The rest of the school day went on as usual. As the final bell of the day arrived, I gathered my books and hurried myself past the other students to the front doors of the school. I had no interest in owning and driving a car; thus, I didn't have one, so I began the long walk back home. Numerous students passed on their way to various locations: friends' houses, the ice-cream shop, (back allies for drug deals…). As usual, I was avoided, but after weeks of this treatment I've began the habit of people watching and ease-dropping on the petty conversations of my classmates. Today was no different, and as I walked by the cheerleaders I heard them gossiping excitedly.
"Did you hear we were getting a new student?!" a girl with long blond hair and light blue eyes gushed. I remembered her name to be Ino. "I heard that it's a boy! In our grade! I hope he's hot, cause most of the boys at school are either taken, ugly, or just plain creepy." She shuttered at the word "creepy".
The captain of the brainless, a pink haired girl named Sakura, spoke next, saying, "Calm down Ino-pig. I've heard that he's a football player, so he most likely already has a girlfriend from his other school. Plus, he wouldn't want to date you anyway." Sakura herself already had a boyfriend, a delinquent turned soccer star named Gaara. He was a new student freshman year and Sakura took a liking to him for some odd reason; when you get right down to it however, he has a nasty attitude most of the time and is quite intimidating (not that he intimidates me).
"Shut up billboard-brow! I don't want to date him; I already have my eye on someone. And he likes me back thank-you-very-much!"
Gaara piped up then, muttering, "If you're speaking of my older brother, stop right there and move on." He then growled out, "He's a man-whore."
"Aw, come on!" Ino screeched. "Why can Shikamaru date your sister, which is very illegal, but I can't even have a crush on your brother? It's totally unfair!"
"I don't control my sister; she can do whatever she wants. She's an adult," Gaara bellowed out.
"Ugh, whatever! This wasn't even the point of this conversation! We're getting a new student and he better be cute, because this school needs better eye candy," Ino finished. With that, I made my way back to the Uchiha mansion, which was overly empty because of the lack of my father being there. I knew he would be home on a few more days, and I couldn't decide if I was happy about this or scared as hell.
I entered my home and went to my room, ready to dedicate myself to a long night of doing homework and study for my trigonometry test tomorrow. Despite my home life, I was still exceptional in school, taking all the advanced classes and being ranked first in my class. Thus, for the next seven hours, I did my homework, studied, and ate a few snacks. I would've eaten more, but I've gotten to the point that eating makes me nauseous; plus, because of the fact that my father sexually abused me as well, it hurt terribly bad to go to the bathroom, and the less food I ate the less I went to the bathroom. Around eleven at night, I stripped down to my boxers and curled up in my bed, drifting off into another nightmare-filled sleep.
The next morning I awoke and got ready for the school day, per usual. What wasn't usual was that I had decided that I didn't want to walk to school, so I caught the bus. I had a seat all to myself, as I expected I would, but before I got to my seat, I was tripped. I ended of tumbling un-characteristically ungracefully to the floor, ripping open a not fully healed cut on my stomach. People stared and whispered, as I knew they would. It didn't really didn't bother me anymore, the stares and the whispering about me; when you got right down to it, that was just incredibly sad. Anyhow, my bus ride was uneventful after the tripping, at least for the first five minutes. Then, a loud, obnoxious blond life-saver boarded the bus, and, finding no other open seats, opted to sit next to me.
"Hey, do you mind if I sit next to you?" the strange boy asked. I assumed this must be the new student Ino and Sakura were talking about. I simply shrugged and grabbed my messenger bag, scooting over and allowing him to sit. He gave me a bright, sunny smile and took his seat. "I'm Naruto by the way. Naruto Uzumaki," he then extended his hand to me in a hand shake, and I tentatively took it.
"I am Sasuke Uchiha. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," I told him quietly. I didn't know who this boy was, but he was being awful brave, sitting next to me and actually talking to me. He must have not noticed the stares we were getting.
He smiled again, showing off his perfect, white teeth. "It's nice to meet you too, man. Thanks for letting me sit by you, by the way. The rest of this bus was super full."
"Hn. Well, there will always be a spot by me. No one else will get close to me," I replied nonchalantly, keeping my cool, uncaring mask up at full power.
"Why's that?" he asked curiously, cocking his head the side adorably. "You look perfectly normal to me. Why's an attractive guy like you sitting alone?"
I could feel my face begin to heat up as I blushed lightly. 'D-did he just call me attractive? Is he flirting with me?' was all I could think. My brain wasn't even processing the question he really asked me, and I just sat there silent for a moment before simply looking down at my messenger bag in my lap and not answering him. (It's not like I could really answer him anyway, what was I going to say? 'Everyone avoids me because I'm abused?' Hell no.)
"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it dude, I understand completely," he states with a caring smile. Suddenly, his face twists into one of concern. "Oh my god, you're bleeding!" he says while pointing to my shirt.
I look down at my shirt and notice a large red-ish spot in my gray, long sleeved shirt. 'Shit, that must have happened when I was tripped…' I thought bitterly to myself. I pull my jacket tightly around myself, hiding the blood-stained shirt from view. "It's nothing, do not bother yourself with worrying about it."
"Dude, that's not nothing. I'm taking you to the nurse as soon as we get to school. Don't argue, cause I won't listen. I'll drag you there if I have to. You're getting medical attention whether you like it or not," he replied, ending his last sentence with a huff.
I rolled my eyes. "You are not taking me to the nurse. There is no way in hell I'm willingly going to go with you. When we get off this bus, we're going to go our separate ways and you will forget all about me and anything affiliated with me," I shot back, with venom lacing every word. I then saw the muscle in his jaw tighten as he glared at me.
"I told you not to argue. You're going to the nurse and that's final," he said, ending the conversation. The rest of our bus ride was spent in silence, and when we finally arrived at school, I hoped up, attempting to get past Naruto. No such luck. He swiftly and carefully grabbed my around the waist and picked me up bridal style. I flailed and screamed, to no avail, for he was much stronger than I. we got tons of strange looks of course, but Naruto didn't care. As he said he would, he took me straight to the office (still screaming mind you) and got directions from Shizunae to the nurse's office. Tsunade was also our school nurse, and a very skilled one at that. Naruto sat me down in one of the chairs and crossed his arms at me. "I told you I was taking you to the nurse."
I glared at him viciously. "And I told you not to." I added sarcastically, "Now we know that you're a great listener!" I didn't know who this kid thought he was, but I decided right then and there that I did not like him; he just needed to leave me alone like the rest of the people in this school. 'Naruto Uzumaki,' I thought bitterly, 'you are officially at the very top of my shit list.'
A/N: Ta da, chapter two! I'm so incredibly sorry that it literally took me a year to update this! While I was on vacation Hades took my soul and I had to go on an epic adventure to get it back. Oh wait, I'm a ginger. I don't have a soul; thus, I have no excuse! Please don't hate me forever for taking so long… Until next chapter, I bid you au revoir!
P.S. sorry for any errors, and once again, Naruto doesn't belong to me
