"HELLO!!" A blond boy yelled into empty space. His voice ricocheted off the concrete walls in a million whispers, "hello, hello, hello, hello, hello."
Uchiha Sasuke smiled to himself, who was this strange boy? The blond had now closed his eyes and was spinning in circles while the strong Autumn wind rushed past him, throwing his wild steps to the side. Sasuke smiled, watching the simple ecstasy of the boy. A strong desire to stop the boy's spinning and hold him close entered his mind. Grinning inwardly at the thought, he walked out the door of the abandoned warehouse.
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Sasuke walked into his apartment, the previously good mood evaporated into monotony. Silence hummed in his thoughts. Music, he thought, he should put on some music. No, his mind protested, no music. Walking towards the kitchen he mused that eating might be a good idea, although he was long used to the gnawing hole in his stomach.
Opening a cupboard, he pulled out numerous pots. Unaware of his humming, he began to enjoy the simple pleasure of cooking a rather complicated meal.
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A repetitive sound bleated through the early morning air. Sasuke reached out a hand, picked up the cell phone and proceeded to glare at the time it showed, 6:00 am.
Two minutes later, hot water was rushing over his body, running in little rivulets through his hair and over his hands. He rested his head against the cool tiles, trying to soothe away the beating headache that had invaded his mind during the night.
The water was going cold… his mind mused. Grabbing a towel, he walked out of the bathroom into his bedroom. Clothes… Clothes…
Once he was satisfied with his hair and attire, Sasuke shouldered his bag and strolled out the front door, pausing to lock it.
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Naruto glared out the window. Stupid parents, he thought, idiotic, stupid, fucking parents. Hate lashed through his veins as he recalled the latest fight he was a part of this morning.
The seat next to him was boasting an empty space; tears almost welled up as he remembered his friend whom had disappeared from the face of the earth. Spain, Spain was the place they were rumored to be in now. Fucking Spain! His heart wrenched in its place, wanting to break into two, as he recalled the memory briefly.
Mr. Hatake was late as usual. Ten minutes late.
"Sorry!" A man with grey hair burst into the room.
Speak of the devil, Naruto thought.
"I have a real reason this time though!" the man continued. "You see, we have a transfer student!" He pointed at the door, "Uchihaaa Sasuke."
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Sasuke walked nervously through the door. The teacher with shocking grey hair was pointing at him with a gleeful look on his face. Sasuke assumed his 'emotionless' expression and stood in the classroom looking around.
The teacher then folded his arms and smugly looked around the class.
"Uzumaki Narutoooo." he said elongating the sound of the 'o', "Sasuke-san will sit next to you!"
Sasuke glanced around the class and saw no one show that their name was Naruto. Mr. Hatake sighed dejectedly.
"The boy with blond hair whom is staring out the window Sasuke. Go sit next to him."
The blond jerked his head around in confusion after hearing reference to him. Sasuke almost broke his emotion-devoided mask into a smile, at the sight of the blond's expression.
"Uhm?" Naruto offered.
"Sasuke-san will be sitting next to you for the remainder of this year Naruto."
Naruto stared at the man in shock. He opened his mouth to respond, but quickly closed it and gave a nod; he was still staring at Sasuke.
Sasuke was starting to feel uncomfortable at the boy named Naruto's gaze, those blue eyes seemed to pierce his soul.
"Go on then" The teacher shooed Sasuke to the empty desk besides Naruto. "Now! Onto the marvelous of Maths!" (1)
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So, now Sasuke, or whoever, was sitting next to him, taking the place of Gaara. The bastard, thought Naruto. How dare he just come in and try to take Gaara's place! Naruto was staring out the window again, his stare directed at nothing particular. Out of the side of his eye, he saw a shadow of Sasuke moving closer too him, soon Sasuke's head was by his, staring out the window with him.
"What cha looking at?" It whispered in his ear
The voice was soft, deep and warm, it made Naruto shiver slightly.
"Nothing." he stated
"Ah" It replied
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Sasuke went through the rest of the day thinking about Uzumaki. He was sure he had seen him somewhere. Really sure.
Naruto had taken him to every one of his lessons, or more, Sasuke just followed him. They had the same lessons.
He had tried one more attempt at conversation with Naruto in English.
"Hey Naruto…"
"Mmmmm?"
"Where are your friends?"
"Gone."
Sasuke had not pressed the matter. A certain number of people had disappeared in his life too.
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Sasuke stood in the old warehouse again. It was a wonderful space. So open and wide. Such a feeling of freedom was contained within its walls.
The blond kid was not here today, he mused. He remembered yesterday, when the teenager was twirling around in the wind.
The building was vast and flat, many pillars propped up the ceiling. He leant on one and pulled out a box of cigarettes. The cigarettes were his brother's fault. God, his brother had caused so much havoc in his mind, and yet, it was because of him that he was able to move away from his family. He lit the cigarette, breathing in the smoke, letting it chokingly fill his lungs, and then exhaled. The smoke rushed willing out of his lungs and into the windy world.
Sasuke stood there for a while, letting the day flow out of him with the smoke.
The pitter patter of rainfall started outside. Sasuke had smoked three cigarettes and wondered that it was probably time to be heading back.
A scream entered the building.
"WHY?!" the shout echoed around the walls.
Sasuke stayed still, frozen with shock. What the-? Another pain wracked scream flew into his ears. He ran out from behind the pillar to look at the warehouse entrance. The blond boy stood there, water pouring off him, making it hard to distinguish his tears. The boy noticed Sasuke's presence and glared up at him. Blue eyes, thought Sasuke.
Uzumaki Naruto!! The boy at school! He knew he had seen him before!
Naruto just stared at him, tears still running hot down his cheeks.
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The urge to feel someone close to him entered Naruto's mind. To be held and feel the comfort of human warmth. Blindly, he half stumbled to Sasuke and flung his arms around his body. Naruto's tears ran into his mouth, tinting his taste with salt. He stood there, hugging Sasuke while shaking with silent sobs.
"Do you want to go home?" Sasuke asked, slowly wrapping his arms around the shorter boy.
Naruto tried to speak, but every time he opened his mouth, sobs wracked from his body. Eventually he managed a choked, No.
Sasuke's deep voice sneaked into his head "Well, then we're going to my house. You need something hot and dry"
Naruto didn't even try to protest, he just felt his heart lurch out to the boy he had met today. Sasuke was so kind. And so nice. Why?
Naruto felt a comfortable weight fall across his body. Sasuke had taken off his leather jacket and draped it over him.
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Naruto was obviously in no condition to walk. And he was shivering violently, though that was slowly dying down in intensity thanks to his jacket.
Sasuke sighed, the only way he was going to get the boy home reasonably dry was to carry him. He bent down and knocked Naruto's legs out from under him. Catching him in one fluid movement, he mused at how light and 'delicate' Naruto's body was.
Time to run through the rain, he thought sarcastically to himself, holding the boy perhaps a little to close to his warm body.
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Well… I guess that is a chapter? I dunno… all I know, is it's the longest thing I've ever wrote!
Btw, I'm terrible at grammar… so if you feel like correcting it, go ahead!
This is my first fanfic… so… it's probably far from perfect… I bet it's also cliche! XD Sooooo, feel free to crit!
Where I live, we say Maths, not Math. Afterall, Maths is derived from Mathematics, which is a PLURAL! (Now I shall stop before I say too much XD)