This Boys Life

Flashback


The night was wonderful, one of the best nights he ever spent in the center.
The familiar atmosphere of casino warmed his heart, as he walked through the crowd, flashing sweet smiles to every nice woman he met on the way.

The air smelled of hot excitement, and that made his blood boil and his eyes shine with mischievous sparks.

He found a free seat at the card table and threw a couple of fresh chips on its velvet surface (ow, how he loved the feel of it under his fingers!).

The game went on, and he won. Good! No matter how often he usually won in those cards games, or how often he visited casinos, every gain was as sweet and pleasing like the very first one of his.


Another take, and another prize again. He smiled and took the glass of champagne from the tray the girl in tight red dress was carrying on. He sipped it, letting it roll on his tongue before swallowing. Damn, but it was great!


Another take – and he lost. About fifty bucks. He chuckled. Now, that was nothing.
Another win. He cheered and sipped more campaign. God, he was getting lightheaded!
Was it the drink? Or maybe that ol’ nice fuck he had less then two hours ago?
Or just that was how the planets stood in space? Small bell in the back of his mind gave a short ring. ~You won’ have it finis well~ the inner voice whispered, but it must have been the noise of the crowd that overshouted the last good sense in Naruto’s fogged head.


Another game – win, another game – win, game – fail, game – win, game – fail, game – win… … …

Soon he had two thousand dollars. The next take was waiting. ~Get out of the table~ the rational voice whispered, but it fell on deaf ears.

With one motion on his slender hand Naruto put half of his prize on the game. ~stupid~ the inner voice blurted and subsided, realizing all its words were in vain.

At first it was all right, he was having the steady upped hand. However, soon some other man started succeeding, and his rating was rising high and fast. Naruto nearly growled. He was the one who spend every free evening in casinos, and that meant he had the right to win here, he and no one else!


He made a desperate try to tear the victory out of man’s hands, but didn’t succeed.
It was the time he did a thing he was cussing himself for, no more then an hour later.

A constant visitor, he knew perfectly the places where he could cheat, as well as those he shouldn’t cheat in unless he was seeking problems. He also knew this place was one of the last mentioned.


His eyes stared at his cards through the mirrored glasses. Pike ace. One damned pike ace – that was what stood between him and the great straight flash. ~Damned ace~ he almost muttered it under his breath.

Naruto threw quick glances over the other players: they seemed to be busy along with the service-man who was currently laying out the cards.

Damned ace. Worth burning. Naruto suppressed a smile. Sure as hell, the fucking card was worth it. With a quick flick of his wrist he transferred the ace to his left hand and in a moment it was under the table. To one even noticed something was wrong.


~They’ll never get to my level~ he thought proudly and charged the card. It was then that two heavy hands landed on his shoulders.

“We’d appreciate of you go with us” the man said, and Naruto had nothing to do but to rise. At least, he still had enough brains not to resist and enough pride to take it all as a man.


The minute he stepped outside, a set of cuffs fixed his wrists behind his back, and he was gotten into the car.

“So, what am I accused in?” he asked. Not that he hoped to get out of this clean as a newborn, still he wanted to know what exactly had they seen.

“Cheating” the man informed.
“Well, I may just pay the fine and go?” The man shook his head.


The car had been driving for long, long enough for Naruto to get suspicious, especially when they passed one of the police departments. “I thought we’re goin’ to police department?” he rose his eyebrows. “Too nice place fer ya” the driver muttered.


They stopped at the police building, and he got yanked out of the car with much more roughness than when being shoved in. Two upper buttons of his silk shirt gave under the pull and tore away.

“Hey, connards! I win this whole case, and you’re buying me the new one!” he exclaimed while being dragged along the corridors (how much he hated those!) until they came to the cage-like cell. Damn.


While coming in, he observed the system, and it made him sigh. They did think of proper security, as the two doors with three feet distance in-between gave no chances for escape.


Naruto stepped in, and the door closed with a hiss. He looked over the cell and barely held from making a face – he knew already the prisoners don’t like their temporary ‘home’ being offended in any way, no matter what they think of it themselves.


Two gruff men sitting by the wall were grim and… well, he didn’t like the type. He turned to the third man laying on the bank, his hands under his head, his eyes watching him intently.

Naruto blinked.

He was right starting to get close to full recognition, when he realized he had been staring for ten seconds already, and that it could irritate the man to the level he wouldn’t like to.


Finally Naruto did the best thing during the whole damn evening – he turned around and paced away to sit on the bank at the opposite wall.

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