Look at me, giving you all timely updates and shit. Well here's part two of the party weekend. It's party time!
After some disorganized chaos the crowded kitchen was bustling as everyone was waking up and scrounging for food and coffee. Megumi and a few others were busying themselves with trying to fry up as much scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes they could manage as quickly as possible.
Naomi plopped down in a seat beside some of her friends and yawned as she waited for food. She mildly listened to something Sakura and Ino were talking to her about and glanced up when they stopped talking. Naruto and Hinata had both entered the kitchen together. She raised an eyebrow at them, both seemed to be in particularly high spirits for it being so early. They took their seats near her and she stared at them expectantly.
"Well?" Ino pressed, a grin splitting across her face as she watched them.
"Well what?" Naruto asked, feigning ignorance.
"How'd you two sleep?" Sakura grinned.
Hinata's face instantly turning scarlet and Naruto's sheepish grin confirmed it for Naomi and the others listening in. She grinned and winked at them both, choosing not to laugh and tease like some of the others. She did notice though that Neji had just entered the kitchen and to spare the two some unnecessary grief she quickly struck up a conversation with him to distract him from the commotion.
When the chaos of feeding and then cleaning up after twenty-five people was finally over, the rest of the day was spent finalizing any decorations and prepping for the party, as well as just hanging out. When it got later into the afternoon and early evening everyone started to get themselves ready and get into costumes and for some, make up. The amount of people and limited number of bathrooms did make it slightly problematic, but everyone was able to get ready without too many issues.
Naomi looked herself over in the mirror hanging on the back of the door to the room she was staying in. Dressed up as a steampunk version of Alice in Wonderland, she had black and white tights tucked into knee high black boots with buckles and straps running down them, her dress was dark gray with black strips going down it, with a white ruffle slip under it and a white ruffled collar. She had on a brown apron and a brown waist cinching belt. The dress had a brown bow in the back shaped into a steampunk style. There were also brown straps over her black gloves that went all the way up her arms. There were silver eyelets around the base of her dress, the base of her puff sleeves, and the edge of the apron. She had some more straps on her shoulders and over her ruffle collar, connecting to the belt. She opted out of the black wig for the costume as it made her head too itchy, but she went heavy on the black eyeshadow and eyeliner to complete the gothic make up she had done and straightened her hair. She also had a fake plastic knife as a prop with her.
"Looking good and pretty creepy." Ino commented as she stepped up next to her to look herself over.
She had decided to dress as the Suicide Squad version of Harley Quinn and even added pink and blue wash out dye to her pig tails (though they were much longer due to the length of her blonde hair), though she didn't draw on the tattoos that were all over Harley Quinn's legs she got the look down to a t and her long legs rocked the almost underwear esque shorts.
"Not as hot as you two." Naomi laughed as Sakura also came over dressed in an extremely sexy and skimpy nurse costume.
"Still look pretty good to me." Hinata commented as she joined them as well. Dressed as Lois Lane to match Naruto's superman she wore a gray pencil skirt, a white button up blouse, and a black vest. She had on black pumps and curled her hair so that it brushed out into waves around her. "I look like I'm going to a job interview." She added with a laugh.
"Still looking pretty darn attractive for being so conservative." Sakura smiled.
"Plus, it'll make sense when you're next to Naruto." Ino agreed. Naomi nodded and agreed with them. Then the four shuffled out of the room and made their way downstairs to join everyone and get the party rolling.
