Well, I thought I'd update today because my Merthur giftfic for TabbyCat33098 (H4cK3r [Hacker]) received, and continues to receive, such a great response! ^_^ Can't say you don't love me~ Haha, kidding. Welp, here it is, the long-awaited chapter 7!

NOTE: derogatory terms for homosexuals are mentioned. Also, Spin-the-Bottle, random kissing, and a whole lot of alcohol.

Also, this isn't really a warning, but I made random characters in the story gay guys or lesbians purely for the sake of the story. But then again, isn't that all we fanfiction writers seem to do anyway? xD

Love you all, and enjoy!~ ^_^


Chapter 7

It was three and a half hours later that things started getting…ahem, interesting. Kiba and Ino were making out like it was the end of the world, both obviously drunker than just about anything—Ino, based off of what Naruto had seen, would never be caught dead in that situation.

Other various and altogether not-too-surprising couples were slowly disappearing into corners and back rooms of Sasuke's (and now Naruto's as well) flipping huge house.

Both of the hosts had had too much to drink. Actually, "too much" is extremely understatement-ish. They were both so far gone that you'd have to use binoculars in order to see anything resembling a person in the distance.

Yes, the blatantly obscure comparison was indeed necessary.

After relatively short periods of drunk talk and raucous laughter, Sasuke slurred, "Y'know, Naaaaa-ru-dohw, You were the cutest widdle kid." He laughed drunkenly, then continued in a sing-song voice, "And you know what? You sti-ill a-are."

Naruto flailed, splashing vodka from his bottle all over anyone within a six-foot radius. "You rememebered! I kneeeew you would."

"But that never happened." Sasuke stared at him with hooded laser-eyes—an interesting combination.

"Fuck you, yes it did." They locked eyes. A challenge.

"Nuh-uh."

"Yuh-huh."

"Nuh-uh."

"Yuh-huh."

"Nope."

"Yeah!"

"No."

"Yes."

"That never happened, dobe."

"Shut up. Yes it did."

"I love you. No it didn't."

The drunk blonde drew back in surprise. "But—wha'—I jus'—wha'—"

Sasuke spewed some of the liter-sized gin-and-tonic he had been chugging. "You said 'what' twice! Hahahahaha!"

Then he kissed Naruto on the mouth right there in front of a substantial crowd of people. To be put simply, the action took Naruto by surprise.

"Hey, hey!" Sakura slurred at a surprisingly loud volume for a lightweight, "Speakin' of kissy-ing, we shoul' play Spin-the-Boddle!"

There were cheers of approval, but she hushed them all once again. "Wait, we need a bottle."

Thinking, she tapped the column of her throat with the neck of her nearly-empty Heineken bottle. Several people laughed at their own drinks, seeing the mistake. Sakura grinned sloppily, confusion evident. "Wha…? Oh!"

She chugged the rest of her beer quickly, then wiped the back of her hand across her lips, sighing as the alcohol burned on its way down. "Found one! Now get your asses over here, guys. We've got some bottles to spinnn!"

More intoxicated whoops rang out over the based-up music pounding in the background. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke heard the call for players, and shouted along with the rest of them. Naruto felt the dulled heat in his gut, which he was oh-so-happy to connect with arousal. Sasuke had kissed him. If that didn't make somebody happy, something was drastically wrong with this world. But it did make him happy, so there was nothing to worry about.

A bunch more people slumped (or collapsed) into a vague interpretation of a circle around Sakura, who was seating people around herself. She was the self-proclaimed moderator. "Okay, it's gonna be boy-girl-twink-lesbo. I'll altenrate—atlernet—"

"Alternate," Naruto sighed, completely smashed.

"—Ultermate," Sakura continued, ignoring him, "the sex of the person you have to kiss. So all you little straigh' boys and girls, sorry. Get ready-Freddy-pasketti for some man-lovin' and girly-kissies!"

A mix of groans and catcalls rose from the forming group, but nobody left. All in all, there were twenty or so of them, a relatively large number for a game of Spin-the-Bottle.

The pink-haired girl shushed them again. "Also, you have to spinnnn twice! Once for a girrrrrrrrrrl, and another time for a boy. Everyone goddit?"

