Ok guys I know, I know it's literally been forever. Would a 12 page chapter make up for it? In my defense I had my own birthday going on early this month and got a little busy. As a quick note I'm taking elements from Naruto and a modern universe to make this story. In this universe the legal drinking age in Japan is 18(like it is in the shinobi world) That being said, hope you guys like this chapter!
WARNING: Foul language, drugs(no usage), and suggested sexual behavior in this chapter.
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"You're stepping on my toes Ino!" Sakura whispered loudly. I could hear the voices before I heard the door creak open.
"Well get them out from under my feet Sakura," Ino whispered louder. This must be what the two of them snuck off to plan yesterday after school. I had briefly wondered how they got in. They must have borrowed Shikamaru's key card for the elevator, well the key was really Auntie Yoshie's for emergencies, but he usually held onto it.
"You guys are going to wake her up," Hinata pleaded with the two. Of course, they had roped her into this. Hinata was the shyest out of the four of us, and I knew the idea of barging into someone's room when they were sleeping made her uncomfortable. I decided to catch them off guard.
"They already did," I cracked an eye open, smiling.
They had rushed to my bedside in a second, standing around all three sides they stood over me and each released handfuls of brightly colored bits of paper into the air, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KUMARAKI!"
I grinned and sat up. I shook the confetti out of my hair and pulled it into a pile on the top of my head, "Morning guys, thanks."
"Get up and get ready birthday girl. We're taking you out to breakfast first and then-," Sakura gushed.
"You'll just have to see," Ino interrupted her.
I laughed and lifted the covers off my lower half. I stood up and went over to my closet while the other girls sat down on my bed. I was tired, Shika hadn't left until around two and then it had taken me about an hour to fall asleep. But I knew Ino, she had planned this whole day out and it would be easier to just go along with it. I pulled out a yellow and gray plaid skirt, a gray crop top, and a sage green sleeveless dress. I turned around and held up the clothing options for the girls. They unanimously voted for the top/skirt combo so I hung the dress back up. I walked into the bathroom and hurried to get ready.
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"So am I allowed to know any place we're going to today?" I turned away from the tinted window of Hinata's limo to look at Ino.
"Nope! So just sit back and go with it!" She gave me a big grin.
After a few more minutes of driving, we stopped in front of a small little restaurant with a cute green and beige striped awning and a little chalkboard menu beside the door. It ended up being a new little bistro boasting bottomless mimosas for its brunch guests. We walked in and a very cute waiter showed us to our table. He looked like he was probably a first- or second-year university student. With his messy hairstyle and piercing hazel eyes I'm sure he had caught more than just my eye.
We sat down and after a little harmless flirting we had put in our drink orders. Being of legal drinking age, Sakura and I ordered a mimosa a piece. When he brought our beverages to the table, he set mine down last.
"And the one with the umbrella is for the birthday girl. Made it special," he winked at me when I smiled at him before taking his leave from the table.
Hinata giggled and rolled her eyes, "I swear you have some kind of superpower over boys. Why can't I be as confident as you?"
"Well, you're gorgeous, smart as a whip, and probably the kindest person to walk this green earth so I don't know, why can't you?" I stuck out my tongue at her. Seriously though, Hinata was gold. She never gave herself enough credit, but I didn't mind taking the time to remind her what a wonderful person she was.
"That waiter is yummy though," Sakura glanced towards the kitchen where the topic of our conversation had currently retreated to.
"And did you see the tattoo peeking out from his sleeve?! Oooh, do you think it's a hikae?" Ino squealed getting a little too excited.
"Girl chill, it's an arm tattoo, not a Fudo Myoo backpiece. It's probably a lion head or whatever guys think look tough these days," I smirked.
We shared a laugh and continued chatting for a few more minutes until our food arrived. Over the course of the meal and after a few fits of pleading I convinced Sakura to take advantage of the bottomless mimosas and we shared with Ino and Hinata. Turns out 'bottomless' only amounted to about eight split evenly-and secretly- between us. By the time we walked out of the bistro I had both a slight buzz and the cute waiter's number.
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"So where to next," I giggled sliding into the back of the limo.
