Oh, for the Love of Math!
Summary: It's not everyday you find a student who's memorized the first 1,000 digits of pie. Then again, it's not everyday you fall in love with your math teacher! NaruSasu
Warnings: Yaoi (BoyxBoy), cussing, suck-ish writing, OOC-ness, annoying–ness, rape, insanity (And a lot of it), and maybe enough craziness to stop world hunger and fight off obesity!
A/N: So, I got this review saying that someone hated math. And, trust me, I hate math too.
Just clarifying.
Anyways…
On to the story.
"Has anyone met pi? Maybe, I don't know, made an acquaintance with him?" Naruto asked his second period class.
"You're a dumb teacher." On of the students answered.
"What?"
"And def…" The boy said under his breath. "Pi isn't a person."
"I know. I'm just making it more interesting." Naruto said, noticing an up stretched arm, a raised hand, asking for his approval to speak! "Yes?" Naruto said, pointing at who he called at the time, 'Gift from Jesus'.
Only mentally, of course.
The kid had black hair, looking as smooth as silk, styled like a duck's ass in the back. He had obsidian eyes that contrasted, along with his hair, against his pale skin.
Naruto had yet to have knowledge of his name.
And this was his teacher's pet.
"I know pi…" He said quietly.
"Great! I'm sure many people in here know pi," Naruto said, sending glares at the trouble makers in the class. "Do you know any of pi?" Naruto asked.
"Oh god, don't get him started." One of the students pleaded to Naruto.
"Don't!" Another student called out.
The boy recited the first 1,000 digits of pi, slowing down at the end in a struggle to remember more.
"That's… amazing!" Naruto said excitedly. "That was the… what, first 1,000 digits of pi?" Naruto asked incredulously.
"Yes…" The kid said, glad for the praising.
"I must know your name now."
"…S-Sasuke…" Sasuke stuttered.
"Ah. Okay." Naruto said, so excited that there was intelligent kid in this school.
And in his class.
And he was just simply adorable.
Oh, Naruto was one lucky man.
Naruto slumped down in his chair, his head coming in contact with the table with a 'thud'. The first day of school for him was just simply killer! These kids were even worse than demons! They were like… like… demonic penguins! Naruto looked around the trashed classroom. Oh, it would be so great to have a janitor help me with this… The door opened, revealing a janitor.
"Ah! A janitor!" Naruto said.
"Oh, you're the new math teacher, right?" The janitor asked.
"Yes." Naruto replied flatly.
"I wouldn't want to take the fun out of the boy's day, now would I?" The janitor asked Naruto, smiling.
"What?" Naruto asked, sincerely confused.
"Sorry I'm late!" Sasuke apologized to the janitor, bowing to him, and then entered the classroom. He set his books down on his desk, taking in the trashed room, more than three desks being over turned.
"They were mean to you." Sasuke said, the janitor leaving.
"Why are you here?" Naruto asked as politely as possible. "You're 17. I think. Shouldn't you be like… I don't know," Naruto said, shrugging, "hanging out with your friends? There are people much cooler than me."
"I don't have any friends." Sasuke replied quietly, setting one the over-turned desks up-right.
"What?" Naruto asked, "Why not?"
"Because I'm smart." Sasuke replied, which was completely true.
"Why not be friends with you? You're a nice boy. And they'd probably be better off with an intelligent friend like you."
"Maybe because I'm a teacher's pet." Sasuke said slowly, turning toward Naruto.
"That's exactly why I was glad you were in here." Naruto replied.
"Well… you're a teacher." Sasuke replied, trying not to sound too harsh.
"I know." Naruto said, and then added, "Oh. I see your point."
"Exactly." Sasuke said, turning back to Mt. Everest-of-trash. He slowly started to pick it up, when Naruto decided to help him. After all, it was Naruto's classroom they were cleaning up. They cleaned up silently, both sharing occasional glances. Naruto decided that he liked the company, even if it was silent, it beat being alone by a lot. And Naruto was always alone.
Sasuke, on the other hand, couldn't understand half of what was happening. He would look at Naruto, Naruto would look at him, and Sasuke looked away, as if caught. He didn't understand why. He knew one thing; he liked this teacher more than the other. He didn't have to watch his back all of the time with Naruto around. It was a nice feeling, a feeling of being secure, safe, and… comfortable. Though there was one other feeling in there but Sasuke didn't know what. It was like a difficult equation.
