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Summary: AU Naruto Uzumaki is a rich slacker who owns the biggest and finest restaurant in New York, the Kingyo Koushou and when eleven men dressed in black suits show up, his six waitresses have the time of their lives…
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I wouldn't be writing such strange things, I would be drawing it! Duh!
Chapter Seven
Dumpster Fun!
Tenten waved good night to her friends, Temari and Tsuchi already gone for the night. Hinata and Naruto had disappeared after the guests left and no one dared go look for them. Sasuke was sitting at a table, drinking some wine in silence. The last of the cooks left as Sakura finished staking the chairs on the tables.
"Sakura! Are you done yet?" came the call of Ino, cleaning up her own table still, loaded with Chouji's remained dishes.
"Uh, I'll come and change in a minute," Sakura said, looking at the silent Uchiha. Ino smiled and nodded.
"Okay, I'm going to change," Ino said, stacking the chairs as she put the dishes on a rolling cart and soon was into the kitchen as Sakura walked over to Sasuke and sat down in an empty chair. He was drinking his wine and reading over the contracts that had been signed earlier.
"Man, this guy knows his stuff. The contract is pure diamond, nothing can cut through it. He filled in every loop hole, I seriously thought this was going to go bad but no one died," Sasuke said conversationally, reading the contract and turning a page. Sakura laughed a little.
"Yeah, probably Hinata's handiwork. She's good with details. The only reason Naruto's entire office isn't a war zone is because she cleans it for him every now and then," Sakura said, tugging her tie loose.
"Sakura right?" Sasuke said, looking up from the contract.
"Yeah, and you're Mr. Sasuke Uchiha I know. So you are going to be partners with Naruto?" Sakura asked, pulling her hair out of it's ponytail.
"Yes, my family is very wealthy and it won't be hard to back up this little venture. Hinata you said? Hinata Hyuuga?"
"Yeah, I didn't know Hinata came from a wealthy family, or Temari for that matter! I didn't even know she had a family," Sakura said, pulling off her belt now (the clothe ones!)
"Interesting… She is very good if she designed this document…" Sasuke said under his breathe as he took another sip of wine.
"How did you meet Naruto?" Sakura asked, looking at her nails, thinking of getting a manicure.
"In college we were roommates. He was always loud and annoying, things certainly haven't changed," Sasuke said with a little chuckle.
"No, I've known him since we were five, he's always been the same, trying to make a statement. You know he didn't have a family until old Iruka took him in. It's sad, I always hated my parents growing up and told Naruto he could have them if he wanted to trade…" Sakura said, looking down at her lap.
"I don't have parents either, only a brother and he's off somewhere in like Africa or something, I don't know."
"Must be hard…" Sakura said low, twiddling her fingers.
"Are you hungry?" Sasuke said suddenly, Sakura looking up.
"Hungry?" she asked, laughing a little. "Uh… yeah I guess so, but all the cooks went home for the night."
"No, I meant like we could you know… go somewhere, like a bar to get something," Sasuke explained, Sakura blushing a little.
"Uh… yeah, that sounds… nice," Sakura said, smiling.
"Great, I'll just go tell Naruto I'm leaving," Sasuke said, getting up as Sakura quickly grabbed his empty glass of wine and her things, heading toward the kitchen.
"I'll go get ready," she said hurriedly, blushing slightly.
Ino hurried through having the clean the dishes herself when Sakura came bursting into the kitchen.
"INO! I am going out, to dinner, with Sasuke UCHIHA!" Sakura practically screamed in delight.
"Uh, wow, dinner? That's wonderful. Just don't let him do anything to you or he is going to be so sorry," Ino said dangerously, pointing at Sakura.
"Oh don't worry, I'm just going to grab my stuff, can you clean this for me?" Sakura asked, handing Ino the glass.
"Sure, you go have fun," Ino said as the pink haired woman bolted out the door into the locker room.
"Naruto?" Sasuke asked, knocking on the door. There were two muffled voices then the door opened to show the timid Hinata smiling brightly at him.
"Hello Mr. Uchiha," she said brightly, hurrying past him and down the hall.
