Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the song She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
A/N: This is very short, just a warning. But it is making way for the NejiTen you all are waiting for. If you can't wait, I wrote a NejiTen oneshot called Road to Ninja Nejiten... Should help you get your fix, and if you want SasuSaku, I wrote a oneshot recently called A New Genjutsu. Enough talk already, enjoy...
Tenten's POV
"Well it looks like Hinata ditched us!" Temari moaned as she leaned heavily on my arm. "Again!"
After Naruto and Hinata left, us girls decided to get up and dance a bit near the stage. The three of us were up, Temari, Sakura, and me. Temari must have had some more to drink when I wasn't looking, because she was very touchy feely suddenly. "Oh weeeeell," she said twirling a strand of someone's dark brown hair. I pulled her hand away before whomever it was got mad and decided to take it out on us. Then I realized it was my hair, which was still let down from its usual buns. 'Oh, Tenten,' I thought with a mental slap.
"So, what's my song going to be? I already have Sakura's picked out. Not so sure about yours though, Tenten."
"I already sang, in case you forgot," I said to the tipsy blonde. She was swaying to the music though, ignoring me and getting many admirers, most were too smart to try anything funny. Temari had a reputation, and with a brother as the Kazekage, she was off limits. Still, I felt the need to watch her back from any morons.
Sai had gotten up as we were talking on the dancefloor from his seat beside Kankuro. He was walking over to the stage now. His face held nothing, but he had a napkin in his hand that once at the DJ, he handed over. It was apparent then that after Hinata's brave feat, Sai was inspired to try to perform as well. I'm pretty sure Kankuro had a hand in this one too.
Sai was currently curiously watching the monitor on the karaoke machine, with his head tilted and singing out the lyrics for Maroon 5's She will be Loved. He was accruing quite a fan base here is Suna too, from the performance.
It had to be Kankuro's doing, because when Sai got up on stage, before the music started, he said, "I was told it is proper to dedicate a song to a female in the crowd, so I dedicate this to Ugly." Then he smiled that infuriatingly fake grin. Sakura was appalled, and I tried to not laugh. I really did. But it was too ironic that the next words out of his mouth were, "Beauty Queen of only eighteen…"
Temari was swaying to the music as Sai sang, while I tried to keep her from knocking into the people around us. I was so busy baby-sitting Temari that I almost missed it when Sakura moved away to the far wall to watch her teammate sing.
"Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful…
"I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved"
Oddly enough, Sakura was stock still as we made our way towards her. She was so wrapped up, listening to Sai's song. When I asked her if she was okay, she waved me away, saying she was fine, and angled herself away from Temari and I, while still trying to watch the stage.
If I didn't know any better…
Everyone knew about Sakura's past obsession with Sasuke, but what few talked about was the replacement on Team seven and the medic. It wasn't anything really, at least it was never confirmed, but if you squinted just right, you could see… possibilities.
"Hey, Tema?" I nudged my Suna rival. "Check out Sakura."
Temari whipped her head around, and grabbed my arm to stay upright. After focusing on the pink haired medic, a large smile formed on her face. Before I could ask her what she was thinking, she was off. I wanted to say she looked devious, but that would be an understatement. Devious was really more a way to describe her normal smirk. This was on a whole other level.
Before I could grab her, she pounced. Sakura wasn't prepared for it, and when Temari threw an arm around her, they both nearly tumbled to the floor. Luckily, Sakura's strength kept them from being knocked over. I walked over to them and caught the end of a sentence.
"…tell me when this started," Temari said.
"It's nothing. Really," Sakura stated with her back to me.
Sakura had a hand over her mouth and, for a second, I thought she had been laughing at the idiot on stage, but no. It was worse. She was crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked, entering the conversation. Sakura jumped slightly upon hearing my voice.
"Nothing," she said turning to include me in the conversation. "Nothing at all." Then she looked over my shoulder towards Neji, but maybe it was Sasuke she was looking at. I couldn't tell from where I was. Sai continued to sing, and her eyes flicked up to the stage.
Sai was handsome, I'll give him that. But he was an asshole too. I had to give him some credit though for the song. If this was really intended for a girl, it would be kind of romantic. From what I know of Sai though, he was emotionless. Like really emotionless, not like Neji or Sasuke who suppressed their emotions, but someone who really didn't have any.
But… if that was right, then why when the song ended, did he stare right at Sakura paste on a fake smile and walk straight out of the bar?
A/N: Review and tell me what you think... SaiSaku or SasuSaku? I'm really not sure here... Thanks for reading. :)
