Chapter 3: The Date-Part 1
(A/N: Many apologies for the delay! I'm so lazy and I'm always working on my other fics. XD Well, I thank you guys for reading this fic and for taking the time to read it. Also, thank you for the kind reviews! Go SASUNARU! ^o^ I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and I hope you guys are satisfied with it. Well, please leave a review! ^.^)
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Naruto thought hard as he wondered, what were dates? He wanted to make it horrifying for Sasuke and drive him completely miserable, but then again, he is at the process of trying to get Sasuke attracted to him. This whole date thing would be harder than he thought. He had two options. He can both destroy the date and make Sasuke have the worst day of his life and cause him to hate her forever. Or he can act girly and have Sasuke fall deeply in love with him and make him inseparable from her and blow him off at the end.
"Eh, second choice sounds better," Naruto pouted, as Sasuke looked at her strangely. It didn't seem as if Sasuke was attracted to her at all!
"I'm leaving," Sasuke took a step back, as Naruto grabbed on his arm.
"If you leave, I'll-I'll….." Naruto thought, what would girls say? If he was in Sasuke's place and Sakura was reaching out for him, what would he do? "I'll cry!"
Sasuke looked a teeny bit taken back, as Naruto flushed with anger. From all the different choices, he had to choose that excuse. He forgot for a blink second that Sasuke didn't like whiney crybaby girls.
Naruto had to think up of something clever and quick to prevent himself from looking like a wimp.
"I'll cry out your secret!" Naruto cried out.
Sasuke raised his eyebrow, as he looked her. What secret could this stupid girl be talking about?
"And that may be?"
Naruto cursed under his breath. What the hell was the secret? Damn! Naruto thought and though he had to think up of something or he'll lose him.
"Secrets are things not to be mentioned in public, so I'm sorry I cannot reveal your secret here, however if you refuse to go on a date with me, I shall reveal it right here and right now," Naruto threatened.
To be honest, Sasuke really had nothing better to do. "Whatever."
"Okay!" Naruto grinned evilly, as he tugged on Sasuke's wrist. "Let's eat!"
"Where?" Sasuke asked, peeved.
"At my favorite restaurant ever!" Naruto grinned, as he ran up to the nearest Ramen shop.
"Here?" Sasuke looked at the ramen shop. A ramen shop was not a typically place for couples to eat. Most girls would have preferred romantic candlelight dinners or fancy restaurants. But then again, Sasuke would have hated those. Perhaps a ramen shop was better. It was less sophisticated and more comfortable. Although it was quite annoying for old people to stare and whisper about the couple.
Naruto grinned to himself. He was really hungry and most dates started off with eating somewhere, right? Naruto wondered, how did girls eat? Did he have to use manners? Did he have to eat slowly? Did have to place a napkin on his lap? He dreaded at the thoughts, as he jumped on a seat in front of the counter.
"Sasuke, what kind of ramen are you having?" Naruto asked.
"I suppose Miso."
"All right, two miso ramen, grandpa!" Naruto cried out, as he slapped the table, causing the counter to shake.
The old man behind the counter nodded, as he began to make the ramen. The ramen would take awhile to eat, so in the meantime, our to-be couple should start some sort of conversation.
Naruto placed back his thinking cap as he thought hard. If he was alone with Sakura, what would he want to talk about? Of course he would tell her how pretty she is and all, but it would be weird for him to call Sasuke, pretty. Naruto wanted to puke at the thought, as he continued to ponder. Then he thought in a different perspective. What would Sasuke want to talk about?
Sasuke looked at the counter in front of him. He didn't know if this was either a waste of time or worth it. He looked at Naruto's cousin. She seemed to be the female version of him. He shifted his eyes to the countertop once more, as he thought of what to do in this awkward silence. Should he say something? But he didn't know anything about this girl, what the hell would be talk about? Make-up? Clothes? Shopping? Sasuke shrugged, they didn't really need to talk, did they?
Naruto sweated at this disturbing silence. He wanted to scream. He wanted to burp. He wanted to fart out the unwanted gas bottled up in his stomach. He wanted to jump around the ramen place and cause mischievous acts. He wanted to tease the grandpa making ramen. He freaking wanted to pull out Sasuke's hair! Naruto took a few breaths to redeem himself. He was Naru, not Naruto. Sasuke didn't know who the hell Naru was until yesterday. Naru is him. And he is Naru. Naru could be anyone he wants her to be. She didn't have to be ladylike. She was her own self.
