Authors Note (For Chapter 1):
If you're wondering about the choreography of the dance:
watch?v=Sfxqb3m2WWE
And I named it after the song in the dance because I love "Meant" by Elizaveta.
Chapter 1
Naruto sighed once again as he took in his appearance. His hair was spiked up in it's usual attire, the only difference to his image were the clothes he was wearing. He usually dressed in grey tapered sweatpants and a fitted black t-shirt, but today he was wearing a black unbuttoned shirt and formal sweat pants that were also black. He was dressed this way because he had an important duet to preform and it was one that he had choreographed himself, he was glad that his old dance teacher had agreed to be his partner because he was comfortable and they both knew each others limits.
"You ready to go?" Gaara asked calmly, most people were frightened of Gaara. But Naruto had somehow managed to become one of his best friends through the many years of dancing they did together.
"I'm as ready as I'll every be." Naruto grinned, giving his friend a thumbs up before walking out onto the stage. The only thing he was dreading was the part where he got graded for his choreography, this was the first time he was preforming his own original choreography on a stage.
The stage remained mainly dark, apart from the spotlight that stayed on Kurenai (Who was wearing an oversized shirt, black cheerleading bloomers, tights and a pair of heels. It was always easy for Naruto to lose himself to the music when he ignored everyone but his partner. Naruto had decided to go for a rumba dance style because he liked how graceful and less rigid the dance moves were, it was completely different to his usual style. But every dance that he had choreographed turned out to be completely different to the last one. When he started dancing with Kurenai, many of the crowd started screaming in delight. He always liked to tell a story for through dance, which meant that the stage crew had to mess with the lights more than had been done for the other dances throughout the day. When the two were finished with the dance the crowd as well as the examiners stood, clapping. Naruto smiled as he left the stage.
"You did great." Gaara complimented, slapping his back in congratulations.
"Thanks." Naruto grinned brightly, He changed to his usual dance wear because he didn't have enough time to shower and he didn't want to walk around like this. "I'll see you tomorrow? I need to catch up with Sasuke."
"He's been in a foul mood." Gaara warned.
"That's never good. Was he here?"
"I didn't get a good look at the crowd. But you'll probably catch him in the hallways."
"Thanks." Naruto smiled, once again before disappearing off to find Sasuke. It was never good when Sasuke was in foul mood because that lead to everyone else having to deal with sharp harsh remarks from the teen. When Naruto finally found the teen, he approached cautiously before saying a greeting, Sasuke barely acknowledged him, which was extremely bizarre because the guy would always grunt or do something in response to his greeting.
"Naruto. I think we should head out." Kiba suggested. Naruto ignored the guy and turned Sasuke around harshly.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Naruto asked, instead of getting a response, Sasuke glared at the teen before slamming his fist against Naruto's cheek. The blow was highly unexpected, and due to this, Naruto ended up losing balance and smacking his head against the lockers. He groaned in pain, his head was beginning to hurt like a bitch. Instead of making a scene and punching the boy back. Naruto stood up, smiled at Kiba to indicate that he was okay and walked off to find the medical room.
"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled, his face contorting into a shocked expression. It seemed like the teen had just realized what he had done, Naruto smiled at him before continuing his way the nurse's office.
The true extent of the damage done wasn't known until Naruto entered the room and started seeing black spots. He sat down on the seat before the nurse was even to get a word out. His hand pressed against the back of his head where the pain seemed to be coming from and when he retrieved his hand back, blood was coating his hand.
"Naruto. What happened?" Shizune asked, her voice laced with worry as she looked around the room for supplies.
"I was really clumsy and I sort of fell into the locker." Naruto laughed sheepishly, "I didn't think it was this bad."
"You need to be more careful! Tsunade is going to freak out when she hears about this." Shizune sighed, checking if Naruto had a concussion before cleaning the injury and bandaging it.
"So are you going to tell me I can't dance?"
"Not until your head is okay."
"Thank God! I hurt my head after the exams."
"Promise me you'll go home and rest. And please see me tomorrow."
"I'll see you tomorrow Shizune!"
The Next Day
Naruto wished he could say that everything was okay, but it was awkward. He decided he would give Sasuke some space and let the guy approach him when he was ready to talk. But the night before he had received a call from Itachi demanding where he was and why he wasn't at dinner, it was really weird to have to tell the guy that he was injured and wouldn't be able to come for a while. The school day consisted of students staring at Naruto, he wondered how Sasuke was dealing with the attention.
"Naruto! Are you okay? We heard about what happened." Temari asked, inspecting his bandages and scowling at the sight of them.
