Chapter 2: Drink, Drank, Drunk
Sasuke
Sasuke was... drunk. He couldn't deny it anymore. "How did he know?" some may ask. Well... He was dancing. Very stupidly, in fact.
"I fucking love this song!" Sasuke shouted and started to pull at Deidara, who was finally off work. It was Ke$ha's Cannibal.
"You have such weird taste in music for how you act when you're sober," Deidara mumbled before chugging his drink.
"Be too sweet and you'll be a goner," Sasuke sang along, "Yup, I'll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer!"
"Wait, you like Ke$ha?" It was the blonde, Naruto.
"No, I just know all the lyrics by heart for no reason." Sasuke snarled, jokingly. He continued to wiggle slightly to the music.
"Dance with me!" Sakura cooed at him and Sasuke started to cringe, despite his intentions, very obviously.
"Uh... How about this? I'll meet you up there." Sasuke said. Sakura fluttered her eyes at him which, no doubt, was supposed to seem seductive, but Sasuke only stifled a snort. Sakura finally spun on her heel and headed to the dance floor to sway next to Ino.
"You're not her biggest fan, are ya?" Naruto asked, coming closer.
"Eh... It's not just her," Sasuke said. His face was hot. Was it from the booze, or was he blushing?
"Oh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow and gave a lopsided smile. "Got lots of fangirls?"
"Sasuke totally has fan clubs across the state, but he's, ah, very picky," Deidara shot in before Sasuke could answer.
"Picky, eh?" Naruto continued to grin in that oddly attractive way.
"Yeah, really picky. I only like the fan girls who have dicks," Sasuke said in a completely nonchalant way. Deidara choked on his drink due to laughter. Sasuke glanced at Naruto. "Hopefully that doesn't make you uncomfortable."
"Uncomfortable?" Naruto repeated, and then joined Deidara in laughing. Sasuke felt his cheeks get even hotter. This time, he knew he was blushing. "Dude, I was raised in a Unitarian Universalist Congregation. I'm fucking pansexual."
"Pansexual?" Sasuke gave a puzzled look.
"If you make a joke about being attracted to pans, I'll hit you." Naruto said, aggressively pointing a finger at him. Sasuke grabbed onto it. Naruto seemed not to notice. "It means I don't really consider gender identity as a factor when it comes to being attracted to people. The saying is 'hearts, not parts,' so that might explain it better."
"So... you like everyone?" Sasuke summarized. "Including trans?"
"Yeah," Naruto said.
"Hmm. I've met a few people of the transgender sort I've been attracted to, too. I guess I don't care much for the actual parts, too." Sasuke started to swing his and Naruto's connected arms between them. "However I have a preference towards the masculine."
"I have preferences, but its more along the lines of body types..." Naruto trailed off, glancing over Sasuke.
"What, see something you like?" Sasuke said, smirking.
"Maybe. It depends on if you're going to keep your word to Sakura," Naruto matched the smirk.
"Do I haaaaaave to?" Sasuke whined playfully.
"Don't start that," Deidara snapped. "You'll start to sound like her!"
Naruto
Sasuke was dancing with Sakura, and Naruto was with Ino. Originally, the blonde boy had tried to dance with Hinata, but she blushed and refused, hiding next to Kiba and Gaara, who finally joined them after a long smoke break. Sai was dancing with some random boy who looked totally trashed and Temari and Shikamaru swayed a little, but were more focused in each other than in dancing. Kankuro and Choji stayed at the bar to order another drink and chat with Deidara. Naruto was a very energetic dancer. Hell, he was energetic in general. But he had amazing stamina and could go much longer than his partner could when it came to getting low. Sasuke, surprisingly, was the same. He was a very seductive dancer, more fluid in his movements than Naruto was.
Sakura was continuously trying to turn around and make out with Sasuke, but each time, he either made an excuse, or in some smooth manner, spun her back around to dance with her from behind. Ino, on the other hand, was a great "let's just dance as friends" dance partner. Until she ran off mid-song to go talk to some guy she knew at the bar, leaving Naruto all alone. He looked at Sasuke, who smirked and began to grind lower and lower with Sakura until they were almost on the ground. At that point, he was just showing off how strong his legs were. They slowly rose, still grinding and Sakura giggling, when the pale man made a small "come hither" motion with his index finger. Drunk and dazed, Naruto obeyed, and began dancing with Sakura from the front. This continued for quite some time and Sakura seemed to be enjoying herself, thinking she was the center of attention. In reality, Naruto was using this chance to brush his fingers across Sasuke's skin. Each time they made contact, Naruto felt a small jolt in his stomach, and Sasuke seemed to get goosebumps.
