Naruto sat in class not really paying attention, Ibiki sensei was rambling on about math equations. Something about y equals x plus one squared or something like that. The words 'Quadratic Equations' was scribbled onto the whiteboard, following it were several letters and numbers that seemed to be arranged randomly. Naruto stared up at the clock on the wall, watching the hands slowly ticking away. Lunch started at 11 it was only 10, one hour of math left before he could finally eat! Many of the other students were also not paying attention; some doodled in their books while others secretly slipped one of their headphones down their sleeve to hide the core while listening to their i-pods. Naruto sighed and watched the seconds slowly pass by.
Chapter Two: Rumours and a Bench
The bell for lunch time finally rang and I literally ran out of the class. Finally free from this so called 'Math 'class even though there's more letters involved then numbers. How do you even add letters? You can't…it's not possible. I don't understand the people who created math; they probably were trolls who started to laugh evilly when writing out the rules for these stupid equations.
How the hell does 35 + x = y ? Y is a letter is can't equal anything!
I make my way to my locker in peace. I pulled out the paper bag that held my lunch and took a peek inside. What the hell is this? Jiraiya you drunk pervert. He put condoms in my lunch bag! Attached to a condom was a sticky note that read: Dear Naruto, I forgot to give you these before I left, these are so that you don't get some chick pregnant while I'm away. Have fun and you welcome.
…I can't even explain how awkward this is. I try to take out the rest of the condoms from the paper bag and hide them in my locker discreetly; if someone saw me with a handful of condoms I'm sure that'll only add to the rumors about me. I shut my locker, but then I realize that I had dropped one of Jiraiya's 'gifts' on the floor. Some guy smirks at me and the girls a few lockers down start whispering.
Crap.
I'm going to kill that pervert the next time I see him.
I exhale and kneel down to reach for the condom that publically laying on the floor screaming 'Naruto stashed condoms in his locker because he's a whore.' Which were the exact words a girl says to her friends as she walks past me, at this point I've the fuck I give has turned to zero so I stand up and wave the condom at the girl and say something along the lines off: "Yeah and this condom is reserved for your boyfriend"
This comment would have been embarrassing if she didn't actually have a boyfriend but I assumed she does because her face when red in shame, embarrassment, anger, and probably disgust.
"You're the scum of the Earth you slut, stay away from Ebisu!" She stomps off with her little gang of friends behind her.
So there it is, I dug myself into a bigger hole then I was already in. But it's not like I wasn't hated to begin with so this little situation doesn't really do much. People are so judgemental, I never did anything to anyone, ever, they do it to me.
I sigh and put the condom I picked up in my back pocket because I'm way too lazy to open my locker again.
"What am I supposed to do now?" I whisper to myself.
Ok so these are the options, I either go try to find my friends and eat lunch with them, or take the Uchiha's questionable offer up.
I guess it can't hurt to see what it is that he really wants. I doubt he just wants to be friends, people rarely ever want to be 'just friends' with me, so I'm prepared to find out what his motive is.
Soon enough I find myself standing at the end of the main hall way, there's only two doors left one with the word 'Auditorium' printed on it and the other with the words 'Drama Room.'
Thing is, do I really want to go in and find myself only getting hurt again? I'm on the verge of turning around but it's kind of like something deep, deep, deeeeeeeep down inside isn't letting me go anywhere other than that room.
I pull open the door and walk into the large room. I have never been in the drama room before; the ceiling was very high up. And various curtains, light fixtures, wires and such were hanging of off large metal beams that ran across the ceiling. There were three couches and a few random chairs lying around, the room was actually really messy. There were costumes and props from old plays lying around.
"What are you doing here?" I heard someone growl from the other side of the room.
I look over and she a tall-ish girl standing in front of Sasuke; who was laying on one of the couches with his eyes closed.
"Get out you whore!" The girl shouted with her hands placed on her hips.
"I'm not a whore" I whispered quietly to myself.
She had dark red hair and glasses, her outfit was rather provocative. Wearing a crop top that showed her navel piercing and a pair of short shorts that might as well have been underwear.