"It's only a little cut." Naruto laughed.
"What's going on between you two?" Gaara asked.
"Nothing."
"So are you going to sit with at the table at lunch? Or are we going to move somewhere else?"
"Sit at the table. There's nothing going on so don't make a big deal out of it."
"What about you?"
"I need to see Shizune."
"You said it was just a little cut."
"It is. Shizune's being a worry-wart. You know how much she coddles me."
"Well I guess we'll see you later?"
"Yeah."
Sasuke was furious, he was an Uchiha. He wasn't supposed to lose his cool, he ran his hands through his hair in a frustrated manner. The teenager never meant to hurt Naruto, but everything was getting so complicated and he needed a way to get his frustrations out. Instead of calming down from hurting the blonde, he felt more on edge. Sasuke really needed to find the teenager so that he could apologize, everyone was talking about how the blonde was bandaged up and this made Sasuke worry more about his friend because he never intended for that damage to be caused. He started wandering through the corridor before he found the blonde exiting the nurse's office, Sasuke recoiled slightly at the sight of the bandages and the bust lip.
"Naruto." Sasuke breathed, getting the blonde's attention.
"Hey." Naruto smiled brightly, giving Sasuke a little wave.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh this? It looks a lot worse than it is." Naruto laughed, "Are you okay?"
"I wanted to apologize."
"Why on earth would you apologize? I was the one that was prying."
"I still hurt you."
"So are you going to tell me what's wrong or are you going to punch me again?"
"I think I'm going crazy."
"Well I think sanity's over rated." Naruto stated, causing Sasuke's mouth to twitch slightly.
"You could do so much better than me. I'm awful to you." Sasuke sighed miserably.
"You are an asshole. But I couldn't ask for anyone better as my best friend, you seriously need to stop putting yourself down."
"Well I think I'm going to fuck things up now."
"What do you mean?"
"You're making me crazy."
"What? How am I making you crazy, is it because I like the color orange? That's completely normal!"
"I'm attracted to you and it's driving me insane because you're my best friend."
"So you're going crazy because you have the hots for me?"
"Why are you so calm?"
"You won't get creeped out if I tell you, right?"
"Go ahead."
"I'm calm because you just made me realize that my feelings weren't so unrequited as I thought they were."
"What."
"I like you too."
"What are we going to do about this?"
"We could just see what happens, we don't have to rush into anything. It's a new thing for the both of us."
"When did you get so smart?"
"I wasn't dumb to begin with. You just insisted in calling me dobe."
"Well you call me asshole so I guess we're even?"
"Sure." Naruto grinned, "Well I guess I should head off now."
"We have the same period after lunch."
"I kinda have to go home."
"Why?"
"Shizune said I need a few days off."
"You said you weren't injured that bad." Sasuke growled.
"Hehe this was the only way that I could get an extended weekend."
"You're using your injury to skip school."
"I'm on medical leave."
"Whatever." Sasuke sighed, "Come to my house after school. My family's really concerned with your lack of being here."
"I was going to anyway."
"I'll see you later then."
"Later." Naruto smiled. Sasuke grinned in return and pressed a chaste kiss against the blonde's lips, Naruto's face turned a very vicious red in response. After laughing at Naruto's face for a few minutes, Sasuke turned around and went back to do whatever he was doing.
Later that day
When Sasuke arrived back home he was met by the sight of his mother and Naruto baking cookies while Itachi and his father discussed something. Fugaku stared at his son a few minutes before motioning for Sasuke to sit down.
"I see that you fixed things." Fugaku smiled.
"I was beginning to miss your boyfriend." Itachi laughed, making Naruto scald his hand on the baking tray in shock.
"What." Sasuke asked, shock lacing his tone.
"You and Naruto are dating, right?" Mikoto asked curiously.
"I'd hope so, considering the fact that I was just talking to Minato about your relationship." Fugaku added in a serious tone.
"What the hell is going on?" Naruto yelled, nursing his burnt hand.
"We just started dating." Sasuke sighed, noticing his parents and Itachi looked rather confused.
"Just now?" Itachi asked, "We've felt the tension ever since you first brought Naruto to the house."
"Oh God. This is so embarrassing." Naruto moaned.
"Don't worry. You two can always try adoption, or even a surrogate."
"We're barely out of high school! How can you be thinking of children already." Sasuke frowned.
"Don't let this one get away. You won't find someone who'll understand you as well as he does." Fugaku stated.
"Can we just eat the cookies?" Naruto cried. Mikoto was the first to start laughing before everyone else joined in with her. It seemed like the new budding relationship was off to a good start.