You're Beautiful

6

Naruto walked around his apartment in a hurry. His blond hair was crazed as he ran to room to room. He had just had it. The blond had it a second ago. He could have sworn he put the thing on the table before he got up. The damn device just had to be black. Why couldn't it be white or some ridiculous pastel color so it would contrast with his things? Then it wouldn't be such a pain in the ass to find.

"I think you lost it." Naruto wasn't sure if his friend was talking about the controller or his mind. He might admit to both only because he seriously could have sworn it was on the table.

"You're not helping." The blond shouted from the kitchen as he looked in the microwave. He knows he'll never pull it there, but there was that one time he found his keys in the back of the freezer. It was always better to be safe than sorry.

"I think you're right." Naruto looked up. It sounded like the voice was getting closer. He met the blank stare of his friend eyes. A smile – that fake smile that couldn't convince the most naïve person – curved on those pale lips.

"Are you helping me, now?"

"No, I'm here to watch." As to make his point he hopped on the counter. He began to swing his legs like a two year old.

Naruto refuse to roll is eyes as he moved to the front room, were the controller mysterious vanished. His house was clean – for once – but now that it was clean he had a hard time finding his things. Yesterday he couldn't find his toothbrush. He found it, just not in the place he expected; somehow it gotten under his bed.

"You know you're a big help."

"You're welcome, I appreciate that you find my laziness to your liking."

"Get your ass up and help me!" The blond was in the closet looking in his coat pockets.

"Fine, I think you're just irritated because you didn't get to third base with that girl."

His friend was too blunt. Wait – why did he call him a friend? They had nothing in common. They both could piss people off, but Naruto was sure that wasn't a good trait. His blue eyes turned to glare at the ones behind him.

"Why can you make yourself useful?" The blond asked lifting up the cushion. "Hey, I found the keys to my garage." He quickly put them in his pocket before lifting the other cushion. The doorbell rang, but Naruto made no move to answer it.

It rang other four times and the blond was staring at his pale friend. It didn't work. Instead the dark eyes stared right back at his. Damn eyes were so blank. It wasn't until the sixth ring that his friend got it.

"You want me to get the door?"

"Sure, by all means." The blond went back to searching as soon as he heard movement behind him.

Why must he befriend socially retarded people? It wasn't like he sought them out or anything, and he sure as hell wasn't wearing a sign either.

"My God, you're ugly!" Naruto was caught between actually laughing at the random outburst (even though his friends were socially retarded they were funny as hell) and being mad that the person who rang the doorbell was treated so rudely (and because his socially retarded friends are…well…'awkwards' they have no manners).

Naruto pushed off the floor and walked to the front door.

Sakura stared at the strange man that opened the door. He was taller than her by some inches or more. She looked him up and down again...he wore dark capris, sandals, and a half top shirt showing off pale abs. Had she misjudge the blond? Maybe his likes vary. She didn't want to ask out right. The fairy looked at the man's face. It kind of reminded her of Sasuke but this person had really pale skin and the darkest gray eyes she had ever seen, they looked like they were black marbles. His hair was short and black with a red headband.

"My, God, you're ugly?" It was kind of offsetting that this man just insulted her with a big fake smile on his face like he was greeting a guest.

That wasn't the traditional greeting when you met someone at the door. The pink fairy didn't care if this man had Naruto first, no one insulted her. She pulled her fist back and punched him inside the apartment.

"You have such manly strength, are you sure that you're a girl?" Sakura was just going to connect her fist to his face again, but the person she came to see walked into the room.

Naruto, the person she came to see so boldly was standing right in front of her. He still looked the same, not that she expected for him to change in the short time they had been apart. Wait. What was she thinking? It wasn't like they were together or anything. She was just the good citizen that was trying to return an expensive engagement ring; it just so happened that the owner of the ring was very handsome, funny and a Namikaze. Let's not forget that he also beat up her ex-boyfriend when he was having one of his jackass moments or that fact that he had kissed her and then ran away. The last one made her blood boil a little.

"Hello, Sakura." It seemed like he wasn't expecting her to come at the door.

"Hi, Naruto." She said standing up and glaring at the man, who opened the door.

"Sai, you know I heard you, right?" The blond looked at nearly black eyes. The pink fairy had punched him quite hard. Naruto could see the redness that would turn into a bruise by tomorrow.

"Yes, I know. I was just saying the truth. She's ugly…like a dog. Look at that forehead. You'll be able to a continent on it." Sai stopped talking and looked at Naruto with a deformed horrified expression. He'll have to teach the artist how to make expression more believable. "Don't tell me that this is the girl you like."

