Chapter 1:
Nothing, that's all we are,
Sasuke's POV:
Sure I'm in a band, but I'm not great friends with Shikamaru or Kiba, they play in the band with me, doesn't mean I signed a friendship contract with them. I'm not a people person, so why am I in a band you ask?
Shikamaru asked me to join for 2 reasons:
1. I know how to play an electric guitar.
2. I work at a coffee house in need of live entertainment.
You do the math.
Once we became known, we got an actual gig at a club downtown. It was filled with mostly fangirls, but there were a few boys scattered here and there.
Walking off that stage tonight, one boy kept glaring at me through out the whole show. He had bright blonde hair, and I could tell that he straightened it. He was wearing a black shirt and orange pants. And despite the fact that he was glaring at me, I couldn't tear my gaze away from his captivating bright blue eyes.
Random girls swarmed around me, like a moth to a flame. They either asked for my phone number, a date, or an autograph. I decline every time.
It's not that I'm a jerk, okay well, I might be, but I just don't like all that attention, especially from girls.
As I walked past the glaring boy, I'm still unable to break my ga
The boy turned to a red head next to him, "He stands alone because he's high on himself." The red head nods. I have to say something, do something.
I grab the blonde boy's shirt collar and get in his face.
"If you only knew." I say sharply and throw him down.
I walk to my car and speed away, leaving the blonde boy and his friend, well, everyone really, staring at my back in awe of m actions. I don't car, I never care.
Naruto's POV:
The Monday following the concert, I noticed the raven haired boy was in my lunch period. I can't help but feel guilty about what I said about him. I must've struck a nerve for him to react so violently.
I see him sitting on the end of a table by himself pushing his food around his plate.
I suddenly realize I'm terrified. What if he tries to hurt me bad this time? No, I have to right my wrong.
I walk up to where he is sitting.
"Um, hi, can I sit with you?" he looks up at me through the corner of his eye and responds with "Hn." I'll take that as a yes.
I set my food down and sit in the seat across from him. He looks up at me in surprise, so I just smile at him. Then he goes back to looking at his food and pushing it around. I open my mouth to say something but he cuts me off.
"What do you want? I'm high on myself, remember?" he says bitterly.
I sigh. "I want to apologize for my words, I wasn't thinking." He doesn't respond. He just keeps his attention on his food. "What's your name?"
"Uchiha Sasuke." he says. We sit there in silence for awhile. Then Sasuke starts staring at me, like...like he's studying me. "What's your name?" he asks calmly.
"Uzumaki Naruto." Just then the bell rings lunch is over. I don't stand up immediately, but Sasuke does. He grabs his tray, pauses and then grabs mine and throws them away. "Uh, thanks." I say getting up, he just shrugs. "I'll see you tomorrow then?" He just waves over his shoulder as we walk in opposite directions.
I'm walking down the street on my way home, nothing interesting going on.
"Naruto!" That's got my attention. Was that Sasuke's voice? I walk to where the voice came from and peek around the corner of an ally way and sure enough see Sasuke and a man who looks a lot like Sasuke, the same raven hair except its long and pulled back into a pony tail, and he looks pissed, what's going on? Then the man grabs Sasuke's hair in his fist and pulls, Sasuke gasps. "Who is he?!"
"I...I don't know. Just some kid from the show on Saturday. Itachi let go of me! He means nothing to me! I only love you!" Sasuke shouts and the grip on his hair is released. I guess I should be used to being nothing to people.
Now Sasuke looks like the angry one and Itachi looks a little ashamed. Sasuke walks up to Itachi and wraps his arm around Itachi's waist. Itachi leans down and starts kissing Sasuke's head where he had pulled on it. He is whispering, I read his lips as the form the words "I'm sorry." over and over again. Sasuke lifts his head off Itachi's chest and connects their lips. They kiss in a way I want someone to even look at me like. They kiss and I can't help but stare and by now I'm in not behind the wall anymore, they could see if they opened their eyes. Anger bubbles up in me. I can't control it. I grab a rock that was next to my shoe. NO! I...I have to...let go! I force my hand open again. The sound of it shattering on the concrete ground gets the attention of both boys and they just stare at me. My eyes widen and I see the surprise in Sasuke's eyes to see me standing there watching them.
Run, the first thought that comes to my mind. I break my gaze and I sprint home, never once looking back to see if anyone was following me.
Sasuke's POV:
Once again, I'm sitting in at lunch alone, just pushing my inedible food around from corner to corner on my plate.
I don't acknowledge Naruto as he approaches my table.
"Hi." he smiles that same smile, like he never saw anything yesterday. "What's up?"
I just look up at him, a slightly confused expression on my face.
"What?" He asks.
"Yesterday." I say making no sense to others that might be ease dropping.
"Oh, is he your boyfriend?" I can tell he's afraid of me.
"In a way." I mumble.
"Why in a way?" He throws the question out there.
"He...he's..." Sasuke stops talking.
"What is it?" I see a tear roll down his cheek, what is up with him? Naruto reaches over to whips the single tear from my cheek, but I move from his reach. "You can tell me?" he says a little harshly and with a stress in his voice.
I don't say anything, I just nod, not noticeably, but it's a confirmation.
"What?" he whispers to himself.
"I can't explain it." I state.
"Well, I've seen your boyfriend and I don't think he treats you right, but that's none of my business it is?" he speaks what he saw.
"How long were you standing there?" I still haven't met Naruto's gaze.
Then the end of lunch bell makes us both jump. I stand up grab my tray and notice he wasn't eating. Interesting. "Since you shouted my name."
"Shit." Damn, he heard me say he's a nothing.
"It's okay. I know what I am, no one cares about me." Shit, I can't leave him like this.
"I didn't mean it; I just said it to get Itachi off my back." I say in a low ashamed voice. He rolls his eyes at me.
"I'm taking you on the roof. Come on." he grabs my hand and drags me into an electronics closet and shows me the set of stairs. "See, leads to the roof." How did he get me here so fast?
"But..." I start to protest.
"We need to talk alone." he says in a voice that says, 'no buts about it.' He leads me up the stairs...still holding my hand.
He finally lets go of me and closes the door quietly behind us.
He just stands near the edge of the roof, looking across the school yard. "Why do you stand alone then?"
"Huh?" I am confused.
"When I said you only stand alone because you're high on yourself, you said 'if I only knew.' If you not high on yourself what are you?" He explains.
"I'm myself. I know what I am and...And I'm just not fit for society. I'm not social, I'm even in love with the wrong sex and..." I just can't admit it.
"And..?" he presses.
"And...He's my brother." I mumble.
"He's...he's...your brother!" he doesn't shout, but I can hear the stress and surprise and the want to reject me.
"I'll just go then." I take his tone as my que to get the hell away from him.
"No! No...You just caught me off guard." And the no-it's-okay-that-you-are-incestuous cliché.
"Right, and someday, I want to rule the world. I know when I'm not wanted, or when some judging know-it-all thinks he can intrude on my life with one insult, apologize for it, then think were best friends and then want my life story. You know what, I did mean what I said, to me, you are nothing but a nothing. NOW GET OUT OF MY LIFE!" I already have my hand on the door knob. I throw the door open, it hits the opposite wall with a bang, and slams shut behind me.