Chapter Five

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Sakura's POV

Ino and I arrived at the party in short skirts and spaghetti straps. We had done our make up and hair so we could look extra nice for the party. This party was hosted by one of Sasuke's friends Jugo. He was alright, but a little weird. Ino and I had mostly come for Sasuke.

What was really great, was that I heard he was gonna ask me out, or at least make some sort of move tonight. That was like a dream come true. As we walked to the door of Jugo's massive house, I felt a nervous chill run through out my body. Who knew getting what you want could be so scary.

Jugo opened the door. His house was lit by flashing, neon lights. Music was blaring for people to dance to. There was a weird smell through out the house; a mix between BO, trashy perfume, and beer. Ugh, I hate people when they're drunk.

Almost like she was on auto-pilot, Ino lead us to where Sasuke was. He was hanging out with his football buddies. They all had beer cans in their hands. One of them nudged Sasuke. He looked over at us, smirking.

"Hey, Sakura. Ino," his voice was deep, and sexy,

"Hi," I giggled.

"Hey boys," Ino said with a cocky smile on her face. "You wanna come and dance with me?"

The other guys happily walked off with Ino. She went into the huge group of dancing, hips swaying from side to side. I figured all of those boys wanted a piece of her.

"Good job Ino," I mumbled to myself, honestly grateful.

"So Sakura," Sasuke looked at me. "I've heard you have a little crush on me."

I blushed and managed to stammer, "Ha ha, well, you see-"

Sasuke cut me off by grabbing my wrist. He pulled me close, and kissed me full on the lips. Just like the rumors had said, he was an amazing kisser. He knew exactly what to do when. He mouth tasted like beer. He might have been slightly buzzed, but that didn't really matter. At least not while the making out was going on. He turned me around and pinned me to the wall. Dream coming true. That was all I could think.

Naruto's POV

Friday nights are the best during shows. After rehearsal, it's just so easy to get everyone together and go out to eat or something. That one night, we had decided to mix things up a bit and go to the furniture store. It had been Temari's idea. She said something about a cashier she had met when her mom and her were shopping for a new couch. We were all up for trying something new.

We were sitting on couches and eating the food we had brought in. I was only half listening to my friends. I was really thinking about Sakura. I was watching her while she was singing at rehearsal, and there was like, this glow about her. I mean, I had always found her kinda hot, but like, when she sang, it was ridiculous. There was just something in the way her green eyes shined that stood out the most in my head.

"Naruto!" Tenten awoke me from my daydream.

"Huh?" I looked around.

"Dude, you ok?" Kiba looked at me. "You look kinda pale."

"Yeah, I'm fine," I said.

"If you say so," Kiba leaned back on his seat.

"So, did you hear my question?" Tenten said sounding like she was annoyed.

"Uh, no," I said. "What was it?"

"Who do you like?" Tenten smirked. "I haven't heard you gush about anyone in awhile."

My insides froze up. Except for my heart. That was beating so fast I was sure that Shikamaru could hear it sitting next to me. I was faced with a difficult choice. I could either be honest, tell them I liked Sakura, and have them freak. Or I could lie, but walk around feeling guilty. I chose the lie

"No one," I lied. Too bad my voice cracked making it obvious I was lying.

"Ha, liar!" Temari called.

"Come on, man, just tell us," Kiba begged.

"Yeah," Tented added. "It's not like we'll tell her or anything."

I took a deep breath. "SakuraHaruno," I mumbled.

"What?"

"I like Sakura Haruno, okay?"

There was a momentary silence. Tenten looked shocked. Temari and Kiba looked like they were about to laugh. Shikamaru looked like he didn't give a shit. And Hinata, poor Hinata, she looked like she was about to cry.

"You're kidding, right?" Tenten eyebrow twitched.

"No," I mumbled.

"What the fuck Naruto!" Tenten picked up a pillow from the couch she was sitting on and threw it at me. "What happened to Sakura being a slut?"

"I dunno," I frowned. "I only like her a little…"

"On a scale from one to ten, how much?" Temari asked.

"Uh," I had to think about it. "Like, a five, maybe a six."

"Ugh, I can't believe you," Tenten growled.

"Well, you can't blame the man," Kiba nodded as if he could understand what I felt. "Sakura is a hottie."

"Not you too," Tenten rolled her eyes.

"What she is?" Kiba shrugged. "Anyone could see that."

"Thank you," I was happy to have someone agree. "And when she sings? Ugh, its like…" I couldn't even think of how to describe it.

"Well, she's in love with Sasuke so, not like you have a chance anyway," Tenten crossed her arms and leaned back into her chair.

I glared at Tenten. Some best friend she was. I didn't necessarily like Neji when she told me how crazy she was about him, but I can't remember being so…jerky about it. I had been a good friend and supported her. Couldn't she at least do the same for me?

We sat in an awkward silence for a while before Tenten looked at her phone for the time. "It's getting late," she said not looking up from her phone. "You two still coming over?" she asked Temari and Hinata.

I was happy when they left.

Tenten's POV

I knew he thought I was being unreasonable. But he just didn't understand. He couldn't understand. Temari and I had been planning on hooking him up with Hinata, for Christ's sake.

In fact, I was surprised Temari was so chill about. But it didn't matter now. He was into some stupid, bubble gum haired, slut. And just because he thought she sang nicely.

Poor Hinata. The girl had been in love with him since before middle school. But because Naruto was stupid and couldn't see what was right in front of him, he had no fucking clue. And now Hinata was going to sob her heart out, just like she always did when Naruto hurt her.

So could anyone blame me for being mad at the kid who was breaking one of my best friends heart? Plus, it wasn't like Naruto was all that supportive of me liking Neji when I told him. He had made it clear that he thought Neji was a cold, stuck-up, jerk. So it was just karma that he would have trouble convincing me that some slut he liked was tolerable.

A/N: Kind of a short chapter sorry…