Naomi looked over at her friends as everyone gathered downstairs. Shikamaru was dressed as a mob boss with a pinstriped suit, his hair was down and sleeked back with a fedora placed at a tilt on his head, standing beside him Temari had donned a full flapper girl get up. Choji was wearing a ghostbusters costume and had an extremely well-made proton pack on his back. Sure enough, Naruto was dressed as Superman, cape, tights and all, ironically Sasuke donned an extremely detailed Batman costume. Sai was dressed up as the Joker to match Ino and even put green hair dye in his hair, being an artist, he went the extra length to draw on all of his tattoos. Kiba was dressed as a werewolf with an extremely detailed and creepy mask. Shino was the grim reaper, completely shrouded in his black robes and hood and he even had a fake scythe with him. Neji was dressed as a samurai, though not in armor, rather he wore a kimono and hakama and had a fake katana at his side. Lee was dressed in a traditional black ninja-yoroi beside him. Countering their traditional outfits and going back to the superhero theme, beside them both Tenten was dressed as Wonder Woman and even left her hair down and styled just like Diana's. Naomi felt the short skirt and corset like top really helped show off Tenten's extremely well-toned legs and arms. Kankuro and his girlfriend ChiChi were both dressed as pirates, ChiChi opting for a sexy version of a pirate. Naomi chuckled a little as Gaara was dressed as Dracula, cape and all, though she had to admit that he rocked the Victorian styled suit very well.
As for her sister and her friends, they also had some pretty good get ups as well. Megumi and Itachi were dressed as Morticia and Gomez Addams. Naomi wondered if Megumi was uncomfortable in such a tight dress or if the black wig bothered her like hers had, but she had to admit she looked really good. Hidan was dressed as a priest and Naomi raised an eyebrow at that but made no comment. Deidara was dressed as a wicked looking scarecrow, Nagato and Konan were dressed as Emily and Victor from the Corpse Bride and she thought Konan had done the make-up beautifully, lastly, she just chuckled at Kisame dressed in a shark costume. He even painted his face blue as it stuck out of the costume. It was silly but she liked it.
"Nice tights." Naomi laughed as Naruto walked up to her and Hinata and wrapped his arm around Hinata.
"Nice eyeliner, you might give Gaara a run for his money with the racoon eyes." Naruto laughed back pointing to Gaara as he came over.
"She pulls it off better than I do." He commented as he heard the joke.
"Nah I don't think so." Naomi laughed and then cracked a grin. "I see you're working that cape though." She laughed.
Gaara raised a nonexistent eyebrow and then crossed his arm across his face while gripping his cape. "I vant to suck your blood." He joked quickly before dropping the character.
Naruto made a crude joke in response and Naomi laughed as Gaara smacked him with his cape and Naruto retorted by smacking him back with his and accidently hitting Sasuke at the same time who raised an eyebrow and smacked them both with his cape.
"For future reference, no capes." Naomi laughed to Hinata.
"Ok, Edna Mode." She laughed back.
Soon guests started arriving, people they had invited from their schools and locals from around town that Megumi and the others had spread the word to while out shopping. The house was filling up fast. Music started blasting, drinks started going around, and people began mingling.
Naomi lost her negative mood in the thrill of it all. Though she had to admit, the endless supply of alcohol made that a lot easier. She had never really been drunk that many times before, only having the occasional drink when Megumi snuck some for her or her friends and a few drunk nights. She quickly found however, the more drinks she consumed the lighter she felt and the further away her problems seemed to be. So, determined to have fun, she indulged herself and let loose.
She played several rounds of beer pong first with herself and Gaara vs Naruto and Hinata, then another round with herself and Sasuke against Naruto and Kiba. She played several other drinking games as well with more of her friends including flip cup, quarters, and never have I ever where she learned quite a few interesting facts about some of the other players. She danced with many of her friends; she, Ino, and Sakura convinced a tipsy Hinata to join them on the dance floor and the four danced with each other (much to the delight of some watchful eyes). She was delighted that Gaara agreed to dance with her several times though suspected the drinks may have been loosening him up as well. She danced with any of her friends that asked. She did shots with Temari and tried to keep up, even agreed to do a keg stand when Kankuro pushed for it. She also found that she had a new love for jello shots.
Gaara warily watched Naomi stumble around as the night progressed. He did his best to stay by her side, though occasionally she broke away, pulled off by one of their friends, but drifting back to him shortly after. He was a bit surprised by her behavior and as a result slowed down his own drinking to be able to watch out for her. Though he had a good buzz going, he was nowhere on her level nor the level of many of their friends. He wanted a relatively clear head in case something happened. Naomi hadn't really struck him as a big party girl, and she had been so gloomy this weekend that her sudden carefree and party hardy attitude was shocking. He had tried to talk to her several times about what was bothering her but each time she shut it down and he was worried that now she was trying to distract her thoughts with as much alcohol she could manage to consume.
