Recipe for Success
Sasuke had very much trouble getting to sleep last night. He'd lie down in bed, and then just suddenly hop back up and pace around the bedroom, his heart pounding against his chest and a great feeling of guilt and shame weighing his stomach down.
'I kissed another person, another guy!' His mind screamed at him. 'I kissed someone besides my wife!'
Sasuke punched one of the pillows on the bed, causing numerous feathers to erupt from one of the loose stitches. "Goddammit! I'm not turning gay!"
You never know, said a little voice in the back of his head. You were getting pretty heated when you were in the kitchen with Naruto.
"That-that was nothing!" Sasuke sputtered. "I was just a bit out of it!"
He let out a groan of frustration and plopped back down on the mattress. Though he didn't show it much, he cared for Shizuka, he really did, and he knew that if she found out, she would be heart-broken.
"I mean, if she kissed another girl, I'd be a bit offended, too," he muttered.
No, I think you'd be turned on, said the voice again. Even you can't deny that girl-on-girl action is hot!
Sasuke laid his head down on his pillow and shut his eyes, suddenly feeling very tired and drained of energy and emotion. "Yeah, but I highly doubt she'd think that boy-on-boy was hot…"
He yawned loudly and felt himself drift slowly into an uneasy sleep…
Sasuke was standing in a totally white and high-ceilinged room. White and pinks flowers sat elegantly in wooden pews and ribbons fluttered lightly along the walls. He was at his own wedding.
He felt his heart beat against his rib cage in a mixture of excitement and nervousness as he began to walk along the white carpeted aisle toward the alter at the other end.
'This is it,' he thought, trying to walk in a slow and mannerly fashion. 'Today, I will marry the love of my life!'
Sasuke was only a few feet away from the alter and spotted a slim and not to mention sexy body clad in a white, lacy wedding dress with a matching veil pulled over their face. His heart jumped. This was it, this was it…From this day on, he was going to spend the rest of his life with this person…
Sasuke stumbled over the steps of the alter and faced the person in the wedding dress. He couldn't help but smile as he slowly pulled the veil away from their face…
Naruto grinned up at Sasuke and tugged lightly on his wedding dress. "I can't believe we're finally getting married!"
Sasuke let out a yell and sat straight up in bed, sweat pouring down his face and onto the sheets. He sighed and rested his hand on his chest, trying to calm himself down.
'Just a dream, just a dream…'
Sasuke looked over at the bedside table and spotted the picture from his actual wedding day; it was completely devoid of Naruto. Shizuka was standing next to him, the smile that he hadn't seen for years on her excited face. Sasuke scoffed.
"Yeah, you were happy back then."
Sasuke couldn't help but smile once again when he thought of the days when they were younger, and his mind wandered to the night of their first date…
The young couple was sitting outside in the grass by the riverside, gazing at the star-specked sky with their hands touching lightly. This was Sasuke's first date and he had been careful to remember all the tips that Kakashi had given him on women, one of them being "If you get a girl outside in the grass on a starry night, you're bound to get a lay".
Shizuka looked up at Sasuke, the moonlight illuminating her pale face. "Sasuke…have you ever been in love?"
Sasuke looked down at her, his heart lurching and his mind trying to sift through all Kakashi's tips to find one to suit this situation. "Errr…no?"
Yeah, if he said no, then she was sure to feel pity and be his girlfriend. Shizuka pulled a blade of grass out of the ground and started twiddling with it.
"Oh…have you ever kissed anyone?"
Sasuke grimaced as he remembered the "kiss" he and Naruto shared when they were twelve and decided that even without Kakashi's tips, it was unwise to tell her about this. And besides, that kiss was a complete and total accident. Period.
"No," Sasuke quickly answered.
Shizuka stopped twiddling with the grass but continued to stare at the ground. "Mmm…"
Sasuke looked over at her and thought how awkward it was that the girl he was crushing on looked just like his childhood rival…And if he kissed her, it would almost be like kissing Naruto all over again (but perhaps without the beef ramen taste).
Sasuke squeezed Shizuka's hand lightly and leaned forward, his lips just barely brushing against hers…
Sasuke shook his head, bringing himself back to reality with a thought in his mind.
'Maybe it's about time I re-visited old Kakashi again…'