"I'm pretty sure your disobeying the clothing regulations, you might as well be naked you skank" I blurt out.
The girl reminds speechless, her mouth hung open in shock; I guess she never expected me to talk back. Suigetsu, who was straddling the arm of the couch, laughed out loud at my comment.
"Oh man… I like you" He said to me.
Sasuke grunted and opened his eyes at the noise.
"What the fuck can't you-" He paused when he noticed me. He lifted himself to sit in an upright position, "I was starting to think you weren't going to come"
He yawned and stretched out like a cat, his hands balled up into fists and his tongue stuck out a little. It was kind of cute, yeah, I never thought I'd say that in my life. Sasuke + cute = not possible …or I thought so anyways.
"I came across a bit of trouble" I thought of the condoms that were unwelcome-ly put into my lunch bag and how I had to deal with crude comments after that.
"Like what you loser? Ran out of condoms since you've been doing everyone" The girl said sarcastically.
I snorted at the irony and pulled out the condom from my back pocket, "Na, I think I'm good for now"
She gasped and poked at me, silently shrieking and nodding her head at everyone that were sitting behind her. As if trying to say 'See I told you he was a whore.'
"See, I told you he was a whore" She said.
Damn I must be a mind reader or something. I shoved the condom back into my pocket and laughed at her reaction.
"Shut up Karin and get your fat ass out of my face" Sasuke grumbled, he pulled on the back of her shirt forcing her to sit on his lap, but he pushed her to the floor quickly. She moaned in slight pain, pouting at Sasuke who seemed to care less about her.
"Welcome to our humble abode" Suigetsu said out stretching his arms.
"Yeah…," I turned to Sasuke who was pushing Karin off his lap again, "Now that I'm here…what is it that you really want"
"What! You invited him here! I can't believe it!" Karin said getting up from the floor, "We're all going to get STD's now!"
"Karin," He glared at her, making her whimper and shut up. She sat back down on the floor.
He reached into his bag and pulled out some breadsticks, "Want one?" He waved one at me in offering.
"Uh…no thanks I had ramen,"
"…Ramen? At school…" he said raising an eyebrow.
"What? It was instant ramen and I can eat heavenly foods whenever I want"
"Oh I want one!" Suigetsu exclaimed happily, trying to snatch the breadstick Sasuke was still holding out.
"No, not you," Sasuke put the breadstick in his mouth, "Come sit"
Sasuke patted the empty sofa cushion beside him. I didn't move.
"No, what is it that you're really want Sasuke, I want to know so that you can stop with all the sneakiness"
He blinked at me a few times, his face remained unemotional, "Is it so hard to believe that I just want to get to know you? So that we can be friends"
"Actually yes, what would you have gained from being friends with me? "
Suigetsu snickered but immediately stopped when Sasuke glared at him.
"So why are you here? Does that mean you'd give me what I want even if it wasn't friendship?" Sasuke questioned me with a blank face.
I stared back at him, "Curiosity, and it depends of what you want."
"Sasuke! You don't mean you want…with him…he's a man whore" Karin gasped. He shrugged.
Of course I knew it; he was like every other pervert in this school. They hear a couple rumors and then they feel the need to find me to see if they could get some. I refuse to be Sasuke's sex toy or anyone's sex toy for that matter.
"I'm not gunna'" I said
"Why not aren't you the school prostitute?" He said teasingly, with a small grin on his face.
I flinch at little at the word 'Prostitute,' god I hated this, the word stung. I wasn't a whore, slut and defiantly not a god damn prostitute. I hate having to deal with this crap every day!
"Your nothing but a stuck up rich brat who's got it made for you; you shouldn't believe everything you hear you don't know shit about me, you wouldn't even understand Uchiha; you probably have a big ass house with a butler, and a happy family and shit; everyone likes you so you don't have to deal with rumors spreading around that aren't true" I took a breath, since I didn't pause at all through that whole mini speech.
