You stretched and peered at the brilliant full moon above you. You smiled with joy and thought about your recent elevation to Jounin rank. Hokage-sama gave you your exam mission this morning and you passed with flying colours. Basking in the light from the moon, you continued to walk to your house. With a light skip to your step and humming softly to yourself, you walked down the street and approached your door. Just before your hand reached the knob, you paused. Something didn't feel right.
Before you had time to further asses what was amiss, the door swung open and a chorus of congratulations broke out. "Huh?" Was all you could muster. "Congratulations on passing your Jounin exam." Sakura happily pulled you through your own door. "Oh, thanks…" You were still flustered by the group. Once you got into your home, you looked around at the group gathered in the house. Everyone was there. Your friends from the leaf village, the sand siblings, and even Sasuke lounged in your living room.
"Now that everyone's here, we should play this game I read about." Ino announced.
"Great, this'll be troublesome." Shikamaru sighed and you couldn't help but agree with him.
"What's the game?" Naruto asked full of curiosity.
"Well it's called 'Seven Minutes in Heaven'." Ino smiled.
"How do you play?" Tenten asked.
"When you have a party with guys and girls together you have the guys write their names, favorite animals, favorite colours, or something on a sheet of paper and put it in a bowl. The girls then draw the slips of paper out of the bowl and have to stay in a closet for seven minutes with the guy who wrote on the paper." Ino explained.
"What happens in the closet?" Kankuro asked.
"Ummm…the thing I read said the guy gets to do whatever he wanted with the girl." Ino answered. You looked around at everyone's faces and saw some people were excited while others looked like they dreaded the game
"I knew this would be troublesome." Shikamaru sighed.
"Let's play!" Naruto excitedly shouted. After some cheers mixed with a small amount of grumbling, you retrieved the materials needed to play. Ino passed the paper and pencils to the guys and told them to write the name of their favorite flower. Sakura passed the bowl around and the guys put their paper in it. "Since this party is for ______, she gets to draw the first name." Sakura smiled and handed you the bowl. You reached your hand into the bowl and pulled out a slip of paper with Daisy written on it.
"Daisy." You loudly read from the scrap of paper. You heard a shout from your right and saw Rock Lee jump excitedly into the air. He practically ran into the closet, and you followed after him. Sakura shot an apologetic look to you and shut the door just as you cleared the way. You couldn't see too well in the dark, but you had a feeling Lee was excited.
You sighed, "So what should we do in here?" You asked since you had nothing better to say.
"I don't know, but I'll come up with something you like or I'll run 50 laps around Konoha village." Lee declared full of determination.
"You don't have to run 50 laps if you can't think of anything." You told the excitable ninja
"No, I said I'd do it, so I must." Lee stubbornly argued. You sighed and leaned against the wall. You were immensely glad you didn't do missions with him because that gun-ho attitude of his would drive you nuts. You sighed again.
"Don't sigh so much or your happiness will leave you." Lee looked at you with concern.
"Huh?" You looked at him puzzled.
"Every time you sigh, a small amount of youth and happiness leaves you. You should be careful." He explained. Somehow, he reminded you of Naruto. Deciding to play a little prank of sorts on Lee, you walked toward him.
"Don't worry about me loosing youth or happiness; I know how to get more." You smiled trying to keep a smirk and giggle at bay.
"Really? How?" Lee asked full of excitement.
"Well, like this." You said and leaned in close to him. You felt a little blush creep across your cheeks as you lightly brushed your lips to his. You lingered there for a moment and withdrew from the light kiss. Lee's face was bright red, and seeing it caused that tiny blush of your own to deepen. You silently cursed your self for blushing. "There, now I have some of your youth and happiness." You said keeping your voice from betraying the stutter you felt.
"Then…I'll just take it back." Lee said in an unusually soft voice. You looked at him and he quickly leaned in and kissed you lightly. The kiss was quick, but that accursed blush of yours deepened and you were sure your face was a lovely scarlet.
"Lee…" You began. "Times up." Hinata called from the other side of the door, and slowly opened it. You made sure to turn away from the door so no one would see your blush. You concentrated on controlling the blood flow that fueled the blush, but Lee dragged you out of the closet before you could fully regain composure. Sakura saw the blush on both your face and Lee's and looked relieved. "Big brows got a girl." Naruto jeered to the whistle of others. You ignored them and walked to the window with Lee. Tenten passed the bowl and the game continued. You spent the rest of the evening convincing Lee you had fun in the closet and that he didn't need to run 50 laps around Konoha.