note: hello guys! so someone pointed out that the texting part that's ahead gets a bit confusing and i just realised the site kinda fucked up the format, so i edited it, and i hope it's clearer now! just a heads up:
"Text between quotation marks it's normal dialogue"
"Italized text between quotation marks are thoughts"
Normal text during texting is Sasuke's
Italized text during texting is whatever other person Sasuke is texting
this being said, i hope u like this story! im a bish for ss and im a bish for coffeeshop/university au's so... here it is!
Sasuke was seriously refraining himself from turning around and landing a clean and painful punch right on Naruto's face. His stupid flatmate had found a job in a small coffeeshop recently and he had been blabbering about his supposedly hot co-worker for the whole fifteen minutes their break lasted without a single pause.
"You should come today and grab something so you can meet her."
"Not interested, thank you."
"Oh, c'mon!"
"Why would I want to meet her?"
"Cause she's gonna be my wife!"
Sasuke snorted, turning another page of the book he was trying to read, though Naruto was making it really difficult for him to understand anything.
"And who decided that?"
"I did! It was love at first sight, I'm telling you."
"Oh, so she confessed to you already? I'm impressed~"
Naruto glared at him.
"She didn't, but that's the kind of thing you know without need for words!"
"Yeah, right."
"I'm telling you, man, she's so cute~"
Sasuke groaned and sank himself in his chair, digging the tips of his fingers into the covers of the book. "Calm down, Sasuke, calm down."
"I know, I know."
"Huh?! Do you know her?"
That was it. Sasuke closed the book he was reading with a loud thump and turned to grab Naruto by his shirt's collar.
"No. I do not fucking know her. But you've been going on about her for fifteen minutes and I swear I know how she looks better than you yourself do." He let go of his friend's shirt and picked up his book again. "So shut up already."
Naruto whistled mockingly and grinned.
"Are you perhaps jealous that I found the love of my life?"
"One more comment and I'll hit you."
"Chill, dude. I'm just joking ̴"
"How I'm I supposed to chill whe—"
The door of the classroom closed and Sasuke bit his tongue, thanking his professor secretly for entering the room just when he was about to explode. He hated to lose his self-control, even more if it was in front of Naruto. Now again, it was difficult not to let him see his lack of patience when they spent 24 hours a day together. Literally.
Naruto and Sasuke had known each other since forever. They were both from a small village where nothing ever really happened and, having been born the same year, it was inevitable for them to know each other. It wasn't until the year Sasuke turned 8 years old that they became closer, though. That year his parents died in a car accident and when he and his brother were sent to Konoha's orphanage, the only other kid there had been Naruto. His brother Itachi was soon old enough to request a permission to live on his own outside of the orphanage and look for a job, and that's what he did, leaving him behind and with Naruto as the only other child to play with. Sasuke would say that's when they became what you'd properly call "friends".
They went to and came back from school every day together, grumbling and insulting each other. They gave each other their first bruises and, accidentally, their first kiss too. Naruto stood for him the first time he got into a serious fight and even received a few punches that were aimed at Sasuke. Sasuke followed the school bully and beat him up when he heard him call Naruto a "motherless". They got drunk for the first time together, and graduated together, too. They'd both held back their tears together when they left the orphanage they somehow had gotten to consider a home and, finally, they had ended up as flatmates, in the same university and degree. Together.
The idea that probably they would both end up single and living together forever was always looming over Sasuke's mind, but he tried to push it away whenever it started to make him anxious. Truth was that, as much as Naruto made him want to punch walls, if he had to choose one person to inevitably live with for the rest of his life, it would probably be him. Naruto was a loudmouth, pushy and too hyperactive for Sasuke's liking, but he was loyal and brave too, and Sasuke had always secretly admired the stubborn self-determination that made him always strive further, allowing him to achieve anything no matter how unfavorable the odds were.
Sasuke heard the professor clear his throat, and he sent his thought to the back of his mind so he could focus on the lecture.
