(Note: I'm sorry of the slow update, I've finally finish my exam. But my part-time jobs got busier nearing the end of the year, I'm afraid I still could only update once a week every weekend)
Nothing special in this chapter, only angry Naruto.
Naruto could feel eyes around him, staring at him from head to toe, frowning or shaking their head, some just look at him openly with disgust. He never felt so self-conscious like now, this is the first time he step his foot on the richest side of Ginza street, everything looks so glamourous and shining.
The crowd of people around him dressed in formal expensive dresses and suits, even the kids look like stars from Hollywood. He widened his eyes at each top branded shop, sometimes stopping at the shop's window to ogle at those leather bags and accessories with blinking diamonds.
He continue walking through the crowded sidewalk, a little girl with a clearly branded dress and a hairstyle that look too old for her age stare at Naruto and point a finger at Naruto, she ask something to a woman beside her, the woman has piles of various shopping bags hung along her slender arms. The woman look at Naruto and frown before shaking her head, she pull her daughter by hand and walk away quickly making sure Naruto and them has a proper distance when they pass beside him.
Naruto frown then lift his right arm to smell at his armpit making people around him dodge away look at him with disgust. Knowing he doesn't smell bad, he shrug and continue to look around for a perfect boutique.
Then his sky blue eyes stop in front of a mannequin behind a clear glass window. It is a knee length with long sleeve white dress, on the upper side of the smooth cloth is covered with a thin layer of flower motif laces. He think he finally find a perfect dress. Without hesitating, the blond enter the shop and widened his eyes to find how beautiful the shop's interior is.
Ignoring the stares he receive from the women shoppers and the shop's attendants, he approach the eye-catching white dress on the mannequin from behind, he can't help but reach his hand up and touch, satisfied that the cloth is as smooth as he imagined.
"How can I help you?" Naruto almost startled by the menacing cold voice from behind him as he quickly turn around to find a beautiful woman dressed in formal clothes and a tidy bun looking back at him, she would look even prettier if she could remove that scowl from her face.
"Oh yeah, I'm looking for something 'elegant' for a dinner," Naruto said smiling, his hand is still touching the white dress beside him, the woman saw it and frown even more.
"Please refrain touching the dress, it will get dirty, miss," the woman said, Naruto quickly remove his hand with reflex.
"Oh sorry, this dress is so smooth," Naruto said and giggle, but it seems he annoyed the woman even more.
"I'm sorry but I can't help you with anything here, miss," the woman said and cross her arms in front of her chest.
Naruto raise his eyebrow, "What? What do you mean? I'm looking for a dress, I could see this shop sell a lot of dresses!"
The woman shake his head, "We don't sell for the likes of you here," she said gesturing her hands on Naruto's appearance who is still wearing the tight red sleeveless shirt and short pants from four days ago.
Naruto gap his mouth wide at the woman's comment, he scowl and glare at the woman who has the same height as himself, "Look, I have money all right, I am here as a customer!" He point at the the white dress that caught his eyes before, "this dress, how much is it?"
The other women shop attendants approach them joining their friend, crossing their arms and scowl at Naruto, "Iwamura-san, tell him how much is it," she ask her friend looking at the blond smugly.
The other woman shop attendant smirk, "Oh it is so, so expensive, I don't think you can afford it miss."
"Just tell me how much is it!" Naruto almost raise his voice, he could feel his blood boil, he knows that his face is now red with embrassment, with the three shop attendants staring at him from head to toe, while the other shoppers too smirking at him.
The women stare at him with blank expression, "Please leave," she said with a voice loud enough to be heard by their customers.
Naruto glare hard at them before turn around and leave, gone the thought of buying a dress for the stupid dinner, if he would be treated like this, he shouldn't had came to Ginza for a stupid elegant dress.
Entering the subway train, Naruto take a seat with his legs open wide, head facing down and both hands pulling on his own hair with frustation ruining his signature high ponytail, the other passengers can't help but stare at him.
"Everyone stop staring or I will suck your dicks till they wrinkle so you can't make babies!" Naruto yell, and at the same time everyone turn away from him. He is so annoyed right now, now he regretted that he just left the shop, he should have do something, maybe hit them with the mannequin on the face, or stab their ugly color contact lenses eyes with his stilettos.
Ignoring his now messy hair, Naruto get off the train and walk towards the Uchiha's manor. He hope that Sasuke is home by now, so he could slap him to let out his accumulating anger. But sadly, when he arrive at the entrance, the Uchiha's black shoes are nowhere to be seen. He sigh and enter the house without taking off his shoes making the maids around him frown.
He pass by two men servants who are discussing something about dust on the table, one of them is wearing a formal tail suits, both stop their discussion as the blond pass by.
"Who is that?" The man in the tail suits ask, pointing his white gloved finger towards the messy blond.
"She's err," the other servant looks reluctant, doesn't know how to explain about Naruto, "master Sasuke invited her four days ago, she might be master's lover."
