Ok, I keep getting writers block on my other stories and I cant help but start new ones so here I go again ! Remember to comment and you can even suggest some things you would like to happen in any of the stories you read since if the ideas are any good they might just happen *wink, wink*.Thanks!
June
The humidity was unbearable and the heat caused skin to drip with salty sweat and clothes to cling uncomfortably. It was the hottest day of the season and people dreaded the thought of braving the sun's rays as it hung high in the sky. On nicer days citizens of Konohagkure would have been out enjoying a bowl of delicious ramen from Ichiraku's Ramen Bar or walking the streets while indulging in shaved ice topped in rainbows of different flavored syrup. But today most remained confined indoors; desperately fanning themselves in time with the chimes of wind-bells while others sucked seeds from slices of cool watermelon. But one person was outside; a boy who appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen was bearing the blazing temperate while laying in the shade from a large group of tall sunflowers.
He was staring up towards the thin clouds floating over head and smelling the subtle sent of the flowers as his onyx colored eyes glazed over and he slipped deep into his own mind. His light skin contrasted his black hair with its unique bluish tint, the sides roughly framing his cheeks. His blue short sleeved shirt was drenched in a layer of sweat and dirt but nothing caught the boys attention until he felt the vibration from his cell phone in the pocket of his white shorts. It flashed the name Naruto U. on the screen and he flipped it open with a sense of indifference.
A desperate voice blared out, "Sasuke? Sasuske are you there? Come on just talk to me for Christ sake! I know what happened was ,well…Just call me back."
The phone went dead and Sasuke had the urge to fling it as far as possible and stay nestled in the flowers forever. That was at least the ninth time Naruto had called in the past half hour and the millionth since they ended up accidentally having sex a few weeks ago. Like most stupid mistakes it involved a lot of alcohol and rash decisions, so ultimately they were both intoxicated and there was a bed. There you have it. Sloppy, drunken, teenage sex. And as far as Saskue saw it should have just been left at that but Naruto is too simple minded in Sasuke's opinion to just allow for this to be something to remain in the past.
Once again Sasuke felt the familiar vibration of his cell phone in his palm as he clenched his teeth in annoyance and flipped it open once again. "What Uzumaki?"
In a voice louder than necessary Naruto said ,"I wanted to talk to you Teme! You have been avoiding me and not answering my calls. Where have you been? Are you made at me or something? Shit say something to me Sasuke!"
"What do you want for me to say? You sound like a woman after a one night stand. We had sex, end of story. You want me to come over and cuddle with you or something, cuz I won't. We haven't been virgins for a while now so stop acting like this is a historical event. It was just sex." Sasuke ended the call before Naruto could object to anything he had said and tossed the phone far beyond where he could see it before standing and heading home.
The house is large and beautiful with the Uchiha clan symbol, a paper fan, displayed on the dark wood of the front door. The Uchiha clan had been extremely wealthy from their skills in combat and even participated in protecting the village in a number of disputes with neighboring villages. But after an especially terrible attach on Konohagkure their was suspicion that the Uchiha's had been behind it. After being relocated to a corner of the village to be more easily monitored Sasuke's older brother Itachi's behavior became very bizarre and shortly after he massacred the entire clan. All except for Sasuke. Itachi had told his younger brother that he was not even worth killing and has not been seen since. Now the house is empty besides the memories that haunt the rooms Sasuke hasn't opened in years. The front of the house includes a kitchen, bathroom, living room and his bedroom so Sasuke has no use for any other part of the house and has forgot over time what those rooms even looked like inside.
Stripped down to take a shower Sasuke had began to relax when there was a knock at the front door. Expecting it to be the blond he grabbed a towel ,wrapped it around his waist ,not even bothering to dry himself, and went to answer the door. Flinging it open he was surprised to be meet with the familiar white eyes of Hinta Hyūga. The soft-spoken girl was lost for words in the awkwardness of a dripping wet Uchiha, who beside a towel was completely naked. Her fair skin was tinted to a light pink from her straight cut bangs all the way down her neck. The sundress she was wearing reminded Sasuke of the sunflowers he had just been laying in as she thrust a letter into his hand.
"H-here Sasuke." her hands shook a bit as she stood in front of him. She has always been shy but over the past few years she had become less timid and spoke up enough now so he could actually hear what she said.
"What is this?" he slicked his wet hair back and folded an arm across his bare chest.
"A letter. I was asked to b-bring it to you. That's all." Sasuke noticed her eyes continually darting back over to a large hydrangea that was growing next to his front steps.
"Who is this from? Naruto?"
