Warning: Chapter includes cussing due to Hidan, underage drinking, reference to sex, and a cliche plot line. Sorry bout that...
Chapter Ten
"I so told you! I so fucking told you so! It was the dress! It was the fucking dress. I win! I so win!"
Deidara hopped off the bed and ran to embrace me. Sasori rolled his eyes as she pushed off of him and leaned over to Zetsu to mutter into his ear,
"I think she has been hanging around Hidan for too long."
I stifled a giggle as Deidara threw her arms around me and stood rigidly in her embrace. Hidan guffawed, leaning onto Kakuzu, who had a disdainful look on his face, and slapped Pein on the back.
"I am so fucking proud of our bitch." He chortled, pointing at the blonde who was busy swinging me around in circles.
The pierced man glared at the silver-haired, foul mouthed pianist and gently pushed a wary Konan off of his lap. She nervously fingered her Labret and placed a soft hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. He shrugged her off and I swore I heard a feral growl coming from his throat.
"Don't… Touch… Me." He hissed, hands clenching into fists.
Deidara's grip on me tightened and she pulled me into the corner of the room.
"Pein hates to be touched. It took two years of dating Konan before they were even able to hug. I think it has something to do with his past." She whispered into my ear, fear making her voice quiver.
"Okay, man. I'm sorry. I forgot, okay?" Hidan backed away, hands raised in a "I surrender" gesture. Pein continued advancing upon Hidan and the silver haired boy steeled his look and widened his stance to prepare for the inevitable fight.
Luckily, before all hell broke loose and they ruined my half of the room, there was a light knock on the door. I bolted from Deidara's arms to open the door, which revealed Gaara and Kankuro, the former in a large t-shirt and pajama pants and the latter in a black night suit, with… cat ears. From the corner of my eye, I saw Konan take Pein by the hand and gently sit him down, stroking his hair. Temari jumped and tackled the two boys in the doorway, catching me in the embrace. I found myself awkwardly sandwiched between the red-haired singer and the cat-eared drummer. I pushed my way out from the two of them and brushed myself off, straightening my dress, which I had just realized I was still wearing. I stuck my head in my closet and threw a couple things out, before I found the pajamas I was looking for. I walked into the bathroom, calling over my shoulder that I was going to change clothes.
"That's fucking sexy."
I snickered at Hidan's obnoxious voice and shut the door behind me. I saw a flash of pink and yellow and groaned.
"Why are you here?" I asked warily, to the direction of Sakura, who was running a comb through Ino's hair.
She glared at me, "Ino and I are having a sleepover."
Great.
Ino, sensing the tension in the room, gently pushed Sakura out of the bathroom and into her dorm. I glared at her pink hair until it disappeared and the door closed. Sighing, I pulled the graphic image of Heart over my head and the shorts over my butt. Walking into my dorm, I found that the group had arranged themselves into a circle, with a bottle in the middle.
"What-?"
Temari gave a weak laugh and patted the space in between her and Gaara, who looked bored. I sat down in the designated space, crossing my legs, and leaned my head against Gaara's shoulder.
"We're playing Truth or Dare: Spin the Bottle Style." Temari said, shoving my shoulder.
I nodded and gestured for them to start.
Kisame spun first, letting the bottle spin for about a minute before landing on Itachi.
"Truth or dare?"
Itachi thought for a minute before choosing the latter.
"Yes!" Kisame exclaimed, fist pumping and doing a little dance in the face of a bored-looking Itachi. "I dare you to find Sasuke, give him a big hug, and tell him that he is the best little brother ever."
The older Uchiha nodded and headed towards the door, only to be stopped by Deidara.
"No way are you going alone. I have to see this."
Kisame nodded in agreement and the two jumped up to follow him. Itachi rolled his eyes and pushed the door open, with his two groupies following after. I could swear that I heard Sasori sigh.
Within minutes, the three were back, Itachi with a slightly red face. Deidara was laughing very hard, borderline snorting, and had to lean against Kisame to even stand straight. Immediately, Sasori was by her side, pulling her from Kisame and onto himself.
"How was it?" Konan asked.
Not replying, Itachi sat down and spun the bottle.
"Gaara. Truth or dare."
"True."
"Are you a virgin?"
"No."
