Chapter 4: 'Damnit, Sakura'
A/N: Thanks everyone again for reading, reviewing, favoriting or following! This chapter is a bit longer than the past two. This chapter does have a short bit of Sasu/Naru, that hopefully you guys might enjoy! Again, thanks for reading!
Naruto grinned as he saw the dark-haired boy walk up to him and raised his newly opened bottle of beer up to Sasuke's own. Sasuke nodded and leaned against the counter that held the snacks for the party goers.
"So how's the party so far, Uchiha?"
"I just got here not too long ago. It's loud but at least there's some drinks here. And you?" Sasuke took a sip of beer.
"I was waiting here for some friends to show up." The blonde shrugged and bent over the counter to grab a slice of pizza.
"That pink haired girl in the next room is one of your friends, correct? So why aren't you hanging out with her?"
"Sakura?" Naruto laughed. "Yeah, she's my friend and we spent a few hours hanging out before the party but there's so much girl talk I can stand in one day."
Naruto gave a shiver when he remembered Sakura planning Naruto's and Sasuke's life out together. Sasuke chuckled at Naruto's shiver and scanned the room to see if his brother was near by, just in case he would try to ruin this moment with Naruto.
"Uzumaki!" A brunette boy with red painted triangles under his eyes placed an arm around Naruto's shoulders. Sasuke scowled at the boy who was very close to Naruto. Naruto laughed and greeted the group of friends he was waiting for.
Naruto looked at Sasuke and noticed him standing there with that usual scowl on his face.
"Guys, this is Sasuke Uchiha. He's one of the new kids to the school." Naruto smiled at Sasuke and nodded at him.
"Hello." Neji put his hand out for a hand shake and Sasuke returned it. Garaa nodded at the Uchiha and kept his usual scowl too.
"Wait, is this the kid that Sakura and Ino keep talking about?" Kiba asked a bit too loud.
Chouji looked at the Uchiha trying to remember the description of the boy Ino kept squealing about earlier that morning. "Yeah, I believe so." Chouji took another bite of a taco he had in his hand.
"Welcome to Sarutobi High, Sasuke." Temari smirked and leaned her head against Shikamaru's shoulder. Sasuke glared at her and proceeded to take another swig of beer.
"Why don't we go find another place to hang out at. Living room?" Naruto asked the group. Sasuke was considering to ditch the obnoxious group but decided against it since this is a perfect opportunity to spend time with Naruto and learn more about him. The friends walked into the next room and took spots on either the chairs or the floor and continued talking or lip syncing to the music playing throughout the house.
"Soooooo..Naruto. You getting laid tonight?" Kiba winked and nudged his elbow at the boy sitting next to him. Naruto blushed and scratched the back of his head with no verbal reply. "I-I'm sorry, Naruto. Ki-Kiba is a bit drunk. I told him not to drink s-so much but he never listens." Hinata stuttered and tried to refocus Kiba on her instead of Naruto.
"It's ok." Naruto gave her a wave. Sasuke sat there across from Naruto with an amused smirk on his lips. He face turned from a smirk to a scowl when Sakura came up to the group and sat on a chair near Naruto. She started playing with his golden locks of spiky hair and making jokes with the people within their circle on the floor.
"You should have seen me today in history class! I totally got Iruka to let me come to class late without getting in trouble! It was great, wasn't it Naruto?" Sakura laughed. "Yeah then you blamed the whole incident on me after!" Naruto gave a fake pout. The group laughed and told their own stories of getting to class late without getting in trouble.
Sasuke was ignoring the people around him and watch the water droplets run down the glass bottle of his beer. Sasuke wanted to make some witty remarks to Naruto's friends but felt it in best judgement not to since he might be put on Naruto's bad side. Sasuke kept his scowl but gave slight smirks whenever he saw Naruto look at him with his grin.
"Pssssssssssssssssssssst, Naru." Sakura whispered against Naruto's ear.
"Pssssssssssssssssssssst, what?"
"Sasuke asked me where you were earlier!"
"Sakura, I told you that your whole guess of the night is wrong, okay?" Naruto gave a harsh whisper back.
Sakura gave a deep sigh and rolled her eyes as she went back to listening to Ino talk about Sai's drawings.
Soon, Sasori and Deidara walked up to the group and sat down on the other side of Naruto.
"Hey, Dei and Sasori." Naruto grinned at the two.
