Naruto once again smiled apologetically as a couple glared at him, the girl trying to mop up the front of her dress with a tissue someone had supplied her. 'It wasn't my fault.' The boy whined to himself. 'I didn't mean to trip and tip her drink down her front.'
Before the girl's boyfriend could start abusing him again, the golden haired boy turned and stepped away, hand coming up to scratch the back of his head. 'I think this may have been a mistake.' Looking around, Naruto's sky blue eyes came across the person that had talked him into coming to the party.
"Hey, Hinata." He said as he approached a girl wearing a deep blue dress which was half covered by a beige jacket. Next to her stood a boy wearing a grey dress shirt with his shaggy, brown hair being hidden by a small white dog that was sprawled over his head. "Hey, Kiba."
"Naruto." The boy greeted in return, wasting little time in giving him a quick glance before returning his gaze to the rest of the room.
Looking at the dark haired girl, Naruto saw her cheeks flushing as she mumbled a response. "It's nice that you could come, Naruto." The girl's light eyes averted as she offered a small smile.
"Well, I better go find Lee." The blonde turned, eyes sweeping the room before locating the shining, black bowl cut hair he was looking for. "Seeing as it's his birthday and all." Stepping forward, in the direction of a cluster of couches, Naruto fished out a slightly crumpled envelope from his jeans pocket.
Before he was able to reach his target however, he felt an arm wrap around his shoulder and hastily direct him in a different direction. "Hey, buddy!" a voice sounded in his ear and Naruto looked up to see the familiar face of one of his fellow ninja.
"Uh, hello, Shikamaru?" the boy couldn't help but be confused at the boy's sudden friendliness that was presented to him.
"Having a good time?" continued the other boy, eyes looking ahead as his hold seemed to tighten around the blonde's shoulder.
It took Naruto a few moments to respond, his mind still trying to comprehend the other boy's actions. "Uh, I only just got here." He answered, replacing the envelope in his pocket.
"That's nice to hear." Was the response and the blonde guessed that he wasn't even listening properly. Spotting the sparkle in the boy's eye which was coupled with a mischievous smirk, Naruto's brows furrowed as his eyes trailed the boy's gaze. 'What the…' His confusion just grew when Sasuke came into view, his hand gripping a clear plastic cup as it paused at his lips.
"Would you like a drink?" The boy with the ponytail asked, not waiting for an answer as he reached for a fresh cup and filled it with punch before shoving it in Naruto's hand. Slightly apprehensive, he hesitated, glancing at his side to see his team mate glaring daggers at the boy that had offered the drink.
"Uh, ok." Naruto finally answered, eyes flicking between the boys that were standing either side of him. 'What is going on here?' Shikamaru was smirking with a devilish glint in his eyes as Sasuke glowered, the cup in his hand crinkling slightly under his grip.
Bringing the cup up to his mouth, the blonde took a gulp which caused him to gag slightly at the unexpected taste. Taking a sniff at the contents Naruto came to the conclusion that is was indeed spiked.
"Oh, Naruto, look at you." Shikamaru mock scolded, grabbing the blonde's chin and twisting Naruto's face around so he was looking at him. "You've spilt your drink down your chin." Without warning, the pony tailed boy leaned in to what Naruto thought was an unnecessarily close proximity. 'What the hell is he doing?!'
Shikamaru's thumb wiped a drop away from the side of Naruto's mouth and a gloating expression settled on his face, a glance being thrown in Sasuke's direction. "Careful there, Uchiha." Shikamaru sniggered. "You're going to break the cup."
The blonde only heard a low growl before he was pushed backwards and saw Sasuke storm through the gap he had created between the two. As he passed, Naruto thought he had heard the muttering of something along the lines of, 'Nara. Bastard. Rapist.'
Deciding that the night was going to be a long and confusing one, the blonde swallowed his drink. 'I think the sooner I'm drunk, the better.'
"Refill?" Naruto just nodded, placing his empty cup in the waiting hand, having it returned after a few moments. "Come and sit down." The blonde just nodded then followed, mind still slightly perplexed as to what was happening.
When the two reached the arrangement of couches they found most of them occupied. Shikamaru made his way over and around the various pairs of legs and sat himself down on the spot that Ino had saved for him during his absence.
It was only when the other boy had sat down that Naruto realized there were no other seats available. "Oh." Was all he said, before giving the couches a final scan and then turning to leave.
"There's a spot for you here, Naruto." Shikamaru said from behind him and the mentioned blonde turned back, spotting a fuming Sasuke on a neighboring couch. Suddenly Naruto felt a hand grip his forearm and then deliver a quick tug which caused him to fall towards Shikamaru but before he landed in the waiting boy's lap, he felt a second grip, this time on his hand, that wrenched him in a different direction.
Mind still reeling, Naruto felt his face being crushed up against something that didn't feel like couch. Taking a few moments to allow his brain to catch up, the blonde tried to register what had just happened.
