All of the crazy things that happen in social situations are definitely not okay, continued.
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Sakura smiled up at Tenten, rising to hug her.
Behind her Hinata waved at the two women. "It's good to see you."
Ino greeted her two friends by presenting them each with a shot glass. Hinata looked surprised, but accepted the drink. "Ino! I didn't know it was that kind of night."
She shrugged, but linked arms with Hinata. "You heard what happened. I need my girls!"
Hinata nodded solemnly, but Tenten shoved her playfully. "Look at you, all ready for the dating game again!"
"I am not," she snorted, defiant.
Tenten just waggled her eyebrows, "Who're you all dressed up for then, huh?"
Ino tossed her hair dramatically, "I just wanna give you guys something good to look at."
Together hey joked and caught up through two or three strong drinks, till a buzzed Tenten's attention was caught by a man with crimson hair fidgeting with the long forgotten Karaoke station in the back.
She nudged Hinata slyly, "Hey Hina, it's your favorite!"
Hinata hummed with pleasure and clapped her hands together happily as the slender man tapped the microphone with a finger.
"I love Karaoke!"
Looking over at the small stage, Temari grinned and began removing her small black apron. "That's my brother, Gaara. Kankuro, our other brother will be out in a minute to set up the Karaoke. So that, my friends," Temari set her washcloth on the bar, "means you'll be in the care of my good friend Sai. He'll be over if you need anything." Temari gave them one last wink and made to leave before Ino stopped her.
"Wait a sec!"
She turned quickly. "Yeah?"
Ino put an arm around Hinata, "My friend here loves Karaoke; do you guys do a signup sheet?"
Temari nodded, smirking. "Yep, we do up to 30 people a night. It's over in the corner."
A brunette in a snug purple shirt stood beside Gaara, taking the microphone, "Alright people, you know the drill. It's Karaoke time, it's ladies night, and it's at your favorite family owned bar. Sign Up sheets are over here next to the table, and remember, we don't judge song picks here. All are welcome. EXCEPT HOTEL CALIFORNIA! Tonight we're gonna kick it off with some of the best; the Beastie Boys!" He paused with a grin as almost the entire bar 'whooped'. "Tonight I'm your Mike D."
Temari climbed up and leaned in beside her brother, "I'll be your Ad-Rock."
"And rest in peace, Gaara will be your MCA."
With the coordination that is rarely seen outside best friends and family members, the trio of siblings performed Brass Monkey, passing the mic between them. A couple groups of people crowded the dance floor while others lined up to fill in their names and song requests. Once back at the bar with Sai, the girls enjoyed the rest of the mini show.
When the song ended and the cheering subsided, Kankuro took a breath before grinning into the microphone, "Alright! Now that the family business is over it looks like our first victim tonight will be...Hinata!"
Hinata gave a squeal from the bar, rushing to Kankuro who helped her up to the mic.
"What'll it be tonight?" he asked her.
"How about...Marry You by Bruno Mars?"
Kankuro turned to the station laptop. "Sure thing."
"She picked a cute song tonight." Tenten couldn't help but smile as Hinata began to sing. "She's actually got a pretty great voice. I don't think I've heard her sing since we were living in the dorms; I kept walking in on her 'practicing'."
"I just think its funny how much she loves Karaoke; she was so shy in high school," Sakura commented.
Her delicate, feminine voice trilled the song through the speakers, filling the room nicely despite being so starkly different than the usual music.
They cheered loudly for their friend as Kankuro traded spaces with her. "Looks like next up we've got...oh goddamnit Anko! For the last time you CANNOT sing that!" Kankuro threw down the sheet in his hand and began looking angrily through the crowd.
Several people throughout the bar chuckled and a woman with dark blue liberty spikes charged up to the stage, her Ginders thudding on the dance floor with her inebriated gait. She had a large, monochromatic 'Pussy Riot' patch stapled to her black denim jacket that wrinkled as she pointed a finger up at the host.
"Shut up Kankuro! Blue Balls is a strong, feminine song about-"
"Blue Balls!" Kankuro shouted. "We don't even HAVE anything by that band! Stop asking!"
The woman crossed her arms and huffed. "Fine! Gimme…"
Her voice fell too quiet for the group of friends to hear. Although apparently Temari heard.
"Crazy Bitch," she cackled.
Ino was quite startled by the outburst. "Whoa, isn't that a little harsh?"
Temari's face contorted in confusion. "What? What are you talking about?"
"Um, it just seemed a little mean..to…"
Suddenly, Temari threw her head back in roaring laughter, "Oh, no! No, the song Crazy Bitch! By Buck..uh, Buck Whatthefuck. She's not allowed to sing that one either." She shoved Ino's arm playfully, "You're fuckin funny."
