Living in Japan!

12 - The Almost Kiss

"Well. Here we are.... Our first party." I mumbled nervously. Both Regan and I were unsocial back in America. It wasn't the funniest path, but it got us by.

Now, here I was. In front of a classmates door. Not for a project or hanging out. A party. An actual party. Will there be drugs? Oh god what if there's drugs!

Regan took a noticeable deep breath. She was as nervous as I was, which was reassuring. I copied Regan in taking a deep breath. "You want me to knock?" I asked confidently. She nodded and I did what I offered and knocked.

The door opened shortly after, revealing a grinning Naruto. "Regan! Ertha! Glad you could make it! Come on in." He opened the door wider, revealing the party.

It was a lot different than I expected. There was music but not poppy music like in America. There wasn't ((much)) hip grinding. But there were many older people, like college people. So it was expected. The people our age were just conversing normally.

This was an environment I felt I could enjoy, and looking at Regan I think she could say the same.

Naruto left to tend to other guest and left us to.. I'm not sure exactly. Regan and I headed to the wall and looked for people we knew.

We spotted people from our grade. It was the whole gang. That was a relief. Regan and I walked towards them while they seemed to be laughing at something.

"Yea! That's a great idea! It's better than the truth or dare game we play just about every time Naruto throws a a party." Shikamaru commented bored. Everyone seemed to agree.

Regan decided to be the one to ask what was going on. "What're you talking about?" I nodded too, quite excited honestly.

Tenten smiled. "Sakura suggested we play 7 minutes in heaven." Regan and I blinked. We didn't think they'd play it in Japan too.

They played it a lot in America. The game where you took out an item from a bag and stayed in a closet with the owner of the item for about seven minutes.

Regan shrugged her shoulders not seeming to disapprove but not quite approve either. I had only played the game once, but nothing happened like you'd expect. We just talked about the things we had in common.

The game began soon after. Naruto hazard stopped some of his hosting to come play with us. Surprisingly enough, other high schoolers came to play with us. When Itachi and Gaara came I waved them over and had them sit next to me and Regan. "I'm pretty excited! What about you guys?" I asked my close friends. Gaara looked away, and Itachi smiled warmly, while Regan just shrugged.

The first two to go in were Ino and Choji. Choji seemed pretty excited but Ino.. not so much. After them was Shikamaru and Gaara's sister Temari. They looked cute together so I silently rooted Shika-chan on. Next was Regan and Naruto. Naruto looked pretty excited. Regan, on the outside looked uninterested but I saw a slight smile that ran across her lips. After them, was Neji and Tenten. They, in my opinion were destined to be together.

The next one nearly made me sad. Itachi and Konan went next. They were pretty close friends. My little infatuation with Itachi made it a little harder to accept. Jealousy swirled with the pit of my stomach..

Then without me noticing, the bag came to me.

I looked around at everyone before digging my hand through the bag. My fingers touched something soft and I pulled it out eagerly. Inside my hand was a purple daisy. It was so beautiful. I loved purple so I wasn't surprised I liked it.

My head peered up to see who I'd drawn and up stood Sasuke.

It wasn't horrible. He's been nice enough to me I guess. Though he had many admirers. I got to my feet and went into the closet with Sasuke.

Sadly, they didn't let us use the light, so I could only see a silhouette of Sasuke because of the tiny crack of light at the bottom and top of the door.

"Hey." I said awkwardly. This was my tactic at the last game and it turned out well enough. Sasuke shifted over closer. I didn't want to noticeably tense knowing it'd probably offend him but I couldn't help it. This was a cramped space.

"You scared?" The tone of his voice inclined he was mocking me. Then he got even closer. My back hit wall hard. Soon there was little space between us. This was the objective of the game. However I still hadn't had my first kiss and I was pretty sure it wasn't going to be in a closet.

His hands were placed on either side of my head. I could feel his breath on my face and I squeezed my eyes shut in fear. My lips tingled when they could feel that his were getting too close.

Then light filled the closet. "Ok! Times up!" Ino opened the door.