All of this happened within the span of one second, and before I knew it, the bottle was spinning again- slowing down- stopping. On me.
Gaara raised an eyebrow at me in a questioning way. Truth or dare?
My own eyebrows knitted together as I thought to myself: truth or dare? Which was the lesser of two evils? It wasn't until Temari quietly cleared her throat, a full minute later, that I blurted out- mouth defiantly not corresponding with brain,
"Dare- wait!"
But it was too late. Right as the word left my traitorous mouth, Gaara had pulled me to my feet and before I even uttered the word "what," he had already pushed me in front of the bathroom door.
"Go make up with Sakura." He said, gesturing for me to move into the restroom.
"What?" My eyes narrowed dangerously as I attempted to glare down Gaara.
The red head steeled his gaze as he returned my glare and gave me a light shove to the room, "I dare you."
"No."
I could see Temari shift uncomfortably in her spot and Deidara shrink into Sasori as Gaara and I's glaring contest continued.
"I mean," I continued, "Why should I? She-"
I was cut off by his hand over my mouth.
"I don't care what the fight was about and I honestly don't care whose fault it was or whatever. All I know and do care about is that this fight is bothering you, and by result, my sister, and stressing the two of you out. This petty fight is starting to negatively affect you and Temari and you and Sakura need to make up already and get over it."
"Wow. I don't think I've ever heard Gaara say that much in a single run." I heard Kankuro whisper to Temari.
I opened my mouth to protest against Gaara's argument, but found that I had nothing in rebuttal. After I thought about it for a minute, I realized that the red head actually had a point. I was being petty in being jealous of Sakura and, if it was really affecting Temari that much, I might as well suck up my pride and apologize. I sighed in defeat and nodded at the boy, whose eyes softened. I walked into the bathroom and took a deep breath before rapping my knuckles against the wooden door. It took a couple seconds for it to open, and when it finally did, there was Sakura who had her hand on the knob. Her eyes narrowed and her lips pulled into a feral snarl when she saw me.
"What?" she hissed, already tensing up, ready to slam the door in my face.
"I-I'm sorry." I muttered, looking down , speaking more to my own feet than to the girl standing in front of me.
"Wait. What?" She asked, her tone a little softer, a little curious.
"I'm sorry." I lifted my head to look the girl in the eye, "I was- I was a bitch. I guess I was just really jealous of the fact that you were getting everything that I wanted- everything. Boys, teachers, I mean everything. I'm sorry. I was a bitch. Can we just stop this drama and be friends again? Please?"
Sakura stood silent for a while, eyes wide with confusion. It literally took her an entire minute to recover.
"I'm sorry too. I know you liked Lee. And that you wanted Tsunade. I know she kind of ignored your band for the festival. And I guess I was pretty bitchy, myself." She laughed and I let out a small smile.
"So, friends again?" I held out my hand for her to shake, a little awkwardly.
She took my hand and used it to pull me into a hug. "Of course, silly!"
After we hugged, the two of us stood for a minute before Ino walked in.
"Okay, there is no screaming and no blood is seeping into my room, so I am gonna assume it's safe to come in."
The two of us laughed and Ino looked on confusedly.
"It's cool, pig. The two of us are cool."
Ino smiled and nodded, "Good. Because it was getting tiring listening to Forehead rant about you all day."
I laughed and punched Sakura in the arm.
"Hey, do you guys want to hang with us? We're playing Truth or Dare."
Sakura nodded and grabbed Ino's hand pulling her into my dorm.
"Truth or Dare isn't fun unless you're drunk." she muttered as she walked in.
Hidan jumped up to give Ino a high five, "Fuck yeah! Ay-men!"
The rest of us laughed a little, until I saw Kakuzu pull something out of his jacket.
"Kakuzu. What is that?"
"It's vodka. Yo, Dei! You bring the shot glasses?"
Deidara nodded and gestured for Sasori to follow her into her own dorm.
"Wait, wait, wait. No. We're underage. We shouldn't be drinking." Sakura chastised, ever the goody-two-shoes, as I nodded in agreement.
Everyone in the room rolled their eyes at the two of us, Hidan standing up to throw an arm around each of us.
"Lemmie tell you something. You're gonna get shit-faced sometime in your life. Do it now. It's fucking fun. Be adventurous. 'Sides, not like any of the dumb-ass advisors will catch us."