"What did you do to her?" Sasuke asked, walking into the office. Naruto was sitting at his desk, looking out the window in silence.
"She said 'yes'!" Naruto said slowly, standing up.
"Yes? Yes what?" Sasuke asked, unsure what Naruto was talking about.
"To marrying me, of course," Naruto said as if it were as obvious as the nose on his face. Sasuke blinked once and looked around for a second then back at Naruto, now standing by the window.
"I put everything I own into this place and I don't even have a proper home, I just live here all day, so I said as soon as this place gets off the ground we can buy an actual engagement ring, but I think she understands," Naruto said conversationally. Sasuke continued to blink in silence. Finally he smiled.
"Good for you Uzumaki, you actually found someone perfect for you!" Sasuke said, slapping him on the back.
"Thanks, she's really great and she doesn't want a high life, and I don't want one either," Naruto said, looking at a certain building now. Sasuke followed his gaze and noticed it was a large building with the words "Hyuuga Furniture" on the billboard in the front, Naruto's eyes gazing at it.
"She left that… can you believe it. A family, a great home and now she wants to marry me?" Naruto said in disbelief.
"But you want to marry her right?" Sasuke asked, getting a little worried.
"Of course, the first time I saw her I knew she was the one, but I just never knew until they renamed that place did I know where her name came from. It was like a complete shock and after tonight I thought she was actually going to go back to her family, so I purposed," Naruto said, looking away from the window and sitting down at his messy desk.
"Hey, you're a good guy, and this is what you deserve, she's sweet and that's not very easy to find in women these days, so enjoy it. And make sure to invite me to the wedding," Sasuke said, hitting Naruto on the back one more time," laughing as he waved goodnight, Naruto smiling.
"Yeah… I think I really like that guy…"
Ino screamed so loud that Sakura thought she had been murdered. Hinata was blushing so deeply that she looked like she was dying. Sakura screamed too at the news and the three hugged and screamed some more. It was pure joy! The timid, shy little Hinata was going to be the first of the waitresses to get married!
"I am so going to be going to that wedding!" Ino said happily, forgetting her dishes. After a lot of congratulations, Sasuke came and hugged Hinata and Sakura grabbed her coat.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow night," Sakura said, hugging Hinata and Ino and the two headed out the entrance toward Sasuke's limo.
Ino sighed and Hinata hurried to go change. Fifteen minutes later Naruto came out of his office, locking it up and came into the dinning room.
"You still here Ino? I thought you left already!" Naruto said, walking into the kitchen.
"Oh, no sir, I still have a mountain of dishes and I have to take out the trash," Ino said sadly but she suddenly perked up when Hinata came in.
"You should just leave them for tomorrow, Ino, you worked too hard tonight," Hinata said, putting on her coat to leave.
"Don't worry about it. I'll lock up for you sir," Ino said, Naruto nodding and handing her the keys. After a few more assurances the blonde waved goodnight to Hinata and Naruto, leaving hand in hand.
"Shikamaru? Why is it so darn cold tonight?" Chouji asked as they got out of the limo, looking up toward the hotel (this is totally stolen from a movie! Can you guess which one?)
"Uh," Shikamaru looked down and noticed that he was still in white. Oh crap!
He turned around and hit the top of the limo and the driver stopped trying to leave.
"We left them back at the restaurant," Shikamaru said to Chouji, who noticed his jacket was missing. "I'll go get them, I can't believe I forgot about that. Go ahead and go to bed Chouji, it's like eleven and we're leaving tomorrow at like four for the plane."
Chouji nodded and hurried into the hotel, looking up as it started to rain. Oh man…
Ino sighed as she finished stacking the last of the chairs, pulling off her tie and belt as she started to go into the kitchen and heard thunder hit outside. Oh crap!
She slowly walked into the locker room, opening her locker and throwing the tie inside and unbuttoning her shirt, and checking her hair in the mirror.
Shikamaru pulled up in the limo, telling the driver to wait for five minutes. The man nodded and Shikamaru got out of the car, the rain getting harder and harder. Shikamaru looked up in the window of the top floor, seeing Ino stacking chairs. He ran to the entrance and shook off some of the water and grabbed the door, heading inside. After a few seconds climbing stairs he was in the dinning room again and looking around but the waitress was gone. He saw a light coming from the kitchen and headed toward it, another door saying locker room on it.
