Hello! I've written a few stories before, but this is the first one I'm putting up on this site, I hope it goes well. (: It will eventually be SasuNaru, but nothing explicit, and there are a few side pairings I think, but nothing that will interfere drastically with the story, I hope no one minds! It was meant to be a oneshot, but it got a little long so I've cut it down a bit. Maybe four chapters-ish?
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The classroom was cramped with single desks. They were shoved together to form rows of chipped wooden workbenches perfect for desperate note takers to scribble barely legible words down. Currently students continued taking notes lethargically on said desks as the teacher droned on mercilessly at the head of the room in front on the full white board. Clouds floated mockingly by, noticed by all the classroom occupants as they clouds punctuated the otherwise flawless blue sky and the humid day. Many of the taunted students fanned themselves with useless handouts and scrap pieces of paper, trying to alleviate themselves even if only momentarily from the heat.
'We should be out there with water balloons or something' one teenager grumbled to himself in his head. He sighed and let his head drop onto his arm, lazily tracing patterns with his pen on his dreadfully important notes, or so his teacher declared them. There's only so many times that you can believe a teacher when they tell you that a particular lesson will be pivotal when it comes to completing the exams. His normally energetic attitude always seemed to be sapped down to zero in this class, whether the weather was decent or not. He took solace in the fact that the day was nearly over.
It was only when metal chair legs scrapped rapidly against the floor did sky blue eyes snap open, the owner not remembering when they had slipped closed but his bones suddenly re-energized and ready to get out of the energy sucking room. He slipped past his peers clumsily, apologising sheepishly as he went, and spotted a bubblegum tinted crop of hair amongst the crowd bouncing along.
"Sakura!" He called after her, jumping to encourage his voice to travel quicker to her ears. "Sakura, hey wait up!" She glanced behind and spotted the blond jumping around, grinning when he saw her notice him. She slipped out of the crowd into a doorway and the teenager made a beeline for her.
She greeted him with a punch to the shoulder.
"Oww." He complained, rubbing the sore spot.
"Yes well, you deserved that." She grumbled, smoothing her hair down with her hands then fixing her gaze on him. He pouted. "What? You did." She said petulantly. She sighed and dropped her hands. "Sorry, I just had Mr Hatake for Sociology." She grumbled again, as if that would be enough of an explanation. Apparently it was.
"Ohh, I get it. Your womanly powers not working on him?" He asked, grinning at her. The corridor grew quieter as the student either filed out into the sunshine or into the canteen to eat sugary snacks before their final lessons commenced.
"Nope, they're failing. I don't get it," She moaned and leaned against the doorframe. "I actually have to work in the lessons to get his attention. He acts so proper, but I've seen those porn novels in his desk draw." She said.
"Personally, you know, as a guy your age, I don't understand why you like him… he's old." He punctuated the word old like it was a dirty word. He suppressed a shiver.
"It's an older guy thing, they're more mature than guys our age." He grimaced at her and she shook her head, her hair flying around her face prettily. "Anyway, I don't want to discuss my love life with you, Naruto." She continued, cocking her head to the side and completely forgetting that she was the one who brought the topic up anyway. The hall was nearly completely empty, with a few stray students ambling around aimlessly, waiting for they're last period to begin. He linked his hands behind his head and slouched against the door beside her. She stood up straight.
"So anyway, are you busy tonight?" She asked, covering a yawn delicately with a manicured hand.
"Nope, why? You got any hardcore parties for me to attend?" He wondered hopefully, not even blinking at the blatant change of subject.
"As a matter of fact I do," She answered happily, her hand going up to hold onto her bag strap, the other at her side. "There's this guy, apparently he holds parties when his parents go away. Totally up tight family, anal older brother. But once they leave, his older brother lets him do what he wants, practically. Do you want to come?" She asked, producing lip balm from her skirt pocket.
"Free alcohol and a place to crash? I'm already there!" He grinned, the expression lighting up his face causing him to squint his eyes in an action that on other people may have detracted from their looks, but on Naruto only highlighted them. Sakura tried to stop herself from smiling back long enough to dab sticky pink gunk on her pouty mouth. She smacked them together and then clapped her hands gleefully.