Naruto got out of his train of thought, as the steamy ramen was placed in front of him. He grabbed a pair of chopsticks and turned his head a bit to see Sasuke. Sasuke blew on his ramen as he took huge bites of the noodles. Naruto thought. How was he going to eat this? Was he going to place a napkin on his lap and take small bite with no slurping?
Hell No.
Naruto grabbed a pair of chopsticks and picked up huge chunks of noodles, as he stuffed it down his throat. He hastily picked up the bowl as he slurped down the soup. Then he took large gulps of water to repeat how he ate all over again.
"SLLUURRRRPPPP!!" Naruto drank down the soup once more, as everyone in the ramen hut stared at him. Who was this girl? And what a horrifying manner she was eating in!
The villagers watched as the young girl gulped down the ramen and let out a huge burp. Sasuke stared at her as well. His face flushed red to be seen with such a disrespectful girl.
"The young man eats so elegantly, yet his girlfriend eats with such monstrosity!"
"Look at her and such a cute girl too!"
"Wow, she eats more grossly than my great uncle!"
Voices were heard throughout the restaurant, as Sasuke's face fumed with embarrassment. He slowly placed down his chopsticks, as he looked at Naru, straight in the eye.
"Wot Haske? (Translation: What Sasuke?)" Naruto looked back at him, as he held the bowl close to his mouth and his chopsticks were pushing the remainder of the ramen into his mouth, finishing the bowl clean.
"Must you eat so savagely?" Sasuke asked harshly. "Look at the people around you!"
Naruto slowly placed down the empty bowl, as he looked around at the gaping faces. "What about the people? No one looks hurt or anything."
"You idiot! Your eating behavior is the most disrespectful eating style that I had ever seen!" Sasuke whispered sharply.
"I always eat like this and other times no one seemed against it!" Naruto cried out, but then he remembered. He was a girl.
"Let's leave." Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand, to Naruto's surprise. Sasuke slapped down money on the counter. "Thank you for the food."
"Hey! I'll pay for my own!" Naruto cried out. "Argh, fine, I'll just pay you back."
Sasuke pulled him out of the restaurant, as he looked at him in the eye. Evening was coming closer, as the sky seemed to darken a bit. Konoha village nights were quite relaxing, as the warm air swiftly move on their skins. Naruto looked up to Sasuke uncomfortably. Did he do something wrong?
"What?" Naruto asked. "I said I'll pay you back!"
"That's not the point! You deliberately embarrassed me!" Sasuke snapped. "You are so ill mannered! You are worse than some other GUYS I know!"
Naruto felt somewhat insulted. He fumed with anger. What was Sasuke trying to say? That Naru was not girl-like?
"Oh yeah? Well…..well….well….YOUR BORING!!!!" Naru cried out.
Sasuke stared back at him blankly. He shrugged. "Not like I care."
Naruto pouted as he was going to say something, but he saw fireworks in the air. The vibrant colors decorated the sky, as it smiled down upon the village. Naruto's eyes widened at the pretty sight of the black sky filled with many colors. There was red, green, orange, blue, everything. Naruto admired the sky, as he wanted to touch it.
Sasuke looked at the 'amazed' girl. His expression softened a bit, as he looked at the excitement on Naru's face. Her mouth opened with happiness, as it formed a huge smile. Her eyes widened and glistened by the fireworks. Her right arm rose up, as she tried to reach for the light.
"It's a carnival." Sasuke explained, as there were loud amount of chatters going around the other side of the village.
Right! Naruto totally forgot about the village carnival. He was planning to dress up as a dragon and terrorize it, but it seems that he couldn't.
"Let's go!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm as he ran towards the carnival direction.
"Wha-? Wait!" Sasuke blushed slightly, as two ran towards the other side of the village.
Naruto mouth open wide at the carnival sight. It looked more amazing then it did last year.
Then he noticed that the girls were all wearing kimonos. He wanted to see Sakura-chan in a kimono. She would look so lovely. She would probably look great in a red one. It would contrast her green eyes and pink hair. Naruto quickly snapped out of thought. If he thought this much about Sakura being in a kimono, he wondered what Sasuke would think.
