Waking up to the sound of her alarm, Sakura checked the time which read eight fifteen. Today her first class started at nine.
She put on some skinny styled khaki pants, a white v-neck shirt, over that she put a black cardigan, and lastly a pair of flat black shoes.
She made herself a quick breakfast before grabbing her bag, keys, phone, and leaving the apartment.
The school day went on as usual. As did the rest of the week.
After her Friday class ended at one thirty, all she wanted to do was have the rest of her day to relax. However, that would have to wait until tomorrow because tonight Ino was coming over to doll her up to go clubbing. And that meant that she would have to organize her closet today or else her best friend would make a mess turning it upside down in order to find certain articles of clothes.
Which also meant that she should get her laundry clean now or she could potentially run into the problem of Ino looking through her dirty clothes in order to find the perfect bra for a dress. It's happened before and she doesn't doubt that it won't happen again. And she'd rather save herself the embarrassment of someone digging through dirty panties and socks to find "the perfect strapless bra" again.
It was around nine with Ino knocked on her front door. Opening the door for her, Sakura was not surprised to see Ino already dressed for a night of dancing and impressing. She looked amazing as always, she had on skinny styled black high waisted jeans, and a gold sequined crop-top, paired with gold glittering high heels. Her blonde hair was tied in a messy bun with her bangs covering her right eye, and her smokey eye makeup drew attention to her clear blue eyes.
Without any prompting Ino headed towards Sakura's bedroom, and started going through her closet.
"Did you shave?" came Ino's muffled voice from her closet.
"Yeah," answered Sakura.
"Good, because I was thinking you should wear this" said Ino as she came out of the closet holding a red mid thigh body-con skirt.
"Why do I have to be stuck wearing a skirt when you get to wear pants?" complained Sakura.
"Because you have a great set of toned legs that you don't show off enough!" retorted her friend.
Sakura pouted at her friend's choice.
"Well then I want to wear a long sleeved shirt. I would feel too cold since I'm already wearing a skirt" said Sakura.
"I think we can come to a compromise on that" answered Ino.
Soon she pulled out a black long sleeved off the shoulder crop-top.
Sakura deadpanned after seeing the shirt.
"What part of showing too much skin, and being cold don't you understand?" asked Sakura.
"Oh come on Sakura, the club is going to have a lot of people that it won't be cold at all. And there will be so many other girls wearing less than you, no one will think anything of it!" reasoned Ino.
Sakura huffed and then gave up.
"Alright!" she complied, "but I get a say on my makeup" she stated firmly.
"Ok, ok now hurry up and change" answered Ino quickly as she pushed the articles of clothes towards Sakura.
"Oh and don't forget these" called Ino as she gave Sakura a nude colored strapless bra and lace red panties.
As Sakura was getting changed Ino picked a pair of nude pumps for Sakura to wear and set it aside.
After she was finished dressing she went to her vanity where Ino was already setting up her makeup for the night. Looking at herself in the mirror she was slightly uncomfortable with the small slip of skin her midriff exposed by wearing the crop top with the skirt.
Ino saw that Sakura was scrutinizing herself in the outfit, so she gave her opinion to dispel any ludicrous thoughts that were going through her best friend's head.
"Sakura you look great, really. Don't be bothered about showing some skin, you have a killer body so you don't have any reason to be self conscious" comforted her friend.
Hearing Ino confess that she shouldn't be embarrassed had Sakura feeling more comfortable and confident.
Throughout the process of Ino doing her makeup they would get into short arguments about what was too much according to Sakura and what was too little in Ino's opinion. Because of that the makeup process took forever. But in the end both of them were pleased with the result of soft smokey eye look and not too bright red lips.
Next they went into her bathroom and did her long hair in loose waves.
After that was finished the clock read ten thirty, so they touched up their outfits and Sakura got her shoes on before they headed towards her front door. Making sure that they both had everything they locked up and headed out.
By the time they reached the club it was eleven fifteen and almost all their friends were already there. They were in a round booth against one of the walls. Sasuke and Naruto were already downing shots trying to outdo each other. Kiba was trying to convince Hinata to dance with him. Lee was on the dance floor by himself. And Shikamaru was talking to Choji who was eating.
Sitting down with the rest of the group, the two of them ordered their shots from a waitress before joining the conversation.
"Hey you guys finally made it!" yelled Naruto, who stopped taking shots to address his friends.
"It's about time" commented Shikamaru.
"Oh stop complaining and dance with me" said Ino before she drank a shot that was meant for Naruto and took Shikamaru's hand to lead him to the dance floor.
"There they go" quietly said Hinata.
"Hey Hinata" greeted Sakura, "have Tenten and Shino showed up yet?" she asked the group.
