HEY GUYS! Haven't see you in a while now, heheh- OW DON'T HIT ME!
For Old Times Sake
After breakfast, they changed into something comfortable and met up at the soccer field. The guys were already there, practicing kicks and juggling. Sasuke was juggling the ball on his knees then he launched it up and bounced it on his head. With one last bounce, it was launched high. Sasuke took a step back, eyes glued on the ball. With a carefully calculated moment, he jumped up.
He flipped backwards and kicked the ball shooting it back. It headed for the goal that's all across half the field. Sasuke pulled his body back to gravity and landed swiftly with one knee on the ground. "Show off" muttered Naruto.
But before the ball could fly into the goal, returned by Neji. The ball shot back and as Sasuke was getting up, the soccer ball that he thought was supposed to be spinning in the goal by now, missed his head by an inch, shifting the side of his hair with the force of it.
He turned back to find his defender smirking at him. He rolled his eyes.
"It's unfair how the guys can look so hot when they're all sweaty and tired" Sakura sighed dreamily as she hung her body on the railing on top of the bleachers.
"You said it" Tenten replied, imitating Sakura's position.
Ino shook her head "You're not supposed to fall for them so easily, you gotta make them want you" said Ino with her hands on her hips.
Sakura turned around and gaped at her best friend "Ino, what are you wearing?" she asked.
Ino raised an eyebrow and Tenten turned around as well there was a momentary pause before the brunette retorted "The question is, what is she not wearing." The offended blonde's outfit consists of only a sports bra and extremely short tights.
"Are you trying to get revenge on Shikamaru for ignoring you last night?" said Sakura.
"I'll show him who's unsexy and noisy..." said Ino through gritted teeth.
The three shook their heads at the audacity of their euthusiastic friend. "Ino, go put on some real clothes, you don't want the guys to be ogling at your boobs instead of teaching us how to play" said Sakura.
Ino crossed her arms and huffed a puff of air. "They can ogle all they want, they're not getting any"
Tenten threw her extra shirt in her face "Just do it, Ino" she sighed
The girls walked down the stands and approached the warmed up boys. Everyone noticed the particularly dark aura behind them and eventually they recognized the figure as a grumbling Ino. Everyone looked to their sleeping teammate at the side of the field who twitched as he felt Ino's presence approaching.
"Shall we begin class then?" Sakura humored.
"Woo! Let's get started!" exerted Naruto.
…
Each guy took responsibility of one girl. (I'm sure you know how this goes). They lined up in front of the goal with a soccer ball a few feet away from them. Ino was first to kick, followed by Sakura then Hinata, last was Tenten.
Ino's ball hit the side and came back, Shikamaru ducked as the ball flew past his head. Sakura's ball went over the goal and behind the net. Hinata's ball went in, but just barely. It stopped on the line, they weren't sure if that was counted as a goal or not. Tenten's ball was the only one that went in with the ball still spinning. "No surprise there" said Ino.
"Looks like watching the guys play all the time has paid off" said Tenten, leaning her weigh on one leg and placing her hands on her hips, looking smug.
"That was pretty disappointing" said Sasuke, his eyebrows raised at goal post.
"You'd do about as much if we handed you a volleyball" Sakura retorted, crossing her arms.
"Fair enough" said Sasuke, he took the soccer ball and placed it next to Sakura. "Don't kick with your toes, use the side of your feet" said Sasuke. He kicked the ball lightly and it went in, nonetheless.
"You don't stand behind the ball when you kick, you plant your foot next to it and you kick it sideways" explained Sasuke. Sakura nodded knowingly.
…
"If you kick like that, you won't know where the ball is going to end and next time, it might really take my head off" sighed Shikamaru.
"Maybe I want it to take you head off" huffed Ino. "You're still angry about last night...?" said Shikamaru, Ino responded by turning away.
Shikamaru sighed then walked into the goal. "Then focus the ball on my head, if you want to take my head off, at least do it properly, like how I showed you before. Kick like that" he challenged.
Ino looked at him as if he was crazy "Don't be stupid, get out of there before I really do it" threatened Ino, Shikamaru crossed his arms. Ino gulped 'He's serious...!' she stepped up to the ball "I'm really gonna do it!" she warned one last time
"Take your best shot" Shikamaru said.
Ino looked down on the ball then took a step back then taking a large step, her left foot landed next to the ball the other foot came swinging down.
BAM!
The ball was sent towards the goal, it came spinning at Shikamaru in high speed. At the last moment, when Ino thought it was going to hit his face, Shikamaru stepped aside and the ball missed him. Ino felt relieved and somewhat disappointed. "That was a good kick" said Shikamaru. "You jerk, you moved!" said Ino. "You can't seriously expect me to just stand there like an idiot and let the ball hit my face" said Shikamaru.
