A/N: Something tells me this idea was already made into a story a lot of times. I just want to see if I could get capture Sasuke's personality correctly this time since I'm terrible at that. No matter how much I want this to happen, I know it wouldn't since Sasuke's being a huge butt right now. We SasuSaku fans can only hope so much.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Naruto knows a lot about Sasuke.

As his best friend, he was supposed to. The same way Naruto is aware of Sasuke's bizarre fondness for tomatoes and likes taking walks, he is also aware that Sasuke is rather fond of competition. So when the craziest idea ever—crazy enough that it could get them both killed—crossed his mind that morning, he did not hesitate to drop by Sasuke's house that day after his mission from Sunagakure.

Naruto knocked on Sasuke's door. There was no reply. Shrugging his shoulders, he opened the door and went inside.

"Teme?" he called.

Sasuke came back to the village a year ago, right before the Second Great Ninja Wars. He served as the captain of Konoha's army of shinobi to fight against other villages. Sasuke refused to state his reason of return, thus Tsunade ordered 24-hour surveillance on the Uchiha. After several months of nothing worth getting suspicious about, he was then treated as a normal villager.

"Oi, teme, where are you?" Naruto called again.

"What do you want?" Sasuke appeared from the kitchen, looking slightly annoyed at being disturbed.

While already faithful to the village, Sasuke's degradation towards Naruto remained, though they were still considered as best friends.

"If Sakura-chan got, I dunno, pregnant by some guy who raped her, what're you gonna do?" Naruto asked, settling down on his best friend's couch.

Sasuke said nothing. It wasn't new to him anyway. Ever since he came back, Naruto was determined to hook Sasuke and Sakura up, either by forcing an awkward moment between the two or asking questions that are just as stupid as the one he asked earlier.

"Hey, look here. I came by to see if you wanna take on a bet."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes suspiciously. From experience, Naruto's bets are not something to be taken lightly. It may seem like practical jokes, but for the past few months, they led them to nothing but trouble. Like suspension from missions and severe training with Gai. "Does this one involve anything explosive?"

Naruto chuckled. "No."

"The Hot Springs?"

"No."

"Kakashi's mask?"

"Maybe some other time again, but no."

"…does this have anything to do with Sakura?"

Naruto stifled a laugh. "Maybe."

Sasuke glared at Naruto, He didn't like how this one will turn out. He respected Sakura now, just as much respect as Neji had given Tenten. Well, before they started dating anyway. Those two shared more than just respect. Like, I dunno, saliva.

"Are you thinking about doing the bet?"

"No. Absolutely not."

Naruto pouted. "Aw, whatever. You're no fun."

He started walking towards the door, before adding, "You just love her, that's why."

That's it. Naruto had just begun his indomitable persuasion.

"No, I just feel it is disrespectful to our female teammate to treat her as an object of something as stupid as a bet."

"Yeah, sure, whatever."

"Hn."

"You just love her and you're afraid that she'll get mad at you."

"I find it a complete waste of her time if she gets mad at me for some silly reason."

Naruto cocked an eyebrow. This one's being unusually hard to crack. "Aw, that's sweet. Sasuke-kun cares so much for Sakura-chan."

Sasuke couldn't help but be a little curious. "So what's the bet about anyway?"

"I dunno. I don't think I should say. Seeing how you love her so much, you're just gonna say no."

If looks could kill, Naruto would have dug himself fifteen graves by now.

He gulped. "Uh, it's about being the one to kiss her first."

"Dobe."

"See? You love her. And you're afraid I might kiss her before you do."

"It's inappropriate."

"No it's fun and another way of proving I'm superior to you."

Sasuke couldn't suppress a smug smirk at that one. "You are not superior to me."

"Yeah, sure, of course I'm not. That why I totally kicked your ass and dragged you back to Konoha. And also why Itachi came looking for me when he came here, not you. And I'm already a Chuunin while you are, in fact, a Genin. This is the only chance you've got to prove you're not inferior to Konohamaru and his buddies. Or maybe you'd wait until you're the only teenager in Konoha who hasn't kissed anyone yet, thus further explaining my point that you are such a loser. Yeah, you are so superior to me."

"I don't see how kissing has anything to do with you being superior to me."

"Jesus Christ, teme! Konohamaru kissed more girls than you had! He kissed one girl more than you! Isn't that sad?"

"He kissed more girls than you did, too!"

"That's why I'm challenging you to this bet! So I could win and wish you good luck on your next kissless years."

"Still, I'm not in."

"You like being labeled gay, teme?"

"Alright, I'm in."

"So the rules are either of us should kiss her, not the other way around, the kiss should last for more than three seconds and she should not be coerced into doing so," Naruto explained.

"So how much?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto grinned. "Isn't our pride and the verification of our manhood we would obtain enough?"

Sasuke grumbled. "You owe me so much for this."

"Don't worry, I'll help you nurse your wounded ego once I win," Naruto teased.

"Open that mouth of yours again and I'll break your jaw."

Naruto laughed. "So there. I guess I wish you luck then."

"I don't need it. Better earn all your luck today. You'll need all the luck in the world," Sasuke said, suddenly confident.

"Then may the best man win," Naruto said, holding out his hand.

With the smirk still plastered on his devilishly handsome face, Sasuke shook his hand.

Haruno Sakura had just finished her shift for the day and was about to leave the hospital.

"Ja ne, Tsunade-sama! Shizune-san!" Sakura called over her shoulder.

"See you, tomorrow, Sakura," Shizune greeted back.

Tsunade smiled at Sakura. "You did great today, Sakura."

