CHAPTER TWENTYNINE
- Emo Pandas? -
Thursday: the night before Friday; the night before this epic party that Ami and her friends were supposed to be throwing. Sasuke had ditched me to hang out with Sui and Juugo for the rest of the evening, and so Karin and I decided to invite Temari over, order some pizza, and rent some movies. The guys could do whatever the heck they wanted. We were going to have a better night than them anyways. Noobs.
Temari was currently staring emotionlessly at the TV screen as two blondes began to bitch at each other, her hand dipping into the popcorn bowl every now and then.
"She looks like a zombie," I whispered to Karin, who turned in Temari's general direction.
"Yeah," The redhead replied, "That's creepy."
We watched her for a while, Temari remained unaware.
"She's waiting for the opportunity to take our brains." I squeaked. Karin nodded, slowly, edging closer to me.
"…The heck are you two talking about?" Temari asked, eyes focussed on the movie.
Karin and I stiffened, and then my redheaded friend cheered, "SHE'S NOT A ZOMBIE, KARI!"
"Yay!"
"…Oh my god, you guys." Temari shook her head, breaking her focus from the TV to launch a pillow at the pair of us. She then returned to the popcorn – only, before she was able to take another munch, Karin shot the pillow back at her. Temari's hand shot up and blocked it at the last moment. She smirked, and then continued to munch.
"Temari, you're frickin' scary." I told my blonde best friend. She shrugged.
"And? You're going out with the emo kid."
"But-but-but, he's really pretty." I argued. Temari snorted, and then nodded.
"I tried talking to him when he showed up with Sui to fetch Juugo and it was like, 'Hey Sasuke!' …'Hn.'"
I laughed. How typical. "Yeah, well. That's just Sasuke. He's like a little awkward panda."
"…An awkward panda?"
"Yeah, an awkward panda."
"Why, of all awkward animals, a panda?"
"'Cause he's secretly super fluffy and nice to me." I said, grinning and shrugging. Karin chuckled.
"He also bites." She added. I slapped her arm lightly.
The hickey had gone down; all that was left was a teeny bruise that was barely even noticeable. Yay. However, every time Sasuke and I were left alone together, Sui and Karin would give each other knowing glances, raised eyebrows and suggestive winks. It was uncomfortable.
"He bites?" Temari raised an eyebrow.
"Sort of. Isn't that right, Kari?"
"Shudduppppp…"
"No, no, I think Temari should know."
"I think Temari should know, too." Temari added, her attention now completely removed from the movie and focussed on Karin who began with the story.
"So, Sui and I were chilling out, and then Kari says she's gonna go and check on Sasuke. After ten minutes, we got a little bored – thought we'd go and see what they were up to."
"You and Sui are creepers." I interjected. Karin smirked.
"And we heard them. Urgh, cringey, Kari, that's all I'm saying."
"What were you doing?" Temari questioned.
"What do you think we were doing?" I shot back.
"Ew, you weren't…"
"No, no, we were just kissing."
"Whatever!" Karin said from behind her drink, "They were making out, of course. I heard everything."
"Nice to know," Temari said quietly. I laughed.
"And, yeah. Then he gave he gave her a love bite. And Kari was all like, 'OH, SASUKE!'"
"Lies!"
"Heh, well. How did you find it?"
"It tickled." I admitted, hiding my face. Karin chuckled.
"Little inexperienced Kari," She cooed. I hid my faced and sunk as far into the couch as I could. Bullies.
"Leave me alone. I wanna be free! I wanna be in the wild." I moaned. The girls both laughed at me.
"Aw, you're so cute. Come here and let me hug your brains out." Karin said, squeezing me. I ignored her completely. 'Cause she bullies me.
"Bishes." I muttered as they glomped me.
Sasuke's POV.
The girls thought that they were being irresponsible males, but, in all honesty, they weren't. They were walking aimlessly around the little boutiques that glittered with their wares in the amber light from the street lamps. Sasuke had dragged them along to look for something specific; something important that he needed.
