HOUSE OF HAPPINESS
By: Fujii-Kun
Disclaimer: All the character in this story is not mine, and never will be mine. Sob sob
All the characters are Kishimoto Masahi's. And it's not a profitable story.
Pairings: Sasu-Naru, and perhaps other too, it depends.
Rating: for this chapter is T.
WARNINGS Watch out!!! This story will be Yaoi story (boysXboys). I've warned you beforehand. Once again, flamers are entertainer. I never mind them, nor care for them. Give me some entertain.
And again, sorry, sorry, sorryyyyyyy for my lack of grammars and-or sentence structures. Still an Asian, I am… still doesn't know about structures. Gooomeeen neeee… -puppy eyes- mind my language, please…
A/N Hey, hey everyone… how do you do? Good ………… (Fill in the blanks with your condition: morning, noon, night, whatever time when you read this.) Hope you're fine. It's my new story, contains Sasu-Naru. Please enjoy it, and if you don't mind, leave me some 'footprints' of yours (READ: reviews, comments, critics, or suggestions), heheheh… AND, I'm mentioning a University name here. It's a fiction. Totally a fiction. I created it by myself, including the majoring and the classes..
ATTENTION Please read this first!!! In this first chapter, there will be no Sasu. Instead, I put Neji here the entire chapter. In other words, in this chapter, Neji and Naru is the main chara. Please put in mind that this is NOT going to be NejiXNaru. No matter how close they're looked like. I saved Naru for Sasu in this story. I can't put Itachi for Naru's pairing here... huhuhuw… sob sob
Now, if we're done with this note, let's begin the story…….
Please enjoy. Go get some snack, juices, etc, and scroll down the mouse.
P/S: Shall you find any difficulties with the unknown Japanese words, the terminology will be there, at the end of the chapter. Meet them there. They'll wait for you.
HOUSE OF HAPPINESS
By: Fujii-Kun
PROLOGUE
"Naaarruuu… Naaarrruuuuuuuuu… where's our pancakes???"
"Naluuu-niiii… I'm hungryyy…."
"Narutooo… gives back our pancakes!!!"
"NOOO.. NO WAY!!!"
"Naaaaa-rrrruuuuuuu…."
DRAP… DRAP… DRAP…DRAP… DRAP… It's a really bright this morning. Sun shone, birds chirping, and some dews on the leaves make this morning really nice. But the kids running all over the huge dining table in the kitchen, chasing the blonde haired boy. He's jumping all over and tried to avoid the small children that chasing him. In his hands, he holds a small stack of golden, fluffy, and steaming pancakes in front of his chest and slapping the others hands..
"QUIIIEEET!!! All of you, quiet now. Naruto, put down the pancakes on the table. And the rest of you, next time don't put pepper on others coffee, you got me, Konohamaru?"
"Haaiii… Jii-San…" they answered politely -including Naruto- and seated themselves neatly, circling the table, and started to eat their breakfast. The old man just sit down and fighting the urge to sigh, but somehow, he's relaxed when he watching the children bickering at each other on the table (with spoon and forks fighting sometimes, and some butter flying around the table). Yes, this is really a usual and normal morning habits in this orphanage. And smiling inwardly.
"Naru-Nii… stop eating my pancakes would ya…." Konohamaru wailing and try to snag the pancakes from Naruto's hand.
"Naaah…This is what you'll get when you're being naughty to me. And besides, I need the ammunition as many as possible. I had to work after this breakfast." He said with full mouth; get a slap on his head by Sarutobi-Jii-san. "Don't talk when your mouth is full."
"gheezzh.." nursing his bump, he drank the coffee-pepper in one gulp, and cringed.
"You don't have to eat that much either", still accusing, Konohamaru glared with all his might and Naruto just laughing and petting his head off. Grumbling, he grab all the pancakes that was left (just 2 pieces) before it snagged by Naruto again.
"Okay, everybody. Got to go now… Jyaaaaaa…" BRAAKKK….
"Ooi, Naruto, don't slam the door like that!!!" Sarutobi shouted his warning, but Naruto is already out with his belongings from the back door, running fastly to his working place. He's going down town to work as a House-Assistant (read: servant) at one of the super-ultra-massive mansion in the town, known as 'Hyuuga Block Mansion'. As it name, the mansion really took one big block of the town. Its reaaaally reeeaally huge. Everyone knows it. Hyuuga Family is a large and (extremely) rich traditional family. Of course they need a really large land to live for. And because they can afford it, no one complaining at those things. But the block had two sides separated by chest-high-and-neat bushes. One for the main Family and for the Branch Family, as the Hyuuga is separated by 'Main and Branch' families. At first, he's working in the Main Family area, but because of some…. well, reason, he's moved to the Branch Family area (his salary's still the same.)
