The drive home was quiet, mostly because everyone in the car except for Jugo had fallen asleep, exhausted from the past few days of hunting Deidara. I was no exception, even though I was supposed to take the second shift from Jugo. When I had woken up and we were in Jacksonville, Jugo had said that he didn't want to wake me from my 'peaceful slumber' and just drove the whole way. I couldn't be mad, even though I was annoyed that he didn't wake me so that he himself could get some sleep.

"Stop being so considerate, asshole," I had said to him when he dropped me and Sakura off at our building. He responded with a smile before waving to Sakura and I as he left the complex. I quickly turned to head back inside into the building with Sakura while heaving my bag along with me. I made my way inside my apartment and went to turn around and say bye to Sakura only for her to walk past me and throw her bags aside while collapsing onto the couch.

"Yes, Sakura, you can come in," I muttered.

"Mhm," she let out a muffled sound, her face buried in a pillow. I unpacked my bags and opened a beer while Sakura murmured something unintelligible to me.

"Mmf mllw nlls lk o," she said.

"What?"

"Mmf mmlw nlls lk o."

"Speak english, dumbass."

"I said," she cupped her hands around her mouth, "THIS PILLOW SMELLS LIKE YOU!"

"Shut up!" I hissed, "people are sleeping!" She giggled as I made my way over to her with a scowl on my face. "And obviously it would smell like me, I live here, stupid," I told her.

"You smell like coffee!" She exclaimed, as if I hadn't just informed her that people were trying to rest. I sighed, resigning to the fact that she would do everything in her power to tick me off. But when I set my bottle down and turned on the TV, I didn't expect her to move and climb onto my lap, her warm breath tickling my ear as she leaned in.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke," she whispered, "let me make it up to you." My breath caught in my throat and I almost shuddered with anticipation. She moved her mouth away from my ear, brushing my jawline before ghosting over my lips, backing away with a smirk on her mouth. She yelped when I flipped her onto her back and hovered over her, gazing into her eyes before leaning down and pressing a kiss to her throat.

"Don't tease, Sa-ku-ra," I whispered while less than an inch away from her inviting lips. Now her breath was caught in her throat, and I wasn't about to waste any more time. It had been too long since the last time, and unfortunately, it would have to be a little longer as my phone rang. I sighed and got up, annoyed that someone had to interrupt. Hinata's name flash across the screen. Why was she calling me at this time?

"Hello?" I inquired.

"Sasuke!" I could tell from the urgency in her voice that something was wrong.

"What's the matter?"

"It's Naruto! We were all at a club, me, Ino, Naruto, and Neji, and he was drinking a lot. We told him to stop but he wouldn't, now we can't find him!"

"Calm down, Hinata, I'm sure he just went home with a girl or something-"

"But he left his phone here!" That was odd, Naruto usually never got this drunk, and when he did he always kept his phone with him, just in case.

"Ok, where are you?"

"Midnight Ocean. Hurry!" I swiftly got up and Sakura rose with me.

"What is it?"

"Naruto went missing somewhere, I'll go find him, don't worry."

"I'm coming," she told me.

"You sure you don't want some rest?"

"I'll sleep when we get back."

"Then let's go." We walked out and the realization hit me as I walked down the stairs.

I didn't have a car.

"Shit!" I cursed.

"I'll go get my keys," she said, sensing the source of my distress.

"I'll wait in the garage," I called to her as she ran upstairs. In a minute, we were sitting in her car, speeding towards the club.

"Here," I told her, pointing to the run-down nightclub with an almost full parking lot.

Run-down, but still doing well.

We pulled in and parked as I noticed Neji at the entrance.

"I didn't see him go with anyone, but he went this way and disappeared last I saw," he explained as Sakura and I closed in on them. I nodded and went down the street to where Neji pointed. Sakura and Neji, along with Ino and Hinata, followed closely behind as I fastwalked down the street. When we got to the end of the street, we saw the road split into two.

"Sakura, you and Neji take the other way," I instructed before motioning Ino and Hinata behind me. I knew Sakura and Neji could take care of themselves, but Ino and Hinata were a different story, both of them were panicking and I felt better taking them with me rather than leaving them out of my sight.

