Welcome to Chapter 2! Here's another oneshot I wrote up. Hope you enjoy, and let me know your thoughts on it. I listened to alot of Bryson Tiller while writing this (I tend to write my fanfics to the mood of the music I'm listening to.)
I don't own Naruto. Just this AU
Friday Nights
It was a lively, warm friday night in Konohagakure, and Naruto, Shikamaru, and Kiba had just gotten off work. They all worked as interns for the Konoha Private Bank, which was a grinding and physically, as well as psychologically, difficult job. Thus, on this night, Kiba and Shikamaru, both of whom had just found out that Naruto had never drank alcohol before, decided to take Mr. Uzumaki to a bar for the first time.
"Yo, tell me how you've never gotten drunk before, what the hell?" Kiba said exasperatedly as he leaned forward in the booth, across from Naruto and Shikamaru on the other side.
"I dunno, the thought never came to me to do so." Naruto replied, rubbing the back of his neck at the sudden attention of this topic. "Why's it such a big deal though?"
Kiba almost coughed on his beer, "Why!? You're 20 fucking years old already, man! I've been drinking since I turned 13. And Shikamaru has been since he was 14. Have you even had sex before?"
"Too much information." Shikamaru mumbled passively as he put his pint down.
Naruto looked at both of them for second before shaking his head 'no'.
Kiba dropped his jaw. "Naruto, that's it. It's settled." He immediately got out of the booth and started to walk towards the bar.
Naruto exclaimed nervously, "What's settled?! Where you going?"
Kiba didn't even bother to turn around to answer. "We're getting you laid tonight!"
Naruto facepalmed in embarrassment. This just gets better and better.
A couple minutes later, Kiba returned with 3 shot glasses and a bottle of some sort.
"What's that?" the blonde enquired.
"It's a bottle of whiskey, which we're finishing tonight." Kiba grinned at his 2 friends, both of whom traded nervous looks with each other.
Shikamaru simply answered, "How troublesome."
About an hour later, and ¾ of the whiskey bottle finished, the full effects of Kiba's decisions had begun to take in.
"Yo, this feels fucking incredible." Naruto said, staring at his hands in amazement. "I'm soooo drunk."
Kiba laughed at the comment, "The night's still young for you, my friend."
Shikamaru was sprawled out on the table, having clearly drunk his full.
"Is he dead?" Naruto asked Kiba, concerned for his coworker. "That would be a drag."
They both laughed hysterically at the pun.
"You're an idiot, Naruto." Kiba said, rubbing a tear out his eye.
Shikamaru groaned right after that, and slowly pulled his weight off the table, sitting up again. "Fuck you guys, man."
Kiba stared back at Shikamaru, "Looks like someone had too much to drink,"
Shikamaru replied back immediately, "You drink too much of this dick, fuckboy." Naruto laughed at the joke. Shikamaru turned to face Naruto as well, "Fuck you laughing about? You look like you got into a fight with an alley cat and lost, you stupid motherfucker."
Kiba gasped, before banging his fist on the table and stating "You a straight savage, Shikamaru, chill out."
"Nah bro, fuck outta here with that pussy shit. Gimme that." Shikamaru gripped the bottle and downed a third of what remained in the bottle, "I'm just getting lit out here, you feel."
Kiba took the bottle away from Shikamaru "No, fuck you, this is for Uzumaki to finish, not your greedy ass."
Shikamaru simply made a 'tsk', leaning back saying "What a drag."
Kiba looked back at Naruto, handing him the bottle. "Finish it. Now."
Naruto looked down at the bottle, hesitantly. "What if I drink too much."
Shikamaru simply chuckled, "That's an urban myth, there's no such thing."
Great examples these guys are, huh?
"Are you gonna do it? It's okay if you're just a pussy you know." Kiba said mockingly.
Naruto's face flustered "No I'm not!"
"Nah, you're too pussy to finish that drink though."
