"So when were you gonna tell me that Naruto asked you to winter formal?" Ezra crossed her arms. It was Saturday and the girls decided to use this free day to shop for their Winter Formal dresses. Although they scheduled for Friday, it ended up not happening due to their study session.

"He did?!" Tenten smiled at Hinata as the girls walked through the mall. Hinata's face turned a shade of pink as she focused her attention on the floor.

"I-I didn't think it was important." She whispers.

"That is totally important!" Ino says placing her hands on her hips.

"Totally." Sakura nods. "It's a steps towards you two getting closer."

"Now that we know you and Naruto are going together, we have to get you something real sexy." Ino pops her lips.

"I say we get something that shows off those curves!" Sakura says.

"Guys—"

"Screw the curves! Hinata's got nice tits! Put those babies out there!" Ino says.

"See?" Ezra says as she leans over to her best friend and whispers. "I told you they'd want to whore us out."

Hinata heaved a deep sigh.

"Guys can I just find a decent dress that isn't too revealing?" Hinata says. "Afterall this is a school event. There is a certain dress code."

Sakura sighed. "So you want to look like a nun?"

"A sexy nun." Kauri adds. "We all know Hinata refrains from showing any skin."

"Well she needs to come Friday!" Sakura crosses her arms. "We need to knock the wind out of Naruto."

"This was a bad idea." Hinata covers her face.

They walked into a store that specializes in dresses. They have a dress for really any occassion. They walked through the racks and racks, Sakura and Ino picking out what they thought would look best on Hinata as Ezra sat off in a corner not bothering to look at anything. After shoving Hinata in a dressing room with their selections, they stalked over to Ezra.

"And just what do you think you're doing?" Sakura placed her hands on her hips.

"Well I was trying to steer clear of the two of you." Ezra says smartly. "But I See I've failed."

Ino and Sakura both looked at one another before grabbing Ezra by both her hands and dragging her towards the dresses. After giving her a stack of selections, they shoved her into a dressing room stall as well.

"This is stupid." Ezra says as she looked at the selections before her. All of them were short in her opinion and they were entirely too revealing. Some of them had deep V-cuts and others had the back or sides out. Knowing she would never get out of this, she tried some on anyway.

"I look like a slut." Ezra groans as she looked in the mirror. The dress was a burgandy color, hugging her body and fitting nicely into her curves. There was a v-cut, showing her breast and the dress stopped just a little ways below the knee. She turned to look at the backmof the dress, seeing that her back was completely out.

"But is it a sexy slut is the question." Sakura snatched the door open of the dressing room and gawked. "Damn little baby, who knew you'd be hiding all of that behind your clothes."

Ezra rolled her eyes. "Where's Hina?" She pushed past Sakura and looked around untill she saw Ino looking into a dressing room a few doors down. She walked over to see Hinata covering herself up with a heavy blush on her face.

"Woah, you look good in that dress." Ino says looking Ezra over.

"Shut up." She frowned at her before walking into Hinata's dressing room. "What's wrong?"

"I-I." Hinata stutters Before removing her hand from her chest. The dress itself were strapless and laxtex material. It completely hugged her breast, giving the illusion that they'd pop out with any sudden movements. The dress of course displayed Hinata's nipples through the material and tightly hugged her body. It stopped midthigh and gave Hinata's slender legs some length to them.

"Ino really?" Ezra groans. "We're going to Winter formal, not the club."

"But you can't lie, Hinata looks hot doesnt she?"

"If we were Twenty-Five and going to a club I'd totally agree but no."

"Damn Hinata." Sakura sounds from behind them. "You're tits are amazing in that dress."

"Is that even a dress?" Kauri asked with a raises eyebrow.

"I'm not wearing this." Hinata shook her head vigorously. Ezra grabbed Hinata's things and the both of them exited the dressing room. Together they walked to Ezra's dressing room and Ezra gladly slammed the door in Ino and Sakura's face.

"I told you this was a bad idea." She says as they both began to remove the dresses.

