Kuu: lolx, I got a couple reviews..And I was like 'yay!' haha. But then I was afraid to open them becuase I was like..'What if they're flames? NoOooo!' However, I eventually overcame my sudden lapse of cowardice and did the unthinkable! Ahaha. The point is, thank you guys for the reviews? Don't think there would be anymore to this story if I didn't get at least one review for it. x.x

And as you can see..I made Sasuke blinde. AHAHA. -laughs evilly- Well it seemed like a good idea at the time..Now we can kidnap and oogle him- I mean.. Ahem, Naruto can..Well you see. OKAY NEVERMIND. But anyway, he probably won't be that way throughout the entire story, and it will be explained later as well.

The same warnings apply.

-recap-

"What?"

"I said you can't blame him for bumping into you, he'd blind so-" Wait a minute. WHAT? Naruto leaned closer to the boy.

"Come again?" He asked, paling slightly.

"I said he's blind. You know, he can't see."

Naruto gaped. 'Well shit.'

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"Hey, man..You alright?" Kiba, the boy who was sitting next to Naruto asked when the blonde continued to stare dumbly at him. He was still leaned slightly out of his chair into the aisle in order to hear, and the brunette was slightly worried that he was going to topple out of it altogether.

However, Naruto was currently sorting through his own thoughts at the moment, a look akin to bewilderness on his face. He turned back to the front of the room once again, resting his elbows on the desk.

'Oh man, I'm such an ass..' He mentally whined. 'OH MAN, and I insulted his blindness too..What the hell is wrong with me! This sucks..My first day of school and I've already made a potential enemy..! But wait, it's not MY fault! How was I supposed to know!'

Didn't blind people wear sunglasses and walk around with a stick? How the hell was he supposed to have known when Sasuke was just walking down the hall looking so casual?

But, now that he thought about it, it made more sense. Back then the pale boy looked as if he were staring straight through him. Maybe that was because he couldn't see him at all.. That also explained why he had his hand on the wall as he walked too..He was ignorant. Damnit, Life sucked.

Agh, it was like he'd broken some unwritten rule or something..! The rule where you never mention anything about seeing and whatnot around a blind person. It was like taboo or something! Oh he was definately going to hell. Breaking promises, disobeying rules..And now picking on blind kids, what next?

But then again, Sasuke was just as bad as he was! ..Well..Kind of..Of course that was after what had happened in the hallway. But still..He didn't have to trip him like that.

'Why do you hate me so..?' The blonde mentally cursed, shaking a fist as he glaring up at the heavens above. A couple of people around him were staring openly, reguarding him with questioning expressions. Which wasn't really a surprise, since he was obviously having a mental war with himself.

He probably looked pretty wierd anyway, glaring and shaking his fist at the ceiling.

Turning slightly, Naruto glanced in Sasuke's direction, taking in the boys profile. He was facing forward, slouching lazily in his chair as he idly tapped his fingers on the empty surface of his desk, his attention focused on listening as the teacher spoke.

The dark haired boy heaved a small sigh of irritation, feeling his eyebrow twitching slighty as the feeling of being watched didn't dissipate.

"Quit staring at me."

Naruto started, practically falling out of his chair.

"W-what the hell? Who would wanna stare at you?" He muttered, turning away and glaring at the chalk board, annoyed but not willing to admit that he'd been caught.

Sasuke smirked again, turning slightly in the other boys direction. "Apparently you." He answered. "And if you're going to do it, at least try to be a little more subtle about it next time, I could hear you squirming all the way from over here." He explained arrogantly, that annoying smirk still in place.

Naruto was practically seething by now, which just seemed to please the raven haired teen even more. He could understand Sasuke being offended and what not from earlier..But it annoyed and confused him that Sasuke seemed to be so thoroughly entertained by his lack of reactions.

He narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth to say something witty in reply, but he was cut off before he could get a word off.

"Am I interrupting?" Kakashi asked candidly, catching both boys attention. The class had gone quiet again and Kakashi was now standing in the aisle, looking from Sasuke to Naruto.

"Er.." Naruto fidgetted slightly, having realized he hadn't been paying attention and was probably being a little louder then he'd meant to be. It wasn't his fault he was so easily provoked..!

"Hn."

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Naruto jumped up from his seat when he heard the bell ring, wanting to get out of the room quickly before the hallways became too crowded for him to even look for his next class. He'd spent the free time Kakashi had given the class silently mumbling incoherent sentences to himself, idly chatting with his new acquaintance.

Kiba threw an arm around the blondes shoulder with a grin as they exited the room into the hallway that was bustling with students going to their lockers, some stopping to chat while others pushed through in order to get to their classes.

"Haha, but that was pretty wild, man." The brunette was saying as they headed to their next class, which they happened to have together. Naruto honestly didn't see what was so funny about the whole situation, but then again..He'd probably have laughed if it happened to someone else.

"Wild, huh." He muttered, shrugging the boys arms off his shoulders.

