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 Hyacinth carelessly scrawled across it.
"Hyacinth…" You sound out. The flower was unfamiliar to you and you hoped you pronounced it well enough. "Yatta!" Naruto jumped up. You quickly turned and walked to the closet. A slight blush crept across your cheeks and you wanted to get into the dark before anyone noticed. You heard and felt Naruto follow you into the closet. As soon as the two of you walked through the door, Sakura giggled a little and closed the door. You walked to the back of the closet and leaned against the wall with your head slightly down.
"What was it we were supposed to do in here again?" Naruto asked.
You sighed, "Ino said anything we wanted."
"Oh yeah, hee." Naruto smiled. You couldn't see too well in the dark, but you knew he had a huge grin on his face. "So ______-chan, what should we do?" He asked.
"Doesn't matter to me, whatever you want is fine." You said in a quiet voice; the blush on your face getting darker.
"Hmm." Naruto mumbled and walked over to you. You pushed yourself closer to the wall and kept your eyes down. "Are you okay?" Naruto asked with some concern. "You look like you have a fever." He pressed his hand to your forehead.
"Uhhhh, no I'm fine." You stammered. "We only have a few minutes left, so…" You trailed off and felt that accursed blush of your getting even deeper.
"Yeah, I don't know what to do…guess I'm not too good at this game." Naruto lowered his head a bit. "Do you think I'm annoying too?" He asked in a quiet voice. Fearing he might be sad, you shot your head up. In the process, your lips brushed his. The sudden contact made both of you blush brilliantly and a few seconds passed before either of you thought to break contact.
"Uhhhh, sorry I didn't realize you were so close. I…" You began, but were cut off when Naruto suddenly pulled you into a hug.
"Can I just hold you?" Naruto asked in shy voice. You nodded and snuggled into his warm chest. You spent the remaining few minutes wrapped in Naruto's arms.
"Time's up!" You heard Sakura's voice on the other side of the door. Just before the door opened, you and Naruto separated from the embrace. "Alright come out." Sakura grinned at you. Naruto walked out first, and you noticed he had a slight blush across his face. Seeing his red face made you think of the events in the closet and you felt your face get hot too.
"Huh? Naruto's actually quiet?" Ino remarked with a slight smile.
"Their faces are all red too." Kiba grinned. Several others began to giggle and you didn't really want to know what they were thinking. You took a glance around the room and saw Hinata looking at the floor. You had a feeling she'd been using her Byakugan to look through the door and you felt a bit sorry for her. After all, she liked Naruto just the same as you. Once the giggles and comments died down a bit, Sakura passed the bowl to and the game resumed. You wound your way through the group and spent the rest of the game sitting next to Naruto.