„Oh come on Naruto, get your lazy ass off that chair. "

I grunted, my head too dizzy from sleeping on the kitchen table.

Why was Temari here again? Ah right, because she was eager to piss me off with her attitude.

Okay most likely because she was friends with Sakura, who turned out to be the love of my life.

Not hat she knew anything of the stuff that was going on in my head.

But today was one of the many opportunities I would use, to show her what great kind of guy I truly was.

So maybe laying asleep on the table wasn´t the sexiest way to do that, but I had time on my side.

It was 3 pm, I was as dressed up for an amusement park as needed.

My blond hair was a mess, when I lifted my head, but it always was.

I could hear the clear laughter of Sakura and I hoped she wasn´t laughing about me.

Well but my wishes weren´t granted.

"Naruto, you don't have a clue how funny your expression was, when you slept. Luckily Temari has taken a picture. "

Okay I still was a tad confused from sleeping but in an instant my mind became razor sharp, when I saw the camera in the blonds' hands.

Does anyone of you need to ask, why I hate her?

In my head I´d rush to her, smash the damn cam on the floor and watch her smile fade away.

But I just stood up, scratched my back head nervously and giggled.

So much for impressing a girl.

Okay, so now you are able to watch Naruto in love, which isn´t the best view.

And the guy leaning in the door frame followed the urge to tell me exactly that.

"Pathetic"

I almost jumped, because I hadn´t seen my best friend standing there.

But that wasn´t the only reason for my heart to pound like crazy.

It felt awkward to see him,

Especially since he seemed like every other day.

Nosy and gloomy and even kinda Emo with the expression he wore.

Almost as if yesterday hadn´t left any mark on him and I was the only idiot that couldn´t get sleep the whole night.

So maybe I should explain why I didn´t yell at him, like I always did.

"Come on Sasuke I know your home. Stop acting like a brat, idiot! It won´t kill you to give me my damn present! I don´t expect for it to be awesome, even if mine will blow your mind. " I screamed, while knocking the hell out of his door.

I was lucky his parent's weren´t home, because otherwise his father would have scared me with just one Uchiha-glare.

And even if Sasukes glare was annoying and sometimes just as scary, no one could keep up with his father.

Maybe this was a family thing or something, because the moment the door finally flew open Sasuke greeted me with one of his famous glares.

In return I gave him the cheeriest smile I could master without throwing up, of so much faked sweetness.

And all of that just because I knew it would annoy him, just as much as his gaze did to me.

"You do realize that we´re to old for this, do you dobe? "He asked.

"It´s tradition and I'm not willing to let a stupid Uchiha ruin this. "

"Hn. " was his short answer before he stood back, to let me enter.

He couldn´t even turn around, before I held my present under his pale nose.

"Happy meeting day! " I yelled a little too excited.

But what can I say, since I have waited for this day for month to come.

Mostly because I wanted to see the face, when he opened the present I put so afford in.

And a small part of me...okay a huge part of me, was just as excited to see what he thought of for me for this day.

You need to know, the 13th of August is not exactly a day to celebrate anything but sometimes the weekend.

Only for me and the teme in front of me that is.

It was the day my parent's and me moved here and I met him.

We we're both 7 and while I ran to the playground and became friends with everyone around me in the blink of an eye, he sat in the sand and looked pissed off.

In the beginning I didn´t even see him, because I was to occupied having fun.

And that was exactly how I ran into him.

Not literally, but for real.

I simply haven´t seen him, while I ran to search for a hideout.

The next thing I knew was that my foot got stuck into something and I landed on the suddenly not so soft sand.

My head ached from the impact, but it wasn´t me who was moaning.

I struggled to stand up so I could have a glace who I stumbled upon.

That´s when I saw the beautiful boy with the scariest gaze I had seen in my entire life.

I tried to say sorry, but my words got stuck in my throat when he hissed at me.

"Are you too stupid to run dobe? "

At first I was paralyzed, but then I got what he said and my guilt towards him vanished.

"No. Maybe you shouldn´t be all Emo and sit in the sand by yourself teme! "

I expected anything. Bad words, tears or that he screamed for his mommy to come.

But not the sand that landed in my eyes and forced them to shut, before I noticed strong hands that wrestled me on the ground.