"Great! I knew you would be. Kiba's coming too so I'm sure Hinata will be there, and, you know, the usual lot." The shrill bell rang out at that moment and the hall began to fill steadily with students heading disdainfully to their final class of the week. Naruto cursed.
"Crap, I've got Kurenai next, meet me out the front at final bell!" She punched him in the arm as he moved passed her in a gesture of goodbye, Sakura herself having her final lesson in the opposite direction. She giggled and walked on, Naruto watching her go as her school bag thumped against her hip.
He turned his head to walk as his teacher came out of the teachers lounge.
"Kurenai! S'a pleasure to be in your class this lesson." He said, still grinning.
"That's Miss Yuhi to you, Naruto." She said as he matched her pace down the corridor. They reached the classroom door, Naruto stopping to allow her through first.
"Then it's Mr Uzumaki to you." He said, winking.
"Your charm is nauseating." She whapped him in the head with a stack of more 'important notes' and ushered him into the classroom first.
"It's ladies first Miss Yuhi." Naruto said cheekily, bowing ever so slightly.
"I'm not going to allow you free rein to stare at my rear end whilst I enter the classroom. In."
"Awww, you're no fun!" Naruto whined as he stomped into the classroom like a child ten years his junior and gracelessly fell into his normal desk, his teacher standing at the front of the class as the other students settled. She smiled inwardly to herself. Yes, Naruto holds much of his father's charm, even if he has yet to refine it.
"Okay, does anyone remember last lesson when we spoke about the theories of Rousseau? I believe that…" Naruto zoned out as his teachers voice became unwelcome background noise as he tried to focus on the clock reaching four o'clock. The classroom was a mirror image of the one he had been in before, only with the desks arranged slightly different. The familiarity of the setting made his frustration grow, and he couldn't help his self from wanting to get to this random guys party to drown out the routine for a few hours with his friends and alcohol.
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Naruto jogged down the front steps of the college, stopping at the flowerbeds to perch on the bricks. He shifted backwards and his feet dangled above the tarmac. He kicked them slightly as he waited. As people passed by, anxious to get home, he smiled and murmured goodbye's to people he barely knew. People who happened to be in his classes. Most of the people in his college knew of him; he tended to act out a bit during lessons when he got bored so he got branded as a bit of a nuisance. He wasn't really bothered what people thought of him. If they wanted to judge him before they knew him then fair game, he couldn't stop them, so he just got on with his life and didn't let it bother him. If anything, he quite liked the attention it brought.
"Naruto!" He glanced up to see his friend approach him from near the entrance gates of the college, waving energetically with his free hand, a dog leash in the other. As Kiba approached Akamaru barked a greeting at Naruto and sat panting at his feet.
"Hey man." Naruto said. Kiba clapped him on the shoulder, grinning.
"Dude, so ready for tonight. I'm going to get lashed out my nut, and then I'm going to let Hinata have her wicked way with me." He said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
"Careful what you say, I just might tell Neji."
"Dude, not cool. Seriously, he'd have my nuts in jar, and surprisingly I quite like them attached." Naruto laughed and made to kick him in his crown jewels, but Kiba swiftly covered them with his hands. "Dude!" He called out in a high-pitched voice.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything. Hey Kiba." Sakura announced herself as she stopped next to Naruto, neither of them having heard her approach. She gave the boys a smile, Kiba smiling back and nodding at her.
"Kiba was just telling me about how he wants to take advantage of Hinata tonight, right Kiba?" Naruto teased. Sakura shoved the dog boy in the shoulder, her smile forgotten.
"Don't talk about Hinata like that! She too innocent to do those types of things." Kiba rubbed his arm and opened his mouth to retort when Naruto shook his head behind Sakura's back. He grumbled, but kept his mouth shut.
"Come on guys, let's go." Sakura said, asserting the situation. "The sooner I can change and make myself look gorgeous the sooner we can get to the party." Kiba coughed into his head, muttering 'slut' in the midst of it. Sakura glared and he dropped his hand, a scared look on his face.
"Juts because a girl wants to look nice doesn't make her a slut." She jabbed a dainty but deadly nail into his chest. "Unless the girl is called Ino, then she most definitely is." She smiled and twirled in the direction of the gate, proceeding forward in her pink converse, expecting the boys to follow. The two boys exchanged a look.
