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Chapter 2: The date


That evening, Sasuke drove his motor to the bank near the Hyuuga's. He was looking forward to his date with Neji. He was taking him out to diner. When Sasuke got to the bank, Neji was already standing there against a wall. He was wearing jeans now, a white shirt and over it a leather jacket. Sasuke didn't even know Neji HAD those kind of clothes. The cap was gone too. "Hey." He said to Neji.

"..Hey." Neji said and moved himself off the wall, walking to Sasuke, looking at the motor with a look of approval. He didn't looked Sasuke in the eyes, he had to admit, he was a bit unsure of himself right now. These clothes didn't felt very good on his body, like they didn't belong there.

"You look good." Sasuke said and then passed Neji a helmet. "Hop on." He said and gave his head a nod to sign Neji to sit behind him.

"Thanks. I guess.." Neji muttered, accepting the helmet and putting it on. He doubted for a moment before sitting down behind Sasuke.

"You'll have to hold onto me, but don't worry, it's not sex." Sasuke joked and then put back on his helmet.

"Very funny." Neji snapped and then laid his hands on Sasuke's sides, not very tight, but enough so he wouldn't fall off.

Sasuke smirked a little at Neji's touch and then drove off, to the real place of their date.

Neji held on more and more tightly, because he felt the pressure of the wind on him. Where would they even go to? A restaurant, a cafe, perhaps Sasuke's house? He didn't know. They drove for some time, before stopping in some kind of old looking street. There was a plate hanging on one of the windows of a house, where was written: 'The local eating cafe'. Hm. Would they eat here? Probably, since Sasuke was stopping.

Sasuke pulled his motor over and stopped. He pulled of his helmet again. "Well. We're here." Sasuke said and turned around to Neji with a smirk. The guy was practically hugging him from behind now.

Neji quickly let go of him and stepped off the motor. He put off his helmet too, giving it to Sasuke.

"It looks nice." Neji admitted. He straightened his hair a bit. Something he didn't really want others to know too, he loved to take care of his hair.

"It 'is' nice. Let's go." Sasuke said. He put his helmets away in the storage in his motor and then walked inside the cafe.

Neji nodded and followed Sasuke into the cafe. It was a bit smoky in there, but the atmosphere was good. There were no loud students or dirty old people in there. Just some creative looking people or just some old well-bred men who were reading a paper and drinking some coffee or were eating.

"It's not really fancy, but I figured we weren't in for that." Sasuke said and smiled at Neji, before sitting down. He came here a lot. But like hell his friends could find out about that.

Neji nodded and sat down on the spot facing him. He pulled off his leather jacket and looked around a bit. It was a really comfortable place.

"You don't talk a lot do you? Why don't you tell me a little about yourself while we look through the menu." Sasuke said as they immediately got the menu from a waitress. He nodded to her with a smile.

Neji nodded to her too and then looked at Sasuke. "I don't really know what to tell. You can ask questions if you want." He said, looking a bit through the menu.

"Ok. Do you like your hair a lot? Since it's so well taken care off." Sasuke said and looked through the menu.

"Yeah well.. I love taking care of it yeah." Neji answered, blushing a bit. He was a bit ashamed of that.

"Good. At least that's something you like to take care of then. We couldn't say that about your usual clothes hm." Sasuke said and smiled. He knew a little joke wouldn't hurt. "Sooo, is it true you failed your first year of high school? 'Cause that would mean you're one year older then me right. Sixteen then." Sasuke said.

Neji bit down onto his lip after hearing the first comment, nodding when he heard the second one. "Yes, I failed the first year. It was... a disturbing year, you could say." Neji answered.

"Why then? Did something happen?" Sasuke asked, curious again. He really hated his own curiosity sometimes, especially now that he saw Neji's face.

"Yeah well I heard something I didn't knew before and it changed my life completely." Neji answered, shrugging. "Perhaps I'll once tell you, but I can't tell you now."

"Why not? If it made you fail a year, then it must be something serious right?" Sasuke asked, then signed for the waitress again.

"Yes and that's exactly why I can't tell you." Neji said. "It's something really serious."

"Oh. Well next question then." Sasuke said. He knew he couldn't force Neji into telling him. Better play the nice guy to get that down later. Sasuke smiled again. Then the waitress showed up. "What will it be?" She asked. "I'll take the usual." Sasuke said and smiled at her. He seriously went here too often.

"I'd just like the soup." Neji said, smiling at the waitress too.

"Coming right up." The waitress said and took the menu's, then left again.

"So, next question right. Any siblings?" Sasuke asked, brightening up the mood.

Neji shook his head. "No I don't. You?"

"A brother. Uchiha Itachi. I'm sure you've heard of him. He's one of the populars too." Sasuke said and leaned his head on one hand.

Neji looked at him for a moment and then shook his head. "No sorry, I don't really know him." He said.

"Oh. You really are weird. Anyhow, I have a brother. So what about your parents? Separated, still together?" Sasuke asked.

"No they died." Neji said, shrugging. "I'm living with my uncle now."

"Really? And your uncle hates you? Is he the one beating you up too?" It just got out of Sasuke's mouth before he could stop it. That wasn't a very smart move.

"He doesn't beat me up, he just hits me if he thinks it's needed." Neji snapped, becoming a bit annoyed now.

"Still counts as abuse. Why do you let him do that anyhow? Why don't you just live on your own?" Sasuke asked. He couldn't understand anyone staying with someone who would hit them.

"...Well.. I can't really get a job because of that... well, happening." Neji muttered.

"..Why not? You don't have to tell them everything. If you're capable it doesn't really matter." Sasuke said. He had a job and he never told anyone about his home situation or stuff like that.

"It's in my personal file." Neji said, shrugging.

"Why? What the hell is it?" Sasuke asked frustrated. He didn't understand this at all. Then the food arrived. Sasuke thanked the waitress again and started eating his fries. "Anyhow, why don't you ask 'me' things now?" Sasuke asked.

Neji nodded to her too and sighed a bit at Sasuke. "Like? How you live at home and if you have a job?" Neji said, not being really interested.

"I have a job." Sasuke said, ignoring the first question. Neji would probably not really care about it, he didn't seem just the slightest interested in Sasuke whatsoever.

"Which is?" Neji asked. "And don't ignore my first question." He started to eat a bit of his soup.

"I work at several shops and at Saturday and Friday night at a bar." Sasuke said. He still ignored the first question. Neji should be lucky he got to know he had more then one job. Practically nobody knew that.

"So you live on your own without a lot of money?" Neji asked, stirring his soup a bit.

"No. Who said I live on my own? Who said I don't have a lot of money? I have money." Sasuke said offended. It wasn't so much that Neji thought he was poor or anything. More that he didn't give a shit about it.

"If you have parents they'd pay a bit for you you know." Neji said, looking at Sasuke.

"I don't have parents, but I still don't live alone." Sasuke snapped. Neji'd better let this rest now.

"You're living with your brother?" Neji asked, taking the spoon into his mouth.

"Yeah, so? Got a problem with it or something?" Sasuke snapped annoyed. He was eating his fries a little too violently now.

"No, I'm just interested." Neji said, with one eyebrow pulled up.

"You don't 'seem' very interested." Sasuke snapped again, then took a deep breath. He had to calm himself down.

Neji was silent now and continued to eat his soup.

"If you didn't wanna go on this date, you should've said so. You can still leave if you want." Sasuke said and looked at Neji. He wasn't gonna do this if Neji wasn't even gonna try.

"If you're going to snap all the time I don't feel like doing this you know." Neji said.

"I'm not snapping. Look, I just don't like talking about my home situation ok. Let's keep it on I got a lot of jobs and I'm rich." Sasuke said. He knew it sounded weird, but he hated his own home, the way he lived.

"If you want that." Neji said, almost having finished his soup.

Sasuke sighed and looked away a little annoyed. He pushed aside his fries. Neji seriously ruined his appetite.

Neji looked at him for a moment and then looked away as well. He was done with the soup now.

They stayed silent like that for a long while. "If you want you can go." Sasuke said, breaking the silence. He was disappointed in this date already. Neji wasn't at all what he had expected.

Neji looked at him for a moment and then he grabbed his wallet out of his jacket and took some money out of it. He laid it down onto the table, grabbed his jacket and then stood and left, walking towards the door. He already knew he shouldn't have agreed in the first place if he was only going to act like he didn't care.

Sasuke sighed and then walked after Neji, picking up the money and replacing it with his. He stopped Neji outside. "You can't walk home, you don't even know where we are." He said as he pushed Neji's money back into his hands and walked to his motor.

"I'll find it." Neji said. "I've walked somewhere I didn't know anything very often. Sorry for ruining this, I just.. Well let it be." He muttered the last thing. "And I can pay it you know."

"I don't care. You're not walking." Sasuke said and grabbed a helmet, then tossed one to Neji. Even though this was a fucked up date, he wouldn't let Neji go home alone in this neighbourhood.

Neji caught it and looked at Sasuke frowning, then putting on the helmet. Somehow he got the feeling that they wouldn't go to his home now, but that was just a hint of fear for.. Well.

"This date isn't finished ok. We're going to my house, even though I hate my house and I'd rather not show anyone where I live, we went on a date and I'm not ruining it because 'you're' not interested." Sasuke snapped and then put on his helmet as he dragged Neji behind him on the motor.

Neji decided to not argue with him and sat down a bit more comfortable, holding Sasuke's sides again. But he still was afraid, and even more now, for that particular thing to happen.

Sasuke just drove off, to his house. Apartment. Shed. Yes. Uchiha Sasuke was poor.


When they stopped at the flat where Sasuke's apartment was in, Neji got off the motor and put off his helmet. He guessed Sasuke's brother wasn't home since Sasuke wanted the date to continue here. But why here?

Sasuke placed his motor in a small garage and locked it, then signed for Neji to follow him. They went up two floors and Sasuke opened the door to his apartment. "Well. This is where I live." He said and let Neji in, slightly annoyed and embarrassed.

Neji looked around. "It's nice." He said. Ok, it was only the living room of the Hyuuga estate, but it wasn't 'that' small or something. But the rooms were decorated nicely, which made the apartment look better.

"It's not nice, it's a fucking shed." Sasuke said and closed the door behind him, he kept looking at the floor. To think he actually showed someone his house. And Neji for that matter. He didn't even know himself why he did it.

"Don't act ridiculous, it's fine." Neji said. "You've decorated the house really nice, it doesn't matter if it's small or not. You can live in it and that's where it's about."

"Not if you wanna be liked it isn't. Do you want a drink? You can choose, milk or water. It's all we have." Sasuke said as he poured himself a glass of milk.

"Water please." Neji said. "And if your friends only like you because of the size of your house they're not friends." He sat down on the couch now.

"If I didn't have them I didn't have anybody. So. I'd rather have them fake." Sasuke said and filled a glass with water for Neji, then walked to the couch and sat down beside Neji, giving him his glass.

"Thanks." Neji said, accepting the glass of water. "And your brother then?"

"Itachi's my brother, we barely talk, we don't have time for it with the jobs we do." Sasuke said and drank his milk. He just couldn't bring himself to be nice to Neji right now. He felt awkward. Ashamed of his lifestyle.

"Hm ok." Neji answered, drinking some of his water. He put it on a table now, looking at the ground, searching for something to talk about.

Sasuke kept silent and just drank his milk slowly. He wasn't in for much right now, with Neji not being interested at all. He should've just let the guy walk home.

"...Why did you wanted to take me home?" Neji asked all of sudden. He looked at Sasuke, to make clear that he wanted an answer.

Sasuke sighed. "Just felt like it. Wouldn't wanna spend my day off alone." Sasuke said and then looked away before standing up and walking back to the kitchen. Which was like four steps from his couch.

Neji looked down. "Alright." He said. Somehow, it hurt a bit. What the hell? Alright, rewind. It didn't hurt or annoy him at all.

"You can do whatever you want. Get interested in me, go home or just sit there and do nothing. I don't really care anymore, this date isn't going anywhere." Sasuke didn't knew why he was being so dramatic. It wasn't like they were together. Or maybe that was exactly the problem. No. That couldn't be it.

Neji shrugged. "I don't really get why you almost beg me to go out with you and now after a few minutes that you decide you don't like me you're going to act uninterested." He said, standing up now, brushing his hair back a bit. "I guess I'll see you on school then." He put on his jacket again, which he had pulled off when they'd entered.

"It's because YOU act uninterested, you can't ask questions just for the fun of it and you play with your food while we're on a date. At least I TRIED to get along, but you just don't feel like it, for god knows what reason. I don't even know why I went through the trouble of showing you my apartment. It was pretty much just an embarrassment." Sasuke said as he walked out of the kitchen again.

"You tried for five minutes." Neji said. "And I've went further then I ever went, but I guess that says nothing hm. And stop whining about the embarrassment because you have nothing to be ashamed of." With that he walked towards the door.

"Well I think I do and that's what counts. Besides, I still tried five minutes more then you. Just tell me what you wanna do or what you wanna talk about and fine, I'll do it. But you barely speak, you barely move and when I try to get to know you I can't know anything about you. You're just so vague." Sasuke said.

"I guess I just became good in not attracting people." Neji said and then opened the door and slammed it closed again. He didn't really understand why he was so frustrated now, but he really was. He was very angry and confused, just... frustrated.

"You would if you'd opened up!" Sasuke yelled through a closed door, then gave out a grunt and sat down on the couch annoyed. Stupid Neji. He shouldn't be so annoyed by it anyhow. It was Neji. Hyuuga Neji! The freak from school! Why would he bother, he should've focused on staying nice so he could reach his dare. But nooo, he had to go and like the guy. Great job.

Sasuke then stood up and opened the door again, following Neji. "Look Neji, at least let me bring you home, this area isn't very safe." Sasuke said. Great, now he was worried about the guy too.

"I can save myself Sasuke." Neji snapped and then continued walking off the stairs which he had been doing.

Sasuke just followed Neji down the stairs too. "No you can't, trust me. I didn't get very lucky here my first time. Neji why don't we just start over?" Sasuke asked and grabbed Neji's arm so he would finally stop walking.

Neji frowned and stopped walking, turning around. "I'm sorry but I still have the 'I don't want a relationship' thing in my head." He said. "So I can't really act like you do, or others do. I can see that you can't deal with that so just let me go home ok."

"I don't care if you don't want a relationship, we could at least have a fun date. Besides, maybe we'll be friends because of it." Sasuke said. He couldn't give up yet. At least now he would just go for his dare, no matter what he felt for the stupid Hyuuga.

Neji looked at him for a moment and then nodded.

"Good." Sasuke said and smiled, walking back to his apartment. That went better then expected.

Neji followed him now, feeling a bit relieved too, that Sasuke actually cared.

Sasuke opened his apartment again and let Neji in with a smile this time. "We could watch a movie if you want." He said.

Neji smiled a bit at him. He didn't smile a lot, so it really meant something. "Sure." He said, nodding. He put off his jacket again.

Sasuke closed the door. "So uhm, I don't really have a lot of movies...Two to be honest. So we could watch whatever's on TV." Sasuke said as he grabbed his two DVD's anyhow.

"It's fine Sasuke." Neji said, nodding. "I'm sure I haven't seen those yet, but I guess that TV is fine, since I guess you've seen those DVD's a lot already." He sat down onto the couch again now.

"Yeah pretty much. We'll just watch something on TV then." Sasuke said and put on the TV, then sat down next to Neji on the couch.

"Are you going to do something at the school's night?" Neji asked. The school's night was an evening at the end of next week, where everyone could perform something.

"I don't know. I'll probably get forced to do something ridiculous by my friends. So far they haven't asked yet. So no." Sasuke said and looked at Neji. "You?" He asked.

