Warning: Profanity and some out of character (maybe)

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Naruto turned around slowly and leveled his gaze with the "popular" table's occupants.

"Now I know that all of us aren't 5 years old, but apparently one of you insists on staying in the past" Naruto said in a calm yet deadly voice.

Sasuke felt goosebumps on his skin. He'd never seen Naruto look so calm and angry at the same time.

"I did it. It's bad enough that a fag like you even goes to this school, but to defile our Sasuke into becoming one of you truly disgusts me" sneered an unknown girl from said table.

"Oh really? Well you're about to catch these hands you bitch!" Naruto hissed before lunging at the girl.

She shrieked and Sasuke sat there with his eyes wide open because Naruto really looked like he was out for blood.

"Naruto" Garaa's calm voice rang out.

Naruto caught himself on the edge of the table and growled.

"This isn't middle school anymore and I'm sick and tired of the bullshit that's been thrown at my face every since. So fuck off" Naruto stated before he walked out of the cafeteria.

Garaa and Kiba followed him with their things to the restroom.

"I can't believe that just happened" Naruto wailed as he rinsed out his hair.

He watched the remains of the whip cream wash down the drain. His eyes were becoming a little bit too warm for his liking.

He looked up and pinched the bridge of his nose to stop the tears from coming down. He was not going to waste those tears on people who didn't deserve them.

"At least we dragged you out of there before things got worse" Kiba said while rummaging his bag for some towels.

"Here"

"Thanks"

Naruto rubbed his hair dry. He sighed when he realized it was all spiked up.

It's not like it matters if my hair is like this. The teme wouldn't look at me twice.

Naruto shook his head to get rid of the angsty thoughts that were brewing in his head. He made a pact with himself to be the most optimistic and to give it his all when it came to improving his grades and living life for that matter plus someday achieve his dream of becoming someone in the world.

"Wow! Where did the time go? We only have a few minutes before 3rd starts. Do you want to skip? To make yourself feel better?" Kiba asked.

"Nah, I have to talk out the baby plan with Sasuke-chan. I have him for all of my classes. Crazy coincidence am I right or what?" Naruto joked.

"All right. We'll be going and text us if anything comes up ok?" Kiba told him before leaving with Garaa.

Naruto hesitated and scratched his head lightly. Maybe he should skip alone or just go to class. If he skipped he would miss an important lesson, and if he did he would have to suffer through make up work and being confused during the lesson after the other one. It was just art class. It wasn't like he was going to miss anything important. Right?

He suddenly had flashbacks to the time he had skipped gym class and missed an entire lesson on healthy eating habits and the test on said subject. He decided not to risk it and left the restroom. His grades were important and he couldn't let them down.

He walked out of the restroom and walked swiftly and hurriedly to the art room.

His foot was in the door when the bell had rang.

He felt uneasy to go into the art room at that moment. He felt as if something was going to happen, but what it was? He didn't know.

He took his usual seat in the back since he didn't really know anyone in the class except for the teme and he really didn't want to interact with him due to the incident that had occur. They were rivals yeah, but he would have defended Sasuke if it came down to someone insulting him. He was his rival in everything of course, but it seemed like the other didn't have he same feelings.

Disheartened he put his head down on his desk and closed his eyes for a bit willing for his destructive thoughts to quiet down.

He missed Sasuke's look of concern. Which was just him frowning more than usual while furrowing his eyebrows. He turned away and crossed his arms. Neji was sitting next to him confused as to why Sasuke looked angry? He couldn't exactly put a name on it.

He faced the direction Sasuke was looking at and had a realization that the one he was looking at was Naruto.

He chuckled.

'Well that certainly explains everything, Sasuke's obsession with Naruto was the same as Naruto obsessed with Ramen. Perfect parallels' Neji thought to himself.

"Why are you even chucking?" Sasuke said as he turned to Neji.

"No reason. I just realized something funny" Neji smirked.

Before Sasuke could say anything, their teacher Mrs. Sunshine came into the room. She was a cheerful woman always smiling. She also brought occasional treats due to her love of baking. Everyone looked forward to the days she experimented with cakes.

She looked at the class and noticed Naruto had his head down. She truly worried for the poor boy. He always seemed so quiet in her class and she wished she could change that.

She opened her mouth.

"Naruto! Head up. Today we're going to be drawing and painting portraits of one another! I'm going to pair you up. Random of course. I want you all to give it your best! Art class is all about improving yourself and challenging yourself to create awesome creations! Now let me get my clipboard and I'll call out the pairs." Mrs. Sunshine, the art teacher cheerfully (like always) explained to them.

Naruto knew he should've skipped, but nooo he just had to be the good boy and stay in class. He regrets all of the life choices he's made so far except for choosing Ramen in that fateful day, but that was a story for another time.

