"I know bachelor parties are meant for guys but Moegi's basically one of the guys, right Mo?" Konohamaru wraps an arm around the orange haired woman, squishing his cheek to hers.
Moegi scowls, pushing his face away with an open palm. "Get off, you idiot!"
Konohamaru pouts, "Oi, why are you being all mean when I'm the one paying for everything tonight?"
The limo moves and Naruto has to catch himself before he slides off the seat. He's still having a hard time wrapping his head around the situation.
Was he really sitting in a flashy limousine with a fully stocked minibar and a fancily dressed driver who referred to his brat of a subordinate as Master Konohamaru?
"How…" Naruto stares up at the led lights imbedded in the roof that resembled stars in both confusion and awe. "How the hell did you pay for this?"
Konohamaru stops bickering with Moegi and turns to Naruto, looking unusually flustered.
"Oh! I… umm…" He scratches the back of his neck. "Well you see…"
"Dad-dy's mo-ney!" Udon, who's sitting beside Naruto, says in a sing song way.
Moegi laughs before she joins in, serenading Konohamaru with those two words.
"SHUT UP!" Konohamaru barks at his two obnoxious friends. He lunges at Udon and the two wrestle on the ground while Moegi pulls her phone out to film it, laughing her ass off.
"You're telling me this whole time, he never told you his last name?" Moegi says, wiping the tears from her eyes. Naruto shakes his head. "It's Sarutobi. Konohamaru Sarutobi."
Sarutobi? As in the family name slapped on the side of the skyscraper they all worked at? Does that mean… This whole time… Naruto gasps, the puzzle pieces in his mind clicking into place.
This whole time Konohamaru was rich?!
Naruto pries Konohamaru from Udon, gripping him by the collar.
"You dick! Why have I been paying for lunch this whole time?" Naruto yells, shaking the younger man.
Moegi cackles. "Yeah, boss! Get him!"
Konohamaru's tries to sputter out an excuse. He looks similar to Boruto when he's caught in a lie.
"Y-You always offered! I just didn't say no!"
It was true, Naruto always offered. But that was only because he was under the impression that Konohamaru was on an intern's salary.
Interns get shit pay. It's an irrefutable fact that Naruto lived through himself when he first started out. Once his bills were paid, he never had enough money for lunch. Most days, he wouldn't eat. Working close to 10 hour days without food was hell. So he always made sure Konohamaru ate. Udon and Moegi too when they tagged along.
With an irritated huff, Naruto lets go and resigns himself back to his seat. Angrily, he snatches a bottle of vodka from the minibar. He can feel the eyes of his three younger colleagues follow his every move as he pops it open and gulps down a mouthful of the bitter liquid without hesitation.
He wants to forget about all the hard earned money he's used on a filthy little rich kid for the past six months and how embarrassingly long it took him to find out Konohamaru's last name.
"Well?" Naruto looks at them. "Are you guys gonna join me?"
Unconcerned with his rumpled collar, Konohamaru is the first to take up the offer, grinning like an idiot. "See, I knew you were cool!"
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Naruto had made the mistake of thinking he was ten years younger. Back then, his alcohol tolerance was at an all time high thanks to his tendency to get blackout drunk almost every weekend.
But now, he was feeling the alcohol a lot quicker than he thought he would.
At least he was winning the drinking game Konohamaru had challenged him to. His ego would be incredibly bruised if he wasn't.
"You gotta be—" Konohamaru hiccups. "Ch-Cheating!"
Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon were all red cheeked and tipsy. Swaying and giggling at nothing.
At this point, they'd all be plastered by the time they got to the nightclub.
Kara was the place they were headed to. Apparently, it was the most exclusive club in all of Konoha. So exclusive that only people in the upper echelon were allowed in.
"It's like super underground. Even some celebrities were denied entry!" Konohamaru had happily informed him before they had really gotten into the game. "But since I'm super awesome and incredibly persuasive, I managed to get on the list." He rubbed his nose, extremely proud of himself.
"We'll make sure to thank your daddy's bank account tomorrow." Moegi had replied and once again, Konohamaru was fuming.
"I'm not cheating. You guys just suck." Naruto says as if he's fine. As if the room isn't totally spinning in his head.
"I concede. I wanna make out with at least one rich guy before I'm too drunk to remember everything." Moegi whines.
"Gross." Konohamaru gags. He turns to his other friend with a fiery face of determination. "Cmon Udon, we can beat him together!"
Udon shakes his head. "I give up. I just didn't want to be last again."
Naruto looks at Konohamaru with a shit-eating grin, waiting for his eminent victory to be confirmed.
"Fine fine, you win!" Konohamaru grumbles, angrily.
He doesn't stay angry for long and before they know it, the four of them are laughing together at god knows what. Naruto's having such a good time that he forgets why he had been so reluctant in the first place.
In a way, he feels young again. Like always, Kaiyo was right. One last night of recklessness wasn't such a bad thing.
