So I had this little plot bunny hopping around in my brain for some time, and I just had to put it on paper(figuratively). It's a One-shot with Itahina couple and Sasuhina friendship. Implied sasusaku if you squint. Expect a bit of OCCness as there's no massacre and there's tequila involved as stated in the tittle. enjoy!

Hinata Hyuuga was having a shitty day.

She just left the conference room at Uchiha corporation after giving what she considered a terrible presentation. She felt like she embarrassed herself in front of the Suna corporation representatives.

Good thing the head wasn't present.

She can't wait to see that disappointed look on her husband's face when this gets back to him.

Because Hinata Hyuuga became Hinata Uchiha four years ago after Itachi Uchiha popped the question publicly at a fundraiser when his brother conveniently let it slip that her father was trying to marry her off to the Otsutsuki heir.

Apparently, he had been still sore about her leaving the Hyuuga company to work for the Uchiha corps.

And Sasuke being a good friend (although he refused to acknowledge their budding friendship at the time.) and a good brother who was aware of Itachi's fascination with the ex-Hyuuga Heiress, gave the little push that was needed to start their relationship.

In hindsight he probably thought his brother would just ask her out, he didn't expect him to propose!

But Itachi Uchiha was never one to conform to social conventions.

Being engaged before having a first date was quite the experience.

She had been happy because Hinata herself had been harboring feelings for the Uchiha heir since before she started working for his father. They did run in the same social circles after all.

All to say that it was a fairytale ending.

Well, sort of.

They were having one of their silent fights lately.

Itachi was offered a position to run the American branch of the Uchiha company. That meant moving to the States but Hinata has just started to climb the corporate ladder and was offered a prominent position herself within the company here.

Her husband knew how important it was for her to prove herself worthy of the Uchiha name ( he thought it unnecessary) and get to rub her success in her father's nose.

So a choice was made to let her advance in her career while his waited a bit.

Except now she felt like she wasn't advancing fast enough for Itachi's liking.

She could feel the pressure of his gaze when he asks her every night about the projects she was overseeing.

It was stifling.

She picked a fight and now it's silent treatment and living like roommates. Except she swore she wouldn't budge first this time. Why was she always the one apologizing?

Hinata closed the door of the supply closet behind her rather harshly then knocked a box of blue pens down.

A head full of raven colored hair appeared from behind a few paper stacks at the sound of the commotion.

"Are you ok?" Sasuke asked at the sight of his sister-in-law's distressed face.

Yep, he was still denying their friendship.

"Why would you ask that when you know the answer? I am obviously not ok!" Hinata said, all of last weeks pressure was finally cracking her mask.

"Sorry. I have my own stuff" His eyebrows furrowed

"No. I apologize" She released a defeated sigh "I screwed up the Suna presentation and I usually talk to Itachi but we're not talking and now I'm… dumping all of this on you. Sorry"

"Are you working tonight?" Sasuke asked

"No. Why?"

The sound of the glass shot cups slammed on the bar countertop could only be heard by the two of them as it was a busy night. The place was packed. So, the two darkhaired individuals had no other choice than to sit on the very uncomfortable high stools.

Well at least no one was bothering them as Sasuke's glare was scary enough to deter the women from throwing themselves at him and the men from hitting on his sister-in-law.

It was harder to do when the opposite happened.

"Two more" Sasuke signaled at the bartender. "Drink up Hyuuga."

"You know I haven't been a Hyuuga for years" Hinata shuddered as the tequila went down her throat.

"You'll always be Hyuuga to me." The Uchiha smirked as he knew how much that annoyed his older brother.

"Shouldn't we slowdown?" said Hyuuga/Uchiha contradicted herself by ordering another round "Wouldn't Sakura be waiting for you?"

"No" Sasuke snorted "I'm apparently emotionally stunted because I don't talk about my feelings enough" He made a face whether it was about the concept of talking about his feelings or the drink he threw back wasn't clear.

Well, much wasn't clear to Hinata after the last two shots.

"So no talk. No sex. She calls it an in-home separation" He knew the indigo-haired woman must be getting drunk if she wasn't blushing at the mention of sex.

"huh. Just like me and Itachi except yours sounds healthy."

"Cheers to that" He said clinking their glasses together.

"How was you day Hinata? Did you solve world hunger Hinata?" Sasuke snorted at her poor imitation of Itachi's voice "when are you going to solve world hunger Hinata? I could've solved world hunger if you let me move to the States."

"You make him sound like a dick." He smirked.

"He is being a dick" Hinata said prompting Sasuke to choke on his drink, he didn't think he'll ever hear such language leaving her mouth.

