A/N: Typed this up in about fifteen minutes to get myself into the swing of my writing after being gone for so long T^T Sorry for such a long absence, my lovelies! Next update will probably be fore Lovestruckk since I'm really feeling the SasuNaru feels right now.
Anyway, onward with the drabble!
Rating: K
Title: Borrowed
Word Count: 293
Naruto didn't always forget to bring a pen to class, but when he did, he always asked a certain person if he could borrow theirs. It was a familiar, somewhat comforting routine for them—on Naruto's part, at least.
"Hey, I forgot my pen; can I borrow yours?"
Coal black eyes flickered to him and then back to the whiteboard where their teacher was obliviously lecturing a nearly comatose class (it was Monday, after all), a small frown darkening an already somber face. "Why mine? I'm sure Lee would lend you one of his."
"A simple 'no' would have been just fine," Naruto shot back, playfully annoyed.
The corner of his classmate's mouth twitched up into an inconspicuous smirk. "Fine. No."
"Alright then." He turned toward the front of the room, though he continued to watch Sasuke in his peripheral vision. Anytime now….
Just like always, Sasuke pretended to ignore him, studiously taking notes without taking his eyes off the whiteboard (Naruto had always envied how he could do that and still manage write neatly on those pale blue lines). But eventually, Sasuke clicked his pen shut before reaching in his backpack to pull out an extra pen, sliding it silently onto Naruto's desk.
"If you can't even remember to bring a pen to class, maybe you shouldn't be in an Advanced-Placement program, loser," he mumbled under his breath. He didn't glance even once in his neighbor's direction as he calmly resumed his note-taking.
"But isn't that what you're for?" Naruto teased as he opened his notebook to a clean page. He tugged Sasuke's notes closer and began copying them.
"Tch. You know, one day, I'm going to stop letting you copy my work."
"Ha. You said the exact same thing last year."