Happy | A SasuSaku 4-Part FanFic

Unscripted

The whole ballroom was filled with movie and TV stars dressed in their most sophisticated fineries. There was a limited number of people in the room now compared to the one in the auditorium, but it didn't change the fact that Sasuke was edgy being here.

He wasn't even supposed to attend the after-party anymore. In fact, he was already seated in his car, with his eyes shut and head positioned on the headrest when he felt a buzz in his pocket. He was trying so hard to forget the last scene he has witnessed at the Awards Night, and at first, he thought that whatever his phone alerted him for was a good distraction.

But he was wrong.

Naruto was so hopeful in his text message that Sasuke spent a few more minutes battling with himself if he should head straight to his apartment or grant his best friend's request, which would mean taking the risk of getting his heart shattered even more. He then thought about how Naruto rarely really asks anything from him. And although he wasn't feeling hopeful at all at the moment, he didn't want the dobe to feel disheartened and betrayed just because of him, to think that he was indeed his best friend.

So with a "tch", he started his engine and drove off to the hotel a few streets away, effectively avoiding the influx of people at the parking lot since the program has just ended as well.

He hadn't seen Sakura again on the first hour of the party, which was a relief. But the moment that his vivacious best friend grabbed the mic and called everyone's attention, he caught sight of her standing near the stage, eager to hear what Naruto had to say while an arm was tightly wrapped around her waist.

His brain automatically recalled those times that it was him holding her in his arms, as if it was his self-proclaimed duty to protect her and always be there by her side. Those times that she always clung closer to his body, as if she entrusted her entire being to him, including her heart.

He quickly shifted his gaze to the blond at the middle of the small stage. If only he didn't want to disappoint his best friend, he wouldn't have seen that anymore. He just mentally noted that he could always give Naruto what he deserves on their sparring sessions in the gym. After all, Sasuke was the one who had to take his place on his supposed task for the Awards Night, leading to his slip-up over the microphone that was probably already trending on Twitter by now.

Naruto's announcement was short but moving enough to fill the whole venue with a jubilant uproar. "I...um—I'm just here to share with you all that...Hinata and I are getting married! She said yes to me today, 'ttebayo!"

Even he smiled genuinely at that. Who would have thought that his dobe of a best friend would actually have the guts to ask a girl about marriage and have a flourishing love life?

But that's where his smile faltered. Although he wanted to disregard it, and he knew he shouldn't have such a feeling towards his best friend, there came a sudden envy bubbling inside his chest.

Naruto and Hinata met through the set of SasuSaku's first major movie, both playing supporting characters to Sasuke and Sakura. The blond was thrilled to work in the same movie with his best friend, but little did he know, such opportunity would also lead him to meeting the woman that became his girlfriend a year after that. The same woman whom he was now engaged with.

Sasuke gripped the wine glass in his hand a little tighter than necessary. Just like him and Sakura, the newly engaged couple started as a mere celebrity loveteam too. And though SasuSaku turned out to be the most remarkable ship of their generation, why didn't he and Sakura have a real life happy ending like theirs?

He caught sight of his face's reflection on the red liquid he was drinking. And it was funny how that seemed like a slap on his face, a blatant answer as to what – who – was the reason why they didn't even progress to anything more than a professionally fabricated couple.