"Girls are scary." Kiba concluded. Naruto nodded his agreement.
"Best stay on her good side then. Besides, she's our ticket to the party tonight." Naruto jumped down from the ledge and dug into his shoulder bag. "Pre-party drink?" He asked, offering a water bottle filled with a clear liquid to the boy as they followed Sakura out of the gate.
"I prefer something a little bit stronger than water, no offense." Naruto pushed him with a mock hurt expression on his face.
"What kind of guy do you think I am?" He asked. "This stuff is genuine." Kiba gave him a dubious look, took the bottle and sniffed it.
"Dude! You're bringing vodka to college?" He took a swig before Naruto could answer and squinted his eyes as he swallowed. He stuck his tongue out and gagged, shaking his head. Naruto laughed.
"What kinda man are you? Can't even take a little vodka." He stuck his tongue out and snatched the bottle from the brown haired boy, taking a gulp and wincing slightly. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and then screwed the lid back onto the bottle. "Piece o' cake." Naruto grinned and Kiba shoved him sideways. Naruto shoved him back and Kiba got him in a headlock, rubbing his knuckles into the blonds' head.
"You like that Blondie? Huh?"
"Get off me you douche!" Naruto laughed as they staggered through the college gates, Naruto blindly trying to hit Kiba with his plastic bottle. Kiba released him, both of them laughing. Sakura stood at the entrance of a side road, waiting for the two boys to join her. Naruto slid the bottle into his bag as they got closer to her.
"You boys done acting gay?" She asked, picking leaves off of a bush next to her, stripping them into sections and then letting them drop.
"Hmm, I like a bit of gay, don't you Kiba?" She tossed the shredded leaf particles at the two boys. They travelled further than she expected, no breeze scooping them up in the humidity. She wiped a hand across her forehead, a damp patch transferring onto her skin. She dried it on the back of her skirt with a grumble at the heat.
"Ohh I positively love a bit of homosexual interaction." Kiba said while she fidgeted, slinging an arm around Naruto's shoulder. Naruto grinned and pinched Kiba's butt. Kiba wiggled away quickly and Sakura giggled, putting a hand over her mouth as if to contain the sound.
"Maybe not that comfortable." Naruto laughed and Kiba scratched his cheek, pouting. Sakura let a burst of laughter out before shaking her head.
"You guys!"
"Could you stop shrieking?" Kiba asked, agitated. "Any higher and only Akamaru will be able to hear you." He grumbled, Akamaru wagging his tail at his side. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"I have to get ready." She stated, eyes narrowed. "All your homosexualing around is going to give me no time to straighten my hair properly. Can we just get to my house? I swear, you can grope each other all you like once we get there." She offered, hopeful. She started to walk and motioned the guys after her. They started ambling slowly after her, not bothering to try catching her up as she pounded the pavement with determined feet. When she was just out of earshot Kiba asked; "Do you think she knows her hair is already dead straight?"
"I'd ask, but I'm not quite that desperate, you know?" Kiba nodded his head; a moment of perfect understanding passing between them both as they slowly slid a hand in front of their crotches.
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The two boys and Akamaru strolled up the gravel driveway of a detached two-storey house. Pink and yellow flowers sat neatly in the window boxes of the bottom storey; eggshell blue shutters that were never made for actually use adorning the side of the windows. High bushes encased the front garden and a pretty cluster of ivy crept stealthily from the left side of the house to above the white front door. The boys stepped onto the paved path leading to the entrance of the house. The door was open, though only a black void was visible through the afternoon glare of sun. A few butterflies bounced through the air, erratically changing direction as they flitted from flower to flower. Naruto felt that during the summer the front of Sakura's house felt much like wonderland, if not a slightly claustrophobic version. The drive was minus its matching car, seemingly increasing the size of the area. The boys reached the porch steps and Sakura appeared in the doorway clad in a short denim skirt, a t-shirt tied loosely at the back to make it slightly tighter and the same pink converse as she wore earlier. A toothbrush dangled from her mouth. She grasped it and continued brushing her teeth whilst she shook her finger in the direction of Kiba's dog.
"S'at musht can't comfe int myf houfe Kibaf." She garbled, twisting the toothbrush vigorously. Kiba gave her an odd look and then looked at Naruto.
