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And not for the first time in his life, 18 year old Sasuke finds himself regretting to follow Naruto into another one of his crazy
ideas.
Sasuke and Naruto stepped into the brilliantly lit ballroom.
Sasuke tugged at his bow-tie.
"Care explain to me again, why are we, the heir of the Uchiha Corp. and the stupid friend of the heir at the housewarming party of the rival company Hyuuga Inc.?"
Naruto scowled while scanning the room.
"To pick up hot girls! And I'm not stupid, teme."
Sasuke glared at his friend who seemed not to notice.
"What about that one?" asked Naruto excitedly.
Sasuke glanced at where Naruto seemed to be looking towards.
"The one with the long brown hair?"
"Yeah, that one!" nodded Naruto.
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"You might not have noticed, dobe, but 'that one' happens to be wearing a tux."
"Yeah, so?" asked Naruto defensively.
Sasuke looked horrified at his best friend.
"Y-you never..." he croaked out lamely.
"Girls can wear tuxes can't they?" asked Naruto puzzled.
Sasuke lost 10kgs from blowing out air in relief.
"Yes dobe, they can. But this 'housewarming party' happens to be a formal sort of one. You don't catch girls wearing tuxes at a formal party."
Naruto blinked. Then as the truth dawned on him, his eyes grew impossibly wide.
"Yeah. And if 'that one' happens to turn around, you'll see that 'that one's' face is a male." said Sasuke tonelessly.
Naruto's face fell. "When will the girls come? I heard that four really good ones were coming."
Then, as if answering to Naruto'w whine, the ballroom doors flung open.
One after another, four girls sauntered confidently (or not so confidently in one's case) into the room.
A stunning blue eyed blonde in a clingy, shimmering baby blue dress, a tall green eyed brunette in a silky emerald green gown, a shy, pale eyed navy black haired girl in a simple, soft dove grey chiffon dress.
Sasuke found himself staring at the last girl walking in. STARING. Never had he felt so strange, shamelessly staring at an unknown girl.
A slender jade colour eyed girl with soft pink hair, dressed in a sleek, mid-length, red taffeta dress.
A sharp elebow jammed itself at Sasuke's ribs.
"Dibs on the one in grey. Not that you seem to want her..." Naruto trailed off slyly.
'Damn. Naruto had noticed him staring at the one in red.'
"Hn." answered Sasuke tonelessly.
"Don't be such a spoil sport," scolded Naruto, "And... I think I can wangle us an introduction to the ladies."
"Sakura, have I ever introduced to you my other student, Uzumaki Naruto?"
The pink haired girl smiled up at the masked man with unruly hair.
"I don't think so, Kakashi-sensei."
"Well, now you have. See you kids around." Naruto's teacher walked off towards the drinks.
Sakura looked curiously after her teacher, then faced the two males in front of her, while her shy friend hid behind her.
"So you're his other student... what does he tutor you about, Mr Uzumaki?"
"Uh... stuff. And I'm no mister, just Naruto." he said, his eyes not even looking at Sakura, but at her timid shadow.
Sasuke ahemed lightly. After a few awkward moments of 'aheming' and not so gentle subtle kicks to the ankle, Naruto remembered to introduce his 'friend'.
"Oh. Uh. This is Sasuke. He's my friend." he said, off-handedly, still staring at the girl in grey as she prodded her index fingers together.
Sasuke offered his hand to the 'pinkette'. "Pleased to meet you."
Sakura blushed and stuck her hand in his. "Pleased to meet you too."
Instead of shaking her hand, Sasuke lifted her hand to reach his lips.
Sakura blushed immensely and tried to subtly retrieve her hand.
"Uh..." she quickly yanked her hand back to her side, then thought of a distraction. "Th-this is Hinata. She's the daughter of the head of the Hyuuga Inc."
Naruto's face fell dramatically (think of a boulder falling off a cliff) as he registered this information.
"A-are you okay?" a shy voice nquired softly.
Naruto struggled for a moment, then he brightened up. "May I have the honour of dancng with you for this dance, Ms Hyuuga?"
Hinata blushed. "O-of course."
Naruto led the other girl onto the dance floor. Sasuke and Sakura watched their friends disappear into the croud of moving colours.
An awkward silence hung over the two.
Saskue started to speak as Sakura did.
"How-"
"Who-"
Sakura blushed as Sasuke looked away.
"You can go first." they said simultaneously.
"No-no, you can." they said together again.
Silence hung over again.
"Uh-"
"So-"
Finally, they laughed, and the awkwardness dissolved.
"I'm Haruno Sakura, one of Hinata's friends. And you?"
"Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke nodded.
Sakura blinked. "Uchiha? As in... Uchiha Corp.?"
Sasuke nodded slightly.
"As in... the RIVAL of my friend's father's company?" Sakura persisted.
Her disbelief was so comical looking that Sasuke nearly laughed.
"Yes." Sasuke said slowly, as if speaking to an extremely dim-witted person.
Sakura let out a wail. "Nooo! My heart breaks! This is like Romeo and Juliet! Why must tragedy happen?"
Sasuke looked on awkwardly, wondering whether he should try and comfort her or make a run for it.
Immediately, her tall brunette friend in green appeared at her side, glaring at Sasuke.
"Sakura, don't talk to him. Let's go."
As her friend half carried half dragged Sakura away, Sakura frantically mouthed, "Meet me under my balcony tonight"
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