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Happy Birthday (674 words) by Flannigan
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Naruto
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aburame Shino/Tenten
Characters: Aburame Shino, Tenten
Additional Tags: Pre-Shippuden, Shino is awkward, Tenten is everyone's friend
Summary:

Shino knows of Tenten, but he doesn't know her. Why would she give him a present?

Preview
Team 8 followed Kurenai-sensei out from the mission office, where they'd handed in their C-Rank mission report. Shino listened attentively to what his sensei said, wanting to absorb all the knowledge she offered them. Kiba bumped into his side with a snort, and pushed off him into Hinata who had pushed him with her elbow. They tried to elbow each other with playful grins, not paying their sensei attention. Shino was about to tell them off, when—

"Shino-kun!" a nearby voice said. A girl's voice. Shino looked down a winding side-street and saw a fellow genin jogging towards him. Shino stopped with a frown. Her name was Tenten, he remembered watching her lose in the chuunin exams. Her skill with weapons was impressive, although she had been soundly defeated.

"Did you need something?" he asked as she stopped in front of him and rummaged in her shoulder bag. He'd had maybe one conversation with Tenten, ever. Had something happened?

Tenten looked nervous and grabbed something, seemed to steel herself and held out a book with a forced grin.

"Happy birthday, Shino-kun."

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