I tried to punch the heavy boy that rested over my body, but thanks to the lack of eye vision I only hit air.

He didn´t beat me, but than again just making me submissive was humiliation enough for me.

It took a while for me to regain my sight again and finally it was my turn to knock him over, so he was underneath me.

Before he could hurt me I grabbed his pale hands in my tan ones.

"You´re even to chicken to beat me up? "

I enjoyed the angry look when he realized he couldn't do anything but keeping still.

But even as he lay here and I could easily force him to take the words back he said about me, I just didn´t.

And before I could think about that too much, I felt big hands pulling me roughly in the air.

"If I were you, I wouldn´t dare to lay your fingers on him again. "

I shuddered, when I saw a boy who looked like an older version of the teme that still rested on the sand.

And even if I knew that I had no chance against this much older boy, I struggled till I felt my feet hitting his legs.

"Let go off me! " I hissed, but none of my actions were taking affect.

I bet I could have kicked a wall; it would have had the same reaction.

"Who the heck is this brat Sasuke? "

For a tiny second I thought I saw a change in the expression of the teme, but than it changed back to normal.

"He´s my friend Itachi. Put him down! "

There was no way I could describe how stunned I felt.

Me and the idiot friends?

It kinda fit.

And from this day on, our relationship got better.

Okay, it became as good as possible for guys like us.

And back to the theme, I convinced him to celebrate that day since than.

And that takes us back to the moment he grabbed the package and took it to his room to open it.

It took me so much time thinking of something that would please the cocky bastard, but now I was sure he´d like it.

He crocked an eyebrow while ripping the wrapping open.

While I grinned all over my face I could see his stunned look, while he held up the shirt I made for him.

In the back it held the Uchiha sign, while the bright orange circle drawings on the short sleeves resembled me.

Otherwise it was entirely black.

I would have liked a picture of us in the front better, but I knew he would refuse to wear that.

"And? Yeah I know, I'm the best. No need to tell me that…okay…come on. Enough silence, just tell me if you like it or not. Because I ´m sure as hell the rest of us "normal people" would wear it. "

He still didn´t answer, but with one swift movement he pulled of his shirt and put mine on.

And even if I wasn´t the best dressed man in the world, or had much fashion sense, it fit him perfectly.

"It´s okay I guess. " He mumbled, while handing me a present, which was wrapped in blue paper.

It had the size of my hand.

I smirked, knowing that even if he kept on saying that we were to old for this, he always bought me something.

As fast as I could, I opened it and gazed on the silver bracelet that rested peacefully in white velvet.

Than I pulled it out and looked at the large chains that were all linked and in the end build the bracelet. I loved it even before putting it on my wrist.

Wow. And here I thought you finally realized I'm not a girl. I said, just because I couldn´t admit that his present was better than mine.

I knew from the look on his face that he could see through my words and knew what I was supposed to say, but he kept quiet about it.

"You give me a hard time. Since you´re even more sensible and girlish than Sakura is. "

"Teme! "

He suddenly grabbed my wrist and I felt the warm finger against my skin.

I was surprised, till I felt him closing the closure of the bracelet and the cool metal that replaced his fingers.

Our heads were suddenly too near for my taste.

I could almost feel his hair tickling my nose as he moved.

But the worst part was the sweet breath that constantly brushed my cheeks and smelled of fruity tooth paste.

I didn't know why it affected me.

I mean, we had been closer than this before.

Damnit, when we were little we shared the same bed, when one of us was staying at the house of the other.

And know I felt my body react in a way that could only be discribed with the word flustered.

And then the breath and the warmth were suddenly not there anymore.

"Dobe! School is staring soon. "

With that, he rose to his feet and walked past me, leaving me alone.

I felt the first beat and the blood that rushed from the wound inside of my mouth.

I clenched my fist on both sides of my body and tried to keep on looking in the purple eyes, as another punch hit me in the stomach.

Instantly I bend down while hoping that would ease the pain, but two arms pulled me back up again.

"Oh Naruto. You should have listened to me. It isn't nice to give me the wrong answers. If you had stayed obedient I wouldn't have the F and you could have stayed healthy. And maybe, if you hadn´t fought back, your punishment wouldn´t be as hard as it is now. I´ll first repay you for every punch and than I keep on having more fun hitting you till you pray for forgiveness. "

The one who couldn´t keep his mouth shut and hit me again, was Hidan.