Deidara and Sasori greeted him back and watched as people danced and talked around them.
"You know when coach is going to be back?" Deidara asked after chugging the rest of his beer.
"Monday, I think. He was at some 'arch rival competition' today and this weekend".
"Oh yeah. What a whack job." Deidara snorted and fixed his bangs over his eyes.
"You guys met the other new kid? Itachi, right?" Naruto asked curiously as he stole a glance at Sasuke in front of him.
"Oh him." Deidara gave a smirk and elbowed his boyfriend; Sasori next to him. Sasori gave a smirk at Naruto too and took a sip of beer.
"Him, what?" Naruto nervously laughed.
"Him and Kisame have been hanging out all night so far. Pretty sure he has a thing for Hoshigake." Deidara winked.
Naruto laughed and drank some more of his beer, already feeling a buzz from it.
"But, hey. We gotta get going. We'll see you Monday, Uzumaki." Deidara and Sasori got up and said their goodbyes to the group and left the house hand in hand.
Kiba placed an empty beer bottle in the middle of the circle of friends with a sly smirk and his eyes glazed from the alcohol.
"What are you doing?" Garaa asked as he saw Kiba give drunk winks to everyone in the circle.
"Spin da bottle, duh!" Kiba laughed and flicked Garaa's forehead. Garaa was about to smack the brunette but was interrupted from the squeals from Ino and Sakura.
"Will you two stop that?" Neji threw them scowls.
"I haven't played this game since middle school! Let's play come on, guys!" Sakura exclaimed as she waited for the responses.
"There's more guys than girls, Haruno." Tenten furrowed her brow.
"Well whoever the bottle lands on can pick who kisses who or who they want to kiss, how about that?" Ino suggested.
Sasuke's smirk increased as he saw Naruto's nervous look. Naruto was more than nervous, he was frightened by what Sakura might make him do with Sasuke. There was no way Naruto was going to play, especially with that evil smirk Sakura was giving Naruto.
"I'll pass." Naruto put his hands up and looked around the group.
"NO WAY! YOU'RE PLAYING NARUTO!" Sakura pointed her finger at him and shouted at him.
"Sakura, I know your intentions. So nope, no, no way and absolutely not."
"What are Sakura's intentions, Naruto?" Ino asked curiously as she saw the glaring contest between the blonde and pink haired girl.
"Don't worry about it, Ino." Naruto waved her off.
"Stop bein' a puzzy, Maki." Kiba tried to say.
"Yeah, maybe you can get your first kiss tonight." Sai smiled at him.
Sasuke's amusement was sky-high right now as he saw Naruto's face turn even darker shades of pink.
"Wait, you've never been kissed?" Shikamaru asked with wide eyes.
Naruto turned away from the group and his blush turned darker and darker.
Sakura looked away too and felt guilty about how Naruto was feeling.
"Most of you guys are going out, so imagine if one of us had to kiss either your boyfriend or girlfriend." Naruto mumbled but was audible to the group.
Sakura's face went softer and she nodded agreeing with Naruto and took the glass away from the middle and traced her fingers on it.
The group was now in awkward silence as no one spoke after Naruto blushing and Sakura becoming quiet.
"I'm going to go outside for a bit." Naruto stood up and placed his bottle on a table before he walked out the back door and onto the deck outside.
Sasuke got up after him and left his beer on the ground, not caring if someone would drink from it or spill it. He was only focused on following Naruto outside.
Sasuke looked out the door at the blonde on the deck; looking at the night sky above him. Sasuke gave a slight smile before walking out and shutting the door gently behind him.
Naruto didn't turn around as Sasuke walked over a hose on the deck and stood beside him. Naruto sighed and looked down at the grass in the backyard before looking at the dark haired boy next to him. Naruto's buzz was still going and so was Sasuke's so getting some fresh air was good for them.
"Your friends are quite the riot." Sasuke snorted.
Naruto gave a smile and chuckle, agreeing with the raven.
"Sorry about the whole awkward situation back there."
"It's okay. You guys all seem really close." Sasuke gave a short smile to the blonde.
"Yeah. We've known each other since we were toddlers. Our parent's are all best friends. So we basically know everything about each other." Naruto rolled his eyes slightly.
"Except for the whole thing back there." Sasuke muttered and wanted to take back immediately.