Naruto's tutoring consisted of him waving his hands in the air like a maniac whilst making loud exploding sounds. His friends smacked themselves on the forehead. Poor Hinata, but she seems to be having fun- weird girl.
Neji kicked the ball softly as demonstration and watched as Tenten imitate his demonstration, Neji shook his head and walked over to get the ball, and he kicked the ball once again then told Tenten to do it. She kicked it once more. Neji nodded.
The girls couldn't tell the difference between her first kick that Neji disapproved and the second kick that Neji now approves, they rolled her eyes. Perfectionist Hyuga.
Sasuke told Sakura to kick a line of balls continuously into the goal, using the kicking method he showed her, see how well she does. Sasuke blew the whistle and Sakura to kick the balls in, one by one, sending a fair few into the goal. More than halfway through, Sakura was about to kick the ball, like she had been doing, but as she drew back her leg and swung at the ball, her ankle gave way and she lost her balance, slipping on the ball she was about to have the wind knocked out of her.
Instead of a having the wind knocked out of her she had the breath stolen from her as she stared into the obsidian orbs of none other than Uchiha Sasuke. He held her close to his chest, her body leaned against his firm arms, shoulder pressed against his heaving chest. Sakura blinked.
Sasuke noticed how small she was compared to him, he didn't dare hold her too tightly as if she'd break. Her bright green eyes stared into his as if she could gaze into his soul, not that he would mind being lost in them. 'Oh god, don't look at me like that' he thought.
He decided to break the silence "Are you okay?" he asked softly and suddenly there was a jolt of energy jumpstarting Sakura's nervous system.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks" she struggled to say, as Sasuke placed her back on her feet. She smiled warmly at him "Shall we continue then?"
Sasuke could say nothing but simply nod.
After one and a half hour of continuous field practices it was time to see how their newly acquired skills do on the field. "A match game!" declared Naruto. Everyone's head turned to him. The ball Tenten was dribbling rolled astray and Sakura paused just as she was about to shoot a goal with Sasuke as the goalie. Ino was simply strangling Shikamaru for breaking her nail during defence practices. Hinata stood behind Naruto, trying to hide from the stares.
"Don't you think we'll get tired if you keep asking for match games that you're bound to lose?" said Shikamaru.
"Hahaha, you can never get bored of match games- and what do you mean I'm bound to lose?!"
"A match game sounds fun" said Sakura, stepping up.
"Boy versus Girls as usual?" said Ino, walking to the group, her hands on her hips.
"But that wouldn't be fair, we just started barely 2 hours ago" said Sakura.
"Then-" she looked over at Shikamaru and gave him the 'look'
Shikamaru tried looking away, but since when has that worked. "Alright fine" he sighed "Troublesome" he muttered under his breath.
"Sasuke, you come too" Sakura ushered excitedly, knowing that Sasuke always sided against Naruto.
Sasuke shrugged "You're on your own, losers" he said to Neji and Naruto as he passed them.
"What did you say, teme!" raged Naruto. Neji smirked "Fine, then we get Tenten" said Neji.
"See ya" said Tenten, giving her former team a brief wave before crossing over to Neji's team. "I-Is this really fair?" asked Hinata.
Sakura shrugged "Why not, They've got the most experience female, Konoha's best defender and the vice captain" said Sakura.
"Actually, the best defender is on this side" Shikamaru stated matter of factly, refusing to let go of that title.
"Then you'll just have to prove yourselves on the field" said Sasuke.
The whistle went off.
Ino had gotten one of her butlers to act as the referee for the match. The game started out with Sasuke tackling the ball first, he began towards the opposition's goal and immediately gained the first goal. His teams applauded him as he made his way back to the middle, as he passed Neji he said "Not as good as they said, were you? Hyuga" Sasuke never used Neji's last name unless he was issuing a challenge to the pale eyed teenager.
Neji smirked, but he did not speak a word 'Oh it's on now, Uchiha'
In the next whistle, Sasuke stole the ball once again. Heading towards the goal, he shot. Just as his ball was about to go into the goal, Neji sent it back at him. 'Now you're playing' smirked Sasuke as Naruto shot past him in possession of the ball. Sakura stopped him in his tracks along with Ino. "Bring it" he challenged them, a wide playful grin on his lips and they charged him. Tackling him from both directions, he maneuvered the ball back and forth, side to side. Always managing to pull the ball out of the two girl's reach.
"You'll have to try better than that" he mocked, he pulled back the ball laughing. Sakura seized it and headed the other way. "AH!"
