Disclaimer: I don't and never will own Naruto. Everything but the characters and other little details belong to ME
Pairings: KIBANARU! SasuNaru(beginning)
"Speech" 'Thoughts'
Chapter 1: A Hellish Meeting
Noise and teenagers swept through the halls moments after third period was ended by the electronic bell. Students were taking their five minute chance to talk to each other on an infinite list of subjects, from classes, personal problems, or plans. Everyone was excited about escaping that last class but dreaded the one to come.
Friends formed groups around their or their friends' lockers, clotting the circulatory system of the school's hallways. It was common that there were multiple clots in the small "H" hallway linking the two larger, parallel halls. If someone didn't encounter a group of friends possessing over half of the hall, they ended in doing a double take in surprise. Everyone hated the hall blocks, but when they get their or their friend's locker, they ironically did what they hated and blocked the hall. They were restricting the flow of students to the school's rooms and their lockers.
The ones who hated this more than most others was a group of thirteen friends. Naruto Uzumaki beat all in that contest. He'd just force his way through until he was at where he wanted to be. This impatient, loud mouthed, blond junior couldn't wait to get through the crowd of peers around him.
Laughing the entire time at this routine was Kiba Inuzuka. Everyday was the same thing, Naruto would force his way through and Kiba would just follow and laugh. The laugh always sounded more of a bark to others. This confident burnet would laugh and smile, showing his prominent fangs. Kiba's bite was just as bad as his bark; no one wanted to be unfortunate to fall victim to either circumstance.
Leaving third period Earth Science, Naruto and Kiba made their way through the hall to be joined by a natural pink haired girl named Sakura and the ever shy and quiet Hinata Hyuga, both leaving chemistry and merged with Naruto's and Kiba's progress through the crowd.
Hinata, who was busy asking Sakura a question about the homework they'd just received, bumped into Naruto. The blonde, who was more focused on the crowd, realized someone had collided with him, turned and saw Sakura and Hinata, whose face instantly turned bright red.
"O-oh, s-sorry, N-Naruto. I did-n't s-see you t-there," Hinata stuttered becoming even redder. Her head would have been as bright as a tomato right then if it wasn't for Kiba's sudden bark of laughter. It ended as suddenly as it began when Sakura punched him in the gut. After giving Kiba his reward for the laugh, she smiled as if nothing happened when she saw Naruto staring at them, oblivious to why Kiba was holding his stomach with one hand.
The blond asked if Kiba was okay, then brushed everything away as if it was a cobweb. Kiba responded with something about an upset stomach, thanks to Sakura, but was still smirking at the events in front of him. This was another routine that happened at least twice a day and Naruto couldn't see it even if you spelt it to him with pictures included.
Sighing, Sakura leaned over to talk to Kiba, who flinched in return. He knew never to cross her, sweet and innocent, but deadly when angered. The two of them were walking behind the others having a small, quiet conversation, making sure neither of the two could hear.
"How many times do I have to tell you? Don't hint at how Hinata feels," Sakura was hissing to him while watching the two they were following. "I have no clue what would happen." 'Whether it would be Hinata or Naruto who'd react.' She didn't even want to say that part out loud let alone think about it.
Kiba in return gave her his usual "yeah, I've got it, who cares" crap until he saw the murderous intent behind those beautiful green eyes. She would scare even the most dangerous criminal into surrendering to the police. They would be in much safer hands with the police than with Sakura.
The burnet could only think of all the things he knew about this little group of four, and there was still nine more. Kiba knew a little about everyone in the group, but that little information could ruin friendships and trusts. So he kept shut; besides, he knew something about Naruto that no one else knew, but one other, and that the other two had no clue Kiba knew.
They'd reached the halfway mark of their route, their lockers. Everyone continued to talk to each other, while they also greeted the new comers to the small group. Each showing up, saying something, or like Hinata and remaining silent, opened their locker, switched binders and books, warning that there would be a 'pop' quiz in history about the notes from the day before. So much for the surprise.
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Everyone that showed left for their next class. Naruto ran the last twenty feet down a narrower "Math" hall to Advanced Algebra.
Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping. The blond sighed as he thought, 'I made it less than a second before the bell.' While catching his breath, Naruto heard the teacher's remark.
"Mr. Uzumaki, that was the closest I've seen from you yet." There was humor written all over that statement.
Pleased with one thing going right for the day, Naruto remembered why he was going to be late. He made his way over to his table on the right side on the opposite side of the room. After weaving through the tables, he sat next to Ino Yamanaka. The blonde girl just shook her head at the blue-eyed teen as he sat next to her.