Naruto felt his face heat up so fast that he turned his face to make sure the pinkette didn't see it, but that wasn't a really good idea. As he had said before the artist had a real talent at pissing people off. The pinkette was no exception. He grabbed Sai as quickly as he could so both parties wouldn't have to suffer from injury.

Deep cobalt looked at startling green. Why did she look so different? Did she just come from somewhere or did she do this for him? Her hair was set loose in long curls of pink hair; her skin looked like a delicate white lily against the ruby red and gold make up. She looked magical.

"You look...nice."

The jade eyes, which took on a darker shade because of the make-up, lit up at his compliment. Naruto felt his smile tugging at his face.

"You think?" Her pale hands entangled themselves in the mass of long pink hair in a slight sign of uncertainty. She had a faint red trail on her face, but the blond wasn't sure if it that was her make-up or her blushing.

"No, I don't. You look like a clown." Sai's monotone voice traveled to Naruto's ears.

How could he forget about Sai? The artsy bastard was throwing insults left and right. Was he so distracted by this magical pink creature that he would forget his surroundings?

"Sai," He had to add the other part before the pale man added his daily insults to his manhood. "I think you had a picture to finish, right?"

"I don't…" Sai looked at him with his dark eyes as if he understood. "Okay, I'll be next door if you need me." The artist stood up and walked out the door but not before looking back at the blond and the pinkette, cringing.

"Sorry, I…he…he doesn't have any manners." Sakura looked at the blond and then to the background of the apartment behind him. The place was clean, but the pinkette couldn't help the feeling creeping up on her. She instinctively knew that this wasn't the blond's style.

"You look uncomfortable." It was a statement and it was true. The wild blonde's hair looked as if the windblown and you could tell he was frustrated earlier. It didn't take away from his handsome appeal.

"You're right. I was looking for my remote." He led her to the living room where the television was. She sat down with a slight flop. The extensions bounced on her head.

"Why can't men just get up and turn the channel manually?" She asked aloud and turned on the TV. A lifetime movie was on. Sakura didn't have to look at the corner of the screen to see the logo. She could tell from the dramatic acting and stares. She hasn't seen the movie but the fairy could guess what it was about from the scene that was playing before her eyes.

A teenage girl just confessed to her friends that she was pregnant with her boyfriend's child. It wasn't that usual sappy sadness about her life being over or what she was going to do about high school but the weird giddiness of a girl who had no clue on how hard having a child was. She was laughing and saying how cool it was going to be when she has her child. It was so bizarre to the pinkette. This girl was only fifteen!

"Stupid isn't it?" The blond was sitting on the couch now staring at her.

"Yeah, it is but it's kind of entertaining." She sat down next to the blond. She could smell his cologne from where she sat. It smelt good and the pinkette had to resist reaching out, grabbing a handful of his shirt and taking in his masculine scent.

"So…" Sakura looked up from her muse. "You miss me?" The question came as a shock to the pinkette. Why was he being so forward? He had his eyebrows up and a sly smirk. Maybe he was joking?

Sakura didn't straighten her posture; she tried to look natural as possible wildfire spread across her cheeks. Her hand buried itself in the long curly extension. She began twirling it slowly so the blond wouldn't notice the nervous habit. A mental breath was taken and then she looked at those startling blue eyes.

"Why did you do it?" She blurted out not answering his question. The kiss, why had he kissed her? She leaned forward scrunching her nose up in contemplating.

"Do what?" Naruto asked laughing slightly to lighten up the serious tension in the air. It wasn't working. The pinkette looked intimidating in an unrealistic way. Maybe it was the makeup she was wearing. The slightly darker green eyes looked seductive as they glared at his blue ones looking for some type of answer. What did he do?

Naruto thought back to when he saw her two months ago. She was wearing his clothes, she was playful at the time, and she had broken up with her boyfriend. The blond remember the Uchiha well. The arrogant prick! Naruto thought back to what happened later that night. They took a cab to her house and…he kissed her. He had kissed her! He remembered how soft her lips were on that night, but he also knew how quick it ended.

"Don't play dumb." She toughened her stance, but the blond knew she was nervous. Her finger twirled around the pink hair.

"You want to know why I kissed you?" Sakura nodded her head and watched the blond close the small distance between their faces. Their foreheads were touching and all she could see were his eyes. The striking cobalt had a lighter ring of grays and olive green that mixed with the blue. They were very pretty. He moved closer to her, scooting his body closer to hers without breaking eye contact. Their knees were touching. "I kissed you…because I like you."

