Chapter 24: There's something called Silence
There are times when all you want to do is hit your head against a wall, and then walk away. That was the feeling that Hinata was having at the moment, not that any one would have minded. Hinata sat there on her bed, unable to sleep; she frowned and just started at her alarm clock as the minutes seemed as long as hours.
"This is entirely Kiba's and Shino's fault." Hinata whispered to herself.
The boys in question were sleeping, both nice and warm in their beds dreaming happy dreams, while she sat there in the darkness unable to sleep. Hinata laid down again determined to sleep only to find sleep determined to remain as far away from her as possible. The clock on her bedside table flashed 3:15 am, Hinata frowned she had been trying to sleep since 5 pm.
Kurenai was on another mission this time telling Hinata not to sleep with Shino or Kiba, ever. Hinata had the urge to hit her head against the wall again. But refrained and merely waved goodbye, once the door was closed and Hinata was alone, she gave in to her desire. She hit her head repeatedly against the wall.
After that was done, Hinata found herself with a headache, which was not a happy thing. Then the phone had rung, Hinata merely glared at the phone letting the machine answer it.
Answering Machine: Hi I'm not here right now, put that can of raid down Kiba! Shino put Hinata down!!! Beep.
Sakura: Hi Hinata it's me Sakura! Just wanted to say how sorry I am, and I hope you are feeling better, maybe we can hang out give me a call! Bye.
Hinata stared at the answering machine, than at the wall. Then back at the answering machine, Hinata was feeling a little well confused. She didn't know how to deal with what she guessed was an apology.
Now Hinata was unable to sleep, she was too busy thinking and dealing with a now lessening headache. Hinata sighed and rolled over on her back feeling annoyed. So she lay there, wondering if maybe she should awake one of her teammates. That was a good idea the more she thought about it the more she wanted to do it. Only she wouldn't, that would be mean to disturb someone from their sleep.
"Why can't I sleep?" Hinata whined rolling over on her side, cuddling her pillow. She sighed and closed her eyes. Only to turn bright red and open her eyes again, she let go of her pillow and sat there her blush glowing in the dark. That was not a good image Hinata thought, there in her mind was her bug teammate but naked. Hinata sighed and hit her fist against the bed, "Damn it!" Hinata cursed.
Shino rolled over in his bed; he was having one of those dreams. The kind that made his ears blush even in his sleep, the only thing was it was more of a memory then dream.
Shino had Hinata pinned and she was giggling as she blushed. She was still drunk and so she was being playful.
"Please." Hinata asked again, pressing her body against his.
"Please what?" Shino asked, feeling his ears turn red, as Hinata pressed herself against him. Hinata giggled again.
"Help me into my pajamas." Hinata told him, noticing his blush; she kissed him again, his jacket collar the only thing separating their lips. His ears turned redder as she began to slightly rub herself against him, Shino tore himself away from her and stared at her.
"You are drunk." He reminded her, Hinata pouted and nodded.
"You are being difficult, Shino-kun." Hinata whined, moving to remove her soaked clothing. "You were fine touching me in the water, now I want you to touch me in my bed. "
Shino frowned; he had lost himself in that moment. She had played an evil trick on him, when she hadn't surfaced he had dove in after her, only to feel her take advantage of him. She had untied his pants and smiled at him before surfacing for air. Shino could stand in the water; Hinata on the other hand had to tread water.
"We were being spied on." Shino reminded her, as she undressed he placed his hands in his pockets and sighed. He had been so close to release when his bugs informed him that there was someone there, Shino had told Hinata to close her eyes, she did clinging to him as his bugs crawled along both of them. Shino ordered his bugs to attack, and they did. The peeping tom ran away after a few painful bug bites.
"Are we now?" Hinata asked him as she stood there as naked as the day she was born. Shino stared at her, his bugs told him that they were alone, then told him to go for it. Shino sighed his bugs had the dirty thoughts not him, yet he was staring at his naked teammate as she stretched her eyes locked with his.
"We are." Shino informed her. Hinata smiled and walked over to him, Shino swore that she was adding extra sway to her hips.
