Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. He owns me.

Pairings: Mainly HinataXShino, but others may pop up.

Rating: M

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Chapter 1: Should of stayed with Truth

"Okay Temari. Truth or dare?" Sakura asked while giggling. All of the girls were in a giggling fit since Tenten found some of her parent's vodka behind some potato chips in the cabinet above the fridge. The girls were all sitting in a circle on pillows around the bottle. Tenten made up the rule that if you can't say it or do it, you take a swig. And there had been a lot of swigs. A lot.

"Truth. I'm not getting so drunk that I fall asleep first so you asses' can draw on my face like last time," Temari said with a light blush on her face from the effect of the alcohol.

The girls all burst out laughing, except Hinata who just smiled slightly. If her father or Neji found out she had even taken a sip of vodka, she'd be dead. So Hinata chose truth every time, always answering and never drinking.

"Okay Temari," Sakura said between giggles, "is it true that . . . " Sakura tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Do you really have a boyfriend back in Suna or are you only saying you do because your mad that Shikamaru had a girlfriend when you came back to visit earlier."

Hinata looked over at Temari. She herself knew that Temari was lying. When Temari came back to Konoha to help everyone plan Tenten's sweet sixteen two weeks earlier and found out Shikamaru had a girlfriend she looked like she was going to cry, but she'd never show it to any of the other guys. Temari had the reputation of being the hard ass kunonchi and she couldn't let the other guys see her cry, so she kept it all in. And when they asked her if she knew about Shikamaru's new girl, she just shrugged it off and stated she didn't care because she has a boyfriend back in Suna. Gaara and Kankuro looked at her like she was crazy, but didn't comment about her words. Gaara seemed to understand Temari's distress apparently though, because he started to follow Shikamaru about wherever he went. Always watching him.

"Well duh," Temari said with a shake of her head. "Who the hell would want to be with me anyways?" Hinata made a move to comfort Temari when she heard the catch in her voice.

"Excuse me!" Tenten boomed. She was the wasted of them all. "Temari you are a desert goddess and if Shikamaru can't sees it, then he's a stupid, stupid . . . " Tenten looked up at the ceiling hoping to find a good word from above.

"A stupid fucktard!" Ino said in union. Ino had gone through so many boys it was hard to even see her a couple of months ago because she was so busy. A lot of the other girls said she was a slut who just wanted to be felt on by all the boys in Konoha. That wasn't it at all. Ino just wanted to find love so badly, so desperately, she went through half the population of young men in Konoha. Sadly, she gave up her attempts after being in a relationship where the boy she was dating hit her. Ino said it was an accident, but Sakura still kicked his ass. Ino swore men off forever after that.

"Yeah! Who needs guys anyways?!" Sakura said waving her hands in the air while jumping off her mountain of pillows."

"Exactly! They think it's okay if they cheat, but if we cheat, it's a whole different thing!" Tenten stated. She was definitely talking about her horrible relationship with Neji. Or at least what was left of it, which wasn't much. Hinata didn't even remember when things started to sour between Tenten and Neji, but their relationship was definitely at a non-existent state. If Neji and Tenten started to walk down the same street one of them would turn around and go the other way. Tenten called him an uncaring bastard and Neji called her an obsessive bitch. That's what was left of their loving relationship.

"Yeah Temari," Hinata said in her soft voice.

The four of the girls looked at Hinata after hearing her soft retort after their loud ones and burst into another fit of laughter. Hinata looked at the four in confusion. How they all went from depression to cheerful laughter was always beyond her, probably because the four were so close. Don't get her wrong. She loved them all dearly, but she still always felt like an outsider in the group and she never understood why. They all treated each other like sisters, so what was this empty feeling?

Hinata's thoughts were cut off when Temari swung her arm around Hinata's shoulder. "Hinata, what I want to know is how you never had a boyfriend. Your sooo cute!" Temari said with a slur, while falling a little bit back at her attempt to stand.

Tenten nodded in agreement. "They all have their heads to far up their ass to notice something good!" Tenten said as she tackled Hinata. Hinata knew they were talking about Naruto. No matter how hard she tried she knew he would always see her as a friend. So why was she still trying?

"Truth or dare?" Temari said as she put a choke hold on Hinata.

"T-truth," Hinata said in an inaudible voice while tugging on Temari's arm and trying to pull Tenten off her.