Naruto blinks and suddenly he's out of the limo, following behind Konohamaru as they stumble to the front entrance to Kara.
With the full confidence of someone who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Konohamaru struts to the front of the line that stretched far down the street and talks to the bouncer. In less than a minute, they're let in.
The music's so loud that Naruto can feel it. The darkened room illuminated with only the bright flashing strobe lights was filled to the brim with people dancing. Waiters with trays of pretty cocktails circulated throughout the crowd. Naruto wants to dance too.
Konohamaru grabs his arm before he can. "I got a special present for you first, boss." He says, mischievously. He turns to Moegi and Udon. "The tab's open guys, I'll be right back."
"You don't have to tell me twice." Moegi makes a beeline to the bar, dragging Udon along with her.
Konohamaru leads him to a different section of the club, far from the bustling dance floor. Here the music is more slow and sensual.
"Holy shit." Naruto whispers under his breath.
There's a series of stages with topless girls dancing. Some twirling around poles. No wonder this place was so popular. There was a goddamn strip club in the back.
"Hey, handsome." One of the girls say to him, leaning down from the stage.
Naruto smiles, still a little dazed from the alcohol. "Hey!"
They stop suddenly and Konohamaru turns back to face him. He's smiling so hard that Naruto wonders if it hurts.
"I got you a room with the club's best girl."
Konohamaru doesn't waste another second and shoves him into a private room before slamming the door shut. Naruto stumbles back onto the lush velvet couch.
"Heh comfy…" He giggles to himself, enjoying the feel of the soft material against his palms.
For a few minutes, it's just him and the extremely comfortable couch. That is until the door opens.
His eyes lift up to see a woman standing there in a thick fur coat. She shuts the door and Naruto hears the inevitable lock. He gulps and sits up a little straighter.
"You have thirty minutes." She says, dismissively, her back still turned to him.
"Thirty minutes for wha-" The words die on Naruto's tongue when she drops the fur coat and turns around.
The bra was too small to contain the woman's assets. They looked like they were about to spill out, her nipples poking through the thin green fabric. The matching thong seemed even smaller.
There was little left to the imagination, to say the least.
Alarm bells blare in Naruto's mind and suddenly, he feels very sober. She steps closer, her long blonde hair swishing with every movement.
"Wait—" She bends down in front of him, giving a full view of her ass. He flinches, turning his head to look the other way.
He didn't want a fucking stripper for god's sake! He was so going to kill Konohamaru when he got out.
Naruto's anger is fleeting because the woman decides to plant herself on his lap, grinding against him and he's starting to get—
"TIME OUT!" He jumps up and practically sprints to the other side of the room.
"What the fuck is your problem?" The woman demands, glaring at him. She crosses her arms over her chest which he really wishes she hadn't done because it's drawing more of his attention to that region.
"Sh-Shouldn't we talk first?"
"Talk about what?" She taps her foot against the floor, impatiently. Another thing he wishes she hadn't done because now they're starting to jiggle.
Ugh! Eyes up, Uzumaki!
"Like… Like what's your name! Yeah, what's your name?" He asks in a rushed manner.
"Delta." She spits out, growing more annoyed by the second.
"I'm Naruto."
Delta flashes him a very fake smile. "Great now that we're acquainted, can I do my fucking job?"
"I…" He clears his throat. "I don't want a lap dance." He wishes he sounded a lot more confident than he did.
"Really? Because your little friend seemed to enjoy the show."
Naruto quickly covers his crotch with both hands, his cheeks burning in embarrassment.
"I was just caught off guard!"
Sure, he appreciated Delta's— ahem— physique but if he wanted someone's ass shaking in his face, he'd much prefer it be his fiancé's.
"I'm engaged."
Delta scoffs, rolling her eyes. "And? I have regulars who are married."
Naruto wasn't going to budge. Yeah, Kaiyo had given him permission to get a lap dance but he didn't want to go through with it. It just felt wrong and super weird.
Getting blackout drunk with Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon was about as much recklessness as he could handle for the night.
Seeing that he wasn't going to change his mind, Delta rolls her eyes once again and sits down on the couch. "Whatever fine, but you're not leaving the room until the thirty minutes are up. Otherwise I don't get paid in full."
Naruto sighs in relief. "Okay, that's fine." He walks back to the couch and slumps down on the seat beside her.
"So um… busy night?"
"Shut up."
"Ok."
Naruto whistles to himself, eyes darting around the room for something to take his mind off the awkward silence. His phone buzzes.
wifeyy 3 : sent 3 images
Excited, he quickly opens it. The first image is of Himawari and Boruto trying one of the carnival games there. Boruto has his serious face of concentration on while Himawari is beside him pointing at one of the big plushies on the wall. Naruto smiles. She's probably pointing at which one she wants and Boruto, being the good big brother he is, is trying to get it for her.
The second one is of them both on the ferris wheel. There's a giant stuffed bear wedged between them. Himawari has a churro, looking over the edge while Boruto has his mouth stuffed full of his yakisoba bun.