"Then?" Hinata asked wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Hinata this is improper." Shino reminded her, biting the inside of his mouth as her hands started to drift southward.
"If you and me where in the water again it would be fine. Is that what you are saying?" Hinata asked.
"That is not what I am saying." Shino informed her, trapping her hands on his hips.
"Then what are you saying?" Hinata asked resting her head on his chest.
"You are drunk this would be taking advantage of you, if we do that again." Shino informed her. Shino's bugs ordering him to hurry up and sleep with her.
"I love you." Hinata whispered against his jacket. Shino felt his heart skip a beat he had heard her correctly she said that she loved him, not Kiba.
"Hinata?" Shino whispered. "Do you mean that?" he asked her.
"I love you Shino-kun." Hinata repeated now looking at him.
Shino stared at her for awhile releasing her hands as he moved his own to caress her shoulders. She smiled at him, knowing that she would get what she wanted now from him and what she wanted was the release she had nearly found in the water. Shino began to awkwardly remove his jacket, silently happy that he had forgotten to put on an undershirt this morning. She was watching him undress; now standing an arm reach away watching intently.
Shino undressed slowly, feeling her eyes on him, especially when he moved to undo his pants. She smiled slightly at him, especially when she noticed how red his ears where now.
"Can I kiss you now?" Hinata asked Shino. Shino nodded as he closed his eyes, Hinata placed her hands on his shoulder, as she stood on tippy toe, her lips once again on his. As she kissed him Shino removed the rest of his clothing.
Once he was as naked as her, he lifted her in his arms and carried her as she giggled to her bed.
"What is so funny?" Shino asked her as laid her down.
"You are so formal." She whispered to him. Shino only kissed her as an answer. His bug turning off the lights as Hinata let out her first moan.
Hinata sneezed, this was a different sneeze. She was being talked or thought about. Hinata frowned, wondering what was being said about her. Hinata sat up and sighed, all she wanted to do was sleep. The alarm clock now read 4:25 am in flashing red letters. She sighed and lowered her head staring at her feet. Maybe she should paint her nails or something, if sleep wasn't coming then she might as well do something productive. Hinata sighed she was going to take a bubble bath, that was relaxing. She was walking to the bathroom when she sneezed again, and frowned. Someone was still talking or thinking about her, she sighed again and continued walking.
Kiba rolled over on his stomach, his hands clenching tightly on his sheets. He was having a really happy dream, Akamaru decided to sleep on the floor since Kiba had been violating pillows and rolling around, all that tended to ruin any chances Akamaru had of sleeping peacefully.
"Right here?" Kiba moaned in his sleep as he rubbed himself against a pillow. Kiba bit his bottom lip, feeling the relief near, in his mind Hinata was clinging to him. Her lips trailing kisses on his chin and neck, stopping to kiss the small bite mark she had given him.
Akamaru sighed and covered his ears and eyes to the best of his ability. Kiba needed to get a hobby or something. This was sad.
"Fuck, I'm getting close." Kiba moaned. Akamaru rolled his eyes Kiba was a very sad individual. "Ah!" Kiba moaned loudly. Akamaru growled. All he wanted to do was sleep.
All Hinata wanted to do was sleep. She sat there relaxing in the bath tub, humming to herself. She had already shaved her legs, washed her hair and body. The bath was so warm, she yawned. She could easily fall asleep in here. She was happy right now.
Kiba opened his eyes, his pants felt all sticky. "Damn it not again." Kiba whined. Akamaru growled at Kiba. "Fine go and sleep at Hinata's see of I care!" Akamaru rolled his eyes then nearly fell over in disbelief when Kiba spoke again. "Can you get a pair of her panties for me?"
Hinata sneezed as she dried her hair; whoever was talking about her would get a good beating. Once she found out who she'd tell Shino and Kiba. Hinata yawned again. She was finally sleepy, sleepy enough to sleep. After Hinata dressed again in her pajamas she drifted off to sleep. Her alarm clock blinking 6:00am in red flashing letters as she slept.