"Sasuke, is he ok?" Hinata asked me, the panic evident in her quiet voice.

"Don't worry so much, Hinata, he'll be fine, you'll see," I responded calmly, though I was a little worried myself. Most of me thought that Naruto had gotten wasted and went home with a girl, but there was a small part of me that was worried that he hadn't.

Why couldn't he had just taken his phone?

Why must be so idiotic sometimes?

These were questions I would ask him once I found him, the prick. It had been 5 minutes since we started walking, and we were getting nowhere following this road. Sakura texted me that they were having the same amount of success as us.

"Sasuke, this isn't like him to disappear," Ino told me.

"I know, but we'll find him," I reassured, but I found the concern inside me building for my best friend, why did he get so drunk in the first place? As we rounded the corner of Elk Street, I heard something that made my blood run cold.

"Get off me!" It was unmistakably Naruto's voice, slurred yet still loud as ever.

"Naruto!" Hinata breathed out, half-worried and half-relieved. Ino went to walk to where his voice came from, but I held an arm out, signaling her to stay put. I walked towards where I heard Naruto, and stopped when I heard a couple of other voices speak up.

"Sorry, detective," they sneered.

"Get off, asshole!" Naruto yelled, but I could hear a little fear creep into his voice. There must've been a good amount of people since Naruto doesn't get scared easily.

"You put Jordan in jail, you bastard, time you were dealt a little payback," one of them said. It must've been recent because I don't remember arresting anyone named Jordan when Naruto and I were partners.

"You guys are idiots if you thought assaulting a police detective was a good idea," Naruto told them.

"Ain't no cameras here, and by the time we're done with you, you'll wake up in a hospital, not remembering a thing," one of them told Naruto. Sounded like they were about to start beating the blonde up, and I couldn't allow that.

"Hinata! Tell Neji and Sakura to come to Elk Street, now," I told the blue-haired girl before leaping over the fence that separated us and the alleyway Naruto was. I saw Naruto backed against the wall, but still in a fighting stance, regardless, Naruto wouldn't go down without a fight. He was bleeding from a cut above his eyebrow and his cheek was swollen but his face still held a defiant look. There were 4 guys, all average-sized men, but 1 of them held a knife, presumably to cut Naruto up. He noticed me stalking towards them and immediately that shit-eating grin covered his face like clockwork.

"The hell are you smiling at-" one of them started before turning to see me. His eyes widened but returned to normal after a brief second.

"2 against 4, I'm still liking those odds," the one with the knife said, turning towards me. I smirked when he did that and kept stalking towards them, a dark look canvassing my face while Naruto took the opportunity to get out of the way and stand next to me. I could just flash my badge at them, it could be over with them just seeing my badge, but that's no fun. Plus, its been awhile since Naruto and I have gotten to fight together, I kind of missed kicking ass with him. I glanced over to him, noticing the red tint on his cheeks. Naruto had alcohol in his system alright, but judging from his stance and the look in his eyes, his fighting wouldn't be affected. He looked over to me and grinned real wide while I smirked back.

This was going to be fun.

All four of them converged on us at the same time aiming to incapacitate us in one go, but we were ready. I tripped one and caught the arm of the one with the knife before kicking his legs out from under him. Naruto shoved one down before clocking the other in the face, planting him on his ass. The one Naruto shoved got up and swung at Naruto, who ducked out of the way. I grabbed the man from behind and lifted him over my head before slamming him down onto the man I had tripped. Naruto kicked the man with the knife away before grabbing the man he had clocked and kicking him down to his knees. Naruto held him in place while I swiftly broke his jaw with a knee. The man with the knife slowly stood up, dazed and confused. Naruto and I shared an amused glance before punching him at the same time, putting him to the ground.

"Whoa," I heard Ino say from behind me

"I m-missed d-doing t-that!" Naruto hiccuped before staggering.

The alcohol was definitely starting to hit him now.

