Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Whoo.
"Kiba! This bar plays country music! You know I hate country music!" Naruto whined at his friend. Kiba barked with laughter and just dragged him to the bar to sit down.
"So? You said we could go anywhere! Since it was my birthday!" he grinned as he ordered them both some drinks. Naruto scowled as he listened to the Southern-accented music that played through the speakers.
He hadn't spent any time with his best friend lately, since he started to date Neji 3 months ago and the hassling hours of his work. So, he had agreed to take the dog-boy out for his birthday so they could spend some time together. That was okay too, because Neji said he had wanted to hang out with his best-friend Sasuke Uchiha too. Naruto was slightly curious, because he had never met any of Neji's friends or family, except for his cousin Hinata, who had introduced them in the first place.
Naruto took a sip of the drink that Kiba had ordered for him as he watched Kiba chug his own. The stuff was pretty strong, he was sure he'd have a very drunk Kiba by the end of the night. He sighed as Kiba ordered another, but left the drink on the counter after two big gulps. He grabbed Naruto's hand and pulled him up.
"Dance with me, Naruto!" he exclaimed, making Naruto groan. He looked at the dance floor where people were dancing in steps with the music.
"No, Kiba.." he said, glaring at him. He took a bigger drink from his alcohol.
Kiba scowled. "You said we could do anything tonight, that it would be my night!" he whined. Naruto winced at the words, then sighed and nodded. "Just... let me get drunk first." Naruto rolled his eyes. Kiba laughed and sat back down.
"Whoo-hoo! Me too! I like yer thinkin'!" Naruto burst out laughing at the accent Kiba used. He drank some more, asking for another of whatever it was he had. By the time he was ready to go dance, he had had 3 drinks, and Kiba had had about 5.
"Alright let's go! ...eh... but I.. don't know how to do.. that." he gestured to the people dancing all as one. Kiba grinned as that song came to a stop and everyone cheered.
"That was just a famous song... you don't usually dance like that. Just dance to the beat of the song, like you would any other song.. you'll see." he pulled him out as another song came on.
Naruto gulped nervously, but watched Kiba dance to it. It really didn't seem that different... He awkwardly started to dance to the song, grinning a little as he got into the music. He laughed as Kiba whooped at him. He watched as Kiba spun around.
"Do it really fast, it's fun!" he laughed and Naruto nodded. He spun and immediately stopped dancing totally because of what he saw. Kiba blinked at him as he stopped dancing. He looked over to see Neji with two other guys and a girl sitting with him. And Neji, was kissing the neck of a redhead boy, smirking and talking into his ear. A raven-haired man sat next to him, with a pink-haired girl talking to him, but by the look on that man's face, he wasn't enjoying the company. Naruto just stood there amongst the dancing people and stared at his boyfriend kissing the other boy.
Kiba gently led Naruto away from the people dancing in the packed bar.
"Uh.. Naruto..I.." he didn't know what to say.
"Can we leave, Kiba..?" Naruto asked a little too calmly. Kiba quickly nodded and chugged the rest of his drink. Naruto did the same, and Kiba led the way out as Naruto paid for the alcohol. They slipped their jackets on as they felt the cold night air. They walked for awhile to Kiba's house, which was only about 2 miles away from the bar.
"I'm sorry, Kiba.." Naruto mumbled, sighing.
"It's fine Naruto, I understand." he nodded. "Er.. but are you gonna call him on it or anything..? I mean.."
"I don't know, Kiba..." Naruto sounded hurt, and his voice was a little whiny. Kiba didn't push it anymore as they finally reached his apartment.
"Bye Naruto..."he sighed as he walked up.
Naruto gave a short wave as he started the rest of the way to his own apartment. After a moment he stopped. Was he just going to let Neji do that? ..Well... what could he do anyway? Embarrass him? Well that was a lot.. And Neji didn't get guilty easily, so like hell this would be eating at his conscious But, despite himself, Naruto found that he was heading back to the bar. He walked, thinking most of the time about what he could do. It's not like he loved Neji or anything, he really didn't feel anything like that for the older man. Probably, because Neji had acted like he really cared. And Naruto scowled at that idea, because obviously he really didn't give a shit about Naruto whatsoever.