"Touché, you don't know shit about me either" His voice had a hint of irritation, there was a pause then he continued to speak – this time his voice was calm again his face seemed unaffected like it once did.
"I find you interesting"
"…Ehhhh?"
"First of all, I never said that's what I wanted. I was just messing with you"
Karin sighed in relief; the few other people in the room were watching us butting their noses into a conversation that had nothing to do with them.
"Oh…" I said stupidly. Suigetsu snickered again; he seems to be taking great amusement in the scene that was playing out before him.
"Second of all," Sasuke continued ignoring Suigetsu's amusement, "If you knew what your reaction would be if that waswhat I wanted, which you seemed pretty sure that it was, then why would you bother coming? If it really was want I wanted you could have spared yourself from getting hurt."
He paused to stare straight at my face, like he was trying to figure something out.
"You were hoping that I really did want to be friends. Weren't you?" He said kind of sympathetically and half mockingly.
Yes, kind of. I didn't get my hopes up though because no one ever just wants to be friends with me. Well almost no one there was Hinata, Sakura, Gaara, and Kiba but they were my only friends, and they were all outcasts like me. I guess I half hoped that the Sasuke Uchiha, the one everyone loves so much, actually was trying to acknowledge me as I am. Not that I would ever admit it openly.
"Like I said curiosity, I just wanted to see if you were any different. Anyways why would I want to be friends with a stuck up jerk like you? Whatever it is you really want you're not going to get it with me" I turned to walk out of the room.
Just before I left I heard Suigetsu snickering again, "Tis' gonna be a lot harder then you thought, eh Sasuke?"
What the hell was it that he wanted? If it wasn't an easy fuck and( I had a feeling) it wasn't friendship, so what was it?… What are you up to Uchiha?
Sasuke's POV
After school I hung out with Suigetsu and Jugo, I left about an hour ago but I'm stalling now. I walked alone in the dark, feeling the warm summer night air on my cheeks. I had an unpleasant feeling that ran through my body whenever I thought about going home. I was never really sure why I hate going home, maybe because it had way too many memories that I wish to forget, even so I just can't seem to leave that place.
So I made my way to the park instead. The forest near Konoha Park is the place I always go to in order to stall my home coming. I always feel at ease when I'm hidden deep into the forest sitting on my bench; back in 8th grade I took wood working as one of my electives and as my final project I made a small wooden bench.
Since I had nowhere to put the bench I decided to make a hideout in the forest near the park, so I dragged the bench into the bushes and placed it in a spot where I could look up and see the sky through the trees.
I made a distinct path that I could recognize that would lead me to the hideout. Over the years I clean up the area, I planted flowers and cut the grass. I even ended up building a hut-roof-thing over my bench to protect it from rain and snow. My hideout was mine and no one knew about it. Or so I thought.
It confused me when I saw a hooded boy sleeping on my bench. As I walked closer to the boy I noticed a long wide bruise around his neck and several other bruises on his arms.
God what happened, it looks like he got into a fight. But why is he in my hideout? He must have been really tried to have fallen asleep sitting on a random bench in the middle of nowhere. Maybe he's a runaway that might explain the bruises.
"HEY! Wake up," I yelled as I tried to wake him up.
I grabbed a twig of the ground and poked his face several times.
The boy turned his head and moaned and slowly opened his eyes. Blinked a few times, yawned, and stretched. For a moment he just started at me as if he thought that reality was a dream. Suddenly he shoots me a harshly annoyed look. Then I realized I knew who it was…
"Holy crap you're rude, what kind of person just starts poking strangers in the face with sticks!" He yelled at me.
"Naruto?"
"Sasuke? I guess you're not a complete stranger, still no reason to be poking me with sticks" He sits up.
"Idiot, it's just your sleeping on my bench and it's really dark and it's not safe to sleep on random benches you find in the forest. I could have been a rapist and took advantage of the opportunity," I replied.
Naruto raised his eyebrows and pointed at me, "YOUR bench? I didn't know that benches belonged to certain people. And what would you care if I was raped or not?"