Sasuke could solve any equation.
"Wow." Naruto breathed out, looking around the now neatened room.
"What? Never seen a clean classroom before?" Sasuke asked, smiling, and then picked up his books.
"Hey… Sasuke…" Naruto said, Sasuke turning around to face him.
"Yes, sensei?" Sasuke asked.
"…have a nice day…" Naruto said. Really, what was he going to say? Naruto didn't know, maybe something along the lines of, 'don't leave me, I'm not ready to be alone yet'? Naruto had no clue, so he waved at Sasuke in dismissal. Sasuke smiled at him, waving and exiting the room. Naruto sighed, slumping down into his chair. He couldn't believe how clean the classroom was. Another thing Naruto couldn't believe was how protective of Sasuke he felt. He really didn't want Sasuke to get hurt. Naruto remembered being the teacher's pet, but everyone just ignored him. They had their reasons… Naruto concluded, turning towards the door to his classroom. Kakashi, the grade's team leader (As in the teacher in charge of that grade level), entered the classroom. He looked around at the seemingly spotless classroom.
"Sasuke?" Kakashi asked, turning towards Naruto in question.
"Yeah." Naruto replied.
"He's a nice kid. Doesn't deserve half the shit the kids give him." Kakashi said, raising questions in Naruto's head.
"Wait… what?" Naruto asked.
"Sasuke isn't treated in the nicest way possible."
"What do you mean?"
"Just something that happened last year," Kakashi answered, shrugging, "I'm pretty sure he doesn't want anyone to remember."
"What happened?" Naruto asked, now feeling very concerned.
"Nothing." Kakashi chuckled, shaking his head, then looked at Naruto, "Are we getting protective of the little one?"
"No." Naruto was quick to answer. A little too quick. "I mean, I'm just as curious as the typical passer-by."
"A lot." Kakashi answered, and Naruto had a feeling he was not going to go into specifics.
Naruto caught the paper airplane that was sent flying toward his head.
"Very funny," Naruto told the group of laughing teenagers. Naruto sighed, adding under his breath, "17 year olds…"
"I'm 18." One of the kids said, looking at Naruto. The boy smirked, and Naruto sighed.
"We're not going into a conversation of sex. I'm not your science teacher." Naruto said, interrupting the boy before he got to talk.
"You could easily be our science teacher." A girl replied, winking at Naruto.
"Or our grandfather." Another boy shouted out, sending the class into a fit of laughter.
"All right, all right, I get it. 20 years old is old for you." Naruto said, rolling his eyes.
"You're 20? Oh, I thought you were 50." The boy in the front replied smartly, keeping up the laughter. Like a gift from heaven, the bell rang, dismissing his 1st period class. Naruto silently thanked God as the demons filtered out of his classroom, being replaced with more. And... of course, there was Sasuke. Naruto could live through the whole day if it meant another time seeing Sasuke.
"Good morning class." Naruto greeted them.
"Good morning, grandpa." A girl replied. Sasuke sent a glare their way.
"Good morning, SENSEI." Sasuke replied, glaring at the kid as he said Sensei. Naruto chuckled; he thought the action of respect was actually quite cute.
"You guys ready to learn? That was a rhetorical question." Naruto added the last part quickly. "I know, you're tired and your brains are freshly fried from all of the video games and FaceBook of yesterday, but today is a new day."
"Can you fry your brain by having sex?" On boy in the back asked, the class laughing.
"I don't know, ask Sasuke." A girl in the front replied, sending the class into a fit of laughter. Sasuke's eyes widened in a sort of panic that Naruto didn't understand. What was that supposed to mean?
"Come on, teacher's pet," A boy asked Sasuke, leaning really, really close to Sasuke's face, "Can sex fry your brain?" The boy whispered.
"Stop it." Sasuke said quietly, just adding sticks to the fire of laughter.
"Why?" The girl next to him asked. What was Naruto doing? Wondering what the hell was going on.
"For the reason that you're making me uncomfortable." Sasuke answered quietly, seeming to be really panicked.
"Because you liked it?" One boy asked, and that was when Naruto silenced the whole class.
"SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled, all of the class turning to look at him. "Now that I have your attention, can we begin class?" Naruto asked.
"No." A kid said.
