Chapter 7

Sasuke's POV

Today was the day of the party and I was thrilled. I was thrilled because I was able to go with Naruto.

The last couple of days, Naruto and I haven't talked. I didn't know why and I couldn't bring myself to ask. Every time I tried to talk to him, he would get nervous and then he would run off. He wouldn't answer my calls or open the door for me when I would go to his house. Then finally he called me at noon to ask if I was still going to the party. I told him I was and he asked if I could go shopping with him. I found this weird, but I agreed to go with him. Naruto told me to meet him at his place at 2 pm. That was only in a couple of hours and I had no idea what to do to past the time.

After talking on the phone with him, I decided to just kill some time with cooking. My dad wasn't home, so I was able to leave my room without him cursing at me. He was still mad at the fact that Naruto was here. I tried telling him that he wasn't gay, but it would end up in an argument. I was tired of arguments, so I just stopped trying to convince him.

While I was cooking, someone started to knock on the door. I was curious because I wasn't expecting any company today.

"Hello?"

"Hey Sasuke, can you help me with something?"

"With what?" I didn't want to talk to her because I didn't want the bread I placed in the eggs to get soggy. I was getting ready to make French toast and I didn't need her here.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure." I moved aside and let her in. I went to the kitchen, she followed.

"What you making? It smells great in here."

"French toast. Want any?"

"I guess I can stay for that."

"So why'd you come here?"

"You can't laugh at me or anything, okay?"

"I won't, besides, was I known for laughing at you? We've been friends for as long as I could remember."

"Yeah. You know I like Naruto a lot, right? Well I want to dress very nice for him, but I can't decide what to wear and uhm..."

"And?"

"I was hoping if you could go shopping with me. Saying your gay and all, you might actually be able to help me pick out clothes. You know well enough that I always needed people to help me pick out clothes for myself." Great now how am I going to do this? I was supposed to meet Naruto at two, to help him buy clothes and now I have to help Sakura? How is this going to work out?

"Well you want to go after we eat? I have plans at two and I can't be late."

"Sure, what kind of plans?" She had a mischievous smile.

"Just meeting up with someone." I couldn't tell her I was meeting up with Naruto, that would just get awkward.

"Who? Your boyfriend?"

"He's not my boyfriend. He's just someone that I really like. Okay? Oh and he needs help picking out clothes too so I can't take to long with you."

"What's his name?" I couldn't tell her his name, so I ignored the question.

After I finished cooking the French toast, Sakura and I ate and left out the door.

When we got to the mall, Sakura was trying to pick out some of the oddest clothes. After going through a few outfits, we finally agreed on a lavender colored v-neck t-shirt and a new pair of skinnys. She was thankful that I helped her and couldn't wait for the party now. I told her I gotta go.

By the time I left the mall it was almost two o'clock. So I rushed back to the apartment because I didn't want to be rude. When I got to his door, I knocked and waited. After about five minutes, he opened the door and let me in. He wouldn't look me in the eye though.

"You ready to go?"

"Yeah, I don't think I need to go anymore. I decided to just wear my dark blue sweater, with a vest and my khakis." I was disappointed because I wanted to hang out with Naruto and all he was doing was blowing me off.

"Oh okay."

"Yeah." I was about to leave, but Naruto tapped my shoulders before I made it out the door.

"What?"

"You wanna hang out?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I was thinking we could get a coffee or do something like that."

"Well you wanna go now then?"

"Yeah, just let me get something in my room." He then went to his room and I just stood beside the door waiting for him. Wonder what he was getting. After awhile Naruto came out of his bedroom.

"Actually I think I'm just gonna go back. I need to work on some things anyway."

"Okay then, just meet me back here before seven." He gave me a smile, but it wasn't so happy. Like his heart was crushed at the fact that I didn't want to hang out with him.

Shortly after I left Naruto's apartment, I went back to mine and sat at the couch, bored. For the next few hours, I didn't do much. The only things I had done were clean, eat, watch tv, and tried doing some homework. Even that let alone wasn't good enough. I wanted to see Naruto and yet I didn't take his offer to hang out. Why was I acting like this? I couldn't tell you, but what I could tell you is that every time I saw Naruto, my heart would go crazy.

After cleaning the kitchen the seventh time, it was finally time for me to go to Naruto's apartment. Before I left my apartment, I went to my room and checked my Facebook and downloaded some songs onto my iPod. I don't know why I was going to bring my iPod because I was probably going to drink and might lose it. Well I didn't care as long as I had something to keep me busy if I got bored at the party.

When I was done putting music onto my iPod, I went up to Naruto's apartment. I knocked on the door and almost immediately he answered. Naruto said he was ready to go and then we left. On the way down the stairs, we didn't talk at all. After we got outside, I asked Naruto,

"Do you want to take the subway or a taxi? I'll pay for taxi fare."

"Let's just take the subway. I'm not to big on taxis anyway." His voice was a little shaky. If I hadn't known any better, I'd think he was nervous.

We got to the subway station, not talking at all. I wanted to say something, but every time I tried, he would ignore me or say 'Okay'. You would have to be an idiot to not figure out he didn't want to talk to you.

When the subway was about to stop, Naruto finally spoke.

"I'm really nervous. This is the first time I've actually gone out with someone since Hinata."