Sasuke had been wearing black jeans and dark gray v-neck t-shirt, so his arms were much more exposed than Naruto's. It was perfect, because whenever Sasuke had his hands on Sakura's hips, Naruto would gently bring his fingertips down the length of the other man's forearm, make eye contact with him for a split second, and then remove his hand as quickly as it appeared. It became a little game between them, trying to see if Sasuke would catch Naruto's gaze at the right moment, or be stuck waiting for it.
"Oh my god, you guys are jus toooooo much!" Sakura slurred in a sing-song voice. She leaned against Sasuke for a moment. "I am goin' to get somefin to drink and go to the bafroom, okay? You jus. You jus stay here, okay?"
"Okay," Sasuke chuckled as she went down the stairs. He looked to Naruto, who was actually making a weird motion towards the bar... as if he was slitting his throat with his finger. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "What's that about?"
"Oh! Sorry. I'm telling Deidara to tell the bartender to cut her off. She's fucked!" Naruto explained.
"You're a pretty good friend," Sasuke commented, coming to lean against the railing of the dance floor next to Naruto.
"Eh," Naruto shrugged. "I try."
"So earlier, you mentioned being a... universal?" Sasuke asked, his eyebrows coming together in thought. "That's not what it's called, is it?"
"Haha, no, it's Unitarian Universalist. It's a religion. Well, I guess more of a life style. My congregation accepts people of all faiths and focuses on teaching people to accept everyone no matter what race, religion, sexuality or age they are. My parents and I went all the time. I loved it there. And I was never once told I needed to like girls. So I grew up liking everyone!" Naruto stretched his arms out across the ledge of the dance floor as if looking down upon his kingdom.
"Everything the light touches..." Sasuke whispered, and catching the Lion King reference, Naruto started cracking up. Sasuke smiled weakly.
"I love that movie. I cry every time." Naruto smiled at Sasuke. "We should watch it sometime."
"Is that you asking me on a date, or...?" Sasuke smirked.
"Eh... Kinda. I mean, we could just hang out as friends. I won't be offended. Right now, I'm drunk, so I'm being straight forward with... ya know." Naruto waved a hand as if whatever he meant was obvious. Don't make me actually say it, ass.
"With what?" Sasuke pried, gently leaning closer to Naruto while remaining against the railing. Naruto let out a frustrated sigh and blushed bright red.
"Being attracted to you and stuff." Naruto mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck.
"And stuff?"
"Yeah, and stuff." Naruto said. He kept looking at his feet.
"I'm glad it's not just attraction. I like that there's other stuff." Sasuke seemed to be getting closer.
"Well, don't get too full of yourself. Maybe I was just being nice!" Naruto looked up and intended to give Sasuke a defiant stare, but instead, he met the pale man's gaze directly. Their faces were only inches apart. Sasuke's was a few inches below his, since he was leaning against the railing from the front, hunched over and on his forearms, and Naruto was leaning his back against it, only slouching slightly. Some remix of Electric Feel was blasting through the speakers. It was like Naruto was a magnet slowly being pulled towards Sasuke. The dark haired man had his eyes lazily open, a smug look on his face. But Naruto liked that. It wasn't genuinely smug, just "I know you think I'm hot and I think something could happen," smug. Naruto turned slightly to lean on his side that was closer to Sasuke and he was slowly reaching to put his hand on the other man's back. His finger tips finally reported a successful back landing and he was gently leaning even closer and -
"Naaaaaruuuuutooooooo! Saaaaasuke!" Sakura's shrill voice snapped them back to reality. "We're leaving soon! We're gonna do after hours at my house!"
"Okay, we'll be down after this song!" Naruto called back. Sakura was aggressively talking to Ino, who waved in acknowledgement to him.
"This song?" Sasuke tilted his head. It was Talking Body by Tove Lo.
"Yeah, I love this song," Naruto smiled somewhat softly at Sasuke, and before the other man could react, as the chorus started, the blonde grabbed him by the waist to dance.