"I actually like the one you're wearing though." Hinata says softly as she reaches for another selection. "Ino really outdid herself today."

"Yeah no kidding." Ezra slipped into yet another dress.

The girls tried on countless dresses and to no avail, they couldn't find at least one thay was suitable for either one of them.

"Can I just search for my own shit?" Ezra asks. "Hinata feels the same. You guys let Tenten and Kauri pick out their own stuff what makes us so special?"

"Kauri already has a boyfriend." Ino says crossing her arms. "She looks good in a paper bag to him so it doesn't really matter what she wears. Tenten, well we know she's just gonna end up wearing a romper or some shit. And you two have two really hot dates to swoon so why not?"

"I'm not gonna wear a romper!" Tenten frowns as she folded her arms.

"Okay so what did you get to wesr Ten?" Sakura asked with a smirk.

"A-A rom—"

"Shut up." Ino says silencing her. "You just proved my point."

"Can I please just chose my own shit?" Ezra asks.

Ino sighed. "Fine." She says. "Go look like an old lady."

Ezra took Hinata's hand and the girls ventured off on their own. They looked through plenty of selections before heading back to the dressing rooms. They tried on their selections and came down to one for each of them. Ezra stepped out in her final selection.

"The color really brings out your skin." Ino says with a nod. "You're showing tits and its really cute. Good job. I like it."

"I like it too surprisingly." Sakura says as she walked around Ezra examining the dress. "Not bad Takoiya, not bad at all. HINATA YOURE NEXT."

Hinata gulped back the anxiety before stepping out.

"Hinata is you dont fucking buy this dress I'll kill you YES!" Sakura twirled the blue haired girl around. "You can absolutely never go wrong with lace! This is beautiful!"

"Naruto is forsure gonna love that." Kauri says with a smirk.

Hinata blushed before tucking her hair behind her ear.

———

"Do you think I should get a haircut?" Naruto asked as he ran his fingers through his blonde coils. He and Kiba walked through the mall trying to find something presentable to wear for winter formal. They'd been here for hours going in and out of every men's clothing store and still couldn't find anything.

"Dude, I don't know I'm too busy focused on myself right now." Kiba sighs as he scratched his head. "I just don't want to look like a complete idiot."

"Too late for that." Naruto chuckles.

"Fuck you." Kiba grunts. He pulled his phone out of his pocket to see if he had any notifications but he hand none. He knew he set his ringer up just so he could hear it, and the last time he talked to Ezra she told him that she was shoping for something to wear. That was hours ago.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked seeing the slight disappointment on Kiba's face.

"Ah nothin." Kiba replied stuffing his phone back into the pockets of his jeans. "Just wondering what the girls were up to that's all."

"Probably doing girly stuff like getting their nails done and whatnot." Naruto replies with a slight cringe.

Kiba sighs. "Right after the dance wilm be the start of our winter break. We probably wont be a be able to see the girls untill school starts back up."

Naruto nods as he looks down at his shoes. "New year, new goals."!

"And what are your goals?"

Naruto shrugs. "I just, wanna be a better person." He says. "I'm tired of people always trying to pick a fight with me. I'm tired of stupid Sasuke and the fact that he's dating my cousin. I—I just wanna be happy again ya know?" He turns his head toward Kiba. "A-and I think it starts with everyone now."

"Whaddya mean?" Kiba asks as she straightened his posture as they walked.

Naruto shrugged. "Well I mean, we're all friends now right?" He asked.

"I've been your friend since Junior year." Kiba states.

"Well, yeah but you've been neutral because of the whole me and Sasuke thing right?"

"I'm still neutral." He says. "I just hang with you alot a now."

"And I appreciate that." Naruto nodded. "Would you consider me a close friend?"

"Of course I would Naruto." Kiba throws a friendly arm over his shoulder. "If it wasn't taken by Sasuke I'd say I was your best friend!"