"Miss Ino, I need my-" Shikamaru said, Ino turning and screaming a little, holding her shirt in her hand and the two blushed deeply as Shikamaru ducked out of the locker room.
"What in the name of god are you doing here!" Ino shouted pushing back against the locker room.
"S-Sorry! I-I just came for my jacket! And Chouji's too!" Shikamaru said, getting just as Hinata had when she told Ino of her engagement. Ino breathed a little uneven, her heart pounding for no reason. The two pushed on the swinging door, their hearts pounding in their ears.
"J-Jackets?" Ino said, looking around and covering her front with the white shirt.
"Yes! You took them when we arrived," Shikamaru said, gasping for air, and the room seemed to keep getting warmer as he kept picturing her.
"Uh… I did?" Ino asked, looking around the room, stilling leaning against the door. She didn't see any coats. Then is struck her. Hinata had thrown Naruto's "clothes" in the back, and Ino had just taken out the trash!
"Yeah, when we came in," Shikamaru said, turning to look at the door. Suddenly Ino opened the door, forgetting about her shirt and fell right into Shikamaru's arms, the door swung shut behind her and a good five minutes past before Shikamaru registered the situation. Lucky for both of them, the lights were off and no one could see them. (She turned them off on her way into the locker room before, Shikamaru was walking toward the light and emergency lights)
"Uh…" Ino said, blushing furiously, but Shikamaru couldn't see it. Their hearts pounded as Shikamaru tried to help her to her feet. Once she was upright he slowly (and reluctantly) pulled his hands away from her and she looked at the ground. After a second's hesitation she threw the shirt around her upper body and buttoned her shirt hurriedly. After a second she was somewhat covered for in the dark but neither moved for a second.
"I-I'm sor-" Ino tried but suddenly she was stopped by Shikamaru kissing her deeply. She didn't hesitate to kiss back, putting her arms around his neck and they kissed passionately for only a minute or so until finally Ino pulled away, unable to see his face in the dark. The lightning outside gave them a little bit of light. Ino stared into the face of the man she had hated only an hour before. Neither could explain why they suddenly felt like they did.
"Ino?" Shikamaru whispered, pulling her into a hug. She took a second before answering.
"Yes?" she asked in a low voice.
"What were you saying?" Shikamaru asked again, whispering in her ear, making her spine tingle, in a good way of course.
"Oh… oops?"
The two stood silently in the rain, an umbrella being help by Ino.
"Well… they can be dry cleaned… but it'll cost a fortune," Shikamaru said with a sigh. How annoying…
"Sorry… again…" Ino said, sighing and blushing. Hinata had left then clothes in what she thought was a basket for dirty clothes but it was just rags to be thrown out and Ino sent them to the dumpster and Shikamaru had to fish for it in the rain.
"It's okay… Ino?" Shikamaru asked, standing up straighter, Ino stretching her arm a little to keep him under the umbrella.
"Yeah?" she asked, blushing sadly.
"Do you want to pay me back?" Shikamaru asked, not looking at her but smirking at the same time.
"P-Pay! But I don't like really… uh… I don't make much!" Ino tried, unsure of what to say.
"No… I want you to go with me to Chicago tonight," Shikamaru said, turning around. She saw that he was smiling now.
"CHICAGO! NOW?" Ino yelled, dropping the umbrella to cover her mouth.
"Yeah, Chicago. You can explain everything to your boss when you get back," Shikamaru said, putting his hand on her face. She looked into his eyes, blinking only once before she leaned forward and they kissed lightly as the rain continued hard around them. New York did kind of suck… Mr. Uzumaki wouldn't miss her for maybe, a few weeks?
-WOOHOO! This ending was the one I wanted all along and that's why no one else ended up giving the waitresses their jackets at the beginning if you noticed. Well, writing this ending I think I might post another story in the future, telling their lives and chain Naruto is going to open. I don't know… thanks for all the reviews!
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