"What'd she say?" He asked, looking for male understanding in Naruto that women were crazy.
"Telf himph Nafuto." She said, still pointing, only this time with wide eyes and a lot more foam dripping down her chin.
"Ewww." Kiba whined.
"She said 'the mutt can't come in my house.'" Akamaru whined and Naruto patted him on the head, a look of apology in his eyes. "I know, she can be mean sometimes huh?"
"How'd you even know that dude?" Kiba asked.
"I've hung around Sakura since we started school, you get used to it. Whether it was mud, sand… cake, you learn to understand."
"Arf you corling me fat?!" She asked angrily, foam flying at Naruto.
"Erm… no?" He said, a nervous smile on his face. She considered him for a moment with one eyebrow raised until she deemed him safe. She gave him a smile and then tottered happily up the stairs, humming to herself and gesturing the two teenagers loitering at her door to come in. She continued into her bedroom, out of sight. Naruto made to follow her until he heard the resounding click of paws on the wooden floor of the hallway.
"Dude, what are you doing? Sakura will go crazy! Why didn't you leave him at home?"
"Akamaru gets lonely." Kiba said, pouting and scratching the oversized dog behind the ears. "He likes to come with me, so I'm not leaving him out there on his own. Sakura can bite me, I don't care." Naruto didn't try to argue with him, knowing that Kiba was nearly as stubborn as he was. He sighed.
"If he shits, I'm not helping you clean it up." Naruto started walking up the stairs, Kiba close behind.
"He wont, he's well trained." Kiba assured Naruto. "Trust me."
"Don't say that. Why'd you have to say that? Now I don't trust you. He's going to shit, I know it." They argued as they went up the wooden stairs, the noise bouncing off the lilac walls.
"Dude, he won't shit! Seriously, you got some sort of psychic dog-bowel-movement powers all of a sudden?" They reached the landing and got to Sakura's bedroom, Naruto walking in and sitting on her bed. The room was white and pink, nice and airy as a fan whirred pleasantly in the corner, blowing the nets on every rotation. It was like the inside of a genie lamp, all sweet smelling and full of soft squishy cushions.
"It's one of my more useful powers, I'll admit." Naruto said grinning, reclining on her bed and lacing his hands behind his head. He turned his head and inhaled with closed eyes. Sakura's scent assaulted his nose and Naruto wrinkled it in distaste. It was slightly strong, but hey, it wasn't his bedroom. Naruto started to get comfortable, not caring that Kiba had failed to answer until Sakura came out of her en suite bathroom.
"Kibaaa!" Naruto snapped open an eye and saw a foamless Sakura pointing at said boy who was sitting on the floor with a startled Akamaru in his lap. "I told you, he has to stay outside! Why don't you ever listen?"
"Sakura, it's perfectly fin-"
"It is NOT fine!" Akamaru barked piteously. Kiba tried to keep hold of him but his pet struggled and got free, taking off out of the door and a quick pace and bolting around the corner, his lead flicking about as he went. Everybody's eyes watched him go.
"Akamaru!" Kiba clamoured after him, through the door quicker than Naruto had ever seen him move.
"Some fighting dog he is." Sakura mumbled, a blush creeping over her features as she fiddled with the tips of her hair. Naruto sat up and she glanced at him. "What?" She asked, and then bit her lip. "I'm sorry. It's just if mum comes home and finds him, she's going to get mad. I didn't mean to snap at Kiba but if I can't go out tonight I'm going to be so pissed." Naruto opened his mouth to say something when Kiba reappeared at the doorway.
"I can't find him." He said, his face stricken. "He's gone! I left the front door open, he must have legged it right out of here." Naruto got up and moved past Sakura.
"Kiba, I'm so sorr-"
"I just want my dog back!" Sakura put her hands over her mouth and looked at Naruto for help "I need to find him." Kiba said to himself, breathing strongly through his nose to calm his beating heart. "Help me find him!"
"Drink some of this." Naruto took the water bottle out of his bag from where he had dumped it on Sakura's floor and chucked it to Kiba. The boy grabbed it and undid the screw top in one quick motion, taking a gulp and putting the lid back on, tight.