"I don't see why not." Naruto replied.
"Because we have, like…. 5 minutes left."
"Which is exactly why you need math class. The clock says that it's 20 minutes away from third period." Naruto replied, silencing the child. "Okay, so," Naruto said, pointing to the first question on the board, "can anyone solve this?" Naruto asked.
The room remained silent.
"Really? No one?" Naruto asked, just barely glancing toward Sasuke, who currently had his head resting on his folded arms on his desk. What was wrong? "…Sasuke? Are you okay?" Naruto asked cautiously. Sasuke remained silent, the only sign that he was alive was his shoulders heaving up and down. "Sasuke?" Naruto asked again, approaching the boy.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" Naruto whispered to Sasuke, kneeling by the boy's desk. Naruto heard it now, the almost silent sobs escaping from the boy. Naruto placed a hand on Sasuke's back, consoling the boy a bit. "What's wrong?" Sasuke remained silent. Naruto stood up, frowning at the sobbing boy. If Sasuke wouldn't talk to him, then there was nothing Naruto could do. After all, he still had a class to teach.
Naruto sighed, slumping down in his chair. (It seems to be a hobby of his now…) He knew he needed to get his lunch from the cafeteria, but he didn't feel like getting up. He heard a knock on his door, and Naruto answered it with a simple, "Yes?"
Kakashi came in, holding a tray, trying to get someone to follow him.
"What's up?" Naruto asked, sitting up straighter.
"Can Sasuke eat in here? The kids are treating him poorly again." Kakashi said, guiding Sasuke through the door.
"Well… yeah, sure. Of course! I just need to get my lunch…." Naruto said, but Kakashi stopped him.
"I'll get it for you. Just… stay with him, please?" Kakashi asked.
"Okay. No problem with me." Naruto said, getting up, grabbing a chair and pulling it up to his desk. Kakashi motioned for Sasuke to sit down, and Sasuke obeyed silently. A girl with black hair and red eyes (How else to describe her…? I dunno, I'm stumped.) walked up to the doorway, catching sight of Naruto.
"Oh. Are you the new math teacher?" She asked. Naruto could tell she wasn't a student, so he answered, "Yeah."
"Oh. Great, I'm Kurenai." Kurenai introduced herself, holding out her hand. Naruto took it and shook it. "I'm the school's counselor." Kurenai said. "You probably know why I'm here." She said to Kakashi.
"Same thing." Kakashi replied.
"Oh. I thought maybe they'd forget about it." Kurenai said, walking over to Sasuke, patting his shoulder. "It's okay, Sasuke. Just look on the bright side, it didn't happen again." Sasuke remained silent, so Kurenai turned to Kakashi.
"A year isn't long enough." Kakashi answered her unsaid question. "You of all people should know that."
"I know, I know. But they've left him alone all last semester. So… why bring it up again?"
"I don't know. You're the one that understands them, not me."
"Wait… what's going on?" Naruto asked, and both of the other adults turned toward him.
"Sasuke, do you want me to tell him?" Kurenai asked softly, earning a slight shake of the head in disapproval. "I'm sorry, Sasuke might tell you when he's ready."
"…Okay. I guess I'm waiting then." Naruto replied, shrugging.
"That's the spirit." Kurenai said, patting Naruto on the back as she exited the room. Kakashi left to, leaving Sasuke and a deadly silence behind them with Naruto.
"Well…" Naruto said, sitting back down, looking down at his desk. He looked up at Sasuke, the boy just staring down.
"You okay?" Naruto asked after a long pause. Sasuke remained silent. Naruto sat up straight, rubbing his hands on his knees. "Okay. We can be quiet, that's okay with me." Naruto said, entering yet another long silence.
The door opened, making Naruto jump slightly. "Oh. Kakashi." Naruto said.
"Yes, 'oh Kakashi'." Kakashi replied, placing a tray in front of Naruto. Kakashi looked over at the silent student.
"Sasuke, you should really eat something." Kakashi told the boy. The boy mumbled something in reply, but neither Naruto or Kakashi could understand. "What?" Kakashi asked, moving closer to hear the boy.
"They said that they'd do it again…" Sasuke replied quietly.
"What?" Kakashi asked, "What do you mean? They did? Why didn't you tell us before? Where? Did they tell you?" Kakashi asked, but Sasuke remained silent.
