A/N: Hello everyone! I'm back and I came back with inspiration in hand! SO everyone be warned there will be some major updating of ALL my stories in the near future XD!
Anywhoz, I know some of you must be dying because of the 2 month wait but I would like to thank all those that waited patiently! Your patience is about to be rewarded with THE SECOND CHAPTER OF "IT ALL STARTED WITH ELEVATORS" YAY! (cricket noises in the background) I know please control your excitment...
Chapter 2: Because You Were late
"Sasuke…? Uh…you're late?" Sakura, my assistant/childhood friend, stood by my office door holding what I guessed was my schedule for the day as usual.
"Sakura, I've told you not to call me by my first name when we're at work. Be more professional, will you?"
Sakura laughed a little, "Aw but we're friends!"
"Yeah, but no one else needs to know that and I don't want them thinking you earn more because of it." I entered my office with Sakura following suit closing the door behind her.
"…but I do earn more because of it…"
I gave a deep sigh, "That's why no one can know." Rolling my eyes, I sat down behind my desk.
Sakura waved her hand at me, ignoring me, as usual. She sat down in front of my desk and handed me my schedule, as I looked through it she stared at me with her big green eyes.
"What is it Sakura?" I said, not bothering to lift my gaze up. A little annoyed by the piercing stare I was recieving I smoothly lifted the notebook a tad bit higher so as to to block her face out.
"You never answered my question…"
"And that was?"
"You were late today…you're never late."
I dropped the schedule down on the desk with a "Hn..." and got up from my chair. Walking over to my mini fridge I scanned through the many drinks it held, I answered, "So…no one's perfect."
There was a moment of silence, which instantly made me worry, Sakura was never quiet. I stood up straight and turned to see her standing there wide eyed and I noticed the corner of her lips begin to twitch.
"HAHAHAHA!" I rolled my eyes and turned back to the fridge.
It took about 5 minutes, if my watch was correct, for Sakura to finally manage to calm down.
With a few chuckles here and there she said, "Heh…So seriously...pfft…why were you late?"
I tried ignoring her…tried.
"P-P-P-P-PLEASE tell me. PLEASE!"
'Just ignore her Sasuke, maybe she'll go away…'
"Sasuke!" I jolted back as her face suddenly popped in front of me.
"Get out of my face, Sakura!" I tried closing the fridge on her but dammit, apparently mini fridges weren't made for crushing annoying pink haired friends.
I made for my desk but there she was sitting on my chair, how she got there so quickly I will never know, but anyways there she was giving me…the look.
"Sakura, I need to work, I'm already behind so I don't need anymore delays."
She smirked at me then glanced at the clock that hung across the room.
"You have a meeting in about 30 minutes…" She grabbed at the notebook that had my schedule written all over it. She ran her finger over today's schedule and stopped it somewhere on the page. "…and it looks here that you need to finish reading and signing some important documents before the meeting. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to walk in there without having read over what the whole meeting is about and finished signing the client's very important documents? Yes, that would be very un-Uchiha like of you." I frowned. She glanced back up at the clock again.
"Times running out Sasuke, tell me why or you're gonna be screwed for that meeting." She then began to wave those oh so important documents in the air.
Damn her…she got me. I mumbled out incoherently a few curses added in the mix, making Sakura lean forward.
"What was that Sasuke?" She asked with a grin.
"…We talked to each other for the first time this morning…" I averted my eyes from her own and frowned. It took awhile for her to understand but I knew she got it when a horrible screeching sound invaded my poor eardrums.
"OMG! What did you guys talk about?" Tsk, women.
I had told Sakura about Naruto once, not purposely though, it had slipped out a few months back, and ever since then she suddenly got the idea that we would be so…ugh cute together, even though she has never even seen the guy! I mean really, for all she knew he could be the ugliest guy on the planet even though he's not…in fact he's actually pretty sex-uh never mind. The point is, I'm not gay but once Sakura had made up her mind about something their was no way to convince her otherwise, which is why I never wanted to tell her.
"It's nothing to get so excited about; I wouldn't even call it an actual conversation."
