Naruto walked through the station with his hands behind his head, smiling softly. He was, as always, heading for the entertainment complex on the station. It held a number of bars, restaurants and clubs, as well as various other entertainments. Naruto had a favourite bar on the station; the miner's arms, which he favoured for its comfortable atmosphere and cheap beer.
Most of the people on the station were either freighter crews or tourists, mainly the latter. Naruto sighed as he looked at the happy couples through one of the clear glass windows of a restaurant, feeling suddenly very lonely. If Kiba and Sakura hooked up together like he had suspected life on the ship was going to get very grim indeed.
He finally came to his favourite bar, and sat on a stool with a worn velvet-substitute cushion askew on it. "A pint please, whatever's cheapest," He told the barmaid, a pretty girl of around Naruto's age.
"Right away sir," she poured him a glass of some odd smelling beverage, handing it to him. Naruto closed his eyes as he swallowed the fowl tasting liquid, grinning widely. Not drinking much, and being small for his age he was tipsy after another pint.
"So I tell her, go clean your own freakin' ship!" Naruto said a little too loudly, and the barmaid laughed awkwardly. Just then a shady looking man walked into the bar, sitting down in the stool next to Naruto. He was wearing all black, except for a dark green hoody over his head. From the side Naruto could only see the end of the man's nose and his bangs. Naruto was naturally intrigued, but decided to bide his time before questioning the man. He watched him drink back 6 shots of whiskey, expensive stuff too, before he finally took the hood down.
Naruto saw that the shady man was actually not that shady at all. He wore a blue headband keeping his hair in place, which was jet black and well styled. His face looked smooth and soft, almost like a woman's, but he had undeniably masculine eyes – Naruto thought they should belong to a wolf, or a panther, or something. "Umm, hi, you like whiskey huh?" Naruto said, mentally kicking himself for trying such a retarded opening line.
"Yep." He stated, not even looking at the boy, just staring forward. Naruto looked at him oddly, leaning over onto the counter, "You're drinking some pretty expensive stuff there… you gonna buy me a drink or what?" Naruto chuckled.
Who the fuck is this kid? The boy thought to himself, knocking back another whiskey, Kind of cute I suppose… seems a bit of an idiot though. "Aren't you a little young to be hanging out in a bar," The boy finally turned to Naruto, smiling arrogantly.
"I'm not a kid, dumbass!" he said defensively "I'm 18 you know!"
"Right… what year were you born in?" The boy retorted.
"Twenty one thirty… Gah, shut up!" Naruto folded his arms, "Just don't tell the barmaid,"
"I doubt she really cares… I'm 15 anyway, yourself?"
"Me too!" he said a little excitedly.
"So… Are you a tourist or what?" The boy asked.
"No, I work on a freighter," He explained, not wanting to tell the other he was a cook – it was kind of embarrassing.
"Right, what's your name then? I'm Sasu" he said, now slightly drunk. Sasuke was, in fact, the son of Mr Uchiha, the shadowy owner of space station. It wasn't common knowledge that the man actually had a son, but Sasuke liked to keep a low profile none the less.
"My name is Naruto," he grinned "Pleased to meet ya'." He grinned, grabbing the other's hand and shaking it.
"So what are you on leave or something?" Sasuke asked, leaning on his hand, taking a good look at Naruto for the first time. Naruto had blonde hair, which was spiked on end. He wore a worn orange suit, adorned with marks and stains, and had curious marks across his face, kind of like whiskers. Naruto's most striking feature was his bright, bright blue eyes, which Sasuke couldn't help but stare at.
"Yeh, I'm on leave for the next week, thank gooood!" he laughed, stumbling on his arm slightly and blushing.
"So… where are you staying?" Sasuke asked him.
"Umm, dunno, probably try and get a room in the worker's complex I guess," Naruto admitted.
"Well umm… I don't think they have any vacancies there… and, no offense, but you don't look like you can afford executive." What the heck am I doing? Sasuke's sensibilities suddenly overtook the alchohol.
"Sounds like you're coming onto me," Naruto suddenly giggled, patting the other on the back.
"No… god no! I was just trying to help you out!" He half yelled, "Jeez you try and do a guy a favour…"
"I was just kidding," Naruto quickly retorted "Chill out man," he patted him on the back nervously.
"Yeh okay, whatever," Sasuke said, brushing it off, "Come on, it's getting late."
Okay chapter 2 is up, tell me what you think