Sakura saw that Sasuke was already being blocked by Neji. Looks like she'll have to hold her own. She found herself coming face to face with Tenten.
"Are you sure you want to step up against me, Tenten?" said Sakura.
"Hey, it's just a game." shrugged Tenten then she smirked "A game we're gonna win"
Tenten tackled for the ball but Sakura reacted quickly, she passed the ball to Ino who was standing ten meters away from her. "What?!" Tenten looked back as Ino gave her a dismissive wave before heading to the goal with the ball. She shoots, she-
didn't score.
Neji stood looking at her with a smug look. She stomped her foot and pouted. "Real sorry Ino." he said curtly before calling out to his female teammate "Tenten, pass!"
"Thanks" Tenten replied as she brought the ball over to the other side, passing it back and forth Naruto as they were being pursued by Sakura and Ino. As Tenten made the last pass to Naruto who was about to shoot a goal- wait, where's the ball?
Naruto spun around "Shikamaru!" he shouted, shocked to see how fast the ball was stolen from him, in fact, he didn't even see the ball get stolen from him. Shikamaru didn't spare Naruto a look, instead he just passed it to Ino. He nodded her head over at the opposition's goal "Try it again" he told her. Ino felt a wave of warmth rush through, her heartbeats quickening
'He does care...'
she nodded "Mm!"
Shikamaru rubbed her back of his neck as she ran off, full of confidence. Before Shikamaru walked back to the goal, his eyes met Neji's. He glared at him 'Stay. out. of. her. way'
Neji smirked, seemingly receiving the message then he jogged off. As he was approaching the goal alongside Ino, Sakura stood in his way. "I'm afraid I can't allow you to interfere with Ino's goal" she said. Neji smirked. I had no intentions to.
Ino shot and it bounced off the side and went in. It was a goal. Ino grinned from ear to ear and squealed "I got it in! I really got it in!" She turned and flashed Shikamaru a blinding white smile that sent his hormones on a rampage. The boy could do nothing but turn away whilst giving her a thumbs up.
Once again Sasuke stole the ball first and headed towards the goal, this time Naruto and Neji was waiting for him. Sasuke dodged their tackles nicely but what he didn't expect was Tenten joining in, she caught him off guard and stole it from him before running off, as he was about to give chase, Neji blocked him and Naruto went after Tenten to block for her.
Sakura rushed Tenten and she passed it to Naruto who continued the journey. Shikamaru was not on the field, "SHIKAMARU WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING THERE?!" shouted Ino, he just groaned and rolled over. Naruto laughed "This goal is mine!" he declared, he shot. Of course, nothing ever goes smoothly for Naruto. Hinata jumped in and blocked off the goal, the ball bounced off her shin with a loud BAM before her leg reacted a little after. The ball had rolled out of the field.
She tensed up "I-I'm sorry..." she stammered, her face heating up.
"Hinata!" Naruto shouted.
She winced 'I-Is he angry at me...?' she turned her head slowly to face him. He was jogging over to her, she mentally prepared herself some a scolding, although she was sure she'd burst into tears.
"Is your leg alright?" he asked gently, he knelt down to see if there was a bruise, the shot did come from Konoha's most powerful striker. Hinata's face turned even more red, this was worst than humiliation- but she didn't hate this attention from him.
"I-I'm fine..." mumbled Hinata.
"Mm... there seems to be a light bruise there, you sure you're gonna be okay?" he asked. Hinata swallowed, her face already turning difference shade of red as she felt the lingering touch of his fingertips on her shin, she nodded meekly.
Naruto stood up "Alright, let's continue" he said. As he was jogging off, he stopped and turned to Hinata. "That was a great save, Hinata" Naruto gave her a quick thumbs up before turning and running off and getting into position.
Sasuke could practically see Naruto's pride inflating with neon signs sticking out of his head that said 'I taught her everything she knew'
Hinata covered the lower part of her face, her heart slamming hard against her ribcage, she squeezed her eyes shut 'No, I mustn't faint. I mustn't faint' Hinata chanted in her head like a mantra. She heard the whistle, her attention was diverted back to the game, Naruto shot, too fast. Hinata missed, Shikamaru didn't help one bit. 1 goal for Naruto's team and 2 for Sasuke's. From there things started to get complicated, no one scored, the game dragged out and the girls were starting to run out of stamina though the guys were fine with running up and down the field, Tenten had the ball, she winced an eye as the sunlight shone down harshly upon them. Sakura panted then swallowed before continuing her heavy breathing. Tenten wiped the sweat off her forehead then she ran, attempting to go past Sakura. Sakura scowled, she took a step and just froze there as Tenten passed her with ease.