"I was thinking on singing something, but as a freak of the school I can't do that hm." Neji answered, smiling a bit.

"You sing? Let me hear some." Sasuke said and turned a little to Neji with his body. He didn't knew Neji sung. But with that voice of his it probably sounded great too.

"..No." Neji said, blushing. Hell no he was going to sing for Sasuke, that would be too embarrassing.

"If you wanna sing for the entire school you gotta be able to sing for one person too. Come on." Sasuke said and smiled at Neji.

"Hmm.. there you got a point. Ok don't laugh at me ok?" Neji said, a bit nervous. He started to sing one of his favourite songs, not singing too hard but not too soft either. His voice was calm and clear.

Sasuke looked at Neji with big eyes. Neji was good. Really good. Did he have classes on this or something? He really sung great.

Neji finished his song and then looked away, red as a tomato.

"It was good, don't be ashamed." Sasuke said and smiled at Neji. This guy really brought surprises. Who would've guessed he could sing.

"Thanks." Neji said, smiling a bit. He stroked his hair out of his eyes now.

"Neji seriously. Why would you wanna hide yourself? I mean. You're pretty, talented, good with words, not an imbecile, like we all thought. So why do you do it?" Sasuke asked. He really didn't understood it.

"I won't tell you that.. only if you guess it or something, I'm not going to lie about it." Neji answered, shrugging. "It's not something easy. I just can't.. " He said, trailing off again. "It doesn't matter."

"Well, it can't be 'that' bad right? I mean, it has something to do with sex right? So other then getting a SOA or having one already, I can't think of anything." Sasuke said, thinking.

Neji rolled his eyes. "No, it's no SOA." He answered. "It's more serious."

"More serious then a SOA? What's more serious then a SOA? I mean, yeah if you had some kind of other disease, but it has something to do with sex, so I wouldn't know. You're a virgin right?" Sasuke asked, curious again.

Neji nodded. Where was this conversation going?

"I'm not. Heh I guess any idiot could figure that out. So do you just not like sex or something? You are gay right?" Sasuke asked. He was really getting curious now.

"Well yes I'm gay, but well, I don't know... I can't say if I like sex or not hm. I never did it." Neji answered, shrugging.

"Would you want it?" Sasuke asked and looked Neji in the eyes.

"I don't know." Neji answered, looking away. "Only if it is with a condom or something, and a really strong one." He closed his eyes. Shit, now he almost betrayed what his problem was. He let his hand slide through his hair nervously again.

"...So it is a SOA right? Seriously, that's all I can think off." Sasuke said.

"No it's not a SOA..." Neji muttered.

Sasuke sighed. "Well since I'm never gonna guess it, let's move on. Did you ever get kissed?" Sasuke asked.

Neji shook his head. "I didn't do any of the psychical contact things. Anything that has something to do with relations."

Sasuke looked at Neji for a while then grabbed his head and gave Neji a brief kiss. "There. Now you at least had your first kiss." Sasuke said and smiled at Neji. That was fun. Neji's lips were really soft.

Neji looked at him for a moment with a frown. "Why did you do that?" He asked. "You're not using me, are you?"

Sasuke laughed a little. "You're an idiot. I kissed you because I think you're cute." Sasuke said and let Neji's head go.

"Thanks, I guess.." Neji muttered, a bit confused. He licked off his lips in thought. Sasuke actually thought he was cute? Like looking good or actually being sweet? What did he mean?

Sasuke shook his head a little with a smile. "You're such a weirdo Neji. Seriously. You in for a real kiss now?" Sasuke asked and smirked a little.

"I don't know where you think of with a real kiss?" Neji asked, looking at Sasuke. Trying couldn't hurt right?

"Well, a real kiss. You know tongue involved and shit." Sasuke said and looked back at Neji. Was Neji really gonna do it? Was Sasuke really that good? Well doh, of course he was. But still.


A/N: Wow, what a cliffhanger... -.-' I know, it's no cliffhanger at all, but else the chapter was going to be too long. Review please!