"Sakura..."
Naruto couldn't believe what he was seeing, the girl from his high school that he had never understood, she was so loud in everything she did and then flipped a switch pretending to be this shy, cute girl when a good looking guy was around. Naruto could not work this girl out, when they first met she was truly shy and Naruto had taking a liking to her, back then he still thought of himself as straight so he had thought he had romantically liked her. Her true shone bright and clear within the next few weeks, she fell in with the 'it' crowd and became a carbon copy. They made his high school days memorable in the worst way, when he decided to be honest with himself and his friends, he came out and the rumour mill was out of control with this latest 'scandal'. The girls had tormented him, it was name calling and nasty comments. He had let them slide off his back because it didn't matter. After a few months it was as if the girls got bored with no reaction from him and began pulling pranks and abusing him physically. He had kept a bright smile on his face for a while but with everything else he had been through and was going through, he began to break. His illness was getting worse by the day and the bullying only increased sending him into a awful, twisted downward spiral.
The last few months he spent at high school before meeting his former partner were painful and ugly. Naruto had morphed into something unrecognisable, his personality shifted so extremely, his eyes lost the natural shine to it, his appearance had became tired and worn and his style consisted of dull colours with long sleeves to cover his dirty little secret. He stopped speaking more than necessary, he would disappear for days where no one would hear from him, at times it would be up to a month. Not a lot of people knew when he was out of school for longer than a week he was either in hospital or a mental health ward. The blonde had wanted to hate all the people in his life that made it ten times harder, his inner demon certainly did not let him forget about this girl in front of him.
"Hello, what can I get for you two?" She had a nice, sweet smile of her face and it aggravated the blonde to no end, she had no idea who he was and what she had caused, his fist clenched and he rolled his neck releasing the tension beginning to build. Gaara eyed Naruto suspiciously but chose not make a massive deal about this, they had just gotten through a almost crisis. Blue eyes popped open and smile slowly graced his tanned face, it seems he had one this one. A smirk formed on the pale face of his companion.
"We will have the number 2, thanks" As Gaara shut the menu and placed in on the the table he saw her green gems shift to the blonde, they squinted and then widened with recognition this couldn't be good, not at all.
"Is that you... umm... what was your name... Na-something" She seemed genuinely trying to work out what his name was, he grated on his nerves a little after everything but it must have not been as important to her as it was to him.
"Its Naruto... bitch" he hadn't meant the last part but he had let it slip past his lips, after everything that had been going on lately his filter from brain to mouth was not working at it's full capacity. He looked into her forest green eyes to see them sharpen a little, she must have caught what he had said even if he had almost breathed it out. To his luck she must not have heard it because she hadn't made a comment about it. She walked away with their orders without a glance back, his eyes shifted back towards his companion which he was looking back at him with a questioning look. The blonde just chose to shrug as an answer he couldn't explain it, instances like that happened with out his control and he seemed to have come out of that encounter alive, or so he thought.
Not even ten minutes later the pink haired waitress came back with their drink orders and placed them in front of each of them. She had a strange smile on her face that Naruto caught but thought nothing of it. He brought his cup up to his lips and took a huge gulp. The liquid made it into his stomach before a searing burn exploded from his mouth and ignited the path his stomach. He looked at Sakura who was sniggering behind her hand trying to hide her amusement. Gaara was glancing at the blonde to the pink haired waitress and back again. He handed Naruto his drink, the blonde gladly taking it and draining the whole glass, the burn was still there but it had dulled a lot. His breathing was a little uneven from the experience.
Gaara glared at the stupid bitch in front of him, before he could utter a word the blonde stood up, his chair crashing loudly against the floor, his eyes burning from the pure rage. He needed to get under control but after all this girl had done to him in high school calling her a bitch was nothing. He looked around the cafe and decided it didn't matter and stormed out, pushing open the door with a lot more force than required. The red haired male stood abruptly and followed his friend out of the cafe, while giving a glare that would make a child cry and grown men piss their pants at the girl who messed with his best friend. She had a smug look on her face until she saw the look Gaara was wearing and the expression was morphed into a look of terror.
Naruto was walking down the street, cursing under his breath and his fists clenching, 'fucking bitch, if you weren't a fucking girl I would fucking knock you out, who the fuck has pink hair, what a fucking weirdo, gah!' In the middle of his ranting he ran smack into someone, his anger increased a little before realising he was at fault for not watching were he was going. He looked up to apologise when he was surprised to see Sasuke. The blonde wasn't sure if it was a good surprise or a bad one. Sasuke held the tiniest of tiny smiles, it let the blonde feel a little bit more relaxed after what had just happened.