The next building the limo stopped in front of was the most vividly colored business on the street. The little salon, Meili Nails, was one that Ino used all the time. We filed into the lobby single file and waited for the woman behind the counter to show us which chairs to take. As we sat Ino ordered manicures and pedicures for the group. I sighed happily as I dipped my feet into the warm bubbly water in the soaking tub. 'This is the life!' I found myself wishing everyday could be like this one, but then I suppose that's why today felt so special, because it didn't happen all the time.
When my feet were done soaking the technician began doing my pedicure. A little while later I was wiggling my freshly painted white toenails while a different technician was working on my nails.
"What color are you getting?" I looked over to my left to see Hinata's nails being painted a deep eggplant purple.
I lifted my fingers to show her the long almond shaped white nails. The iridescent foil the tech had applied caught the lighting beautifully, "They match my dress. What about you guys?"
I looked to my right towards Ino and Sakura. Ino flashed a powder blue set in my direction, while Sakura showed me a hand with red tipped short square nails. I told them how cute I thought they were. We began to talk about what we were going tonight. It was getting close enough to the party that we needed to start thinking about getting ready.
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As Hinata's limo stopped in front of my apartment building, the girls grabbed the bags of clothes and shoes they had brought with them. We climbed out of the limo and walked into the lobby and over to the elevator.
We kicked our shoes off in the entryway and closed the front door behind us. As we walked through the living room on our way into the hallway, we passed Obito watching tv in the recliner.
"Hey ladies and Kumaraki," he smirked as Ino giggled and waved.
"Shove it Obito," I rolled my eyes and continued leading the way to my room.
Once the door locked behind me the clothes and shoes started flying. We had each set up a little station in different parts of my room. I went to my closet and pulled out the dress that Ino had convinced me to buy a few weeks ago. I was going to have to go braless due to the thin white straps and the deep v-cut the dress took down my chest. The gap was covered with mesh, but you could still see through it. After pulling the dress down over my head I made sure the cutouts on my sides lined up to where they were supposed to be and the bottom of the dress stayed at mid-thigh level. I slipped on the pair of clear iridescent heels I had found the other day and checked my reflection in the mirror.
"Yessss! I told you that dress looked amazing on you!" Ino gushed pulling up the straps of her own little dark blue party dress.
"You guys don't think it's too much?" I spun around for Sakura and Hinata to give me their input.
"To make your womanly debut! You can't do too much!" Ino dramatically began to powder her face with foundation.
"Thank you, peanut gallery," I side-eyed her.
"I like it," Hinata said pulling on a lavender cropped jacket that matched her longer glittered dress.
"Thanks Hinata, I like yours too. Very classy," I wiggled my eyebrows up and down earning a giggle from said purple-haired girl. "I like yours too Sakura," I looked over to my desk where Sakura was adjusting a red crop top and black mini skirt.
"Really? I usually don't show this much skin?" She said coming over to turn a few times in front of the mirror.
"Yeah girl, totally! You look hot!" I gave her a thumbs up. "I bet even my dumbass cousin notices." I whispered in her ear before walking over to my vanity to do my makeup.
She 'eeped' and fanned her reddening face before going over to her own makeup bag. After about twenty minutes I checked my face in the mirror. Glitter eyeshadow. Check. Winged black eyeliner. Check. Big long eyelashes. Check. Pink lipstick. Check. I was wearing my hair down and over one shoulder, so I was officially ready for the party.
I turned to the others, "Alright girls, we ready?"
After a few group selfies and some snapchat posting we grabbed our purses and got ready to walk out. I took one last glance at all of us in the mirror and shook my head, "Those poor guys aren't going to know what hit 'em."
We found Obito in the same spot we had left him in. What I didn't expect to see was Kakashi closing the front door behind him. As he began to cross the room to get to his favorite spot on the couch, he noticed our presence and our eyes met. I both froze.
"Uh hey, you-," he paused, "-guys look great," he scratched the back of his head.
"Thanks! I'll be out late, Ito. Don't wait up!" I brushed passed the two of them, herding the girls along with me. It was already getting awkward, and I could feel Ino literally bursting to say something. We would not be doing this in front of my brother, not tonight-hopefully not ever. As we walked across the entryway over to the elevator, I heard them talking.
"Where are they going dressed like that?" Kakashi pointed back to us.