This was the part in movies were the best friend kisses the girl and they live happily-ever-after. It was so sad that this was real life and not a fictional fairy tale, Naruto thought as the pinkette pulled back from him glaring harder.

"You like me?" She said standing up. Her hands were on her hips and the creative make-up she was wearing made her look even more intimating. He felt that he angered some beautiful goddess.

"Yes." His own voice was quiet and slightly ashamed. It wasn't possible for a girl like her to possibly like a guy like him. They could be friends, but nothing else.

"Since…"

"Since the moment I saw you on the tube with the Uchiha." The blond felt like the nerdy school boy telling his crush to the head cheerleader. Man that was pathetic.

"So, you dropped the ring to get my attention?" When she said it like that it sounded like he didn't know how to approach a girl without an excuse. That was the case here but he didn't use an excuse to meet Hinata.

"Yes, but I didn't think you would actually find me." He said not looking at her. His face felt like it was burning.

"Well, I shouldn't have," Her voice was harsh and made him flinch a little. "But then again I wouldn't have met you." Her finger tilted his head upward to receive her lips. The kiss was the same as the first, amazing yet short. She leaned back and punched him in the arm.

"Idiot! You could have told me instead of going through all this trouble." She sat on his lap and hugging him.

Her head was buried in his shoulder and her fingering was digging in his back. All Naruto could do was smile into the pink fairy's hair and take in her light perfume. They were still for some time and the only sounds were of the TV. She didn't mind that he liked her. The blond hugged her back and leaned back on the couch until they were both horizontal on the furniture. They legs were entangled, their chests were together and the overall closeness was comforting. This was intimate yet they weren't actually doing anything.

"Hey, Naruto." She sat up on his chest looking at him through her fringes.

"Hmmm."

"Who was that guy?" It was bugging her.

"What… oh that was Sai. He's not use to people or their customs." It was true. The artist was a great drawer, but the rest of his traits weren't as good as his pictures.

"You make him sound like an alien."

"He is…in his own way." Sakura nodded at that. Her phone started vibrating and then started playing her ring tone.

Ice Ice melt your heart

Baby girl let down your guard

Rush rush for that touch

The pinkette sat up fishing her phone out of her pocket. "Hello?" Naruto listened to her soft voice as she talked to the person on the other line. She must have forgotten their position because she was now currently straddling him. He didn't mind of course, but it was just so tempting to reach up and grab her hips and bring them down to meet his.

The blond knew he had a perverted mind. It was inherited trait. His grandfather is a pervert, his father was a pervert…only to his mother though, and his uncle was a closet pervert. Naruto didn't know how many smut books the man owned. So if the pinkette were to ask he could have blamed it on his genes instead of what was in his jeans.

"Uh huh." She shifted above him and he had to control himself. She sat down. Her round bottom was sitting on his abs.

Was she completely innocent to what she was doing? The blond's blue eyes looked up at the pinkette to see…no she was not! She was talking on the phone with someone and absent mindedly shifted above him. This little act was the equivalent to someone pacing or twirling the phone cord while they talked. It just so happens that her habit was shifting and that shifting was causing some embarrassing effects.

"No, no, sure." Sakura mentally smirked. She was getting payback. The pinkette shifted above the hard stomach in harmless, but effective movements. "Okay sure." She hung up the phone and got off the blond.

"What's wrong with you?" Naruto couldn't tell her, but he wanted to show her.

"Nothing…so who was that?"

She leaned back on the balls of her heel and looked at the blond. "It was one of my friends. He's a photographer and we just got done with a photo shoot. I don't normally do that but he's kind of persistent. In fact, he is the reason that I look like this." She pointed to her face. "He was telling me that the pictures would be done tomorrow night."

"Oh."

"It's kind of getting late so I'm just going to go." She went to the front where she took off her coat.

"Wait!" He called to her and Sakura couldn't help, but smirk again. She turned around to be greeted with his lips. She welcomed it throwing her arm around his shoulder while the other went into her pocket to take out the little round object. Her pale hands gently placed it into the pocket of the blond's pants and broke the kiss. "Can I see you sometime?" He had a dark blush on his face and his lips had some gold glitter on them.

Sakura held her laugher. "Sure, how about tomorrow so you can see the pictures with me?"

"That would be nice."

"Yeah…So I'll see you soon." He nodded and watched as she walked out the door.

He had a date with the fairy! He felt like a school girl and a perverted boyfriend at the same time. As soon as the pinkette's car drove away he closed the door. His pants' pocket felt tight. She had slipped something in there when they were kissing. His tanned fingers pulled out the gold ring with the familiar pink diamond.

So she had known what she was doing. The little fairy was very cunning indeed.

R&R