"Sorry Sasuke, I wasn't watching were I was going" He scratched the back of his head while looking off to the side, he always felt uncomfortable apologising and the feeling that came with it.
"No worries, Dobe" The blonde bristled at the nickname but wasn't angry, he found it more of a friendly nickname than to be intentionally mean.
"Well bastard maybe you should look were you are going as well" He challenged, his tanned face sporting a genuine smile. Sasuke's dark eyes just looked into his ocean eyes, not really replying just starting. Naruto was beginning to feel uncomfortable from the constant unblinking staring.
"Hn" After all that time staring all he has to say for himself was 'hn, stupid prick'. The blonde ended up having this weird giggle that came out of his mouth and he was mortified, he was giggling like a sixteen year old girl in front of some guy, he knew the guy was attractive, anyone would find this guy attractive. The raven raised his eye brow at he sudden giggle but decided he didn't really mind that much it was just a little random.
"Naruto..." Gaara had finally caught up his blonde friend, Naruto had always been ridiculously fast when he was angry or pissed off. He looked between the two men and could see a faint blush on the blondes face, smirking a little he greeted Sasuke with a small nod, then he thought of a good idea, the blonde had been having such a shit day why not lighten it up, hang out, movies and drinks. Better yet he knew the blonde loved a good drinking night.
"Sasuke, drinks my place tonight, 8pm" Naruto looked at the red head a little shocked that he just came out with a drinking night all of a sudden but it wasn't like he was going to complain at all. He loved drinking nights plus he hadn't really had the chance to catch up with anyone from Konoha except for Gaara and his new friend Sasuke, this was the perfect opportunity to meet some new people and reconnect with his old friends, he could feel the events of today start to slip away at the excitement of alcohol and friends. The two friends walked towards their house, Naruto seeming to have a lighter walk than before, a small smile gracing his features at tonight's plans.
As soon as they walked into the door, the short redhead pulled out his phone quickly typing a text message with the details for tonight's event, sending it in a group message, once the phone had sent them all he locked it and placed it in his pocket. He had invited around 15 people, some who knew Naruto from when he lived here and some other friends that didn't know the blonde. As he was walking around the apartment thinking of everything he needed to get done before tonight, the time was already 3 in the afternoon he would have to move quickly.
"Naruto I will give you a list of things to do" Naruto just nodded, following Gaara around waiting for him to prepare his list so he could hurry up and get this done. He was feeling lighter after today's events Sakura could be such a bitch, he would have thought the pink haired girl would have grown up by know but sadly she was still the girl she was in high school. He would have really liked to be friends with her, even willing to forgive the past, Naruto didn't want to hold onto anything from the past, sure he had a fucking shit past but he tried his best to move on from that and build a new life. It wouldn't be as simple as that with his illness but he could try when he was feeling optimistic.
The time was 7 o'clock before the blonde walked in the front door carrying all sorts of bags, his arms full of items he could barely open the door, he ended up having to push it open with his face, not his foot as he thought after he had done it. He placed all the bags on the floor and started to sort through them, placing all the items on the table, such as the cups etc. He tried to hurry up because he still had to shower and get clean clothes on. He heard Gaara shuffling around the apartment, he walked to the fridge pulling it open, he stared in amazement at all the jelly shots, he knew tonight would not be pretty for him but at the same time he really couldn't give a damn, he wanted to have a fun night and get trashed, he would regret tomorrow but that was tomorrow.
He grabbed some water and quickly guzzled it, he walked to his room closing the door and beginning to get ready for tonight's party. He was half way through dressing when he heard the door, he left it as he was still half naked, he heard the door open and assumed Gaara had opened it, muffled voices could be heard. He picked out a few shirts, choosing something casual, a plain white v neck t-shirt to go with his slightly loose bone coloured pants. He left his hair as is because it didn't matter how hard he tried it would always look the same. He sprayed some of his nice cologne and made his way to the lounge room.