"Oh come on Hinata. You've been saying truth all night. Just pick one dare. Please. Have some fun," Sakura said while pulling her bubble gum hair back into a ponytail. Naruto was always and forever after Sakura. Everyone said Sakura was still torn up about Sasuke leaving Konoha. Hinata knew Sakura had a had a huge crush on him in her younger years, but when he left, Hinata believed that Sakuras crush turned into love after Sakura learned what it was like to be without him. Sakura was very beautiful. Emerald eyes that sparkled when she laughed and always shone with care, it was heart breaking to see her cry, especially for Sasuke. He wasn't coming back. And even if he did, no one would care. He was the traitorous bastard to all.

"Yeah, come on. It's my birthday, please!" Tenten said with a pout growing on her face.

Hinata didn't want her father to get mad at her, but that would only happen if she had to drink vodka, so she basically only had to make sure she did the dare. She looked at the others. They weren't doing any seriously disgusting dares or anything of the sort. Hinata smiled.

"Okay. I chose dare."

The girls squealed in union and started to whisper to each other. Hinata regretted her choice right then and there. They all whispered to each other for a good five minutes until they all turned and faced Hinata with wide grins on their faces.

"I dare you to steal Shino's sunglasses and bring them back here," Temari said with a grin plastered on her face.

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Hinata stood outside of Shino's house. His clan, believe it or not, was actually quite wealthy. His home consisted of three different houses connected together by rather large hallway like links, which made the outside of it look huge and mysterious at night. Temari said I'm not allowed to ask for them or else I'll have to drink. I have to steal them.

Hinata sighed and took a deep breath. I hope Shino-kun doesn't get upset with me.

Hinata knew that the Aburame clan was at the hospital for the welcoming of the birth of a new clan member. She jumped onto a balcony and opened the double doors quietly. She silently slid in. Hinata knew he had to at least have one extra pair of sunglasses. Hinata found herself in a very large room with a very big desk. It must be a study. She opened the door out of the study that led to a hallway. Hinata's jaw slacked as she saw the endless doors everywhere. How am I going to do this? Hinata cursed herself for accepting the dare and then started to open doors randomly. Should have picked truth.

Where is Shino-kun's room? Hinata started to worry. She couldn't even think of what his room would look like. Don't get Hinata wrong. Shino and herself were good friends, but Shino never liked talking about himself, so she didn't ask. She started to open more doors randomly, looking inside to see if it held his sunglasses.Hinata mentally slapped herself for saying dare and started walking down a different hall.

A beetle crawled its way up Shinos throat and up to his ear. An intruder entered their household.

"Hn." What is she doing here? Shino stood up and stretched. He decided to watch the house while everyone else was at the hospital. He turned off the television and headed up stairs in search of Hinata.

When he made it up the stairs and down a couple of hallways he saw Hinata. He just stood and watched her for a while. She changed a lot over the years. She grew more confident in herself. Her brown hair had gotten longer, just a little past her shoulders. She definitely grew in other places too. But one thing didn't change. Her infatuation with Naruto was always there and never changing. She still got nervous whenever he came around. This didn't bother Shino in the beginning, but when he got to know his teammate more and more over the years, it really pissed him off. Hinata deserved better.

"Hinata." Shino's voice boomed in the hallway as he leaned on the corner wall. Hinata turned around with a start.

"A-ah. Shino-kun!! What do you think your doing here?" She asked in a terrified, squeaky voice as she put her hand on her chest in an attempt to slow down the beating of her heart.

Shino lift his eyebrows in a quite, but understandable answer. Hinata always understood him. She was one of the few besides his family that did. His Hinata.

Hinata laughed a nervous laugh as she scratched her head. "Right, you live here of course. Silly me. B-but I thought you were going to be at the hospital, but then I'm n-not, of course, that is not happy to see you. I'm always happy to see you. How are you Shino-kun?"

Shino sighed. The only time Hinata talked so much was when her group has gotten her to do something un-Hinata.He stood up straight moving away from the corner and walked towards her. "Hinata. What did you get talked into doing now?"

"Oh nothing, nothing," Hinata said while shaking her head. She looked at Shino's face to be met with the black circles keeping his eyes hidden from the world. How was she going to do this? She couldn't just attack him even though the thought ran across her mind, but then she mentally slapped herself. Attacking him wouldn't help her situation at all.

"Well, if it's nothing, then I'll walk you back home," Shino said while starting to turn the other way.