"Sasuke isn't my best friend Kiba." Naruto grits. Though he relaxed a bit. "I'd like to think of you as a best friend now. Sasuke wouldn't encourage me to try with Hinata. He'd probably just tell me to stay away from her."

Kiba snorted. "I doubt that." He says. "Sasuke would encourage you."

"By calling me a brain dead idiot and telling me I'd never have the guts to talk to her right?"

"But you would try talking to her because of that right?"

Naruto remained quiet.

"See? Encouragement." Kiba smiles. "You can't compare Sasuke and I because we're completely different. Sasuke uses reverse psychology on you. It may seem as though he's belittling you, but he really does care."

"Pft." Naruto rolls his eyes.

"You should know that Naruto, you guys have been friends since middle school."

"Yeah well, I guess we weren't meant to be friends in the first place." Naruto's eyes lowered as a sad expression went over his face. Kiba sighed.

"Naruto, it's time to start showing people the real you." Kiba says. "You're not a jerk, alright? Sure you have this horrible temper, but beneath that is a really cool dude that's super fun to be around. He gives great advice when it's needed and his laugh is contagious. We need more people like him around in the world. It makes it worth living. Forget about Sasuke and everyone else you fought within this year. Your focus now is yourself and Hinata. That's it."

Naruto took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "Thanks Kiba."

"Anytime bud."

———

Hinata and Ezra sat in Ezra's room watching movies. They've spent the entire day at the mall and decided to wine down with some hot chocolate and good ole movies.

They were really into one movie called Would You Rather when a large hard knock came from Ezra's room door. Frowning, Ezra stood to open it.

"HEY LITTLE SIS!" A guy smiled as he quickly hugged Ezra. She gasped for air.

"I—can't—breathe!" She struggled to get out.

"Whoops sorry there." He chuckled.

"Makaio I thought you weren't due here for another three days? And where is Tae?" Ezra asked excitedly.

"Eh, we thought we'd surprise everyone and come early." He smiled walking into her room. "Hey Hinata long time no see!"

"Indeed it has!" Hinata smiled as she hugged him.

"So uh, since you're turning eighteen soon, how about I shoot my shot now?" Makaio smiled to Hinata who blushed.

"Not gonna happen." Ezra shook her head. Before she knew it, she was hoisted into the air for another hug.

"Baby sis!" Aristaeus, or formally known as Tae yelled as he held her. "It's so good to see you!"

"Hi Tae!" Ezra giggles as she hugs him back. They part and she couldn't help but be any happier. The four sat around her room and talked about trivial things, like how they've been doing and how was school coming along.

"So, you got a boyfriend?" Tae asked as he looked over at his little sister. His voice and tone was stern. His red eyes piercing into her soul as he cocked an eyebrow daring her to lie.

"No." She answers.

"Not one boyfriend since I've been gone?" He asks again.

"Tae, no!" Ezra stresses.

"I don't believe you." He says reaching for her phone. She quickly snatched it out of his reach.

"What are you doing?" She ask.

"I was gonna go through your phone now give it here."

"That's an invasion of privacy." Ezra frowns.

"You're my baby sister." Tae frowns. "Your privacy ended when you became my baby sister."

Ezra frowns. "That doesnt make sense at all."

"It makes sense to me thats all that matters." He says. "And judging by the look on Hinata's face, there is someone. So who is the lucky guy I just have to meet?" Tae smiled as Hinata's eyes grew slightly wide. She wondered how he could see her with his attention fully on his sister.

"It's none of your business who he is." Ezra crossed her arms. "He's not my boyfriend that's all you need to know."

"What's his name?" Tae asked.

"That's not important."

"So you don't know his name either?" Tae tilted his head to the side.

"Of course I do!"

"Okay, so what is it?"

"Tae leave her alone." Makaio says after a sigh. "She'll tell us soon enough. If she doesn't want to share then let it be."

"B-But what if it's too late and she already gets her heart broken?" Tae frowned looking over at his twin brother. He shrugged.