"Seriously, I don't think Akamaru would just run blindly out into the neighbourhood. He isn't stupid. Chill dude, he's probably in the house somewhere, like under a table, or a dresser or something." Naruto accepted the bottle back from Kiba, patting him on his upper arm. "He'll be fine! How we can lose a dog that big I don't know." Naruto grinned and Kiba nodded at his summarisation as he stood up, his mouth still a grim line. Sakura crossed her room quickly and sat on the bed next to Naruto, but facing Kiba. A car pulled up the drive and Sakura sat up straight, alert.
"My mum's home." She announced to the occupants of the room, eyes wide. "Oh, God." A set of keys clicked in the door downstairs and it was pushed open.
"Sakura, Honey? Are you home?" A feminine voice wafted up the stairs, warm and energetic. The teenagers heard a set of keys dropped onto the hallway table, the front door shutting and shoes scuffling down the hallway.
"Ye-" Sakura cleared her throat and tried again, "Yeah mum, I'm up here with some friends." She looked around at her two friends and whispered to them harshly as her mum chattered randomly at her from downstairs. "Find that goddamn dog." She hissed. "I'm going to go distract my mum, just… just find Akamaru, okay?" She smiled nervously and left the room.
Kiba looked at Naruto as he stood to help. "Dude, I can not keep up with that girls mood swings."
"Yeah, they're nearly as bad as yours." Kiba pouted and Naruto laughed. "Come on, let's find Akamaru."
"My baby!"
The two boys left the room, Naruto taking the stairs two at a time and Kiba searching the rest of the upstairs. Naruto moved into the living room, ambling around. He checked behind the couch, behind the door. He opened some of the drawers as his failure to find Akamaru bred boredom, sifting through the old fisherman magazines he found there. He lifted one of the magazines out, flicking through until it stopped on the middle page. A topless model posed flirtatiously, her makeup exaggerated and her back arched. Naruto twisted the page to get a better look, nodding in approval. Naruto felt a presence behind him and twisted to see Kiba enter looking agitated.
"Dude, I can't find him anywhere. Maybe he really did run out of the door… hey, what're you looking at?"
"Check this out!" Naruto held up the magazine so Kiba could see the red-haired woman. "Mr Haruno is one naughty man, with good taste in women." The boys nodded in approval, Kiba whispering a 'sweet!'. The pair examined it more closely.
"Ohhh, baby." Kiba moaned, leaning in as if to kiss the woman. Naruto laughed as Kiba tried to make out with the page, the dark haired boy mussing the magazine in his enthusiasm.
"Hey, did you find Akam- what are you guys doing?" Sakura came out of the open door that led from the kitchen to the living room holding a bunch of bananas, a look of bizarre intrigue on her pretty face.
"Look what your dad keeps hidden!" Naruto plucked the wrinkled magazine from Kiba's hands and thrust it Sakura's direction. He wiggled it about, laughing as he did it. Sakura added the bananas to the fruit bowl and walked over to the boys, gaping at the picture.
"These are daddy's private magazines…" She took it from Naruto who became uncharacteristically quiet, Kiba following his lead. She bit her lip and closed it, putting it back in the open draw. Naruto winced guiltily at Kiba who shrugged with wide eyes, letting Naruto know that he had no clue either. "Can we just find Akamaru please?" Naruto put his hand on her shoulder but she shrugged him off, a tense smile on her face. "It's okay." She fanned herself with her hands, Naruto noticing how small they were, how small his friend suddenly looked. Due to her normally energetic (if not violent) behaviour she came off bigger than she was. Only in difficult situations could you tell how truly well built her outer façade was. Naruto watched as she visibly rebuilt herself, her back straightening and her eyes becoming charming and friendly again. "Why are you guys just standing there? We need to find Akamaru before my mum does." She nodded more to herself than anyone else and pushed the boys out into the hallway. "Mum's hanging some washing in the garden." She told them. The boys listened carefully. "We've got about five minutes."
Sakura took off into the kitchen again and Kiba followed her. Naruto walked briskly into the dining room, the entrance opposite the kitchen at the back of the house. He saw a tail sticking out from underneath one of the chairs and his face lit up in triumph.
"Guys! I found the dog!" At the sound of a familiar and friendly voice so close, Akamaru looked up from underneath the chairs pathetically and waddled out. Naruto scratched him behind the ear and he whined happily. He grinned and led him out into the hallway.