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Even as the blonde lay sprawled in his lap, Sasuke still wasn't sure about what he'd just done. As his mental process caught up to the present moment, the Uchiha looked down as a dazed looking Naruto removed his face from his stomach and looked up, bright blue eyes looking quite confused. 'They're such pretty eyes. Blue like.. like miniature oceans.' As Sasuke realized what he'd just thought, he'd also realized what he'd just done and what was now in his lap as a result.
With hurried actions and numerous shouts, he'd dragged a still bewildered blonde out of his lap and crammed him in the space between himself and the other person sharing that couch. The other person called out in protest but was ignored as Sasuke tried to focus on stopping the heat that was making its way up his neck.
"You okay there, Uchiha?" the mentioned boy's eyes were immediately glaring at the boy on the next couch.
"I would be if I didn't have to protect my team mates from rapists like you." Sasuke hissed, aware of the look he was receiving from the pink haired girl across the circle as well as numerous others. Avoiding any more unnecessary eye contact from the other party goers, the dark eyed boy looked down at his hands.
It was only then that he realized his hand was still clasping the blonde's. Ignoring his heightened heart rate, Sasuke shoved Naruto's hand away from him and squished himself as close to the arm of the chair as he could manage.
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It had been approximately twenty minutes since the incident between Naruto and Sasuke and during that time the two hadn't said much at all, just simply watched Rock's control on the party slowly deteriorate.
More and more people now had the alcohol from the spiked punch in their system and someone had managed to get a number of alcoholic beverages smuggled through the door. Sasuke had gotten into contact with a few of said beverages and the blonde noticed the Ukiah's movements getting ever so slightly sluggish.
Shikamaru had also got a hold of some of the unauthorized drinks and had gradually made the distance between himself and Ino nonexistent. After the light haired girl had consumed some of her own contraband beverages, the two had gotten a little too close for Sasuke's liking. Having had an empty can hurled at them, the two had exited the room soon after and little imagination was needed to know what they were currently in the act of doing.
At one point Rock had abandoned the couch formation to berate a party goer for one reason or another and Sakura had immediately taken the chance to jump up and drag Sasuke to the now vacant couch. Naruto wasn't sure but he could've sworn he'd seen the glimpse of a pained expression on the other boy's face as the rose haired girl leaned against him.
Someone had hauled in a speaker system in at one stage and there was now a large percentage of the people surrounding the origins of the blasting music, bodies moving to the beat in whatever way they knew how. The stranger that had been sharing the couch with Naruto had left at some point and was now having a girl grinding her hips against him on the makeshift dance floor.
"No, Sakura." The blonde heard a hushed voice say from the next couch but Naruto kept his eyes glued to the mass of moving bodies.
"Come on, Sasuke." Came a familiar whine. "No one's looking."
"No, Sakura." The voice repeated, though with a little more force.
"Why not?" Sakura asked and the blonde could hear the slight drag of her words that indicated she also had alcohol working through her veins. Chancing a glimpse, Naruto saw the rose haired girl leaning heavily on the Uchiha, lips to his throat as one of her hands rested on his thigh. Sasuke however was leaning his arm on the arm of the couch and was using it to prop up his head as it rested on his hand, his eyes closed and his eyebrows furrowed in an agitated expression.
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Sasuke resisted the urge to hit the girl's hand away from his lower regions as it slid dangerously close.
"Don't you want this?" he heard the girl say huskily.
"No, I don't want this." Sasuke growled, his self restraint snapping. "I don't want you."
"What?" the girl asked, already making distance between her and the boy.
"I said, 'I don't want you'." he repeated. "I never have." As soon as the words exited his mouth he realized they shouldn't have. His eyes shot open and his hands covered his mouth as if stopping himself from saying anything else. 'Shit shit shit.'
He looked at Sakura and saw the words sinking in, water pooling in her eyes. 'Now what am I going to do about cover.' He thought desperately. The girl appeared to be trying to say something but her voice failed her. Instead she drew her hand back and slapped the boy across the face before hopping up from the couch.
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Naruto looked on at the spectacle before him. 'They're.. Breaking up?' He wasn't given much time to ponder the concept much longer however as a furious albeit tipsy Sakura stood in front of him, the rage in her eyes almost causing the blonde to cower before her.
"Move." She ordered.
"Wha?" Naruto remained where he was, confused about what the girl wanted. With only a growl as warning, Sakura grabbed the front of the blonde's black dress shirt and threw him onto the couch she'd just been sitting on before plonking herself on the furthest end of Naruto's couch.
'What is with people tonight?!' he thought to himself as he pushed himself up into a seated position. 'Is it 'Mess With Naruto Night' or something?' The blonde continued along that thought process as he straightened his shirt and made himself comfortable in his new seating arrangement. That was until a certain Uchiha decided to fall face first into his crotch. Then his thought process consisted of one word which was repeated over and over again - 'Fuck.'