9 Ladies Dancing

~*G*O*L*D*E*N*~

"Perfect!"

"No!" Sasuke yelled back at Naruto.

"Awwww … come on," Naruto whined. "You're my girlfriend now, so it shouldn't be embarrassing."

"Just because you are my … b-b-boy-boyfriend …" Sasuke stammered, "now doesn't mean you can make me were such a skimpy outfit … in public."

When Naruto had declared his love, Sasuke had been too moved (and perhaps momentarily insane) to think about all of the consequences of dating a complete and total idiot before she had agreed to become his girlfriend. All she could really muster was a soft 'okay' to Naruto's confession, but thankfully, Naruto had understood and had not pressed the subject any further.

Yesterday, Naruto had proclaimed that this was the perfect time for them to start dating because his gift tomorrow would be perfect for a first date. She really should have known better than to believe in getting a romantic date from a complete pervert.

Just minutes ago, Naruto had shown up at her door carrying … once again, an armful of costumes. When she opened the door, Naruto had started reciting his lines.

"To my graceful true love,

"On the ninth day of Christmas,

My true love gave to me

Nine ladies dancing."

Apparently he had picked out nine different types of dance outfits for her and for him: Ballroom, Ballet, Belly, Japanese, Burlesque, Jazz, Tango, Hip-hop, and Latin. Currently, he was trying to convince her to wear the Burlesque outfit out to the club with him.

"Oooh … ?" He asked suggestively. "Does that mean you will wear it for me in private?"

"Don't push it, you pervert," Sasuke growled. "I'm still mad at you for saying I am an old bitty with no chance of getting married."

"Eh hehe …" he laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head. "That was only a joke and so was the outfit."

"It better be," Sasuke snapped.

"Actually, I set up some latin dance lessons for us this afternoon," he explained. "Then afterwards, I am going to take you to a fantastic latin dance club near campus. So, I figured you could wear this one." He held up the latin dance dress, which was a pale lavender ruffle dress that was modest enough for her to wear. "I bet you would look absolutely stunning in it."

Sasuke blushed brightly. Naruto was being so sweet that she did not know what to do. Never before had she felt so happy, even back when her parents were alive. Anyone from school who saw her now would not believe she was actually Sasuke Uchiha, the cold, emotionless, egotistical jerk who never smiled.

It felt so strange to feel all these new emotions, but it was not unwanted. Last night as she thought about everything that had happened with Naruto, she realized that Naruto had been preparing her heart for the idea of love since the moment they had met. At first, Naruto had shown her that talking to someone about your personal life could actually be comforting. Then, he had given her the confidence to ask someone him about his personal life. And, little by little, he had taught her that friendship was a wonderful thing.

After three years, Naruto had somehow healed her broken heart to the point where she could accept his love, and she had learned not just to accept it, but actually want it. She wanted to be in a relationship with Naruto, but she had no idea what that meant. For now, she would just have to follow Naruto's plans and hope that everything would work out right.

"When … when is the lesson?" Sasuke really had to stop stuttering. She was an Uchiha!

"We have to leave in about an hour," Naruto answered. "Why don't you go change and I'll go make some breakfast?"

"Sure," Sasuke said absently. She was trying to do this right.

After snatching the dress from Naruto's hand, she disappeared into her bedroom to get ready for the next forty minutes.

Naruto smiled widely as she left the room. He had dreamed of her accepting him, but in the back of his mind, he always doubted that it would ever happen to a guy like him. He was a loud-mouthed, impulsive, orphaned, homeless, idiotic high school dropout and she was a beautiful, graceful, rich, intelligent college student. At least, he was sexy.

He chuckled at the thought. Sasuke would certainly have something to say to that. Honestly, the reason Naruto had been so attracted to her initially was because she was so unpredictable. When she had first walked into the café, he was sure she was just another stuck up snob, but then she had come back after he had insulted her. He had not expected her to come back and even less so to be so cordially afterwards.

She had been a puzzle for him. The way she presented herself and the way she truly was inside were so different that he had wanted to figure her out. Once he had realized just how sweet and caring she really was underneath all her attitude, he was mesmerized.

He knew he was a lucky man to be going out with her, but he wanted to be able to prove to her that he was also a good catch, too. And, the first step was taking her for an amazing first date.

As he started making breakfast, he could not keep himself from humming in happiness. Nothing in his past was bad enough to keep him depressed after today for he would always have this amazing memory even if Sasuke ever broke up with him. Although, he desperately hopped that would never happen.