I ignore the last bit that he said, "It is actually my bench I made it and everything else around here, it's my secret hideout…which isn't so secret anymore thanks to someone," I said - getting rather annoyed at his presence, "Anyway, what are you doing here? It's really late. Are you a runaway or something?"
He stood up and grabbed his bag pack that was under my bench.
"I could ask you the same thing, aren't you also here during such a late hour? Anyways, I went to a friend's house and decided to take a short cut but I got lost but then I found this," He said while pointing to the bench, "I was tired and lost so I took a nap…since you're here do you mind telling me how to get the hell out of this place?"
"Whatever. You're an idiot to fall asleep in the middle of nowhere" I growled. I was extremely irritated that the one place I could be at peace was ruined by Sunshine boy. Actually…it was ironic; fate had made my future toy fall into the one place I was always alone at.
I led Naruto through the familiar path, with the moon as only light lighting our way. For a while we walked in silence through the bushes and trees, making our way back to the park.
"Do you mind me asking, why exactly do you have a hideout that you go to in the middle of the night? You're talking to me about putting myself in danger but I assume you go there alone a lot…in the dark…"
"I just sometimes need a place to escape…and I don't always go there in the middle in the night, I go sometimes after school when there's still light, actually I prefer it in the morning." I honestly don't know why I'm telling him this but I did.
We reached the end of the path and felt the cement floor of the parks sidewalks under our feet, I expected him to quickly shake hands and make his parting but instead he just looked at me as if he was confused about what to do next.
"So…," He started awkwardly, "Thanks for kind of saving me I guess…"
"Hn"
"I don't live to far from here actually so… I was just wondering about you."
"Me?"
"What I meant is, if you're going to your hideout you're probably stalling right?"
Mind reader.
"From going home I mean. If you want, you can come over to my place." He paused and shifted from one foot to another "I live alone so… if you don't want to go home you can, come over. Uh… you don't have to you can just go home if you want I mean we don't exactly know each other very well. So er…"
I really didn't want to go home, and heck it would give me time to butter Naruto up, we did get off to a rough start and he was a bit harder to woo then I would have imagined. Still, I was a bit confused as to why he was even offering though, since he obviously had something against me. I remembered what he said to me during lunch 'You're nothing but a stuck up rich brat'
"Fine,"
"Really?... ," Naruto gave me a shocked look.
"No not really" I said sarcastically, "If you don't want m-"
"No, it's just that I didn't think you would actually say yes," He chuckled while scratching the back of his head, "…I'm um, sorry about what I said earlier"
I shrugged, "It's ok, you had a point"
"Whoa! What's with you right now? First you actually show interest for my wellbeing, then you agree to go to my house and now you admitting that you're a stuck up jerk and that you were in the wrong!" He squinted his eyes, "Are you're really Sasuke?"
"Dobe, are you going to take me home or want"
Badly worded Sasuke badly worded. But the idiot didn't seem to notice; he simply nodded and waved his hand to encourage me to follow him
Once we got to Naruto's house the first thing I noticed was how nice it was for a high school student living alone. He lived in a decent one bedroom apartment with a good size kitchen and living room-slash-dining room. I wondered how he manages to pay the rent. I can only guess… but then I remembered what he said 'you shouldn't believe everything you heard you don't know shit about me.'
So perhaps my guess is wrong?
"Want something to drink? Sorry I don't have anything else…the milk went bad a few days ago…" Naruto asked as he shook one of the two cans of beer in his hands.
"Sure," I reached for the can that he offered, noticing that time displayed on his digital clock behind him.
Holy, it's already 1:45 am, and we have school tomorrow.
"We can skip first block if you want to sleep in, but I mean if your one of those kids that cares about that perfect attendance shit then I'll set the alarm," He kindly offered.
Like I said…Mind reader.
"No…I skip classes more than most people would think I would." I mumbled, so tired.
"Here, you can use these," He threw a bundle of blankets and a pillow at me, "You can sleep on the couch if you don't mind. If you do…oh well since you're not going to sleep in the same bed as me."
