It's near closing time at the public baths, so Hinata and Sakura have their side all to themselves, as do Sasuke and Naruto on theirs.
"I'm really happy for you, Hinata," remarks Sakura. "I mean, you finally got your guy!"
Hinata grins. "Mmm," she responds. "But what about you and Sasuke? He seemed to be paying a lot of attention to you at the falls…anything going on there?"
A usually-bold Sakura blushes, though it's hidden by the redness caused by the hot water. "You could say that," she says with a roguish smile. "If you know what I mean."
Hinata gives her pal a knowing smile with a hidden blush of her own. "Yeah, I think I do," she says. "Same here."
"I figured. That's fantastic, Hinata, I'm happy for you. But…Sasuke taught me…things…and as embarrassing as it is to talk about, I would like to tell you what I know now for you and Naruto. I mean, your shy and Naruto is an ignoramous when it comes to women, so I'm pretty sure neither of you will even think of these things, much less try them. Think you can handle it? Assuming *I* can, of course!"
She chuckles nervously.
"Yes, please do," Hinata responds, bashful but interested. "I want to please Naruto in every way possible. If you can help with that…I can endure the discomfort. Please tell me what you know…"
Sakura breathes in deeply, closing her eyes, gathering her courage. Then she meets Hinata's eyes and bravely starts in.
"Well…uh…when I was in bed with Sasuke, he did something unexpected to me, and it felt fantastic! He uh…er…French kissed me…down there."
"Oh!" remarks an embarrassed Hinata. But she really wants to hear the rest of the story. She's waiting for the part that will teach her what else she can do for Naruto.
"W-well," she asks shyly, "Wh-what…uh…what did you do to Sasuke that he liked so much?"
Sakura pretends this conversation is easy. "Well…that intimate French kiss I told you about? Well…I sorta did the same thing to him. Trust me, if you do it for Naruto, I guarantee you'll bring him to his knees!"
Forcing herself to be more courageous than she actually is, Hinata questions Sakura further. This is too important to her to back out of. It's for Naruto, after all.
"Um…" she begins, "That…well…I will definitely try it, but…I don't really know how. Could you…maybe…tell me?" Her cheeks are fiery red now, and not just from the hot water. Her deeply personal question intensifies the rosiness on both their faces. But Sakura doesn't let that stop her from answering Hinata. She really wants to help her companion.
"Uh…well…" Sakura's mouth goes dry. It was one thing to give Hinata the basics, but details? But for her friends' sakes, she decides to bite the bullet.
"Look," Sakura begins, "When you get…down there…move your tongue around a lot, and…uh…crap, there's no delicate way to say this." She sighs, but continues quickly, before Hinata can react, just to get the discomfort out of the way fast. "Well, you just lick and suck on it like it's a piece of candy. Not too hard, though." Her face is tomato-red, but she doesn't look down. She keeps her composure, acting like this is a piece of cake.
"Oh…" utters Hinata, too thoughtful about Sakura's advice to remember to be embarrassed. "I'll definitely have to try that next time," she mutters to herself, almost inaudibly. Sakura hears, though, and smiles, mission accomplished.
Now to get the hell out of here! Sakura thinks to herself as she rises to get dressed.
"So," Sasuke says casually. "You and Hinata finally got together, huh? You know that girl has been chasing you since the Academy days?"
Naruto bows his head. "Yeah, I know. I mean I know now. I feel really bad for making her wait so long."
"Don't give it a second thought, Naruto. I'm sure she hasn't, not since you slept together."
Naruto blanches. He realizes that everyone who was stationed at Aikiri falls knows, but for someone—especially Sasuke—to come out and say it like that was just a little embarrassing. Naruto was relieved, however, that his brother-in-arms didn't tease him about it. He was half-expecting it ever since the morning the whole team woke to see the pair occupying the same sleeping bag at the same time.
"Well what about you and Sakura?" Naruto retorts, trying to take the heat off himself. "She's been chasing you since the Academy days too!"
Sasuke snorts. "Shows what you know, baka! For your information, you're not the only one who's gotten lucky recently!" He smiles impishly at Naruto, pleased that he had beaten him to the experience.
"Ooooh!" Naruto sings out. He gives Sasuke a devilish grin.
"Don't give me that look! If that's how you're gonna be, I'm getting out. And here I was gonna give you some advice on how to drive Hinata crazy, too!" He begins to rise.
"Wait, Sasuke!" pleads a very interested and curious Naruto. "I'm sorry about that. Please go ahead and tell me what you were going to say."
Normally, the last person in the world Naruto would take advice from—especially about this—is Sasuke. But he realizes how little he knows about women, and assumes Sasuke knows everything. There was simply no one else who could help him out. And pleasing Hinata was more important to him than salvaging his ego.
"Hmph." grunts Sasuke, full of himself from having won this unspoken "contest." However, he recognizes the fact that he so far hasn't said anything intimate or embarrassing. He plays it off cool as always, keeping his eyes up with a false confidence.
"Well," he begins, "It's actually pretty simple. You just…when you're kissing her…don't leave out her…uh…private part." Sasuke wants to crawl under a rock now, but he doesn't dare let on to Naruto.
"Oh…" replies Naruto. "Is…is there any special technique I should use or something?" He's terribly embarrassed to ask such questions of Sasuke—of all people—but he figures Sasuke knows the most, and he wants to be able to give Hinata as much pleasure as possible. So he endures the embarrassment admirably, not letting on how difficult this is for him.
Sasuke groans. Do I have to spell it out for him? he thinks in embarrassed frustration. I guess it can't be helped. This is Naruto, after all. He doesn't know jack shit about girls. *Somebody's* got to teach him…guess I have no choice.
"Well…er…uh…" Sasuke clears his throat. He maintains a nonchalant expression, but all he really wants to do is run. "Y-you just…use your tongue on her like she's a lollipop and gently suck like you would a peppermint. You gotta be in the right place, though." Well, I did it. It's out there now. The hard part is over.
"Right place?" asks an inquisitive and obviously interested Naruto.
Sasuke puts his head in his hands and sighs. Why does he have to be such an idiot? Do I really have to tell him everything?
But he has to finish what he started before he can get out of here and go back home…to Sakura. Thus he answers Naruto, pretending not to be embarrassed.
"There is a small but extremely sensitive protrusion at the top of her intimate area. That's what you should focus on."
"Oh, that! Yeah, I know what you're talking about. I read, ya know. And I already know she likes to be touched there."
"That's more than I wanted to know, Naruto. Really."
Naruto laughs, easing the tension in the room.
"Oh, one more thing," Sasuke courageously adds, "Use your fingers, too. At the same time. You know, uh…inside."
Naruto looks thoughtful for a moment. "Thanks, Sasuke. I appreciate your help." Naruto would normally hate asking Sasuke for help with such a hush-hush topic, much less thank him for it. But this is important, and Sasuke just gave him some really fantastic advice he can't wait to try out. He is too grateful to his friend to feel any discomfort at this point.
"Well," says Sasuke casually, "I don't know about you, but I'm about ready to get out."
"O-oh, yeah. Me too."