Dressed in dark blue jeans and a purple t-shirt on top with a funny print that made him chuckle the first time he saw it, Naruto felt very underdressed. There were many more people who showed up in normal clothing, not wanting to cosplay, but simply came here for the stands and the shows. In comparison there were more people dressed normally, than dressed up in cosplay. Still Naruto felt like he didn't belong, because he was here for the cosplay, and wanted to fit in somehow. But it was the last day and Sakura and he had to catch the train back in time. There was no room for changing, so this was their best option.

To be frank, Naruto was also hungover, so it was better to be in a comfortable outfit rather than something tight fitting that hardly breathed. Sakura was already forcing water down his throat, making him needing to take a leak every fifteen minutes. Not something he appreciated, but he better listen to Sakura now. He had left her behind at the club last night, so he could go to the hotel with Sasuke, and she had not appreciated it. Not one bit. Not at all. There was going to be some type of revenge, which he sort of had deserved. He should've known better and should've taken care of his friend. But it was Sasuke and he had actually had sex with him! No, no, that was not a good enough excuse.

'Can we go sit somewhere for a while? My feet hurt and we've been down this path ten times already. We're not going to find them here. Not when we keep walking around blindly.' Sakura did look tired and slightly annoyed, because they had been walking around in circles, passing booths they had seen many times already. Just so they could stay close to the entrance, because Sasuke still hadn't texted him.

Taking Sakura by the wrist, Naruto silently dragged her to the food court where many more people had gathered. Blue eyes roamed the area, but there was no table available, nor any chairs up for grabs. In the end they made do with the floor and a wall to sit again, far away from any of the booths and stands. A small group of cosplayers were sitting a few feet away, excitedly talking among each other about the contest that would be held that afternoon.

'You know moping around about a guy will not make him appear out of nowhere,' Sakura muttered as she stretched out her legs, rubbing her knees as she groaned along with it. Poor girl had stood enough and would not get up for a while.

'I'm not moping!' Naruto returned, his pout making his line very unconvincing. 'It's just really weird and I don't know what to do, okay? I had sex with this fantastic guy and then he even wants my number to text me, but what will happen really? It was a one night stand, that's all. He could ditch my right here and we would just never see each other again. It's easy.'

A lazy slap was delivered against his arm, Sakura not wanting to stretch out further. 'Oh, quit whining,' she sighed, not wanting to deal with this love sick puppy right now. Naruto was not in love fast, but when he fell for someone, he was head over heels instantly. Could be a real drag sometimes. 'You hardly know the guy, and for what we've seen he's not the easiest to deal with. Yes, he is drop dead gorgeous and even I would want to get under that, no matter how gay he was, but that's all you know about him. How he cussed you out before and then just had sex with you. What's there to like so much?'

An arm was tightly wrapped around her shoulders, Sakura pulled into a bone crushing hug, while her face was smashed against Naruto's chest. 'Oh, but you don't know, Sakura. You haven't seen his eyes twinkle as I drove my dick inside of him. The little sounds he makes when I hit him just right, and…' He was unable to finish that line, Sakura having punched him hard in the gut. Never underestimate a girl who takes boxing lessons.

'Stop telling me about your fucking sex life!' she shrieked for the whole area to hear, making heads turn their way. 'I don't need details, because I don't give a shit.' Dropping back against the wall and averting her eyes, it was Sakura's turn to pout, now even more annoyed than before. 'As if you were the only one who had an interesting night last night,' she muttered under her breath, just loud enough for Naruto to hear.

And obviously this peeked his interest. He did want some juicy details, because there hardly were ever any coming from Sakura. 'What did you do?' Naruto asked, not known for his subtlety.

A deep blush settled on Sakura's cheeks. Making sure she was looking anywhere but at Naruto, she quickly told him. 'I kissed the girl.'

'What?' Trying to look back at that evening Naruto wondered about which girl she was even talking. Had there been girls? There had been many girls. Many. Fan girls. Oh god, the fan girls. She did not kiss one of the fan girls, did she? 'What girl?'

'The redheaded friend,' she sighed, rubbing her temples as if she was trying to will the memory away. 'After you left with Sasuke, I was left with the rest of his friends, and after doing a few shots with them one of them dared me to kiss Karin, and then I did. I hardly remembered what happened, just that she had very soft lips and that it was kind of nice.' Snapping her eyes to Naruto then, Sakura pointed a finger up at him. 'You better not gossip about this. I swear to god I will gossip about you too and I have a lot more on you.'

A stern look then took over Naruto's features, which didn't suit him at all, and he just couldn't make it appear very believable. 'Sakura, you know I don't gossip about you, ever. I would be a bad friend if I did that.'

'I know, I know. It's just a precaution and…'

'I'm just going to test this and see how gay you really are.'

This earned him a smack against the head, which was deserved, but also worth it. This would be the best new material to tease Sakura with and Naruto would make use of it. He would take every opportunity. Especially around Sakura's friends. They were suspiciously close anyway. Silly girls having all those sleepovers. Something must be going on there, Naruto was sure!

