22. Rouge
Sasuke stared at his reflection in Sakura's mirror. His cheeks and lips were redder than normal, and the darkness on his eyes made them stand out and glisten. He looked altogether much more feminine than normal, but also completely natural; it was kind of frightening. Glancing down at his forehead protector (sitting on the dresser before him) he wished that he had never agreed to this mission.
There was noise from downstairs, rushed talking and loud footsteps moving toward the stairs. "Stop it! Don't go up there!" Sasuke heard Sakura protest.
The door to the room burst open revealing a grinning Naruto. Taking barely a second to aim, Sasuke threw a shuriken at the blond. Naruto yelped and dodged, still grinning. "Sasuke! Why didn't you tell me you took this mission? I would have signed up, too, but I thought Neji was going," he said, edging into the room carefully, still focusing half his attention on Sasuke's face, but the other half on the man's twitching fingers.
"Naruto… leave," Sasuke said, glaring. He could feel the blush rising on his cheeks, coloring them further. It was infuriating. Just the thought of Naruto seeing him like this had been upsetting, and now that it had come true, he did not know what he was going to do. There was no way that Naruto would ever let him live it down, and even if he did keep it quiet, he would probably use it as blackmail or worse, make him do it again.
Naruto was smiling and moving farther into the room; Sakura stood in the doorway, ready to jump in if either of them moved too quickly. "You look really… pretty," Naruto said, tilting his head to the side, "why haven't you done this before?"
Almost choking, Sasuke said, "Why would I ever have dressed up like a woman before now?"
"Well, you completely refused to wear those clothes I asked you to try on the other day…" Naruto began, but did not get to finish as a shuriken came flying at his face. "Hey! Watch where you're throwing those things!"
Sasuke stood up from the table, grabbing up the bag of makeup Sakura had lent him. He smoothed the folds in his dress and gracelessly stalked toward the door. "I have to go," he said, moving as quickly as he could while still keeping up his girly appearance.
Sakura rolled her eyes as Naruto ran past her to catch Sasuke. "Wait up! A girl shouldn't walk alone this late at night!" he was calling out. There was a loud thud as, Sakura presumed, Sasuke shoved Naruto to the floor. She rolled her eyes and went to clean up her room.
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Well… watching Harry Potter seems like a better idea than writing (I really did not want to write for this word). So this isn't the best I've ever written. "I'm not ready for this, Sirius." Harry Potter quotes out of context are the best.