First Days of School

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Author's Note: This concert was last week. Both guitar classes (advanced and beginner) did horrible. None of us were even denying it. But we had fun trying to find out cars in the parking lot in the rain after dark. My friend decided to do the Electric Slide in the rain. Warning for the other clumsy people, like me and my friend: Don't do the electric slide in the rain. You will fall. And everyone, including yourself, will laugh.

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"She'll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain." –Ricky Martin (Livin' La Vida Loca)

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"Am I the only one that's thinking we did horrible?" Naruto asked out loud, twenty minutes after their guitar concert.

There were the most interesting things backstage. Squishy couches that Drama had used for Peter Pan; a gong, enormous drums and capes that most of them had already decided that they wanted because they were velvety and elegantly black. Why they had the drums, the gong and the capes, none of them knew, but they weren't complaining.

"No." Came the chorus from those sitting on the couches.

All were dressed in formal attire under strict threats of death by homework from Iruka. Modest formal attire, Iruka had stressed, looking at the girls. In other words, no deep necklines, at least knee-length skirts, all black.

Sasuke looked the best, in Naruto's opinion. Black dress shirt with the black slacks and shiny shoes. He'd loosened the tie as soon as the show had been over and they'd all collapsed on the couches.

Naruto fiddled with his own, orange tie. Iruka had never set any rules about ties and the blonde had wanted something bright on him somewhere. They could hear the rain pounding on the roof, but all of them were far too comfortable to move.

Iruka came out from behind the curtain, dressed in slacks and a dark green dress shirt. "You know you guys have to get off school property by eight, right?"

All of them flicked a glance at the clock high on the wall. "We've got ten minutes."

Iruka shook his head, chuckling. "It'll take you ten minutes to find your ride home. Out."

Everyone stood, grumbling. The girls slipped their shoes back on and the boys jumped down from the stage as they left, going for the exit closest to the parking lot. As they opened the doors, a rush of wind greeted them. The world seemed darker when the rain came, forming puddles of ebony.

Naruto looked over at Sasuke. "Your brother's not here yet, is he?"

"Nope. Lazybutt."
"Or he wanted to be a sadist and make us get wet."

"That too."

Naruto reached out, feeling the raindrops on his palm before running out into the parking lot, spinning and laughing. Sasuke quirked an eyebrow that, while he knew Naruto couldn't see it, the blonde knew it would be there.

Naruto stopped spinning and held a hand out. "Come on, teme!" he called. "Come dance with me!"

Sasuke was tempted, no doubt about it. Naruto's blonde hair was sticking to his face, the white dress shirt, black vest and slacks molding themselves to the contours of his body. The blonde strode forward, tugged at Sasuke's hand and led him out to the center of the parking lot.

"You're insane, you know that?" Sasuke told him as the blonde led him into a waltz. How and where Naruto had learned to waltz was an interesting story that Sasuke would have to hear another time.

Naruto kissed him lightly. "But you knew that when you started dating me."

Sasuke grumbled, but didn't object further to the dancing. If he was honest with himself, he didn't mind dancing—he didn't enjoy it—but he didn't hate it either. The darkness of the parking lot was briefly illuminated with a flash of lightning and Naruto jumped on instinct rather than because of actual fear. But dress shoes didn't have traction on their soles, causing the blonde to slip, bringing Sasuke down with him.

Naruto coughed as the air was knocked out of him before the coughing bubbled into laughter. Sasuke, who had landed partially on him, glared half-heartedly, but there was something in the onyx eyes that spoke of amusement.

"Insane and clumsy as hell." Sasuke shook his head, picking himself up, before offering a hand to Naruto.

Naruto took the hand, allowing him to be pulled to his feet. "Dancing in the rain always brings interesting results."

"And amusing ones." Itachi called from his Dodge Neon. Both teenagers turned to glare at him and Itachi smirked. "If you glare like that, I might be disinclined to be your ride home."

And both teenagers, grumbling, clambered into the car and Itachi's smirk grew, but he refrained from commenting about wet seats. Mostly because he'd caught a video of them on his cell phone—the best blackmail material an older brother could ask for.

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A/N: Two more days of school! Finals, argh. That means over an hour of boredom in all of my periods for the last days of school. But I've got uber-thick books to keep me entertained, so it's okay.