Tenten felt proud before she heard a thud on the grass, she spun around as everyone called out Sakura's name. She gasped when she saw Sakura laying on the grass, clutching her leg and with her face scrunched up in pain. The game was stopped immediately and everyone surrounded Sakura, she couldn't straighten her leg. Her muscles seemed to have cramped up completely. Sasuke looked like he was just barely able to keep his composure as he began pressing Sakura's pressure points, trying to loosen the muscle because he didn't trust anyone other than himself to touch Sakura without causing unnecessary pain.
However all the tricks he learned from years of experience with sports injuries didn't seem to be working. With each touch Sakura seemed more and more in pain, no matter how he looked at it, it wasn't getting any better. Sakura was breathing heavily as she squinted into the sky, biting her lower lips to prevent herself from making any sound. "You guys can go rest first, this is going to take a while" said Sasuke.
"We can't just leave Sakura he-" Ino was cut off by her best friend
"It's alright, it'll be troublesome if one of you gets a heatstroke" said Sakura.
"You sound like Shikamaru" pouted Ino, the girls laughed
"You sure you're gonna be okay?" asked Tenten.
Sakura nodded slightly "Sasuke's here, I'll be fine" she said before she began to regret it 'Did I sound too arrogant...?'
Sasuke couldn't help but blush a little at the trust she has for him. Ino gave Sakura that perverse look before trotting off, dragging everyone with her.
"A-Ah! But teme and Sakura-cha-"
WHAM
"Oh my, Naruto! We'd better get you inside!"
Sakura snickered. Sasuke just shook his head, he pressed the side of her knee and her whole body tensed "Ah, I'm sorry. Did that hurt?" he said.
Wincing Sakura said "A-A little..." Sasuke set her leg down, it's still not completely straight. He pushed her foot back then massaged the side of her knees. Sakura could feel the pain subside.
"I'm going to lift your leg" he said. "What?" said Sakura, she could barely move her leg, much less lift it.
"Wait wait-"
Sasuke lift her leg a little off the ground.
"OOOKAY! Okay! It doesn't hurt anymore! Put it down put it down!" begged Sakura, her one arm covering her eyes as the other one tapped the grass as if she were in a wrestling match. Sasuke lifted it a little higher
"Oh god no" Sakura bit her lip and clenched her fist, wincing an eye. Sasuke had to stop himself from bursting into laughter, he had already lifted her leg 90 degrees upwards.
"You're doing fine, Sakura." he assured her. Sakura peeked through a gap between her fingers and saw that Sasuke had made the pain go away. She could lift her legs normally, though it took quite some time.
"Thanks... Sasuke" she said.
"No problem" Sasuke said casually. He etched closer to her, Sakura blushed
"Wait, what are yo-" Sakura suddenly felt weightless. She squeaked and kept her hands close to her chest. Sasuke had just picked her up from the ground like a little princess. 'This would be so romantic if I wasn't panicking!'
Sasuke felt the heat creeping up to his face. He was beginning to regret his bold actions, but god, carrying her like this felt good. "You really don't have to..." Sakura said softly, she hoped he didn't hear her and let her down cause deep inside she wanted to stay in his arms for a little while longer.
"Its fine" he said but he didn't spare her a glance. Sakura felt a little disappointed. 'I guess he just wants to get this over with...' she played with her fingers till he set her down on the bleachers."Do you need something to drink?" he asked her.
"I'm fine"
Sasuke sat down next to her. "Your muscles will take some time to rejuvenate, so we'll need to wait awhile before you can walk again" said Sasuke. Sakura nodded slightly, turning a little red. This means I get to stay with him for a little while longer right? Sakura couldn't help but smile at the thought.
It was all silent at first; the clouds were covering up the sun. A cool breeze blew across the field as Sakura leaned back with her arms supporting her from behind. "You can go back inside first" said Sakura.
"It's fine" Sasuke answered, he leaned back. Sakura looked at him, sweating staining his shirt, muscles lean and his chest heaving up and down, Imagine what's under the shirt. Sakura choked then began coughing.
She felt hand pat her back gently. "What's wrong? Are you feeling ill?" Sasuke asked, his voice etched with concern.
Sakura gulped "N-Nothing" she blurted out.
Sasuke eyed her suspiciously before letting it go. Sakura swung her legs nervously, eyes continuously glancing over at Sasuke. Their eyes met, both of them stared at each other for what seemed like ages before Sasuke looked at Sakura's legs. "You can move your legs" said Sasuke. Sakura looked at her own legs swinging.
"Ah... yeah" said Sakura.