"The teacher's right you know. That was the closest I've ever seen. Even for you Naruto. Usually you're just late."
She knew he was going to come up with some joking remark about it, but received a shock when he said, "Yeah, that was real close…" Naruto trailed off looking red and distant, leaving Ino confused and just short of a heart attack. He was still panting on the outside, but nearly panicking on the inside.
'That was too close,' he thought. Trying to dislodge the thoughts, he filed the memory away for a discussion for the secret date, well meeting, he was having later. They needed to be careful next time. Kiba, of all people, why did it have to be him to almost run into them?
Naruto mused over whether to think about what happen or not for the rest of the period. Deciding against it, Naruto focused on what was going on at the front of the class.
Next week would be the last week of homework, and then it would be finals the following week. The end of this year was only two weeks away, and yet, his relation was going out of control before summer could even begin. It was becoming reckless, even careless in the last two weeks. Naruto couldn't wait for the period to end.
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She couldn't figure it out. 'Naruto's silent this period, no wait, silent at all?? This is a phenomenon!!' Ino observed Naruto carefully. Not one detail escaped her stare. His face wasn't red any more, but his eyes were clouded as if there was storm in progress hidden deep in his mind. She'd never seen him this lost in thought. 'It must be an endless maze in there. Soon, he would start knocking down all the walls in his way. He was never the patient one.'
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Naruto couldn't stand the constant watch from Ino. It was as if she was waiting for him to start dancing and sing his heart out for the class's enjoyment. It hit him that he hasn't said anything since the beginning of class. The blond junior looked up at the clock in the front to see that there was only five more minutes of class. He mentally grunted. 'Too late now,' was all he could think. 'At least I was paying attention in class for once.' He felt like he could do the homework without any help from Sakura, Kiba, Ino, even Sasuke tonight. He looked at the page in the text and immediately discarded that idea. Then it hit him of what he'd just thought. The last name was flashing in bold colors, while another subtlety slipped into his subconscious for later.
'Sasuke…'
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Sasuke sat at the table for lunch every day. He was always last to show up and first to leave. He'd usually have something small to eat, watched and listened to everyone's conversations, then leave. For the last few years, he was forced every day to choose between sitting next to Ino or Sakura. Neither idea appealed to him, he would be stuck in an argument between the two.
Every day, Sakura and Ino were the first to be at the lunch table, followed by Choji and Naruto. The two girls would take the seats next to the end on either side. They would sit like this knowing he'd be last and there wouldn't be a spot left. Anyone that was in the wrong state of mind and tried to sit next them would be threatened by the person they unfortunately sat next to. If someone tried to sit next to Ino, she'd be against it, forcefully, while Sakura would say it would be okay to sit there and vice versa. Lee would be the only one that either couldn't be rude to, no matter what. It was a dangerous plan because no matter the result, who Sasuke sat next to, if someone else sat down, or Sasuke didn't even show up, there were always insults for the rest of the day.
Sakura and Ino were thrown through a loop when he didn't sit by them but chose to sit by Naruto at the other end of the table. They both gawked and began insulting each other even more about how the other's presence scared him away.
Sasuke's choice to sit next to Naruto became a routine for the last two months, but today he actually started a conversation with Naruto and everyone else around them. Sasuke always took note of when the blond was nearly done eating. Naruto may be talkative almost every second of daylight, but when it came to food, nothing else mattered except for one thing.
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Naruto noticed Sasuke's departure but didn't say a thing. Sasuke's hand briefly brushed his hand. Naruto knew instantly what would come to happen during lunch. Automatically, he started to count in his head to when he would receive a text message in about a minute and a half.
The incoming message caused his phone to vibrate violently in his pocket. 'Thankfully it's always loud at lunch,' was all he could think. Last time he could have sworn Kiba heard the vibration. It came twenty seconds late, which meant for him to take some time. The blond got up and left the cafeteria, throwing this trash away in the process. As soon as he exited through the doors on the left side, he turned right, passing the newly installed red lockers. No one had claims to them this year. They would be sophomores next year, but he could care less. The men's restroom on the right side of the hall was what he wanted.
As soon as the blue-eyed blond reached the door, he checked to see if anyone was coming. Everyone was heading in some other direction, not paying the crystal blue-eyed teen the slightest thought. Perfect. He turned to open the door, but it opened to reveal someone he didn't know. Naruto automatically stepped aside, allowing them to leave, then he walked inside, catching in the wooden door as it swung shut.
