Another World | NejiTen

Chapter 23 | Would You Rather

"Alright, sit down everyone! Same seating as last time, minus those who aren't present," Ino commanded, and everyone began sitting down in the same seats as the truth or dare game. She placed down the bottle in the center of the rug, placing another bottle filled with tequila in her lap. She took a cup from the stack in her hands and placed it down in her lap as well before passing the stack to Tenten, who took one and passed it on to the rest of the group. 

Seating arrangements (bold means couch, underlined means rug):

                          Kiba
Shino                                     Temari
Sakura                                     Shikamaru
Sakura                                      Naruto
                       Neji           Hinata
         Tenten          Ino          

"Here are the rules," The platinum blonde began, "This is a would you rather game where if it's possible to do at the moment, you have to do it. If it's some crazy question that we can't possibly do within the dorm or nearby, then you don't gotta do it. Got it? Good! Anyways, for each thing you refuse to answer or do, or both, you drink a medium-sized cup of tequila." She held up her medium-sized plastic cup. Everyone nodded and a few murmurs of "ok" echoed throughout the room. "Neji gets to spin the bottle for Tenten and I since we're on the couch. Now, who wants to spin first?" Ino asked.

Shikamaru volunteered, giving the bottle a nice spin. It landed on Ino. "Ino, would you rather always make out with someone for six hours or only have sex that lasts under seven minutes?" He asked.

"Hmm, I mean from you and Temari's point of view, making out for six hours doesn't seem hard at all-" Ino began but was cut off when Temari threw her cup at her. The platinum blonde smirked, tossing it back before saying, "I guess sex under seven minutes. I mean, I don't have sex much anyways, so-" The cup was thrown at Ino again, but this time she quickly caught it, throwing it back to Temari and rolling her eyes. "Anyways, my turn!" 

Neji spun the bottle for her and it landed on Naruto. Ino smirked, an evil gleam in her eye. Everyone already had a good idea what Ino was planning, all except for Naruto, because he was very, very dense indeed. 

"Naruto, would you rather kiss Tenten on the lips or kiss Hinata on the lips?"

Tenten's first thought was why me?! Why the hell would she use my name? She had no intention of kissing Naruto, no offense to the noisy man, but she'd rather not make any intimate contact with anyone in the room.

"Oh, and remember," Ino continued, "You have to actually do it."

Tenten glared at the platinum blonde, wondering what her plan was. What if Naruto chose her instead of Hinata? Oh, how awkward would that be-

"Hinata..." Naruto whispered, making the brunette release a breath of relief.

She looked around the room and her eyes fell on Neji's reaction. He had an evident glare on his face, but it wasn't too surprising considering how overprotective he was of Hinata. His glare turned from Naruto to Ino, who just smirked and observed Naruto and Hinata, the timid girl's face very, very red.

"...But, I'm not going to do it."

Eyebrows rose, some glanced knowingly at the two, and others stayed silent. 

"Aww, is Naruto chicken?!" Kiba asked, his voice high-pitched and girly.

"Shut up Kiba! Do you want Neji to chop both our heads off?" Naruto snapped, grabbing his plastic cup. The attention was turned back to Neji, who had a very irritated look on his face. 

Ino cupped her right hand over one side of her face and leaned over, whispering in Tenten's ear, "Perhaps Neji is overprotective of you too."

Tenten frowned at Ino's words, shaking her head. Neji couldn't possibly be overprotective of her. She could kiss a million people in front of him and he wouldn't give a damn, just sit there and act uninterested as usual. It always seemed like he had zero emotion, except for when he gave that arrogant smirk of his that pissed her off so much or the cold, dark glares he bestowed upon his poor victims.

The platinum blonde smirked and handed the bottle of tequila to Hinata, who passed it to Naruto. He uncorked it and poured it into his cup, nearly filling it up to the brim. Quickly bringing the edge to his lips, he gulped the liquid down, placing his plastic cup back onto the rug when he finished. He spun the bottle and it landed on Neji.

"Neji, would you rather make out with Hinata for three minutes or make out with Tenten for three minutes?"

"That's even worse than Ino's question," Shino murmured quietly.

Ino is probably mentally cackling with joy, Tenten thought sullenly. Let's just hope Neji drinks alcohol.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "No one wants to see two people make out for three minutes, dobe."

Neji frowned, asking, "Do I take one shot for each or one shot for both?"

"One shot for each," Ino grinned. "So...still up for some alcohol? Or would you rather," She wiggled her eyebrows, "Do it."

"Alcohol," He replied firmly.

"When you have a crush on your cousin but don't wanna admit it-" Kiba teased, winking at Neji.

"Absolutely not!" He snapped. "I don't wish to do such undignified, disgraceful things in the presence of many people, let alone do it at all."

Hmm, what if Neji does have feelings for Hinata? Tenten wondered in curiosity. That would be quite...interesting. 

"Sweet home Alabamaaaaa..." Naruto sang, his voice high-pitched and purposely off-key.

Kiba continued in a mimicked tone, "...Where the skies are so blueeeeeeee..."

"...Sweet home Alabamaaaaa-"

"Enough!" Sakura yelled, rolling her eyes. 

Hinata was looking embarrassed, Neji was glaring, some others were laughing their heads off, and the rest just sat there. 

"Just give me the alcohol," Neji muttered demandingly, Naruto handing him the bottle of tequila. He poured it into the cup, drank it, poured another cup, then drank it once again. Once he finished, he set it beside him on the rug, turning to the bottle and spinning it. 

The rounds continued on, and after a bit of time, nearly everyone had taken more than one shot. Shikamaru had fallen asleep on the rug, Temari looked bored, and most of the others seemed tipsy. Only Neji and Sasuke seemed to remain in perfect senses after drinking multiple shots, and Shino didn't drink any due to an alcohol allergy he had, although the questions given to him were fairly easy enough to do. Sakura was somehow tipsy, although she managed to stay sober back at the club two weeks ago. She blamed the people who kept giving would you rathers that involved doing things to/with Sasuke.

"I think we've had enough alcohol," Temari muttered, yawning. Everyone agreed, heading back to their dorms for the night since it was now around midnight.