Flipping out his phone, Naruto glanced down at his screen, seeing no message had appeared just yet, but this may be caused by something else as well. 'The internet sucks in here,' he whined, staring at the little bars and willing them to grow in numbers. Just a little more and then he may get a message. His arm went up in the air to catch the internet strings out of the air, because this is how he imagined it would go. Strings of invisible internet lines fluttering through the air, waiting to be caught by the electronic devices around.

A message did pop in then, but it was not a text coming from Sasuke. It was still some type of message coming from Sasuke, which made Naruto's heart beat right out of his chest, figuratively of course.

'Sakura,' Naruto said, grabbing his friend by the shoulder and shaking her slightly to get her attention. All the while his eyes staying glued to the small screen of his smart phone. 'He sent me a friend request. He wants to be friends on Facebook. He, sent me, a friend request.'

'God, you're such a dork. Press accept and be friends with him. Stalk his profile. Find out if he doesn't secretly have a boyfriend.' That was the first thing Naruto indeed did, but Sasuke appeared single on Facebook. 'Just relish in this happy moment. I just want the guy to text you, so we can meet up with them and get out of here. And if you're thinking about saying I just want to see them, because of Karin, I will seriously injure you.'

A smirk would work for now as he glanced at his friend, wriggling his eyebrows right when her green eyes moved up to his face. Priceless really. Thankfully for Sakura the text from Sasuke came in right then, the phone vibrating in Naruto's hand, asking for his attention. The text simply read "we're here. Find us." Not really much help on where to find them either, but Naruto was already on his feet, dragging Sakura along to a standing position as well. He would've made a run for it if Sakura hadn't grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

'Act normal, idiot. We don't even know where to go, and you don't want to meet up with him all sweaty and exhausted. Keep it together.'

Good point, Naruto needed to look presentable and all. So they continued at a leisured pace, following other people through the crowd to get to the edge of the large room. Hopefully they would be at the entrance somewhere. But as Naruto scanned the area, he couldn't see them anywhere. Not that it would be easy to find them. There were many people and they were in costume. At least Sasuke would be in costume, with a blond wig and a tight outfit that would look so sexy on him.

After a while Naruto was dragging his feet forward, disappointment taking over, because he was certain, absolutely certain that he would not be able to find Sasuke today. They had about an hour left and then they really would need to go. Catch their train and get out of here and who knew what would happen then.

'Hey, long time no see.'

A redheaded girl caught Sakura by the arm, sending a blush right up Sakura's cheeks. Oh, Naruto knew who this was. 'Oh, hi, uh. Yeah, good to see you again, too.' Sakura's eyes then flickered up to Naruto's face, noticing the shit eating grin on his lips as he glanced down at her. 'Don't you dare, asshole,' she threatened, glaring at him, but the grin didn't disappear until his brain finally caught up with him.

Turning towards Karin he stared at her wide eyed and then let his blue eyes slide through the space again. Karin gave him a confused look, but didn't bother him. She had seen his strange behaviour from before and did not want to get in the middle of it.

At last Naruto's eyes landed on a Mello cosplayer. Blond wig neatly cut and styled, having it straight down his face. Bangs slightly a mess, but not too much. And even a bar of chocolate in hand. Perfect, really perfect. The feather boa around his shoulders finished it all off, and it was hard not to go up to him and get in line with the other fan girls. Various people were standing around him, taking pictures of him as he put up a slight smirk as he bit down on the chocolate bar.

Naruto's legs were shaking as he just kept on watching Sasuke move, changing poses ever so slightly until he was done with it. Suigetsu handed out some business cards to the people around and then moved back to Karin and also the other friend Naruto had forgotten the name of. But Naruto only had eyes for Mello, Sasuke, Loki, whoever he wanted to be. And as Sasuke's eyes finally turned back to them, he saw the small recognition in the widening of Sasuke's eyes.

'H-hey,' Naruto managed to say, his voice breaking apart several times, making an utter fool out of him. God, he had never been this awkward with someone he had sex with before. 'You look… amazing. This suits you so well. I, uh.'

'Thanks,' Sasuke responded, instantly creating a more relaxed moment. Somehow he put Naruto at ease with that simple word, because he didn't react to all this awkwardness. Maybe he was used to it.

Getting a little closer to Sasuke, Naruto looked deep into his eyes, a soft smile forming on his lips. 'The blue eyes though. It looks so different. It changes your entire face,' he murmured, crossing the border of personal space easily.

Sasuke stepped around him, tapping him on the shoulder as he moved towards his friends. 'Better get used it. If you want to be my Matt, then you also need to wear contacts,' Sasuke shot back over his shoulder and then waved towards Karin. 'Now come here. I want to have some pictures with you together.'

Naruto didn't need to be told twice. He got up next to Sasuke, his heart racing, his body sweating, and a smile on his lips that had never been bigger.