Naomi stumbled over to him, a new cup in hand, and grabbed onto his arm with her other hand for support. "O you want someee?" She slurred offering the cup.
"Sure." He replied and took it, not eager to drink more but eager to get her to drink less. He quickly downed the majority of the cup and handed it back to her, grimacing.
"Hey! I said some, not all of it." She exclaimed when she took the cup back, but then she broke into a fit of giggles before finishing off the glass.
"Think maybe you should slow down?" He suggested.
"Pshhhh, I'm not so badd." She replied, waving him off dismissively.
"Rightttt." Gaara rolled his eyes. Though he had to admit it was nice to see her so giggly and having so much fun, he was still worried.
"I'm not, I'm not like them for example." She insisted as they walked (or rather Gaara walked while assisting a stumbling Naomi) into the next room. Gaara looked to where she was pointing and raised a nonexistent eyebrow. Ino and Sai were heavily making out on one of the couches.
"Think they'll remember that in the morning?" He asked and Naomi laughed.
"Well if they forget, I don't think all of us will." She responded, seeing some of their other friends giving the couple some side eye glances.
They were quickly distracted from that however as a sudden commotion was heard. Gaara and Naomi turned their attention to the sound of the arguing. Earlier in the night some of Sasuke's out of town friends had shown up to the party and currently the red headed girl with glasses and Sakura were in each other's faces arguing. From what they could make out, it sounded like the other girl had tried to throw herself at Sasuke and Sakura was extremely upset. Sasuke for his part was doing his best to try to blend into the wall while one of the two boys that came with the girl laughed his head off and the other tried to calm the situation down.
"Should we help? Sakura's got a bad temper." Gaara asked Naomi and she shrugged.
"Kinda wanna see how this plays out." She responded with a sheepish grin.
Sakura shouted something at the girl that was hard to make out over the growing chatter of people starting to notice and the music. The girl shouted something in response and Sakura pounced on her. Though a fight between them broke out, it was short lived as people quickly separated the two girls. A tad worried for her friend, Naomi started making her way over to them to talk to Sakura. However, what happened next caused Naomi to stop and to howl with laughter and Gaara shake his head. Sakura shrugged off the people holding onto her, marched over to Sasuke and started kissing him. To everyone's further astonishment, he returned the kiss and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to him.
"Well that's one way to end it, I was expecting a longer cat fight." Naomi laughed as Sasuke's two friends began to drag away the redheaded girl as she seethed in anger. "Even all the way out here, still fangirls." She giggled.
"Just takes two drunk chicks arguing over him to get Sasuke to get with Sakura." Gaara commented.
With the scene broken up, everyone went back to what they were doing. Naruto, Hinata, and Lee wandered over to Gaara and Naomi, the group started talking about what happened and Naomi slipped away from them saying she was going to get another drink and be right back. Gaara watched her stumble away and resisted the urge to follow her as Naruto started talking to him directly.
Naomi came out of the kitchen with a new drink in hand and happily took a swig as she looked around. Everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves, now she understood why her sister liked these big house parties so much.
"Looks like you're having fun." She heard Neji state as he came up beside her.
"Yup!" She replied with a broad smile. "What about you?"
"Eh, parties like these aren't really my thing." He shrugged.
"Mr. Sophisticated Neji is too classy for the debauchery of the lowly house party." She teased and he raised an eyebrow.
"Those were a lot of big words you just struggled to slur out, but I got the gist." He replied with a chuckle. "How much have you drank?"
"Dunno, haven't been keeping track." She shrugged and stared at her drink, blinking a few times. "I'd say a lot though." She added, cracked a smile, and started chugging her drink.
"You should slow down." He replied watching her cautiously.
"Meh, you and Gaara are both such kill joys." She retorted as she finished her drink and rolled her eyes.
Naomi took a step forward to head back to where she had left the others and stumbled slightly. Neji quickly reached out and caught her.
