yo. Here you go second chapter! Not much of a talker today...

Naruto awakened to the sound of his house phone going off. He grumbled and got up to go answer it. His eyes were puffy and his face was red from crying, he was still tired as well, and really didn't feel like doing anything, but he knew if it was Sasuke calling the raven wouldn't stop calling until he picked up. He was a bastard like that, or he would come over to scold the blonde, both were still annoying either way.

He made his way to the kitchen, where the phone lay ringing on the counter top. He picked the phone up and greeted with a low hello. It was the school. The woman on the other end questioned him about his absence, and he told her he caught something so he was sick and staying home for the day. Then after that the woman hung up, quite rudely.

Just as he began to head back into his bedroom, his cellphone rang from his back pocket. He sighed and took it out. Can't people leave him be when he wants to just rot in his bed? He looked at the caller ID and bit his lip, it was Sasuke this time. Should he just ignore the raven, even with the constant calls waiting to come? Should he..answer?

He released a frustrated sigh before he clicked the answer button. "Hello?"

"Where the fuck are you?!" Sasuke's voice sounds loudly through the phone. "You wanted to meet up, but then you don't come? What the fuck! Way to waste my fucking time, asshole!"

Naruto flinched as his best friend yelled at him, then when the raven hung up, tears built up in Naruto's eyes. It's never really pleasant when your best friend yells at you...and it's never pleasant when your best friend doesn't even tell you he's going out with someone. Naruto's chest hurt like hell, it was as if someone had plunged a blade into his very heart. He let his phone slip from his hand and crash down to the tile floor below, he didn't care though.

The next day Naruto looked awful, his face was pale, his hair didn't have the shine it always had, and his goofy, ecstatic grin was no where in sight. He dressed himself in an orange hoodie with a rainbow dinosaur on the front, white skinny jeans, and bright orange Nike sneakers with Velcro straps. He grabbed his bag and cell from the floor then got his glasses from his hoodie pocket and put them on.

Today was another bright sunny day, the total opposite of how the blonde was feeling. Though, he rather liked sunny days so he didn't complain. When he arrived at school he went straight for his locker. He saw Sasuke along the way, talking with Sakura, but when he saw the blonde he gave him that famous Uchiha glare then went back to chatting with the pinkette. Naruto rolled his eyes and once he got to his locker he opened it up, grabbed all the books he needed, and shut the door.

Naruto looked around the large cafeteria, Sasuke was sitting with Sakura and his friends, obviously avoiding him, and all the other tables were filled. Well, except for one. Shino sat alone at the corner of the room, he had another container with a bug in it as he always did. Naruto sighed for what seems like the millionth time that day, it's not that Shino was rude or bad or anything, he was actually a really good guy, but the blonde really wished he could sit with Sasuke.

"Hi Shino!" The blonde greeted with a grin. Shino gave a small, almost unnoticeable, smile in return. "How was your day today?"

The bug-boy shrugged and Naruto took that as him saying his day was fine. Then Shino pushed the bug occupied container towards the blonde boy. As much as Naruto hated bugs, he'd look at them for Shino, just because he was a nice guy.

"Ooh, what kind of bug? It kinda looks like some type of beetle I've seen."

"Yes, it's an Oryctes Nasicornis, or in other words, European Rihinocerus Beetle." Shino said, and it seemed he was quite impressed Naruto at least guessed it was a beetle, not many people know much about insects. Then he suddenly felt something wet and sticky on his neck, the cafeteria's chilly. Someone had flung a spoonful of the substance at the Aburame, and Uzumaki was next.

Chilly was flung from several directions, and each shot landed on the two. Students laughed at them and a few of the more popular kids spewed hurtful words.

"Hey!" Someone shouted to the two boys' defense. When Naruto looked up, it was Sasuke sticking up for him and bug-boy. Just because Sasuke was a bit angry with his friend didn't mean he wasn't going to protect him, he wasn't that much of an asshole. Almost instantly everyone stopped laughing.

"Why the hell are you sticking up for those two losers, Sasuke-kun?" A girl queried, it was another one of Sasuke's fan girls, Ino.

"Shut up, Ino-pig. He's Sasuke's friend." Sakura said with an unamused voice, and Naruto swore he almost fainted at that moment. Sakura freaking Haruno dissed Ino for him. He felt his face go red with embarrassment, wonderful, right when Sakura notices him it's the moment he's covered in chilly.

