened the message and looked at the unfamiliar number.

Don't hate me, but I just told on you for what you did with the Hyuuga girl.

Sasuke nearly shit his pants.

Chapter Thirteen: Don't hate me, but...


Ohhhh, it's a mystery! I almost had them caught, but changed my mind and then I was going to have Chouji and Shikamaru accidentally let Shino's true and obvious feelings for Hinata slip to Kiba, but then I thought it was too predictable.

It occurs to me that nobody has had sex yet in this story and this should be corrected. Maybe. I can't decide. Suggestions?

Anyway....

Coming soon, Chapter Fourteen: Look what I can do!