Title: Two Loves
Author: Kae-d
Rated: PG-13, gay love, coarse language.
Pairings: Kakashi/Naruto, Kakashi/Sasuke. Slight love triangle.
Summary: The two boys, Naruto and Sasuke, have Kakashi move into their apartment. Slowly, the both of them start to fall in love with him. Who will Kakashi choose in the end[AU[Shounen-Ai, Boy/Boy, etc.[Slight Kakashi Gaiden hints
Author's Note: Hmmmm, I'm on a total Kakashi fan-writing rage now. I have two other stories involving him (more angsty though and Kakashi-centric) on the way and this idea just popped into my head and I needed to write this out. This is also my first fan fiction, so maybe the characters might go a bit OOC and my grammar might be a little wonky here and there.
I'm trying to keep each chapter at least a 1000 words long, I'm not really used to it though. I'm too used to having to limit your words till like 500 for school compositions and all. If you really need to critique it badly, heh, go easy on me.
If you are not sure, AU stands for alternate universe. Meaning, this universe does not have all the ninja stuff really, this is pretty much the standard modern universe thing.
I'm totally shy about posting my first fan fiction and I fear not getting any reviews at all. I fear that you will hate my story. No self-confidence. Just drop a friendly review to let me know what you think of my story. I need the support people! I wrote the next two chapters already all on the same day, causing my leg to just freeze as I excitedly typed out this story. :D I'm gonna slowly release the chapters though, to make errm anticipation. Yep.
Please note, in this story, I've closed the age gap quite considerably between Kakashi and the two boys, as I just wanted it that way :D. I hope none of ya minds. It is a fan-fiction after all.
Kakashi: 19 years old
Sasuke and Naruto: 17 years old
I will give a little more detail on the timeline of this story later on in and why everybody seems to hate Naruto etc.
Some stuff that you might want to know:
Junior college is a school that one goes to after graduating from secondary school/high school for two years before they choose to go on to a university or college. I'm not too certain about this term, but my sister went to junior college while she was 17 and 18 so I guess that would be the age range for them to go junior college. Do not go blasting me for making some mistake, I do not know.
Dobe and teme are insults in Japanese. I am not too sure of the meaning of dobe (oooo, somebody explain it to me) but I am pretty sure teme means bastard.
Disclaimer: All characters mentioned in this fan fiction belong to Naruto that was created by Masashi Kishimoto. Meaning, all copyrights go to him and I do not own any of the characters here.
"The landlord's raising the rent again, Sasuke,"
"What? That bastard!" The teenager exclaimed in disbelief, his dark eyes narrowing slightly at the thought of having to pay more rent.
"C'mon, Sasuke, don't be like that. You know what happened to him…" His golden-haired companion whined as he wolfed down his usual unhealthy breakfast of instant ramen while his friend walked towards the sink to wash his own plate clean. The two of them had met in high school, both having been in the same class each and every year until graduation. Even now, at the ages of 17, both of them went to the same junior college, Konoha Junior College or also known as KJC.
During their high school years, both had been parentless and alone though Naruto lived with his pervert uncle, Jiraiya who was a well-known writer of questionable adult books. The two boys had held an immense dislike for each other throughout their first few years of high school. They would exchange glares as they walked by each other, and at times a verbal war would erupt, usually with Sasuke winning. Nobody knew why they hated each other so much.
Naruto, with his golden unruly hair, bright sky-blue eyes and slightly tanned skin, had been the outcast of the school. Parents told their children to stay away from that "monster" and they had listened, often teasing and bullying the poor child. He craved for acknowledgement and attention, making him into the Number One prankster of his school. The teachers just passed him off as a delinquent and never tried to help.
Sasuke, on the other hand, was the total opposite of Naruto in both looks and attitude. His strangely pale skin, jet-black silky hair and ebony eyes had made him the attention of many girls' crushes. His stony and cold demeanor along with his tragic background had made him even more popular with the girls. He was the straight As genius student of the school and parents wanted their kids to be more like him.