"You're stumbling all over the place." He scolded.
"I'm fineeee." She snapped back and attempted to shrug his grip off but overexerted the motion and tripped backwards over her own feet.
Again, Neji caught her and steadied her on her feet. "Why don't we go get some fresh air?" He suggested, nodding to the nearby open door that led to the back deck.
Naomi nodded a bit reluctantly, still insisting she was fine. Neji helped lead her out onto the deck and she inhaled the crisp air. There were a few other party goers out on the deck, a group hung around chatting near a fire, several were in the hot tubs despite the chill, and people were scattered here and there just enjoying themselves and the night. Neji walked her over to the railing of the deck and she gripped onto it for support, he leaned against it beside her.
"The fresh air is nice." She muttered into her empty cup, pouting a bit.
"Don't worry you can go back into the party in a minute, just take in the air for a bit." He replied, picking up on her pout.
"I left Gaara with some of the others, he's probably all worried wondering where I wandered off to." She mused, setting the cup down beside her.
"I won't keep you from your precious Gaara for too long." Neji scowled before he could stop himself.
"Oh. I'm sorry Neji, I didn't mean it like that." She replied quickly.
Neji sighed and shook his head. "I'm not an idiot. I know I'm fighting for a lost cause here." He sighed, looking up at the sky. "I had hoped I could win you over, but I don't see that really happening anymore." He continued before looking back at her. "Still a guy can dream." He finished, cracking a weak smile.
Naomi shifted her gaze away and gently kicked at the railing. "I haven't been fair to you, avoiding the subject all together instead of being upfront." She admitted.
"Don't guilt yourself into thinking you've led me on or anything. I could see where your interest was really directed." He retorted shaking his head. "I knew my chances were slim to none and chose to keep trying anyway."
"I'm sorry, I just figured if I played dumb to your advances and didn't do anything then I could keep your friendships from getting complicated." She admitted.
"We're big boys, we can handle it." Neji responded with a shrug. "You're beautiful, smart, funny, and caring. He's lucky to have found a girl like you, even if you're not an official thing yet." He continued and stared at her while he spoke. "I wish I could've made you mine."
"I'm sorry…" She mumbled, shifting her gaze away.
Neji stared at her for a moment longer than sighed before speaking once more. "I'm sorry too, I know its improper of me, but I can't help it." He began and Naomi looked at him quizzically before her eyes widened in shock as he suddenly reached out to her, pulled her to him, and kissed her.
Naomi did not return the kiss and stood there in shock for just a moment before he pulled away from her. "I couldn't resist." He stated, smiling weakly. "He may have gotten the girl, but I at least got the first kiss." He continued, brushing his hand against her cheek. "Forgive me for taking advantage of the situation and your drunken state. I'll leave you be now, and I won't pursue you any further." He finished and left to head back inside to the party.
Once alone Naomi continued to stare out at nothing, frozen in shock. In her drunken stupor she was having a hard time processing what had happened. She gripped the railing of the deck and placed her head down against it, closing her eyes. She wanted the world to stop spinning for just a moment so she could think straight.
Gaara walked around the house trying to find where Naomi had gone. It was taking her far too long to get another drink. He suspected she had gotten distracted by someone else and he wanted to make sure she was doing ok with how drunk she was. As he finished checking the lower level and was returning to the main floor, he noticed Sasuke and Sakura slipping up the staircase to the second floor, hand in hand. He made a mental note to tell Naomi about that when he found her. Deciding to check outside and see if she was out on the deck, he made his way that direction. Stepping out onto the deck he quickly spotted her. She was slumped over the railing with her head resting against it.
"Naomi?" He watched her slowly pick her head up and turn to look at him. "You ok? What are you doing out here?" He asked when he reached her. She blinked slowly for a moment before she answered.
"Oh nothing, just enjoying the cold night air and being confused as all hell by Neji." She responded, waving her hand dismissively.
"Neji? What he do?" Gaara asked confused and irritated, glancing around to see if he was nearby, he wasn't.