"Well yeah. I mean, you're new here and stuff, but still. I think that's the most of I've heard Uchiha talk since this year started." He explained, wiping invisible tears from his eyes, since he was obviously done laughing. "Well..That and I can't believe you actually tripped.." He sputtered, attempting to keep the entertained chuckle suppressed. "I don't think I'll ever get that mental image out of my head, oh the look on your face was the best, man."

Well that answered the mental question Naruto had been wanting to ask. This 'Uchiha' was obviously Sasuke. He didn't know anything other then the guys first name in the first place.

Naruto followed Kiba into the back row of the class and sat down in the desk beside his after Kiba explained that their english teacher Iruka didn't assign seats. He knew he should probably feel annoyed at least, but the possibility that he'd really offended Sasuke was weighing on his mind. He wasn't a complete asshole.

"Argh, I feel kinda bad." He complained, running a frustrated hand through his hair, earning an inquiring look from other teen. "Well..Like I said, we ran into each other earlier..And I was in a hurry so I kind of snapped at him for not watching where he was going..I didn't know he was..Uh, you know." He said, furrowing his brows dejectedly.

"A-Are you talking about..Sasuke-kun?" Came a shy voice as the small girl with pale eyes approached them, her blush darkening when the two glanced at her.

"Hey Hinata." Kiba greeted his friend with a smile, earning a shy one in return. "This is Naruto, Naruto this is Hyuuga Hinata." Kiba introduced, gesturing in between them.

"You know 'em?" Naruto asked, quirking a brow at the blushing girl as she stared at her feet, nervously tapping her index fingers together.

"Ah..N-not personally.." She stuttered, slowly taking a seat in the desk in front of Kiba's as her friend explained in detail about the small confrontation and the incident that happened in class with a cackle here and there, ignoring the irritated snorts that kept erupting from the blondes directions.

Naruto decided to just ignore him, in favor of watching as people filed into the class room.

"W-well..He's p-probably not used to stuff like t-that." Hinata was saying, her voice quiet. "E-everyone acts d-differently around him."

Naruto pondered on that for a moment. That was probably true, people tended to act like they were walking on egg shells when it came to stuff like that. Frankly, it would piss him off. He had no intention of acting cautious or anything that would make himself feel uncomfortable, but he still felt kind of bad about it. Even though it seemed like it was against his religion, he decided he should at least apologize the the kid.

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Sasuke pushed himself up from his desk, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning against the surface, listening to the sound of footsteps fading away as everyone left for their next class. He preferred to not go out into the over crowded halls directly after the bell.

Tripping and getting trampled wasn't really his style..Unlike some people.

He smirked again, remembering the obnoxiously highpitched squeal that Naruto let out before he crashed into the floor next to him.

"What's with that smirk?" Came a somber voice from across the room as Kakashi continued to flip through his book.

"Hn."

"Well, you seem rather talkitive today." Kakashi added, his voice sounding rather sincere. If anyone would know that, it'de be him. After all, he'd known Sasuke since he was just a small boy.

Sasuke shrugged noncommitically at the comment and stood up, intent on heading toward the door. He paused slightly when he felt something solid under his foot and quirked a brow, crouching to pick up whatever it was he stepped on. It was a small rectangular object that seemed pretty light as he could tell.

He stood up, flipping the small thing in his hand, his fingers running over smooth plastic, then a slightly textured spot that were obviously buttons. Okay, so it was a phone. He glanced up from his observing, hearing someone walk through the threshold of the room.

"Sasuke?" A familiar voice asked from the direction of the door. "You ready?"

"Yeah." Sasuke replied, stuffing the small object into his pocket and walking down the aisle to the front of the room.

Neji often came and walked with him to his classes, basically being Sasuke's only friend. He'd known Neji since he was a kid, their families having been very close.

Of course, the pale teen appreciated his friends help, though it wasn't necessarily needed, it made things faster and easier. He had no problem with walking alone in the hallways, he had all the halls memorized anyway.

But still, it was easier when there was someone walking next to you, to stop you from walking into someone or something..Or even to just talk to on occasion. Believe it or not, Sasuke didn't mind the occasional conversation. It was like people were afraid to talk to him, like he was made of glass or something just because he couldn't see. Of course, he tended to ignore or brush off alot of people who did talk to him.

It was mostly just a few girls that were in his class. When you lived your life mostly by ear, the obnoxiously highpitch sound of a pining fangirl was like listening to someone run their nails down a chalk board.

If there was one thing he didn't like, it was hearing the pity in some peoples voices when they addressed him, or heard about his situation. He didn't need sympathy or anything. Which was why he'd refused to be treated any differently because of his 'handicap'. He wasn't an invalid.

He took normal classes, and did normal work. Neji often offered to help him with that as well, if he needed it.

Alot of the teachers resorted to reading outloud in class, or having the students around take turns in reading when they did labs or anything that had to do with the textbook, which was pretty helpful as well. Of course, he'd been taught how to read and use braille, but he rarely used it in school.

"You seem particularly lively today." Neji commented, quirking a brow at his dark haired friend. It wasn't really a physical observation, however he could tell there was a slight change in Sasuke's attitude by just being around him.

Sasuke again, just shrugged, sticking his hands into his pockets as he walked along Neji's side. The sound of people running through the halls became less and less as people arrived at their classes.

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Sasuke and Neji were walking down the sidewalk silently, school having gotten out about 15 prior. The rest of the day and been rather uneventful and unexciting. He ended up having a couple different classes with the loud idiot from before, but there were no time for interactions or insults.

They walked in a companionable silence, neither really having anything to say and neither really feeling uncomfortable enough to want to break the silence. The two teens were alike it alot of ways, one being they actually enjoyed their silence.

There was a sudden buzzing noise and Sasuke paused, furrowing his brows in confusion as he felt something vibrate against his thigh. Neji was looking back at him in confusion as he saw his friend pat himself for a second before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small phone. His thoughts were as follows: When did he get a new phone, and why on gods green earth was it that obnoxious shade of bright orange..?

'Damn,' Sasuke thought to himself, feeling the phone vibrate in his hands. He'd forgotten all about the device he'd dropped in his pocket during first period.

His thumb ghosted over a few buttons on the phone for a moment before stopping on one to the top left, hoping it was the right button. Sure, he couldn't see, but he knew what a phone looked like, though he couldn't be sure if he was absolutely correct.

He himself had a phone, though it folded closed so all he had to do to answer it was flip it open.

The vibrating stopped the moment he hit the button, so he assumed he hit the right button. He put the phone to his ear and quirked a brow.

"Hello?" He asked flatly, hearing noise and static in the background.

"..." No one replied.

"...?"

"Who is this?" Came a quiet voice after a few moments of silence. Sasuke resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he shifted slightly. He didn't really have any intentions of giving his information to this person.

However on the other side of the line, Gaara was beginning to twitch in annoyance when he recieved no reply. There had to be a reasonable explanation as to why someone was answering Naruto's cell phone.

"Okay, a simpler question. Where is Uzumaki?" Gaara inquired.

'Ah.' Sasuke mentally stated. So this was that Naruto guys phone, eh? How..Unfortunate.

"Sorry, I don't know who that is." He said, a smirk on his face. "Maybe he dropped his phone." He added, pointing out the obvious.

Still holding the phone to his ear, Sasuke raised his other hand, reaching out to see where Neji was. Surely his friend was wondering what the hell was going on, since he hadn't said anything yet. Neji, still slightly lost, stepped forward and took Sasuke hand, placing on his shoulder so he knew where he was. Sasuke glanced in the the general direction Neji had approached and blinked.

He could only imagine the look Neji probably had on his face at that moment, if he had one at all.

He gave the older teen a slight nudge with his hand, signalling that they could continue walking. Conveniently, his apartment was in the neighborhood right next to the school, so it was a rather short distance. He usually walked home alone, though. After a moment, he removed his hand from Neji's shoulder and stuffed it into his pocket.

There was a frustrated sigh on the other end of the line. "Look, ya can't miss 'em. He's a loud idiot with blonde hair and is usually wearing obnoxiously bright colors." Gaara told him in a tone that would make it seem like he thought the person he was talking to was mentally uncapable of conversing.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, but decided to humor the guy. "Sure, one second." He lowered the phone for a second and sighed before he put it back.

"Nope, I don't see anyone with that description." He deadpanned.

"Who is that?" Neji asked as they approached his building, finally letting the curiosity get the best of him. Obviously they weren't aquaintences if he was asking Sasuke to look for someone. Not to mention Sasuke was acting pretty uncharacteristically then he usually did.

"Where di-"

"-Oops, Gotta go." Sasuke said, cutting off the next question, pulling the phone from his ear. "Neji, do me a favor." He said, holding the phone out in front of him, his expression blank.

"What?" Neji asked, quirking a brow and glancing at the phone.

"Look in the phone book and see if there's a selection for a 'home' number." He said, guesturing for him to take the phone when Neji didn't move. "Well, I can't really do it myself." He said, annoyed.

Neji took the phone and glanced at the screen, opening the contacts list and scrolling down a few. There weren't many numbers in here to begin with.

"Hm..Ero-sennin, Gaara, Temari.." He read the entries out loud until he came to 'house phone'. "I guess this is it.. Who's phone is this anyway..?" He asked, handing the orange object back to Sasuke, who shrugged saying something about a loud moron.

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Naruto glanced around the corner of his kitchen when the phone in the living room rang. Who the hell would be calling the house..? He glanced back at his forgotten ramen that sat dejectedly on the counter and mumbled under his breath as he stalked across the room, taking the cordless phone into his hand. He blinked at the caller i.d, wondering why the number looks so familiar.

"Yeah, hello?" He answered.

There was a slight pause before he heard an arrogant and somewhat familiar voice in his ear. "Hey moron, want your phone back?"

Yeah. He definately sucked at life.

T.B.C