He smiled and waved a little at Sasuke and Gaara, the raven seemed to be the first one here. The blonde was a little nervous about tonight being with so many people but the prospect of finally having a carefree night, without drama and the risk of a psycho boyfriend he breathed a little easier. Speaking of alcohol he may as well start now, he would take his time not wanting to be drunk when people were still arriving. He mixed his own bourbon, keeping it a small amount as we was a light weight away, mixing it with vanilla coke, it was so easy to drink he found he had already had a third of the cup. He walked over to the other people occupying the room and engaged in some small talk. A few minutes later the door sounded again, Naruto walked over and opened it, pleasantly surprised by his old friends Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji and was that seriously Ino, his eyes squinted a little in surprise at Ino, she was always in the popular group with Sakura. He shrugged it off for now and invited them inside, before Kiba made it in he grabbed Naruto into a tight hug.
"Man, I miss ya, can't believe its been so long, glad you not with that fucker" Naruto hugged back tightly and flinched a little bit at hearing his ex boyfriends name but shrugged it off, each of them greeting him, Hinata as well pulling him into a hug, which he found strange when the girl barely said two words to him but he gladly returned the hug as well. The others shook his hand or bumped his fist. Ino was the last to walk into the house, she looked a little nervous, her pale blue eyes looked straight into Naruto's,
"Naruto, I am sorry about everything I did to you in high school, you may still hate me but I swear I have changed. I was a pathetic person back then and I hate myself for what I did to you and I hope in time we can be friends and you might even forgive me" Naruto was completely shocked, he couldn't believe what had just come out of her mouth, his mouth was hanging open but then a smile was tugging at his mouth, he pulled her into a hug, surprising her but she hugged back so hard he was afraid that she would break a rib. They pulled apart, she was still holding his shoulders, smiling a beautiful smile at him, he felt a weight being lifted, like a part of his ordeal in high school had been closed and he could move on and make a new friend.
"I mean it Naruto, I am truly sorry. You are an amazing person and I really want to be friends" She pulled him in for another quick hug before making her way inside, greeting Sasuke and Gaara as well. Cobalt eyes watched as she walked towards Chouji and grabbed his hand, interlocking fingers and she sat there with content smile on her lips. Naruto turned and shut the door, just before it could close and hand slammed against it, jerking Naruto back he quickly pulled it back open seeing the only family he had known, Tamarie and Kankuro, he smiled at them and Kankuro pulled him into a head lock, they both laughed and carried on as Tamarie just sighed and moved past them to enter the house. As the two boys finished their play fighting, more people were standing at the door, Lee and Tenten were standing at the door, they smiled at the scene and greeted Naruto. The blonde was a little sceptical of the two considering they had been really good friends with Neji previously. He hadn't seen them around in a long time though, so he guessed they had falling out. He welcomed them in and the party finally got under way.
Gaara put music on and pumped it, he had already told the neighbours of the party and most of them didn't care as long as the music was down by 4am, which with this lot most of them would be passed out by around 2am so no issues there. Naruto was starting to feel nervous so he picked up his cup and skulled the remainder of his drink. It was mixed perfectly and he could feel his face starting heat from the alcohol. He poured himself another but stronger this time, he would always do that start off weak and then as the night wore on and the more he drank he would end up mixing half to half. People were chatting and catching up, Ino had gotten up and pulled the other blonde towards the group, he sat down between Shikamaru and Sasuke. They were both quiet so it was okay, people started asking him some questions saying that they missed him and that they were glad he was back. With dull of the alcohol his normal inner demon was hushed, he had created a fantastic wall between himself and the demon lately and he intended to keep it that way for tonight.
The conversation turned to who liked who and who was dating who. Ino had blurted out quite excitedly that herself and Chouji had been dating for over a year and were planning to move in together, everyone was a little surprised but all said their congratulations. Kiba announced himself and Hinata had been dating for 3 months, Shino was dating Shikamaru, a joke was being thrown around the Gaara liked Lee, Temari was dating someone that went to her college, Kankaru was single but he preferred it that way. Ino was start to ask Sasuke, remembering he had been saying something about a guy that he may like, Sasuke cut her off before she could mention anything else with the mention of a game, 'Ring of Fire'. Everyone cheered now this was a game that got you drunk. They grabbed two decks of cards with a massive cup and laid the cards around it. Gaara pulled the rules up on his phone and quickly and shortly explained. Everyone was excited drinking games were always fun especially with lots of people. Kankaru, Hinata and Temari all chose to sit out, Hinata being a light weight and Kankaru and Temari wanting to pace themselves.