"Brought me out here to get some fresh air and talk." She answered. "And be a dick." She added irritably.
"Care to elaborate?" Gaara frowned.
Naomi blinked at him rapidly before becoming highly animated and agitated. "SO, the asshat brings me out here to try to get me to sober up, then I mention that I want to get back to you and the party. He starts going on about how he wishes I was his, but he knows he's fighting a losing battle and is gonna back off." She began, talking rapidly. Gaara nodded, still confused about everything but pleased to hear that Neji accepted his defeat. "Then, then this is when he turns into a dick, ok. So, I'm trying to apologize cuz I don't feel the same, right? Then he goes and tells me he's sorry and I'm like, for what? Then boom out of nowhere he just pulls me into him and kisses me. The dick." She concluded, throwing her hands up in agitation.
Gaara scowled and felt his temper flare, hearing that he had kissed her. He wanted to track him down and do something about that. However, his attention was till focused on the highly agitated Naomi and it at least pleased him to see she did not enjoy the kiss.
"So, then he's all, I'm sorry for taking advantage of your drunk ass I just couldn't help myself." Naomi ranted and placed her hands on her hips. "You know, that was my first kiss, right? Never kissed nobody before. Asshat stole my first kiss." She huffed before focusing her gaze squarely on Gaara's face and he blinked in surprise as she stared so intently. "It was supposed to be with you." She concluded, staring at him.
"Huh?" Gaara stared at her bewildered, not sure if he understood her correctly or not.
"My first kiss, I was saving it." She elaborated as her anger left her "For you." She concluded, taking a step towards him.
Gaara's brain came to a screeching halt. The anger that he felt towards Neji vanished. The twisting uneasy gut feeling that had been constantly in his stomach since accepting his feelings for her erupted into a strange sensation of excitement. He was no longer sure if he was buzzing from the booze still or buzzing from the spark of happiness that erupted in him, or both.
Naomi took a step closer to him and wrapped her arms around him, pulling him closer to her and continuing to hold his gaze. "I'm calling a redo; I'm saying that one didn't count." She began, shifting her gaze to his lips. "I'm going to kiss you now." She concluded.
Gaara had only a split second to process what she had said before he found her lips being pressed against his. It was like the flood gates had opened and any restraints he had left were broken. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her tightly against him, kissing her back hungerly.
The two stayed locked in each other's arms for who knows how long, Gaara no longer had a concept of time. All he had was the desire to hold her and to keep kissing her. It was slopy and primal. A wild frenzy of hands, lips, and teeth fueled by passion and unrestrained thanks to the booze also coursing through their veins. He was vaguely aware that he had shifted them so that her back was against the railing and he against her. She had a hand in his hair, tugging on it, the other running nails up and down his back, one of her legs had raised up to wrap around him and one of his hands ran up and down her thigh and everywhere else it felt like traveling while the other stayed firmly against her back, holding her to him. When they broke away from each other's lips, their mouths were on each other's necks kissing and nipping before making their ways back to their lips again. Both greedily hungry for more.
When the two broke away from each other for air, Gaara rested his forehead against Naomi's and she smiled, brushing her hand against his cheek. With her other hand she lightly pushed him away from her and lowered her leg to the ground, steadying herself. Gaara blinked at her confused as to why she was pushing him away now.
She just winked at him and grabbed his hand before pulling him away from the railing and back towards the doors to the party. Gaara followed her without thought about anything, still reveling in the kisses they shared. Quickly however, he realized that she was not leading him back to the party, she was leading him to the stairs. Not about to protest, he silently followed her and held onto her hand. She was still a bit unsteady on her feet, but she seemed to be putting a great deal of focus and effort into walking confidently.
Naomi stopped in front of her bedroom door and let go of his hand. She quietly opened it and peeked inside. She turned back to him with a grin. "Nobody's come up to go to bed yet." She smiled and grabbed his hand again, pulling him into the room.
"Think maybe we should slow done?" Gaara spoke as she shut the door behind him and pushed him against it, he was already kicking himself for saying that, but he was concerned about how much alcohol was influencing her decision making.