Sasuke stood "Shall we go inside then?" he asked, offering her a hand. Sakura smiled and took his hand
"Okay"
If it weren't for Naruto shouting it out they wouldn't have noticed that they were still holding hands even as they were inside the mansion.
"Ah! Teme and Sakura-chan are holding hands!"
Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other, pulling as far away from each other as possible without letting go of their hands. They looked down at their joint hands and quickly let go, both turning a little red.
Ino lunged at her best friend "Sakura! Let's get you upstairs for a shower" she said as she shoved Sakura on the back, causing her to stumble forward.
"Ah, but I'm not re-" Sakura was cut off when she looked back and saw Ino's face
"No, You' . . .Aren' ?" it was more like a command that a question. Sakura nodded slowly as it became apparent what her best friend was really aiming after
Sasuke stared after Sakura as she was pushed upstairs by her blonde friend, before Sakura stepped up the stairs she flashed him a smile. Sasuke smirked and shoved his hands in his pockets and turned around only to have Naruto stand right in his face.
"So how'd it go" the blonde asked almost expressionlessly as he stared at Sasuke's face.
Sasuke frowned and shoved his friend's face away "None of your business, loser" he muttered.
"I bet you touched her all over, didn't you Sasuke" said Naruto, making a perverted face.
"No I didn't, keeps those dirty thoughts to yourself, loser" said Sasuke, walking off to the rooms.
"What did you call me!?" snapped Naruto, chasing after him. "Where are you going!?"
"To the showers, don't follow me" said Sasuke.
"Who said I was following you!? I just happened to be going the same way as you" snapped Naruto.
…
Sakura was shoved down on the bed. "Spill. now" said Ino.
"Spill what" Sakura gave Ino an unwilling look before trying to stand up, Ino shoved her back down.
"You're not going anywhere till you tell me what happened between you and Sasuke!" demanded Ino, crossing her arms.
"D-Don't you think that's a little harsh? Ino-chan" said Hinata from behind her.
"I want to know every single detail, and that's final" said Ino.
"Give it up, Hinata. You know nothing gets past Ino" said Tenten, sitting on her bed.
"I thought I'm supposed to take a shower" whined Sakura, she looked at Ino from head to toe then looked around at Hinata and Tenten. "You guys are sweat-free and clean! I'm sticky, and sweaty..." said Sakura, gesturing at herself with disgust.
"You can take a shower, once you tell me everything" insisted Ino.
Sakura sighed "Nothing happened, really. He just helped un-cramp my muscles. Then he carried me to the benches then waited with me till I could move my legs again" Sakura told her in one whole breath then stood up before Ino held her by the shoulders and stared right into her eyes
"You checked him out, did you" said Ino, waggling her eyesbrows.
Sakura swallowed 'How did she know?' Ino patted her on the shoulders "It's a typical reaction when one's alone with the love of their life" said Ino, spinning around and walking towards the door.
Tenten chuckled "Then are you admitting that you mentally undress Shikamaru with your eyes?" said Tenten. Ino paused before she touched the door knob.
"I-I-I don't check him out!" shouted Ino, her hands clenched into fist and her ears turning red. Sakura, Hinata and Tenten gave each other sly looks.
"Check who out?"
Ino silently cursed under her breath at his impeccable timing, Shikamaru stood at the opened door, still holding on to the knob as he looked at Ino.
"What... are you doing here?" said Ino, twitching.
"You left your... female undergarments on the bed. I don't want to touch it and I can't take a nap" Shikamaru frowned, his voice getting softer as he spoke, eyes rolling away from Ino awkwardly.
Ino turned bright red, Tenten slapped a hand across her mouth and began making weird choking noises. Hinata herself felt embarassed for Ino as her face turned red as well.
"I-Idiot!" she yelled at him, he winced and expected a punch on his head like what she always. But instead she just ripped the door knob from his hand and pushed past him "I was gonna pick them up!" she said in a pout, her back facing him as she continued down the corridor to their room.
Well that was weird. Usually they'd be arguing by now.
"Weird huh? You made it out of that situation unharmed" said Tenten, making a smug face as she hugged the pillow.
"What are you talking about" said Shikamaru, straightening and prepared to turn away and walk off.
"T-Try not to ruin it" Hinata said out of the blue. Shikamaru paused and closed the door behind him.
Even a genius like him couldn't fully understand girls. He sighed "Troublesome" and walked down the hallway.
Sakura stood up "Well, I'm gonna go take a shower" Hinata an Tenten looked at each other then smiled as soon as they heard the bathroom door close.
Tenten said "Shall we have some fun then?" Hinata nodded.
"Sakura~ We're going out for a bit" Tenten called.