He slipped himself into the door for the House-Assistants at the backyard, and walk silently to the room for the House-Assistants. He quickly changed his clothing into a light brown Yukata and a pair of white tabi(1). It's a custom uniform for the male House-Assistant in the mansion. And not to forget, he tries to tame his blonde hair, with no avail. So he's just sighed, and leaves the room. After done with that, he run to find the Chief-House-Assistant, and reporting his arrival and receiving his job list for today. Now, now, where to start to work, Naruto pondered while reading the list.
"Aaah, cleaning Neji's room." He said, and smiling to himself. So, he goes and gets himself the broomstick and the mop. And after that, he walk silently, and almost soundless (it's a must in this mansion. Do not rushing if it's not for an emergency case!!!!) but fastly to Neji's room. Smiling and greets the other Hose-Assistant if he met them on the way.
"Yo… good morning Bo-chan (2)," Naruto happily and cheekily greet Neji in his room (He's reading a thick book) after opening the fusuma-door (3) slowly and finding the owner of the room is sitting there. And in return he got a reply of his greet with a smile and "good morning as well, Naruto. And would you stop calling me with that title, please? Especially when we're alone." The small smile is still on his face, shocking the other House-Assistants nearby. They never saw the young master smiling before, rather than a small polite and curt smile, even to his uncle, Hiashi-Sama, the head of the family.
"But, it's fun…" Naruto still teasing his master and started to clean up the room.
"Now, move out, misss-terrrr… I had to clean the place you're sitting at." He shooing the young master, and Neji moved his seat to the window base. Well, Naruto is the only person that Neji let to kid him in this world. So he really had no comment for his attitude towards him. Instead, he's just smiling and asking him another questions.
"How're your days Naruto?" he asked silently, trying to engaged him to a small conversation.
"Fine enough, but I got a peppered coffee for my breakfast today, thanks to Konohamaru…" answered his question, but adding an under breath jokingly-cursed to the mentioned little boy at the orphanage.
"Oh…" stifled a small smile, he asked again, "and how's your school? You haven't come for a week."
"Yea… I'm having my final exam. I'm in grade 12 now, remember??? I had to preparing my way to the Univ I intend to enter." He shrugged it nonchalantly.
"What univ exactly, then?"
"Umh, I'm thinking about entering Konoha Central University of Technology and Design (KCUTD)."
"Oh, really? Well, that's great. That univ is hard, really." He replied Naruto.
"Umm… Yeah, I know. But If I could get my ass there, I could have a better work in public area for sure.."
"Hmmm… what major Naruto?"
"I'm takin' Graphic Design."
"That's cool… oh, by the way, do you want me to raise your salary Naruto? I mean, you want to help your orphanage too right?"
"Naah, it's fine bo-chan…" still moping the wooden floor, he raised his head and give a wave to Neji, "Ok, there; you got to go to your univ, right? So now go, prepare yourself before you're late. Or do you want me to prepare you Nejiii?" In a teasing tone that make even the calm-and-collected Hyuuga Neji blush, after realizing the other meaning about the words. So he turned his head to the window, pretending to watch over the yard. He knows that Naruto never mean it 'that' way, but still… the association is deep.
"No, I can help myself." He said in a really, really calm tone.
"Oh, okay, I'm leaving now. I'm done anyways. I have to clean the garden after this room." He listed in his head. "Bye now, bo-chan..." waving his hand, he run down the small corridor lead to the small den containing gardening tools.
After Naruto close the fusuma-door, Neji started to think deeply about his new conversation.
//// so you want to go to my univ Naruto? You don't realize it, huh?? I guess I'll help you then. \\\\
He gets up and starts to prepare himself and his belongings to go to the univ. A one of the main member of the council in that univ, and a strong candidate for the next leadership (read: council president), he's sure he could help Naruto in his new life at the univ. And still, he really hopes that his cousin - from the Main Family, the next leader of their family, Hyuuga Hinata – decide not to enter the univ too. Since he saw her oftenly (very, very often!!!) come to the Branch Family Area-since Naruto isn't working at the Main Family Area anymore- just to have a little chat with Naruto. Sometimes just to greet him shyly, or just to smile at him, or shyly talking about trivial things like weather or his school. He didn't like it!!
Not at all.
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Later at night, after Neji have come back from his univ, Naru came to his room, and gave him a report and calling from his uncle, Hiashi-Sama, the head of the family. And so, he titled his head a little to Naruto, and says his excuse, and walk down to the Main Family area. Wondering inside his heart why he's summoned in this night, while there's nothing had happened at all.
"Excuse me, Hiashi-Sama, did you call me?" he greet the family leader politely after softly knocking the fusuma-door of his office room.
"Ah, yes, Neji." He seated himself in front of his uncle, and waited for him to open the conversation.
"Neji, you studied at KCUTA, am I right?"
"That's true, Hiashi-Sama"
"Hmm… so I supposed you could help Hinata. She told me that she wants to enter the university."
Closing his eyes at those words, he sighed deeply silently. "Yes, Hiashi-Sama." He covered his disbelief with years of ease practice. So his face still remain impassive, while his heart pounded heavily and hardly in his chest.