"Out," I voiced from the elevator.
"And you're okay with that?" I heard Kakashi ask Obito.
"If I couldn't stop her before she was eighteen, you really think I can stop her now?" I heard my brother complain as the elevator doors closed and we descended to the lobby.
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It only took about fifteen minutes to get to Kamata Plaza. It was on a busy intersection and we got more than a few stares as we climbed out of the back of the limo. Not gonna lie, I felt like a celebrity, and I didn't not enjoy it. We all huddled on the sidewalk, just to the right of the front doors to the complex.
"Done making your entrance?" I looked over to see Shikamaru leaned up against the wall, smoking a cigarette.
"You're already in a mood. Nice to see you too," I walked over to his side and flapped my elbow into his side.
"Ino made me show up early to get the damn table. The others are already inside. I knew your ass would be late, so I came out here to smoke," he unsuccessfully tried to push me off him, his hand touching my bare waist.
"Why are your hands so damn warm?" I stepped back so he could put the cigarette out.
"What a drag, they were in my pockets," he shrugged. "Come on, let's go to the table."
He beckoned for us to follow him. When I passed by Ino she had a weird pensive look on her face. I didn't bother asking. Knowing that girl she was probably thinking of what to say to Sasuke when she saw him. They all fell in line after me and we made our way into the restaurant area of Kamata Plaza.
Shika led us down the middle of a large dining room and then over to a little alcove off the left of the main room. As we rounded the corner, we saw a two long tables in a semiprivate room. One table was empty. The other was filled with the male members of our rather large circle of friends.
When he saw Hinata I swear Naruto's jaw dropped. 'Interesting…ooh this good information for later. I'm definitely going to have to get with Ino on this.' I thought to myself. There was an empty chair next to Kiba, which he almost tripped trying to pull out. When our eyes met, he jumped up out of his chair at a breakneck speed and offered me the seat.
I giggled at the clumsy but cute display and sat down in the chair. I heard Shikamaru scoff as Kiba pushed me up to the table. He took his own seat across from me, scowling down the table as Ino and Sakura squabbled about who got the empty seat beside Sasuke. A few minutes later, after making Naruto move down one seat, they both got their way and flanked either side of him.
With everyone now seated, the waitress came and took our drink orders. After she walked away the conversations were now in full swing. We were easily one of the louder tables, and once or twice I found myself thankful that we were separated from the major dining room. Then again Naruto, who was mainly responsible for most of the noise, had the chief of police for a father so they probably wouldn't say much to us anyway. We ate our dinners and talked about what we wanted to do first once we went to upper levels.
After the waitress told us she would bring the checks Ino stood up and ushered me from table. 'Let's go birthday girl! No bills for you to worry about,' she sang out as she guided me up a set of stairs. When we reached the top, we were greeted with an immense space that had been divided up between a large club area on the right and a hallway to the left that was used to access the twenty karaoke rooms that Kamata Plaza housed. Ino pulled me to the left, walking until we came to the room numbered '10', the last room on the left.
As we walked into the room, I noticed there was already a small pile of presents on one of the couches and snacks on the table in the center of the room. I sat down in the middle of one of the couches and noticed that only Ino, Sakura, and Hinata were in the room with me.
"Where are the guys?" I looked around wondering where they were, we had agreed to come up to the karaoke room first.
"Downstairs being chivalrous, they agreed to split the check," Ino hummed.
I raised my eyebrows, surprised because we were a party of ten and that had to have been a big bill. Choji alone had eaten enough for three people. Not long after, the guys filed into the room, Shikamaru and Kiba taking the seats on either side of me. The rest dispersed themselves evenly around where Ino, Sakura, and Hinata were already sitting, forming a square around the table of snacks.
"So what are we doing first?" Sakura twirled a piece of hair around her finger. Sasuke was the last one in the room and had no choice but to take the only seat left, the one beside Sakura. She had been fidgeting ever since he sat down.
"Why don't you open your presents first!" Naruto practically frisbeed something into my lap.
"Uh ok Naruto…excited much," I laughed looking down at a small envelope with my name written on it in orange marker.
