Chapter 1: Hope
Friday mornings were always the hardest days to get out of bed. Naruto glared at his calender, realizing that there was going to be a test right when he got into his first hour: english with Mr. Hatake. Running a hand through his hair, Naruto slowly made his way to his clothes, the orange shirt that had black stripes and his blue jeans that he had chosen to wear that day resting on his dresser. Once he finished getting dressed, brushing his teeth and combing his hair, he made his way to the kitchen. As he pulled out last night's ramen that he had bought from Ichiraku's, there was a light knock on his door. He sighed as he stared at the ramen, his stomach battling his mind, one trying to keep him in the kitchen while the other told him to answer the door. There came a second knock and his stomach lost.
"Sai you interrup-"he looked up at the boy who was obviously not Sai, "What do you want Sasuke?"He asked him, his thoughts already going back to the ramen that sat in his kitchen waiting for him to return.
"I wanted to ask you for advice," the taller boy muttered. Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Why don't you ask someone else then? I was about to have some ramen," he said, and started to close the door.
"Wait. I actually needed to tell you something,"Sasuke stuck his foot in the door, keeping it open. Naruto turned and looked at the boy, a scowl written on his face.
"Well then tell me or ask me. Whichever," he replied, letting the door hang open. He crossed his arms and waited. Sasuke shuffled his feet nervously as he stood there trying to think up the words that had come to him the night before. He started to play with the zipper of the white sweater that he was wearing, his other hand in the pocket of his black jeans. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he noticed the edginess emitting from the Uchicha. He opened his mouth to tell him to blurt it out already, when one of his neighbors passed by, giving the two boys a suspicious look.
"Sasuke why don't you come in?" he said instead, and went back to his kitchen without waiting for an answer. He expected Sasuke to follow him instead of just standing in the doorway. "Come on! Nothing's going to jump out at you."