"Nah, but they did say they were going to be late" answered Kiba.
Sakura consumed her shot, and watched the mass of bodies dancing. She wasn't aware that Ino had come back to their booth, and soon she was being tugged up by her best friend.
"Come on! You need to dance and loosen up" stated Ino.
Relenting, Sakura got up and went to the dance floor with Ino. The music started to pick up and the two of them started to really get into the music. It wasn't long before Sakura was lost in the hot bodies of strangers, and hypnotized by the vibrating music and flashing lights that she hadn't noticed that Ino left to get another drink.
Still dancing to the beat of the music Sakura felt eyes on her so she turned around. To her surprise a very good looking man was staring at her intently. Sakura blushed and avoided eye contact with the man. She was not used to getting this kind of heated attention from men, turning around to tell Ino about the man, she finally noticed that she wasn't there. Still flustered and now annoyed at her friend for ditching her Sakura made her way off the dance floor and headed back to her group of friends, confident that she'd find Ino there.
Halfway to the large booth where all her friends were she ran into Ino carrying two drinks.
"Where are you going?" asked Ino who had just left the bar and was making her way back towards the dance floor.
"I thought you went back to the table" said Sakura.
"I was getting us drinks" answered Ino motioning to the two glasses in her hands.
At the gesture Sakura took one from her.
"Thanks" mumbled Sakura.
"You should have just stayed on the dance floor, I would have come back" she claimed.
"I know, I just..there was this guy…" started Sakura.
"Who?" asked Ino excitedly. And she made a show of quickly turning around and looking closely at the men who were in the direction that Sakura came from.
"Describe him!" demanded Ino now facing her friend.
Sighing and taking a sip of her drink Sakura started, "Well I didn't get a good look at him, but he was tall and had red hair and... I actually don't remember much other than that" she finished lamely.
"Why'd you run away from him if he was obviously interested?" asked Ino.
Huffing at her friend's behavior Sakura told Ino her issue with pursuing that man.
"There would be no reason to talk to him or follow his advances" spoke Sakura.
"And why's that?" questioned Ino.
"Cause I'm not looking for a relationship" she answered.
"Oh come on Sakura! I already told you that the best way to get over a relationship is to get back out there!...I thought you were over Neji by now" spoke the blonde.
"I am!" insisted Sakura.
"Then prove it! Just because you're not looking for a relationship doesn't mean you can't have fun" said Ino.
Having nothing to say after Ino's comment Sakura took another sip of her drink in order to avoid answering.
Sighing at her friends bashful behavior she decided to drop the topic.
"Did you want to dance some more or head back to the table?" asked Ino.
"I was going to sit down for a while" said Sakura starting to go back to her friends with Ino following.
Both women seamlessly integrated back into the conversation their friends were having, and soon they finished their drinks and ordered more. It was somewhere in between Sakura's third drink that she mentioned not being able to get too crazy because she has work the next day.
Her intention at stopping after her third drink didn't go as planned because soon the group started talking about relationships and the future, and that was something that Sakura didn't want to be sober around. Her discomfort was also intensified because Neji's cousin Hinata was right across from her, and she knew the reason behind their breakup.
The reasoning behind her breakup with Neji still stung. Without thinking about the aftermath Sakura ordered another drink. At first she didn't participate in the conversation and was leisurely taking sips of her beverage. However, after she had a few more drinks in her and the topic of parent's approval was brought up Sakura couldn't keep quiet.
"I don't think parents should have the final decision of who their child can or can't be with!" stated Sakura.
"I don't think they should either, but since a lot of us have more traditional families with reputations it happens more often than not" said Shikamaru.
"Yeah, I've had my mom make me break up with a girlfriend because she said she'd never live with a dog!" commented Kiba.
"That's absurd!" exclaimed Sakura.
"But is it really?" questioned Sasuke, "The Inuzuka are an old family that have the tradition of coexisting with dogs, family members are to have a dog companion for life. It makes sense that your mom would ask you to break up with your girlfriend, because she didn't want you wasting time with someone who would never be accepted into the family as your wife" finished Sasuke.
"Whatever! I'm just saying I would never marry anyone who couldn't say no to their parents!" stated Sakura.
She took another shot, and sat out of the rest of the conversation. The night went on and Sakura was drunk by the end of it.
It was early three by the time Sakura made it back to her apartment. Thankfully Shikamaru drove her and Ino home since both of them were under the effects of alcohol and were unable to drive.
After locking up her door, and taking off her shoes Sakura headed straight for her bedroom all the while taking off all her clothes but her underwear.
Falling down on her bed and sighing into her pillows Sakura pulled her bed sheets over her body and fell asleep.