"Sshhhhhssssss" Was all that Naomi responded before she pressed herself against him and began hungerly kissing him again.
Gaara quickly forgot about his reservations. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly to him. After a long kiss Gaara ran one of his hands into her hair and lightly tugged on her hair, pulling her head back and moving his lips down to her neck again. Hearing her moan softly fueled something inside of him. He began walking her backwards until the back of her knees hit the bed she had been using. She fell over backwards onto it and giggled as she pulled him down on top of her.
In between passionate kisses Gaara was vaguely aware of Naomi untying his cape and undoing the vest to his costume. They were shrugged off and thrown into some corner. As she attempted to undo his shirt buttons Gaara pulled away again. Still hovering over her, but sitting up slightly, he gently grabbed her hands and pulled them off of her shirt, he placed them on either side of her head, lowering himself back down over her. While pinning her he stared down at her.
"We've been in this position a few times before." He mused.
"Mmm, true, but I think our intentions were different those times." She replied, shifting around under him and rubbing her thigh between his.
Gaara groaned slightly from the sensation and leaned back in to kiss her. "We should probably stop." He muttered, pulling his lips away from hers just slightly.
"We probably should." She agreed, kissing him again.
Gaara pulled his head back just slightly so that he could look her directly in the eyes. "…Naomi… I love you…" Fueled both by the alcoholic buzz and the swirl of emotions, the words slipped out before he could stop himself.
Naomi stared at him with wide eyes for a second. "Gaara I-
Before she could finish her sentence her face paled and she gulped. "I'm gonna puke!" She concluded, flinging him off of her and rushing to the door.
Gaara sat on the bed bewildered as he watched her dart out of the room and to the bathroom down the hall. "That's…not how I pictured things going…" He muttered as he listened to her become violently ill in the other room.
Mood successfully ruined, Gaara waited a few more minutes until it was completely silent then went to check on her. Checking on her, he found her slumped on the floor head hanging into the toilet and semi-conscious. Clearly, she had reached her limit.
"Alright, time for bed, you." Gaara sighed as he bent down and helped her to her feet. She mumbled incoherently in response. He tried to get her to walk, but she could barely stand. He picked her up and carried her back into the room instead. He laid her on the bed and grabbed her pjs for her, offering them to her. Eyes half open and swaying side to side she took them. She feebly attempted to undress with very little success. Gaara quickly realized that she was crashing fast now and sighed as he helped her out of her costume and into a pair of pajama pants and t-shirt over bra.
As Gaara was tucking Naomi into bed, the bedroom door opened, and he looked up to see Sai carrying in an unconscious Ino.
"She passed out on the couch." He stated nodding to her. "Party's starting to wind down some." He added.
"Naomi's tapped out as well." Gaara nodded and Naomi attempted to say that she wasn't, but it came out as uncoherent babble.
Like Gaara, Sai found Ino's pajamas and attempted to remove her costume and get her into them. This was a tad bit harder for him as Ino was a limp ragdoll whereas Naomi was able to mildly assist Gaara in getting her changed. When he managed to get her dressed, he tucked her in and slipped into bed beside her after removing his jacket. He pulled her close to him and looked up at Gaara.
"I suspect Naruto is sharing his room with Hinata again." He reasoned and Gaara nodded.
"Probably." Gaara crawled into bed next to Naomi and looked at her, she had already fallen asleep.
"Well, good night then." Sai stated and fell silent.
Gaara watched Naomi sleep beside him. His initial joy and excitement over their passionate make out session was quickly shifting into anxiety. What if she did it because she was drunk and only because she was drunk? She had been acting crazy this weekend. What if she wakes up and regrets it? What if she wakes up and doesn't remember?
Gaara slipped into an uneasy sleep, worrying about what was to happen in the morning. They kissed, he confessed his love, she vomited her guts out and passed out before she could answer him…. What was going to happen now….
Awwee yeaaa things getting preetty steamy up in here. Gaara spilt the beans on his feelings and Naomi spilt the entire contents of her stomach... After a crazy night of partying, what will the dawn bring? Stay tuned!