You're Beautiful

5

"Well, that was unexpected." Cobalt blue eyes looked at the pinkette. "Do you know her?"

"Why would you ask such a question?" Sakura turned to him in blaring club. The music was blasting so loud she thought the bass would break through her ears. It was a wonder that she could still hear him.

"I don't know. You looked as if you were shocked to see her?"

The pinkette threw him a look. "Well considering she almost knocked me down. I would say so."

"Sarcasm is not appreciated." He looked at those green eyes. They were smiling, glowing and reflecting every emotion that passed through them. She was so beautiful. He would like to think of her as his. Naruto's eyes flickered down. She was just the sweetest thing in his clothes.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Sakura stood on the tips of her toes with her hand on Naruto's shoulder to give her a small boost of height. She looked over the mass of blonde hair to look at dark blue.

"Is there something you need?" The blonde willed himself not to touch her as she stood close to him. He could feel her warm breath on his neck. The quick shower she took at his house left her smelling like him, but he could detect the faint smell of vanilla.

"Yeah, your height." The pinkette stated pushing harder on his shoulder to gain more height as she looked for intimidating dark blue eyes.

"Are you looking for someone?" It was obvious, but Naruto thought it was better to ask first. "Or are you just trying to play leap frog without me knowing?"

Sakura released the blond from her grip. Her smaller body took the leap down while shooting him a glare. It was just something about this man in front of her. Was it the wild blonde hair, the passionate cobalt eyes, the lopsided grin that reeked of a goofy nature or was it his all around good guy friendliness that sucked her in? Whatever it was, she just couldn't hold her glare as much as she would have liked.

"I'm trying to look for someone." She moved around the crowd.

Naruto tried to keep up with her, but it was easier said than done. He was bigger which made it difficult to squeeze passed people without shoving them. He was grateful that the fairy had such exotic hair. Pink was so easy to find in a dark depressing crowd. Once he finally got within arm's reach, he latched onto her wrist.

"Who are you looking for?" Naruto knew the answer, her boyfriend, Sasuke Uchiha. He didn't let on that he knew, though.

"A guy named Sasuke Uchiha." Ha! He knew it! "You know as in the 'Uchiha Brothers'? He's the younger one with the long bangs and the spiky hair in the back. He always looks like this." She made a brooding face. "And he has a fuck off aura." She looked at him with a slightly bitterness in her emerald eyes. "You can't miss him."

The blond offered her a smile to ease her negative emotions. "I'm guessing this will not be a happy visit?"

She smiled and Naruto felt his heart swell up. He had caused her to smile. A smile that looked so pure and kind that it was only appropriate for her. "No it won't be, but I'll try to make it quick, fast, and painful."

Blue eyes blinked at her statement. "I thought the phrase was quick, fast and in a hurry?"

"I'm not in a hurry." She turned her attention back to the crowd and walked over to the bar. The pinkette didn't see the cheating bastard in any of his usual spot so it made her wonder if Suigetsu was just pulling her leg or had the devil's dove already tipped Sasuke's off? Sakura didn't know what to think. The crazy red-head she had bumped into earlier was nowhere in sight. Considering the pinkette's hair was as bright as a flashing light said something.

Sakura tugged the blond to the bar by the wall. It was a little farther from the dance floor and there were few people there. It gave the pinkette the space she was craving ever since she walked into the club. This was one of the reasons why Sakura hated to come to club Hebi. It was crowded and not just crowded. They – were trapped like rats – crowed. But there was one thing she tolerated in this hellhole that reeked of sex and that was…

"How may I help you?" Even in the blaring noise she could hear his quiet voice.

He was one of the tallest guys she knew and he was the only friend of Sasuke's she liked. His flaming orange hair stuck up at odd angle reminding Sakura of fire. He had dark mahogany eyes that were looking out at the crowd with a strong intensity. He was quiet and had manners until he got angry – the man was sadly bipolar – but he was the most loyal to the raven.

"Yeah, Jugo, have you seen Sasuke by any chance?" He was, almost, Sasuke's personal bodyguard.

He didn't answer right away. Unlike Suigetsu, Jugo wouldn't give out information freely for shits and giggles. When the pinkette said that he was Sasuke's unofficial body guard she met it. He looked after the raven with a passion. "No."

Sakura sat on the stylish barstool and swiveled to the stoic carrot top. "Please!" As confident and intimidating the bipolar man seemed, he still had trouble with the opposite sex. He shifted uncomfortably looking for some escape. Most of the people had already gone back to the dance floor, now, and the remaining sat conversing with their company. "I just want to tell him something." Mahogany eyes stared at the blond warily. "Don't mind him." She gave him one of her best smiles.

"He's down stairs, third room to the right." Sakura smiled once more before saying thank you and walked to the back.