"Alright, lock the door when you go out" Sakura answered. They stood and walked out the room then skipped down the hallway in the opposite direction as Shikamaru and Ino.
They were headed for the boys room.
From 5 doors down the hallway, they could hear Naruto pestering Sasuke about what he did with Sakura. Hinata and Tenten looked at each other, then giggled. They didn't even knock as they entered their room. Both males turned to look at them. Naruto was standing next to Sasuke's bed at the Uchiha just laid there, eyes closed and hair still wet from his shower. "Hinata! Hi!" Naruto's attention immediately turned to the shy little Hyuga.
"Do you girls need something?" asked Naruto, curious.
"Yes, Sasuke. Sakura wants to see you" said Tenten, biting her lip to keep herself from laughing. Sasuke's eyes immediately shot open at the name 'Sakura' He sat up.
"Now?" he feinting disinterest and laziness but on the inside his heart is racing, his palms felt sweaty even though he just took a shower.
"Yes now, you can let yourself in if she doesn't answer" said Tenten. Sasuke sighed
"Fine" as he stood up and headed for the girl's room. After Tenten and Hinata heard the door click shut. They burst out in giggles. Naruto gave them a strange look.
"Am I... missing the joke?" he said, an eyebrow raised.
"Get this, Sakura's actually in the showers. By the time Sasuke reaches the room, she should be done" said Tenten.
"What?!" said Naruto, jaw dropped and his eye twitched "Teme's going to freak when he finds a naked Sakura in that room"
"Totally, I wish I could take a picture of his expression though" said Tenten, she paused and straightened.
"Where's Neji" just noticing that her boyfriend was missing from the picture.
"He's in the showers" answered Naruto, jabbing a thumb in the direction of the showers. The door opened and a pale foot stepped out followed by a half-naked Neji, towel wrapped around his hips and water dripping from his long wet hair and a towel over his head.
"Yo, Neji. You almost take as long as a girl" said Naruto.
"What are you doing here, Tenten?" asked Neji, completely disregarding Naruto's comment.
"Well, What are you doing here, half-naked no less" said Tenten, putting hands on her hips. Showing no signs of shame, unlike Hinata who was covered her own eyes and face with her hands.
"This is... my room" said Neji, looking around awkwardly.
Tenten paused "Right, we'll be going then. Meet us down at the AV room. Ino wants to watch horror movie." said Tenten, giving a last dismissive wave before dragging Hinata out the door.
Naruto gulped "H-Horror movie?" the blonde stammered.
"What's wrong, Naruto. Lost your balls?" mocked Neji in a flat tone as he dried his hair under the towel. "I-I didn't s-say that!"
"You're stammering just like Hinata now, you two make a great couple." said Neji. pulled the T-shirt over his head. "I'm not s-stammering! And you really think so?" said Naruto. Neji didn't answer that question.
Meanwhile...
Sasuke stood outside the door. He knocked on the door twice and waited.
Sakura was already done, she wrapped her body with her special towel that had imprints of strawberries on it then pulled another towel to dry her hair with. She paused when she heard a knock. That must be Ino, Tenten must've locked the door like she told her to. She shrugged and stepped out of the bathroom to open the door.
"Sakura? You in there? I'm enterin-"
Sakura recognized that voice all too well. She couldn't move, they stared at each other for what seemed like ages. "S-Sasuke...?!" Sakura was first to speak.
Sasuke nearly drooled himself, nearly. But the Uchiha managed to get a grip of himself "M-My bad" he coughed out before he stepped out of the door, and shut the door behind him, trying to calm his raging hormones.
It was no use, the image of Sakura kept flashing in his mind. The only thing obstructing his view from her naked body was that thin... piece of... cloth.
Sasuke felt every cell in his body go wild. Hands clenched in a fist, stopping himself from jumping back in there and completely violating the rosette. But did she do this on purpose? Did she find out that he was hopelessly in love with him? Sasuke began to panic but he halted his thoughts. His eyes darkened. Tenten.
Just when he was about to and find Tenten. He heard the soft voice of Haruno Sakura. Like a magnet, her voice drew him back. "Sasuke? Do you need something? I'm doing fine now, if that's what you want to know" Sasuke could hear, she was speaking to him directly through the wooden door
"That's great" Sasuke tried his best not to sound nervous.
"Do you want to come in? Don't worry I'm dress now." said Sakura.
"No, it's fine. I'll see you later then" answered Sasuke. He wasn't sure if his body would be able to handle facing Sakura after nearly seeing her naked. Especially when her voice sounded so.
He walked off with his hands in his pockets, completely forgetting Tenten's death wish and the reason why he went to her room in the first place.