Naruto's gift turned out to be about twenty coupons for free ramen bowls. As I opened more presents, I cheered and thanked my friends. I loved each gift, my friends being thoughtful in their own ways. I consolidated my gifts into the large gift bag that Hinata's present had been in. The only ones who hadn't had gifts in the pile had been Shikamaru, who usually just took me somewhere I wanted to go for a present, and Kiba-and I was pretty sure I knew why he didn't gift his publicly.
"Okay so now what?" I asked looking over to Ino for guidance.
"Let's play the pocky game!" Ino grinned wickedly, holding up a large box of the chocolate flavored snacks.
"What are we thirteen?" Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"Shut up Shikamaru! This could be our chance to kiss one of the girls!" I heard Naruto whisper as he elbowed Shika. "Alright Ino I'm game!" he voiced this loud enough for everyone to hear.
One by one the other boys began agreeing. As soon as Naruto had practically forced Sasuke into playing, Sakura caved. It took one additional 'please' from Naruto for Hinata to join in, and she had turned into a big, red, complying mess.
I sighed. I was outnumbered, "Fine. Draw up the bracket."
I didn't know what her goal was by suggesting the game, but the sorting system Ino had used for the match-ups had failed hilariously. I think she was trying to pair herself up with Sasuke and me up with Kiba, but it hadn't turned out that way at all.
In the first round, when Choji and Shikamaru saw that they had been paired against each other they bowed out without competing. When I went up against Shino, he took two bites and began shaking so much out of discomfort that he dropped the pocky resulting in a foul-out. Kiba and Naruto went up against each other and in an overcompetitive display Naruto accidentally headbutted Kiba resulting in his victory. Naruto went against Sasuke after that, the latter bowing out of the competition. With her chance of pairing up with my cousin no longer a possibility, Sakura eliminated herself. In the end, the championship match was, much to her frustration, Ino against me.
I grinned at her pulling a stick of pocky from the box. She huffed in disapproval, "Let's just play another game."
"Oh no blondie! You picked this game and I'm this close to winning it. We're gonna see who comes out on top," I stuck the chocolate covered end in between my teeth.
She groaned and came over to sit beside me on the couch, forcing Shikamaru to move to sit on the table. She put her hands in her lap as she leaned forward and took the other end into her mouth. We each took a few nibbles, getting closer to the middle of the stick and each other's lips. All the while the boys watched hungrily. We had gotten about two bites away from deciding the victor. Ino and I squinted our eyes at each other waiting to see who would make a move. She waited too long. Her eyes widened as I closed the gap between us by taking the rest of the available pocky into my mouth. As our lips touched, I heard the snap of the pocky. We pulled away from each other blushing and I licked the chocolate and her strawberry flavored lip gloss off my lips triumphantly.
"Ha! Number 1!" I sang as I held up a 'victory' sign with my right hand and moved it in and out in front of Ino's red face.
"Can we play a different game now?" Ino huffed.
"I say we have another pocky tournament, women only," Naruto's grin spread across his face.
"Get a life twerp," Sakura smacked him on the back of the head.
"What about truth or dare?" Naruto counteroffered.
"That could work!" I could practically see the scheming sparkling in Ino's eyes.
"Ok you first Ino truth or dare?" Naruto asked.
"Truth I guess," she began reapplying her lip gloss.
"Ok so have you ever touched another girl…while you were naked?" he suggestively whispered the last word.
'Well that escalated quickly!'
"No! Naruto I-," Ino crossed her arms.
"Well now that's not true Ino, remember, the time the four of us-," Hinata began tapping her finger on her chin.
Shino literally spit out his drink and I though Shika was going to choke on his, "Now, now Hinata we don't want to bore the boys with old stories." I laughed and waved my hands around wildly, cutting her off.
"You go Raki, truth or dare?" Naruto turned in my direction.
"Are you gonna get to ask all the questions? Truth," I rolled my eyes.
"What's the furthest you've gone with anyone in this room?" he wiggled his eyebrows.
"What's up with you and these questions perv? Your mom ground you from the computer?" my hands found themselves on my hips.
"Just answer the question. I'm trying to figure something out," he said making me cock an eyebrow.
"Fine! Ino, just now in the pocky game…unless you wanna count when Sasuke and I used to take baths together when we were little. They stopped throwing us in there together though 'cause one-time Sasuke got mad at me and tried to p-," I rambled.
