I Dare You
Chapter 1 - The Dare, Saturday
Sasuke and three of his friends were sitting in his spacious room, at the big Uchiha Mansion; each one of them had their own special place to sit. Naruto had conquered the black bean bag chair in the middle of the room, with the Uchiha crest on it. Shikamaru was lying on his back, on the dark blue king-sized bed, in the right corner of the room. Kiba was sitting on Sasuke's wheelchair backwards, in front of the door, facing the others with his usual carefree smile. And Sasuke was sitting in an identical beanbag chair to the one Naruto was sitting in. All of the four guys were laughing so hard they thought a six-pack would come forth. Of course Sasuke and Shikamaru were not laughing as obviously, as Naruto and Kiba were.
"That was so funny! Who would have thought, that Kakashi would scream when he realized, that his shampoo was gone?" Naruto said in between laughs, his foxy grin showing as usual.
"Who would have thought, that he uses apple scented shampoo!?" Kiba said, laughing nearly as hard as Naruto was.
"That is so gay," Shikamaru said in a monotone voice, but still with a hint of amusement.
Sasuke stopped smiling while watching the others; they all looked at him, waiting for him to comment on their teacher's use of shampoo.
Finally he mumbled, while looking down, trying to avoid the others' gazes: "I also use apple scented shampoo," his expression was blank as always, though he was looking at the others a bit more nervously than he normally did, waiting for their reaction.
~~ Complete silence ~~
Ten seconds passed with the boys looking at each other, and suddenly, with Naruto breaking the silence by being the first, they burst out laughing. Even Shikamaru was laughing just as hard, as Naruto and Kiba. Their eyes doubled in size, as they continued laughing.
Sasuke looked at them with a bored look, but after some time, even he began to chuckle, while the other guys were laughing so hard they nearly fell off the chairs.
After a while the laughter stopped, and Kiba got an idea: "Hey, let's play a game of dares!" And even though Sasuke and Shikamaru were skeptical about the idea, Naruto, who of course was excited, persuaded them into it.
After two hours, a lot of dares had been done: Take the last piece of Chouji's chips, steal Neji's teddy bears and place them on the street for everybody to see, or let Sakura hunt pictures of Sasuke until she faints from exhaustion and when she wakes up, the pictures will be gone. The four guys were enjoying themselves, and suddenly, Naruto got an idea to a great dare, but everyone knew that Naruto plus thinking would mean no good. "Okay guys, I've got a good one here. Sasuke, I dare you to…" Naruto was cut off by Sasuke's cell phone, which was now playing Baby by Justin Bieber.
Everyone froze and looked at Sasuke's stiffened expression, like a deer in a headlight. The cell phone kept playing the song in Sasuke's lap happily, louder and louder. "Crap" was the only thing Sasuke could say when he saw his friends' expressions.
They could easily blackmail me for this! I'm such a fool, using the new ringtone my brother gave me. That level of stupidity could measure up with Naruto's. Sasuke was mentally face-palming himself in embarrassment.
Naruto broke the silence once again, putting his arm around Sasuke's shoulder, "Sasuke, you must be joking! That is the gayest ringtone you could choose," while Sasuke looked away from Naruto, letting his bangs hide his face, knowing that his friends were planning a dare for him. When the guys nodded in agreement, Naruto turned back towards Sasuke, "So Sasuke, I would have dared you to something else, but now that your cell phone so delightedly interrupted me, we all decided to do it like this; I dare you to look who called you," Naruto said with a little smirk on his lips, while the others were watching Sasuke closely.
"Easy," Sasuke said with a smirk, letting the guys' eyes shine of something, which made a chill run down Sasuke's spine.
"And when you find out who it is," Naruto continued, ignoring Sasuke's comment, "then you have to kiss that person on the lips, with tongue." Naruto's big foxy grin was now showing, enjoying Sasuke's smirk fading. Kiba was now laughing at Sasuke's reaction as well, and Shikamaru was pretending to sleep, but still very amused by the development of this dare.
