Despite school work galore, I bring you another drabble. It's short, but I hope it is enjoyed anyway.
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Conspiracy
Initially, it had all been Ino's idea to get the two together by less-than-conventional means, but it hadn't taken much persuasion to get Sakura, Shikamaru and Iruka-sensei in on it as well. They too were tired of Naruto remaining oblivious while Hinata obviously pined for him. With the four of them working together, devising a plan was easy.
When Iruka asked Naruto and Shikamaru requested that Hinata come to the academy to demonstrate some techniques, they never once suspected anything was amiss. When they were both asked to fetch extra kunai from the storage room when there seemed to be more than enough for the class already, they still didn't think twice about it, although Hinata almost dropped her box of sharp weapons in surprise when her crush entered the room after her.
It wasn't until the door suddenly slammed shut and the lights flickered out, leaving them in total darkness, did they realize they had been set up, the chakra seal on the door proving this was nothing so innocent as a lock malfunction.
The four didn't know Hinata's activated Byakugan revealed them exchanging high fives a few rooms over, revealing them as the perpetrators of the crime, but it seemed whatever grudges the captured couple had for them were overlooked. Nobody could be sure what happened during the forty minutes they were locked in the supply room, for neither of them would talk much about it even when pressed, but something had obviously gone right. From that day on, they were Konoha's newest and most sickeningly adorable couple.
Sometimes, Ino smiled as she watched them hold hands shyly in public.
"Damn I'm good," she would say while Shikamaru rolled his eyes, and Sakura had to admit, their collaboration on getting the two to converge had been quite successful.