"I want to wear a kimono." Naruto grabbed Sasuke's arm, as he ran towards a kimono shop.
"Idiot, I'm not going to buy you one." Sasuke scowled.
"Who said you are?" Naru stuck out her tongue.
Sasuke thought, why would this girl want to wear a kimono? It was a waste of money and time.
"I'm going to change, remember, no peeking!" Naru winked, as she went behind a sheet.
"Why the hell would I want to peek on you?" Sasuke snapped as his face flushed a slight shade of red.
Naru came out half dressed as she smirked and she inched up closer to Sasuke's ears. She was wearing the undergarment of the kimono. "Every guy gets those sexual urges, trust me, I know."
Naru stuck out her tongue, as Sasuke's face flushed red. Did this girl want to die under his wrath? Who did she think she is?! How dare she say such things to a guy?!!
Sasuke fumbled a bit as he had to desire to kill that girl for she had said, but for some reason who couldn't commit this act. Actually, this was his chance to run away from her. But why wasn't he running away?
"I'm done!" Naru quickly got out behind the sheets, as Sasuke looked at her. He had to admit, she was quite attractive. She wore an orange kimono with fancy designs of green vines. The material looked of satin, as she had a red flower in her ear. "Well? How do I look?"
Sasuke stared at the figure in front of him. Maybe she was right. Guys did have sexual urges at some point in his life, but he was not going to give him. He swore that he would never fall in love. Especially not with someone who was cousins with his rival. "You look decent."
"Decent? DECENT? Oh well, whatever, not like I was trying to impress you." Naru shrugged. Personally she didn't care, she just wore one to make her look more attractive, but it seemed to not be working. He pulled Sasuke's arm, as he noticed the gold fish game. You pick out gold fishes with a net.
"Hehehe, I love this game! Sit back and watch me get some fish!" Naru rubbed her hands, as he gave money to the owner. Naru grabbed the net and sat on her knees, as she dipped it in to catch some fish. Sasuke watched with no interest as he noticed that the water looked pretty steep. It would be easy to fall in. He watched intimidate, as he cringed when Naru's sleeves were almost touched by the water.
"Yay! I caught one!" Naru lifted up the net, as she shifted her left foot, which dragged her kimono, causing her to tilt and….
"Watch out!" Sasuke grabbed Naru, as they fell backwards from the opposite side of the water. Naru ended up landing on Sasuke's stomach. "You idiot."
"Owww, it hurts!" Naru rubbed her butt, as she looked at her net. "THE FISH IS GONE!"
"Baka." Sasuke shook his head, as he stood up. "You're such a klutz."
Naru scratched her head. "Stupid dress. Man, I wasted my money for nothing!"
Naru looked to the side as she saw a little kid eating ice cream.
"Well, it's your fault for buying one!" Sasuke retorted, as he massaged his pained stomach.
"I want ice cream…." Naru followed the kid with the ice cream.
"Hey! Hey! Where are you going?" Sasuke cried out. "Idiot."
Naru's hands reached for the ice cream, as she finally grabbed it out of the kid's hand.
"HEY! THAT'S MY ICE CREAM!" The kid screamed, as he turned around.
"Oh! Konohamaru!" Naru smiled at the confused boy.
"Who are you?" Konohamaru asked.
"Shit!" Naru thought to herself as she bit her lip.
"Ah, haha, hahahaha, hahaha, bye bye!" Naru stepped back, as she grabbed Sasuke's arm and ran the opposite direction.
"Wha-what, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Sasuke cried out, irritated. First she follows a guy with ice cream and now she's running the other way with super speed? What the hell was she doing?
Naru finally stopped in front of a fireworks store. She panted nonstop, as Sasuke continued to stare at her. The hem of her dress was dusty as her sandals were brown. Her hair was a mess and her right sleeve was down revealing a bra strap. "Whew, that was good exercise!"
Sasuke stopped to think. Did she run just now to train herself? What kind of an idiot would do that?! Sasuke hit Naru's head gently, not putting too much force into it.
"Owwwww!" Naru rubbed her head. "What was that for?"
"For being an idiot."
Naru stuck out her tongue. "Man, it's so hot." She mindlessly took off her kimono top revealing her undergarment.
"WHA-WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Sasuke asked rather rashly.
