I am going to be going over this story, since I noticed when I was reading it - after still getting some reviews over it made me want to read it - I noticed that there were things missing in between a couple of the chapters and to me was...horibble...so I'm redoing the whole thing. You may notice that there new things added to the story - if I need to add more to a chapter or add another chapter. But I won't have a sequal to this story, it ends where it ends (Sasuke seeing Naruto with the baby at the window). If I add more passed that, I'm sure that I would lead to the ruin of the story. I don't want that. There are not many changes in this chapter, just added words and grammar changes, nothing more.
Sitting alone in the library was Naruto, sophomore in high school, sniffing from the latest insult his ex - Sasuke also a sophomore - told him.
'Why did I even go out with you? You're so stupid! How is it that you've never failed any classes?!'
Looking down in front of him was his latest math homework from Asuma-sensei. Asuma did give him some tips and pointers on what to do, but Naruto still didn't understand why or how to get those answers. Kakashi-sensei offered to help, as did Iruka-sensei, but they would get too caught up on what Kakashi said to Iruka, who would tell Kakashi not to talk like that near Naruto that it was bad for him or something. So they didn't help either.
Naruto was assigned a tutor to help him, but a few moments ago he left with his new girlfriend. Sasuke had left Naruto, both for the tutoring and breaking up with him, for Sakura. Then again, Sasuke was on the Varsity Football team, the reason they were winning this year, and Sakura was a sophomore cheerleader. The rest you can imagine.
Naruto just stared at the paper and the textbook, wondering if he should give up and go home or if to actually do some work, to show Asuma that Sasuke was helping him and not ditching him every week. Going with the later, Naruto picked up his pencil and tried at the problem again.
Itachi, senior in high school, strolled through the empty hallways, heading toward the library to pick up Sasuke and Naruto from the tutorials. Passing by one of the many walls that the library has, this one being glass, he noted that Naruto sat hunched over the table, shaking slightly, and alone. Stopping in medstep, Itachi looked for Sasuke's things, to show that he was there and went to go and get something. There was only Naruto backpack on the chair next to him and, in front of the bag, Naruto's flute on the table.
Walking into the library, Itachi moved through the aisles and sneaked up behind Naruto, he was going to jump at him when he heard the sniffles and the small whining. He instead peeked over his shoulder to see what Naruto was doing, seeing fairly easy math equations on pages that Naruto kept flipping back and forth. "Do you need help?" it was just above a whisper in the dead quiet library.
Naruto jumped up and turned to see Itachi with a concerned look on his face. Naruto, for some unknown reason to him, could see the emotions that Itachi had; Itachi, on the other hand, only showed them to Naruto and no one else.
"No, I got it, thank you though, Itachi-senpai." Naruto attempted to smile, it would have fooled everyone; everyone but Itachi.
"Ok, then, let me see." Moving to the other side of the table, Itachi sat across from Naruto where Sasuke sat before, and watched him. When done with the problem, Naruto gently pushed it toward Itachi who picked it up and the motioned to have the pencil to make some corrections. Handing it back to Naruto when he finished, "You did good, the only thing is," Itachi whispered, Naruto tensed, waiting for an insult, "that you forgot to substitute the last two variables with the right number, Naruto." Pointing it out to him with the pencil, Naruto leaned forward to see his mistake.
"So," Naruto redid the problem on the bottom part of the paper, going step by step that he did right and then the change that he missed the first time, "it goes like this?" Naruto pointed toward the answer, Itachi nodded with a small smile on his face. "So I got it right? Really?" Naruto looked at the paper feeling accomplished in one problem out of twenty. "This is easy!" Quickly grabbing another paper, Naruto copied the steps, and started on the next problem.
Itachi just sat there, watching Naruto, correcting him on a mistake, helping him answer the questions. "Naruto," Naruto glanced up to acknowledge Itachi, "where is my idiot brother?" Naruto froze, his bangs covering his eyes. "I realize that you two broke up not two weeks ago, but he should still be here helping you. At least..."
"...he has new girlfriend, Itachi-senpai, why would he want to help an idiot like me?" Naruto whispered. Itachi just sat and watched while there was once again silence between them. Red eyes watched the tears that fell onto the table, the paper, and the textbook. Naruto didn't move an inch, no sound came from him, this deeply worried Itachi.
'He's holding it in, he needs to let it out.' Reaching over, Itachi placed his hand against Naruto's scarred cheek, his thumb wiping away the tears from falling. "Naruto," he whispered, pulling Naruto's face so that they could look each other in the eyes. "Can you tell me why you two broke up? Sasuke told me that you broke up with him, but you're far too gentle to do such a thing."
Naruto whimpered, "We've been friends since elementary, Sasuke and I, and he would always bully me no matter what! I went along because he was my only friend! I know that I'm stupid, I know! I don't need someone to tell me all the time!" Naruto cried, "I did everything he told me to do, and he-he just does that!" Naruto slammed his head on the table, making his sobbing muffled.
Itachi sighed and got up from his seat and headed toward Naruto, he pulled him into his arms. "Its alright, Naruto, it's all right. I'm your friend too and you're not stupid, Naruto!" Itachi whispered into his ear, Naruto started to shake his head at the end. "You said that the problem was easy did you not?" Itachi moved his head so that Naruto could look him in the eye. "You are not stupid, you just overthink things."
"That's not what Sasuke says," Naruto whispered, "he says that I'm stupid, that I'm worthless, Itachi-senpai." Naruto's once clear blue eyes, when Itachi first met him years ago, were dull with pain as they were surrounded with fear that reddened his eyes.
"Ignore him, he's wrong and you know that." Itachi combed his fingers through Naruto's hair, noting how soft, how smooth and silk-like it was. "How about this," Itachi placed his forehead onto Naruto's, "I'll help you with your homework, test, quizzes, whatever you need. Depend on me, Naruto." Itachi whispered, his lips ghosting over Naruto's red lips. Naruto's eyes widened at what was happening; the hand in Naruto's hair stopped him from moving away from Itachi; Itachi closed the small gap between his lips and the other's.
"Naruto..." he whispered, for a second, just a fraction of a second, their lips met. Naruto could feel the fire, the sparks that he never felt with Sasuke when they kissed.
"Am I interrupting?" pulling away, Itachi glared at the intruder; Itachi's arms wrapped themselves around Naruto who had shock written all over his face. The hand in his hair went behind his neck to his shoulder, while the other went around his waist. Naruto, pulled toward Itachi's shoulder, he turned away from the two that were talking.
'I kissed him...I kissed Sasuke's older brother...I kissed my ex's older brother...I kissed Itachi-senpai...what?!'
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