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"I'm dumping you"
Naruto blinked once. Twice.
"But we're not even together" he turned his head towards his companion, a confused expression on his face, both laying in his old bed, naked like the day they were born. The pink haired woman grunted an "idiot"and rolled her eyes.
"You know what I mean! We can't do this" she motioned between them "anymore". "But why? I tought you liked it" the man snickered, his hand making its way towards her hips. She pinched said hand. "Of course. We're awesome" she sighed "but I met this really hot guy at a bar yesterday. And he's a lawyer!" the pinkette blushed, imagining her new beau's face in the ceiling of her soon-to-be-ex-sexfriend. She knew she wouldn't break his heart with the news. She didn't even know how or why they started doing it, or rather eachother. They were friends since forever and one evening (with a lot of alcohol involved) it just kind of happened. And since then it happened again and again. It was more a stress relief than anything romantic, really. A hobby one would say. And now it was time to search for a new hobby. Or at least a new partner for this kind of hobby.
The woman sat up so she could reach for her bra. Naruto groaned "And you're telling me this right after we just did it because?"- "Because i knew you would be to lazy to stop me afterwards" She snickered and kissed his nose before putting her string back on. "But Sakuuraa" her best friend (with benefits) started whining "what will I do when I'm soo stressed and sooo tense" the blonde rolled around, watching her getting dressed.
"Maybe you should get a girlfriend ?" she suggested, already knowing his anwser. "No way dude, that's like way too exhausting and too much feely-feely" the blonde fake-shuddered, making his friend laugh. "Grow up" she teased him, already having most of her clothes back on.
"Also, I think we shouldn't meet for a while-" "WHAT?! WHY? " The blonde barked, interrupting his female friend, well knowing she hated it. "Because!", Sakura retorted: "You know old habits die hard! And this guy could be the next mister Haruno" she explained. "Do you even know his name?" Sakura blushed and played with her car keys nervously:"Well" she started loudly, hoping she would sound confident "I like to call him m-mister mysterious". An awkward silence filled the room before the blonde started laughing out loud. "S-SHUT UP YOU JERK" The flushed pinkette yelled and slamed the door shut. The blonde snickered to himself for a while before letting out a long sigh. Staring at his ceiling he asked himself "What now?".
-o-o-o-o-o-
Naruto didn't contact her for a week, thinking this was one of her lame 'experiments'. He was used to her acting like that: meeting some guy in a pub or bar, trying to impress him, going on dates, realizing he was a weirdo and ending up in Narutos bed, ranting about how stupid she was and that she would NEVER, N-E-V-E-R try to date anyone ever again. He'd be a good friend, listen to her worries and help her get over her could-have-been romance while also helping her out of her underwear.
After the second week, he got a little worried. He still couldn't believe that she actually was interested in someone after more than 2 dates. So he called her. She didn't pick up her phone. That was the moment he knew something was different this time. Thinking she was abducted and drugged and sold by her new beau, Naruto did the only thing he thought was right and started spamming her with phone calls and messages. Two days later Ino informed him that Sakura was safe and sound and no, she doesn't want to talk to him and he should stop trying to reach her. The blonde finally realized that maybe she was serious this time. OR maybe it would just take her longer to realize how crazy her 'mister mysterious' actually was. Leaning back the whiskered man smiled thinking about how silly his best friend woukd look when she came running to him with her smudged make-up and broken heel for the hundredth time.
After a month Naruto grew anxious. He was showing symptoms which made his friends believe he quit smoking or ended some other addiction. He would play with his pens, yell at his computer or just simply sulk around his office, stare out of the window and sigh. Whenever his friends or coworkers asked what happened he woud tell them that he was simply too stressed.
One of his worried friends happened to be the young ex-hyuuga Corp, Heiress Hinata Hyuuga. They were more co-workers than friends, Hinata would admit blushing if someone would ask her. Doing small-talk during their breaks or when they happened to get in the same elevator would always be her favorite moments of the day (not that she would admit that to anyone).
After hearing his millionth sigh on a monday morning, the Hyuuga finally decided to overcome her shyness and to talk to this unfornutate soul, desiring to help him with his problems. However, overcoming her shyness wasn't as simple as it sounded. Days passed with attempts to speak to him, only to be stopped by other coworkers on the way or her own stuttering when she finally managed to get to his desk.
