Chapter Four: The party

Two days later was the day the hosted welcoming party in Naruto's honor would take place. It had been a day full of boring classes, self-studying and that prissy dude Sasuke so it felt great knowing he had something fun to look forward come tonight. He fell down on his bed, the bag thrown he threw to the furthest corner of his side of the room, and released a heavy sigh. Taking a minute to just embrace the silence it was soon broken by Shikamaru entering their room. "Shikamaru." Naruto greeted without much other acknowledgement.

"Rough day?" Shikamaru asked as he put his school books on his desk and stripped himself out of the tight tie around his neck.

"No kidding." Naruto sat up, his face adopting a frown. "It's that damn transvestite."

"You know maybe you should stop calling him that." Shikamaru interfered. "You know how it pisses him off. It's a miracle you haven't ended up in the hospital yet." Shikamaru warned, though his face looked amused. Every day Sasuke punched the living daylights out of the blond for the nickname but the blond never seemed to listen.

Dismissing the friendly advice with a flick of his wrist Naruto continued. "He's so frustrating. Today Gai decided we would change partners and guess who I end up with? Sasuke! And the guy is so stuck up he sits through the whole lesson berating me because I don't know about different types of energy. I mean come on, why would I ever in the world need to know that?!"

"You're a student. You're taking chem class." Shikamaru said quirking an eyebrow.

"That's beside the point." Naruto continued to dismiss the other's helpful advice and continued his rant. "The question was rhetorical. I'll never need to know the difference between energy. I'm gonna be a football player! Hell, people will pay me just based on my good looks!" He exclaimed and fell back dramatically on his pillow.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru snorted and rolled his eyes. During the four days he had come to know that Naruto did not listen well. He had a very selective hearing and he would use it whenever Shikamaru tried to share his helpful advice.

Not long thereafter a soft knocking sound echoed off their door before opening. Glancing at the door Naruto saw it was Neji. Narrowing his eyes a little he followed the boy as he walked over to Shikamaru. The two shared a quick kiss making small goose bumps run across Naruto's skin. His lip curved in slight awkwardness as he rolled over to his side so he was facing the wall. He listened to the hushed whispers between the two lovers as he let it lull him to a light sleep.

It wasn't that he had anything against the two. In fact he found Shikamaru cool even though he was gay. As long as it didn't include him he found himself quite accepting to the… alternative lifestyle. However, it was still strange watching two guys be sweet to each other. In his old life that had just been plain wrong.

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"I haven't heard from you since Monday you know." Sakura said to break the silence that had settled inside the car apart for the low hum of the engine.

"I've been busy." Naruto grunted as his eyes remained focused on the road, annoyed by the stupid question. It wasn't like they were exclusive. If he was busy he was busy.

"You could've at least texted me." She continued and pursed her lips.

"I'm bringing you with me now aren't I?" Naruto frowned, eyes temporarily leaving the road to stare at the girl.

"I know." Sakura smiled in satisfaction and fixed her hair in the visor mirror. "Shinbou thinks you've abandoned us."

"Why?" Naruto snorted. His friend had always been too clingy. "It's only been a few days and I just changed schools. I had deals to close."

"What kind of deals?" Sakura asked curiously.

"The ones which will help me survive the remaining two years in that school."

"Is it true about half the student body being gay?" Sakura changed direction, surprising Naruto.

After a short silence Naruto shrugged. "It's not completely true, but there are some. But they aren't as bad as I thought. As long as they stay away from me I'm all right with it."

"Poor boys." Sakura chuckled as she leaned over to Naruto. "They're definitely missing out on something." She closed the remaining distance between their faces as their lips met in a wet kiss. Falling back in her seat she folded her arms over her chest. "But it's a shame. I had hoped I'd get lucky."

"Hey you're with me tonight." Naruto grunted. "I don't care what else you do on your time, but tonight you're mine, got it?"

"Geesh, possessive much?" Sakura acted nonchalant. "But I like that." She smirked and put one of her hands on Naruto's leg, moving it up and down in slow strokes. "Wanna have some fun before the party?"

Naruto grinned.

Some time later they pulled in on the parking lot. "Here, drink up." Sakura tossed Naruto a beer as she finished off the last of her wine cooler.

Opening up the can Naruto downed it in one swig. 'Finally,' he thought. "Let's see if they know how to party."

Sneaking in – since technically Sakura wasn't allowed on school grounds – they got to the party shortly thereafter. The music was already pumping loudly from the speakers and people seemed to be a little bit tipsy. Apparently they hadn't bothered to wait for the guest of honor Naruto mused as they walked further inside. "Guess gays parties just like us." He heard Sakura mumble from behind him.

Rolling his eyes at the girl's stupidity, he dragged her to the room he knew Kiba would be in. "Yo!" he greeted once he caught sight of the brunet. "Brought my lady with me. Sakura meet Kiba, Kiba this is Sakura." The two greeted each other before Kiba offered to show them where the beer was. "We have a little bit of everything." Kiba grinned and drank the rest from his beer.

Two hours into the party Naruto felt tipsy as his speech was slightly slurred. He couldn't remember when he had started dancing with Sakura, all he knew it felt damn good as she ground up against him. "Naruto we should take this somewhere else." Sakura whispered closely to the blond's ear so that only he would hear over the music. Nodding, the two stopped dancing and was just about to leave when someone pulled at Naruto's arm. Frowning the blond turned around only to find Shikamaru standing with his arms folded over his chest. "Kiba told me to get you."

Shrugging to Sakura, whose glare could match a bull's, he told her they would sneak away as fast as possible once he had talked to Kiba. The girl seemed happy enough with that answer and her glare toned down to just a sour face and she obediently followed him.

