Hello! I know I just finished one story today, but I already have this story written and have to just type it so it's not really putting me out or anything…plus I'm snowed in and bored. So I present the first chapter of Iris.
Summary: Sasuke is finally off to college and away from his brother, but Itachi's years of mental and physical abuse have left Sasuke emotionally unstable. Is there someone there who can put him back together? Sasunaru AU
(Want to know something funny? My summaries are usual better than the actual story.)
I own nothing, we all know.
Iris
"I'll miss you Kiba," Naruto said to his friend/ex-roommate.
"Yeah, sorry I got to leave ya buddy," Kiba said, "I'm sure you'll get an awesome new roommate though," Kiba added, picking up his suitcase.
"Yeah, but I heard it's some rich kid and you know how they can be," Naruto said, slightly depressed.
"You'll manage," Kiba told him, "Well, I gotta go. Keep in touch."
"Have fun with being a vet and all," Naruto said to his friend, waving.
Kiba nodded and left.
"Might as well enjoy the short time alone," Naruto said to himself and lay down on his bed.
-Break-
"Here you go young man. Do you need any help finding your room?" asked the women at the receptionist's desk in the main office.
Sasuke took the keys she held out to him and shook his head. He abruptly turned around and slowly walked away.
"Who was that?" asked a secretary.
"New student Sasuke Uchiha. You might find his name familiar, his parents died in a fire nine years ago. I remember because I live on the same street he does." The other secretary answered.
"So he's all alone?" the first secretary asked concerned.
"Well, he has an older brother that takes care of him, but maybe he's still affected by it."
"At least he has a brother…"
-Break-
It took longer than expected, but Sasuke finally found his room. Though he had hoped his roommate would be out so he could have some time alone, there was no such luck. He entered the room to see a blonde haired, blue eyed boy looking at him with a wide grin on his face.
"He doesn't look rich," Naruto thought, eyeing his new roommate's worn and old looking clothes, "He's hot like one though, that's for sure." (Naruto is bi)
"Hello," Naruto said cheerfully, standing up. He held out his hand to him, but Sasuke quickly stepped away, a slightly frightened look on hi face.
"Um…ok…maybe he doesn't like shaking hands," Naruto thought perplexed. He withdrew his hand, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki. What's your name?"
Sasuke was quiet and stared at Naruto, "Sasuke Uchiha," he finally said, his voice surprisingly smooth sounding.
"Oh, that's a cool name. How old are you?" Naruto asked, sitting down on his bed. He motioned for Sasuke to join his, but the raven remained standing.
"Great, my new roommate's a total weirdo," Naruto thought.
"19," Sasuke answered after being silent for a minute.
"Sweet, same as me," Naruto said happily. Suddenly an alarm went off next to Naruto's bed, "Whoa, time sure flies. I have class," Naruto said, turning off the alarm and gathering up a few books, "Make yourself at home of course. I'll see you later." Naruto left, but he didn't receive a goodbye.
-Break-
Naruto returned a few hours later to find Sasuke gone.
"Must have class," Naruto said to himself. He noticed Sasuke's bag on the bed across from his, "He didn't unpack?" Naruto shrugged it off and glanced at the clock, "I should be able to call Kiba now." Naruto picked up the phone on his desk and dialed his friend's cell number.
"Talk to me," Kiba answered.
"Is that how a professional answers the phone?" Naruto asked teasingly.
"Oh hey Naruto," Kiba said, "Well, I can't help the way I talk. So how's it going with your new roomie?"
"Oh jeez Kiba, the guy's a nut I swear. He barely talks at all and I held out my hand for him to shake and he acted like he thought I was going to smack him," Naruto said.
"That is weird. What else?" Kiba asked.
"Well, his name is Sasuke and he's supposed to be rich, but he doesn't really look it," Naruto continued, and then he noticed the door to the room was slightly opened and Sasuke was standing there. It was obvious that he had heard what Naruto had said about him. When Sasuke saw Naruto was looking at him a quickly turned and walked away.
"Naruto?" Kiba asked from the phone, "Hello?"
"Shit, he just heard what I said. I got to go," Naruto said and quickly hung up before Kiba could respond.
Naruto got up and ran down the hallway where he saw Sasuke walking away, "Oi, Sasuke!" he called running down the hall, "I'm sorry I-" he reached Sasuke and grabbed his arm to stop him.
As soon as Sasuke felt Naruto's hand touch him, he quickly jerked his arm away, "Don't touch me," he said, his voiced sounded choked. Naruto looked surprised and took a step back. Sasuke's hand moved to where Naruto had touched him and Sasuke held his hand there, like Naruto had touched a hurt spot or something. Sasuke sighed and turned to return to their room.
Naruto was still in a state of shock. He had never looked closely at Sasuke before, his eyes looked…hurt.
"Is it because of what I said?" Naruto wondered, "No, he looked like that when I last saw him. Why?"
Naruto walked back to their room and peeked in cautiously. Sasuke was lying on his bed. Naruto looked him over more carefully; he looked kind of…dead, like the spark had gone out of him.
"Um, Sasuke? I'm sorry; I shouldn't have said anything about you. It's not right, I now nothing about you." Sasuke just looked at Naruto, not saying anything.
Once again, he got a good look at Sasuke's eyes. They looked more than sad…they were broken and raw…? Naruto was confused and shocked at this. What could have happened to Sasuke that left him like that? Naruto nodded although he never received an answer and went to lie on his own bed.
"What happened to you Sasuke?"
