Music

Ballerina AU

"I hope you know how much I'm going to hate this"

"Shut up, Naruto. It's my birthday and if I say we're going to the ballet, then you better fucking bet that we're going to the ballet"

Jeez, I forgot how mad Sakura-chan gets on her birthday.

As per tradition since they were in middle school, the 3 of them would spend their birthdays together doing whatever the birthday boy/girl wanted to do. There were no limits except the ones imposed by their wallets, when they were kids that meant not doing anything big, but now that they were adults…

"If you two would shut up for one moment, you'd notice we're 15 minutes late" said Sasuke in a cool voice.

"UGH, Naruto this is all your fault! If we miss the Dance of the Sugarplum fairy I swear I'll kill you" exclaimed the pinkette and with that, stormed off towards Sasuke's car.

Naruto got closer to Sasuke and whispered:

"Dance of the what now?"

The dark haired man lifted barely the edges of his mouth and left without a word.

When they got to their seats, the show had already started but Sakura seemed to have forgotten all her anger.

"It just started, they're still in Clara's house!" she said in glee, holding both men's arms in excitement.

"Why are they not talking?" Naruto wondered.

"You idiot, it's a ballet! They're dancers, not actors!"

Sasuke sighed and hushed them.

Oh, man. This is gonna be really long… I wonder how mad Sakura-chan will get if I fall sleep…

When he opened his eyes again, he was sure he had fallen asleep. It didn't feel like long at all, but the stage looked completely different and the characters too? Or maybe they changed outfits? What was this thing about again?

Some soft music started, the stage was all white with fake trees with fake snow and some glitter shit all around. Some ballerinas and… ballerinos?... started to come from the sides, all dressed in white.

Those tights look really tight…. How do they stack all the business in there…

Another ballerina entered the stage; Naruto could tell she was important because of her costume. She was also in white, but her dress had a longer tutu thing and more sparkles than anyone else. Her hair was prettily put in a bun and on top of her head rested a silver tiara. Her tights (which looked way better on her) were milky white as her skin and her ballet flats were the same color, which made her look taller than she probably was. She had a deep blush on her cheeks, the make-up surely, and matching red lips. This ballerina looked just like the porcelain dolls Sasuke's grandma had in her house, so petite and fragile…

Then the music started.

And as if someone had pulled the string from a doll, she jumped into movement.

Naruto had never gotten the point of art until now.

Her arms and legs moved with extreme grace as she danced across the stage. She jumped as if she was made of feathers and fell as soft as snow. The music seemed to move her as swiftly as the breeze wherever it wanted. She didn't dance, she almost floated around the stage as if she were too pure to step where the mortals did too. A small and dignified smile sat on her lips for the entirety of her dance, her expression always soft and sweet.

Her movements got faster as the music did, she started to spin and spin and spin all around the stage. Naruto only notice how many times she twirled when the people around him started clapping. He wanted to clap too but his body was locked into watching her, he had never been so still in his life.

Mom would be proud, he thought.

It ended way too abruptly for him; as soon as the song ended she left the stage, not even stopping for an ovation. He wanted to, he wanted to clap until his hands hurt and stand up to scream how magical her performance had been.

"Close your mouth unless you want some flies with your soda"

"Shut the fuck up, Sasuke"