He looked up and saw that he was back in front of the bar. Hesitantly, he walked in, to see that Neji and whoever his friends where, were still there. He hid as he watched them for a bit. God.. what was he doing?
He listened to the song that had come on...
Right now, he's probably up behind her with a pool-stick, showing her how to shoot a combo...
And he don't know... That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little suped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seat...
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...
And maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.
Right now, she's probably up singing some
white-trash version of Shania karaoke..
Right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk"
and he's a thinking that he's gonna lucky,
Naruto scowled at the song as he listened. The car thing she did was sounding a little too good right now. He watched Neji and the redhead actually laugh together. It had always been so hard for him to get Neji to laugh! He turned and walked out of the bar, suddenly in search of Neji's black car. He saw the only black one in the parking lot and rushed over to it. With his small mind, we guess it never occurred to him that just because this is the only black car in the parking lot, that it had to be Neji's. It probably didn't occur to him that Neji might have rode with one of his friends here, instead of driving in the car that he absolutely loved. So, he took the key to his apartment out and ran it along the car. He smirked at the rough, ear- splitting sound that came from it and the gray mark spread over the side.
He loved that sound all of a sudden as he started making patterns with the little grey line. It also didn't occur to him, that Neji's car had an alarm on it and would have gone off if he had done this. No, he was a happy drunk now, destroying someone's car. He squatted down as he carved his name into the side of the car, grinning like a mad man. He stood up and pulled out his pocket knife, slashing a whole in all 4 tires, just like the song said. He flipped the knife back and slammed it into the headlights, running around and doing it to the tail-lights aswell. The pleasure he was getting from this was overwhelming, that he slammed his elbow into the driver's window as well. He didn't mind that his arm was now bleeding, with glass shards stuck in it. He felt his excited rush slowly disappear as he stared at his work.
Yeah.. this was his GREAT way of getting Neji back, by destroying his fucking CAR!? He took his keys back out and did his best to scratch out his name on the side. When he had done what he could, he stood up and turned to see a man staring at him. He recognized him after a moment as the raven-haired man that had been sitting with Neji.
"You destroyed my car." he said, though surprisingly calm. Naruto blinked.
"Huh? Wha...? This is your--"his eyes widened and he looked back at the car as if it were going to eat him alive. He stared at it and stared at it, totally speechless.
After what seemed like 10 minutes he burst out with, "I thought it was NEJI'S car!"
Sasuke snorted at that. "Who the hell are you..?" he asked.
"I-I..I'm Naruto.. listen.. I'm sorry.. about.. your car.." Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I'll pay for it!"
Sasuke's eye twitched a little. "I'll just buy a new one, no need." Naruto blinked. Was this guy really this rich? He sounded like Neji, except for when it came to Neji's car, that wouldn't have been the case.
"How do you know Neji..?" Sasuke suddenly asked. "And why do you hate him...?"
Naruto frowned and stared at the car. "He was my boyfriend.. and I just saw him in there with another guy!" he sniffed. Stop it! He told himself. "Ohhh, so you're the pity love." Sasuke smirked.
Naruto's eyes widened and he looked at him. "What..?"
"Neji's been with Gaara for 2 years now.. he told me his cousin introduced him to this kid about 3 months ago that was all upset about something.. and a little relationship formed from that.. he kept asking me how he could break it off." Sasuke said evilly, with a glint in his eye.
Naruto gasped and immediately pointed an accusing finger at him. "You're lying!" he yelled, tears coming to his eyes. He didn't love Neji.. but.. to think of that.. it... hurt. It hurt so bad...
"Hn.. no.. I'm really not." Sasuke smirked as he leaned against his damaged car. No wonder Neji never bothered to introduce him to family, or friends.. or- or anything! Why let people get to know someone who weren't going to be there for very much longer? Naruto angrily wiped his tears.
"Your his friend.. Sasuke, aren't you?" he asked quietly. Sasuke looked surprised. "He mentioned me? Odd, but yes, I am."
Naruto sighed and turned, starting to walk off. "Just.. tell Neji I'm sorry for being a bother." he said tiredly. Sasuke blinked, but didn't reply. He felt a little guilty, but at least he had gotten rid of Naruto for Neji that he had wanted. When Sasuke didn't reply, Naruto just kept walking forward, where.. he didn't know.