He smiled and chugged down the last of the beer. Then I don't remember what happened after that. I just woke up to the smell of bacon and the sound of Naruto's voice talking on the phone. I looked at the digital clock, 11:30 am.
Shit we skipped more than first block, whatever I'll just call in and say I'm sick.
"Oh your awake, I made lunch-breakfast….luchfast." He giggled at himself "Sorry I didn't want to wake you up because it'd be rude – and I'm not a rude person that pokes people in their sleep with sticks," Naruto said mockingly, "Next block should start in half an hour so eat up we don't want to be late."
I shot him an irritated look, "Are we REALLY going to school after we missed half of the day?"
"Ha-ha, well I have to go I have a test next block you can stay if you want or whatever. If you stay just make sure to lock the door if decide to leave later."
Eventually he grabs his bag and leaves, closing the door behind him.
"So…um …Bye I guess"
I looked around the unfamiliar surroundings; even though I had only known Naruto for a few days I didn't feel uncomfortable. Maybe it was because he was so welcoming... Even after me being a complete ass to him during lunch yesterday.
It's weird to think that he had let me sleep in his house as if we were good friends, but I didn't feel like I was winning him over though, actually it felt kind of reversed.
Like he was winning me over, I don't like losing and I would be the one to be holding the leash at the end of the day. Remember your target Sasuke! Naruto will be your new toy, he just happens to be a toy with a heavy price tag.
"Your right Suigetsu, this is going to be a little harder than I thought" I said to myself, realizing Naruto may be kind hearted but he didn't seem like the type to fall for just anyone. I took out my cell phone and called the school to tell them I was 'sick' and was unable to attend my classes.
I never asked about those bruises, I recalled last night when I found him and saw the newly formed bruise around his neck and arms… it's probably best I don't but I'll find out, eventually.
I get up to use the bathroom but I'm not sure where it is, so I end up in his room. It was small but decent sized. One wall was painted orange the rest were white, his bed sheets were blue but his pillows were orange, there was a mirror with an orange frame…dear god this kid enjoyed orange. I looked at his small desk, which I half expected to be orange (it was white) where a laptop sat.
Hmmm, should I?
Yeah you should, I smirked at my evil plans and walked over to the laptop and turned it on.
Shoot it has a password! I thought for a bit to think of passwords the idiot probably would use.
I snickered as I typed in 'Orange' but it didn't work. I grumbled and then thought of 'Narutoisthebest' I could see him making a password like that, I had a quick flashback of his introduction on his first day of gym class 'Uzumaki Naruto is the name, for those who didn't already know that well now you do and you better not forget it!'
But that one didn't work either, I sighed, what the hell could it be? Think, think… I typed in 'World domination' I laughed at this since it was more something my cousin Tobi would do. Third time failing and a little button appeared that said 'Show hint.' Well that's useful, so I clicked it and it said 'Favorite food.'
Oranges? I mean he liked the colour why not the food?
So I typed 'Oranges' but it didn't work, a notice appeared that said if I got it wrong again the computer would go on lock out for an hour. I sighed and thought of the few conversations I had with my Sunshine, and then it hit me 'It was instant ramen and I can eat heavenly foods whenever I want'
So I typed in 'Heavenly ramen' and bam it logged in. I snorted, seriously? What an idiot.
As it loaded his instant messaging automatically logged in, and his pervious conversations popped up, all of his contacts were offline but I didn't want to take the risk of having someone come on and start talking thinking that I was the blonde, so I made it invisible.
I clicked the popped up windows and read the previous messages. Oh I was so evil…
(-Offline-)SakuraBloom: where were u lunch? Don't tell me you ran into Kyuubi again D;
AmazingNarutoFishcake: (I face palmed at his display name) …no I've been avoiding him all week; thank god he hasn't bothered me lately.
SakuraBloom: Then where were u?
AmazingNarutoFishcake: In the drama room :\
SakuraBloom: what? Y?
