"Wait… this is a birthday party? For me?"
"Holy crap you only just realized that? How slow are you?" Kin roared angrily from where she was standing. "Even spandex boy would have gotten it faster than you!"
"Judging from the position of the moon and the sun, probably the speed of an infant civilian's at the moment." Naruto replied honestly. "What do you expect? It's not like I've been invited to a decent number of parties in my life." He shrugged as he walked into the building, noting that everyone became significantly more somber at that comment. "Buuut I'm fairly certain…" He grinned as he reached the drinks table and grabbed some beer. "That they start off with everyone getting shit faced!" He roared before he drank the entire container quickly and slammed the cup down and ran to the kitchen. "Gah! It buuuuurrrrrnnnsss!"
Naruto got cheers and laughs from everyone in the room.
"Heheh…" Jiraiya laughed as he snuck out from his hiding place. "The brat still can't handle the adult drinks…"
"Actually it's the opposite pervert." Tsunade sighed as she appeared next to him. "Because of the fox he'll probably be able to handle more alcohol in his system than the rest of the village combined before he actually gets buzzed… lucky little bastard…"
The toad sage smirked as everyone else in the room swarmed the blonde as he stumbled out of the kitchen completely disoriented. "He's good at playing a crowd though to hide his true feelings…" He sighed as he momentarily saw the boy's eyes water for a moment before returning to normal. "He's really just so happy that he doesn't really know how to express himself…" He sighed as he scratched the back of his head. "The overconfident fool persona… comes in handy more often than anyone ever really realizes…"
"Speaking from experience?" Tsunade asked in an almost concerned tone as she watched Hinata approach her crush.
"… More often than anyone ever really realizes…" Repeated the Sanin in an almost regretful tone…