He sat next to me in Biology and was one of the best students at Konoha high. But only because he threatened the people till they let him cheat in tests.

But I was Naruto Uzumaki. I just wouldn´t bow to that asshole.

And that's why, even if my grades were actually perfect, I wrote the wrong answers, knowing he would be too stupid to notice.

Before he could beat me up, I punched him hard enough to cause the nosebleed that he still had.

And several bruises were covered by his clothes.

But it soon had an ending, when his friends grabbed me and caused that I couldn´t move, as Hidan hit me.

"I don´t regret bastard. Without your friends you wouldn´t even be able to keep up with me. " I said trough clenched teeth.

The expected fist landed in my stomach again.

"Seems like you can handle pain. Hmm, let´s see what we can do to let you suffer. Oh look. Nice bracelet. I think it fits me better than it fits you. "

Before he could even touch my body again, I struggled and luckily I had surprise on my side, because I managed to pull my hand off one of their hands.

The guy right fell to the ground after I shoved him.

But that was it.

The end of playing hero, because I felt the second one pushing me down so hard, that my knees hit the ground.

"Stubborn Bitch huh? " Hidan hissed and grabbed my wrist, without any problems.

My powers were drained.

My whole body felt like a single aching spot and I felt like throwing up, when he slid the cool metal off my arm.

He touched the places where Sasukes fingers had laid only hours before.

And I only felt disgusted of the thoughts of it.

"Come on boys. I think he will remember this next time we write a test. "

He gave me one last kick in the back and I caught myself with my hands.

Sasuke was right, I was pathetic.

He sure would have kicked their asses in a blink of an eye.

And I only could do this one thing.

I would bring back my bracelet.

I ran down the hall, sure that the damn bell would ring any moment and I wouldn´t be able to gain my belonging back.

My body tried to tell me that I was too weak to do any of the things I had planned, but I refused to listen.

When I reached the locker I punched against the metal.

Punched it so hard that I knew my knuckles would bleed.

But I needed to hurry and repeat the same thing till the locker door flew open and I could grab the well known silver metal that laid on top of some books.

Just as I had expected.

I left out a sigh of relief, as the first tone of the bell started rising.

My heart beat fast because of the adrenalin that shot through my body.

As the first student walked around the corner I wanted to run, but when I recognized Sasuke I pulled him to the room next to me.

Okay maybe this seemed as a slightly wrong decision since we were stuck in the smallest room I could find.

Our bodies we´re brushing against each other, whenever one of us breathed and I could feel the heat in the dim lighted room.

"What are you doing dobe? Wait, why is your face bruised? "

I was lucky he couldn´t feel or see the damage done to my stomach, because there were times even I got scared of him.

But this time, his soft touch on my cheek was different.

Mainly because he needed to put much afford to even lift his hand that high.

But my skin tingled by the feeling his pale fingers left as they stroked the painful skin.

And the most disturbing part was, that it felt more than just comforting.

The unnatural heat that trailed along my face spread and left me with more than just pain in my stomach.

Sure ass hell not butterflies!

Before I could think of it too much I turned my head, so he had to let go.

"Naruto, I asked you who did this to you! "He demanded.

And there it was.

The voice seemed not freezer cold but deadly sharp, and he wrinkled his nose in anger.

If it weren´t that scary, I would have stated his expression as cute.

But being pressed to him and having no place to go, accept the metal shelf behind your back is going to disappear out of nowhere, you are not going to think this is anywhere near cuteness.

"I..uhm. haha. You know me; I just fell against my locker. God, they need to make them safer. "

Stop lying and tell me already! I´ll make sure he never touches you again.

And believe me, he would.

So I just kept quiet and tried to find a spot I could look to.

Unfortunately if you barely fit into a room, there isn´t much space to look to.

Without any choices left, I stared down and saw the muscled body of his grinding against mine.

Okay, so maybe it was better staring into his eyes than looking on the abs that were visible trough the black fabric.

"Oh my god, stop acting like you´re my father. I´m a guy, not a damsel in mistress that hopes you´d come around too save her. "

"Okay, so why are we in here again? Right, so that you can hide your ass. " He growled.