"Dude," Sui said suddenly, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder, "you're not going to find it."
"But I am," Sasuke insisted, "I have to."
"Why is it," Juugo asked, "that you're so fixated on a black stone?" He was referring to the silver chain that Sasuke had been searching for all evening, a necklace for Kari to complete her outfit. That was what he'd been thinking the whole time – her neck looked a little bare.
"Uh," Sasuke sighed, examining yet another glass window with the side of his hand pressing against the glass, "'Cause." He explained.
"Right…" Juugo and Suigetsu droned from behind them.
"Oh, there, Sasuke, is this the one?" Sui asked helpfully, pointing to the silver chain that Sasuke had seen on the internet a couple of nights before. From the sterling silver, he could see a tiny circle of cut onyx, hanging. That was the necklace he'd been looking for! Sasuke turned around and sent a grateful, lopsided grin to his best friend. He was in and out of the shop in seconds, the small box sliding into his pocket. Sui and Juugo looked at their shorter friend.
"Where to?" They asked eventually.
"We're either crashing the girl's sleepover, or we're staying out here all night." Sasuke concluded.
His comrades shifted in their sneakers and then looked up at their friend. They all smirked.
"Ah, I've always wanted to see what they get up to when we're not there," Sui commented. Sasuke gave him a sideways glance,
"It's a shame you'll never find out." He said.
"Yes I will, we're going to crash their sleepover now."
"…Yeah, but then we're going to be there, idiot."
"Oh!" Sui finally understood. "Damn."
"Hn." Sui could be so dense at times.
It wasn't even late and I was feeling shattered. The movies, the pillow fights, and the weird talks, the food… they'd completely drained me. Damn, I was losing my hype.
At least, I thought I was, until I saw three looming figures staring at us through the glass window-door thing.
I screamed, pulling Karin and Temari away from the door.
"Oh my god, rapists!" Karin cried. Temari stood up, bravely.
"You pair of goons." She drawled, walking over to the door and twisting the key in the lock, behind her, the door slid open, and the looming figures turned into Suigetsu, Juugo, and Sasuke. All looking extremely peeved towards Karin for being accused of being rapists.
"You just scared the actual shit out of me." I announced into the awkward silence.
"She scared me," Karin said, pointing to me, "When she screamed."
"I apologise deeply," I said to her humbly.
"That's quite fine, dear."
"Why are you back here?" Temari asked the three of them, "I thought you guys were going back to my place."
"No," Sasuke shook his head, "no…" He repeated.
"Why not?"
"No offence Temari," Sui cut in, "but Sasuke cannot associate with your brothers."
"And we thought he might shoot himself if he met your father." Juugo put in. Sasuke dropped down next to me, intent on ignoring everybody.
"Fair point," My blonde friend said, sitting down.
"Heh," Sui chuckled mildly, "you're a cool chick, Temari."
"I know." She smirked. I turned to the Uchiha. The sun from the last few days had been good to him, his skin had gone from ivory white to a light golden that not only looked a lot healthier.
"You okay?" I asked him quietly.
"Yeah," he paused, "are you?"
"Yes," I said, grinning, "what did you guys get up to?"
"Not much, we were just looking for something in town."
Suspicious, very suspicious, "And did you find it?" I asked him.
Sasuke nodded, "Come see." He said, rising to his feet and pulling me up by my wrist. He led me out of the room to a chorus of, 'Ooh!'
I rolled my eyes once we were inside the blue room and the door was shut, "Such a bunch of weirdoes." I muttered. Sasuke snorted.
"Agreed. Now, tell me something." He said, hand slipping into his pocket while his eyes bore into mine. He withdrew his hand and brought a small blue box between us. He opened it, grinning, and took out the most adorable little clasp-chain, holding it between his thumb and forefinger, a tiny black stone dangling from the centre of it. He brought it up so that it dangled in line with his glittering, black orbs. "Does this match my eyes?"