"N-no, no, no! It is f-from umm…" Hinata looked again to the bush as if it was going to give her the right answer when Sasuke saw a clump of spiky blond hair poking through the purple and blue mop-headed flowers. Sasuke ripped the letter in half and slammed the door in Hinata's face. She gave a small squeal as the door gave a heavy bang then hung her head in disappointment.
"I'm s-sorry Naruto-kun. I think he noticed me always looking over t-to you." she bent down to pick up the two halves of the letter as Naruto untangled himself from the bushes.
He was wearing an orange t-shirt that was now covered in broken pieces of the hydrangea with black shorts and sandals. He took the letter from her small hands and balled it up before shoving it into his pocket.
"It's alright Hinata. Thanks for doing me a favor." He ruffled her dark blue hair which made her blush go from pink to a deep red as they walked away together. Watching this from the peep hole of the front door Sasuke wasn't surprised to see that he was right that Naruto had put Hinata up to trying to give him that stupid letter. Everyone in the village except for Naruto knows Hinata has an undying love for him so she would automatically do anything for Naruto if he just asked. Through the peep hole Sasuke watched Hinata's long hair swish back and forth as she walked and Naruto slipped a tan arm around her shoulders. Watching this for a split second Sasuke felt his blood boil with jealously and went back to take a cold shower.
July
The sexscaped had become old news to Sasuke and Naruto had learned weeks ago that he would not be getting closure any time soon. The blond could at least be happy he was back on speaking terms with his best friend and had decided to move on. It was hard at first to deal with always having a conversation shot down with the glare of pure hatred Sasuke was so talented at dishing out at the drop of a hat but now Naruto had gotten use to swallowing his feelings. Even if he wasn't sure what those feelings were. The two boys today were hanging out with their other good friend Sakura Haruno in a small diner. Sakura had talked Naruto out of trying to get them to eat ramen since the heat hadn't died down at all yet and she wanted something to cool her down. Her red shirt had drops of sweat around the collar and she wanted to get inside for a drink as soon as possible. Business was still slow because of the heat so the three teenagers were the only customers besides an old man having his lunch inside.
Sakura took a gulp of water and fanned her face with a napkin as some sweat slid down her face. "This heat is unbearable! The only good part of the day was that I got the books I needed." she patted a stack of medical books that were sitting on the table. " Studying is so time consuming I think this is the first time I have seen either one of you in a while. Anything happen lately?"
She smoothed a chunk of ice along the hairline of her pink shoulder length hair and noticed Naruto staring quite obviously at Sasuke with his large blue eyes ,unblinking while Sasuke did the same with his onyx colored ones. It was as if they were having a telepathic argument and neither wanted to let Sakura in on what it was they were concealing. Woman's intuition flared up and she knew something had gone on while she was busy studying. Sakura may have only been seventeen but she was trying to get ahead by studying early for a medical career and some time while she was so busy her friends must have a problem they didn't bother bringing up.
In a mother like tone she said "Ok, spill. What's going on between you guys." her green eyes went from Sasuke to Naruto as they continued their staring contest when it was interrupted as a waitress came to see if they would like to order anything now that they had their drinks. Naruto and Sakura both order ice cream and gave each other a questioning look as Sasuke took his turn.
"An order of udon noodles, a bento box, a side of tempura and I will have a bowl of ice cream also." Sasuke looked at his friends. " I'm hungry. Sue me." he chugged the rest of his water and called the waitress over for more as Sakura questioned them again.
"Well, back to what we were talking about. What are you two keeping secret? I was talking to Hinata the other day and she mentioned you guys had stopped talking for a while… sooo what was the problem now? The last time I saw you guys we were at Jiraiya's party. And everything was fine back then."
Placing her elbows on the table Sakura thought back to that night and tried remembering if anything suspicious had happened but for her the memory was the mega pervert had thrown a party in celebration of the success of his most popular adult fiction book series and he had invited practically everyone he knew. Once Lady Tsunade and the other adults had left Jiraiya let the teens have their fair share of the liquor unsupervised so Sakura didn't remember much other than arguing with Ino most of night and doing her best not to drool too much as she watched Sasuke from a far. She had tried to prove to herself that she was over her childhood crush but sometimes her old flame would just make her feel this passion for life like no one else she knew could. Sasuke was dancing , moving his slim body in ways that had Sakura captivated. He was already drunk himself and didn't see a problem with the situation of not acting like he had a stick up his you know what and with Jiraiya passed out long before the young group lead to the completely plastered pair of boys drunkenly staggering back to Naruto's apartment. This was the last thing she remembered before she woke up the next morning with a killer headache and the room spinning. Yet she wasn't aware of that also being the night her friends would whined up sleeping together. And from what they remember it all started with Naruto gloating on their way back to his place .