Shino opened his eyes as the sun rose. His pants were sticky, he frowned, he was almost as bad as Kiba. Shino sighed and sat up, he said he would speak with Hinata and he would. He'd call her as soon as he was dressed, perhaps he would even visit her. If she would allow him then he would go see her.
"Come on, just one pair!" Kiba pleaded to Akamaru. Who once again barked his refusal. "Please! It's for a good cause!" Akamaru barked a response. "Isn't my welfare the most important thing to you?" Kiba whined. When Akamaru barked no again Kiba frowned. "Fine I'll go get a pair myself!"
With that said Kiba raced to the bathroom. He was off to Hinata's on a mission; it would probably be a forgotten mission once he got there. He also had an alternative motive, one that had been revealed to him in a dream. He would get Hinata to realize that he was better than Shino in all ways possible.
Shino buttoned his collar and put on his glasses he was ready to see Hinata. He walked over to the phone passing the clock in the hallway that read 6:30am. He dialed the number to the apartment.
Phone: Ring, ring.
Hinata: Hello?
Shino: Hinata, this is Shino.
Hinata: hello.
Shino: Are you ill?
Hinata: No just tired.
Shino: Oh, I'll be over in awhile.
Hinata: Okay.
With that Hinata hung up. Unaware that she had just set herself up. She laid down and fell asleep on the couch. Sometime later she was awoken, Shino was lifting her off the couch, she wrapped her arms around her him, drifting off again till she heard the shout.
"What! Damnit Shino stop traumatizing Hinata!" Kiba yelled pointing at his hated teammate.
"I was taking her to bed." Shino said smirking, Hinata drifting off uncaring that they where fighting, she was sleepy and so she would sleep. Kiba glared at Shino.
"When I take her to bed she'll never let you ever again!" Kiba shouted.
"The shame of bedding you would kill her." Shino countered.
"Me! You walking roach motel!" Kiba yelled.
"Where is your dog?" Shino asked.
"Akamaru stayed home to sleep!" Kiba hissed.
"The shame of having another dog as its master must have been awful." Shino replied.
Kiba glared at Shino showing his fangs. "I'm not letting you bed her ever!"
"Bed her, what an interesting phrase." Shino hissed.
"I hate you!" Kiba hissed.
Both glared at each other, till they noticed that Hinata had drifted off.
"She's asleep hah! Now you can't sleep with her!" Kiba said in triumph.
Shino merely turned and carried Hinata to her room.
Neji opened his eyes, today he was going to see his cousin and get closer to her till finally he could destroy all of team 8. Neji smiled at that thought, it was so wonderful. He sat up and walked to the bathroom, today was going to be a good day.
Kiba sat there on Hinata's bed, glaring at Shino who sat there too, Hinata lying next to them. Both boys just glared at each other.
"So why are you here?" Kiba asked.
"Hinata asked me to come." Shino answered.
Kiba glared at him. "Want something to drink, raid with ice perhaps?"
Shino glared at him. "Shall I put in the ice in toilet for you, so you can have a cold drink?"
There was silence as both boys glared at each other. Both determined to not leave the other alone with Hinata. And then like a bad dream the door bell rang, both boys looked at the doorway, wondering who the hell was interrupting a team 8 moment.
"Is it your girlfriend?" Kiba asked Shino.
"Sasuke is not my girlfriend." Shino reminded Kiba.
"Right, then who is it?" Kiba asked.
"I'm not psychic." Shino replied annoyed.
"Well go answer the door." Kiba commanded.
"You are the dog, you go." Shino hissed.
"You both go." Hinata told them as she rolled over on her side.
Shino and Kiba looked at her and sighed, both going to the door.
"What the hell are doing here you cross dressing asshole?" Kiba yelled at Neji.
"I came to see my cousin." Neji informed Kiba and Shino.
"She is asleep." Shino told Neji before closing the door.
"Yahoo! Right in his face too!" Kiba told Shino after he closed the door.
Neji stood there and frowned, he was going to enjoy destroying them. He would even laugh over their broken bodies. Neji knocked again, this time getting an angry Hinata.
"What?!" Hinata asked.