-Break-
Sasuke woke up and looked at the clock next to his bed. It was time for him to get up. He got his shampoo, towel and clothes and moved to the bathroom. He began to undress, but never looked in the mirror. He never bothered to look at his bruised and beaten reflection anymore.
-Break-
Naruto woke up and stretched, "That was a nice sleep," he thought. He heard the shower turn off. "Sounds like Sasuke's up too," Naruto up and walked to the bathroom. He opened the door and barged right in (Naruto doesn't consider privacy).
"Good morning Sas-" Naruto stopped with a shocked look on his face. Sasuke was reaching for his t-shirt, but what surprised Naruto was Sasuke body. His whole back and chest was covered with large, dark bruises and some deep scars. Sasuke stared wide-eyed at Naruto, after a second he continued putting on his shirt.
"Sa-Sasuke?" Naruto asked shakily.
Sasuke didn't respond, he just walked passed Naruto and left, but not before Naruto noticed Sasuke trembling. Naruto stood frozen until he heard the door close. Sasuke had left.
A million different thoughts were going through Naruto's head right now, but the only thing that Naruto could do was fall on his knees and cry.
-Break-
Naruto wasn't (that) stupid. He knew he couldn't go up to Sasuke, who he barely knew, and point blank ask if he was ok or what happened to him. So he did the most sensible thing and went to the library to research it. He was fairly surprised at what he found.
"Ok, so his parents died in a fore nine years ago. So, he was ten years old," Naruto murmured to himself, "And he was under the care of his older brother. Maybe he did that to himself…? No way, he couldn't do all that on his own. His brother…? Nah, what kind of brother would do that? Besides this doesn't explain how sad he looks, you can't make someone looks like that just by eating them." Naruto began packing up his books and left the library, "Oh well, perhaps I'll find out soon enough."
-Break-
Naruto walked into his room to see Sasuke getting ready to leave.
"Don't say anything about this morning," Naruto reminded himself.
"Oh you're leaving?" Naruto asked and Sasuke just looked at him as usual, "We don't have a lot of time to hang out do we?" Well, it's only the beginning of the week. I'm sure we'll have time to get to know each other eventually."
"I didn't cross the line by saying that did I?" Naruto thought.
Sasuke continued to stare at Naruto. Naruto thought he looked tired. Sasuke nodded slightly to Naruto's earlier comment and then left.
Naruto thought it was strange how Sasuke didn't seem mad at him for what happened this morning even though he had every right to be.
"I really don't understand him."
-Break-
A few hours later Naruto was studying when the phone rang. Naruto glanced at the clock and furrowed his eyebrows, "Who could it be at this hour? It's not Kiba," Naruto said and shrugged, "Hello? Naruto here."
"Hello. Is this Sasuke Uchiha's room?" asked the person on the other end.
"Yes it is. May I ask who is calling?" Naruto asked politely. "Who would be calling for Sasuke? Unless…"
"I'm his older brother. May I speak with him please?" said Sasuke's brother.
"Sasuke's brother…he sounds nice enough," Naruto thought.
"I'm sorry, he's not-" just as Naruto was saying this Sasuke walked into the room, "Oh hang on a second," Naruto said and turned to Sasuke, "Hey man, it's your brother," Naruto said, holding out the phone.
Sasuke face turned white and he shook a little, "I'mnothere," Sasuke said quickly.
"Pardon me?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.
"Tell him I'm not here," Sasuke said, covering his mouth his a shaking hand, "Please."
Naruto slowly put the phone back to his ear, "Sorry about that. As I was saying he's not here."
"Ok then, could you please tell him he forgot his guitar here? I thought he'd want it," said Sasuke's brother.
"Um…sure, goodbye," Naruto said, hanging up, "Hey Sas-" he looked up to see Sasuke was gone. He looked around and noticed the bathroom door was closed. Naruto went up to the door an put his ear against it (he learned his lesson last time). He listened closely and heard…wait…was Sasuke throwing up? He knocked and slowly opened the door. Sure enough, Sasuke's head was sunk into the toilet. Sasuke sat up and flushed before leaning against the wall across from the toilet, his head in his hands.
"Oh my god, are you ok?" Naruto asked walking in and kneeling next to Sasuke, who nodded meekly.
"No, I'm not ok," Sasuke thought (ok time out! You might have noticed that this is the first time Sasuke thinks. Actually this is the first time Sasuke has had a thought in years, but he doesn't know that so I'm telling you here. And yes I know that is very far-fetched).
"Ok," Naruto said reluctantly. He was about to help Sasuke up, but then he remembered his roommate had issues with being touched, "Um, your brother said you left your guitar at home," Naruto said, noticing how Sasuke flinched when he said 'brother'. Sasuke nodded again stood up, he started walking away and Naruto followed. Sasuke reached his bad and lay down.
"So you play guitar huh? That's so cool. I wish I could play something. You're going to want get that soon," Naruto said, but Sasuke shook his head, "Why not Sasuke? Come on, you don't have any money for transport or something? Oh, I know! I'll go with you!"
Sasuke stared at Naruto a bit and nodded, he didn't want to have to go home, but he really wanted his guitar. Plus, Naruto said he'd give him and money which he needed.
"Great! Ok, we can go tomorrow, it's Saturday and I don't have classes. Good for you?" Naruto asked and Sasuke nodded.
"But I don't want to see him. Itachi."
Ok, that's chapter one. Hope you liked it and I didn't mess up TOO bad on how colleges are, I don't know so…anyways, review please.