Ino shook her head at Temari with a bewildered grin before turning back to watch 'Anko', as Kankuro had called her.
"Ugh! You are so NOT a progressive bar!"
Hinata and Sakura shifted in their barstool uncomfortably, but by now most of the bar was laughing. Some patrons went as far as to heckle. As Ino looked around she saw that somehow without her noticing, the bar had become substantially packed.
Noticing her bewildered glance around the establishment, Temari filled her in. "I take it you've never been here before. You got here kinda early so you're probably surprised but we're actually a busy joint. That stage slides out and we usually have bands on the weekends. Our Karaoke nights are slammed ever since our Battle of the Bands got too outta control to repeat. Everyone just settles with this." She killed her drink and leaned in. "You're safe."
Ino smiled, and was about to thank her when Anko finally stepped onto the stage. She cleared her throat and stood with her hip cocked while an almost western tune, very unfitting to the lady on platform, began playing. She started tapping her foot in time to the…
"Is that a banjo?" Tenten made a face of amused disbelief.
"Yeah, it'll make sense in a minute," promised their bartender.
"Oh, he treats me with respect he says he loves me all the time, he calls me 15 times a day he likes to make sure that I'm fine,"
Anko sang in an unanticipatedly soft tone, wiggling her shoulders and crooning into the microphone.
"He's not like all them other boys they're all so dumb and immature,
There's just one thing that's getting in the way. When we go up to bed, you're just no good, it's such a shame, I look into your eyes, I want to get to know you, And then you make this noise and it's apparent it's all over."
Tenten laughed out loud and a "Wow," came from Sakura. Hinata turned pink beside a similarly colored Ino.
"That..that's…" Sakura stumbled for words.
"Awesome!" shouted Tenten, and jumped up to dance with the group that had formed at the floor.
Sakura jumped up after Tenten with a battle cry. "Party!"
"That was," Ino coughed and took a drink of her wine. "Definitely not what I expected."
Temari just laughed, "Yeah, that's Anko for ya. Kanky and her had a thing a while back and now she has a bit of entitlement around here. Just enjoy the show."
Hinata giggled.
Kankuro finally nudged Anko off the stage, calling up Sakura.
"Hi guys!" Sakura pepped into the microphone as she adjusted the stand to her height. "Me and my friends are out tonight to celebrate my friend sitting at the bar who just dumped a serious asshole and I think she could use some support! So if you want to buy her a drink or wish her well her name is Ino, but don't hang around too long cause she's not really friendly tonight," Sakura winked at the audience, who gave appropriate, drunken laughter, before finishing, "So Ino, this one is for you!"
Ino hung her head in her hands, trying not to laugh as her best, most trusted and closest friend sang a loudly through the establishment.
"Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it,"
"Wow," came a voice from behind the bar.
"Suddenly I see, This is what I wanna be,"
Hinata and Tenten looked to see Temari, stopped in her process of cleaning glasses.
"What?" Tenten asked, turning back to Sakura. "I mean, she's easy on the ears, but she's no Julie Andrews."
"Suddenly I see, Why the hell she means so much to me!"
Temari laughed. "That's not what I meant."
When Hinata looked inquisitively at her, all she said was, "She really loves her, doesn't she?"
Hinata smiled, "Yes, I think so."
The people swaying on the dance floor hooted as the song came to its end and Sakura hopped down. She ran to Ino and hugged her tightly.
"You mean the world to me!"
Ino laughed and kissed her forehead. "Shut up, Sakura. I love you."
Sakura giggled, her adrenaline rushing from public nervousness. "I know. Alcohol?" she asked as she took Ino's glass, drinking.
Ino smiled warmly at her best friend.
A loud burst of music brought their attention back to the stage where Temari was dancing, stomping one foot energetically.
"I got a date with the night, putting out my finger.
Gonna catch the kids dry, gonna walk on water!
Buying out the fight, we're sweating in the winter, both thighs squeeze tight," she bent in almost a full backbend as she screeched out the lyrics. "Choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke!"
"That girl is wacky," stated Sakura, and Tenten nodded.
"Don't tell me to fix her, don't tell me to fiiix her,"
"I dig it!"
Sakura leaned on her friend, "Definitely."
"Can I get you another drink, courtesy of a gentleman down the bar?"
"Flying out my sight, droppin brides at the alter,"
Ino looked to see a sweetly smiling Sai.
"I think I'm good," she said. Then she gestured to Temari, "How long have you worked with that crazy girl?"
His smile grew. "Quite a few months now. She gets really into it, she's a performer. Her band does a lot of Yeah Yeah Yeahs covers. They're playing here a few weeks from now if you're interested. Keep an eye out."