"Yeah, woah. Is that onyx?" I asked him, eyeing the gem, trying to compare it with his darkdarkdark eyes.
"It is onyx," He said, confirming my suspicions. "And it's for you." I stared at him, dumbstruck. He bought that for me? Sasuke brought it to my neck and slipped it around, deftly clasping it together. He frowned for a second, and his thumb brushed against the light bruise hovering above my pulse point. He then took his hands away.
The gem hung just beneath the dip where my collarbones met. I looked down and fingered it gently. My entire brain felt like jelly, my words completely bereft by the simple action. Sasuke smirked, apparently pleased with himself,
"You should wear it tomorrow." He said, then squeezed one of my hands, and walked out of the room. I slipped into the bathroom to get a better look at it. Aw! Sasuke was seriously too adorable. But he had to stop buying me things. He could be as loaded as the friggin' Lord of Konoha and I'd still feel guilty. But still, this necklace was really pretty, and Sasuke had apparently been thinking hard about it, so I supposed I could let him off this time.
Sasuke's POV.
When he slipped into the living room, he was still smirking. Sui noticed straight away and raised an eyebrow at him.
"…What?" Sasuke questioned.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing," Sasuke said, so shocked by the accusation that he had to step back and raise his hands.
"Then why do you look like the Cheshire cat on crack?" Temari questioned. Sasuke shrugged.
"Did you give her the…" Sui glanced at the other two girls. They weren't to know about the necklace until Sasuke had given it to his girlfriend. He nodded, flicking the switch on the kettle next to him. Sweet coffee.
"Give her what?" Karin questioned, a crimson eyebrow raised.
"Go see." Sui told them. The blonde and the redhead glanced at each other before sprinting down the hall. Sasuke watched them go and then shrugged. He followed them, coffee forgotten. He was just as curious to hear what Kari thought of the gift. He could hear them all now, admiring his epic find. Che.
"That is just so cute!" That was Karin.
"Sasuke actually bought that for you?" That was Temari.
"Yeah, see? I told you – emo panda." That was Kari… weirdo.
"Emo panda indeed," What the hell? Were they talking about a bear? What about his necklace?
"Girls," Temari's voice said, "just a heads-up, the emo panda is standing in the doorway."
"Huh?" Kari's footsteps shuddered on the wooden floor, and before Sasuke could even remove his ear from the door, it was thrown open and a tiny ball of energy flung itself into his taller form, "I LOVE YOU, SASUKE." It cried, dramatically.
"Cool." Sasuke mumbled. "Retract the arms, Kari."
"Sorry, I just, like, love this."
"That's good, I can't breathe."
"Right!" The brunette beamed, loosening her grip around his back and letting her hands drop to his hips. "Thank you."
Sasuke gave an almost embarrassed little smirk-smile… and then noticed the redhead and the blonde in the background, their hands clasped together and adoring looks in their eyes. Kari turned to look at them for a second and nearly jumped away from him when she recognized the looks on their faces.
"Creepy bitches." She muttered, taking her hands away from his sides and folding her arms. The youngest Uchiha shoved his hands into the pockets of his skinnies.
"I'm going to get some coffee." He said, turning and exiting the blue room. Juugo and Sui greeted him with a grunt each. They seemed very engaged in the chick flick playing on the television. Sasuke quickly poured himself a mug of (eewh) instant and dropped into the corner of one of the ancient, green sofas. He shut his eyes for a moment. It couldn't be too late, because the shops had only begun to close as he and the other two guys had left the town. Seven? Maybe eight?
His phone vibrated in his pocket, reminding him that he could still, quite easily, check the time. He pulled it out and examined the screen, it was nine. Psh. He was only one hour off. His inbox only held a message from his aunt telling him to take care in the sun. Seriously? Was he five?