"You shouldn't be nervous. I've known Sakura for as long as I could remember. She's a good girl and she always throws the best parties. Besides, if it doesn't work out between you two, you could always find someone else in New York." What I really wanted to tell him was that I wanted to be with him, but I couldn't bring myself to say it because I didn't want things to get awkward between us.

"Yeah you're right." He gave me a soft smile, but his eyes were saying different. Like he wasn't sure if he knew what to do anymore.

We got out of the subway station and I told Naruto that her place was about a block away. When we got inside, it was a full house. There were people everywhere, music filling the room and all we had to do was find Sakura.

"Do you know where she could be?"

"She's probably in the kitchen."

"Take me to the kitchen then." I nodded and we started to make our way to the kitchen. When we got there, I offered Naruto a drink. He took the beer willingly and I grabbed one for myself. After I gave him the beer, he saw Sakura by the oven.

"She's right there? Do you see her?" I pointed my finger towards her.

"Well lets go see her then." I nodded and then we started making our way to Sakura. It wasn't so easy because there was people and we had to squeeze our way through them. Finally after squeezing through people, we made it to Sakura.

"You guys came." She gave both of us a big hug.

"Of course, Sasuke was telling me you throw the best parties. I just couldn't back down such a good offer."

"I'm just glad you guys came and Sasuke how'd your date go?" Did she misunderstand me when I said I was meeting up with someone?

"It wasn't a date."

"Who's the lucky guy Sasuke?" Naruto asked me with a slight bit of red on his cheeks.

"It was no one. Geez you guys, can't a man have his privacy?"

"Okay, okay. Hey Naruto let's go out on the balcony, I want to talk to you."

"See you later Sasuke." I nodded and they both started make there way to the balcony. After they left, I was done my beer and went to get myself another one. As I was drinking my beer, I walked around a bit and drank from the bottle. The party was nice and all, but I wasn't feeling it. All I was thinking about was what were Sakura and Naruto doing? Since I have known Sakura almost all of my life, I could be guessing she would try to make a move on Naruto. I didn't know weather or not if Naruto was into that kind of stuff. All that should really matter is that he would be happy with her and I would go my own way. Find someone to love and he would find someone to love him. As long as we were both happy, that's all that should matter, right? That's not how I felt though. I wanted so badly to kiss him and love him. Also let him love me. That's all I wanted, but even believing that was too good to be true.

An hour has passed or so, and I was getting bored of the party. I haven't seen Naruto since Sakura and him went to the balcony. If I had to guess, he was getting laid right now or finishing up. Gosh why was I thinking like that? It shouldn't matter what he was doing, as long as he was happy.

After walking around the condo for about the seventh billionth time, I decided to go look for Naruto and tell him I was going to leave. As I was looking for him, someone started to tap my shoulder and I turned around to see Naruto. By the way he looked, anyone would be able to tell that he was a drunk motherfucker. He wasn't wearing his vest anymore and was missing a shoe, he was also holding a tequila bottle. The bottle was almost empty and that's all I could smell off of Naruto.

"Where's your shoe?"

"I think it's up on the balcony. Can you help me find it?" We both started to make our way to the balcony. I had to put Naruto's arm over my shoulder, just to keep him from falling everywhere.

"I think it's over there." I nodded and started to look in the plant he pointed at. Looking through it, I saw nothing.

"It's not here Naruto." I turned around and Naruto was standing right there.

"It's okay I found it." he started getting closer to me.

"Okay, can you back up a bit? Your standing a bit to close to me."

"Sakura told me she loved me. Crazy right?"

"What about you? Do you think you'll ever love her?"

"It won't be her."

"Well if you really care for her, don't look away, no matter what happens. No matter what you see, no matter what you learn about her, don't look away. Once you have her in your arms, don't let go." My voice started to crack near the end. Where was Naruto going with this? Was he trying to tell me there's someone else?

"But that's not the case here! I don't think I'll ever come to love her and I never will!"

"What are you talking about Naruto?"

"She's not the one for me will never be."

"Just get a hold of yourself Naruto. You're just a little drunk and you just need to rest, okay?" After I finished speaking, Naruto did the unmentionable. He pressed his lips against mine. I didn't know how to respond, so I started to kiss back. Maybe doing that was the wrong thing, but it felt so right. Finally after awhile, I pulled away and looked at Naruto. What am I doing? Naruto doesn't think of me like that. It was only one sided on my behalf. This wasn't suppose to happen.

"What are you doing Naruto?" He tried kissing me again, but I pushed him away and told him that we'll both go home. When we left the balcony, I pretty much had to drag Naruto to come with me. As we were leaving the condo, I told Sakura that I had to take him home because he wasn't feeling to well. She understood and when I walked to the door, I found Naruto's shoe. He put it on and then made our way down the elevator. When we got outside, I didn't hesitate to call for a cab.

After we got into the cab and made it Naruto's apartment. I put Naruto to bed and left a glass of water with some Advil. I also left a garbage can, in case he got sick. After doing that, I left his apartment and made it back to mine. When I got back, my dad was already in bed and I went to my room. I started to play music and the song that started to play was "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams. It's a good song. While I was laying on my bed, my lips still felt hot. I knew what my feelings were now. I was in love with Naruto Uzumaki.