"I've had my chances, but I don't know." Naruto scratched the back of his head.
Sasuke nodded, "Waiting for the right one?"
"I'm not sure anymore." Naruto snorted and placed his hands in his jean pockets.
Sasuke didn't reply but he scanned the blonde next to him and realized how good he looked tonight. His eyes stopped at the blue rock hanging by some string around his neck.
Sasuke changed the subject and broke the silence, "Where'd you get the necklace from?"
Naruto looked at Sasuke and then picked his necklace up a bit, "From my aunt in the next town over. It was a birthday present when I was three but I've kept it ever since."
Naruto smiled and looked at the tree branches shaking in the wind and listened to the small beat of the stereo and the rustling of the leaves outside. Sasuke was about to say something before a ringtone went off in Naruto's pocket. Naruto glanced down and picked up the ringing phone and looked at the caller id. "I've got to take this, just hold on." Naruto mumbled to the dark haired boy. Sasuke nodded and watched as the blonde walked further away from Sasuke on the deck to talk to whoever was on the other line.
"Hey, mom and dad."
"Naruto! Are you still hanging out with your friends?" Kushina asked her son.
"Yeah, you guys already home?"
"No, we will definitely be out very late tonight since the perv- I mean Jiraiya is discussing his latest book to us." Kushina chuckled.
"Yeah, I know how those conversations take." Naruto laughed.
"Well, make it home safe, okay? We'll see you later. Love you." Kushina cooed.
"Yes, mom and I love you guys too. Later." Naruto hung up after.
The blonde stuffed his phone back into his pocket and turned around to see Sasuke waiting for him to return.
"Sorry ab-" Naruto began to say as he walked over to the boy but was soon falling on top of him from the tripping over the hose on the deck.
Naruto landed on top of Sasuke with a thud and his head against his chest. Naruto raised his head and looked at the raven who's brows were furrowed in slight pain from the fall. Sasuke raised his head too and looked the blonde eyes hovering above his. Sasuke never noticed how deeply blue and beautiful they were. He also noticed the slight blush dusted on Naruto's cheeks.
Sasuke realized his situation and figured this is the perfect time. This could either harm his relationship with Naruto so far or make this relationship turn into something more. Sasuke pushed his face up so it was very close to Naruto's.
"Are you-?" Naruto began to ask before lips were planted onto his. Naruto's head was spinning.
'Didn't I just fall?' '
'Why are there lips against mine?'
'Why is Sasuke kissing me?'
'Why am I letting him kiss me?'
'Why does this feel so right?'
Sasuke brought his cold hands to brush against the unclothed sides of Naruto's abdomen, hoping to receive a small gasp from him.
In Sasuke's hopes, the blonde gasped against his mouth and Sasuke let his tongue swipe across his bottom lip before letting it enter Naruto's mouth.
Naruto was frozen and his cheeks were becoming hotter and hotter. Naruto soon realized that someone could come looking for them and if they saw Sasuke kissing Naruto then he will be asked all sort of questions.
Naruto released his mouth from Sasuke's and got up off him quickly and backed away from him. Sasuke's eyes were wide from the sudden break of the kiss. He watched Naruto get up frantically and stare at him on the ground. Naruto turned around and made a break for the door back into the house.
"Naruto, where are you going?" Sasuke asked as he got up.
"I-I just need to go." Naruto left Sasuke outside with just that reasoning.
"Damnit." Sasuke muttered under his breath.
Naruto grabbed his keys from his pocket and made it back to his group of friends. He saw Sakura standing and talking to Ino with a beer in her hand. Naruto walked up behind and Sakura turned around quickly, scared from the sudden touch from behind her. In the process her beer spilled across Naruto's white shirt and she looked up at Naruto's red face.
"Naruto. Oh my god. I'm so sorry." Sakura started dabbing at his shirt.
"No time for that we need to go." Naruto grabbed her by the arm and left the house with her.
"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sakura was worried now.
Naruto didn't reply back he just kept walking till the got to his car.
Sakura pulled her arm away from Naruto's and looked him straight in the eyes, "Naruto. What the hell is wrong? Did something happen with you and Sasuke. If he insulted you or did anything mean I will beat his ass, okay?"
Naruto kept his gaze from hers and brought his fingers to skim against his lips that Sasuke kissed minutes ago.
"I don't know." Was the only reply from Naruto.