Now I could even smell his breath that still remembered me of grape-fruit or something.

Again all I wanted was to run away as fast as possible.

And I don´t know why but I felt uncomfortable whenever he was near me.

What the hell was that with me and him?

He was my best friends.

Whatever you said our relationship included, I surely shouldn´t feel the need of hiding from him.

And that was when I heard the cry of anger in the hall.

Hidan had found out that someone broke his locker and he knew that it must have been me.

Who else would leave everything accept for the bracelet?

"Naruto, when I find you, you´ll be wishing I already kicked you to hell. "

Okay, next time maybe he should put on a neon sign with the words "Sasuke, I beat Naruto", cause only that would make it even more obvious.

I could feel the body stiffen and his eyes got you the feeling that he´d be able to glare you to death.

"Hidan? " He asked.

"Well euh….it wasn´t that bad. And like I tried to say. I´m not a girl. I can defend myself whene.."

"Shut up. I need to think…"

He almost seemed as if he would be talking to himself.

Kinda psycho.

But I couldn´t concentrate on that, when I saw Hidans figure behind the milky glass.

At least I couldn´t think of anyone that big accept of him

Out of reflex I clung to the best thing I could reach.

And who else would that be but my scary best friend?

In the beginning I didn´t even realized what made this touch so awkward.

I only hoped that Hidan wouldn´t find me.

But than the bell rang again, forced the students to return to classes and left the hall empty.

It only occurred to me that something was odd.

It wasn´t the comfortable body I held onto.

It wasn´t his now astonished looking gaze.

Strange to think that I sensed the worst thing when I wanted to speak.

Because my lips weren't exactly where they were supposed to be.

The warmth that was pressed against them seemed familiar, but at the same second totally new.

I never knew Sasukes lips were so soft, but who the heck would wonder about something like that?
And no, closing my eyes did not mend the fact that he was not only my best friend…no that would make the situation just feel awkward, but he had to be a guy too.

And no, the sudden rush of blood in my cheeks and the feeling that was tingling inside my spine was not from…our lips touching each other.

I tried to pull back, but my legs couldn´t get enough hold and that made me fall even more against him.

Then I tried to speak, to lighten this situation.

But when I moved my lips, his moved in unison.

Now I could almost taste his lips and the inside of his mouth.

And that sure as hell didn´t help at all.

There was only one little movement that changed the "unpurposely" in a kiss.

I can´t recall which one of us moved his lips in a tender rhythm first.

Maybe we both were.

And that was when I stopped panicking.

That was, when I pinched my fingers in the metal behind his back.

I could feel myself enjoying his heat, his strong arms that supported me and the slight sense able taste of grape-fruit.

When I felt his tongue sliding along my lower lip, I didn´t hesitate to let him enter.

His tongue having the same rhythm his lips had had, while I tried to force the light fighting into his mouth.

And then it stopped.

The heat on my lips, the taste and his body, everything was gone, when I heard the door slam into the angle and I covered my mouth.

What was that abut?

I…he…we?

And now he just stood there, minding just his own business and seemed not half as confused as I was.

Damnit, while I laid awake and tried anything to sleep, the cocky bastard didn´t look exhausted at all.

You know we need to pick up Neji and Hinata. So get up Blondie.

Shouldn´t you been trying to convince a certain someone? I have seen prep-school kids doing better! Temari mentioned, like she always did with her cheerful attitude.

Thanks, she didn´t need to tell me what I already knew.

Sakura just blinked and pretended she didn´t hear anything but the twittering of the birds, and Sasuke…well Sasuke looked as he always did.

Ready to go to the event of the year? I yelled, being fully awake from all the memories that now filled my head again.

The Uchiha just rolled his black eyes, while Temari turned around to get out of my house.

Only Sakura smiled her sweet smile.

But that didn´t mend the feeling, I was having, when we drove off, Sasuke not even 5 feet away from my seat.

I suddenly wasn´t sure if this was such a good idea.

I reuploaded this and I hope you are able to see where they speak ;D

I hope you were able to understand that, since I´m German.

Well I don´t know how many chapters I'm going to write.

Maybe like 3- or 4 ;D
Maybe you could give me tips to improve myself!

Thanks for reading !