Disclaimer: I do not have Naruto in my arsenal of 'own'!!!
It was that time of year again where the Christmas party strikes. Shino was five at this time and a bit bashful at this situation. Everyone was dancing with one another, except him and three other boys. Shino decided that they were a better option than the girls, so he carefully walked over to them.
"Sasuke, welcome to my world of doom." Sasuke said as Shino came over.
"Neji, mimic that last phrase." Neji said with his eyes closed.
"Shikamaru, ditto." Answered Shikamaru.
"…Er..." Shino replied. It seemed as if they all knew each other quite well. Then he remembered what his dad always told him. "Stay out of gangs." He didn't get to think anymore as a new song came on. A slow one. Meaning… Girls.
"Dance with me, Sasuke-Kun!" They all shouted. Neji, Shino, and Shikamaru managed to get out of the 'Official Sasuke-Kun Fan Club', only into the clutches of the 'Official Neji-Kun Fan Club' where they lost Neji. And then they went into the 'Official Shikamaru Fan Club'. Only Shino survived, because, well, he didn't have a fan club to clutter around him.
Eventually, everyone had a partner except for him and some girl. He looked very stupid just sitting there while everyone else was (shivers) cuddling with his or her dance partners. Well, mostly the girls, save this blond kid who seems to have drank some out-of-date apple cider, and a kid with a dog on his head. Shino certainly did not want to cuddle, but no, too late.
"Gee, what's with you? You've been sitting out every single one!!!" The girl scolded as she pulled him onto the dance floor, A.K.A. for Shino: Pure Doom. "Even Neji's danced one with me!! And he's usually such a clamp." She said as they started waltzing. It didn't take long for her to realize that Shino was not dance material. He just waited for her to do something before mimicking her. But that's how all boys learn to dance, isn't it?
"Oh… Aren't you two cute." The boy named Neji coldly commented as he and a girl from the Sasuke club with pink hair came waltzing by. She seemed quite sad that she didn't get Sasuke, but from what Shino could see, that Neji kid was a lot better at dancing than that Sasuke kid.
"Oh, shut up Neji." The girl snapped back as she harshly slapped him. "That cursed seal's getting to you, eh? I should know, because I, unlike you, care about my neighbors!"
"Sure…" The boy named Neji said sarcastically as they waltzed away. It seemed as if he rolled his eyes, but Shino couldn't tell because his eyes were a misty slivery white. A Hyuuga no doubt.
Shino was feeling quite nervous right about now, but the song was still going, and he somehow knew that it was going to be a long while before it was going to end. His head swiveled with endless thoughts, when suddenly the girl spoke again.
"Gosh… Take off those sunglasses, will you? It's not good for the eyes if there's no sun!" She ordered him. So that's what dad meant by 'bossy women'. Shino was kinda shifty at that idea at first. After all… It was sort of a family tradition. "Awww… Come on!" She pouted as she did it for him. Shino was really nervous now. "Wow! You have pretty eyes!!! I wish my eyes were a pretty green (it was either green, yellow, or red… because none of us really knows, right? Right???!!!! Please tell me I'm not an absolute idiot!!!) instead of a boring color…" She said, a bit sad. Oh boy… Dad had prepared him for situations such as this, but he never thought that he would need it so soon.
"Um… But your eyes are pretty too…?" Shino chocked, mustering all of his possible kindness into that sentence. Boy did it hurt. He just wasn't very use to it.
"Really?! Thanks!!! Neji always insults me because he thinks I look so ugly and I can't fight well. But someday I'll be a strong ninja! Just like Tsunade-Sama, and then I'll show the world that female ninjas are just as good as male ninjas!!!" The girl said enthusiastically, and Shino couldn't help but smile a bit. So much hope in her. Wish he could say the same…
"That's a great dream… And I don't think you're ugly." Shino managed to say without trying too hard. My God! What am I doing???!!!
"Really? Wow… No one ever said that to me before! What's your name?" She asked him, her eyes really big and glassy now. Okay, don't panic Shino, don't panic… Oh no, I'm panicking, I'm panicking!!!
"Um… I'm Shino…" He replied nervously.
"Wow… That's a nice name… I'm six…" She said suddenly, completely out of the subject. What the heck?! I'm dancing with a girl who's older than me!!! And then even more suddenly, she jumped onto him, catching everyone's attention. "I LOVE YOU SHINO-KUN!!!" She yelled as she hugged him real tight. Everyone was looking at them now. The kid with a dog was trying very hard not to laugh now, so was the blond kid who was halfway through his Ramen. "KISS ME!!!" Everyone was now dead silent. Shino was about to break down now. Who wouldn't if a girl who you had known for two minutes and whose name you didn't know and was older than you just declared you her boyfriend?
"…Uh… Um…Er…" Shino replied, breaking into a cold sweat. His sunglasses weren't there to shield his inner emotions, which were now 'embarrassment, and nervousness'. "Um… Bye!!!" He whimpered as he gave her a quick peck on her lips and dashed out the door.
"REMEMBER MY NAME!!! I'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEW YEAR'S PARTY IN ONE WEEK!!! BYE-BYE SHINO-KUN!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!" She hollered after Shino, and blew a soft kiss to him. Shino almost froze in his tracks, but managed to continue on. NEW YEAR'S PARTY???!!! Oh my god… What had I just done???!!! Oh yeah, smooth move, Aburame… HECK!!! I'VE JUST KISSED A GIRL!!! And not to mention I've lost my sunglasses along with that too… And how am I suppose to remember her name if she didn't even tell me?! Oh… (imagine chibi Shino crying while clutching a big soft teddy bear that's taller than him.)
And so, that's how our friend Shino met the girl who lived next to Neji (you know I'm making this up.) that was six and had no last name: TenTen.
Don't hate me for this, it's supposed to be light and cute, not deep and romantic.