"I'll be on my lunch break" Naruto said absent mindly, on the following wednesday, picking up his jacket. They were the only ones left in the office so she knew he was talking to her. The Hyuuga took this as a sign and quickly stood up "W-WAIT!" she yelled in her soft way, making the blonde twitch in confusion ."I-I'm..." She was losing her confidence by the minute "I am kind of hungry too...", she blushed and played with a random pencil on her desk. The blonde understood the message and smiled at her weird, yet cute way. "Do you wanna come with me?" he asked her, enjoying the way her face lit up. Grabbing her purse, the Hyuuga followed her blonde coworker (and secret crush) out of the office.
-o-o-o-o-o-
"SoOOOoo" the Uzumaki started "is there a reason you barely ate even though you told me you were hungry?".
The Hyuuga looked startled at her plate. She didn't think he would catch on her eating behaviour, even though she just pushed around her salad for a while now. She actually had a delicious cinnamon bun as pre-lunch to calm her nerves. Her companion smirked his fox-like grin that normally made her want to jump him but in this case she just wanted to disappear into the ground. "I...uh" she started in a high-pitched voice. Clearing her throat she tried again "I-I just noticed that you were kind of down lately Uz-Uzumaki-san" she tried to look at everything but him, feeling like a tomato, completely missing out his eyebrows lifting as his eyes grew slightly wider. "I-I just wanted to make sure you're...uh..ok.." The shy woman ended up staring back at her plate, mentally preparing for his mocking and laughing and eventual leaving.
"I really wasn't myself lately eh?" The blonde laughed, making the Hyuuga look at him. He smiled his awkward but still adorable smile and scratched the back of his head. "To be honest, I'm just a little stressed" the blonde laughed awkwardly, already used to repeating this phrase to all of his friends.
"Oh.." The Bluenette replied softly, thinking of a good respondse "Well..w-whenever I-I'm stressed I like to knit" she admitted, a small smile adoring her face "maybe you could find s-such a hobby as well?".
Naruto coughed awkwardly and blushed at that "W-well..I kinda..sorta..had such a relaxating hobby but.." he wiggled around, his chair suddenly becoming uncomfortable "it was sort of a...thing you do as a pair...and my friend bailed out on me" he admitted nervously, not wanting to let the innocent Hyuuga think he was some kind of crazy nymphomaniac.
Meanwhile, the innocent Hinata guessed he was talking about somekind of sport or dance. "W-Well maybe you could search a n-new partner?" she suggested, making the man choke on his coke. "It's more complicated than that" seeing the confused expression of his 'date' he felt obligated to continue "I tried doing it with other..euh...partners...but it never worked out or it got weird between me and them. My old uh...partner was kind of my best friend which made it so easy and uncomplicated and-" Naruto groaned, holding his face in his hands, really feeling the frustration of not having sex nor being able to talk to his best friend in weeks. "I just miss what I had with her" he confessed.
The pale-eyed girl gulped down the huge lump in her throat and softly touched one of his hands, getting the blonde's attention. "A-are you in l-love with your friend?" She asked, trying to sound as if she was worried about him and not almost heartbroken about having no seemingly changes for a romance with her blonde, handsome, coworker.
She didn't expect him to snort and fake-shiver "WHAT! No way!", he laughed "She's hot alright and a nice fuck but i know her too well to even think about dating".
Naruto continued laughing, completely oblivious to his companions blush and trembling fingers.
"F-F-F-fuck..?" she repeated his words, once again gaining his attention. "SHIT! I MEAN -" Naruto shouted, slamming his hands on the table. Realizing he got the attention of the whole restaurant, he apologized to no one in particular, blushing madly. "I-I'm sorry" he whispered to Hinata, clearly ashamed "I-It just – a-and.." the blonde groaned in frustration again, scratching the back of his head."I guess the cat's out of the bag" he laughed nervously "She was kind of sorta my...sex-buddy".
-o-o-o-o-o-
Hinata typed into her computer furiously. Her ears were hot and probably red but at least the blush on her face wasn't present today. It was another boring Monday morning and she had to work on the files that pilled themselfes on her desk during the weekend. Sighing she peeked to the desk of her coworker Uzumaki Naruto. He was probably taking a bathroom break, but she didn't mind, actually she found it quite fortunate. It was already 2 weeks since their awkwards lunch-date but they were now closer then ever. After him confessing what his... stress reliefing... hobby was, they quickly and awkwardly changed the subject and found some other things to talk about. Hinata tried to play it cool and Naruto seemed to appreciate it! In the following weeks they went back to talking during coffee breaks and elevator rides but these conversations were now more than just polite small-talk and they called eachother by their first names!