"Kiba! I found Akamaru! I found…" His head snapped up as the back door swung open and a slender, sandy haired women stepped through holding an empty washing basket. She shrieked, dropping the basket just as Sakura skidded into the hallway, Kiba close behind. She saw the scene and dropped her head with a defeated huff.
"Naruto you dick." Kiba said laughing, bending to hug Akamaru and just generally shower him in love. Sakura gave her mum a sheepish look, smiling. Naruto thought she looked like she was in a pain. Sakura's mum gave her an unfriendly look, motioning her into the kitchen. She sighed and turned after telling the boys to go into the front garden.
"Yes, if you boys would be so kind as to wait outside for my… daughter." She smiled, but it was strained, her eyes straying to the dog with distrusting eyes.
"Sure thing Mrs Haruno." Kiba said, too interested in Akamaru to notice her reaction.
The boys filed out of the house, sitting in a patch of shade on the front lawn so they didn't have to squint at each other. They heard a few raised voices in the house and then heavy footsteps as someone stormed up the stairs. Naruto bet it was Sakura.
"Sheesh, I'm glad she isn't my mum." Kiba muttered, eyeing the house warily.
"Dude, your mum's worse. I've seen her wield knives at you." Naruto answered.
"She does it to show her love." Kiba said as if it were normal. "I just don't think I could love a woman with no love for Akamaru." He added, stroking Akamaru on the belly as he stretched on the grass.
"That some fucked up love man." Naruto said jokingly, leaning back on his elbows. "And you don't have to love Sakura's mum, just stay on her good side. That way you stay on Sakura's good side too." Naruto nodded happily.
"But you landed Sakura in it." Kiba stated. Naruto winced.
"It was an accident! How was I to know that she was going to walk through the door right at the moment? Someone's out to get me."
"I think someone's out to get Sakura, not you." Kiba laughed, holding out his hand for Akamaru to give him his paw. The boys settled into a playful banter whilst they waited for Sakura to come out and tell them if she was grounded for life or not. She stormed out of the house in a whirl of her own anger to find the two boys arm wrestling, lying on their stomachs. Naruto cheated and used his free hand and Kiba chucked a handful of grass at him in retaliation.
She dropped onto the grass next to them, a lightweight cardigan and strappy shoulder bag having been added to her outfit. The boys ignored her presence for a moment and she huffed loudly to get their attention. Naruto looked at her, his eyes questioning. She closed her eyes.
"Your dog shat in my dining room." There was a moment of silence as the two boys looked from each other to Sakura. Naruto decided to fill it.
"I knew it!" Naruto rolled onto his back in hysterics, gripping his stomach as the laughter escaped him. Kiba looked sheepish and offered an apology. Naruto recovered momentarily before seeing Sakura's pissed face and then allowing his giggles to overcome him again. Sakura kicked him and he winced in pain before collecting himself a bit.
"Thanks to you shitbags," This set Naruto off again. Her eyes narrowed but she carried on. "Thanks to you guys, I'm grounded after tonight."
"After tonight?" Kiba asked and she nodded. "So you can still come tonight then?"
"Yeah, mum said it was because I got good mock results." She shrugged. "I wasn't going to question it."
"Hell no." Naruto added in as he gathered himself, small bouts of laughter escaping occasionally. He had the water bottle in his hand, the lid on the grass. "You know, for a hardcore chick you sure are scared of your mum." Naruto mused before taking a swig and shaking his head rapidly as if to dispel the taste.
"Yeah well, you haven't seen my mum angry."
"Don't worry, we heard her. S'enough for me." Kiba said, motioning the bottle from Naruto who passed it over. Blue eyes looked concernedly at green ones, but Sakura just smiled.
"Ohh, alcohol? Gimme." She said, her hands reaching for the bottle like an infant would. Kiba passed it over to her after taking a gulp.
"That woman had a great rack though." Kiba said, scratching his chin.
Sakura looked at him, appalled. "That's my mum you're talking about! Oh eww, that is so gross."