"Naruto! Perfect! Just the guy I wanted!" Kiba cried out in his drunken state throwing his arms excitedly in the air.

"Is he gay?" Sakura whispered into his ear causing Naruto to smirk.

"No." Naruto whispered back. "At least I don't think so." He added as an afterthought. "Whaddya want? I was sorta busy…" He tried to be subtle but since Kiba was a lot like him, the message got lost.

Kiba put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it as he pulled the boy over to a group of guys and surprisingly a few girls. "This here is Naruto. You might've seen him in class, somewhere in school or perhaps around me," Kiba put on a phony smile and raised his hands in defense as if he were irresistible. "But if you haven't, " He continued. "He's the new guy and the reason why we're throwing this awesome party today!"

Naruto greeted the lot and received different hellos in return. He recognized Chouji as one of them other than that they were all strangers.

"We're gonna play a game of 'Never have I ever'! You're the guest of honor so you have to join us." Kiba spoke excitedly. "Shikamaru told me you're trying out for the football team and these guys are some of our players. This is a great way to really bond before joining us!"

Naruto knew the brunet had a point. If he wanted to join the team getting to know some of its members was a good idea. The game was a great ice breaker, especially if people's judgement was dazed by alcohol. Naruto returned Kiba's grin with equal excitement. "He's right. We'll have fun later." Naruto turned to Sakura and gave her a quick shrug. Sakura rolled her eyes but complied. Together they took a seat in the circle on the floor. Kiba handled out glasses to all players and filled them up then they began the game. "You get the honor to start." Kiba said and pointed at Naruto.

"Sure." Naruto agreed. He already knew the perfect truth. "Never have I ever kissed another guy." Smirking at his own cleverness it soon died as he watched everybody take a zip of their drinks.

"That's a lie!" Kiba objected once swallowing the beverage.

"It's not." Naruto frowned. Like hell he ever had.

"You must've kissed your dad at least once when you were a baby." Kiba smart mouthed causing the other people in the group to laugh.

Dumbfounded, Naruto sweat dropped. "That doesn't count."

"No you only said 'another guy'." Another boy chimed in.

"He's right." Naruto heard Sakura agree. At that point he rolled his eyes and accepted his defeat and drank from his beer. "Whatever, next."

The game continued like that until there were only a few of them left, the rest having already left or passed out from too much booze. 'Never… uuhh.. 've I ever been a T-rex.' A guy named Suigetsu stumbled with his words until breaking out in fits of giggles. The rest soon joined in.

"Duh, no one's evah been a dinosawr." A girl on his right side commented between her own fits of drunken giggles. "Nevah have I evah been uuh… oh god." The group fell quiet as they watched the girl's face turn from red to white to green. Less than a second later the girl toppled over and vomited all over the floor. Disgusted grunts escaped the people before they quickly fell back in laughter over the girl's misfortune.

"Tha's sooo gross." Naruto said eyes scrunched up as he chuckled so hard he fell flat on his back. Gasping for air Naruto quickly calmed down to regain control of his breath. At this point he was so drunk he couldn't tell out from in. The game had definitely left him drinking more than he could handle. He held his eyes closed to stop the world from spinning but a familiar voice caused him to crack them open in curiosity. And god was it worth it. Although very blurred, he saw the most beautiful face. "Transvestite." He slurred and got back up in a sitting position.

Whether the brunet had heard him or not Naruto didn't know because Sasuke only passed him and stopped by the guy known as Suigetsu.

"Get up you're finished here." Naruto heard him say to the other guy as he helped Suigetsu up on his feet. Naruto was slightly surprised by the brunet's strength, Suigetsu could barely stand on his own two legs, but he still managed to keep them both upright.

"Sasuke." Suigetsu slurred with a smile on his lips. "My sweet Sasuke." He chuckled and petted Sasuke on the head like you would a dog. Judging by the look on the brunet's face the action was not very appreciated. It was at that point Naruto decided to make himself noticed. "Transvestite." He repeated and this time earned the brunet's attention.

"Great it's the idiot." Sasuke mumbled as he glared at the blond. "What do you want?" He demanded, clearly not as amused by his presence as Naruto thought he would be.

"Looking mitey fine toniite I say." Naruto flashed him a grin, earning a jealous 'hey' from Sakura.

Sasuke threw him a dirty look but didn't respond to the blond. "Suigetsu sober up or I'll leave you here." He barked at the guy hanging off his shoulder. Suigetsu only chuckled.

"Your boyfriend's totally out transvestite." Naruto mocked and chugged down the last of his beer while keeping his eyes locked on the two guys. There was something about the two that made him feel funny.

"Naah that's not 'is boiifren." Kiba scoffed. "No princess Sasuke's no ones. He's like a total viiirgin."

Kiba was out the next second, having been sucker punched by Sasuke. Naruto was just about to open his mouth to say something else but a hand stopped him. His eyes followed the arm and saw it belonged to Sakura. He tried to bat it off but Sakura easily deflected his slack hand. "I think you'd do better to just shut up now Naruto." She warned as they watched the brunet leave with his friend. Naruto nodded and removed the hand from his mouth.

"That guy is so weird." He commented once they had left. He scanned the room and realized the party was over and so he put one of his hands on the girl's thighs and gave her a drunken stare filled by lust. "Wanna fuck?" He asked, too drunk to care about where they were or anything like discretion. Sakura scoffed as she adopted a drunken glare but the smile on her lips gave her away. "Thought you'd never ask." She giggled and together they got up and stumbled out the room.

tbc