The Uzumaki quickly walked back to his desk. Noticing the Hyuuga staring absent-mindly at him, he smiled at her before turning back to his work. The bluenette gasped softly and turned her gaze back to her computer. She sighed sadly. Even thought he tried hiding it, she noticed that he turned worse by the minute. Sometimes she would see him gaze out the window like a lost puppy and sometimes he would just lay his head on his desk and do nothing for hours. He had actually started to get scolded more than usual by their supervisor! The young woman was worried that he would lose his job if he would continue like that.
-o-o-o-o-o-
"I'm worried" she admitted to her best friend, and hopefully soon sister-in-law Tenten. Since they both were busy working women they decided to meet up at least twice a month in a Pub, Café or Bar to talk about everything and anything.
Tenten gave her a questioning hum while drinking her beer, making the girl continue "It's just that I don't want him to leave..what if they fire him?" The shy Hyuuga admitted in a soft voice, somehow hoping that her best friend didn't hear her. Even thought she trusted Tenten and the bun-haired girl was one of the only friends she could talk about her secret crush of 3 years openly, she still felt uncomfortable talking about one of her weaknesses with the strong,independend woman.
The brown haired girl did hear her and smiled at the shy behaviour of her friend "Well maybe you should tell him to get a new fuck-friend" she mused. Seeing the girl paling Tenten didn't know if she should laugh at her shy friends nature or if she should slap it out of her. She was 24 for goodness sake!
Stuffing her mouth with chips Tenten continued with a full mouth: "Well I think that you have two possibilies to keep your blondie in the office:
1. You help him find a new sex-buddy or 2. You help him yourself". The Hyuuga almost spit out the liqour she had in her mouth, but forced it down her throat and coughed. Meanwhile her friend started laughing, clearly getting tipsy. "Tenteen! You know I couldn't..." Hinata started but got interupted by her friend "Listen! I know you don't like it when i talk about your cousin in a sexual way but to be honest we started out as sex-friends too" the panda-like-haired girl stopped talking for Hinatas predicable shocked gasp "Yeah, yeah shocking but look where we are today! 5 years and going steady" Tenten smiled dreamily, thinking of her boyfriend who was probably at home now, cooking or cleaning or maybe waiting naked on the bed until she got home. Just thinking about that kind of scenario made her cheeks burn and the butterflies in her tummy go crazy with anticipation. Having the sudden urge to go to her boyfriend's place she gave her watch a quick look and fake-gasped "Oh my how time flies! Listen Hina, I have to go now but think about it, ok?" Tenten grabbed her coat and gave Hinata a loving squeeze before walking out.
The shy started sulking "She didn't even pay her drinks" she mumbled, staring at the semi-empty glass of her friend.
-o-o-o-o-o-
"Hinata are you alright?" The blonde looked at her with a worried expression. "U..uh..yes why?" said girl stuttered, not being able to look him in the eyes. "Hm, I don't know maybe because you were avoiding me for the past 3 days?" he said matter-of-factly. Having become accustomed to their friendly chatting he had to admit he started missing talking to her and hearing her soft voice and the way she would blush or nervously play with her fingers. But just probably because Sakura still avoided him like some deadly dissease. Having no other real female friend that lived in town(and he didn't become friendly with just to have some fun) he couldn't afford Hinata ignoring him too. "I-I'm s-sorry" the bluenette said, trying to look busy typing into her computer. He noticed she seemed more nervous than before. She hadn't stuttered in front of him in weeks! Not after he figured out that she gets more confident talking about things she was passionate about.
It seemed they were somehow back to square one, he sighed. "Did I do something wrong? If I did I'm sorry" Naruto said sadly, obliviously playing around with one of her pencils. The woman shook her head "N-no! You didn't do anything" she quickly said, finally meeting his eyes, not wanting be the cause of more stress to her coworker. The bluenette smiled at him, hoping he wouldn't ask her more questions about her current feelings. He sighed deeply "I'm glad. By the way: Did you see Lee's new haircut?" he smiled. With that the two started conversating (mostly gossiping and talking about random TV-Shows) for a while before Naruto returned to his desk, happy to have gotten the Hyuga out of her pensive mood.
Meanwhile Hinata stared at her computer-screen intesively. This short encounter with her hyperactive, dare she say, friend helped her to make her decicion. Opening a new mail she typed in the Email-adress of her best female friend. Biting her lower lip she typed:
"SOS: How do you seduce someone".