For now, he would just focus on making this date and this breakfast as perfect as possible. Right now, he was especially grateful that Jiraiya had taken him in all those years ago. He had taught him how to cook and so much more. If it weren't for Jiraiya, Naruto would never have had the chance to meet a wonderful girl like Sasuke and be stable enough in his life to date her.

After half an hour, he had made one of the most fancy breakfasts Jiraiya had taught him. He placed it out elaborately on the counter and then waited anxiously for Sasuke to finish getting ready. He really could not wait to see her in that dress. Sasuke was cute, but not overly feminine, so he did not get to see her in dresses too often, well ever really.

Once again, she had surprised him with her compliance about wearing the dress and the swimsuit yesterday. When he had seen her in that swimsuit, there was no way he could forget about her now; he was absolutely mesmerized by her beauty.

"Naruto," Sasuke called softly from behind him as she entered the room.

When Naruto turned around, he saw Sasuke standing there looking more beautiful than he had imagined was possible. The lavender dress looked stunning on her body. To add to the look, she had even put on makeup and slightly curled her hair. Now, he felt so underdressed in his black slacks and orange button up shirt.

"Wow," he breathed. "You look amazing."

Sasuke smirked through her blush. "Isn't that kind of self gratification since you were the one who picked out this dress?"

"I did, didn't I? I am so awesome!" Naruto bragged.

"Oh? And how did you get so adept at picking out women's clothing?" Sasuke inquired. "Have you been examining women's bodies with that perverted uncle of yours?"

Naruto gulped. There was no way he could tell her that she was right. Jiraiya often bought … er brought nude models over to the apartment they had shared in order to examine their bodies for … research for his porn comics. "No," he squeeked.

Sasuke glared at him. "No more … research, and I use that term loosly, with your uncle or you won't have eyes to look at anything anymore."

"Yyyyyyyeeesss~s, ma'am," Naruto stuttered and held his hands up in a surrendering position. One thing he had not thought about was the kind of scary power she would have over him when she looked this beautiful. It was hard for him to think straight let alone come up with a witty reply.

"Good. Now, what did you make for breakfast?" Sasuke asked as she pushed past the still scared stiff Naruto.

After a quick breakfast, Naruto drove the two of them to the dance studio where they would have their lesson. Their dance teacher seemed crazy dressed in a green leotard, but he was certainly an effective teacher, although Naruto was a horrible student. It took Naruto much longer than Sasuke to learn the different steps, but once he did, he was just as good as her.

Even though they had fun learning the dance, it was not very romantic, which was fine with Sasuke. It was hard for her to wrap her head around the idea of dating Naruto or anyone really. The laid back attitude of their lesson and the craziness of the instructor helped her feel so comfortable that she did not have the opportunity to feel awkward.

Before she knew it, their lesson was over. They had learned some basic moves for five different dances, which their instructor assured them was enough to be able to dance at the club long enough to have fun. At the end of the class, the three of them sat down to relax a while after the exhausting lesson.

"Are you interested in more lessons?" their dance instructor, Lee, asked them as they let their heartbeats slow down.

Naruto looked at Sasuke to allow her to answer. He had only done this for her and so there was no point in continuing if she was not interested. But, if she decided she wanted to take more lessons, he would be fine with that. It was kind of fun, though not enough to continue without Sasuke because it was only really fun because of her.

"I am out of school for the rest of the month, so I suppose I have time," Sasuke said slowly, "But, I don't know how long I will be able to continue with the lessons after I have gone back to school next semester. What about your work, Naruto?"

"Don't worry about that," Naruto said dismissively with a wave of his hand. "There are plenty of employees that can run the café and Jiraiya has already practically forced me to take a break for the holiday."

"Great!" Lee exclaimed. "Naruto, you have my number. Just call me when you are ready to schedule your next lesson."

Naruto agreed and then he and Sasuke left after a quick 'goodbye.'

The rest of the night was a blur of music and movement. Sasuke would not remember the specific songs or dances of that night, but she had had fun. She still believed Naruto was a complete pervert, but he was a sweet pervert at least.

Naruto drove her to her apartment at the end of the night and walked her up to her door. Sasuke had to admit she found it a little strange that he was acting so sweet and thoughtful. She almost missed his crazy, idiotic antics that typically characterized their time together.

However, there were certainly benefits to being with the sweet Naruto. In front of her door, Naruto had grabbed her hand, kissed it and then moved in to kiss her on the lips. It had been strange and happened so fast, that Sasuke stumbled into her apartment barely registering what had just happened.

With the haze in her mind, Sasuke was only able to coherently recognize one thing: she was happy.

~*A*N*G*E*L*~