Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto. I wonder who many times I would have to say that…

Bar music pound loudly in her ears as Sakura, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, and Sasuke enter "Samehada." Naruto look around the bar before landing his eyes on one man. That said man replicate Naruto's wild grin before waving them over.

"Yo Kiba! Long time no see."

"Yo Naruto, Sasuke, Ino, Hinata. Looking fine as always Sakura," Kiba wag his eyebrows suggestively at her, eyes roaming over her black knee high boots, black mini skirt, and half button down white dress shirt, exposing her blood red spaghetti shirt inside.

Sakura roll her eyes and proceed to whack him playfully on the head before replying, "nice seeing you too, Kiba"

The six friends order a round of sake and talk about random things. A good hour and a half and several rounds of sake later, Naruto and Kiba's faces are flush from alcohol. Sasuke, provoked into joining them, is starting to become intoxicated but still have his senses. The females wisely choose not to participate in the drinking contest. They reminisce about their past, laughing at their young stupid selves, and sipping their sake.

"Hey-giggle-hey…remember that time when Sasuke-teme found that Daddy Long Leg next to his hand and totally freaked out?" slurs Naruto. Sasuke promptly chokes on his drink and glares at his best friend.

"I did not 'freak out'"

Ino and Sakura look at each other before laughter burst from their lips.

"He almost cried!!"

"Didn't we get that on tape?!?!"

Sasuke pales.

"And-snicker-remember that time when Kiba challenged Sakura-chan to a drinking contest and then lost? Then he tried to hit on that lady at the bar but it turn out she was a cross dressing man?'

The table erupts in howls of laughter. Kiba blushes and glowers at Naruto.

"Oh yea? What about that time when you got so drunk that you grabbed Gaara in a bear hug and wouldn't let go for hours?"

Sakura laughs, tears coming out of her eyes, "He fell asleep while hugging Gaara and drooled on him!! I've never seen Gaara look so mad! Or traumatized!! He wouldn't come near Naruto for almost a month!!"

Hinata stifles her giggles with her hand, "Kankuro-san took a picture of it, I think.'

Another round of laughter erupts from the table before Ino and Sakura excuse themselves to go to the restroom. They burst in random fit of giggles on the way when a voice stops them.

"Sakura-san?"

Sakura turns around to the source of the voice and blinks, "Sasori-san? Deidara? What are you guys doing here?"

"This bar belongs to our friend, Kisame, so we come here regularly. Let me introduce you. Sakura, this is Hidan, Pein, Tobi, and Itachi."

"Nice to freaking meet you."

"Hello."

"Nice to meet you Sakura-san! How did Deidara-sempai meet such a pretty lady like yourself?"

"Hn."

Sakura smiles and greet each of them, and rest her eyes on the Uchiha, "I remember you…didn't you have that motorcycle accident last year, Uchiha-san? I remember you because you were Sasuke-kun's brother…and because I've never seen anyone with so much reluctance to laughing gas." She lightly chuckles.

"Hn, it's a small world indeed," states Itachi.

Deidara laugh, "So this is what you mean by 'I have to go somewhere tomorrow', un"

Sakura gives a slightly guilty smile, "Yea…they would've annoy me to death if I refuse. Oh, that's right, this is my friend, Ino." Ino gives a smile and a cheery wave.

After a minute, they excuse themselves from the group of men and close the door to the restroom. Sakura washes her hands and looks in the mirror, only to find Ino half glaring at her.

"What is it, Pig?"

"How come you didn't tell me you have such hot friends?"

"…You have a boyfriend…"

"But still!! No wonder you keep rejecting my dates, you already have a bunch of hotties hidden up your sleeves."

"Ino!! I've only met Uchiha-san once, met Sasori-san a couple days ago, and Deidara's the one I'm taking care of. I don't even know Hidan-san and Tobi-san!"

"Oh? Deidara…the blonde one? He's pretty cute…I approve of him!!"

Sakura blushes, "Pig!!"