~ The night of the party~
"You know I had sex with Hinata right?" Naruto smiled and gave a loud hiccup." Came over one day and just asked! It was real unexpected but hey, how could it turn a body like that down ha ha ha!" they were stumbling from Jiraiya's home and somehow had landed on the topic of sex.
"So what Uzumaki? I have slept with most of the girls we go to school with, the dimwits just throw themselves at me trying to upstage each other in how far they can get with me. It's a freaking competition for them and I'm the prize! Like I would ever be with any of those hags beyond rolling around in the sheets." Sasuke had loosened up quite a bit with some liquor in his system and he and Naruto were having a great time fumbling around on their way to the apartment.
"Whatever, I could get that many girls if I tried harder." Naruto jokingly punched his friend in the arm as they walked beside each other in a swaying fashion.
Sasuke rubbed his arm, "Ha! Sure look how far you've gotten with Sakura. The closet you've gotten to skin to skin contact with her is when she knocks your ass clear across the room! If I went up to her right now she would jump me in a second."
"Not true! I-I'm just taking it slow ya know!" Naruto continued to argue that he had come rather far in his quest for Sakura's affection and went into great detail of his night with Hinata all the way back to his place. He unlocked the door and Sasuke flopped onto Naruto's twin bed and sighed.
"Hinata isn't even that impressive of a conquest Naruto. If you really even did get with her that is. Me on the other hand …" he laughed for a long time and seeing that he had annoyed Naruto only made him laugh harder.
"Teme!" Naruto glared before he threw himself on top of Sasuke trying to smother him with his body to stop the laughter.
Sasuke looked into his friends blue eyes which were only inches from his own and felt the same bodily tingle of excitement he has experienced so many times before. He placed a hand on one of the blondes cheeks and stroked the whisker marks. The skin was smooth and the touch sent a tingle of pleasure running down Naruto's spine. They kissed and in their drunken state forgot to care about such a intimate action between best friends and began to peel off each others clothes and kiss harder. Before they could comprehend what was happening the dead was done. The next morning Sasuke was the first to wake up and left without saying anything to Naruto who woke up in an empty bed with a hangover.
~In the diner~
Sakura had dropped her question in the silence that it created and instead went to stating how much of an appetite Sasuke had after he ordered another bowl of ice cream and two more orders of tempura and being able to finishing it all. After paying the bill Sakura waved good-bye and the boys watched as her pink hair disappeared around a corner and they started their way back to Sasuke's home. Naruto followed Sasuke all the way up to the front door and the two stood in a heavy silence.
As he pulled a pair of keys from his pocket Sasuke broke the silence, "Don't try bringing up that night again Naruto. I already told you it's not impor-"
"I was a virgin." Naruto avoided looking directly at Sasuke who looked at him with a mix of confusion and shock then walked away with his shoulders slouched as Sasuke went inside as it all hit him.
That was why the blond had called so many times and even went as far as trying to send him that letter. Sasuke had been right that the story about him and Hinata had been a lie and that night was historic to Naruto because it was the night he was de-virgenized and Sasuke was acting as if it had never happened. Sasuke dragged himself to his bed and suddenly felt exhausted and hungry again. His room doesn't have much other than the bed , dresser and a picture of him Sakura and Naruto when they had been grouped together years ago. It was a hard adjustment at first since all of their personalities clash but now they were the closest thing to a family he had. There was nothing he could do about Naruto. It's not like he was the first person who's virginity Sasuke had taken but the others he had never cared about. He drifted into an uneasy sleep and dreamt of that night. The smell of ramen that covered the room, the feel of the sheets and the taste of Naruto's lips all were relived in his head multiple times and each time he questioned if this was a mistake that would hurt one of the only people he cared for in this world. He was awakened by a knock at the door. Hours had passed and outside the moon was out and the sky was black except for the millions of stars and his stomach grumbled loudly from hunger. Getting up and answering the door he found it was the Hyūga girl again.
"I am sorry to disturb you so late at night but ummm…. I-it seems I …have a rather large favor to ask of you. I-if you don't mind that is." she was fidgety and kept twirling the ends of the hair between her fingers. Looking over her head Sasuke could see she had a couple of large bags with her and looking down into her eyes he could tell she was extremely stressed. Taking a deep breath she tried to muster up as much confidence as she possibly could.