"NO! Fuck off! Watch me!" Naruto drank straight from the bottle, desperately trying to fight back the burning sensation in his throat as he emptied the bottle out. Come onnnnnn.
Slowly, Naruto put the bottle down, and now it was his turn to lay his head on the table. "Uhhhhhhh,"
Kiba clapped his hands in approval, "How you feeling, champ?"
"Like shit."
Kiba and Shikamaru both laughed, "That's to be expected, just let that false bravado circulate and give it's warmth and strength."
Naruto pulled his face off the table, leaning against his cushion "Okay, you're right. I'm kinda in the mood now."
Kiba grinned ear to ear, "Trying to pick up a bitch?"
Naruto scratched his head to remember, "uhhh...yeah, let's do it."
Kiba backed up at that moment, "OH, no no no. You're on your own, buddy. Fend for yourself."
Naruto's eyes widened in surprise, "What are you talking about, you said you would help!"
"I help those who help themselves." Kiba crossed his arms.
Naruto waited a minute to answer, "But who?"
Kiba scanned the bar for potential suitors, "Mmmmm there, how bout the Brunette chick on her own at that table."
Naruto looked at where Kiba had pointed and tried to make out the person "I don't know her."
"Perfect. Then fuck her."
"It can't possibly be that easy." Naruto said back, skeptical of Kiba.
"Trust me, bro. Just be confident and be yourself, well just a little bit like yourself. You're not exactly a ladies man."
Naruto flipped off Kiba before turning back around to look at the woman again, interesting, she seems familiar. "Okay, I'm going."
Kiba grinned, "You got this bro, and remember. Be confident." Naruto nodded on and stood up to walk towards the 'target'.
Once Naruto left, Kiba turned to Shikamaru, who had passed out on the table. "Shikamaru! Get up man! I'm not trying to take care of your pineapple looking head!"
As Naruto walked towards the brunette, butterflies began to flutter in his stomach. What are you doing right now bro? You don't even know this person? Naruto shook his head, trying to shake the thoughts out of his head. Nah, man, you fucking got this. Just be your inner Bryson Tiller and you got this shit. As Naruto continued this internal argument with himself, he realized that he had finished his walk up to the girl of interest. Before he had a chance to introduce himself, however, she turned around to face him.
"Hey there, how yo-Whoa Hinata!" Naruto backed up, startled by the identity of the person.
"H-h-hi Naruto-kun." The Hyuuga girl said in response, clearly just as surprised with Naruto's presence as he was of hers.
"Uhhhhhh, hey there Hinata! Mind if I-I-I ummm take a seat?" Naruto internally agonized over his sudden nervousness. It's just Hinata, my guy. You've known each other since elementary school. Naruto punched his leg in frustration with himself. Hinata didn't seem to notice however. She simply nodded her head and motioned Naruto to seat himself. When Naruto made his way to his chair, he noticed that Hinata had dropped her head down, clutching her drink tight to herself, with a faint blush on her face. Okay, okay, this should be easy. You're drunk, confident, good looking, and you know this girl. None of Naruto's internal pep talk really had it's desired effect though, as the Uzumaki kid continued to struggle for words as they sat in silence.
Hinata spoke first, surprisingly. "What brings y-you here?"
Naruto sat up, thinking of a better answer than the truth. "Ummmm, just wanted to stop andddddd say…..hi?" Oh my Kami. That was awful.
Hinata, clearly not buying the answer, simply said "oh."
Yeah, I know.
Naruto tried to draw attention away from himself, instead asking "When'd you get here, Hinata?"
"O-oh, about half an hour ago."
"Ahhhhh nice. Did youuu comee with anyone?" Naruto continued to stammer and drag in his speech, leaving him annoyed with himself.
"N-n-no, I'm sorry. Were you looking for someone else?" Hinata asked in her trademark way.
Seeing where this conversation was quickly headed given the wrong answer, Mr. Uzumaki quickly sat up before saying, "no no, not at all! I was just curious, that's all…" He was rubbing the back of his neck anxiously now.