"Kill meeeee."
"Gladly."
Sasuke smiled mockingly at the scowl that formed in his friend's face. They usually both liked their classes. Even though he had always excelled in everything he did, Sasuke had had a hard time choosing what he wanted to study because there was nothing that truly interested him. That was until Naruto found a degree called Martial Arts Studies. Both had always liked that kind of stuff and even if Sasuke knew Naruto would give him hell for following him to the same degree, he couldn't quite find another thing that interested him more than that. None of them had ever regretted choosing that particular degree, but one of the lecturers was particularly boring to listen to, and Naruto had never been one to endure boring situations. He had been whining for half an hour now, and Sasuke was starting to feel uncomfortable under the killing stares the professor sent their way every few minutes.
"Shut up, will you?"
"But this is so fuckin' boring Sasukeee..."
"Listen." Sasuke waited for the profesor to turn around to write something on the blackboard and whispered. "If you stay put for what is left of the lecture I'll go with you to the fucking coffeeshop."
Naruto straightened up the lying position he had ended up in and looked at him warily.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Promise."
"I fucking promise. Now shut the fuck up."
"Oka—"
"Uchiha! Uzumaki!" The deep voice of their professor echoed throughout the walls and every pair of eyes in the room turned to look at them. "Fuck". "Class assistance is not compulsory, so if you want to keep your gossiping, get out!"
Sasuke muttered a quick "sorry" and glared at Naruto's apologetic smile. "Fucking bastard."
The rest of their day passed by with a surprisingly quiet Naruto and regret pooling inside Sasuke when the boy literally dragged him all the way to the coffeeshop where he worked. "I didn't think he'll make it." The door chimed when they opened it and the smell of coffee and over sugared beverages filled his nostrils.
"Welco— Naruto! You're early! Your shift doesn't start for another fifteen minutes."
"Yeah, but I figured I'd come help you!" He was smiling like an idiot now and Sasuke felt the urge to punch him.
The girl behind the counter smiled back and her eyes drifted to him for a brief second. "She has nice eyes." He studied her as Naruto got into the backroom to get changed. "Weird hair, though." Their eyes met, and a faint blush creeped to her cheeks. Sasuke had never been particularly interested in girls, or boys for that matter, he simply found romatic stuff complicated and a waste of his time. Love was dangerous, too. He'd seen people lose their minds and act stupidly because of it, giving priority to other's interest before their own, getting hurt for no reason and devoting their lifes to someone who wouldn't do the same for them. Love was worst than the brawls he got into from time to time, and far less honest. When he fought he could land a punch straight in his opponents face and wait for the blows he was sure he would receive too, but when it came to love, it was impossible to know when or where would the hits come from.
"You can come and order something, you know?"
"Huh?" Sasuke raised his head to look at the barista.
"Are you just gonna stand there for the whole evening?"
Helooked away from her and realized he was standing in the middle of the shop, a couple of curious customers staring at him mockingly. He frowned and approached the counter, resting his elbows on it and glaring intensely at Naruto when he came back from the backroom, now stuffed in his uniform.
"This weirdo is Sasuke. He's an old friend." Naruto pointed it him and then back to the girl. "This is Sakura~"
"Nice to meet you!"
She smiled at him and he nodded, eyeing her briefly before he blurted out.
"Are you an otaku or something?"
She looked at him, blinking and opening her mouth a few times before she finally let out a confused "huh?"
"Your hair." He said simply, pointing at the pink strands that framed her face.
Sasuke heard Naruto mutter something, probably an insult, but before he could figure out what it was, a soft laugh reached his ears. It made something inside him twist weirdly, but he ignored it.
"What's so funny? I'm being serious."
"Does me having pink hair necessarily mean I'm an otaku?" She muffled her laugh. "I just really like pink."
The doorbell chimed annoyingly, and Naruto made his way to his side of the counter to greet the customer with, what Sasuke considered, too much energy. His attention was brought back by a soft poke on his shoulder and an amused voice.