The game started and the cards were flipped one by one, Every one seemed to be having no luck with everyone losing and having to take a shot, usually they would play just for a drink but with so many people they wouldn't even be close to getting drunk. The first 3 kings had already been flipped over, in the cup in the middle already had beer, vodka with raspberry and Midori, the colour of the contents did not look appealing at all, they were all thinking who ever drinks that is going to be fucked up. The game continued to play everyone steadily getting drunker as the game wore on. The next 3 kings had been flipped, more beer, more vodka and added to the mix bourbon. Only two kings remained and the person to flip the last king had to skull the cup in the middle. The game continued on for another 20 minutes until 5 cards remained. Sasuke flipped his card the second last card he poured his alcohol into the cup and sighed a quiet sigh he didn't have to drink it, Naruto was up next he flipped over his card with his eyes shut and looked down and saw the last king, smirking up at him. The group of friends laughed and cheered in preparation for the blonde to drink it.
He poured some of his drink into the cup, looking at the contents swirling around he grabbed it, everyone around the table cheering, 'skull, skull, skull', the blonde took one deep breathe, trying desperately not to smell it or think about it, he tipped the cup into his mouth, skulling it as quick as he could, it was painful and his stomach felt disgusting after just half of it, he had a foul taste in his mouth but he continued to skull it, he stopped over two thirds of the way for a breather, then braced himself for the final part of the toxic drink. He managed to down the whole thing, everyone cheered and clapped. Naruto burped a few times, the tell tale signs of wanting to be sick making itsself known, the tingle in his jaw and the excessive saliva in his mouth, he kept swallowing not daring to look at anything but the wall in front of him. He stayed quiet for 10 minutes trying to keep it down. After he had successfully kept it down, he stood up and started 'woo-ing'. Every time he was drunk he wooed, he had no idea why but it was fun. He staggered over to the stereo turning the music up louder. Placing himself on the make shift dance floor and began to dance. He was completely drunk, the room swayed and most of his inhibitions were out the windows a million miles away. He felt free to do what he wanted in that moment no fear holding him back. So he danced and he sang loudly, mind you he was tone deaf as well but he didn't care. Kiba joined him on the dance floor he himself feeling pretty drunk as well. The grabbed onto each other and swayed while singing. Papa roach last resort came on and they excitedly jumped around pretending to play guitar.
They began to sing (scream) at the top of their lungs,
"Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort, suffocation, no breathing, don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding" The were bouncing around the room screaming to this song, Naruto was a giant smile on his face just cutting lose without the fear that usually caged him within himself. Kiba and Naruto bumped into each other and the blonde stumbled and landed flat on his face. Every one was giggling at the pair of them, it was a sight to see. Naruto started giggling loudly from his spot on the floor, his face still on the ground but his body shaking from the intensity of his laughing. Sasuke walked over to the blonde and helped him up, holding him up by the waist trying to steady him. Naruto pushed away from him stumbling over to his alcohol trying to pour himself another one, he spilt some that made him laugh and spill more, he finally managed to get the drink poured and he drank it in one foul swoop. The song stopped and changed into something more of a dance number. Naruto walked over to Sasuke and pulled him onto the dance floor. The raven was horrified he couldn't dance, no way. Naruto just whispered in his ear.
"You don't have to dance all you have to do is be my pole" Sasuke actually gaped, what the fuck had gotten into the blonde and then he realised it was the amount of alcohol the blonde had consumed. So he stood their as the blonde ran his hands down his arms, his hips started to move, side to side, Sasuke could just stand there like a stunned mallet. The blonde started to grind on the raven, his hips moving with the grace and precise movement a drunk person should not have. He could feel his body heating up as the blonde danced on him. The blonde unzipped his jacket he had put on before and slid it off, he turned around shaking to the ground and slowly coming back up making sure to grind his ass on the raven. Without any notice Sasuke grabbed his waist, it was torture he had to touch the blonde. His hand gripped almost painfully around his hips but he didn't care he kept teasing and grinding. He wasn't sure why but with the alcohol coursing through is vains all he knew was that he wanted Sasuke. He turned himself around running his hands up and down the toned body of his dance partner, he could feel the definite hard on sporting in the others pants, not that he himself didn't as well. He latched onto Sasuke neck, nipping and sucking, only to lick up his neck and nip at his ear. He heard Sasuke gasp and grip his hips painfully as he started to grind into the blonde tease.
