Harmless joke turned bad

Author: Darcy Black-Valentine

Disclaimer: I don't own anything...except the plotline and a Gaara keychain.

Scroll 01

Sasuke looked in utter disbelief at his boyfriend's face. Naruto was grinning while the rest of the school was laughing at the raven.

"You-you recorded...?" he asked.

Naruto's brow furrowed a little and he said,

"Yeah, but it's just a joke."

The thing that was making the student body laugh at Sasuke was the noises over the intercom. They sounded very much like a teenage boy getting a seriously good sex session...and that's what it was. The previous night, Sasuke and Naruto had made love for the first time in their three-year relationship and Sasuke had been uke...something that he wasn't exactly begging for, but he couldn't deny that it felt good.

What was being played over the intercom was a taped recording of Sasuke and Naruto's lovemaking...every moan, groan and gasp was being heard over the speakers all over the school.

Sasuke felt tears burn in his eyes and he turned on the spot, running from the building with Naruto close behind.

"Sasuke! Sasuke, hold on!"

Sasuke didn't stop until Naruto grabbed his elbow and turned him around.

"Sasuke, it was just a joke."

Sasuke felt his temper rise even further and asked,

"What was...the sex itself or the fact that it's now being heard all over the school?"

Naruto shook his head.

"The sex wasn't a joke, it was...incredible...but, this whole thing with the intercom was just a joke...just a harmless joke."

Sasuke felt the tears fall down his face and he asked,

"A harmless joke? What, you think this is funny?"

Naruto looked confused.

"Yeah...don't you?"

Sasuke sniffed and said,

"Oh yeah, it's hilarious. Next I suppose that you'll be telling me that you video recorded the session too and planted DVDs all over the school!"

Naruto shook his head, finally understanding Sasuke's pain.

"Look, I can fix it...I'll..."

"What? Do what? Beat into a bloody pulp anyone who mentions this so-called joke?"

Naruto shook his head again and said,

"No, just..."

"NO! It's over! We're through do you hear me? Through!"

He turned to leave but Naruto grabbed him around the waist and held him tight. Tears stung his eyes too as he begged and pleaded.

"Sasuke, please...don't do this...I'll fix it...please, don't leave me..."

A small crowd of students had gathered outside the school to watch the fight and they weren't disappointed.

Sasuke elbowed Naruto in the stomach and pulled out of his grasp. He turned to see Naruto slightly doubled over, holding his abdomen, tears were pouring down the blond boy's face as he looked up at his boyfriend.

"Please Sasuke...it was just a..."

"A joke?! Yeah, I heard. I love the fact that you think that embarrassing me on a public scale is funny!"

Naruto stood straight up and said,

"It wasn't my idea, okay? Someone else told me to do it."

This, far from reassuring Sasuke, made him angrier.

"So, someone else told you to do it, so you thought 'Okay, let's do it! After all, it's just a "harmless joke"?!"

Sasuke was beyond furious. Naruto shook his head and held his hands up in a form of surrender.

"I'm sorry...Look, I'll fix it...I promise."

Tears were still cascading down Sasuke's face as he asked,

"What good are your promises? Your promises aren't worth shit to me!"

Naruto felt his heart breaking as he watched Sasuke's face fill with angry color. The blond had no idea what else to say to soothe the distressed raven...so he repeated his apology.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke. Nothing like that will ever happen again."

Sasuke smirked in an evil sort of way and said,

"You're damn right it won't...because we're through. Don't ever come near me, don't talk to me, and don't even glance in my direction. I'm done with you. Find another guy to fuck."

He turned and started to walk away but Naruto stopped him for a third time. When Sasuke turned to look, he saw that Naruto's once beautiful face was marred with tear tracks and even as he looked, fresh tears were forming and sliding down the blond's scarred cheeks.

"Please...I love you...don't do this..."

"Don't tell me what to do, Naruto Uzumaki," he said in a deadly whisper. "Don't even fucking try."

"Please...I love you..."

That made Sasuke the angriest he'd been all day...heck, the angriest he'd ever been in his life. With a surprising amount of strength, he wrenched his arm out of Naruto's grasp, pulled back his left hand and punched Naruto in the jaw.

Naruto was knocked off his feet and lay on the ground, holding his jaw and spitting out blood as he tried to stand. Sasuke kicked him hard in the diaphragm and yelled,

"If you loved me then you wouldn't have done this! So, fuck you and your stupid 'harmless joke'!"

Sasuke turned on his heel and ran full speed down the sidewalk, tears still flying from his eyes.

Naruto lay curled up on the ground, panting and sobbing. Kiba walked forward from the crowd and knelt down next to him. He helped Naruto up and asked,

"You okay, man?"

Naruto looked at the spot that Sasuke had just been standing and slowly shook his aching head. Then, he seemed to realize who was supporting him and shoved Kiba up against the fence that surrounded the school.

"You told me that it would be just a joke! You told me that he wouldn't care! You said that he'd be laughing with me!" he shouted.

Kiba held his hands up in surrender and said,

"Relax, man. It wasn't my idea to tell you, I swear."

"Who's was it then?"

Kiba gave himself away by glancing back at the crowd of people where a girl with a long blond ponytail was standing at the forefront. Naruto looked toward where Kiba was looking and saw Ino Yamanaka. She realized that she had been found out and ran back into the building, to the safety of the girls' bathroom.

Naruto glanced back at the end of the street where Sasuke had disappeared and fell to his knees, his head in his hands. He sobbed unashamedly into his hands as the crowd of students gradually dispersed and principal Tsunade came out and ran to Naruto.

She knelt down and held Naruto to her as he bawled like a baby and stroked his hair. She knew what Naruto did get what he deserved, but didn't think that Sasuke would actually go as far as to degrade him in front of half of the student body.

Sasuke, meanwhile, ran up to a building and pounded relentlessly on the front door. A girl with a high black ponytail opened it and she asked,

"What's wrong?"

Sasuke didn't feel like explaining, so instead, he walked in and as soon as the door had closed behind the girl, launched himself onto her and sobbed uncontrollably into her shoulder.

She stroked his hair and carefully maneuvered them onto the couch where she held him... wondering what on Earth could had caused the stoic Sasuke Uchiha to cry.

After about an hour, Sasuke explained everything that had happened and the girl listened intently. After he finished, the girl wiped his tears away and said,

"It's okay now...he won't hurt you again."

Sasuke leaned back against the arm of the couch and said,

"The weird thing is, I still love him."

He looked up at the girl with pleading eyes and asked,

"Darcy, what do I do?"

Darcy shrugged a little and said,

"There's nothing much you can do right now. Just take some time and think about all of this...if you still love Naruto at the end of that time, then you tell him."

Sasuke nodded and allowed Darcy to hold him again. It felt different from when Naruto held him, and the scent was all wrong, but at that moment, it felt good to feel like he had at least someone who understood him and knew what he was feeling.

"Thanks Darcy."

She smiled and said,

"No problem."

As Sasuke fell asleep that night, he began to wonder if he would ever even look at Naruto again. They hadn't been apart for a day yet and Sasuke missed him already. But a part of him told him that he was better off without Naruto...that Naruto would move on...kiss someone else...screw someone else...

That last thought made his heart ache, but, he thought as he rolled over and faced the window, that was reality...not everything in life could have a fairy tale ending...even if they do seem too good to be true.

Me: Whew...5 pages. I think that might be the longest I've ever typed. Anyway, please read and review as I really do love feedback. Constructive criticism will be accepted, but flames will be used to roast marshmallows for s'mores.

Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto...I just borrowed the characters for my own entertainment.