"I can't believe it when she said she want s to go to that university. She studied very hard to pass the school exam. Now, Neji, you'll help her to pass the University Try-Out exam." He explained a little happily. Because both of them know that Hinata is not that good. Not because she's stupid or something, she's just a little bit (you can say very, very) shy and less then expectant to beat anyone else. She didn't want to make conclicts among others. So she kept her grades in a little above-middle.
"I understand, Hiashi-Sama." Really, he couldn't say anything else, right??
And so, after that short conversation, Neji's dismissed from the office. He bowed his head, and padded his way outside to his room in Branch Family area. He thought he had misheard back then, but nooo, it's true. Hinata-Sama wants to attend the same univ Naruto wants to. Undoubtedly, she knew it since their last small chat about after passing the school exam. He couldn't understand why. He can't comprehend why. Why is Hinata-Sama always finding a way to take all of Neji's precious things? She had everything in her life. And still, she wants other's pleasure too. Bowed his head, so that no one could saw his eyes, he walked slowly to his room. Slowly, he unclenched his grips. He doesn't realize that he's tightening his palm. And he closed his fusuma-door a little harder than usual.
Knock knock.. "Bo-chan… Neejiii -bo-chaann…" Naruto…
"Neji, what happened? You seem angry." He opened the door slowly, and he saw that Naruto's eyes filled with concern and worry. But somehow, he find out that he's drowned in those big brilliant blue eyes. Even in the night, those eyes didn't seem to darkened. It seems that dark couldn't dig its claws on those eyes. He could see the reflection of moon on those clear eyes. Those eyes…those eyes that helped him trough the darkest nights of his life. Now filled with worry. No… he couldn't stand to see the bright eyes dulled with concern. Not with his own problem. He'll safe his own trouble for himself.
Now, once again, he lifted up his head and look Naruto straight in his eyes. He's looking at his most precious person's eyes. Not as a lover. Just…. Person. His precious one. He never knew since when he care so much to this guy. He cared for him deeply and he couldn't care about when anymore everytime he saw the blonde smiling. He lifted his hand to touch Naruto's cheek. Looking at him silently, his hand's still on his face.
"No, nothing happened, Naruto." A sad small smile covered his face.
"Don't worry about me, okay?"
Now everyone could see that Naruto's face totally covered with worry. After all, he's working with Hyuuga Family for almost 5 years now. He knows Neji quite well to know that something's happened. Yes, Neji is a silent type person, but No, He's not this silent. This kind of silence usually says something. When his silence reach a certain point, Naruto knows something's wrong. But he know either that Neji would keep his mouth closed, locked tightly. Not because to play secretive, but… he didn't want to burden Naruto anymore. He knows it well.
"Fine then. If you want to talk, just give me a cal, kay???"
He tried to ease the dark mood over his face, to enlightening his friend. But all he got is just a small smile, and a soft "okay" from Neji.
"I'm going home now, Neji. Its 9 already." He says shortly, glancing a little to his orange watch.
"Okay, Naruto. Be careful. And don't forget to tell me about your grades tomorrow." He managed a small smile over his face. While Naruto gaves him a small squeak.
"Stop talking about it, Nejii…"
"Bye Naruto."
"yeah, byeee…" waving his hand, he goes to the house-assistant room to gather his belongings.
//// He's still a nice person I've met 5 years ago.\\\\ Neji couldn't stop himself to think about it. After Naruto's leaving his room.
//// yes, he's still nice and warm… and bright\\\\
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TERMINOLOGY:
Tabi: it's a Japanese socks. Usually white in color, and it's separated your toes between thumb with the rest of it. But it's quite looked like a shoe either, because it had a semi-hard base for your heels. It used just like that inside your house, or you wear it with Geta, or other sandals if you want to go outside.
Bo-chan: it's a way to say 'young master' in a funny way.
Fusuma-door: a hard sliding wooden door. The thickness is varieted from slim, to real thick. Usually, traditional Japanese house using fusuma as their door. And it's covered with Japanese special paper to decorate it.
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A/N : now,now, that's the first chapter. Whadd'ya think? Full with Neji and Naru rite? But as I say…. It's not Neji-Naru…
And I really have to apologies for the readers who already read my previous story (Not Bad At All). I can't stop this idea right now. I'm not abandoning that story. But I just… really helpless. It's struck my brain, and my hand couldn't do anything else but write down this story. (Somebody… do something!!! hahahah)
The second chapter too, will contain Neji with Naru. Because Sasu isn't coming yet. He's traveling for a while. Still abroad. Hahahahah… but I think, he'll coming home before the 4'Th chapter or so. BUT, no worry, fellas, Sasuke is the main character in here. Not Neji. It's not weird at all to make the main character to play around with his best friend before he met the other main character rite?? (Forcing the answer, YES!!!!)
Please enjoy it and don't forget to review, please.
THANK YOU
Hugs, Loves, and Cookies
Fujii-Kun