"I would like to rent a room from you Sasuke. I am afraid to say I was evicted from my apartment this morning because I lost my job and was not able to pay any of my bills. This is the only place I have left to turn. I cant return home to my clan for the fact they will only see this as proof of my incompetence and I moved out in the first place to prove I can make it on my own. And choosing between dogs or bugs is a choice I don't want to make if I was to stay with either Kiba or Shino. And the others I'm afraid I don't know well enough to ask a favor such as this." she gave a low bow making her hair fall over her face." Please. I would be an excellent house guest and once I find another job I would gladly pay you as much as you ask to be able to stay here."
He didn't know what to do as she returned to standing position. The moon reflected in the girls eyes and he saw they had a tinge of lavender to them. Then Sasuke's stomach gave another distracting grumble that was louder than before and he did his best not to express his embarrassment as Hinata let out a soft giggle.
"Why wouldn't you ask Sakura or Naruto? You know them better than you do me." He leaned himself on the frame of the door.
"I wouldn't want to get in the way of Sakura studying and I-I could n-never ask something like this of N-Naruto-kun." she twirled her hair even more just by mentioning Naruto's name to the point it almost knotted itself around her finger as Sasuke's stomach growled again.
He placed his hand over his stomach." I will make a deal with you. If you do all of the household work I'll allow you to stay here for free. But only until you can find somewhere else to stay and then yo-" He stopped once Hinata took both his hands into hers and drew him close to her. There were only a few inches between them and he could feel the fabric of her thin shirt brush against his fingers and the softness of her chest.
" Thank you so much Sasuke-kun! I appreciate this and I will start repaying you right now!" she let herself inside and found her way to the kitchen and after bringing her belongings into the living room he sat at the small dinning table and watched her go to work.
She wrapped her hair into a loose bun with strands falling out around her neck as she started cutting and chopping the few vegetables in the refrigerator. Sasuke never had a talent for cooking so he only kept the essentials like milk and eggs in the house but somehow she was able to find the basics for simple fried rice and tea. She set the table and sat besides Sasuke watching him take a bite, waiting for his approval. It was the first home cooked meal he had had in years and he allowed himself to show more enthusiasm as he ate it than he would have liked but at this point he was starving. Hinata grinned as they ate in silence and cleaned the dishes when Sasuke had gotten his fill after another three large bowls of rice. Again he felt exhausted and sat drinking another cup of tea Hinata had poured for him. Her skirt was short and showed her long legs and her thin blue shirt clung to her body as she washed. This brought back memories of when he would see his mother cooking in the kitchen and his father would be sitting in the same seat he was watching her and reading. The memory also reminded him that Hinata was the first person to come inside since the massacre, Sakura and Naruto have never even been inside in all of the years he had known them. But he had different feeling for them than he did for Hinata. Of all the women in Konohagkure she was the only one that acted as if she could care less about Sasuke. She didn't swoon when the raven haired boy would walk into the room at school or show any emotion towards him at all beyond her typical polite demeanor on the few occasions she had spoken to him. She only had eyes for that idiot blond which was what made Sasuke only have eyes for her. He could not admit it to anyone but he had over time come to terms with the fact he was attracted to the Hyūga girl. Her smile made his heart beat get off track and her voice was sweet but she was in love with his best friend.
"I suppose I should get you a room." He got up from the table and Hinata scuttled behind him to a room across from his own. He stood for a moment in front of the door examining it , trying to remember what was behind it but the memory wouldn't come. "It will be dusty, I haven't been in here in a very long time."
The room he remembered was his aunts once the door was open and they stepped inside. It was small with only a few possessions that were all covered in a thick layer of dust. Cob webs hung in each corner of the room and the air smelt damp but overall it was a nice room.
"Instead I think you should sleep in my bed. You can clean this up tomorrow , you'll probably get sick if you sleep in here with it like this." he closed the door and Hinata's eyes were huge and her face was fire engine red.
"What?"
"S-s-sleep I-in the same bed a-as y-y-you?" Sasuke's spiky hair stood on end at the thought of sharing the same bed as Hinata.
Slapping himself on the forehead he gave a loud groan before saying "No of course not! Just sleep in my room I'll just sleep o the couch." he flung the door open for her and went to the living room and flopped on the couch burying his face in the cushion. He went back to sleep thinking he had just made another mistake.
August
"Sasuke would you like something to eat or do you still feel sick?" Hinata walked into Sasuke's bedroom and handed him a glass of water. His eyes had bags underneath them and she felt pity for him as he clenched at his stomach and tried to sit up in his bed.