"Ah!! I know! Let's invite them to TenTen's party tomorrow!"

Ino rushes out the door, leaving Sakura to stare at the spot where her best friend used to be. Remembering what Ino plans to do, she rushes after her…only to find that Ino already asked them to the party. When she arrives at the table, Ino gives her a smirk and says that Sasori, Deidara, and Itachi will be there tomorrow. Sakura sighs and turns to them with a small smile.

"Should we go at the same time tomorrow then?" she asks.

"Yes, I will pick you up at your place tomorrow, Sakura-san."

"Fucking cherry blossoms are fucking gay! Where the fuck is my fucking sake?" Hidan slurs.

Sasori sighs, "Please don't mind him, he's drunk."

Sakura laugh, "Okay, I'll see you guys tomorrow then" and walk away with Ino.

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An hour later, Sasori approaches Sakura's table dragging a half drunk Deidara behind him.

Sakura looks up from the table where Naruto and Kiba's heads lay, snoring and drooling on the table.

"Sakura-san, we just came to tell you that we're leaving now. Goodnight."

Sakura look between Sasori's retreating back and her two sleeping friends.

"Sasori-san, wait! I'll go with you. I don't want to drag these drunkards home."

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"It's ok, Sasori-san, I can take care of him from here."

"Are you sure, Sakura-san? Deidara is quite…troublesome…when he's drunk."

"Yes, it's fine, I've probably seen worse."

"Okay then, I'll see you and the idiot tomorrow morning, goodnight, Sakura-san."

"Goodnight, Sasori-san"

Sakura shuts the door after Sasori leave and turns to the blonde mess on the couch. Deidara stares blankly at the wall with closed eyes and flushed face. 'He looks cute like that,' Inner Sakura purrs. Sakura rolls her eyes and grab Deidara by the shoulder and starts shaking him.

"Hey, are you awake? Wake up. I'm not gonna carry you to your bed, you know."

Deidara groans, roll onto his stomach, and falls off the couch with a loud thump.

Sakura blinks and poke her toes into his side, "Are you ok?"

"Thank you so much for helping me Sakura," said Deidara, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Oh, right," Sakura grabs his arm and help him to his feet. With his arm over her shoulder, she supports him to his bedroom and helps him into his bed. Propping him up against the headboard, she raid through his closet for his sleepwear. She emerges with a pair of loose fitting sweat pants and a T-shirt.

"Here, you can change yourself right?"

He relies with a grunt, hands going up to the button on his shirt. Over and over, his fingers clumsily slip over the first button, brows furrow in concentration. The vein in Sakura's right temple throbs. Sighing with exasperation, she swats his hands away and begins working on his stubborn buttons. Sliding his shirt off his shoulder, she silently gulps and at the display before her. His perfectly sculpted torso was covered in light olive skin color, bound with well-defined muscles. Over his heart, a mouth-like tattoo adorns his chest. Sakura stares at it; captivated by the symbol-like mark. She slides her hands down his arms and feel the hardness of his muscles through his shirt. Inner Sakura melted in a puddle of goo before his godly body. Taking advantage of the fact that he can't see, Sakura's eyes drink in his features. She let her eyes roam over his golden hair that lightly veils a part of his face from the world, his piercing blue eyes that are slightly unfocused, his perfect Greek nose, and his thin lips. Her eyes slides down to his torso, past his firm pectorals, resting on his six pack.

"Like what you see, un?"

Sakura blushes ten different shades of red and stutters, "I w-wasn't looking."

Tearing her eyes away (much to Inner Sakara's dismay), she forces Deidara's head through the hole of the T-shirt with more force than necessary. Deidara's smirk becomes more pronounce at her flustered actions.

"My turn, un"

"Huh?"

"To see you, un."

"Eh? But…you can't see…"

Deidara holds up his hands and Sakura's eyes shine in comprehension.

"Um…I guess…but don't you dare do anything perverted!"

