Naruto stared at Shino.

Shino stared at Naruto.

Shino and Naruto stared at each other.

Naruto sweatdropped.

Shino blushed slightly, but since he's Shino no one could really tell.

Random passerby's could feel the tension between them, and mentioned to each other how stupid everyone was these days.

"Uhh…" Naruto, being a real man of action, decided to take control of the situation. He jumped up and reached his hand out to Shino, laughing nervously. "Sorry about that!"

Shino hesitated a moment before rather reluctantly taking the others hand. "It's alright; I wasn't watching where I was going…" He muttered as Naruto pulled him to his feet.

But Naruto was still a bit flustered after running into Bug Man before he was prepared to face him, and ended up pulling a bit too hard. Shino was jerked forwards; he fell against Naruto, the two of them tumbling to the ground once again. Naruto's arms instinctively wrapped around the other man as they went down, and Shino ended up landing on top of Naruto, and being held closely against him. Both shinobi gasped.

Shino's body was leaning slightly forwards, causing his round sunglasses to slide partly down his nose; revealing a pair of clearly embarrassed eyes. Naruto was in shock, having never seen Shino's eyes before (He had actually begun to think that the Aburame Clan member didn't have any). He was mesmerized by the deep, black pools. Shino had always been a blank when it came to emotion, but without his sunglasses, you could clearly see the wide array of what he was feeling.

His eyes are so pretty… Naruto thought while staring at the other. They're so dark, yet expressive…They remind me of-Uhh…I know this, I know this!! C'mon, Uzumaki, think!! But Naruto seemed to be so caught up in the eyes he was currently gazing into, he couldn't remember the name of who they reminded him of (Here's a hint Naruto-Kun, it starts with S and ends with Asuke!!).

Shino's cool guy act was slipping fast. Why was Naruto staring at him like that?? He quickly got off of Naruto, placing his glasses back in place while trying to regain his composure. Naruto had followed in sync, trying to keep his eyes locked on those dark orbs as long as possible. Shino currently had his back against Naruto, and cleared his throat several times before turning around.

"Naru-" Shino gasped and almost fell backwards a third time. As soon as he turned around, his face was only inches away from Naruto's. He stepped back, and Naruto quickly followed. "W-What are you doing?"

"Shino, why do you wear those sunglasses all the time? Your eyes are totally awesome!!"

Shino didn't respond; but merely used his index finger to shove the sunglasses even farther up.

"A-Anyways," Naruto picked the package off the ground and handed it to Shino. "This is for you."

Shino held the box on his left palm and gripped the ugly bow with his right, far away from his body; like it was some sort of time bomb. "What's this for?"

"Oh, you know. That's for helping me with my trai-snff-blah…" Naruto mumbled some more incoherent words, trying to make it sound like it was completely obvious what the gift was for.

"I see…Well, thank you…"

"Sure thing!" Naruto smiled his foxy grin, Shino simply nodded, and the two of them set off in their opposite directions.

-The pointless scene of no return-

"KYAAAA!!" Ten Ten squealed while clutching her beloved Kankuro. "And then, he did XXX, XXX, a little more XXX, and finally he XXX'd him right?? Am I right?!"

"I said I saw them talking together, not screwing it up in the middle of the street." Shikamaru sighed. He knew he shouldn't have bothered with telling the girl, but she wouldn't leave him alone. Those damn fangirls and their built-in yaoi-seeking radars…

"Yes!! Naruto and Shino are officially together!! I did a great job!!"

"You didn't do anything…." Shikamaru mumbled.

And as for why Shikamaru, Sakura, Ten Ten and Kankuro were all hanging out together, we'll never know.

Naruto was lying in his bed, quite satisfied with how he'd handled the present giving dilemma. He hadn't even had to spend any money on the guy. He'd gotten two free tickets from the Hokage after all. He shut his eyes, then opened them again. Repeated. Again. Five more times. Dammit! I wanted to have a nice dream about Sasuke succumbing to my manliness and masterful techniques…

But every time Naruto tried to go to sleep, all he could picture in his mind were Shino's eyes...

Shino sat on the edge of his bed, staring at a ticket for the Haven't Thought of a Cool Name yet Festival tomorrow. He put it down, then picked it up again. Was this just some cheap gift? Or was it Naruto's way of asking him on a…A d-…A da-

Shino couldn't do it. He couldn't make himself say the d word (get your mind out of the gutter). Shino didn't want to think about it anymore. It was too confusing, even for him. His last rational thought as he drifted to sleep was that the festival committee had better think of a name. And then Shino was asleep, and had a nice dream that he was the King of Ferngully.

A/N: Holy hellfish. What the crap was that? I swear, it was almost normal at the beginning...but the next chapter or two is going to be filled with booze and smut, so it's gonna be totally awesome (it's gonna suck)!! (Oh yeah, and if you don't know what Ferngully is, go look it up on Google right now!!)

As always, FLAME ON!!