SasuSaku Prompts

36. Mistletoe

prompt: Under the mistletoe.

AN: This one sucks but I kinda liked the mistletoe part, though I think I did not manage to convey it well. Sorry guys for not writing much, I guess I don't know how to anymore :((And I badly need inspiration!

Merry Christmas in advance, btw!

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Yamanaka Ino was a lot of things--the blabbermouth, the troublesome woman, the loud blonde,etc--and party animal was probably one of the best description for her. 

So when she organized a party for Konoha 12 plus Sai during Christmas wasn't much of a surprise. In fact, it was expected by everyone that even before Ino can tell them, they already said yes, much to her annoyance.

The big shocker was that Uchiha Sasuke agreed to come.

He's been back for more than a year now, just got off probation, and just been reinstated as a shinobi of Konoha. He and Naruto were back to their usual bickering and more often than not, be it throwing kunais or insults did not have much difference when the two of them was in the vicinity. The black-haired teen has been amicable with Kakashi since then, although he still show signs of contempt when it comes to Sai.

In addition to his great dislike of parties and crowds, or just people in general, the big strain to his relationship with Sakura is the ultimate reason they expected him that he won't bother going to Ino's party. To say that things are awkward and tense between them is the biggest understatement of the year. She's been trying hard on ignoring him while he's getting frustrated with her.

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"Hey, Sakura!" Ino called out to the stiff medic who's been unusually quiet since Sasuke came. "This is a party."

Sakura looked at her best friend as if she's the stupidest person on the face of the planet.

Ino swung her arms around, "You're supposed to have fun, forehead! Go get some booze in the kitchen!"

"But--!"

The blonde glared at her and pushed her towards the direction of the kitchen, "Nuh-uh-uh! No buts, my butt! GO!"

"Fine." She sighed and went on her way to get something to drink. But before she could step on the kitchen, there came Sasuke. She froze. There's no more than a meter between them. He saw her and he stopped as well, piercing her with his intense stare.

"Uhm, hi." She gulped. She wasn't expecting a response from him. She was caught off-guard when he raised his right arm and his left hand cupped her cheek and suddenly, his lips were on her own.

Her eyes widened, not leaving any time for her to react. Before she could push him away, he pulled back.

He was smirking. She gaped.

His right arm was still raised, she followed his arm and saw that he was holding a mistletoe.

"That was lame, teme." She heard Naruto from behind her. She could hear Kiba snickering, Shikamaru muttering 'troublesome', Lee wailing about how Sasuke-kun kissed his cherry blossom, and most of all, she felt multiple pairs of eyes looking at the two of them. 

Before she could butt in--although at the moment, she couldn't utter a single word--Ino sighed loudly. "Well, it's about damn time!"