I shook my head at him before taking his arm and flinging it over my shoulder, supporting him as we walked back to the fence. Hinata sighed in relief when she saw him draped over my shoulder, Naruto really had worried her. I lifted him up and sort of threw him over the fence, drawing a shriek from Ino and a yelp from Hinata, almost making me chuckle. He landed on his ass, so he was fine, but their reactions were pretty funny. He groaned as he got up, still somewhat in control of his senses, but he was talking with no holds barred, like really talking.

"Ino you're pretty!" He slurred out.

"Hinata, you've always been cute!" She turned bright red the moment he said that and hid her face in her hands.

"Sasuke! Help me up so I can kiss them!" He almost yelled.

"Ok, you really need to shut up now," I told him, suppressing a chuckle. Hinata looked like she was about to faint and Ino just looked plain annoyed.

"Sasuke, I am drunk!"

"I know."

"Drunk means I drank alcohol!"

"I know."

"But alcohol gets you drunk!"

"I know."

"Why did I drink alcohol?"

"I don't know."

I sighed as he began to stumble around, trying to figure out why he had drank so much, mumbling incoherently and confusing the hell out of the two girls who were watching him. I had seen Naruto drunk like this a lot of times before, so I was used to all of his antics, in fact, we used to get wasted every time we solved a case back in my PD days. Ino and Hinata just stared at him, mouths agape, not used to seeing the blonde idiot in this state.

"We should start walking back," I said, grabbing Naruto and dragging him along as we walked back the way we came. Sakura and Neji became visible to us after a minute of walking and Ino waved to them, letting them know that we had secured Naruto and all was well. I could see Sakura breath a sigh of relief, even from where I was standing, and smirked. Eventually, we met up with them and explained what had happened with Naruto and that little band of goons that tried to assault him. Ino also vividly described how we beat them half to death and left them all unconscious in an alley as well.

"Dumbass, don't wander off on your own again," Neji scolded.

"Seriously, Naruto, you had all of us worried," Sakura told him.

"I'm sorry!" He yelled out before staring at Sakura. "You're pretty! Can I kiss you?"

"Um, no," she responded, backing away a little in case Naruto tried something.

He did.

He took his arm off of my shoulder and leaned in, only to be punched right in the stomach.

By me.

"Dumbass," I muttered, ignoring the surprised stares from everyone except Sakura, who was trying her best not to laugh at what I had just done.

"Sasuke! Why did you hit me?"

"You tried to kiss Sakura, dumbass."

"Oh yeah, I forgot she was your girlfriend!" I should've killed him right there and then. My cheeks burned with a blush and Sakura's did as well as we both glared at Naruto. Nobody else knew what we were and they certainly didn't need to find out from a drunk idiot.

"I'm going to murder you, slowly," I whispered into his ear, causing him to shudder before he shut up. The topic wasn't brought up on our walk back to the Midnight Ocean thankfully, saving me and Sakura any further awkwardness. I threw Naruto into the backseat of Sakura's car and climbed into the passenger seat while giving Hinata, Ino, and Neji a quick 2-finger salute. Sakura drove out of the club and we returned to our building a little bit later with Naruto passed out and snoring very loudly.

"Does he get like this often?" Sakura asked as I lifted Naruto out of the car and over my shoulder while he rested.

"You'd be surprised," I answered while walking up the stairs to the third floor. I told her about the dumb shit Naruto did when he was drunk out of his mind, which included streaking across Midway Avenue and vomiting all over some girl he was trying to hook up with until we got to my apartment. I reached into Naruto's pocket and pulled out the keys to his place, unlocking the door and dumping him on the bed before exiting and returning to my own apartment with Sakura.

"You guys have such a bromance, its adorable," she teased.

"Shut up," I muttered.

"What? I'm just saying you guys make a cute couple," she told me while sitting down on my bed. I pouted at her, drawing a giggle from the pinkette. I threw off my shirt and climbed under the covers of my precious bed. She climbed in next to me and moved closer to my body, laying her head on my chest while I threw an arm over her, holding her there. And just like that, we were asleep, ready to tackle work the next day.