"It's like he's waiting for me to fail, that is the definition of a dick move" She crossed her arms.

"Itachi does have high expectations from everyone around him" the Uchiha frowned.

"You know who else had high expectations? My father. And look how well that turned out." Her face scrunched at the reminder of her bastard of a father.

"That's harsh. Itachi does love you." Sasuke said offended on his brother's behalf.

"You're right. Hiashi is the king of dicks" They both chuckled and clinked their glasses together.

Again.

"So, I don't talk about my feelings. So what?" Sasuke huffed his own cheeks gained a pink tint from the drinking "doesn't mean I'm emotionally stunted"

"You're fine the way you are Sasuke, it's just that Sakura-chan's used to processing things out loud. Like Naruto does" Hinata patted his shoulder in conciliation.

"Naruto was the third rail in our relationship. Loud, annoying but necessary for us to keep going. He got me." Sasuke then glared at her "Now he's at the States because of your stupid marriage to my stupid brother"

"Hey! Don't take it out on me because you miss your best friend" the Hyuuga handed him another drink.

"Do you think it's possible that 'my one true love' is a guy?" the Uchiha looked genuinely confused.

The alcohol was making things fuzzy for the both of them.

"well" Hinata swallowed another mouthful completely aware she was about to reach the no filter, no shame stage of drinking "Did you get excited by his penis?"

"No" Sasuke answered truthfully.

"Then no. He's not your one true love."

"Good point."

They both tried to keep a straight face for as long as possible but lost the battle against their laughter in a few seconds.

"Oh god I miss sex." Hinata whined.

She was extremely drunk.

Not that he was doing any better mind you.

"Me too" he guffawed at her. Oh ,I cannot wait to see her face when she sobers up tomorrow.

"Your brother ruined me." The blue-haired woman scowled "I didn't crave sex before and now it's like a beast. It's awake and hungry and it's out for blood."

Sasuke hmmed before she took a hold of his collar and started shaking him.

"Do you understand Sasuke?! I just need sex!" He covered her hands with his as an attempt to make her let go.

"Hyuuga you're beautiful but you're asking the wrong Uchiha." He chuckled at her sputtering.

"You're right." Hinata released his collar "I'm hot. My husband's an idiot."

"Can't argue with that." He toasted with a grin.

Itachi was starting to get worried. It was now 2 AM and his wife still didn't make an appearance.

Yes, they have been having one of their weird-silent-fights as Sasuke once dubbed it but that wasn't reason for her not to come home. Right?

He tried calling her but her phone was off. He checked their bedroom just in case, and if he made sure that her stuff was still in the closet who are you to judge him.

It was a stupid fight. He knew he's been a little suffocating lately. Especially since his promotion was taken by his cousin Obito who kept rubbing it in.

He knew it wasn't fair to pressure her. It was his idea to stay after all.

But Itachi was far from perfect and he knew he pushed to hard when she just exploded one morning so now, they were giving each other the cold shoulder, both refusing to concede.

It was their longest fight ever.

He missed waking up wrapped around her.

He missed her smile when she gave him his morning coffee.

He missed their conversations about work, her latest recipe or even general mindless chatter.

He missed her nagging about calling his mother and inviting his brother to dinner.

He just missed her.

Itachi sighed. This needs to stop. He was apologizing the moment she walked through that door.

Just as he made that decision, he heard the sound of the keys jingling. Itachi was making his way down the stairs when he heard the whispers and giggles.

"Shhh don't make any noise, we'll get in trouble" Hinata whispered loudly.

"You're the one that's giggling"

Is that Sasuke?

Itachi's eyebrows rose as he turned the corner and came face to face with a giggling Hinata holding one shoe in her hand, half her weight leaning on Sasuke who wasn't fairing any better.

Both their faces were blotched. They were still giggling completely unaware of his presence.

The eldest Uchiha cleared his throat.

"oh crap. It's my boyfriend." Hinata slurred looking at his direction.

"Husband." Itachi corrected.

"Oh that explains the diamond ring!" She smiled as if she solved a big puzzle. God she was cute.

"What happened?" He asked as if he didn't already figure out, they were both completely rip-roaring drunk.

"What happened is you're an ass." Sasuke said scowling in his direction.

What now?

"Why didn't you tell me your wife was this funny and charming?" Sasuke pointed at him with an accusatory finger. Well he tried to. He was off the mark by a few meters.

" Sasuke you introduced us." Itachi said with a deadpan expression.

"Is it because she still stutters sometimes? Is it because of her weird eyes?" The youngest Uchiha kept talking as if he wasn't interrupted.