Naru stopped and noticed what she was doing. Her face turned red, as she immediately placed her clothes back on. "Ah, Ahahahahaha." She smiled uneasily. It was tough being a girl. If Naruto was his male self, he would have taken off his shirt and go for a dip in the pond.
"S-sorry…." Naru apologized, as Sasuke's face was burning red. He didn't know if it was out of anger or embarrassment.
"Whatever." Sasuke shrugged.
There was a few seconds of silence, as Naru looked at their surroundings. Oh! A fireworks store….
"Let's buy fireworks." Naru suggested. She always liked fireworks. They were so cool!
"You buy it." Sasuke said sharply.
"FINE!" Naru retorted as she slapped down the money on the counter. Sasuke was so stubborn! The thought of having him fall in love with her was most impossible, but that didn't keep her from trying.
She bought a pack of fireworks, as they walked to the edge of a nearby pond. "Hmmm, now to light them!"
She didn't buy matches.
"Idiot." Sasuke smirked, as he produced fire through a small blow. He lit the firework, as it started to sparkle.
Naru ignored his remark, as her eyes were trapped in the sight of this firework. "Hey."
"What?"
"I wonder how fireworks are made."
"Who knows?"
"Just a question, geez, don't have to be so mean."
"I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not."
"Sasuke?"
"What?"
"There's fire on your shorts."
"WHAT?" Sasuke leaped up, as he smelled the burn and saw his pants on fire.
"What are you waiting for?" Naru asked. Wasn't he going to put out the burn? Was he out of his mind? Was he just going to let himself be set on fire?
Naru sigh, as she stood up and pushed him in the pond.
"HEY!" Sasuke cried out, as he noticed that he was in the water. "I was going to put out the fire myself dryly, but now I'm wet thanks to you!"
Naru stared at the drenched boy. She paused and thought. "BWAHWAHWAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Naru burst into laughter, as she looked at the boy all wet. This was hilarious. This was so rare. This was a Kodak moment.
"SHUT UP!" Sasuke cried out, as he got out of the water. The water droplets dripped from his drenched clothes, as he walked up to Naru. Then he grabbed her arm.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Naru asked. Naru looked at Sasuke strangely, as he crouched up closer to her. Her arm felt the water, as it touched her skin. It had a cold and shivering feeling. She took one step back, but noticed that Sasuke placed his other hadn around her knees, as he picked her up.
"HEY!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Naru cried out. What was this? Was this rape? Was this harassment? Or was he just picking her up from pure joy?
"You're lighter than I thought." Sasuke commented, as he headed towards the pond.
"Pervert!" Naru cried out, as the next thing she knew, she was drenched and wet in the pond. "BASTARD!!"
Sasuke smirked at the drenched Naru. Her kimono made it difficult to walk, as the fabric absorbed the water.
"Why, you," Naru struggled as she got out of the pond. She hastily took off her outer garment, as she recklessly revealed her out garment. Then she ran towards Sasuke, as she pushed him back in the pond once more.
Sasuke smirked, as he pulled Naru's leg and dragged her in the pond as well. Then he pushed down her head in the water.
"Sasuke!!!!" Naruto burst out of the water as he pushed Sasuke's head down. Sasuke immediately burst out of the water's surface. Just as Sasuke's face lifted up, Naruto splashed large amounts of water at his head. Sasuke felt irritated as the water hit his face, preventing him from attacking back.
Naruto grinned, as he watched Sasuke helpless and not able to defend himself. Then out of the blue, Sasuke went underneath the water. Naruto stopped splashing, as she looked for him. Where did he go?
SPLASH! Naruto felt arms around his leg, as Sasuke lifted him. "Wha-what are you doing?"
"This way you can't splash at me." Sasuke smirked.
"Hmph!" Naru looked down at Sasuke's face. Huh? What? What is this? Was he possibly smiling?
"Sasuke."
"What?"
"You're smiling!"
Sasuke's face suddenly turned into a frown, as he looked the other direction. "So?"
"You look….kind of cute." Naru smiled down at him, as Sasuke looked up in surprise. Was this for real?
(A/N: =P Teehee, well, I hope you guys enjoyed the fic! Just keep in mind that the date's not over yet! ^o^ Well, please leave a review! They make me happy. ^^)