Sakura bit her lip, her heart was still pounding in her eyes. Sasuke saw her. How embarassing. The door opened, her head snapped in the direction of the door "Sa-" she cut herself off when she noticed that it was Ino, not Sasuke.
"If you're looking for Sasuke then he just walked past me. I told him to go the AV room. My servants has already laid out a big mattress in front of the tv " said Ino.
"Why do that?" as Sakura.
"It's better if we all can cuddle together when we watch a movie, right?" said Ino.
"Wait, I thought we're watching a movie with the guys" said Sakura, confused.
We are"
Sakura froze and did the math "W-Wait does that mean we'll be cuddling, with the guys?" said Sakura.
"Mhmm"
"We can't do that! T-They're..." Sakura paused and thought about the word before saying it "men"
Ino laughed "There's nothing to worry about if we're all cuddling together"
Sakura opened her mouth to protest but the blonde raise a finger at her "And, you used to squeeze next to Sasuke during nap time, don't you remember?" said Ino.
"Ino, we were six. SIX. and how do you even remember that, we were in kindergarten, it was ages ago!"
Ino rolled her eyes "Well we can't just split the mattress, I specially ordered this big one for this trip" said Ino, pouting and eyes shimmering.
Sakura sighed "Fine, but the others aren't going to like it" said Sakura, walking over to the plugging in hairdryer.
...
"You want us to what?" snapped Sasuke.
"We're all going to be sharing one bed. What's the big deal" said Ino.
Sasuke took a step at Ino, his height towering over her "The big deal is that there are four males here, and you four are females." said Sasuke.
"I don't see a big deal in that" said Ino.
Sasuke twitched. "Alright fine, but if one of you wakes up bleeding. Don't say I didn't warn you" said Sasuke, turning and walking off to where the guys were crowding around to choose a horror movie, they figured the guys should be the one to choose the horror movie cause everyone else besides Tenten were afraid of ghosts.
There was a pregnant pause before Ino understood what Sasuke meant. "YOU DAMN PERVERT!"
"Whooa~ The mattress is huuge! With a double U!" exclaimed Tenten immediately dove in, the mattress was great, soft enough to snuggle in and not soft till it became lumpy.
"Hinata! Come lie down too! It's real soft!" urged Tenten.
"I-It's fine, I like to stand" the shy Hyuga answered.
Tenten narrowed her eyes at Hinata, earning a squeak from the girl, the brunette grabbed her friend's hand and pulled her down to the mattress.
Hinata shut her eyes as she crashed onto the mattress. It really is soft. She thought. "What's happening, a cat fight?" laughed the energetic voice of Konoha High's No. 1 knucklehead.
Hinata's face immediately burned up, "N-Naruto-kun...!" she squeaked, then rolled over so her face is hidden in the mattress.
"Aren't you supposed to be choosing a DVD, Naruto" said Tenten, her hands over her head as she laid down.
Naruto swallowed. "W-Well, Horror's not really in..." he paused "My area of expertise" he finished, eyes looking around, failing to act casual. Tenten nearly forgot, Naruto was terrified of ghosts, ever since they were in Grade school, when he stole a DVD from Itachi's room, claiming that he can watch horror movies like a high school student too. The next day he was absent from school and when they all went to visit him, they couldn't find him in his room, instead they found him hiding under the couch, curled up into a ball. Sasuke had to drag him out while he was still shouting and screaming. It was priceless.
Tenten decided to have a little fun with the blonde, her eyes widened, face looking grim and her body trembling. Naruto looked at her questionably, she could see worry start to show in his face. "What's wrong" he asked Tenten. The brunette held up a trembling finger at Naruto, except it wasn't pointing at him, she was pointing past his head. "Tenten, don't scare me like that" said Naruto, trying to laugh it off.
"N-Naruto... WHATS THAT BEHIND YOUR BACK!" Tenten scream.
Naruto looked back for a split second then screamed like a girl before diving into the mattress, covering himself with the multicolored blankets and trembling in fear. Tenten laughed so hard, drops of tears clung at the side of her eyes.
Naruto peeked a look from under the blanket. "Oh, it was just you, Neji. Why does your face have to be so scary- AND TENTEN! THAT'S LOW OF YOU!" panted Naruto.
Heavy footsteps could be heard, Sakura appeared at the door, eyes panicked as she scanned the room.
"Tenten! What's wrong!" she asked.
Tenten started to breath, finally. "Nothing's wrong, why do you ask" said Tenten, breathlessly.
"I heard you scream from the dining room" said Sakura, an eyebrow raised.
Tenten burst out into another fit of laughter once again. "What's so funny"
"It wasn't Tenten that screamed. It was Naruto" answered Sasuke, entering the room and casting his best friend a knowing look.