Sakura huffed and threw the papers on my desk. "I don't care! Just hurry up and tell me what happened!"
I looked at my watch and groaned I had no choice I was running out of time. I sat down and retold my morning as quickly as possible and then snatched the documents from the desk so I could soak up as much information as I could in the 15 minutes I had left.
"Well, that was lame!" She exclaimed after awhile.
"I told you it was nothing to get excited about." I said simply as I began signing certain papers.
"No, not that! Ugh, I can't believe you didn't ask him out!" My hand froze and I felt my face twitch.
"Now, why on earth would I have done that?"
"Because obviously you like him and he obviously likes you too!"
This was ridiculous, note to self: start looking for new assistant. "You've lost it Sakura, go home and get some rest…and for the last time STOP ASSUMING THINGS!"
Ignoring me, again, she got up from my chair and I could literally see her eyes get brighter.
"Aww, I could see it now…" She turned to me, eyes glazed over, "You two on the beach…holding hands!" I grabbed her by the arm and pulled her down so that her face was in front of mine.
"You don't even know what he looks like! So stop imagining things!" I seethed. But of course, her and her Uchiha glare repellant made her unaffected by my glare, which was currently trying to make her implode. She sneered and slipped out of my grasp with giggle.
"Well then we'll have to change that won't we?"
'Oh no.'
...
'Kill me now, kill me now, kill me now!'
"Oh Sasuke relax, I won't do anything I just want to see what he looks like." By the end of the day I still hadn't been able to get Sakura to stop following home. She was insistent on wanting to see Naruto firsthand.
She dragged me through the hotel doors and dashed to the lobby elevators.
"Do you go up with him?"
"Yea, he should be here any min-"
"Hello, Sasuke." I spun around and was met by sparkling white teeth. I could have sworn I saw his smile falter for just a second when he noticed Sakura behind me but it happened so quickly that I thought I imagined it.
"Oh my!" Sakura immediately pushed past me, much to my displeasure, and I shivered as her hawk-like eyes roamed over Naruto's body. "Well, aren't you just the most adorable thing to walk this planet?" Naruto's face burst with red and I seriously thought he was about to explode from all the blood that rushed to his face.
"E-Excuse me!" He stammered that cute blush still in place. I mean…not. Cute. Blush…
As usual of her she ignored him and simply giggled as she stuck out her hand and in a gentle but yet creepy way she shook his hand.
"My name's Sakura Haruno and you must be Naruto Uzumaki…it's so nice to have finally met you." I could see a small shiver go down Naruto's body as her green hawk eyes locked on to his ocean blue ones.
I swiftly pulled Sakura away forcing her to let go of his hand and whispered urgently to her without looking away from Naruto, "Alright Sakura! Don't scare the boy!"
"Um, do I know you?" Naruto asked quietly, eyes on Sakura and me.
"Oh no, this is the first time we've meet! You have to forgive me for not explaining, Sasuke here…" She gave me a glance and in that little millisecond I could see her sly smirk slip into place and then it disappeared when she looked back at Naruto. "…has told me about you. You two have ridden the elevator every morning together for about two years, correct?" Naruto's blush deepened and he nodded. "Well then I take it you two must be great friends, so will you join us?"
"Huh?"
"I've concluded that poor Sasuke is going to die if he doesn't get a good home cooked meal soon so I've decided to make dinner for him tonight and it would be just lovely if you would join us…will you?" What the fuck? How dare she make plans, and right in front of me, without telling me first! If I had the power to make peoples heads explode Sakura's would be the first to go BOOM!
"O-Oh! I couldn't I-I mean we barely know each other, really, and I wouldn't want to ruin your date." Sakura blinked and began to laugh in that hysterical way that only she could pull off, and not look crazy.
"Oh no, me and Sasuke aren't together, we're just friends! Now, please I insist you must join us!" She grabbed both of our hands and went into the nearest elevator.
"Sasuke is such a bore and I'm sure if you're there I'll at least have someone that will say more then 'hn' all the time." I glared at Sakura but to my surprise the smile was back on Naruto's face and he was actually…talking to her.