"Urgh." He groaned. He was so tired. He'd spent most of the day on the beach with everybody in their epic game of beach volleyball, and about three hours in town searching for that piece of freakin' jewellery.
"'Sup?" Suigetsu asked him, his lips creating a popping sound on the 'p'.
Sasuke rolled his head to the side so that he could actually see the youngest Hozuki sibling.
"Nothing," He replied. Sui raised an eyebrow at him, Sasuke shrugged, "I just want to sleep."
"Suck it up, princess." Temari's voice said from the doorway. The Uchiha nearly fainted. How long had she been there?
"Be nice, Temari… Sasuke's only little." Sui teased. The Uchiha glared shortly, cutting him off.
"Haha," She chuckled, "sorry."
"Hn…" He grunted. Sasuke tried focussing on the TV, but was genuinely finding it difficult to concentrate, and not even the caffeine in the coffee cup was helping him. "God, I'm going to bed." He growled, and stood up, tipping the rest of the mugs content into the sink. He passed by Temari and slipped into his room.
But, of course, the other girls were still inside it. Fuck his life.
"Oh, you're back," Karin noted. Sasuke nodded once, "You okay?"
"Yeah."
"You look knackered."
"Yeah."
"Are you using one word sentences to get me to leave?" She asked. Sasuke gave her a single, deadpan look.
"Yes."
"Alright, na-night." She beamed, and skipped out of the room. Huh, that wasn't so difficult.
"Kari?" Sasuke called into the room.
Her voice replied from the bathroom, "Yush?"
"I'm going to bed."
There was some shuffling from behind the door, before Kari's head appeared, "Now?" She asked.
Sasuke nodded, whipping his shirt off and practically collapsing into the duvet, "Yes." He murmured. I love you, pillow.
"Okay," Kari's voice said from much closer. Sasuke frowned, but relaxed when he felt her tiny fingers brush his cheek and her lips press against his skin. "Goodnight."
"Mhm."
It was FRIDAY. And it was almost seven in the evening and Karin was in mine and Sasuke's shared bathroom and she was freaking out.
"FOR CRYING OUT LOUD," She shrieked, attacking her hair viciously with the hair brush, "IT WON'T GO STRAIGHT."
"…Does it ever go straight?" I heard Sui question from behind the par of us. I rolled my eyes at him, and picked up a bobby pin with a white bow attached and pressed it into her hair, easily flattening the hair that was making its bid for freedom.
"There!" I exclaimed. Karin hugged me.
"You, babe, just saved my ass."
"I know. You look great!" I told her.
"Thank you sweetie, so do you." She said. I chuckled. Sui and Sasuke were both sitting on the bed with bored expressions plastered to their faces.
"You both look good, now can we go, please?" Sui asked, a bored drawl coating his words.
"Yes." Karin and I replied, picking up our things and whirl-winding through the house. I was so excited! I don't know why. Maybe because I was going with Sasuke and we were… erm, official now. Or maybe it was because I was just so content with everything, and so far the week had been relaxed and slow, and we all just needed a place to throw our energy around. Whatever it was, it felt good.
The boys followed us, smirking. Sasuke in his light grey skinnies and blue-and-red-and-silver Nike high-tops, wearing a clean white shirt and looking f-i-n-e. Suigetsu in his light blue skinny jeans and favoured purple Linkin Park band shirt. His outfit was completed with the white Vans he'd slipped his feet into.
Karin and I looked them up and down and grinned.
Hell freakin' yeah.
Hello, mortals, it is I, Shannon.
How are you all? Have you been well?
I apologise for the length of this chapter, it was a total nano of a read, buuut… 1. My internet is only working for this afternoon, and then freakin' BT are going to do some retarded shiz with it, so I thought I'd better put this up and give you guys a little something to entertain yourselves with, and 2. This chapter was all about the necklace.
Expect full-out drama next chapter. I'm going for a night out with my girls.
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