"Quit laughing!" Naruto shouted at Tenten, with his mouth in an obvious frown and nose slightly scrunched up.
Sakura let out a sigh and walk towards the boys "So, have you guys picked a disc yet?" she asked them. Shikamaru was sitting on the table of disc, looking at the DVDs one by one.
"Nope, Sasuke picked 'Hollow Night' but Neji said that it was too scary and Hinata might not like it" said Shikamaru, tossing aside the 'Hollow Night' disc.
"Isn't it supposed to be scary" said Sakura.
"That's what I told him" said Sasuke, going through 3 discs at a time.
"Then we'll take a vote then, pick 3 DVDs that you all agree at the top 3 scariest and we'll vote" said Sakura.
"If it's the 3 scariest then we already have it" said Sasuke, he shuffled the pile of discs and pulled out a disc, before reaching out to take the disc Shikamaru was reading.
He placed the three disc, including Hollow Night on the table. Sakura looked at his choice. 'Hollow Night' 'Road Kill' 'What's My Name?' She swallowed at his choices, she never really liked the horror genre in the first place but she didn't want to spoil everyone's fun.
Shikamaru looked down at the Uchiha's choices "What's My Name isn't a very good movie" he took it and flung it at the pile of DVDs and replaced it with another movie called 'Don't Look'
"That sucks, put 'What's My Name' back" Sasuke said immediately. Shikamaru gave him a 'No fucking way' face. Sasuke narrowed his eyes threateningly at Shikamaru before he decided to let this one slip.
"Alright, I'll go tell Ino" she said, walking out of the AV room.
Moments later, Ino came in with a trail of maids, holding trays of snacks behind her.
"What's with the food" said Tenten, hands behind her on the bed, holding herself up.
"Can't have a movie without snacks " said Ino.
"Whoa, I don't want to turn obese in one night" said Tenten.
"It's just this one night" said Ino.
"Aren't you always the one complaining about the fattening food?" said Sakura.
Ino put on a beaming smile "Which is why only fat free junk food. Sun baked chips, low sugar snacks and loads more" said Ino.
"Next time, let me choose the sleepover junk food" said Sakura.
"What's wrong with what I choose!" huffed Ino. "Ino you bought seaweed flavored chips— they're green" Sakura answered. Ino pouted.
"So which movie are we watching" Tenten cut in. "We're going to take a vote" said Sakura. "Okay, so what are the choices" Tenten asked. Sasuke held up the 3 discs.
"Nice, I vote Road Kill" the brunette chose.
"I think Hollow Night's better" said Sakura.
"Same" Sasuke backed up.
"Don't Look's a good movie" said Neji. Shikamaru shot Sasuke a quick I-Told-You-So look. The Uchiha just rolled his eyes.
"I vote for Don't Look" said Ino.
"Road Kill!" shouted Naruto, the brunette and blond gave each other a Hi-5.
"Alright, now we have 2 votes for Road Kill, 2 votes for Hollow Night and 3 votes for Don't Look. Who hasn't voted" said Sakura.
Everyone immediately looked at the Hyuga Heiress.
"Hinata"
"E-Erm... I think Don't Look... would be nice" she said as she fiddled with her fingers. "Okay, it's decided. Don't Look it is" said Sakura, she took the disc from Sasuke and just when she was about to put it in the player Ino stopped her
"What are you doing?!"
Sakura gave her a weird look "I'm... going to play the disc?" she said, still holding on to the disc.
"No! it's not midnight! Horror movies must be watched at midnight!" scolded Ino, everyone glanced at the clock.
"It's only 9 o clock..." muttered Tenten.
"Then what do you propose we do for the next 3 hours!" snapped Sakura. Ino returned her demand with a wide grin and a box shoved into the rosette's face. Sakura took it unwillingly.
"What's this" she asked her blonde friend.
"Open it and see" Ino said. Sakura narrowed her eyes at her best friend before opening the box and found-
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"Weeee~" exclaimed Ino as she spun the wheel.
Sakura twitched "How did we end up playing truth or dare all over again" said Sakura.
"Because we didn't get to play a proper game" chirped Ino, smiling innocently. Sakura gave her the 'unsatisfied' look before saying
"Oi pig, the arrow stopped at you" said Sakura.
Ino turned to stone "No way" Everyone laughed at the poor girl's expression.
Maybe this isn't so bad.
There should be another update coming your way. For those of you who read my "A New Adventure With An Old Team" fic, the fic is gonna end soon with an upcoming sequel fic! Is it called a sequel if it's already a sequel for a prequel, now I'm just confusing myself. Anyways look out for it! I'm not dead, tell the world!