They had become homeless around the same time, Naruto being left behind without a home while his uncle went abroad to finish research for his book and Sasuke being evicted from his Uchiha estate after the decision of the town council saying that he was old enough to survive on his own. Naruto had only enough money from his uncle to buy his food while Sasuke had to use up the money he had saved up along the years. They had quickly learned of the other's similar plight and had come to an agreement.
They approached the kind landlord of a four-storey building in a quiet neighbourhood and he had agreed to let them stay on the third floor, even lowering the rent slightly for them. They had to work part-time jobs, Sasuke as a waiter at a café and Naruto as an assistant at a small bookshop, while dealing with their hectic school life to pay for the rents and bills.
They had bickered in the beginning, childish fights with each other everyday. They would fight over who got the shower first, who would do which chores and many more. However, when the Uchiha had woken screaming in the middle of the night from memories of the massacre, Naruto had been there to offer his comfort. They had survived the difficulties of the years with their support and they grew that much closer. They were no longer alone, Sasuke gradually opened up to the optimistic blonde while Naruto started taking comfort in the fact that his now ex-rival had acknowledged him. Though no words were spoken about it, they knew that they were the best of friends and the little fights they had so often was their special way of saying, "I care about you,"
"… Yes, I know that, dobe. We're barely paying the rent, bills and food at the moment… How much will he raise the rent by?" The scrawny 17-year-old sighed as he placed the clean plate back into the dish rack and walked back to his seat at the table.
"He said at least FIVE HUNDRED bucks, teme," retorted the indignant boy.
The landlord had his apartment on the fourth floor set on fire after a bunch of hooligans broke into his house. With a new baby on its way for the man and his wife who already had two kids, they needed the extra money desperately to support the addition to the family and cover the damages for his house. Sasuke placed a hand onto his forehead and massaged it lightly, trying to soothe the oncoming headache. After some thinking, he finally spoke up,
"We can't afford that, you know? The only thing left is to either move and find a cheaper place or get somebody else who would share the apartment and the rent with us. I doubt we would find a place cheaper than this; the landlord is still being kind to us. So that only leaves the other option…"
As he slurped up the last remaining soup, Naruto glanced worriedly at his friend. He knew that his friend had problems trusting other people after his own brother had killed his whole clan, leaving him behind. Naruto was the rare few people that he trusted. "Ah well, I'm sure we can start making posters later! Now let's hurry up and change or we'll be late!" his cheery voice broke the silence that had descended in the kitchen. The pale boy smiled slightly and nodded his head.
"OKAY, ALL DONE!" Naruto yelled as he finished the last of the posters slid out of his printer to land on the stack of about 50 other identical posters.
"Don't yell I'm trying to study you idiot!" A grumpy voice from the next room was heard.
"Yea, yea, I'm going to place these posters around town, I'll be back at around 10pm, I suppose. See ya, Sasuke!"
After a few minutes and the jingle of keys, the front door was slammed shut and the apartment was left in peaceful, blessed silence, interrupted only by the turning of a page now and then.
Naruto smiled as he walked down the deserted hallway of KJC. The junior college was left open throughout the night, patrolled by several security guards to keep the place safe. Genma, the senbon-sucking guard on duty that night, knew the spirited young teen and had allowed him in for a short while to stick the posters.
The blonde-haired teenager admired his handiwork. He had already put up several posters around town, on streetlamps and at the subway, and now he had finished putting up the rest along the walls of his junior college. He rushed out of his school and back towards his home. He grinned stupidly along the way and hoped that they would indeed find somebody who could stand his moody bastard of a friend and would be suitable to share an apartment with.
Author's Note: Kakashi will appear next chapter! I went through this chapter sooo many times. I would love to hear from you through a review or pm. I have no idea how much the rent for that apartment would cost so I randomly chose for it to go up by 500 bucks. I suffered leg numbness while writing this. I should stop sitting with my leg bent and tucked under my ass. I swear it gets better later!