He angrily kicked a rock that lay on the sidewalk and watched it as it tumbled forward. Great, now he was taking his anger out on a stupid rock. And it wasn't even fulfilling. You know what he needed to do? He needed to find another bar and really get drunk! He sighed as he shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket. How could Neji feel so much pity for him to go out with him and not even mean anything by it? Why?
He kicked the rock again.
When they had met, Neji hadn't been friendly.. then Hinata had to leave because an emergency had happened at the hospital she works at. That had left Neji and him alone. This in the end had resulted with Naruto crying on the older boy's shoulder about his friend's death. And that had resulted with them.. well.. with eachother.
He kicked the rock again.
Naruto suddenly hated that word now. Pity. He had never wanted anyone to pity him and especially now, after this. His thoughts drifted to the Sasuke boy and he stopped for a moment in walking. He remembered how he seemed to enjoy the pain he was causing Naruto. He scowled. Now, he was glad that he had destroyed that stupid jerk's car. Come to think of it, Neji and Sasuke seemed alot alike, the perfect friends probably.
He bent down and picked up the rock, hesitating. Then, he brought his arm back and flung the rock as far as he could, not even paying attention to where the rock would go. He gasped at the pain that went through his arm and looked at it, just now noticing the blood and glass. He heard a splash and looked up. Across the park he was looking at, the rock had landed in a river. He blinked and looked around. Where the heck was he? He didn't know a park that was close to where he lived, or that was close to that bar. He sighed and walked through it. Great, now he was lost and hurt. He sat on a swing and gently picked some glass from his elbow. He just left it after awhile.
Sasuke walked around his car, surveying the damage. That Naruto kid must have to anger problems or something. Honestly, and his name was carved into the side of the car too! What the fuck was up with him? Maybe Neji was more scared of what Naruto would do, then not wanting to hurt the kid. He looked up to see Neji and Gaara walking towards him.
"What happened to your car..?" Neji blinked, staring at the damage. "I knew people had it in for you.. but damn."
"Your-"Sasuke hesitated, glancing at Gaara. "Your 'friend' is the one who did it." He pointed to the name that you could tell had been tried to cover up, but really wasn't. Neji's mouth dropped and he stared at it.
"Wha-.. oh.. did you see him do it!?" he asked. Gaara looked between them, confused.
"I just caught the end, where he slammed his arm into the window." Sasuke replied coolly.
"What'd you do?" Neji asked, looking a little alarmed.
"Told him... about.. pity love." Sasuke smirked, though he was annoyed at having to cover up the affair, since Gaara was right there.
"You.. you... what did he do?" Neji sounded a littled worried. "He walked off crying." Sasuke shrugged.
"Oh... no.. dammit.." Neji sighed.
"Hey, at least he get's the picture now." Sasuke replied.
"I told Hinata I wouldn't hurt him when I told him, Sasuke! I kind of didn't even get a chance not to hurt him! Hinata'll be..." Neji drifted off.
Gaara looked concerned now. "What's going on..?"
"Nothing!" Neji said quickly.
Sasuke stared at Neji, then his eyes narrowed. "Neji, think about it. The reason you didn't want to hurt him was because of Hinata. You didn't give a fuck about him, so how could you not hurt him? You didn't see his face when the realization hit." He shook his head, looking disgusted. "Get it through your head, how you are sometimes. At least I realize it when I'm killing someone emotionally. The things that I say, I know when it'll hurt someone. And the things I do, I know when it'll hurt someone. You just don't give a shit, so you don't care and you don't realize it. You're worse than me... I take a chainsaw to their heart, and you just take a butter knife and stab as hard as you can."
Neji stood there, staring at him. He didn't know what to say... what exactly did Sasuke mean? Gaara looked between them worriedly.
Sasuke turned around. "Think about it, Neji. I'm going home; don't talk to me until you understand what I just said." he walked off in the direction of his house.
A/N: So, what'd you guys think? Please review, it's how I get better at writing.. and the better at writing I get, the better your reading will be.
Also, I have nothing against Neji... I absolutely love Neji.. he just came out as a cheating bastard in this story.. I also have nothing against country music.
The song is Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood.