A/N: i am so, so so so so so so sorry about how late this update is ;_; ive been really busy with school and my internet at home is a piece of crap and we just got it up and running again... pleasedonthurtme ;3; *hides in shame*
i hope you enjoy this chapter... *bawls eyes out* i promise ill update this story plus Ride Out The Wave really really soon and ill even put up a new story just for you guys *begs for forgiveness* please R&R 33333
I get so distracted
By some peoples' reactions
That I don't see my own faults
For what they are…
~City and Colour
Naruto
"I'm glad you decided to join us, Uzumaki. Get to your seat."
Giggles filled the room as the grinning blond quickly took his seat in the back row, his mind racing.
'He still hasn't talked, but at least he laughs.' Naruto thought. Yet another English class was spent in the library, third floor to be exact. He ignored the entire class—which was fairly easy—and concentrated on the few facial expressions the dark-haired youth made.
'Sasuke.' The very thought of his name sent a flutter of emotions through the blonds' body. Confusion, curiosity, caution, friendship and… something else. Something that he didn't understand, that he couldn't name, but the nameless emotion made him so happy…
The rest of the day went by without an issue (besides almost burning Sakura's hair off in science…), and there was no sight of Sasuke.
"Come on, Naruto! I have to go grocery shopping!"
"Just wait a minute, Granny!" running into the house quickly, Naruto ditched his school uniform for his comfortable orange sweater and black jeans before he ran back out to his aunt, Tsunade, who was impatiently waiting in the car.
"Call me 'granny' one more time…"
"You know you love it." He kissed her on the cheek when he hopped through the door, a grin lighting up his face. Tsunade couldn't help but smile at her nephew—even if he was a damn brat—as she started the car.
They came back a few hours later, carting in a truck-load of bags. When they were done, Naruto went into the kitchen and started to cook dinner.
Out of all the chores that Tsunade made him do, cooking was his favourite. The fact that he had control, that he could do what he wanted to do… it was priceless. And with Tsunade's help, his skills grew.
Without warning, his mind flashed to the one-sided conversations he was having with the disturbingly silent raven. It's been two weeks since he first found him, alone on the third floor of the library, music blasting. There wasn't much improvement; he still hasn't talked, only sat quietly and listened. But he was smiling, laughing from time to time, and even today, when they passed each other in the halls, the raven waved slightly, a small smile stretching his lips. That caused whispers to erupt around Naruto, but he paid more attention to the retreating raven.
Shaking his head, the blond tried to keep his mind on cooking, reminding himself that his aunt was waiting to be fed.
Sasuke
"Hey, Sasuke! How're you today?" the raven jumped; he was zoned out, and the younger blond was as loud and obnoxious as always.
'At least that's a little normal…' an automatic smile stretched his lips. The last few weeks have been a routine; he would sit in the library, third floor, and wait for Naruto's English class to stampede—literally stampede—into the should-be quiet room.
"How was your night?" Naruto asked as he sat against the opposite bookshelf, stirring up a days worth of dust.
Shrugging slightly, the raven fiddled with a loose thread on his pants, his mouth suddenly dry and his mouth racing.
He couldn't tell Naruto about how he sat alone every day after school, reading one of his father's or his brother's many books, eating little for any kind of meal before spending the rest of the night tossing and turning, only to find a restless sleep three hours before his alarm went off.
But… even if he wanted to talk, he couldn't.
The rest of the hour was uneventful; Naruto needed some help with his science homework, but it was really just Sasuke writing the correct answers while watching the blond get even more frustrated.
"DONE. NO MORE." Snapping his notebook shut, Naruto muttered a stream of curses, mostly directed at his sensei. "Why doesn't this make any sense?"
Taking some pity—but secretly enjoying the outburst—the raven placed his work on top of the closed book, hoping to help his friend.
Not getting the hint, the blonds' face flushed bright red and his sparkling—'sparkling? Really brain?'—blue eyes narrowed to thin slits.
"I don't need to cheat, Sasuke. I'm not taking your work." He tried to give it back, but the raven shook his head.
Opening the book, he pointed to the failed questions written on the crumpled paper, and then pointed to the sheet the blond was still holding.
Glancing over both, the blue eyes widened and shone brighter. "I get it! So I just need to do a bit of this… and then a bit of that…"
His pen flying across a fresh sheet of paper, the blond quickly redid his work, muttering and cussing the entire time he held Sasuke's detailed notes.
The only thing the quiet raven could do was sit back and smile.
A/N: weeeeellllllllllllllllllll that's all i have for right now. writing the next chapter as we speak and trying to survive the last 2 weeks of school (english summitive is worth 30% and im in the COLLEGE class ;_;) thank you for reading and ill see you all soooooooonnnnnnnnn *writes like crazy*
