title: Born to Be Three
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH 2015
rating: K-M
summary: o26: Boys' Leaf suffers from a lack of female companionship.
dedicated to: my baes on tumblr - i love you all!
NOTE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH: I wanted to add Sarada in many of these prompts, because she's a part of this beautiful family too /sobs forever at my babies having babies/ but sometimes I either couldn't find a way to fit her in and, to be honest, I have little experience writing about her! Hopefully that will change
.o26.
Boarding School
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Boys' Leaf suffers from a lack of female companionship.
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"Honestly," Naruto groaned. He flopped onto his bed, back first, wincing at the impact against his spine. "I don't even know why I decided to enroll here. It's a giant sausage fest." He turned his head towards the group, sitting around in a circle in the cramped dorm room. Shikamaru offered him a smoke after lighting his own, which Naruto took gratefully.
"What did you expect?" Sasuke muttered. "It's an all-boys school for a reason."
"I actually don't mind the lack of females," Sai smiled. "It's nice to embrace the testosterone with my fellow males."
Naruto held up a hand to silence him. He breathed in smoke, then puffed it out and watched it evaporate into the air. "Please don't talk, Sai."
"You do realize that the sister school is literally a five minute walk away," Neji said. "It's not like you're walled in here forever. You can go out. Although knowing you," he scoffed. "You'd probably get lost on the way."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Naruto growled.
Neji shrugged and reached for one of Shikamaru's cigarettes. "Whatever you want it to mean."
"Yosh!" Lee cried. His fist pump in the air grazed the corner of Chouji's chip bag. A flutter of chip crumbs fluttered to the ground.
"Hey," Sasuke said. "Clean that up. I don't want ants in my room."
Their attention focused back to Lee, who began prattling on about how the girls at Girls' Leaf were simply "one-of-a-kind" –knowing Lee, this was code for "she'll do."
"I mean, sure, there are definitely some hotties there. Remember when they came over to the annual ball? I danced with a lot of girls. They definitely wanted a taste of my beef ramen."
Sasuke threw a small paperback at Naruto's stomach. "You idiot," he said. "Grinding doesn't count as dancing. Plus, that one girl—the one with the purple hair. She didn't seem to appreciate you shoving your crotch all over her."
From the corner of his eye, Neji seemed to twitch erratically. Sasuke figured that maybe he was just into her and jealous.
"Come to think of it, Sasuke-kun," Sai said. This time, Sasuke twitched. He allowed very few people to address him as Sasuke-kun, and Sai was not—and would never be—one of them. "You danced with a…ah, what do you guys call it? A chicken? Yeah, you danced with a chicken too at the event."
"Wait, are we talking about a bird or Sasuke's hair?" Chouji asked.
"He means chick," Shikamaru butted in. "Sai, it's chick."
"Oh."
Sasuke ignored the group's gaze on him, pressuring him on for more information about this mysterious girl.
"Actually, I kind of remember her too! I didn't get to see her face, but she had pink hair—of all things, pink hair!—in a bun. She wore this strapless red dress—I know it was red because I got hot looking at her being hot—and had the nicest ass." Naruto grinned like a naughty boy. "Teme was really into her, if I recall. He held her the whole night, like he was afraid she'd leave him or something."
Luckily, Naruto put out his cigarette before Sasuke threw a pillow into his face to shut him up. The impact was so great, the blond felt his head smack into the wall behind him.
"Who is she?" Neji asked, an eyebrow raised. "How come we haven't heard of her?"
"It's nothing," Sasuke muttered. "Leave it alone."
"Ah, so she broke up with you?" Lee asked. "Come here, Sasuke! Let me give you a hug—"
"No." He stopped Lee with his foot, creating distance between the two of them. "Go away."
"What's her name, at least?" Shikamaru said. He blew smoke out of his mouth and watched it float up into the ceiling.
"—Sakura!"
Sasuke's ears perked up. He glared at Chouji, who made the accusation.
"How did you know?" he snarled.
"Hm? Oh, what? I was talking about these!" Chouji pulled a carton of strawberry snacks hidden behind his body. "Look. I said that they were shaped like Sakura."
Naruto, having recovered from the blow to the stomach, grinned sheepishly. "So her name's Sakura, huh?"
"It's none of your business." He felt the six pairs of eyes on him, following his every move, tracking his every thought. "It's nothing."
"It didn't seem like nothing, the way you kissed her," Shikamaru smirked.
"When did you see that?!"
Shikamaru chuckled. "You're making it too easy, Sasuke."
"Forget it." Sasuke jumped off his bed and made for the door. "I'm leaving."
"Ooh," Lee cried. "Are you going to see Sakura-chan?"
Sasuke shut the door behind him, only to find Sakura walking down the hallway of the dorms. Her eyes lit up when she saw him, and she raced towards him, jumping into his arms. He was prepared: he caught her, fighting a smirk as she showered him with kisses and complained about how long it's been.
"It was only two days ago," he laughed. "Relax. What are you doing here?"
"I had to get away," she breathed. "My friends—ugh, they're so…I don't know, they just kept bugging me about you, wondering if you had any of your buddies they could hook up with." She jumped out from his arms, feet secure.
"Oh, it is her!" Naruto grinned. "I can tell because she's the one with the cute butt."
"The hair color didn't give it away?" Shikamaru said.
Sakura put her hands on her hips. "Sasuke-kun…" she began. "…What were you telling them about me?"
Naruto grinned. He knew he'd get in so much trouble for this, but it had to be said.
"HE'S THE ONE WHO TALKED ABOUT YOUR NICE ASS."
Immediately, instead of a pillow, Naruto felt the sharp jab of a fist in his stomach.
updates come regularly on tumblr for each day. I'm lazy at uploading on ff, but rest assured everything will be up by the end of this month. XD
note: chapter 12, white flag, has been replaced :)