They were now serving the main course. Hinata had received the rice and chicken, and Sasuke choose the rice and salmon. He had tried to tell her it would be better for her health, but she said chicken was good for protein. He had just shook his head and gave her a teasing smirk. They were now listening to Temari talk about how when she was younger and had to go to class, Kankouro had told everyone to skip and created marionettes to be their decoys. Spoiler, it didn't work. Hinata giggled and Sasuke took a look at her and noticed she had completely separated the veggies in her meal. Seriously, this woman. He was about to say something, when
"Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Hurano", rang through the arena. They all turned towards the stairs and Sasuke quickly looked back at his food because both of their outfits were making him blind.
Hinata gulped as she watched Naruto hold Sakura's hand as they walked down the stairs. They smiled and waved. They looked perfect together. She clasped her hands tightly, as she noticed the usher showing them to the same table she was at.
"Hey guys! Sorry we're late!" Naruto said, as he pulled out Sakura's chair. Sasuke watched Hinata's smiling face transform into a more controlled fake one. Like the smiles she had given him earlier. Naruto sat down next to Hinata, as Sakura took the seat next to him. Sasuke felt Sakura's gaze on him, but ignored her and finished up his food. She turned her confused gaze to Hinata, who gave her a forced smile.
"I really like how they designed the place!" Naruto exclaimed, as he looked around happily, oblivious to the awkwardness of the table. Sasuke snorted.
"You would. It's what a clown would like. All you need is the nose." he responded. The blonde glared at him.
"You're just jealous because you don't have my sense of style, you funeral director." Naruto countered, as he stuck his tongue out. Sasuke glared back at him, which he returned. They continued this for a couple minutes, until a waiter interrupted their table, asking if they were all done with their plates. Hinata was about to give him hers, when Sasuke took it out of her hands.
"You're wasting the vegetables", he said as he took a bite of some of the peas. The entire table remained silent and the waiter awkwardly slipped away. Sakura gulped and tried to control herself, but inside she was thinking 'SASUKE HAS NEVER EATEN FROM MY PLATE BEFORE!'. Hinata watched Sasuke devour her veggies and shook her head. He must really like eating healthy.
"Did you guys come together?" Sakura asked, as she cut her steak roughly. She looked at Hinata's red face and felt something bubble up inside of her.
"Yes we did." Sasuke responded, as he made eye contact with her, forking in more veggies.
"That's good! I felt bad about leaving you alone Hinata! Sorry! At least this bastard did something good for once in his life." Naruto said, nudging Hinata in a teasing way. Hinata just smiled and nodded. Sakura gulped and resisted the urge to glare at Hinata. She didn't have anything against her…Just why was she with Sasuke? Sasuke shook his head. Of course these two would be at their table. Luckily, their conversation was interrupted as the lights dimmed and a spotlight was put on to the top, where they had entered above the stairs.
"Hello everyone! And welcome to the Konoha Ball!" said the Hokage. She was in a long, white, sparkly dress, that was quite form fitting and had a very, very deep v-cut.
"I hope you all are enjoying yourselves! We've hired our best local shops to give you a feast tonight! But, this is a ball! And you know what you do at balls…" Tsunade said, as she paused for effect. Sasuke scowled, feeling a migraine coming.
"YOU DANCE!" the old witch screamed into the microphone. And at that moment, another spotlight came up on the square that had been roped off, revealing a waiter on each side. The waiters simultaneously, cut the rope with their kunai and the square area started to rise up. It stopped about a foot from the ground, with steps forming on each side. Now it was a large, raised platform.
"LET'S GET THIS BALL STARTED!" the Hokage shouted and with that, very loud music started to play. It was more party type of music, Sasuke thought. Aren't balls supposed to be…quiet?, Sasuke wondered as he turned away from her and drank some of his water.
"AND ANYONE WHO DOESN'T DANCE AT LEAST ONCE, WILL BE ON GENIN DUTY FOR LIFE!" the hag screamed into the microphone. Sasuke glowered. He could almost feel the witch's eyes on him. He glanced at Hinata to see her reaction, only to find her eyeing Naruto spoon-feed Sakura some of his food. This was going to be a long, horrible, night.