Deidara's answering grin made Sakura's heart skip a beat as he gropes the air for her. Rolling her eyes a little, she grabs his hands and brings them up to cup her cheeks. His hands slowly trace her face, gently caressing from her temple down to her chin. Using one hand to caress a side of her face, the other slowly reaches behind her neck, pausing to run one thumb over her ear. A shiver runs down her spine. That same hand then entangles itself into her bubblegum hair, trapping it between his hand and her neck and slowly moving it along her spine until it reaches mid-back and the tips of her hair slips from his fingers. His hand twist itself into her hair once more, rubbing the silky texture between his fingers before bringing up to his face and breathe in its strawberry scent. His large hand abandons her hair and traces back to her face. His smooth hand gently run across the side of her face a few times before lining his hand along her jaw and brushes his thumb along her cheekbones. Sakura bites her lips to keep them from sighing and snuggling into his warm hands. Even though she knows that his touch is merely from curiosity, she couldn't shake off the feeling of intimacy between them. His touch is easily the most affectionate touch any man has given her. She finds herself wanting more of his touch, his…

"Ow!"

"Sorry, un. Did I poke your eye?"

"Yea…it's fine, it just surprised me."

His thumb grazes her cheekbone again, this time with more caution. Sakura's eyelashes flutter close at his contact. Warm fire seems follow everywhere he touches. Heat warms her eyelids, her forehead, her cheeks, and her lips. Tingly sensations send shivers down her spine as he drags his thumb across her lips, fanning his finger with her hot breath. Sakura opens her eyes when she feels his warmth leaving her face. His palms slip down her neck and across her shoulder, lightly tracing over her collarbones. They rest on her biceps and gingerly squeeze to feel the firmness of her muscles. Sakura silently congratulates herself for putting the effort to work out and keeping in shape. His touch continues down her arms and stops when he reaches her hands. He gathers one of her hand into his large palm, intertwining them, feeling every inch of her small hand. His hands continue to explore her body, all the while trying to not accidentally grope her breasts. They follow the curves of her shoulders and settle on her hips and feeling up her flat stomach. They continue to travel up and down her body, as if he can't get enough of her body. By now, Sakura is reduced to a blushing pile goo with exhilarated heart rate. She keep telling herself to stop his searching hands but her voice wouldn't come out and settle for enjoying his touch. Little by little, he leans closer to her. By instinct, she tilts her head to the side, eyelashes fluttering close. His hot sake tainted breath caresses her lips and she holds her breath. Somewhere, a voice in her head vaguely whispers that this is wrong.

Thud.

Sakura's eyes flew open and look down. Deidara's head lies on her chest, eyes closed and breathing deeply. The medic's jaw drops in surprise. The bastard fell asleep on her! Fuming, Sakura lay Deidara onto his pillow and storms out of his apartment. The cold wind blows on her face, and suddenly she becomes aware of how warm her body is. The pink hair woman wraps her arms around herself and wonder why she's feeling disappointed. Her heart constricts painfully. She presses her palms against her burning cheeks and speed home, blaming everything on the damn alcohol.

Yes…it's all the alcohol's fault…

Yet she couldn't decide whether she was blaming it for making him act like that or for making him fall asleep on her.

I think that I'm quite proud of this chapter.

I had a lot of fun humiliating the boys in this chapter, especially Sasuke =] I read "Age of Consent" by Lady Silvamord (awesome itasaku story. Read it =]) and fell in love with the idea of Sasuke being scared of spiders to the point to crying and freaking out. But yea!! Finally some DeiSaku action!! I feel a little bad for Sakura for making Deidara fall asleep on her though, lol.

I hope this chapter is to your satisfaction. It's a little longer than my other chapter but I think it's a little bit too short. I was afraid that I would run out of materials to write about in the chapter and then it would turn boring.

Oh yea…sorry for any grammar mistakes in the chapter

Leave suggestions/ideas/commentary please!! It makes me more aware of what the reader want or like =D

~AnOthEr_bEIng