And the final one is the three of them. Kaiyo has her arms around Himawari and Boruto and they're all smiling at the camera as the fireworks go off behind them.
wifeyy 3 : ill show u the rest when we get home xx
Naruto smiles at the images, his heart warming. He couldn't believe how lucky he was. He holds out the phone to Delta.
"Aren't my kids cute? My fiancé took them to the fireworks across town."
Instead of telling him to leave her alone, Delta actually looks. Her eyes narrow. "She doesn't look like them."
"Well, yeah. I had them before I met her." Naruto explains.
"She started dating you knowing you had two kids?" She questions and Naruto nods. "Wow, she's definitely gonna regret that one day."
Naruto frowns, feeling rightfully offended. He looks back at his phone and decides to text Kaiyo.
naruto: looks fun wish i was there
naruto: konohamaru got me a stripper
naruto: she's mean :(
wifeyy 3 : oh no, was the lap dance at least good?
naruto: i dunno. texting u instead.
wifeyy 3 : you're lying. there's no way you're actually texting me instead of canoodling with a stripper.
Naruto snorts at the word canoodling.
naruto: i'd rather talk to u
naruto: how are the kids?
wifeyy 3: good, they practically passed out the minute we got to the hotel room. they had so much fun
wifeyy 3: how's your night been so far?
naruto: we got drunk in the limo to the club. its this place called kara.
wifeyy 3: KARA?! YOU'RE AT FUCKING KARA?
naruto: ya
wifeyy 3: my friend has been trying to get us in there for two years!
wifeyy 3: Naruto Uzumaki, get off your phone right now and do everything you possibly can so you can relay it to me in the morning. Ugh, I'm so jealous!
naruto: aw do I have to?
wifeyy 3: NOW!
Naruto sighs and tucks away his phone. "How much longer?" He asks Delta. She sighs.
"Twenty minutes."
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After 20 agonisingly slow minutes, Naruto's finally free.
"Well, it was nice meeting you." He says as they leave the room. Delta struts past, ignoring him completely.
With a sigh, he makes his way back to the main area, in hopes of taking full advantage of Konohamaru's open tab. He's incredibly sober and had every intention to change that.
First though, he had to find the others. Hopefully, nothing drastic happened while he was stuck in that room.
Moegi was the easiest to find. There was only a few people who had bright orange hair like hers. She was making out with some tall brunette stranger. Naruto squeezes through the crowd towards her. He taps her on the shoulder and her eyes light up when she sees him.
"Boss!" She chirps. "This guy owns a yacht." She says, giddily pointing at her spit-swapping mate.
"That's great, Mo. Sorry for interrupting." Naruto says, genuinely. "Where are the guys?"
"Uhhhh… I don't know!" She returns to making out with the stranger and Naruto figures there's no use in bothering her again.
He squints over the crowd, trying to find the other two. Oddly enough, it feels similar to the time when he had taken Himawari and Boruto to a theme park and couldn't find them in the sea of kids. Minus the unbridled panic of course.
After a few minutes, he spots his familiar glasses-wearing colleague. Udon, surprisingly, was in the middle of the dance floor putting every single person to shame. Naruto couldn't help but laugh. Udon was always the silent type at work. Who knew he had all that energy in him?
Now for Konohamaru. Luckily, Naruto spots him at the bar, the exact spot he wanted to go in the first place. It was a win-win situation. All his friends were alright and he could finally get a drink.
As he gets closer, Naruto quickly realises that Konohamaru was flirting or at least attempting to flirt with some poor girl. He could tell by how Konohamaru had that dumb look on his face (the one he thought made him look cool) and talking with his hands, exaggerating some story to make himself look good. Oh god, was he flexing now?
A genius idea pops into Naruto's mind. Should he just embarrass Konohamaru and totally ruin his chances? Um, fuck yeah he should!
With a mischievous grin, he walks toward Konohamaru. The girl Konohamaru's with is short. She's wearing heels but the top of her head reached his eye level. Her dark hair was tied in a high bun. She wore a backless deep red dress that hugged her curves perfectly and the cut off was dangerously close to showing her ass. Which now that Naruto was looking was actually a really good—
Eyes up Uzumaki!
Damn, he almost feels bad ruining this for Konohamaru… Ah fuck it, Naruto deserved to make the guy suffer after his time with Delta!
Naruto's almost there. He's so close he can practically hear Konohamaru's voice.
"Yeah so basically I'm a hero, not to brag or anything. Don't tell anyone though, I don't wanna cause a big stir."
Ugh, who taught this guy to flirt? Somehow it seems to work though because the girl giggles.
"Ah, I see. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me…"
Naruto's steps slow because the girl's voice is so soft. The same type of soft that used to chide him about leaving his empty ramen cups across the apartment. The same one that whispered sweet nothings into his ear and sang lullabies to Boruto when he was a baby.
It can't be…
It really fucking can't be…
The girl turns her head from the bartender to Konohamaru and Naruto can finally see her face.
His heart stops.