Heyo, another drabble! This one is inspired by the song, "Everybody Talks" by the Neon Trees. It's a pretty catchy tune that you've likely heard on the radio. If you haven't, YouTube it!

This one has implied lemons in it (oh my)!

Anywho... I do not own Naruto or else I would be filthy stinking rich and that commercial with the Neon Trees on the bus (I don't remember what it was for) would be played more often, because that amused the hell out of me!

Onwards and upwards, enjoy!

Everybody Talks

"Come on Sakura, look at me!" A blonde-haired boy who looked to just barely be 21 whined as he trailed behind a pink-haired girl.

"Let me be more for you, let us be more! I know you felt it too last night!"

"Naruto! I said no damnit!" Sakura sharply bit back with a very annoyed look on her face.

"That no is a load of crap and you know it! I know that this time you felt it. This time was real!"

"Will you quiet down, people are going to hear!" Sakura hissed.

"Everybody talks Sakura." Naruto retorted as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Naruto I swear to kami, if you don't stop this..." Sakura threatened.

"I know I'm always trying with you Sakura, but I'm not going to give up. Last night was awesome and you know it!"

Naruto had been trying to win her heart for nearly as long as she knew him. It had annoyed her in the past, but he was relatively harmless... and she didn't necessarily mind the attention. But in the past, she could intimidate him into temporarily giving up for the day. If she angrily told him no, he would back off and try again the next day. Since when had he gotten so bold and persistent to keep pushing even after she threatened him?

Sakura sighed. She knew exactly when he had gotten so bold. It started with a whisper. They were at a club, enjoying a couple of drinks together as friends and after one too many Sakura leaned over and whispered in his ear that she had her eyes on him. Well... that wasn't exactly when he became so bold. He was still confused at that point.

Sakura knew full well that he gained the courage to be bold after she went on to explain that she wanted him to kiss her, because she wanted him. Sakura blushed at the memory of Naruto's chaste, alcohol-fueled kiss. She had grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the bar and towards her apartment after that kiss. Then, thanks to one or two drinks more than she may have needed... well one thing led to another, which led to another, which then led to that.

"I know for sure that last night was the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me Sakura! I've never felt so good, so whole, so...alive. It is not possible for one person to feel such intense emotions in a situation like that and the other person not feel anything!" Naruto proclaimed with 100 percent certainty.

"Oh is that your expert medical opinion Dr. Naruto?" Sakura sarcastically rolled her eyes.

"It's just common sense!" Naruto huffed.

"Surrrre." Sakura drawled. She expertly hid her face from Naruto so he couldn't see how she blushed at the recollection of their night together.

"You don't want to be more with me Naruto, trust me. Too much of me could be a bad thing for your health. And besides, you and I both know if we were something more I would have you whipped. Do you really want people talking about how whipped you are?" Sakura weakly joked, hoping to shut her stubborn teammate up before the entire freaking village was talking about them spending a...passionate night together.

"As if you could have me whipped." Naruto smirked. "But I wouldn't care Sakura, because everybody talks."

Sakura scrunched her eyebrows together in annoyance. Did he think he was being some kind of wise philosopher when he said that?

"Tell me you didn't feel something amazing last night Sakura." Naruto pressed on.

"I..." Sakura started as her mind went back to her whisper, which led to that amazing kiss. That kiss that jolted her body and sent it into sake-fueled action. That amazing kiss that eventually led to her taking a step with a friend that felt so right, so amazing...

"We can't. Think of what everyone would say Naruto." She finally replied as she shook the thought from her mind. This was Naruto! Sweet, innocent, friendly, cute, handsome... Sakura shook her head to stop herself from going any further with that thought. This was Naruto. She could only imagine what Ino would say if she got a hold of this information...

"Everybody talks Sakura!"

"I heard you the first time you said that idiot!" Sakura snapped. She was getting tired of him repeating the same vague line over and over, like it explained everything.

"Apparently not!" Naruto countered.

"No Naruto, believe me I heard. Everybody talks. What a genius sentiment. You. Are. A. Scholar."

"I'm glad you're finally noticing!" Naruto chuckled.

"SARCASM NARUTO, I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!" Sakura yelled in frustration. "Just leave me alone for now and forget about last night!"

"Not gonna happen Sakura."

"NARUTO!"

"You know, I never thought I'd see the day when you would let everyone's words get in the way. I thought you had grown past that by now." Naruto calmly replied.

"What did you say..." Sakura growled as a tick mark appeared on her forehead.

"I said I thought you had grown more confident and were no longer so concerned with what people were saying about you. The Sakura that I said goodbye to when I left to train with Jiraiya certainly cared about what people were saying about her; but the strong, confident and powerful Sakura that greeted me when I returned certainly didn't give a shit."

Sakura stared at Naruto in shock. She had expected something that was either childish or that was gingerly dancing around one of her flaws without flat out saying so. She had not expected him to just be completely straight with her like that.

"I don't care what people are saying about me. I am still that strong girl." Sakura huffed. "You're grasping at straws now Naruto."