After the door shrieked shut behind him, he drew in the things about this bathroom. It was a yellowish-beige color, but rarely used. 'Thanks to the newly installed lockers, everyone else is on the opposite side of the school.' He started to walk along the six foot length wall that hid the bathroom. These were three of the four things that made this the perfect place to meet. One, no one used it, two, the door was the noisiest thing in the world, giving them warning when it opened, three, this wall gave them the perfect cover to hid what they were doing before the other student came around the corner, and four, it had more than three urinals, giving the perfect ending to the cover-up.
As soon as the blond walked around the corner of the wall, he was pinned to the wall by strong hands on his shoulders. Naruto let out a gasp of surprise, feeling momentary pain in the back of his shoulders as they hit the wall now behind him. As soon as he caught his breath, the material of his orange and black hoodie covering his left shoulder was moved to allow his attacker to kiss the base of his neck. The blond received a face full of raven black hair as the lips on his shoulder continued suck. Naruto knew his lover's attitude was changing, but this surprised the blonde because how reckless and forceful it was. It was lunch period and anybody could waltz in on them.
The raven haired teen released his lips' lock on the blonde's shoulder. Naruto's confusion stared straight in Sasuke's blank eyes. The eyes showed that could have cared less about the confusion, even the small pain in the teen's cerulean eyes. It was as if Sasuke wasn't there but an emotionless doll stood there, pinning him to the wall separating any eyes that would bearing down on him.
'Why?' That was all that rang through every inch of him mind was filled with a variation of this question. His confusion only increased as Sasuke brought his lips to Naruto's forcefully, causing the blonde's skull to collide with the wall two inches behind him.
While Naruto's head fill with pain and even more confusion, his lover push himself against Naruto's entire body, no longer pinning but trapping him. Sasuke lifted his hands to the bottom of the hoodie and white tee underneath. Naruto could feel him forced his hands even higher under the white tee.
Naruto loosened his lips to ask a few of the infinite questions occupying his mind, because this raven haired teen kissing him wasn't his gentle boyfriend. The next thing surprised Naruto the most; Sasuke had sensed and took advantage of the weakened entrance and plunged his tongue through the soft barriers of Naruto's dry mouth. Seeking more, Sasuke kept his hands under his shirt, felling the heat of the boy's body and searched the blonde's torso.
Naruto just stood there, scared of everything happening. His heart kept accelerating, not from pleasure but confusion and pure fear. These were the emotions he ran away from to Sasuke. He wanted the old friend he'd found seven months ago next week. He wanted the one who cared about his pain and made it temporarily go away. Now his boyfriend was inflicting pain worse than that were originally tormenting him.
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Sasuke could feel Naruto's heat and pulse increase with both hands. 'It's impressive how hot he is, and his pulse is going faster than ever before, yet he isn't kissing me back.' Sliding his right hand down the blonde's stomach, he had an idea. His hand reached the waist band of his jeans, feeling every inch of skin he came in contact with roughly.
'He'd be hard by now if his heart is beating fast.' Sasuke was about to plunge his hand down the blonde's pants when the door slowly shrieked open. The door's scream stopped for a few moments. The person outside was being talked to by teacher.
Quickly and silently, Sasuke retreated by removing his hands and walking over to the fifth urinal away, flushed it, and then walked to the sink. He washed his hands as if to cleanse his body of the boy's sweat and scent; he even brought his sleeve to his lips and wiped as hard as he could, to remove all traces that even suggested it ever happened. He exited without a word or a glance, disappearing from the boys view to walk along the opposite side of the wall.
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Naruto automatically turned to the urinal to his right, unzipped his pants silently, fixed the clothing on his shoulder, and waited for the incoming person to round the corner before flushing. His face was regaining its regular color and appeared sad while his eyes screamed fear. He fixed both expressions in a flash and found himself to be presentable at a glance. He was wearing the mask that he's had for so long over the screams of his mind and heart.
As he exited, he checked his watch. He'd only been in there for three minutes max. 'Unbelievable, all of that for only about three minutes?' The blonde's head and heart throbbed, causing him to stagger as he neared the entrance to the cafeteria. His temperature was rising without stopping. He became more sluggish and nearly fell into the lockers to his left. Forcing himself to keep going, Naruto leaned onto the lockers for support as he neared the cafeteria's entrance. Stumbling as he reached the doors, he fell into someone as they exited. He felt lightheaded as he fell into the unsuspecting Kiba. Of all the people, it had to be Kiba. It was him who nearly discovered them before fourth period, and now it was him after their lunch meeting.
