Sasuke and I were best friends since we were born. His parents really liked me. My parents? Well, my father died right after I was born and my mother…well no one knows what happened to her. I lived in the Uchiha residents for a while. Later, Sasuke's whole family was killed by his brother, now a masked murderer, when he was eight. He gets really sensitive whenever I talk about it, so I don't ever bring it up.

Sasuke and I both lived in an orphanage for a while. It didn't take long until Sasuke was adopted. In fact, it was only about a year until he was adopted, which is kind of surprising.

He now lives with his new parents. It took me six years until my mother (biological one) came for me, so I live with her since about two weeks ago. She's not as great as I thought she would be. My mother doesn't beat me, but she acts as if I don't exist…she drinks frequently though. It sucks because only around people or when she's drunk is when she finally treats me like I'm her son. I'm now in high school (freshman…sucks but whatever).

People don't really like me because they say I was possessed by a demon when I was a baby, it was all over the news…everywhere…so everyone knows….including their children.

Sasuke's the only friend I have. Sasuke's parents are terrible though…well his mom left after he was adopted…so it's just the dad…he gets drunk all the time and he hits him. He does drugs right in front of him too. Don't tell anyone but his 'father'…raped him. One night, he called me and told me. He was crying his eyes out. I was so mad, I was so close to escaping from the hellhole (orphanage) and shooting his 'dad' in the fucking head. Sasuke and I tell each other everything…and I do mean…everything. Sasuke's what some people may call "emo" or for the really shallow people: "gothic".

He wears black clothes, mascara, and eyeliner all the time. He's always depressed and always has his hands in his pockets and a deep hole in his heart. Luckily his parents were nice enough to buy him a cell phone. I, on the other hand had to buy one for myself…with my own money.

I've always tried to get him to call DSS on their asses but he says 'parents that suck are better than no parents at all' and I'm all like 'NOT WHEN THEY BEAT YOU!' and I don't really know what it feels like to have parents…Sasuke's mom was the closest I ever got.

We just recently started school in September and it's October now. I just got home and I'm waiting for my mother to come home. She works in a McDonalds. I wouldn't call us 'ghetto' even though we live in there, but we are extremely poor. I have to get my clothes at charities. Sasuke and I are supposed to hang out, but he said his dad was home and wanted him home. Damn bastard.

Almost everyday Sasuke gets…you know…raped. Whenever his dad says that we all know what it means. I asked him if he wanted me to sneak over and keep him company afterwards and told me to wait a couple hours. A lot of girls like Sasuke, but he's never interested. I try and get to him to go out with a couple of girls, but he never wants to. I want to call him and see how he's doing but I'm scared I'll 'disturb' his father.

I hate waiting, knowing what his stupid dad is doing. I threatened to call DSS all the time but Sasuke always says, 'Don't, I don't want to be alone again…please don't do that to me…I don't want people knowing about you know what…Naruto…please…I don't want anyone to know…' It really makes me upset when he begs and I always give in. I wish I didn't though. I'm kind of happy that my mom doesn't do anything like that. I find it extremely hard to call her my 'mom' because I've only known her for like two weeks.