"W-wait Shino-kun," Hinata said in a desperate voice. Shino turned around and lifted his eyebrows in silent query. "You see Shino-kun, I was dared to steal something from you. Of course I would ask you for your su-," Hinata covered her mouth with her hands. Shino's brow creased. "That is Shino-kun, I need to steal an item from you, without asking you of course. So could you please place your sunglasses that I am surely not asking for on the ground and I'll be on my way Shino-kun."

He was quiet for a minute. "You want me to give you my sunglasses?"

"No Shino-kun. I just want you to place them on the ground," Hinata said with a smile on her face.

Shino slowly raised his hand to his sunglasses. This is easier than I thought. Shino-kun is so kind. Hinata thought as she watched him grab hold of his sunglasses.

"You know the way out Hinata," Shino said as he turned down the hall and the echo of his feet padding against the floor bounced off the walls with no sunglasses left behind on the floor.

"B-but Shino-kun!" Hinata ran after him. She went down the stairs after him. "Please. Don't you have an extra pair I could possibly borrow? Shino-kun, please help me."

He immediately turned around and lightly flicked her on her nose. "You just asked me."

Hinata had a look of confusion on her face for a moment until she finally comprehended what she had done. "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." Hinata slunk to the floor and dropped her head a little while her back met a wall. "Oh no. I can't have any. Neji will find out, I know he will. He'll tell father and I'll get in to trouble. I can't take your sunglasses and lie to Temari and the others and say I stole them either." Hinata looked about ready to cry.

"Hinata, don't you think your being a little melodramatic?" Shino stated in customary, low voice. If she cried, even if it was over something as unintelligent as this, he would hate himself.

Hinata looked up at Shino and smiled sheepishly. "Your right Shino-kun. I'm sorry. I mean I practically broke into your house without a thought. I'll just go over to Naruto's apartment and ask him for some advice. I haven't seen him all day today anyways." Hinata stood up and turned around.

A cold, deadly grip on her wrist turned Hinata around to face a very pissed off Shino. He grabbed her other wrist with his empty hand and shoved her harshly against the wall she was once leaning on while on the ground. "Why do you always go to him Hinata?! He doesn't care for you that way. You can be so damn naïve sometimes! He only thinks and breaths Sakura!"

Hinata just stared at him with her mouth open. The she felt tears slowly travel down her cheeks. She took in a shaky breath and let it out. Then she choked on a sob. "H-how could you say t-that, Shino-kun? H-how?" Hinata repeated those words over and over while wailing. She tried to escape Shino's death grip, but to no avail. He just gripped her wrists tighter. She pushed harder against his chest, causing him to push fully against her to hold her. This caused his head to fall forwards, which caused his sunglasses to fall off his face, which then caused his sunglasses to fall to the ground and shatter.

Hinata looked up with her soggy eyes and looked into deep, autumn brown eyes. Hinata was memorized. She literally couldn't look away. She just stared at his eyes and nothing else. Hinata felt another tear slip away from her eye. Shino moved in closer towards her face. Hinata started to struggle against him again, but she wasn't rewarded with her attempts. "Why are you being so mean to me Shino-kun?"

The only response she received from her inquiry was a tongue licking away a tear that started to make its way down her cheek.

"S-shino-kun?" Hinata asked in a silent voice.

"Hinata-chan," Shino groaned as his lips attacked her neck.

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"Do you think she's still trying to get his sunglasses?" Sakura asked as she flipped through a magazine. "Maybe we shouldn't have dared her to do that." Sakura sat up and looked at the others. Tenten was passed out on her bed snoring contently. Ino was painting Temari's toenails a dark blue.

"Should we go look for her?" Ino said glancing at Sakura while stuffing another cotton ball between Temari's toes.

"You two don't worry about it. I'll go look around for her. Be back in thirty," Sakura grabbed one of Tentens light jackets and zipped it up over her spaghetti, strapped top.

"Don't take to long. We have to do something to Tenten before she wakes up," Temari said while admiring Ino's work.

"Gotcha," Sakura said as she opened the door. She put on some sneakers downstairs and headed out in search of Hinata.

20 minutes later. . .

How the hell do I get lost in a village I've been living in my whole life? Sakura thought as she urged her legs to keep on moving. She found herself walking down a street, but other people were casually walking about, so she wasn't scared. She suddenly saw the back of a raven, haired head.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura whispered.

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MBE (Me Blabbling Endlessly) - Please review, I would love to hear you comments. This is my first fanfic, but please give me your honest opinion. Your's Truly,

RJA