Hinata looked back up, smiling at Naruto. It immediately sent shock waves down his spine and across his body, as he slowly smiled back.
"H-how much ha-have you had to drink?" Hinata asked, curiosity in her voice.
"Ummmmm a lot...is it obvious?"
The brunette blushed and nodded her head. "Very."
"Fuck." Naruto covered his mouth, I didn't mean to say that out loud!
Hinata chuckled at the statement, "It's ok, Naruto-kun. I'm s-sorry."
Naruto waved his hand back in reply, "You have no reason to be, it's my fault. Look…" Naruto again blanked on any words to say as he continued to choke. I just wanna crawl under my bed and scream right about now. I'm fucking up sooo bad!
Giving up, Naruto simply took a breath before speaking. Time to just be myself. "I'm sorry Hinata. I shouldn't have bothered you this evening. It's just…my friends decided to take me out tonight cuz I had never really drank before, and then they told me to go pick up a girl here and take them back. Thus, I came here to do...well that. But right now I'm just feeling really fucking dumb, and I have nothing worthwhile to say but apologize to you at the moment-"
Hinata laughed, hands over her mouth, as she started bending over in laughter. What?
"Is eve-everything ok? Hinata?" Naruto asked, half-concerned, half-confused.
Hinata nodded her head after her laughing had died down, before saying "It was just funny, I don't know, I guess I'm a bit too drunk too." Naruto raised his eyebrows, having no idea that she was the type to drink. Naruto twiddled his fingers as he thought of something to say, but Hinata once again beat him to the punch.
"I-I guess we're here for the same reason maybe, then?"
It took a second for the meaning of the comment to set in completely, as Naruto blushed ever so faintly at the sudden exposure of his true motives. Or maybe it was cuz of the nature of her motives…?
"Is that so?"
The brunette girl nodded, looking down again at the table.
"How much have you had to drink, exactly" Naruto asked on, curious.
Hinata thought for a second, before answering "I lost count, but not that much, I'm just buzzed….unlike you." Naruto started laughing at her blunt nature.
"Yeahh, I guess so."
Hinata looked up and stared at Naruto in the eyes. As he looked back at her, he found himself mesmerized by Hinata's eyes, as if a revelation had just been made on his part. She never quite looked so good before, but he supposed he had never paid her enough attention to begin with. Now that he had...well maybe it was just the whiskey giving him goggles, but he couldn't really care less at the point.
Hinata spoke again, seeming to have adopted a more confident persona in her drunken state, "How are you going to get back home?"
Naruto shook his head, as he looked over to the booth, he noticed Kiba and Shikamaru had disappeared and ditched him. Fuck. "Ummm I'm not sure yet."
Hinata continued asking questions, the intensity in her eyes not leaving at that moment. "Do you k-know how to get back to your place alone from here?"
Naruto shook his head, "I don't really remember if I'm honest."
Hinata leaned back, deep in thought for a second.
"Do you wanna stay at my place for the night…? If you want…."
Naruto smiled back at Hinata, in an attempt to veil his panicking self.
"Sure, that'd sound nice."
Hinata blushed viciously at the answer, looking down again. "We could take a cab back to my apartment, my roommate is with her boyfriend tonight, anyway."
Naruto smile stayed on his face, unsure what else to do with his body at that moment. "That sounds fine."
Hinata looked up once more, smiling faintly. "Okay…."
Naruto clumsily got up from his seat, and offered his hand to help Hinata off her seat. "It's kinda late now anyways, and I think I'm done with drinking for the night."
Hinata blushed grew deeper if it were possible, as she took the hand and stood down. "Sure."
They both left the bar and took a cab back to Hinata's place.
There you have it! There may or may not be a Part 2 to this chapter, as I decide if this oneshot is better off left openended or nah. Let me know what you think of the NaruHina story though and if it was any good, it was my first try
BYE!