"Enough with the games! I'm going to get a drink," my cousin stood up, pink dusting his cheeks. He shrugged off his jacket and walked out the door, no doubt heading to the large dance floor and bar on the other side of this floor.
"That sounds like a plan," I stood up and followed Sasuke's path out of the room.
When I got up to the bar, I saw Sasuke already taking a sip out of a glass filled halfway up with a dark liquid. I flashed the bartender my ID and told him I wanted a long island iced tea. By the time I got my drink I saw the rest of our group spilling out onto the dance floor. Sakura came up to Sasuke and I at the bar and ordered some kind of blue fruity drink. She stood beside my cousin swaying back and forth on her feet, nervously sipping the drink through the tiny stirrer.
I saw Ino take notice of them striking up a conversation. She began making a beeline for us, and I decided to do Sakura a little favor. I would never tell Ino, but if either of them ended up dating my cousin I'd rather it be Sakura. She had been devoted to him and only him since we were practically in diapers. Ino hadn't been as loyal having dated other people, and I knew she could find a great guy that she would be more compatible with. While Sakura didn't have eyes for anyone else.
I downed the rest of my drink and set the glass on the bar before meeting Ino about fifteen feet away from Sakura and Sasuke. I grabbed her arm and pulled her the direction she had just come from, "Let's dance Ino!"
Once I got her far enough onto the dance floor I let go of her arm and backed my body into hers. We grinded against each other while the fast song played, laughing when we looked over and saw Kiba and some of the others watching us. I motioned to Shika to look where I was pointing when I noticed Choji in the corner talking to a cute red headed girl. He followed my finger and grinned when he saw what was happening. He looked back at me and smirked as he shrugged his shoulders and tipped back a beer.
I turned back to dancing with Ino and was quite content dancing with my friends after Hinata and Sakura joined in. A slower song came on and I felt a taller presence come up behind me.
"Can I cut in?" a deep voice whispered in my ear.
I turned to look at Kiba standing behind me smiling, giving me another look at those perfect teeth of his. I turned to look at the other girls. Ino was already giving me a look and pranced off to somewhere else. Hinata and Sakura quickly followed suit, leaving me and Kiba to dance on our own. He came up behind me and placed his hands on my hips while I lifted my hands up behind me placing them on either side of his neck. Our bodies moved to the beat together.
"This ok?" he said into my ear, eliciting goosebumps down my back.
"Mmhmm," I closed my eyes and hummed in response.
We continued swaying to the suggestive lyrics, an overwhelmingly large percentage of our bodies touching each other. It had been ages since I had danced with a guy and it feel this good. He knew how to move. He was keeping up with the pace my body set even after the music had turned fast and upbeat again. As I grinded against him his hands moved from my hips down to my thighs and back up further to my waist. As the song ended, I spun around to face him still having no space between our bodies. His smile held confidence even though his cheeks held a pink stain. I ran my hand from his shoulder down his chest and used it to push my body away from his.
"Thanks for the dance," I winked before walking over to the side of the dance floor towards Ino who was waiting with another drink for me in hand.
"Ohhh myyy Goddd!" She squealed.
I rolled my eyes but grinned as I sipped the drink through the straw, "That was interesting, to say the least."
"That's not the only interesting thing that happened, look at our little shy butterfly over there," I followed her eyes back to a corner of the dance floor where Choji was now dancing with the girl he had been talking to earlier.
"Whooo Go Choji!" I called out in their direction. If he heard me, he didn't acknowledge it. I looked around for Shika, wanting to see what he thought of Choji's newly blossoming love life and to force him to dance with me for a song or two. I took another sip of my drink before turning to Ino, "Speaking of little shy boys. Where's Shika?"
"Oh, I think he went up to the roof to smoke a cigarette," She had a weird smirk on her face.
I chalked it up to Ino being Ino and ignored it as I rolled my eyes, "Ugh probably fed up with the music. I guess I'll go drag him back down here. I could use a smoke break anyways."
I headed for the stairs that led to the upper levels. Two flights later I had passed the arcade floor and was pushing the door open to the rooftop pool level. A cool breeze, courtesy of Japan's rainy season, made me shiver as I searched for my best friend. I saw him smoking a cigarette, just as Ino had forecasted, over to my right. He was leaning on the balcony looking out at the city's skyline.
