I glared at Sasuke, who was seated on the living room couch all content and shit as all our friends took turns to hug me.
What happened to me being scary huh? Does anyone see 'hug me, I'm a saint' plastered on my forehead? Wait, MAYBE STUPID NARUTO WROTE ALL OVER MY BANDAGES!
"I know you're upset, but attacking your head was stupid." Sasuke chided, rolling a clean bandage around my forehead in Ino's kitchen.
"You were tolerable when you refused to mingle Uchiha. What changed?"
"I got a girlfriend and suddenly my whole world revolves around her happiness."
Aww. Wait, no.
"And you know that girlfriend is an introvert, movies and food would've gone a long way." Yup, much better.
"It's a date then." He winked, patting the top of my hair when he was done.
I blinked when the raucous died down suddenly, and I guess Sasuke heard it too since he got up with narrowed eyes.
"Uzumaki!" I dodged him and got to the living room, and saw-
A brunette, staring innocently at the surprisingly hostile looks on everyone's faces. Like they're jollier than the word jolly itself, I'm pretty much the only thing that balances out their jolliness. Heck, I'm suppose to be the one giving the dirty looks here.
"Hey Haruka." Yes, I knew her. She visited me when I was hospitalized and apologized on behalf of Arashi, who was one of her friends. I'm never the type to be sociable and all, but I guess I was drunk on the many shots I had to take.
"Kushina I-"
"Don't speak to her." Sasuke said, glaring at Haruka and pulling me behind him.
"Sasuke?" I asked, surprised.
He squeezed my hand and continued to glare.
"Take her away." Suigetsu said, nodding to Sasuke. The latter picked me up and took me back to the kitchen.
"Sasuke!"
"Hush."
"But-"
"Kushina."
"Why did you do that?"
"Because I had to."
"Tell me, do you know her?"
"Hn."
"Sasuke-kun." He stared wide eyed at my random outburst, before an unfamiliar emotion lingered in his coal eyes.
"Let it go Uzumaki, please?"
I sighed. Might as well brainstorm over my next attempt in coaxing him to tell me.
"You suck."
Sasuke stared incredulously at the evil glint in Naruto's eye, knowing full well that something or the other will go terribly and painfully wrong. The blonde stepped aside to let his cautious-looking friend in, before explaining his situation. Their mother had cornered Kushina after washing her hair and refused to leave until it was combed by her, and their father made her wear something he kept hidden from Sasuke whilst deeming it would be better if he saw for himself.
And when Sasuke entered the living room and found his girlfriend clawing her cheeks with gritted teeth as her mother braided her long hair, he bit his lip in order to hold back his maniacal laugh. She wore blue full length pajamas with yellow ducks on them that was slightly oversized, coupled with big yellow duck slippers. Her puffed up cheeks and the two loosely braided ponytails did not help her situation in the slightest.
Her mother handed her the comb and hair ties after she was done, so Kushina got up and left to put it back in her room and her slippers made a quack sound with every step she took.
"Hey ehehe Uzumaki.." quack quack quack quack.
"Kushina!" quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.
"Stop it." he grabbed her wrist and turned her around to face him while trying to ignore the multiple funny sounds her shoes emitted. "I brought movies."
"Take your stupid ass movies and leave me the hell-" Kushina screamed when Sasuke threw her over his shoulder (careful not to touch her right arm) and walked her to the abandoned living room. She stopped thrashing and raised a brow at the quiet house, wondering why everyone left.
"We've got the whole house to ourselves," he said with a smirk, his fingers brushing over hers, "and your pajamas are pretty cute."
"Speak another word of it and your death shall be slow and torturous."
"Its really hard to take you seriously ehehe, ehem. " he coughed into his fist awkwardly looking away.
Kushina got up and got some digestive biscuits, before plopping down on the couch. Sasuke leaned in, fully intending to close the space between them when she spoke.
"Haruka, now."
"I said to let it go."
"Sasuke!"
"Fine, she use to date Kiba." he tried to capture her lips again, only for her to turn her face and let him kiss her cheek instead.
"So? Kiba's dated many girls and I'm pretty sure they were all harmless. "he sighed and pulled her to face him.
"She was unfaithful." he leaned in again, and Kushina raised her hand which separated them.
"He wasn't one to care for faithfulness." Sasuke sighed loudly at her uninterest in lip-locking.
"She preferred to flirt relentless of their relationship, and when she refused to break up with him filed a restraining order."
Sasuke leaned in once again, while Kushina held his whole face back with her hand as she gasped.
"That serious? What did she do to make him go to court?!" he threw his hands in the air, aghast.
"She became obsessive and stalked him, going as far as writing both their names on his yard with fire okay? But I guess she found a loop-hole or something, the restraining order was she cant come 500m from him if he was alone or with his relatives, meaning she decided to come along whenever he wasn't." this time he lunged at her, but she got up in time and left to check out the movies and he kissed the cushion instead.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" he yelled after her retreating form, annoyed with the quacks died down as she put distance between them. "I shall kiss you Uzumaki, if it's the last thing I do!"
"Good luck with that douche!"
"You sick, sick human being."
"It's just twenty questions, what's so bad about that?"
"I have no intention of getting to know you anymore than I do, and I have several secrets that is too hardcore for your soft brain."
"What is your favourite colour?" he recited ignoring her scrutinized look.
"Blue." she picked up a card and studied it before laughing.
"What?"
"When was the last time you were kissed?" Sasuke's jaw clenched. "This morning, by your mom! Ahahahahahah!"
A thunder cloud settled over his dropped head.
"Oh don't worry Sasu-chan, at least one person in this world encourages you to breathe."
"Is there anything you regret?"
"No."
"Uzumaki."
"I don't." she cleared her throat. "If our life was a book, what would you name it?"
"101 ways to handle Uzumakis."
"Haha, I am dying."
"Name something that makes you smile instantly."
"The truth?" he nodded. "Uh..."
"It's me, isn't it?" he chuckled when she blushed and shook her head. "You make my heart flutter too."
"My insides are turning because of all the mush," she picked up a card. "Worst date you've been on?"
He smirked, "all our dates have been nothing short of fun Ku-shi-na."
The mischievous look he shot me as he pushed the stack of cards away reminded me of a predator's eyes locating a very feeble prey, and I wondered in that split second before he kissed me.
If I kneed him in the balls and ran, would he find me with these annoying slippers?