I could tell by the crazy-yaoi-fan-girl-look in her eyes that tonight would be that most embarrassing night of my life.
I carefully looked over at Naruto, this being the first time I could actually get a good look at him since Sakura started talking, and I couldn't help but notice his soft features. Unlike me, who always glared and always seemed pissed off at the world, especially when Sakura started talking, Naruto was actually listening and nodding happily. I sighed and tore my eyes away, we were too different, we were exact opposites if I had to be brutally honest.
I scoffed when Sakura spared me a glance and she stuck out her thumb as if whatever plan she had going on was working or something. Even if she somehow got us together, which seriously won't happen because I'm not, and I repeat, I'm NOT gay, it wouldn't work out. I shifted my eyes back onto the innocent, smiling boy and shook my head…yeah it would never work.
"Here we are! Sasuke hurry up and open the door!" I blinked, when had we gotten out of the elevator? I shrugged and dug into my pants to get my keys and then opened the door.
"Whoa! Your room is huge!" Naruto gawked as he scanned every corner of my room. I took the chance to look around too, it wasn't that big…but then again an Uchiha did get special privileges and that meant a special room just for me. This was nothing though, I could have lived in a much, much larger home but I really hate attracting attention so I guess to anyone else my room would seem pretty big.
Sakura pushed us towards my small living room and sat us down on my couch.
"You two just wait here and I'll be in the kitchen preparing dinner…ciao!" I didn't fail to notice the evil glint in her eyes, she was definitely up to something, it was quite unnerving.
I was a silent person by nature but the silence that followed nearly made me cry, and Uchiha's don't cry! It was tense and quiet frankly, just plain awkward.
I forced myself to face Naruto and with a small cough, to get his attention, I said "Heh…you must excuse my friend, she gets quiet forceful when she wants something."
"Oh it's alright, this was actually perfect for me seeing as I'm really tired today and I didn't want to go home and begin cooking in this state."
"Oh." Oh? Real smooth Uchiha. "I'm not much of a cook...I'm much better at making fires then any kind of decent meal."
A sweet sound filled my ears and when I looked up it was the soft sound of Naruto's laughter, it wasn't girly, no, but it wasn't loud and obnoxious like the way I imagined his laugh to sound.
"That sucks, heh…" I froze when those beautiful blue eyes looked up to lock onto mine, just looking into them made a pleasant shiver go through me. "Maybe next time I can make you...lunch? Not to gloat but I'm a pretty damn good cook." He sent me a grin and stared at me waiting for me to reply.
"Uh...sure I don't mind." I answered, a small amount of insecurity laced in my words.
Naruto smiled and god how beautiful that smile was it made me want to melt right there but luckily Sakura appeared from the kitchen…uh knife in hand?
"Dinners ready!"
"Sakura, put the knife down, I don't need you bleeding on my carpet."
"Shut up! At least I wouldn't be the one crying like you did when you cut yourself with the freaking butter knife!" My face instantly went red.
"I was only 7! I got scared!" And then again for the second time that night that sweet sound filled me. Sakura began to laugh too and soon after their little laugh fest she felt it was appropriate to tell Naruto the many embarrassing stories of my childhood. Did this please me…? HELL FUCKING NO!
"Alright! Isn't dinner ready? We don't want it to get cold now, do we?" I interruupted hastly. I glared at Sakura as I nonchalantly ushered them towards the kitchen.
Sakura paused and AGAIN that evil smirk of hers graced her lips.
"Oh, my phone is ringing!" Sakura exclaimed. I gave her a puzzled look, I didn't hear it ring?
"No it is-" She ignored me, again, surprise, surprise, and she took out her cell and flipped it open to press against her ear.
"Oh my gosh! What! Grandpa Joe's in the hospital I'll be right there!" She "hung up" and rushed for her stuff, god I'm glad she wasn't an actor. "I'm sorry guys but I gotta go gramps is in trouble…so uh...later!" I tried calling for her but it was too late she had dashed out the door before I could even open my mouth.
"Oh, I hope everything will be alright." Naruto said worriedly. I grumbled, Sakura didn't even have a fucking grandpa, not alive at least, and I knew for a fact that no one in her family was named Joe.