To her surprise, Naruto deflated a little bit. Instead of being happy that she was finally making progress in escaping this embarrassing situation, Sakura felt a little bad when she saw the look on his face.

"Then there's only one answer left to explain why you're so against this." Naruto said in a strangely even tone. It was a stark contrast to the excited and energetic voice he had been using to this point as he tried to convince her to give in.

"You're ashamed of me. You don't want people thinking you're with someone like me."

"Ashamed of you?" Sakura snorted. "What kind of girl would be ashamed to be with you? Try again idiot."

A small smile found its way onto Naruto's face at Sakura's hidden compliment.

"I thought you had grown more confident over the years Naruto." Sakura teased. She hoped her teasing would lure him into some proud declaration of how he was going to be Hokage, thus taking his mind off of their night together, allowing Sakura to escape this embarrassing situation.

"Nice try Sakura." Naruto smirked. "But you're not going to be able to distract me so easily. I'm not giving up on this, because I know this is what you want too!"

"And just how do you know that?" Sakura huffed.

"Well... it started when you whispered to me that you had your eye on me and you wanted me."

"I was drunk!"

"Not that drunk Sakura." Naruto grinned. "I always keep an eye on how much you drink, you had only had enough to drink to give you a buzz at that point."

"I...err..." Sakura stammered. Ok... so maybe she didn't have THAT much to drink. But how the hell did he knew that? When did he start keeping track of her alcohol consumption?

"But how else do I know this is what you want?" Naruto went on, mercifully saving Sakura from having to reply. "There was our kiss. That filled my vision with literal fireworks, and it made me feel so alive. Then there was the look in your eyes as you were taking me back to your house. It wasn't filled with lust exactly... Well, the lust was definitely there, but there was something else in the look you were giving me. Honestly, if it hadn't been for that look Sakura I wouldn't have believed you really wanted to do what we did last night and wouldn't have gone through with it. But I truly saw you, and you truly saw me. I know that you felt just as complete as I did last night."

"You really need to quiet down!" Sakura hissed again as she noticed a bunch of villagers looking at them with questioning looks on their faces. This was not a conversation Sakura really wanted everyone in the market to hear. "Everyone's going to hear you!"

"Everybody talks Sakura." Naruto grinned. "So come on, let's be more together." He added with a yell. Now all the villagers were definitely staring at them. Great. Just great.

"No!" Sakura yelled in embarrassment. She turned on her heel and started quickly walking away.

"Come on Sakuraaaa!" Naruto whined as he followed after her again.

"I said no!" Sakura hissed. "If you don't drop this right now I'm going to hurt you."

"I'm not dropping this until you're my girlfriend Sakura!" Naruto proclaimed plenty loud enough for all the gathered villagers to hear. "What we had last night was amazing, and you're the only girl I ever want to share that with!"

A small smile tugged at the edge of Sakura's mouth, but she kept it hidden. He was certainly stubborn, and now there wasn't much of a point from trying to hide anything. Thanks to Naruto's big mouth, all of the gathered villagers knew that they spent the night together.

"NA-RU-TO, THIS IS MY FINAL WARNING!" She "angrily" yelled. Just because he fought so hard to get her to give in did not mean she would let him take full credit for starting anything between the two.

"WELL I'M IGNORING IT! I LOVE YOU DAMNIT!" Naruto yelled back in a frustrated voice.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Sakura sharply turned around and shot Naruto a look that put the fear of kami in him as she cracked her knuckles and stalked towards her prey.

Naruto's growing frustration with his teammate's stubbornness was quickly replaced by fear as Sakura came near him. Apparently he had pushed her too far... But he really thought that she returned his feelings last night. The way she looked at him, the way she handled him... she had been so loving. Apparently he had seen what he wanted to see. Resigned to the fate he had pushed upon himself, Naruto closed his eyes and prayed that he wouldn't be in the hospital too long this time.

His fear was quickly replaced by shock when a soft pair of lips pressed against his own instead of Sakura's powerful fist. He opened his eyes as Sakura pulled away with a smirk. All of the villagers had gathered around them and were staring at them with a varying mixed of shocked expressions.

To Naruto's further surprise, Sakura possessively grabbed a hold of him as she stared out at the gathered crowd.

"You have something to say? Go ahead and say it." She challenged. The crowd, having witnessed something that they had believed they would never see, just stared at the couple with surprised smiles on their faces.

Satisfied with the response she had gotten from not just the crowd, but Naruto (who was still in a surprised stupor). Sakura grabbed Naruto's hand and started dragging him towards her apartment.

"Sakura, where are we going?" Naruto asked as he slowly started to come back to reality.

"My apartment. I hope you don't mind." Sakura said with a smirk.

"But Sakura, what will everybody say?" Naruto asked with a mock concerned voice and a happy grin on his face.

Sakura returned her new boyfriend's grin with a matching one. "I found out that everybody talks, Naruto."

This one was a much more light-hearted one than "Madness" was. Hope you enjoyed! Since everybody talks, you should too... via review! (See what I did there? I know... it was pretty bad. Apologies.)