Sasuke sighed, he knew he couldn't back out of the dare, since Uchiha's doesn't back out of anything, no matter what. "Fine," he said, picking up his cell phone, looking at the screen, his eyes widening quickly before hiding his reaction again. "The one who called, was Hinata Hyuuga," he announced, his face calm as always, though his mind was not.
Oh my God, what am I supposed to do!? I can't back down, but I definitely can't make out with Neji's cousin either. She's one of the only girls who are not interested in me, and the only girl… no, the only one who's interested in Naruto. Shit, Neji's going to kill me for this, and Hinata would most likely get a mental meltdown, getting kissed by a guy and everything… But I have to do this, I have to!
"You will get one week Sasuke, and if you haven't kissed her by then, you will get a punishment, which we will decide." Naruto said with a smile, letting Sasuke know that he would not wish to lose the dare. While Naruto was looking challenging in Sasuke's stone-like eyes, he noticed that something was different; he looked confused? Scared? Worried? He was not sure what it was. This was the first time he had seen Sasuke with those kinds of emotions.
Kiba looked at the watch on his cell phone, and stood up "Okay, I have to go home now, it's pretty late, and I still need to take a walk with Akamaru." He walked to the door and looked at his friends, "Bye guys," he turned over to Sasuke, "And good luck, Sasuke" he added with a grin on his face. Shikamaru followed Kiba, turning to the blond and the raven, "I'll go as well. Kiba is my neighbor, and my parents will notice if I'm not home at the same time, as he is". He went out of the room, and walked with Kiba "so troublesome," were the last words heard from the two guys before they left, well-knowing it was Shikamaru who uttered the last words.
Sasuke and Naruto were now alone and silence was filling the big, dark room. As usual, Naruto was the first to break the silence. "So, did you like your dare?" he asked slowly, looking at Sasuke's pale skin, not knowing if he should be teasing the raven, or be worried for his own well-being.
"What do you mean?" he asked with a monotone voice.
"Come on Sasuke, you're a guy, and you're soon going to make out with a beautiful girl like Hinata, you must be enjoying the thought!" Naruto said with a smile, while moving his eyebrows in a teasing manner.
Sasuke let out a sigh, "Yeah, because that's how it's going to end, I'll make out with Hinata, and then everything will be all joy. Did you ever think of the consequences? Neji will kill me if I ever touch his cousin, and I don't even know Hinata. To add more to the list, you know I've never kissed anyone before," Sasuke said in one breath, which surprised Naruto since this was the longest Sasuke had talked at once; he had always been the quiet type of guy, the complete opposite of Naruto.
"Oh… I'm sorry Sasuke, but I didn't know who it was before I made the dare, and besides, look at the bright side, you're going to make out with the girl you've had a crush on for four years," Naruto said with a well-knowing smile.
"Yeah…" Sasuke began to smile vaguely, as if he was looking into the possible future, before he noticed what Naruto had said, "Wait… How did you know that?" Sasuke asked, his heart starting to pump faster, his eyes showing a hint of desperation. His face got a little red, which probably was from the heat. Yeah… The heat…
"Sasuke, we've been best friends for years, you're getting pretty easy to read, no matter how much you will argue on that," Naruto said, with a small smile, not daring to smile too brightly at the moment. "Oops, I've got to get going now; my landlord won't allow me to be out too late at night, because of the incident two weeks ago. You know, when we took Tsunade's sake and gave it to Lee?" Naruto did not mind waiting for an answer from the raven, "Yeah, she banned me from staying out late because of that." Naruto then walked out of the door, and after some time you could hear the front door open, and close shortly after, letting the Uchiha mansion become quiet.
Sasuke sighed; he was worried about this dare. "That reminds me, what does Hinata want? She never contacts me…" he asked to himself and picked up the cell phone and read the text message. While reading the message he began to smirk to himself. Maybe this dare wouldn't be that hard after all.
Hi Sasuke
I know that you're busy at the time, and that we never talk, but I have to prepare for my exams, and I need help. So I was wondering if you would tutor me?
Please give me a call.
Hinata