As Sai left, the song ended and Kankuro's voice could be heard just over the chatter and clatter of the now packed establishment. "Give a big welcome to Zabuza!"
A monster of a man climbed easily onto the tiny platform, pulling a chair up beside him. A familiar guitar line strummed through the speakers.
"I met her in a club down in old Soho where we drank champagne and it taste just like cherry cola," he lit a cigarette between his lips. "C-O-L-A cola."
A wet and dirty towel hit him in the face.
"There's no smoking in here," projected Gaara from across the room, the crowd cheered.
"Fuck!" Zabuza shouted indignantly, and continued his song with a hurried, gravelly voice.
Suddenly Hinata started snorting with laughter. "I know this song; my dad loves it!"
"This is our song."
They turned to a pretty man with long black hair and a wan smile sitting near them at the bar.
"It is? That's sweet." She gently reached out to shake his hand. "I'm Hinata, this is Tenten."
"Haku," He nodded with a dreamy look in his eyes, "This was the first song we ever made love to."
"Oh...really?" Hinata commented politely, struggling to keep the uncomfortable sense of foreboding out of her tone.
"We met at Masters and Slaves in California, before they went all prudish and added all those rules," He said with contempt. "Anyway, that's why we came here! This state's' scene is way better. The clubs really aren't afraid to push the limits."
Tenten snorted in a barely withheld snicker and Hinata's face warped from regret to horror.
With all the awkward gracelessness of a giraffe in roller skates, Hinata said nothing but turned slowly away from the misty eyed stranger to face Sakura and Ino.
"Oh my god you guys," Tenten murmured, "That's totally a BDSM group!"
"Ahh! I totally just pictured them having sex!" Hinata whispered, squeezing her eyes tightly. "Ahh! Kinky sex!"
Ino exploding into laughter, "Oh god, Hinata!"
"I know, I know! It was terrible!"
Tenten slapped the bar, "Admit it Hinata, you're ALL perv!"
"It's true! Damn my eyes, it's true!" she wailed theatrically, albeit quietly, collapsing into giggles on Sakura's shoulder.
Sakura for her part nudged her playfully, "It's ok Hinata, we support you and your kinks! This is evidently a great state for those." This only made Hinata giggle harder.
On the stage, Zabuza was standing, singing with vigorous enthusiasm.
"Well girls will be boys and boys will be girls, it's a mixed up muddled shook up world except for Lola, lo-lo-lo-la."
"As freaky as that is, I do like this song." Ino commented. "Jesus, that guy is scary looking."
"I'd never ever kissed a woman before, but Lola smiled and took me by the hand she said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man!"
Sakura coughed loudly, "Wow...Hinata you said your dad likes this song?"
"He loves this song." Then she shuddered, "Why do people think I wanna know about their sex lives! Is it my face?"
Sakura ignored the Hyuuga's lament, "No judgment, but...thats fantastic."
"Right? I always thought that family was so..stiff. Except you Hina, and we mean it in the best possible way," Tenten said, putting a hand on Hinata's knee. "My grandparents can be pretty stiff too, but ya love em!"
Hinata shrugged with a smile, unoffended but still concerned about the forwardness of strangers.
"You don't seem to mind Neji all that much either, Tenten." Ino waggled her eyebrows.
Tenten's' mouth opened and closed like a fish, "Ino!"
"Ha! You can't even deny it!"
"Shut up," Tenten grumbled, sulking and sipping her wine. She pulled out her phone and busied herself in answering texts.
"Ino! Get on up here!" Kankuro summoned from across the room. "Gaara, you're on deck!"
"I guess you're off the hook for now," she teased Tenten as she got off her stool.
Kankuro held a hand out to help her up, and unexpectedly pulled her into a hug. He chuckled at her startled expression, "That's from Temari, it sound like you could use it."
Embarrassed, Ino tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, "Um, thanks."
He patted her back, "Have fun!"
She grinned nervously as she waited for the words to appear on the small screen before her. She'd picked the best 'screw you' song she could think of on the spot, but now that she was relaxing into the evening she wasn't sure she had the right energy to make it fun. Her eyes flickered over the crowd and fell upon Sakura, who was taking a sip of her wine and laughing prettily at something Hinata said. When the music started, she turned to the stage and locked her emerald gaze onto Ino. Her stomach twisted with nervousness under the unwavering stare.
"It's funny how I find myself...In love with you.
If I could buy my reasoning, I'd pay to lose, One half won't do.
I've asked myself, How much do you, uh commit yourself?"
She closed her eyes and shook out her hair playfully, singing.
"Ooh it's my life! Don't you forget!"