School starts in four days but Sasuke had been feeling terrible for about two weeks. It started out that he would just feel queasy every now and then but now most days he couldn't leave the house. He kept getting nose bleeds and throwing up and now he must have some urinary problem since he had to run to the bathroom all day. Now he was dehydrated, tired and irritable but having Hinata around helped. She held up her end of the bargain by keeping the house spotless and cooked all of their meals everyday along with the duty of being his at home nurse.
There was a knock at the door and Sasuke looked over the rim of the glass at Hinata. "I hope you wont be mad but I called Sakura over to look at you. I don't think I'm helping you very much. You only seem to be getting worse." she handed him a box of tissue as his nose started to bleed again and went to answer the door.
Sakura had brought Naruto along with her and they were surprised to find out Hinata had been living with Sasuke for the past month. They were his closest friends and this had been the first time they have stepped foot into the Uchiha household. Hinata lead Sakura to Sasuke's bedroom and she and Naruto waited in the living room.
The pink haired girl frowned and shook her head seeing what a sorry state her friend was in. "You should have called me earlier Sasuke, were you really going to just suffer instead of getting some type of medical attention? I mean you think Naruto is an idiot but right now you seem like you have rocks for brains." she unclasped a medical bag with a small click and started checking his temperature and asking him about his symptoms. She was very professional and Sasuke felt like he was in an actual doctors care. He told her as she asked him to lift his shirt and gingerly pushed into his stomach. Sasuke found this uncomfortable and painful. It was tender and even though Sakura was barely applying any pressure it made him feel like he was on the verge of crying.
"Sasuke how much to you think you weigh?" she started writing something down in a journal and snatched the page out of his view as he answered that he thought around a hundred and fifteen pounds." Hmmm, ok. Pee in this cup." She reached into her bag and pulled a plastic cup out then tossed in on the bed. "I'll turn my back."
"I'm not going to pee in a cup with you in here! And I'm not going to pee in my room at all the bathroom is right over there!" He grumbled as he walked to the bathroom and Sakura chewed on the end of her pen with a worried expression on her face as she went and paced in the living room.
"Hey Sakura is something wrong? He looks worse than I expected he's all pasty white and…" Naruto looked to the bathroom door then whisper. " And kind of bloated if you ask me." Sakura ignored Naruto's comment and continued to pace and scribble more things into the journal. Then as Sasuke came out of the bathroom slightly disgusted by what he was handing over Sakura was slipping on a glove with a sharp snap. She went into the kitchen and placed a mat on the counter with some powder from her bag. When the others tried to follow her she shooed them back out of the room where they could hear her mixing , turning pages in her journal while placing more objects on the counter. The other three took a seat back in the living room, Naruto in a reading chair and Sasuke and Hinata together on the couch.
"So are you two, well, together or something?" Hinata nearly fainted and Sasuke stood and gave him a good jab to the shoulder. " Shit what was that for! You could have just said no, I mean what was I suppose to think? She lives here and you were keeping it a secret." Naruto rubbed his arm and pouted like a child.
"She needed a place to stay is all." Sasuke crossed his arms. "Why are you here anyway?"
"I was worried about you. I was with Sakura when she got a call from Hinata. You haven't been acting normal for a while now and well you. Ya know. Have gotten just a tinny bit…"
"A tinny bit what?" Hinata made a sign with her hands telling Naruto to shut up but he ignored her.
"Fat."
Hinata covered her mouth and tried to think of something to say. She had noticed Sasuke had been putting on weight but she didn't know how to question him about it.
It only made it worse that Sasuke himself hadn't even noticed the ten or so pounds he had put on that distributed to his stomach and thighs. She felt like her heart was going to explode from the pressure of situation and Naruto looked at her as if he hadn't said anything wrong at all. Sakura walked in just at that moment with a pale face. She kneeled down in front of Sasuke and held tight to his wrist. Her mouth felt dry and she didn't know exactly how to begin and Sasuke was giving her this look that was breaking her heart. She choked back tears and in the back of her mind thought about how this was a typical thing she would have to do if she wanted to be a doctor, giving good people bad news and how she couldn't guess how Sasuke would react.
"You know I love you right, Sasuke? I mean we have been friends since we were twelve. Just you, me and Naruto. We have been together through a lot and gone so many places and done so many things. And we have been there for each other every time we made a mistake. Every time…no matter what." Sakura saw that he still had the look of superiority he always had but his hands were shaking. "Sasuke I don't really know how to tell you this but your pregnant. Your about three months so I think there is still some time in case.."
Sasuke pushed her away and looked blankly at Naruto before locking himself in his room.