AmazingNarutoFishcake: Sasuke asked me to go…in which nothing good came out of it
SakuraBloom: HOLY BEEEEEEEP, The Sasuke? The Uchiha? The sexiest god of all gods asked u 2…
SakuraBloom: Wait what'd he want? …He's not like …u know?
AmazingNarutoFishcake: I really have no idea, but like I said nothing good came out of it, his girlfriends a bitch and his a sarcastic bastard
SakuraBloom: he can't be that bad, but Karin on the other hand she's in my art class and all she does is say annoying comments, and talks about people behind their backs
AmazingNarutoFishcake: whatever… i'm suspicious of Uchiha he's all sneaky and won't tell me what the fuck he wants from me
SakuraBloom: maybe he just wants to be ur friend…
AmazingNarutoFishcake: LOL xD ur funneh… no but seriously
SakuraBloom: …well ok I find that suspicious too but ya know…maybe. u should be nice to him, if he really does want to be ur friend calling him a 'Sarcastic Bastard' isn't going to help you should apologize for whatever u may have said 2 him…
Which is why he was being so nice earlier? Because the forehead girl told him to be?
AmazingNarutoFishcake: I gtg Kyuubi just messaged me… Dx just when I thought I actually could have a week without dealing with him
SakuraBloom: …Naru please be careful call me first thing tomorrow Mmm'k?
AmazingNarutoFishcake: Kay ..
AmazingNarutoFishcake: Bye 3
I click the other windows and see one that says 'Kyuubi-Fox'. That caught my attention.
(-Offline-) Kyuubi-Fox: Yo fishcake
AmazingNarutoFishcake: What the hell do you want Kyuu?
Kyuubi-Fox: damn someone's grumpy
AmazingNarutoFishcake: Even though u can't c I'm rolling my eyes u
Kyuubi-Fox: …You've been avoiding me
AmazingNarutoFishcake: Oh so u noticed, y the hell do u think that is?
Kyuubi-Fox: w/e I need you here NOW you still owe me
AmazingNarutoFishcake: I don't owe u shit Kyuu you screwed me over…
Kyuubi-Fox: Do you not remember? Hmmm? I'm keeping your dirty little secret about Kurama so you owe me… if you don't do what the fuck I say I'll tell and you'll get kicked out of school.
AmazingNarutoFishcake: …Fine! Tell everyone see if I give a shit
AmazingNarutoFishcake: u need to stop blackmailing me with this…I'm getting tired of it and quite frankly I'm starting to not care so much after what you did…
AmazingNarutoFishcake: I don't even want 2 go 2 skool anymore becuz of your lying ass…
Kyuubi-Fox: Then I will.
Kyuubi-Fox: Have fun trying to get into college without passing 11th
AmazingNarutoFishcake: …
Kyuubi-Fox: I'll meet Tsunade first thing tomorrow morning. Expect the school's call saying you have been expelled.
AmazingNarutoFishcake: God…fine…I hate you. I'll go just wait….
Kyuubi-Fox: Good
Putting together the dots, Naruto said last night that he had gone to a friend's house … this 'Kyuubi' person was asking him to come over…thus – Kyuubi gave Naruto those bruises because they got into a fight over whatever Naruto was hiding. …OH, perhaps the rumors about Naruto being a whore was started by this guy, I re-read the part that made me suspect this: 'I'm getting tired of it and quite frankly I'm starting to not care so much after what you did… - -I don't even want 2 go 2 skool anymore becuz of your lying ass'
Interesting…I shut the computer off and went to the bathroom. Then went to the living room to fold the blankets, I grabbed my stuff and locked the door as I left his apartment.
Sure. I shouldn't be snooping into others peoples life. This was actually very unlike me. But, it was peaking my interest and I wanted to know the truth about Sunshine boy.
I mean, you have to read the manual to a toy before you can figure out how to use it right?
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This chapter makes up for the shortness of the last. Anyways if i don't update soon it's probably because i was working on my other story :]
I made Sasuke such a creeper ;-;
And tbh i have no idea what Naruto's secret is xD i'll figure something out :3
until next time *flies off into the sunset*