"Didn't she snub you when she saw you were back?" Naruto asked tapping Sasuke playfully on the shoulder. Naruto was trying to get a rise out of him, he knew that all too well so the Uchiha boy merely shrugged and stayed silent. Naruto was still annoying but… he wasn't as hyper. The boy was much more relaxed and the annoying-ness seemed to be merely to piss Sasuke off. When had Naruto gotten calm? A voice in Sasuke's head stated, in a blatant manner, 'regular sex'll do that for a guy ya prude.' Sasuke grimaced. Was he a prude?

No… he told himself angrily. Just because he didn't jump in the sack with some random girl every night did not make him a prude. And looking up he realized that they were outside of an apartment door that Naruto was banging on and yelling.

"SAKURA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAN! OPEN UP!" There was swearing on the other side and the door swung open sharply leaving Sasuke to stare in a startled manner at Hyuuga Neji wearing only a bed sheet around his waist and hickies on his chest.

"For fuck sake Uzumaki do you have to be so damn loud!" With that Neji turned around, went back inside and an unfazed Naruto pushed Sasuke in and closed the door. "Sakura," Neji said turning towards a doorway. "Your teammates are here." He emphasized the plural.

"Teamates?" There was a scrabbling noise, followed by Ino and Sakura emerging from the doorway, the blonde haired one wearing a bed sheet toga similar to Neji's and the pink haired one wearing a bra and male boxer shorts. "Why are you two here?" She looked at Sasuke when she said that. "You didn't have to let Naruto drag you over here with him." That time she looked at the blonde boy who was digging through her fridge.

"Meh." Naruto said drinking directly from a carton of milk then putting it back. "I thought we'd all go out for a few nice big bowls of ramen and catch up on things." He paused for a moment with a rather egotistical glint in his eye. "It looks like you two wore Neji out. He might not be able to complete his mission without passing out." Sasuke quirked an eyebrow. That was rather… harsh.

"Well at least it doesn't take Neji two hours to get an erection." Ino said with a grin that was somewhere between sinister and playful. Despite not being involved in the conversation at all Sasuke felt very, very uncomfortable. But Naruto merely laughed and drank some more milk. Sakura rolled her eyes but there was a small smile on her lips.

"Anyway… I think ramen is a good idea Naruto. Just let me get changed." The pink haired girl wandered back into the bedroom followed by Ino then Neji and the door shut. Muffled words and some giggling came from the other side of the door followed by a shriek and Sakura saying 'No teeth'. Sasuke looked at Naruto with a severely quirked eyebrow and Naruto shrugged.

Apparently this was a normal occurrence.

Awkward is as awkward does.

The silence at the counter was uncomfortable.

For Sasuke.

Which irritated him to no end. And then it got a whole lot more uncomfortable thanks to the idiot.

"Sasuke's a virgin." Where the Hell had that come from? There had been no lead up to it, no subtle hinting just a 'bam' and Sasuke was sorely tempted to stab his chopsticks into Naruto's eyes. But… worse than that was Sakura's reaction. She… she… laughed. And not one of her annoying giggles but a real, unwomanly laugh from her diaphragm and he was convinced he heard her snort.

"Really Sasuke?" She stifled a chuckle and gave him an amused smile that he promptly looked away from. Sakura burst into another fit of laughter and was joined by a few chuckles from Naruto. That was it. One idiot laughing at him was enough but both of them… that just twisted his pride and ego in too many different directions. He stood abruptly muttered about leaving but before he could even think about moving away Sakura forced him back onto the stool and turned towards him with a very serious expression. "Sasuke. Why are you so upset about this? Sex isn't that important."

Oh yeah, that coming from a raging whore.

Taken aback by the viciousness of the thought Sasuke was unbelievably glad that he didn't blurt out everything that came to mind.

"Unless you're not getting' any." Naruto chimed in between mouthfuls of ramen. Jeezus. When had Naruto gotten to be such a bastard? Sakura turned to face Naruto and, for a moment, he thought she was going to start screaming at the blonde and beating him over the head with a ramen bowl. But she leaned against him and started laughing. Again.

"I'm leaving." The Uchiha said standing up quickly only to be forced back into the seat. Again. Mentally he swore, on the outside he remained perfectly calm.

"Oh for fuck sake Sasuke lighten up. You know he's just baiting you." The Haruno said in a 'grow-the-fuck-up' tone that left him more than a little stunned. Both of them were just full of surprises it seemed. "Why does it bother you so much?" He closed his eyes, and took in several deep breaths delicately choosing his words. After several moments he opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Sakura getting yanked out of her chair and into an embrace.

"Kiba!" She sounded so… happy as she threw her arms around his neck and shoved her lips against his in a rather passionate –and public- display of affection.

They broke apart after a good two minutes of obscene making out –in public-.

"Hey Naruto." Kiba said his arm around Sakura's waist, not even seeming to of acknowledged Sasuke's existence. It was strange. He'd spent to better half of his life trying to be left alone and now that they were finally complying… no… he was not going to admit that he missed the arduous way people had looked at him. That was fucking ridiculous.

Though… being ignored… that really sucked.

"…Sasuke." He looked up at Sakura who was watching him, as were Kiba and Naruto, and the Uchiha boy suddenly felt in the spotlight so, for lack of a better response, he nodded and felt dumb. There was silence and it was then broken by something that seemed to be the topic of interest as of late.

"Sasuke's a virgin."

His sexual adventures. Or more importantly, lack thereof. Why Naruto felt the need to bring it up every five seconds, he had no idea, but Sasuke felt entirely justified when he turned the bowl of ramen Naruto had been eating upside down on his head. The blonde swore, Kiba let out a raucous laugh and Sasuke couldn't tell if it was directed at himself or Naruto.

He walked away and this time Sakura didn't stop him.