The other man put his gloved hand under his chin, from nearer distance people could see he has a rather large line of an old scar on his nose, "is that so?" He grumble to himself watching the blond retreating herself into Sasuke's bedroom.
Naruto close the door behind him to find Sasuke's bedroom has been cleaned and tidied up, he feels so tired suddenly and decided to take a nap, he take off his shoes, throwing them across the room. Then he jump to the mattress immediately hugging the white pillow and close his eyes.
Just before he fall into slumber a rather hard knock woke the blond up, Naruto open his eyes and glare at the door. "What now?" He whisper and get up from the bed to open the door.
He come face to face with a man in tail suits, his hair is black and rather long to be tied into a ponytail, Naruto can't help but stare at the big scar on the taller man's nose. The servant look at Naruto up and down with unreadable expression.
"Good afternoon, my name is Iruka, this manor's head servant, I've just back from my one week day off," the servant greeted the blue eyes boy.
Naruto just nodded his head looking at the man curiously, he's itching to ask about the scar on the other man's nose but hold himself back.
"I believe you forgot to take off your shoes, miss," Iruka said making Naruto frown.
"What?"
Then out of nowhere the man hold out a pair of white room slippers that looks new towards the blond, Naruto turn his head back to Sasuke's bedroom to find the thrown black stilletos belong to himself.
"Oh sorry," Naruto said and retrieve his shoes and exchange them for the white slippers.
"Let me put this inside the shoe racks and would you please come to the leaving room as we have prepare afternoon tea with assorted cookies and cakes for you, miss," Iruka bow and walk away. Naruto smile after hearing the word 'cookies', he quickly half run towards the leaving room to find a maid pouring down a generous amount of ice tea into a tall glass.
Naruto take a seat, taking a piece of a chocolate cookie from the tray on the trolley without hesitation.
After a few seconds, Iruka enter the room and look at the blond. Then out of nowhere again, like a magic he pull out a neatly folded black yukata in his hand.
"Please wear this," he said giving it to Naruto. Naruto look at it and shrug, decided to put it on without complaining.
Now dress in the oversized yukata, Naruto enjoy his ice tea with the assorted cookies and mini cakes which he believed were ordered by Sasuke before leaving for work. The man across him still stand and stare hard at him.
"Are you going to just stand there?" Naruto finally ask licking his fingers from the cream making the servant winced.
"There is a napkin right in front of you miss, in case you don't know," the man gesturing his palm towards the golden napkin.
Naruto look at the napkin and shrug, "Yeah, so?"
Iruka looks like he is holding back his anger, he's still staring at the blond.
"What do you want? Don't just stand there, it's creepy," Naruto said.
"What is your relationship with Master Sasuke?"
Naruto stop eating for a few seconds before continue munching on the strawberry jam cookie, "I'm his girlfriend," he said after swallowing, they did made a deal that he has to pretend to be his girlfriend anyway.
Now the man look at him with speculation, "That's strange," he put his gloved hand under his chin, "Master Sasuke never brings home his lover, not even once."
Naruto roll his eyes, "Well, I'm special, besides, he's going to introduce me on his dinner with his parents tonight, he's too in love with me that he has been nagging me to meet his parents for months," Naruto lied, and smirk in his head praising himself for the smooth lie.
"A dinner?"
"Yeah, he said at his mother's favorite France restaurant."
"I...see," the servant slowly reply.
"What? You don't believe me? I don't care though, it's the truth. He even gave me money to buy an elegant dress for the dinner."
"But I don't see sight of the dress you mentioned."
Naruto glare at him, he stand up, the oversize kimono's ends dragged on the floor as he walk away and enter Sasuke's room, after that he immediately go back to the living room with his fake branded bag.
"I went to Ginza and looked! But guess what? They don't want to sell anything for the likes of me they said!" Naruto pull out the messy amount of yens from his bag now crumpled up into small balls as he push all of them towards the man's hands. Iruka could see Naruto's face turned red in verge of tears.
"They made sure everyone in the store heard them out loud when they chase me out! I was just looking for a stupid dress for that stupid dinner!" Naruto continue to lash out, his tears now flow out, a lot of his friends said he is an ugly cryer, and how right they are, Iruka pick up the abandoned golden napkin on the tray and give it to the blond.
The blond accept it and blow his nose after wiping his tears. Iruka return the crumpled money to Naruto and reach around his shirt's collar to take out a little walkie talkie microphone that are used by every servants in the manor.
"Connect me to the security, Inuzuka-san," Iruka said on the microphone.
Naruto heard that and try to roll his red puffy eyes, "Right, now you are going to chase me out too? Of course!"
Iruka ignore Naruto as he continue to wait for the connection, "Nara-san, it's Iruka. Please prepare a car now, I need you to bring a lady to Uchiha family's trusted tailor near Roppongi."
Naruto widened his eyes and look at Iruka as if he is a god.
"Thank you," Naruto continue to cry and hug the taller man, Iruka can't help but smile.
To be continue...