Sasuke couldn't help himself he slid one hand up the blondes side, making sure to get a good feel, up the side of his neck, noticing that Naruto began to suck harder when his hand touched a certain spot on his neck. His hand threaded through golden soft locks, pulling the others head away from his neck, with out a second of hesitation he smashed his pale lips into Naruto's tanned ones. Kissing him with the need to be with him. The intense electricity between them, he heard Naruto gasp, opening his mouth, his tongue entering Sasuke parted mouth, the kiss grew more intense, as tongues danced with each other, the other hand on his hip, moved slowly to the blondes ass, gripping it as he melded closer to Naruto's body. Sasuke could feel his whole body burn and his need to touch, taste and have the blonde almost making him lose control and stripping him naked and having him. He barely noticed the cat calls and cheering from all of the other people in the room.
He had to stop before he couldn't any more, he pulled away from Naruto but he guessed the blonde didn't like to be told no, tanned lips latched onto his neck again as his hands roamed all around his muscled body. Pure black eyes flicked to where Gaara was, trying to gage his response to the situation. Teal eyes looked into the black ones, he shook his head, signalling to Sasuke that having Naruto tonight was not a good idea considering how drunk he was and he wasn't that emotionally stable right now. As much effort as it took he finally pulled the blonde from him, holding him at arms length, the blondes eyes were unfocused, he could barely hold himself upright, his clothes dampened with sweat and small patches of spilled alcohol as well.
Naruto finally seemed to realise Sasuke had pushed him away, he glared at the man in front of him and stomped off to the kitchen, he grabbed his bourbon bottle and started pouring shots. He was fucking angry, he was fucking hurt and he needed to get drunker so it would just fucking stop hurting. Sasuke was stunned at the sudden exit and went to follow, Gaara put a arm in front of him and entered the kitchen, he watched as Naruto through a shot back and poured another one, he walked over and grabbed Naruto's wrist. Naruto pushed his arm off and took the shot.
"Fuck off Gaara, I am not a fucking kid." Gaara didn't bother to respond he knew rejection for the blonde was very hurtful but he also knew waking up with Sasuke in his bed after a drunken night of sex would end a lot worse than this. Gaara pulled him into a hug tightly, he couldn't say anything because of the alcohol running rampant in his mind, the blonde never saw any sense when he was drinking.
"I will be fine Gaara, just let me get drunk" Gaara sighed, it was either let him drink or start a brawl. He knew neither was the best option but at the very least Naruto would be okay he would get drunk and pass out and Gaara would be there sleeping beside him to make sure he was okay. So Gaara walked out of the kitchen. The blonde reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He had 3 missed calls and 10 text messages from Neji. The phone rang as he went to read the messages and he decided to pick it up.
"What do you want fuckface?"
"Baby, Oh its so good to hear your voice, I have missed you so much, baby please come home, I can change, I have changed, baby I love you"
The blonde in his drunken state was annoyed but after the rejection from Sasuke he needed to feel loved, it was sick he knew but he wanted someone to want him, to say they missed him and to say the loved him. He knew it was a dangerous game to play with his ex but in his current state of mind he didn't understand the consequences of his next actions.
"Neji, I miss you" He words were slurring but he kept the conversation going. His heart was racing and he knew some where inside of him that this was a bad idea but he couldn't form that thought in his mind.
"Tell me where you are baby, I will come get you" Naruto told him he would met him somewhere, they hung up and Naruto took a few more shots before he made his way to the front door. Sasuke spotted the blonde trying to open the door and leave, he walked over and held the door shut.
"Naruto where are you going, its 2am in the morning" The blonde didn't answer he still could remember the rejection it fuelled his desire to see his ex no matter how insane it sounded.
"None of your fucking business, no move out of my fucking way before I fucking punch your pretty little face in cunt" Sasuke was surprised by the hostility coming from the blonde but he couldn't in good concious let him leave, he had a funny feeling the blonde was going to do something he would really regret.
"Well I am sorry but your not leaving." He swung Naruto over his shoulder and carried him into the room he knew that was the blondes. He threw him down on the bed, the blonde tried to make an escape for it but Sasuke wasn't drunk so he could easily catch the blonde, his movements were slow and sloppy. Naruto punched Sasuke in the face, hard as well. Sasuke just shrugged it off knowing that the blonde wasn't in his right state of mind. The scuffle continued until the blonde admitted he was going to be sick. Sasuke grabbed the small trash bin as the blonde emptied his stomach into it. The raven sat there rubbing the blondes back, as the other continued to vomit. Sasuke wasn't sure what was going to happen tomorrow morning but he didn't want to fuck this up with Naruto. He guessed the only thing he could do was wait until tomorrow.