"Hey! What the hell happened to funny and charming?" Hinata scowled "and my eyes aren't weird!"

"They are." Sasuke faced her putting his hands on both sides of her face to examine her "they're huge and pale and they make you look like a cartoon."

Hinata pouted.

Itachi held the bridge of his nose.

Sasuke grinned "And the stutter is very, very cute."

"So, you both went drinking together." Itachi sighed

"We were bonding." Sasuke shrugged and Hinata nodded agreeing with that statement.

"Plus, we might've found a way for closing the deal with Suna corporation." Hinata grinned waving around a couple of napkins. Itachi could see diagrams and figures drawn on it with a pen.

"Your father would be so proud." Sasuke addressed her with a serious face.

There were a few seconds of complete silence before they both dissolved into a fit of laughter.

They completely ignored the dismayed Itachi. Don't get him wrong he was happy that two of the most important people of his life were getting along swimmingly. Not that they weren't before but now it looked like his little brother will have access to more ammunition to annoy him. Speaking of.

"Nii-san! Hyuuga is way too shy to ask so I will, because I'm a good friend." Sasuke faced him again.

"You're a great friend Sasuke" Hinata smiled hugging his brother who patted her head making Itachi's eye twitch.

Oh, so now he's not denying their friendship.

"Would you please just screw your wife?"

"Hey! Screw you too Uchiha!" Hinata scowled fisting Sasuke's shirt and trying to bring him to her eye level. Which was very hard considering her small height.

"No matter how much you beg me Hyuuga, I will not do you." The raven-haired Uchiha had a deadpan expression before his face broke into a grin that was contagious apparently because his wife had started to snicker.

And then to his absolute horror she said " Well I doubt you'd be as good as Itachi anyways, did you know he does this thing with…" The rest of her sentence was muffled by Itachi's hand.

"Ok. Enough bonding." He said extracting her from his brother's arm, lifting her in his own before walking away towards the stairs.

"Are you taking me to bed?" Hinata asked her arms around his neck, head resting on his shoulder.

"Yes."

"Will you stay?"

"Always."

"Good. I missed you." She said holding him closer

"I missed you too."

They both ignored the gagging sounds made by Sasuke in the background. Itachi really hoped he was just being overly dramatic and not throwing up on the hundred years old rug.

These two will be the death of him.

Sasuke buried his head between his elbows on the table waiting for the pancakes to be done. His brother was cooking since Hinata wasn't in a state to cook either although she seems to be faring better than him for some reason.

Itachi put a plate in front of the both of them then he turned his back to make orange juice, while whistling cheerfully.

It was annoying.

Sasuke glanced at his companion who didn't stop blushing every time his brother glanced her way with that self-satisfied smirk.

Eww.

"Well at least now you can stop begging me for sex." The youngest Uchiha said .

"I-I I d-didn't! I s-said I n-needed it. I didn't mean from y-you" Hinata hid her face behind her hands at the reminder of last night's adventures.

"Hn" He said taking a bite "You were quite violent about it too."

"Sasuke!" Her voice was pleading.

"Really Hyuuga. You're quite shameless calling another's man name in front of your husband." Sasuke hid his smirk behind his coffee cup.

Itachi just chuckled, leaving her to fend for herself. That traitor!

"At least I can get laid without anyone's help."Hinata mumbled prompting Sasuke's smirk to fall and Itachi to burst out laughing

"Shut up Hyuuga" Sasuke's cheeks warmed.

"aww Sakuke, you're so cute when you're blushing" Itachi smiled. Payback was a bitch.

"I am not cute." Sasuke huffed at his brother's mocking gaze.

That gaze that kept mocking him throughout all of breakfast. Sasuke suddenly stood up smirking.

"Well this was fun." He then turned towards Hinata "we should do this again sometimes. Hyuuga call me when he screws up again or better yet how about a drink next weekend?"

"Yes. Next weekend's good" Hinata's eyes sparkled with happiness.

"We can bond more, and maybe I'll even start calling you Hinata." Sasuke said kissing her cheek pretending not to notice his brother's glare.

He grinned at his brother's enraged look. Because as he discovered last night drunk Hinata can be a handful. Sasuke vowed to make sure his brother gets to meet that delightful version of his wife on a regular basis especially after extracting as much blackmail material as she allows to slip through.

"See you at work Hyuuga."

Hinata grinned back at him. He couldn't help but ruffle her hair. She really was extremely cute. Maybe it was time to stop denying their friendship.

AN: I always liked the idea of Hinata with one of the Uchiha brothers. As friends or romantically.

I hope you enjoyed this One-shot.

-Yours truly

Lady Thunder Strom.