"I still don't understand what's going on." Naruto said, shrugging. Kakashi looked over at Naruto.
"Be patient, I don't think he wants you to know just yet." Kakashi said, standing up to exit, leaving Naruto alone with Sasuke and his newfound friend silence yet again.
Naruto was distracted the whole day. What happened? Was it really that bad? What could they have possibly done? Naruto might be good at math, but he felt that he couldn't put 2 and 2 together and get 4 correctly. A very stressed out Naruto sat at his desk after the last bell contemplating. What was going on? A better question… was Sasuke okay? The door opened and Sasuke walked in.
"Ah! Sasuke!" Naruto said, standing up. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah…" Sasuke replied quietly, placing his books on Naruto's desk.
"Oh, you're talking again. That's great!" Naruto exclaimed.
"I… guess…." Sasuke said. So, they cleaned up again, but this time Sasuke really plagued his mind. Was he really okay? Would he remain okay? What bothered him so much? And… why was Naruto so protective of him? That last one really stumped Naruto. He didn't see why. Sasuke was a nice kid, but was that reason to feel so protective of a student? And, when Sasuke broke down crying, why did Naruto hold him against his chest, whispering words of comfort?
What was going on?
It was two months later, and Sasuke seemed fine. Completely fine, as a matter of fact. Naruto's spirits lifted every time Sasuke sent a smile his way. Of course Naruto smiled back every time. They ate lunch together every day, sharing stupid math jokes with each other and laughing at the stupidity of them. They cleaned up the classroom after school every day, both of them conversing with one another. Naruto was grateful to have the company of the adorable boy, and Sasuke was glad to be with Naruto rather than the other students who had forced him through hell and back out. Everything was fine…
…until one day when Naruto was sitting at his desk, grading papers about an hour after Sasuke had left, and one thing that wavered his concentration was…
…A scream.
Naruto jumped slightly at the sound, getting up from his desk and opening the door. He walked out of the classroom, looking up and down the hall. He walked up to the corner, peeking around it. He only heard soft talking.
"You want to be caught? I didn't think so. Oh, so I can be caught?" It sounded like a one sided conversation. "Let's see about that. No one caught me last time. What was that? Sorry, can't hear you through my hand." Naruto could identify the harshness of the voce, which seemed to belong to a boy. "I'm so sorry my hand slipped, it won't happen again. Oh, stop crying, you're being a baby. You know you like it." Naruto was shocked at the statement. He didn't see anyone, so where could they be? They could be practically anywhere! Naruto missed the last part of the conversation that seemed to stop. Naruto thought about it, he might have been hearing things. He shrugged, turning towards his classroom and running into a student.
"What are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"What are you doing here?" The kid asked back, Naruto recognized the voice from earlier.
"I was grading papers. I heard you talking? To whom, may I ask?" Naruto asked. Hey, he may have failed English but he still had good grammar.
"Myself. Why?" The boy asked, walking off. Naruto watched him walk off. Naruto shrugged, not wanting to know what was going on at this point. He entered his classroom, sat down at his chair and started grading the papers.
Not so much grading as writing 0 over and over again. And an occasional 1, if you counted Sasuke's 100's. Naruto spent a good two hours in there, so his back started hurting, because of the way he was sitting. He stood up and stretched. Naruto heard someone slump against the door, seeming to be struggling with opening the demonic thing. Naruto walked over to the door opening it up (It opens inward, like most doors, people!). Naruto was rendered silent, what could he say? Sasuke fell against him, clutching his jacket in his fists. Sasuke leaned on him for support, crying into Naruto's chest. Naruto was, well, like was said, speechless. He wrapped his arms around the crying boy, consoling him once more. They stood there. Naruto concerned and Sasuke crying out all he was worth. Naruto was hit with sudden realization, he put 2 and 2 together….
…and he got 4.
A/N: Woot! 9 pages beeotch! Sweetness! I don't think this one is going to be so much of crack as my other fanfictions… So… what is four? Only Naruto and Sasuke know. For now.
Soon all of the pretty readers will know.
I promise.
I'll let you know.
I hope that you're good at math.
Think about it.
Put two and two together and get four, people! Just read it over if you don't get it. And if you're at that point once again….
…screw you.
Reviews? They make this miserable life worth living through!
~Sasuke Uzumaki 83