"Hey there you are! What are you doing up here? No cloud watching tonight, all the fun's inside," I smiled walking up to him.
He blew out a cloud of smoke, "Just needed a breath of fresh air."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," I pulled my vape out of the top of my dress, which earned a snort of laughter from Shikamaru.
"Did you see Choji talking to that chick in the corner?" he smirked.
"Yeah! I tried looking for you to talk about it but I couldn't find you," I blew out a mouthful of smoke.
"You seemed pretty…busy. So I just came up here," he looked away from me, the tone he took making a silence overtake our space. A type of loaded silence that I had never felt with Shikamaru. One I didn't really know what to do with.
"He's in there dancing with her now," I giggled out after a few minutes, trying to conjure a different mood, shivering as I did.
"What a drag. You cold? Come here," he was already taking his green jacket off and sliding my left arm into the sleeve.
"Speaking of dancing, you owe me one you know," I looked up at him threw my eyelashes as he pulled the other sleeve up my exposed arm and towards the middle of my body. His hands still clutching both sides of the zipper as he looked down at me. And for the second time tonight I found myself standing impossibly close to a boy.
Just as he was about to say something, we heard the door open. We turned our heads toward the sound only to find Kiba standing there facing the other direction, scanning the rooftop.
"I guess you'll have to take a raincheck," his hands dropped the fabric. One went to take the cigarette out of his mouth, the other found warmth in his front pocket.
"Hey! There you guys are!" Kiba had finally noticed us.
The cuff of the sleeve flopped back and forth as I waved, Shikamaru's jacket swallowing me up. We both blew out a puff of smoke as Kiba sauntered towards us.
"I was waiting to give you this in private for obvious reasons," he fished a zip-lock bag out of his back pocket.
I held it up inspecting the contents after taking it from his outstretched hand, "Wow, this is a lot! You really didn't have to give me that much."
He scratched the back of his head, "Eh don't worry about it. If you want more let me know."
"Oh we'll definitely be in touch," I laughed sticking the bag into the inside pocket of Shika's jacket. I looked over to him. He was putting out his cigarette.
"You ready to go back inside?" He had thrown the butt in a trash can and tugged on my arm.
"Let's go. I left Ino, Sakura, and my cousin alone. I'm sure there's a fight to break up," I linked arms with both of them and pulled them over to the door.
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I sighed as I leaned against the window of Hinata's limo, inhaling the scent of Shikamaru's cologne. I just remembered that I hadn't taken it off. I pulled out my phone, careful not to let the light from the screen shine on Sakura's face. She had passed out, lying down sideways beside me.
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Me:
Hey! I just remembered, I forgot to give
you your jacket back.
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Shikamaru:
I know troublesome woman. You know
where to bring it.
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Me:
Yeah, yeah. I'll come over sometime
this week.
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We pulled to a stop in front of my building. I waved and whispered a 'goodnight' to Ino. Hinata had fallen asleep two minutes after we started moving. Ino told the driver to head to her house and that she'd take Sakura with her. I climbed out and walked inside and over to the elevator. The house was quiet and dark when I made it inside, as expected- it was after one in the morning. I tiptoed to my room, heels in hand. After shutting the door behind me I flipped on my tv and peeled off the dress.
I pulled on a big t-shirt and sat down on my bed. I plugged my phone in on the charger and checked my notifications. I had three text messages.
:
Kashi-senpai:
Are you having fun? You're not doing
anything crazy are you?
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Kiba:
So you're gonna let me know about that date
right?
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Shikamaru:
I just thought of something…What was Hinata
talking about when she said that thing about the
four of you being naked?
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I laughed thinking about the time the four of us girls had hiked up to Momiji Falls. We had found a hot spring fed by a waterfall. We had all soaked and washed each other's hair in the falling water. We had technically been naked and I guess we were touching each other. I left all three boys on 'read' and rolled over, letting a sweet sleep embrace me. It had been a hell of a way to enter adulthood.
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Ok everyone! so what did you think? each of our little love interests got a little fluff with Kumaraki. The love triangle(square) and major plot points of the story will be picking up pace in the next few chapters. I can't wait for you guys to let me know what you think!