"So, are gonna order something or...?"
"Uhm," his eyes scanned the menu quickly, "just a black coffee. No sugar. Take away."
He saw her nose crinkle as she turned around to prepare his order.
"Gross."
"It's funny that you say that considering you work in coffee shop."
"But plain coffee is so bitter." She placed his order on the counter and leaned over it, close enough for Sasuke to notice for the first time that an endless field of tiny freckles covered her pale skin. "That explains so many things, though. A little sugar now and then wouldn't do you wrong~"
Sasuke felt his eyes widen and he couldn't help the surprised laugh that escaped his throat.
"Is that how you treat your customers here?"
"Yeah, any problem?"
"Not at all."
He paid and grabbed his coffee.
"You're leaving already?" Sasuke nodded and the other boy sighed. "You're such a bore."
"I got things to do."
"Like?"
"Studying? I don't know if you're familiar with that word, though."
"Ha ha~ You're sooo funny."
Sasuke rolled his eyes when Naruto showed him his middle finger and he felt thankful, not that he would ever tell Naruto, for the hot coffee between his hands when he exited the shop and a cold breeze welcomed him, slipping through the neck of his jacket and sending a shiver down his spine. Even so, the minute he tasted it he froze. He looked at the coffee and took another sip and finally let out an incredulous laugh. He turned around and looked through the shop's glass, only to find Sakura smiling mockingly at him. "I can't believe she put sugar in it." He shook his head and took another sip. "Sneaky."
Sasuke felt his phone vibrate and he dug on the pocket of his jacket until he found it.
(3:57 p.m.) next time u fart with sakura ill punch u
(3:57 p.m.) Excuse me?
(3:57 p.m.) fuck
(3:57 p.m.) i meant flirt
(3:57 p.m.) next time u flirt with sakura ill punch u
(3:58 p.m.) stupid autocorrect
(3:58 p.m.) I wasn't flirting
(3:58 p.m.) LIKE HELL U WERNT
(3:59 p.m.) SHE WAS DROOLING ALL OVER U
(3:59 p.m.) Is that my fault?
(3:59 p.m.) Maybe you should change your looks a bit
(3:59 p.m.) STFU U FCKIN BASTRD
(4:00 p.m.) What the hell does that even mean?
(4:00 p.m.) Do you not know how to write like a normal person?
(4:00 p.m.) it means u better not steal my future wife from me
(4:00 p.m.) or i'll punch you
(4:00 p.m.) im going back to work
(4:01 p.m.) c u l8r
(4:01 p.m.) You wrote that on purpose right now
(4:01 p.m.) Right?
(4:01 p.m.) yeah
(4:01 p.m.) have fun deciphering it
(4:02 p.m.) One last thing, Naruto
(4:02 p.m.) what
(4:02 p.m.) Look for a better threat next time
(4:02 p.m.) Your punches aren't that scary
(4:02 p.m.) oh u wanna try?
(4:02 p.m.) Yeah
(4:02 p.m.) u'll regret it later
(4:03 p.m.) u r gonna be icing that bastard face of yours for a week
(4:03 p.m.) Okay ̴
Sasuke got home not too long afterwards, dropping his backpack at the feet of his bed and still tasting the mix of bitter and sweet in his mouth. He sank in his bed and sighed, his right hand crushing the paper cup he still hadn't thrown and fleeting images of cherry blossoms falling from their tree flashing against his closed eyelids. "What the fuck?"
note: hello hello guys! so, my name is Carmen, and i'm new to this whole ffnet thingy, but i finally kinda figured out how this works lmao... so, i've arrived to the naruto fandom 15 years late and sasusaku has hit me right in the feels from minute one so... here i am;;; this fic (well, all of my fics) are posted in ao3 too, under the same username (karumenchan);
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so, i hope u like this first chapter, tell me what u think about it!
love.
Carmen xoxo