"Hinata?" Neji questioned.
Hinata looked behind her. "It's Neji not Avon."
"That's Neji? Well he almost looks like a boy." Kiba told her then looked at Shino. "One day he'll be a real boy." Shino smirked at Kiba's teasing.
"That day does not appear to be today." Shino told Kiba who laughed.
"Be nice." Hinata warned.
"Yes Hinata." Both boys said, smirking as they did so.
"What do you want Neji?" Hinata asked annoyed that her sleep was disturbed again.
"Aren't we hanging out today cousin?" Neji asked.
"Yeah "cousin" aren't we hanging out?" Kiba asked Hinata who shot him a glare.
He hid behind Shino and glared at Neji. Shino shrugged and looked at Hinata who sighed.
"I'm tired, maybe later." Hinata told Neji.
"I see." Neji said looking at Shino and Kiba over Hinata's shoulder as one flicked him off. "Then I will come back later." With that Neji left. Once Hinata closed the door she turned and looked at Shino and Kiba.
"Morning!" Kiba said cheerfully. Hinata glared at both of them. Both boys coward slightly under her look, Hinata frowned at them.
"I'm going to sleep. If any one of you enters my room." She left the threat hanging and went to her room annoyed that the boys where here now, both boys merely watched her leave.
"She's cranky." Kiba whispered. Shino nodded. "Must be because you're here Shino." Shino walked away going into the kitchen he might as well make some tea, Hinata was a tad bit more pleasant after she drank some.
Kiba stood there he wanted to go and spend time with Hinata. If he was alone with her he could prove that he had more to offer her than Shino ever did. Kiba sighed; he couldn't go into Hinata's room as long as she was upset. Kiba stood there and thought really hard, crossing his arms for extra thinking power. He'd stay here and when Hinata was finally awake he's sweep her off her feet and she'd fall madly in love with him. Then Shino would die of a broken heart, Kiba nodded that was his plan. He'd make Hinata fall in love with him.
"What are you plotting?" Shino asked Kiba.
"Your death, that's all." Kiba answered going into the kitchen and sitting at the table.
"Oh." Shino said. Apparently used to Kiba plotting his death.
"What you making?" Kiba asked as he watched Shino clean the rice.
"Tea and lunch." Shino answered.
"Oh, guess I'll make something too." Kiba answered.
Kiba went to the fridge and looked around, then opened the freezer there was meat, Kiba smiled. He'd make some teriyaki beef to go with the rice.
"Is teriyaki beef alright?" Kiba asked. Shino nodded.
"Don't forget to make some veggies this time; I'll prepare some fruit salad for desert." Shino stated.
"Sounds like a plan." Kiba answered.
Both boys began to cook in the kitchen. "I think someone is plotting against me." Shino stated suddenly.
"Other than me?" Kiba asked surprised. Shino nodded. "Don't know what to say about that. Do you have any idea?" Kiba asked.
"Sasuke believes it might be Sakura and Naruto." Shino offered.
"We still have to get that pink bimbo back." Kiba hissed as he grabbed his supplies.
What do you suggest?" Shino said as he placed the rice in the cooker.
"We beat her to death?" Kiba said unsure as he read the instructions for the sauce.
"Do you need assistance?" Shino asked.
"Naw, I got it." Kiba said.
"Do we have all the ingredients?" Shino asked.
"We should." Kiba said looking around the kitchen. "Check the fridge."
Shino opened the door to the fridge and looked around. Making sure they had everything for lunch, he looked absently at the clock on the wall. 7:25 am.
Neji frowned and crossed his arms; this was not a good development. Kiba and Shino showed no intention of leaving the apartment; instead the two boys were cooking in the kitchen. Neji glared at them, he was a safe enough distance too.
This was not going to be a good day.
"Did we get back at lee and Tenten?" Shino asked Kiba.
"Yep, we put poison ivy extract in their body lotions and body washes." Kiba answered.
"What about Gaara?" Shino asked.
"I left him in an elevator with Naruto after Naruto had eaten some 8 year old ramen that I had been saving, that was mixed with some exlax just incase." Kiba answered.