"What was that about?" Emerald eyes shone in different colors from the ever changing club lights.

"That was one of Sasuke's friends." The pinkette stopped at the stair well. The velvet red rope was there blocking the entrance like a warning sign.

Naruto didn't comment as the pinkette lifted the rope and began walking down. "You are coming, aren't you?" He gave her a nod and stepped over the barrier.

The walk wasn't a hard one. The room was right where Jugo said, closed and shut off from the club. Sakura vaguely wondered if it was locked, but considering the fact that the raven was so arrogant and conceited to a point that he would believe no one had the gall to disturb him. Well the pinkette wasn't a pushover, so she just opened the door.

Talk about orgy. Sakura was disgusted with herself as she captured the scene in front of her.

The man she thought she loved was sitting on a couch looking a little too comfortable with women draping themselves over him like bitches in heat. The girl from earlier was sitting by his side with her glasses off looking a little flushed while another girl with red hair in a headband and hazel eyes was kneeling in front of the stoic Uchiha.

Suigetsu wasn't lying at all.

"Wow, it's like a playboy fantasy." Sakura didn't care if sarcasm or animosity hung from her words. She was a strong person. She was a big girl, just because she had been hopeful of their relationship didn't mean she was stupid.

"Yes, it would be a dream come true if you could join us." This was probably another reason why the raven befriended the great white. He was stoic, yes, but he could throw those sharp mocking replies like the best of them.

"No, please, you looked like you were enjoying yourself. Don't stop the party just because I here." The girls were glaring at her, but Sakura couldn't conjure up an ounce to care.

"What are you doing here?" He dropped his act. His dark eyes were staring at her. Sakura's stomach clenched as she thought back to a time when those eyes looked at her with love, but it seemed that it was all an illusion. Those eyes were looking at her with irritation and annoyance.

He thought her to be annoying?

"I was going to break up with you, but it seems you already skip to the 'rebound' sex."

"That's nice of you to notice, so could you leave now. I want get back to my activities?"

Sakura didn't get to reply. She was too shocked at what was happening before her. He gorgeous blond had taken it upon himself to punch the raven in his face. The other girls shrieked as they tried to separate the two opposite. Naruto had gathered a fistful of Sasuke's shirt, lifting him slightly off the couch. A small trickle of blood made its way down his mouth. Fury was evident in those sweet cobalt eyes.

"You're a bastard you know that." The deep threatening unannounced promise in Naruto's voice was something to fear. The blond looked ready for a fight.

"I'm disappointed, Sakura. Where did you ever find such a loser?" He spat the blood out and smirked at the blond in front of him.

"You're pushing it." The Naruto shook the Uchiha. "You say another thing and I'll make you regret it."

"Really?" Sasuke made a fake gasp of surprise. "I don't think you could." It was then the raven took the blond's hands in his and flipped them over on the couch.

Naruto didn't think he could hate someone so much, but the man above him made his blood boil. His attitude, his demeanor, his smug little smirks, his comments…hell, his whole being irked the blond to the very bone. He took a swing at the Uchiha; landing a direct hit to the jaw. There was a satisfying cracking sound throughout the room and Naruto felt his lips tug upward.

"Do you want me to get Orochimaru?" The red head wearing the headband said. She was standing away from the two fighting boys looking bored.

"I got this, Tayuya." The raven then grabbed for the blond only to miss by inches.

"Whatever, when your done call me." She walked out the room like nothing out of the ordinary was happening, but then again what was normal in this club.

Naruto grabbed Sasuke by the collar and slammed him against the wall. He wasn't punching him anymore. Sakura could tell by looking at them that they wanted to continue fighting.

Sakura wasn't sure what was happening anymore, but it looked like her blond knight in shinnying armor was whispering something into the raven's ear. The pinkette wasn't expecting this much trouble to happen, she didn't know what had set the blond off. Was it about her or him?

Sakura backed up with her back staying close to the door, but she bumped into something solid, something that didn't feel like a door.

"I thought you said you just wanted to tell him something." Jugo was behind her with a not too happy expression on his face.

"I did tell him something." He looked at her and then at the raven against the wall. Yeah, those mahogany eyes were getting darker. A mad Jugo was not a good one. "You wouldn't mind separating them, would you?"

He didn't say anything as he walked up to the two men and to her surprise he actually – nonviolently – separated the two without hurting anyone in the process.

Naruto was at her side once more with a straight face. It was weird. She had only known him for a few hours, but she knew that serious face did not suit him at all. She wanted to see the goofy grin plastered on his face again.

"Are you ready?" She looked at him.

"Yeah, let's go." He walked out the door without looking back which made her look back. Jugo was telling Sasuke something she couldn't hear and Karin was helping him wipe up some of the blood.