Sakura walked out of the hospital, feeling pretty good about herself. It was rather hard to get a compliment out of her shishou when it came to medical matters. She was headed for Sasuke's apartment. It was a ritual. Every afternoon, after her shifts at the hospital, Sakura drops by her former teammate's home, usually chatting about small stuff, like how's training sessions going and what happened at the hospital. But occasionally, they talk about deep, serious stuff which they usually share over coffee and until nighttime. Then Sasuke walks Sakura home. Sometimes, for old times' sake, Sakura teases Sasuke and mock-asks him out.

"Konnichiwa, Sakura-chan!"

Naruto ran up to her. Sakura smiled. It's been so long since she hung out with him. With their conflicting schedules, they rarely even see each other. Except for the times Naruto seldom visits the hospital because of his injuries.

"Hey, Naruto. It's great to see you not at the hospital today," she told him.

Naruto chuckled. "Yeah. It is."

A pregnant silence enveloped between them. Naruto was thinking how he could get her to kiss him before Sasuke-teme does. Then he smiled surreptitiously at his own success of getting Sasuke to take on the bet. Of course, he didn't really want to win. It's just another one of his twisted ways to hook them up. Still, it was fun to dare Sasuke.

"So, um, are you, like, busy tonight?" he boldly asked. "You think you wanna go by Ichiraku?"

Sakura's shock was evident. It wasn't like he'd never asked her out before. But the last time he tried to ask her out was ages ago. This is undeniably suspicious.

She narrowed her eyes at him and said, "Are you messing with me?"

Naruto was quick to protest. "No, of course not! I would never do that!"

Sakura pursed her lips and said. "You sure?"

Naruto nodded, and then grinned sheepishly. "Sorry I can't take you somewhere fancier. I can't afford it."

This had somehow melted Sakura's heart. His modesty made her want to go out for him, for his sake.

"Yeah, sure, I'll go out with you. Tonight? Does 6:00 sound good?" she asked her tone soft and sweet.

Naruto inwardly groaned. He kinda wanted her to refuse. Now how will Sasuke win and get to kiss her? Nevertheless, Sasuke was never one to lose any sort of competition. This bet will have to stretch for a few more days,

After saying her goodbye to Naruto, she started to continue to Sasuke's apartment, but then stopped in her tracks. She walked the opposite direction, towards the shopping stores.

'I should buy something new to wear tonight. I should at least look presentable for Naruto. I hope Sasuke-kun wouldn't notice that I wasn't able to go by today. Besides, he's probably so busy with his training to get into the Chuunin exams, he wouldn't notice,' she thought.

Meanwhile, at Sasuke's apartment, the man himself sat impatiently at his couch. It had been one hour since the end of Sakura's shift; where is she? He had his strategy planned out so well. He lit candles around the apartment, telling her when she comes that the power is out. Then he'll feign illness and she'll just have to stay. He even made up the symptoms: temporary hearing loss (so she'll have to lean closer when she talks), hoarse voice (so she'll have to lean over when he talks), sinus congestion and chronic cough. Then when she gets close enough to him, he'll kiss her. Just like that. It was all so perfect, now where in Konoha could she be? He couldn't afford to lose this bet. Sure it sounds stupid but can you blame him for refusing to hear one more "Hey, Sasu-gay!" directed at him? The last person who called him that received an on-the-spot cremation.

"Damn it, I need to kiss her before Naruto does!" he shouted aloud.

It was quarter to six and Naruto was picking out the most decent-looking clothes in his closet. The only suit he had was still dirty from that wedding he attended as a mission. That took place five months ago. Five months and three weeks. Oh, fine, seven months. But there was no way he'd show up to the date in his ninja gear. That was just lousy. After twenty-four minutes of careful consideration, he pulled out a white long-sleeved polo shirt and a pair of black pants.

"The bastard better be trying to get her to kiss him," Naruto complained to himself. "He has no idea how hard it is to dress up to eat ramen. Me? Dress up? To eat ramen? Damn crazy."

He pulled his shirt over his head and wore the black pants. After taking one last glance at the mirror, he set off to Ichiraku. He decided to pass by Sasuke's house after toying around with the idea of rubbing in his face that he was going on a date with Sakura. He grinned to himself when he heard Sasuke banging around in his kitchen and walked in.

"Hey, loser," Naruto called.

Sasuke looked behind him and scowled when he saw Naruto all dressed up.

"Haha, I can't believe I made you look when I called you loser," Naruto laughed.

"What do you want?"

"Oh, nothing," Naruto innocently replied. "Hey, listen. Do I look good? I'm going out on a date with Sakura-chan."

Glare.

Smile.

Darker glare.

Chuckle.

"Sooooo, I'd love to hang around but I don't want to be late for my date," Naruto said, deciding he wounded Sasuke's pride enough. For tonight, anyway. "Say, have you ever been on a date?"

"Get outta here."

"Better take the bet seriously," Naruto laughingly advised before sailing out the door.

Sasuke gritted his teeth when Naruto left. He was taking this bet seriously. He just needed to try harder, seeing that luck obviously wasn't on his side today.

An unconscious thought crossed Sasuke's mind. He smirked. What was he doing? He's, like, Konoha's number one heartthrob, the hottest—living, anyway—shinobi in their village. Three-fourths of Konoha has an ultimate crush on him. It was said he even turned several men gay.

A kiss can't be that hard to give.

Then a crease embedded in Sasuke's forehead when he remembered who exactly would receive that kiss.

Haruno Sakura.

Woah. Originally, I wanted this one to be one-shot but, well, it turned out longer than I expected. If you're wondering why Sasuke became distressed about kissing Sakura, it's because this just wasn't any other girl; it's, well, Sakura and he fears—LOL, that's right, Sasuke fears something—that now that they've become friends again and all, this would affect their friendship. Plus, he thinks that Sakura wouldn't take too lightly the fact that she is the object of a bet. REVIEWS, PLEASE! :)