"Then we deal with it when the time comes." He answers. "For now we just need to enjoy this time with our little sister while she's young and stop worrying about her relationship life."

"Thank you Kai." Ezra lets out a breath.

Tae crossed his arms. "I'm gonna find out."

———

"Please drive." Ezra says once she gets in Kiba's car Monday morning.

"Uh, okay." Kiba says awkwardly before pulling off from the curb. "What's wrong?"

"My brothers are in town." She says. "I've been getting grilled about who's the guy I'm talking to and I just don't have time for them to chase after the car."

Kiba chuckles as he turns down Hinata's street. "That's funny. They're just protective over their sister like any other brother would. I do the same thing for Hana."

"See, I wouldn't care if it was Kai." Ezr sighs as she reclines further into the seat. "He's reasonable. But Tae?" She let out a frustrating sigh. "He's so full of himself."

"He's not so full of himself if he cares alot about his little sister dont you think?" Kiba smirks glancing over at her.

She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Tae's a jerk. I love my brother dearly, but sometimes I wish he was more like Kai, they're twins for fuck's sake."

"Be easy on them babe." Kiba chuckles. "They're your brothers thats how its supposed to be."

Ezra's eyes widened as she looked at him while he honked the horn for Hinata.

"What?" Kiba cocked an eyebrow.

"Y-You called me babe." She says softly, her face soon becoming hot.

"Yeah, so?" Kiba shrugged still completely oblivious. "You don't want me to call you that?"

"I-I didn't say that." She says quickly.

"So then what are you saying babe?" Kiba smiles and Ezra couldn't stop herself from blushing.

"N-nothing." She mumbles before looking out the window. Kiba chuckles.

"I'm looking forward to meeting your family some day." He says as he reaches over and takes her hand in his. "It will be the day where I feel like I really am someone important to you."

Ezra smiled a little.

The back door to the car opened and in crawled Hinata.

"Good morning." She smiles as she closes the door.

"Goodmorning." The two spoke together.

After picking up Naruto they all headed to school. They went their seperate ways to their lockers.

"Good morning Ezra, Hinata." Sasuke greeted once they reached Ezra's locker.

"Good morning." They replied.

"You girls going to the winter formal?" He asked trying to keep the conversation going.

"Sadly." Ezra replies as she grabbed her books and placed them in her bag. "You?"

"Yeah." Sasuke drags out. "Karin wants to go."

"Thats good." Hinata says. "Are the two of you going to match?"

"Oh god no." Sasuke shook his head. "I made sure we wouldn't at least do that."

Ezra chuckled. "You'd look cute in pink." She smirks.

"So would you." Sasuke shoots back.

Ezra frowns before giving him the middle finger. She closed the locker and the three of them walked down the hall.

"H-How's Naruto doing?" Sasuke asked lowly. It took everything in him to ask, but he was curious.

"Hm?" Ezra looked his way as did Hinata. "Naruto? Oh he's fine!" She smiles gaining a nudge from Hinata. "Ow what?" She looked over at the girl who made a face. She looked over at Sasuke who's face was slightly sad though he tried not to show it.

"That's great." Sasuke says with a small smile. "Him and Kiba are the best of friends now aren't they?"

Hinata and Ezra both felt the bitter sting in his words.

"Well I—I wouldn't say that." Hinata says.

Sasuke purses his lips together.

"It's okay Hinata." Sasuke says. "He deserves a friend like Kiba."

The two girls remained quiet.

"Well, I catch you girls later." Sakura tipped his head low before turning down a hallway as the girls continued walking.

"That was awkward." Ezra says with a slow blink.

"Tell me about it." Hinata adds.

"You think he misses Naruto?" Ezra asked as they continued walking. She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her pull-over hoodie.

"It seems like it." Hinata says. "When you said he was doing great, it stung a little."

"Hm," Ezra thought. "You think we should convince the two of them to sit down and talk?"

Hinata shook her head. "Give it time." She says. "If they really value eachother as a friend, one of them will swallow their pride. And I think it will be Sasuke."