'Damn that women, she left me here alone on purpose!'
"Sooo…" I turned to Naruto to see him getting up, his stuff in hand. "I guess I should leave…"
"Uh…no wait…" You idiot why did you stop him? "…I mean…Sakura wouldn't want us to leave the food to waste…and anyways there's nothing to worry about I'm absolutely positive that Sakura's grandpa will be just fine."
We moved to the kitchen entryway.
"Oh…alright. How do you know he'll be alright?"
"Trust me, there's nothing to worr-…you have got to be kidding me." I knew it, this had always been her plan and I couldn't believe I hadn't realized it before. The kitchen lights were dimmed, which really confused me seeing as how I didn't even have a light dimmer, and there in the middle of the room was a perfectly set table with plates of food…for two. The only thing missing from this scene was the damn candles but luckily there were none.
"Oooh fancy." Naruto said in awe, oblivious to the obvious atmosphere Sakura had tried to create.
Deciding it best to forget my surroundings I focused more on the food that Sakura had prepared and of course, as expected, it looked delicious. I marveled at how quickly Sakura could up with something like this seein as she had only been in here for 30 min.
"She's such a pain." I muttered to myself. I took my seat and motioned for Naruto to do the same.
Naruto gave a delighted moan as the smell of the food raped his senses. "It smells so good!"
I nodded in agreement; the food smelled as good as it looked. 'She overdid it…'
Too distracted with the food in front of me I didn't notice the intense stare I was getting from the boy across from me.
"...Why today?" I looked up and finally noticed the stare.
"Why what?" I asked truly confused.
"We had never talked before…so why today?"
I thought about it but then I realized it was really quite simple, the reason was simply because… "You were late." There was a small hint of disappointment in his eyes before his gaze looked down at his food.
I shifted in my seat uncomfortably and I could tell he was just as uncomfortable.
"If I had never woken up late today…we probably wouldn't even be sitting here right now…would we?"
No point in lying, "Yeah, probably not." He was thinking, I was sure of it, about what? I don't know, but a sudden yet very happy smile crossed his features.
"I'm glad I was late today then."
Surprisingly enough the rest of the afternoon was spent with pleasant conversation and soft laughter, more on Naruto's part not of mine.
When the food was gone and the dishes washed I started thinking of what I would usually be doing right about now. I would most likely be finishing off my crappy microwave dinner then I would get ready for bed and, as I always did, I would grab a good book and read myself to sleep…that's what I would have done but as I walked Naruto out of my small abode I couldn't stop from thinking that my routine, from the moment I wake up to get ready and go for the elevator to the moment I would shut my eyes to sleep, would be forever changed, just like now, simply because he had been late.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." His happy voice broke me out of my thoughts and I realized he was already standing outside my door. "You don't work tomorrow, do you?"
"Uh, no I don't. I don't work on weekends."
"Oh, cool me neither! Tomorrow it is then."
"What?"
"I'm gonna make you lunch tomorrow!"
"O-Oh." I had forgotten about that.
"This time it'll be at my place…and you can invite Sakura for me…only if she wants to come." He said with a shy grin.
"Alright…you really don't have to make us lunch though. We wouldn't want to be a burden." I said carefully. It's not like I wouldn't mind being served by him it's just I really dreaded the reaction Sakura would give if she found out he invited me to his place.
"Nonsense! Sakura's food was good but I have to show that my food could blow all of ya'll away...! It's the least I can do anyways…you know for inviting me, a stranger."
"Heh…right."
Naruto eased his way farther from the door, "Well, I should be going now, give Sakura my thanks…"
"Hn." I was ready to close the door, all I wanted was to close the door, I needed some major Sasuke-time, and I needed to think about all that happened that day but when I saw that Naruto hadn't left yet I was forced to look at that smiling face of his.
"Thanks for holding the elevator."
A/N: So as promised a new longer chapter, I'm still working on making my chapters more longer but this just seemed good for now so i hope you all enjoyed it! Please review, don't be afraid to criticize 2 months does make a writer rusty lol!