After that no one said anything, they all just went back to eating while Naruto and Shino got up to clean themselves off in the bathroom.

"Ew, this is so going to stain." Naruto complained as he looked at the red contents on his hoodie. "Man, this was one of my favorite hoodies too." They both washed up, or at least tried, the chilly did end up staining their clothes, and nobody likes to wear stained clothes. Naruto had to help Shino with the back of his clothes, seeing as he couldn't reach. "Ugh how about we both go to our next class early, that's way better than being in that fucking place."

Shino nodded and they both separated to head to their lockers. They both had class together next period so why not just hang out there and chat, it's not like the teachers cared.

Just as the blonde shut his locker and was close leave for the classroom, someone called out his name. When he turned to see who it was he almost died from a heart attack.

"Hey, Naruto right? You okay?" Sakura spoke, making Naruto feel as though he were a Popsicle and Sakura was the burning sun.

"Oh, um, ah yeah." The blonde stuttered, then he mentally slapped himself for sounding like a total fucking moron in front of the guy he's crushing on. Gods, he can't even speak right when the guy comes close to him! How frustrating!

"Oh that's good. Hey, maybe we can hang sometime, you seem like a good guy." Oh god! Oh god! That was a dream come true for the blonde, and thank god the pinkette left right after saying that because Naruto was about to have a spaz attack. He squeeled (in a masculine way) and nearly jumped up and down, dripping with ecstasy.

"You like him." A very familiar voice called out bluntly. It was Shino. Naruto swung around and scratched at the back of his head nervously.

"What?! No way could I like him! Why would you even ask that?!"

"That wasn't a question, it's a fact. You're a terrible liar." Shino stated, which caused the blonde to deflate, giving up on attempting to try to fib anymore, he really was a bad liar.

"Okay so maybe I do kind of like him, but how could you tell? Was it really that obvious?" Naruto asked frantically. Shino adjusted his glasses on his face. It's not like it was obvious, in fact it was barely noticeable, it's just that Shino was such an observant guy, and it didn't take long for him to figure it out. When he informed the blonde that, Naruto was relieved. "Oh thank god it's not obvious. So, do you want to get to class now, the bell's about to ring."

Shino nodded and they both headed off.

That night as Naruto worked on his homework, he got a text from Sasuke.

Sasu:

Do you really like him?

Naruto froze. Did Sasuke know? Naruto was again debating whether to answer him or not. He could say he was doing his work and his phone was dead. Nah, Sasuke would see straight through that lie. So, again he picked up his phone.

Naru:

What are you talking about? Who?

Sasu:

You know who, Sakura. Do you really like him like you said you did? And don't even try to deny it, I heard that conversation with you and Shino.

Naru:

Why would it matter to you if I liked him or not, and so what if I do?

Sasu:

First of all, he's my boyfriend, I thought I told you this? Second of all, HE'S MY BOYFRIEND!

Naruto nearly broke into tears again, so it was true. Well, of course it was true by that fucking kiss between Sasuke and Sakura but couldn't the raven told him. He said he did but he didn't.

Naru:

No, you didn't tell me. But are you mad?

Sasu:

I was pissed when I found out but I calmed down since then, if only a little. Why didn't you tell me you liked him?

Naru:

Why didn't you tell me you were dating him?

Sasu:

You know what, nevermind, I have to go. Bye

Naruto stared at the screen, thought jumbled in his head, and he was close to just killing himself. Great, now Sasuke knew about his crush, and what's the bitch of it all is that Sasuke is Sakura's boyfriend.

Yup, isn't life just fine and dandy?

Review!

Yo. So apparently i now have haters. Jeez can't people leave others alone? AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THESE KINDS OF FICS, WHY IN THE FUCKING DEPTHS OF HELL DO YOU READ THEM!? Do you have brain damage or something? Apparently so, because if you didn't I'm sure you wouldn't read something you don't like!

Okay nice thoughts now. This chapter was a bit difficult, but I'm sure there are more difficulties to come! And hey, I think I just posted two chapters in one day!

WHOOT! WHOOT!

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sorry for the slight rushing that's in here, like i said, I got stuck. bye! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