They walked through the crowd and Naruto grabbed for Sakura's hand unconsciously. The raven knew his place now. No one called him a loser or disrespect the pink fairy. Call it childhood issues, but the blond didn't care. It seemed at as soon as the Uchiha disregarded his warning, he snap. He didn't care anymore. Why had the Uchiha given up something as precious as an enchanting fairy?

He didn't know. He had a crush on the pinkette the first time he saw her on the subway and even though he didn't know her he still gave her that ring. He would never have the courage to approach a girl like the one walking with him, so he had to come up with some excuse to see her again. Better to have her show up at his doorsteps than him at hers. She would have probably called him a freak or a stalker he had done it.

"I'll take you home, okay?" He looked behind him to see her. She was wearing his clothes in public. He wondered if anyone thought them to be a couple and not two people that barely knew each other.

"Thank you." She gave him a dazzling smile.

They were greeted by the cool air when they walked out. Naruto was still holding her hand and he didn't want to let go. Her skin was soft and warm. They seemed so much smaller than his.

"Where do you live?" Naruto held his breath. She turned to look at him. Her hair was being tousled by the wind, her skin was pale in contrast to the night's background and her sharp green eyes were enhanced by the moonlight.

She was an angel.

"Greenburg on 45th street."

"That's not far from here, is it?"

She shook her head. "No. It a walk, but not a long walk."

Sakura watched as the blond tried not to laugh. "Do you want to go for a walk or would you rather we get a cab."

"I don't know. Cab, because I don't want to fall out on you. It's been a long day." Naruto nodded in agreement and lift his hand. Within seconds a cab pulled up to the curb.

The blond opened the door for her. "Ladies first." Sakura looked into startling azure eyes and swatted him playfully on the arm.

"That hurt." He started rubbing his arm as he stepped into the car. "Greenburg on 45th." He told the drive.

"Suck it up, that couldn't possibly hurt." She sat back in the seat.

"Your hits are harder than you think."

"Really?"

"Yes, really."

She laughed out loud before looking at him. "Thanks for what you did back there. Sasuke can be a jerk sometimes."

"Sometimes?"

"Okay, all the time but I have a question." She started to twist at her hair.

"I might have an answer."

"What did you say to him?"

He shrugged his shoulders like it wasn't a big deal. "I told him to respect women." It was partially true, but in actuality he told the little fucker to have a little more respect for the pink fairy or he'll have to answer to him. What the blond meant was that he'll pop the Uchiha in the eyes for glaring at the pink fairy and one in the mouth for every rude comment he'll tell her. If he ever made her upset again the raven was going to be seeing him real soon. Naruto smiled at the thought.

"Wow that's something." Sakura never really saw anything like that. Sure the raven got into fights before, but it was only with Suigetsu and they were only playing. The blond was really a knight in shining armor. He was after the raven's blood and it was all to defend her. The mere thought should have disgusted her, but it made her feel like she was safe. The pinkette felt if anyone were to mess with her Naruto would be there to protect her.

"Miss, Sir we're here."

Sakura was on autopilot. She reached for her pocket, trying to fish out some bills. "I got it." A larger hand covered her.

Those eyes were really something. "You don't have to worry about it, I got it." He whispered something to the driver before he helped her out her car. Sakura wanted to smile. She could feel a big goofy grin trying to make its home on her face. Why was he so nice to her? Her eyes glanced down. He was such a gentleman. He was doing things for her that Sasuke never did in their five year relationship.

"You don't have to do this." Her skinny jean clad legs pulled her to the front door of her apartment.

"What kind of gentleman would I be if I let a woman walk herself to the door?" He smiled again. If he kept doing that she felt something would happen. The pinkette felt a blush coming on. The tips of her ears felt hot. It was a tell-tell sign.

Sakura didn't know how to properly respond to his manners. He was such a gentleman. She wondered absently if that was how the love of his life felt. That was what the ring was for right? It had to be for the love of his life. Now the pinkette wasn't so sure about this encounter. "Well, uh…thank you again."

Sakura took out her keys. There were a number of possibilities. Naruto couldn't be engaged nor in a relationship. She never knew a taken man to act this way. Her nimble fingers easily found the two keys she was looking for. Sakura paused. She wouldn't think about it. What happens is what happens. Once the door was finally open Naruto had called her name.

"Sakura." It was barely a whisper, but she turned around to ask what was he wanted.

Soft lips met hers in a light kiss.

"Good night." He said.

Now Sakura really doubted he was taken.

He walked back to the cab to glance at her for a moment and then just like that he was off into the night. Sakura was still in her stupor as she touched her lips then it came to her.

She never gave back his ring. The pinkette smiled as she stepped into house.

"I guess I'll just have to get back at him for that."

She hung up his jacket on the coat rack and headed to her bedroom. She paused to look at the jacket. She decided she didn't want to give that up as well as the T-shirt she was wearing.

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