I looked to Temari and Gaara for guidance and both of them nodded, Temari with a sly smirk on her face. Seeing this, I shrugged and took a glass from Deidara, who had returned from her dorm and was offering one to me. Sakura looked appalled, but with a nudge from Sasori, who was holding a glass to her, she reluctantly took it and sat in between Ino and Kankuro. Kakuzu passed the bottle full of clear liquid around the circle, and after a couple seconds, each glass was filled with the alcohol. Nervous, I glanced to Gaara, who had already downed his first glass, and he gave me a smirk, gently pushing my hand, which was holding the shot glass, towards my face. I took a deep breath and relaxed my arm, letting Gaara guide the vodka to my mouth.
The drink burned my throat as it went down. It felt like my lungs were on fire. I looked to Sakura to see her reaction, and it seemed that she was going through the same discomfort that I was. I saw her cough a little, hand clutching throat, and lean onto Ino, who was laughing at her.
The bottle was passed around again and, again, the glasses were full. Somewhere along the line, we began playing Truth or Dare again, and before long, we were all drunk. As it turned out, Hidan had the highest alcohol tolerance and when the rest of us were completely wasted, he only had a mild buzz.
Needless to say, truth or dare got a lot more fun. I watched as Kakuzu and Hidan make out, Pein pull a giggling Konan into Ino and Deidara's dorm, Kisame admit his feelings for Itachi, a dark blush on both of their faces, Zetsu throw his arm around Tobi and keep it there, and Sasori trap a very red Deidara under his arm and attempt to stick his tongue down her throat. It was hot.
I can blurrily remember Gaara laughing as he laid down on my lap and stroked my hair, which I had neglected to put back into buns after the concert. Speaking of the concert, in my drunken state, I had spilled all of the not-so-dirty details to my girlfriends- and to the rest of the Akatsuki. The girls had cooed and awwed while the guys tried to look disinterested.
"Fuckin' *hic* fuckin' pussy." Hidan had slurred, before promptly falling asleep.
By the end of the night, all of the boys had fallen asleep, Gaara still in my lap. Pein and Konan had exited Deidara and Ino's dorm, red faced, and had slipped to one of their dorms to "do the dirty." Sasori had his face buried in Deidara's still flat chest and, surprisingly, she did nothing about it. It didn't take long for us girls to start talking about our love- and, by definition, sex- lives.
"So, I'm gonna steal Itachi's Truth or Dare question, here, but is anyone a virgin?"
Everyone except for me and Sakura shook their heads. All three heads turned to the two of us and, although my face remained blank, Sakura's turned bright red.
"No." She whispered, not sounding drunk at all, "I'm not."
"So it's just Tenten?"
I glared at Deidara, but ruined the effect by giggling, "Yes, I am. But Sakura's not?"
The attention swung back to the pink-haired girl and she blushed even harder.
"Who?" was the unanimous question that rang through the room.
"Sasuke. Right before I came over here. That's what I went to Ino about."
Ino giggled and hiccupped. The rest of us surrounded the pinkette and begged for the story.
Getting a little excited by the attention, Sakura started the story, the alcohol showing through.
"It was right after the concert. We went to the practice room to make out for a bit and things got really heated."
"Who was on top?"
"He was."
"Wait- on the piano?"
"Yep."
"Hot."
Throughout the conversation, I realized that Temari was being very quiet. I turned to her and saw her holding a hand to her forehead.
"You okay?"
She nodded, giving me a faint smile, "Yeah. Just a little dizzy. Must be the alcohol."
I looked at her suspiciously, and right as I was about to dismiss it as the vodka, the blonde fell foreword, face planting on the ground.
"Temari!" I screamed, shocking the girls and waking almost all of the boys. Hidan stayed dead asleep on top of Kakuzu and the latter just rolled over and grunted.
Gaara jumped off of me and picked his sister up. Kankuro began rummaging through her trunk.
"What are you doing?" I asked the elder brother, confused.
"She must have something in here. She must be taking some sort of pill or something. She has never fainted before- aha! Here it is!" He pulled out a small orange bottle about half filled with small pills.
I snatched it from his hand and read the label, "Green Tea Pills. For weight loss. It warns against taking with alcohol."