Kiba looked confused for a moment, then shook his head rapidly. "What? No! No, not you're mum. She's old." Sakura frowned at him. He stuttered. "I mean, erm, for an older lady she's great, I mean, her rack his…" He trailed off, Sakura and Naruto giving him twin looks of confusion. "Oh for fuck's sake, I meant the babe in magazine. Jesus, I wasn't hitting on your mum." Kiba grumbled, annoyed.
Naruto shoved him, hissing his name as a warning. Kiba muttered a 'what?', but Sakura just laughed.
"Yeah well, that woman had nice boobs if you like them fake." She said.
"Fake?!" The two boys chorused, forgetting their momentary conflict. She paused with the bottle at her lips, giving them a look of disbelief. She removed the bottle with an odd sucking sound and nodded whilst wiping her mouth with her fingertips.
"Duh. Yeah, of course they were." Sakura chuckled. "Too perfect to be real."
"You've ruined my image of booooobs!" Kiba moaned, covering his eyes dramatically. She giggled at him. Naruto smiled slightly at seeing her mood lifted. She saw Naruto grin and it became infectious until they were all laughing.
The sun had slipped behind the high bushes around the house, leaving most of the front in shade. Sakura rubbed her arms to keep the chill at bay, then checked her watch.
"Oh, wow. Guys it's six o'clock. I don't know where this guys house is so we kinda had better leave now." They all got up and brushed themselves down. Sakura got her trusty lip balm out and touched up her mouth with the help of a compact mirror that she produced from her bag.
"I have to drop Akamaru back at home, so I'll meet you guys outside college in half an hour, 'kay?" Kiba said, walking down the drive. Sakura nodded and Naruto yelled a 'see you in a bit'.
"I love you really Akamaru!" Sakura called, and the dog barked happily as if he understood before the pair disappeared onto the street past their private wonderland. Having shared the bottle around, they all felt a little happy. Sakura told Naruto she was going to tell her mum that they were leaving, so Naruto stood at the driveway entrance, glancing up and down the street as he waited. When Sakura came bouncing out the front door he was kicking a pebble just outside her driveway entrance.
"All ready." She announced and they took off down the street together to meet Kiba. After a minute or so of walking Naruto broke the silence.
"About the magazines…" He offered her the bait, wondering if she'd take it and talk. The sun was sinking in the sky so the humidity wasn't as severe as before, a slight breeze trailing its fingers over their bare skin.
"Oh its nothing. To be honest, I think I over reacted a little. They're only pictures." She said, shrugging.
"If it was nothing, why'd you get so upset?" She laced her hands behind her back.
"Well, it's just mum and dad, you know, have been arguing more than usual lately. I'm just being silly."
"What're they arguing about?"
"Oh, you know… stuff. I don't think mum finding out about those pictures will help stuff."
"Stuff." Naruto stated. She nodded at him and smiled. The blond remained unconvinced but he wasn't going to push it, so he smiled back. "Okay." He said.
"Okay? Just… okay?" She questioned, her eyes roaming over his face as if trying to detect any clues as to why Naruto gave up on the conversation so easily. "That's not like you. You'd normally pester me until I told you."
"If you want to talk to me Sakura, you know you can. Talk to me when you want to." He said, grinning. She smiled prettily at him.
"Naruto… you're so soft!" She bumped his shoulder softly and he bumped her back. They continued in silence for a few steps until Naruto stretched.
"So, where is this party at anyways?"
"Near the Sabaku's house." She said, grateful for the topic change. "Just down the road from there actually, now that I think about it." She mused.
"Are you serious?" Naruto gaped, "This guys house must be huge! Sweet, this is going to be awesome." He pumped his fists forward in a happy motion until he was pulled backwards by an arm around his neck. Kiba appeared between him and Sakura, his other arm around Sakura's neck.
"What's up motherfuckers!"
"Oh my God." Sakura moaned, a hand over her heart. "Kiba you ass!" She tried to hit him with a fist over her head but he released them both and darted back a few steps, laughing.
"Lets go, bitches! The alcohol isn't going to drink its self, lets get rollin'!" Naruto let out a 'woop!' of agreement, Sakura tut-ing as a man across the road gave them a look of disapproval and an adult-like shake of his head. The trio ambled down to the bus stop at the end of the road, eagerly awaiting the beginning of the night.
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I hoped you liked it, please let me know what you think! :D Luna
P.S Homosexualing is totally a word, even if spell check denies it ;D