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"Your some kind of lightweight huh?" Sakura asked Naruto. They were at Ino's party and both were sitting on her couch, drinking sake. Naruto was on his second glass and completely drunk.

"Tch. No! This is my sixth drink!" Naruto lied putting up four fingers. Sakura rolled her eyes and sighed. Naruto leaned forward to grab his drink but knocked it over, spilling it instead.

"Damn it Naruto!" Sakura irked moving his glass.

" Sawhee Sakura," Naruto got up, struggling to regain his balance.

"And just where do you think your going?"

"To the uhm, bathroom." With that said he started for the bathroom but tripped multiple amounts of time on the way. 'God he's such an idiot.' Sakura thought.

"Why aren't you drinking anything?" Sakura turned her head to the voice to see who it was. It was Ino with two plastic cups in her hand. Presumably, more sake. She turned back around once Ino sat down next to her, offering her a cup. Sakura shook her head no.

"Sorry, I plan on going home sober," Ino shrugged and sat one of the cups on the table in front of them. There was an awkward silence between them but Ino was the first to say something.

"So -ahem- hows the love life?" She asked inching closer to Sakura. Sakura's eyebrow twitched a little.

"Is that all you think about? Boys?"

"Of course not!" Ino put her free hand up to her chest as if she were truly appalled at what Sakura said. "There's also make-up, my hair, my clothes..."

"Alright I get it pig!" Sakura could already feel a headache coming. Ino smiled into her cup.

"You still didn't answer my question."

"No. Unlike you I have better things to worry about." Sakura said picking up the drink she declined. She was gonna need it if Ino was with her. Ino quirked an eyebrow and moved her cup from her mouth.

"Oh, really like what?"

"School."

"It's the summer."

"My job." Sakura lied.

"Oh really? Where do you work?" Sakura had to take a second to think of an excuse to tell Ino. She knows Ino knew that Sakura was currently job hunting and got money from her parents, but she never liked discussing boys with her, It always turned into something about sex. Noticing how long Sakura took, Ino interrupted her thinking.

"You're lying, I knew it." Sakura gave up.

"Fine. You got me. Why are you so damn interested anyway?" Sakura muttered into her cup.

"I dunno," Ino admitted. " Okay, there's gotta be at least someone you like, or think is cute."

"Hmm. Okay," Sakura decided to entertain Ino proposition. "You know that senior who was in Algebre B1 with us?"

"The one on the football team?"

"No, not that idiot."

"Describe him."

"He's tall and has long blonde hair and..." Before she could finish Ino interrupted her again.

"Oh! You mean Deidara?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Yeah, he's pretty hot, but he's in that group called the Akatsuki." Ino went back to drinking her sake. Sakura already finished hers and could feel herself getting a little drunk.

"Akatsuki?"

"Yeah, it's some group of delinquent weirdos. Hot delinquent weirdos," Ino emphasized.

"Oh." Sakura said, she looked down at her empty cup and stood. "Shit. I'm out of sake. I'm going to get some more." She started walking to the kitchen.

"On the counter next to the sink!" Ino yelled after her.

'Looks like I'm not going home sober.' Sakura thought.

J'espère que vous avez apprécié cet. Sinon, je vous remercie pour la lecture. Je vais essayer plus fort.

- Mistress AnnMei