A/N: Team 7 friendship. Humourous.

Summary: Sasuke smirked in triumph when he won the staring match. Then he realized a flying paint brush had come out of nowhere and knocked the dobe out.

-#04-

Sacrificial Lamb

Sasuke stared flatly at the mess in front of him.

The entire floor was covered with plastic tarp. On top of the sheet was Sakura, surrounded by the props their class would be using for their play during the cultural festival.

There was paint. Everywhere.

Sakura didn't take notice Sasuke standing there. He contemplated walking out. Sakura looked up before he could attempt escape.

"Hi Sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed. Sasuke noticed the rainbow of colours adorning her shirt and looked down at his school uniform, wondering if he should have changed first.

He was about to reply when he heard a loud THUMP come from behind him. The dark-eye boy turned around to see Naruto with paint cans at either side of him, pointing at him.

Sasuke could feel a headache coming on.

His self-proclaimed best friend was scowling at him. Not one to lose any kind of staring match, Sasuke glared back.

This continued for several minutes, neither one willing to yield to their rival.

Suddenly, a paintbrush smashed itself into Naruto's face. The blonde flailed off the auditorium stage and landed, face-down, limbs spread out.

The dark-haired boy smirked in satisfaction, feeling triumphant he had won the match.

It was a moment later he realized a flying art tool had appeared out of nowhere.

"Guys", Sakura huffed out, her hand akimbo. "Get to work."

Naruto picked himself up, his figure swaying back and forth from the after effects. He shook his head like a dog just coming out of water. Sasuke looked perturbed at the amount of paint coming from Naruto.

"Sakura-chan. Why did you hurt only me?" Naruto whined. "The bastard over there was the one who was late!" Naruto pointed rudely at Sasuke, who was staring at a large cardboard made to look like a kumquat.

"T-That is..." She trailed off. Both boys could clearly see the pink on Sakura's cheeks as she tried to think up an answer.

Naruto looked aghast.

Sasuke looked like he would rather be somewhere else rather than there.

"... You look like something threw up on you..." Sasuke finally said, breaking the awkward silence. Naruto flared up.

"Y-YOU ANNOYING BASTARD!" Naruto screeched out.

Sakura stared, wide-eyed at the situation.

"W-wait. Naruto!" Sakura hollered to the angered teenager. "Not ther–"

"So", Kakashi began cheerfully. Sakura and Sasuke might have been fooled if not for the fact their teacher was holding a terrified Naruto by the hair. "Who was the cause for this?"

He pointed to the ruined props, now covered with numerous paint images in the shape of the spiky-haired boy he had in his hand.

Sakura and Sasuke seemed to know what the other was thinking; the benefits of being friends since they were 12.

"Naruto.""The idiot", Sakura and Sasuke said simultaneously.

Naruto stared, slack-jawed, at his "best friends" who were doing a great job of not making eye contact with him as he was dragged away by his teacher.

"T-TRAITORS!"

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A/N: Yay, my first real drabble. :D If you have prompts or ideas, don't be afraid to tell me. I switched #1 and #3 with each other after consulting with a friend. Hope it didn't inconvenience any of my old readers. ._.

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