"That all sounds wonderful." Shino said mildly amused at his teammate's plots.
Hinata opened her eyes the clock read 11:45 am, yawning she stretched. She was still tired but she felt better now. She could hear the TV and smell food. She sat up and stretched again before walking to the door and opening it. She walked over to the bathroom to brush her face and teeth only to stop as both boys stared at her.
"Morning?" Kiba asked.
"Morning." Hinata answered back. Both boys looked at each other again, then at her.
"You're back!" Kiba shouted. Hinata just stared at him for awhile before she went to brush her teeth.
"I'll go get her a cup of tea." Shino said quickly as he left the couch to enter the kitchen. Kiba nodded staring at the bathroom door.
"Yeah you do that, I'll sit here." Kiba whispered more to himself as returned to looking at the TV. Then the blinking light caught his attention, someone had left a message on the machine. He pressed the play back button and waited as the machine clicked and the person's voice came on.
Sakura: Hi Hinata it's me Sakura! Just wanted to say how sorry I am, and I hope you are feeling better, maybe we can hang out give me a call! Bye.
Kiba blinked Sakura was calling Hinata. "That is not a good sign." Kiba looked at Shino who was holding two glasses of tea and nodded.
"Nope, I think we have to pay her visit and see if her intentions are pure." Kiba stated frowning as he grabbed his soda. Shino turned and looked at the bathroom door as it opened and Hinata emerged. She walked over to him and took the tea smiling as she did so.
"Thank you Shino-kun." Hinata said politely after she took her first sip.
"You are more than welcome." He told her. Kiba made a face.
"So Hinata you hungry I made teriyaki!" Kiba said happily.
"That sounds good Kiba-kun." Hinata told him. Kiba smiled at Shino who did nothing.
"Is the tea to your liking?" Shino asked her. She nodded taking another sip.
"It's perfect." She whispered. Shino smiled and looked at Kiba who glared back.
"Let's go eat." Kiba whined now annoyed. Hinata smiled and nodded, walking with Shino and Kiba to the kitchen.
"It's not as good as your cooking." Kiba whined. Hinata smiled at him blushing from the complement.
"There is fruit salad for desert." Shino told them.
Kiba winked at Hinata and placed some teriyaki on her plate. "You look cute today." She blushed even redder at this and stared at her plate. "We should go on a date tonight." Kiba told her staring at her intently.
"You can refuse." Shino told her. Hinata looked at Shino then at Kiba realizing that she was in the middle again. She might as well screw them both and get it over with.
"Can I get more tea?" Hinata quickly asked.
"Of course." Shino told her as he poured her some tea.
"Thank you." Hinata replied.
"So?" Kiba inquired.
"Why don't we all go out tonight?" Hinata asked.
"All of us?" Kiba asked looking at Shino who was looking at him. "Do we have too?" Kiba asked her.
"It would be fun." Hinata told them.
"how about you go on a date with me tonight and tomorrow you can go on a date with Shino, so it's a win, win for both of us and that way you can decide who you want to date." Hinata blinked and stared at Kiba.
"That sounds possible." Shino told Kiba.
"I thought it would." Kiba told Shino. "So how about it, once and for all a decision must be made."
"One date isn't enough though." Shino told Kiba. "Perhaps we get two dates so we can ensure our best qualities are put forth." Kiba nodded.
"Two dates then." Kiba looked at Hinata. "Tonight you date me right."
Hinata nodded more out of habit then anything else since she was stunned.
"Then it's agreed." Kiba told her. He looked at Shino and smirked. "May the best man win, namely me of course." With that said Kiba held out his hand, Shino shook Kiba's hand and smirked.
"You can not compete with her first." Shino informed him both looked at Hinata as she nearly choked on her tea.
"Ha I told you it traumatized her!" Kiba yelled pointing at Shino.
"I still plot your death." Shino informed Kiba.
Hinata just sat there wondering what the hell she had gotten herself into. Meanwhile outside Neji smirked; he had found his opportunity to destroy them. Two dates for each and Neji would ensure that his team disrupted every single one of them.