The two of them were facing each other. Sasuke had one arm draped over Naruto's shoulder and the other on his chest. Naruto had both of his hands on Sasuke's hips, but Sasuke was clearly leading. He was a better dancer and knew it, using his skill to tease Naruto. He would lean in while rotating his hips in a figure eight and get so close that their foreheads were almost touching, but then would pull back and drop low. As the song got towards the end, Sasuke's grip on Naruto's shirt tightened for a moment, and finally, he removed his hand completely. Grinning, Naruto followed him from the dance floor, taking a moment to check out Sasuke's ass on the way.
"I can feel your eyes on me!" Sasuke snapped.
"Aww, don't ruin my moment. We're bonding." Naruto said.
"You and who?" Sasuke asked.
"Me and your ass, obviously. You've got a nice one." Naruto paused and then began to sing in the tune of Talking Body. "If we're talkin booty! You've got a perfect one so put it on meee~!"
Sasuke abruptly came to a halt so, as if to seem on accident, his ass and Naruto's crotch did make brief contact. Sasuke turned and gave Naruto a mock look of offense.
"How dare you lay a hand on me," He hissed.
"My apologies, m'lady," Naruto grinned and Sasuke rolled his eyes. They had finally caught up with the rest of their group. Shikamaru was eying them suspiciously with Deidara.
"What took you guys so long?" Shikamaru asked.
"Dancin'," Naruto said with his typical beam. Deidara raised an eyebrow when he and Sasuke made eye contact. Sasuke made a barely noticeable shrug.
"Well, let's go. Temari left with Ino to grab more booze for after hours. But don't tell Sakura that. We're going to try and get her to go to bed as soon as we get there. She is so fucked up." Shikamaru explained.
"Tell her I'm not coming. She'll go to bed sooner." Sasuke said quickly.
"...really?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yeah. She's a little obsessed, to be honest. If she knows I'm coming, she'll put up a fight." Sasuke explained.
"Alright. Well, you guys wanna go pick up pizza or something and come by after, that way, even if she does try to stay up a few extra minutes, she will believe me when I say you're not coming." Shikamaru began texting someone. Naruto assumed it was Temari, to inform her of their little plan.
"Sure, that works." Naruto answered. He was a little giddy, thinking of walking around alone with Sasuke for a at least twenty minutes.
Sasuke
Shikamaru and the remainder of the group went outside. Apparently, Sakura was outside smoking a cigarette with Kiba, which showed how drunk she was since she did not approve of cigarettes normally. Sasuke and Naruto were able to talk to each other without shouting over music as they walked to the nearest late night pizza joint.
"So tell me some stuff about yourself. I mean, I told you about my congregation. That's a big part of my life," Naruto said to Sasuke.
"What, do you want to play twenty questions?" Sasuke asked skeptically.
"Well, now that you suggest it... yeah." Naruto shrugged.
"Then you ask first," Sasuke said.
"Why'd you transfer here?" Sasuke stopped walking for a moment and sighed.
"To be honest, I was actually really happy at my last university. But my brother attends the Academy for the Blind down here, and I wanted to be closer to him." Sasuke kicked a rock as they started to walk again. "I don't like telling people that for some reason."
"You don't want to seem soft," Naruto said more than asked.
"I guess. Um..." Sasuke chewed on his bottom lip in thought. "What kind of shows do you like?"
"Oh that's a long list. I like Game of Thrones, I used to watch Doctor who regularly, and then The Walking Dead." Naruto checked his top three off on his fingers.
"You've got good taste. I don't really care for Doctor Who, but I watched some Walking Dead before coming out." Sasuke was continuing to kick his rock. "I usually re-watch episodes if I'm really bored."
"Oh yeah? Which episodes did you watch before coming out?" Naruto asked.
"That counts as your question." Sasuke smirked. "The ones where Shane starts to go batshit."
"God I loved those episodes."
"Who's your favorite character?"
The game went on for a few minutes, until they stepped into the pizza place. While Naruto waited in line, Sasuke noticed that the building next door was a video rental business. He told the blonde he wanted to step outside for a moment. Naruto didn't protest. Quickly, Sasuke ran next door, found a copy of a movie, set up an account (since it was free) and ran out to meet Naruto, who was holding two pizza boxes.
"What was that about?" Naruto asked, clearly confused. Sasuke held up the DVD he rented, panting slightly.
"Lion King." He smiled slyly.
"Wow, I thought I moved fast," Naruto chuckled and winked at Sasuke. He began to walk away while Sasuke remained standing, still catching his breathe. Over his shoulder, Naruto called, "Just so you know, I don't put out on the first date!"