-o-o-o-o-o-
She had him cornered. Finally, she had him where she wanted: in the small storage room, copying files. They were the last ones in the office on this cold Friday evening so she knew no one would interrupt them. After she got some dirty advice from Tenten she couldn't look at her blonde crush for 2 whole days without almost passing out. She probably wouldn't even be able to do this if it wasn't for him talking to her first. Even though he just asked how she'd like her coffe. She was glad he did because now she grew some confidence again and knew what she had to do. "Oh Hinata! I didn't see you there. Do you need to use the printer? I'm almost done." The Uzumaki smiled at the Hyuuga who was still standing in the doorway of the little room where their printer/copier stood. "uh..no actually" She took a deep breath "Actually I wanted to talk to you" with that the Hyuuga slowly closed the door shut and silently locked it.
She decided to wear a simple white blouse and a grey pencilskirt that went over her knees together with black heels. Some people may have found this outfit still kind of prude but for Hinata it was already considered very skimpy. She blushed just thinking about how she left the first few buttons open like the women in the movies, trying to look seductive.
If Naruto noticed her attempts to appear seductive he sure didn't show it. The young man lifted an eyebrow at her nervous way. Sure, she was often nervous, but today it seemed worse than usual.
"Uh..Hinata are you ok?" he asked, honestly concerned. "I-I'm fine b-but-" the girl fumbled with the hem of her blouse "b-but what about y-you?" she stammered, slowly getting closer to her oblivious target. "Yeah, I'm fine?" Naruto replied, mildly confused and slowly getting infected by her nervousness "why are you asking?"- "uh..", the bluenette squirmed, staring at his orange button down shirt, imagining how his chest looked like. What it felt like touching it. She was already close enough that she just had to reach out to touch him. "I w-was just wondering i-if you found a n-new ..uh...p-partner for your h..y..you k-know...relief?" she hesitated and internally cursed herself. All this practicing in front of the mirror for nothing!
The blonde still didn't understand what she meant and got even more confused. He wasn't sure but it also seemed like she was slowly coming closer. Naturally he backed away until his behind touched the wall. "Uh...partner for...? " suddenly it was getting harder for the young blonde to think as he suddenly breathed in the intoxicating smell of her hair. Hadn't the door been open just a second ago? He figured out she smelled nice a long time ago, but they were never actually close enough that he could really appreciate it. He shook his head softly, thinking he just hadn't been with a woman for too long and it was turning him crazy.
Her soft fingers finally touched his clothed chest. They both gasped at the little spark going through them.
Her tomato red face leaned against her shoulder while she drawed lazy circles on his chest, trying to find the courage for her next step. Meanwhile Narutos body stiffened. The realistic part of his brain tried to find an innocent excuse for her sudden closeness. That the shift in atmosphere was just in his head and that the shy and innocent Hinata Hyuga wasn't trying to seduce him into hot, steamy storage room sex. Feeling her hot breath on his neck he silently prayed that it would happen anyway.
"Y..you know..." She continued , her heavy breathing slowly moving towards his ear:"...the..thing...".
Naruto could swear he was about to have an heart attack. He was getting hot and cold at the same time, his skin burning at the places she softly touched. The blonde could swear he felt her hand slowly moving towards his tightening pants. He didn't know if he should push her away and run and never come back or if he should follow his instincs and slam her against the wall and...
"Oh god", naruto mumbled as he could feel her hot breath in his ear. Hinata took this as a good sign and decided to push her luck a little farther. The bluenette pushed her chest against him and started playing with his belt. "The thing with...the..." she started again, feeling him shiver under her touch. The young woman smiled to herself. The blonde man stiffled a moan as he felt her nibble his ear softly. He was panting heavily and felt his knees weakening. Being in need of support, he grabbed for the first thing his hands could reach, wich ended up to be her bum and-
"Oh..." it felt wonderful. Hearing her soft squeak the blond leaned into her and squeezed her heavenly behind.
"..The..what..?" he mumbled out of breath, wanting to hear her seductive small voice say the dirty things he hoped she would to say.
Before she could continue someone knocked on the door. "Someone in there?" the voice of the janitor was heard from the other side of the door.
The two young co-workers held eachother for an awkward minute before Hinata jerked away from him and into the next corner. "uh..yeah.." Naruto tried to answer, only to realize that his voice was still shaking. Clearing his throat he tried again "I guess the door locked itself" the blonde laughed awkwardly. Meanwhile Hinata stared at the corner blushing heavily. She would never ever admit to anyone that she locked that door even if you tormented her. Hearing the janitor unlocking the door, the blonde turned to his shy companion but before he could say anything she stormed out of the little storage room.