Noises and movements resembling affirmation were offered, and Sakura took that as an all-systems-go. "Yay! Kissy time! I'll spin to pick da people." Naruto could see all sorts of potential problems with this method of play, but he was honestly too drunk to care at that point—he figure the others were as well, so he didn't speak up.

(A/N: Sorry, but here's the circle order—Kiba, Sakura, Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, Temari, Sasuke, Tenten, Neji, Ino, Sai, random, Shino, random, random, random, Choji, random, Gaara, random, Lee, random, random, random, and back to Kiba.)

She joined the circle, collapsing on the carpet between Naruto and Kiba. Then she wrapped her spindly fingers around the empty Heineken and gave it a whirl, laughing when some excess liquid sprayed from it and speckled the front of her dress.

The green bottle eventually stopped on Sai, who sighed heavily. He was gay, so kissing girls was a chore for him. He sent the bottle reeling as well, and it slowed to a halt while pointing at a random chick across the circle from himself. He leaned towards her, and they kissed quietly for a moment, rising cheers from the rest of the circle; the game had officially begun.

Sai spun again, and it landed on Kiba. The latter groaned. "Bu' I'm not gay!"

Sakura laughed. "Doesn't matter. Still gotta kiss 'im!"

"But—"

"Just shaddup and do it, dog boy."

Kiba pouted. "Fine…"

But when their lips somewhat reluctantly met from across the table, things became several degrees hotter. Before anyone could remind Kiba that he was "not gay", he and Sai were making out like it was the end of the world—quite a sight indeed. More cheers graced the movements, and they broke apart, pink-faced and breathing hard. Kiba had a peculiar smile on his face, like he wasn't exactly sure what all that had been, but it didn't much matter at that moment in time.

Sakura wiped her nose obnoxiously, then gave the empty beer bottle another whirl. It landed on a random gay guy, who spun and landed on Tenten and Gaara respectively. Each kiss was remarkably unremarkable, much unlike the second kiss of the night.

As the night continued, more and more people were chosen and kissed and groped and whatnot. Naruto, meanwhile, was left to his rather drunken thoughts, occasionally shaken to give someone a quick peck on the lips. What'll happen when I spin? Will I get Sasuke? What if Sasuke kisses someone else first?

Out loud, he muttered, "That little bitch…"

"Um…" Hinata murmured to his right, "N-Naruto-kun, who's a bitch?"

"Wha'?" he slurred, rubbing an eye, "Oh, the bitch who kissed Sasuke first."

Hinata looked slowly from him to Temari and Shikamaru, who were making out in the middle of the circle. "But Sasuke hasn't been chosen yet…"

Naruto started. "Oh. Good, I guess."

After a moment of silence, Hinata spoke up again. "Y-you have feelings for him, d-don't you."

It wasn't exactly a question, but Naruto answered it anyway. "Yes. Since I was six."

"But he doesn't kn-know about it."

"Nope. He'd be fucking me dry right now if he did."

Hinata didn't even bat an eye at the crude language. "Why?"

"'Cuz we loved each other. A lot. He just broke his promise and forgot."

She didn't ask about the promise—probably because it felt too intrusive to do so—and gave a quiet "oh." They were silent once more.

Sakura spun the now-dry Heineken bottle again. They were slowly reaching the end of the list of people who hadn't gone yet. Eventually, the bottle stopped again, and Naruto was finally chosen.

He groaned mentally. The only person he really wanted to kiss was Sasuke, and Sasuke wasn't a girl, so he'd already have to kiss a girl to even get a chance at kissing his beloved.

Beloved, the blonde thought haltingly, Never called him that before…

He shrugged at the thought. He took the smooth green bottle in his hand and spun it well.


Sorry, sorry, I know, it's kind of a cliffy. I really can't help it at this point—it's literally 1AM here and I NEED SLEEP. Sorry. I still love you guys, hope you still love me xD; Also, I think that's one of the longest chapters I've ever written, minus the ones in NW:SotPB—but don't read that ever. I mean, ever. It's dreadful. Okay, I'm out, love you gaiz, and I'll see you in chapter 8! ^_^

Ta,
Lorakeet~