He stood up and moved next to Sasuke. He knew liked to pair them in alphabetical order (something he hated) and he and Sasuke were the only two with the last name that started with a 'U'. It was inevitable that they would get paired.

Yes life hated him, but when life gave him lemonade he made lemons, so that life could go wtf and then throw more shit a him to get hit with.

Man he loved that show. He zoned back into reality once Mrs. Sunshine was done saying who was paired with who and told them to set up.

Naruto stared at the blank canvas and then looked at Sasuke.

"Can you pose for me. Something simple. I'm not really good with features" Naruto said civil- like, because he was a mature teenager.

Ok, he wasn't but at least he was trying and that counted for something in his book.

Cut him some slack.

He began to lightly pencil the canvas. First he got the outline of Sasuke's torso and arms as well as the neck and the face. He drew the basic features of his face without putting too much detail in them.

If someone put too much attention to detail without drawing the outline of the part they were doing the proportions would be messed up.

He continued to focus on drawing.

"Naruto, are you alright?" Sasuke asked hesitantly albeit a bit unsure of himself.

Naruto was startled and accidentally marked the canvas. He erased the mark lightly. If he erased too hard the texture of the spot would become weird.

"Seems a bit weird for you to show concern, but I'm all left" Naruto simply said avoiding the question completely and making a horrible joke in the process.

Sasuke chose not to answer or even laugh at his lame joke which led to Naruto feeling a bit disappointed, but not surprised.

After that hey spent some time in companionable silence while the rest of the class chattered and laughed.

The spell was broken once Naruto spoke up.

"I'm all right. Thank you for asking. I just didn't expect you to ask about my wellbeing. It's thoughtful, so thank you"

Sasuke nodded. He wanted to take things further with Naruto. To become friends at least and maybe more as time passed, but for now he was trying to show Naruto he cared. He knew he wasn't the most expressive when it came to interacting with people (due to his family).

When it came to Naruto though, he felt as if he could lay out all of his emotions and not be considered weak. Naruto ignited something in him that he didn't know he had, and losing the opportunity to pursue it would be something he would regret.

He had a plan and he would follow through with it.

"You should come over you know, for the baby. It's Friday, so we can take care of her together for the first night. That is if you want to." Naruto said gestured to the doll that was next to them shaking Sasuke from his inner thoughts.

"I'll inform my parents I'll be staying with you then" Sasuke said confirming their plans.

Naruto smiled and Sasuke's heart pounded away to a faster rhythm. He looked a way before he would do something he would regret.

'Baby steps Sasuke. Baby steps' he chanted in his head to restrain himself.

They were starting to get civil with each other. They had less fights, and Sasuke. Well he stared at the Naruto too much to be healthy. It was worrying since he seemed to think of the dobe daily as well.

He was startled by the commotion that was occurring.

"WATCH OUT UZUMAKI" some nameless guy shouted which annoyed Sasuke. He was having a crisis.

Then he watched as Naruto tripped over a can of paint and landed in the arms of another boy. White hot jealousy flared up inside of Sasuke. When had Naruto gotten over there?

He breathed in and out as he watched the two boys still clinging to each other. He stood up and moved towards the pair.

He stopped himself. He couldn't do anything to stop it, because it would seem weird. He and Naruto have always been fighting or bantering and if he did pull them apart it might set him back on the little progress he's made to be in friendly terms with Naruto.

Naruto would get angry and then he'd get angry and a mess would be brewing, so he stayed where he was.

He saw Naruto apologizing while rubbing his neck, a sign that he was embarrassed.

He closed his eyes and breathed in to calm down. There was no use on getting angry.

"Ok, teme you're falling asleep?" Naruto asked sitting down on his stool.

Sasuke smirked.

"No, just thinking how good you would look like on my silk sheets" he said smoothly.

Both their eyes went wide.

"I can't believe you just said that" Naruto said flabbergasted and just shooked in general. Wait had Sasuke just flirted with him? Was it all a dream? When would he wake up, because he didn't want to.

Sasuke had silently agreed and felt heat start to rise on his cheeks. He willed it down and pretended that he didn't just try to flirt with the dobe (even though he liked the flushed look Naruto had going on).

Naruto slapped his cheeks lightly and breathed in and went back to looking at the portrait and at Sasuke again.

He couldn't help but feel in awe of the beauty Sasuke was. No wonder he was one of the most sought out boys in their school.

That pale and beautiful unblemished skin would look good flushed in red. The dark eyes that seemed to promise unthinkable things and he stopped himself.

He had work to do and he couldn't get distracted by the teme. He shouldn't even fantasize about said boy. It was probably a slip of the tongue that meant nothing right? There was no way Sasuke had any attraction to himself no he just had to accept it.

He'd rather have Sasuke in his dreams than in his fantasies.

A/N: Soooo I decided to end it here, because I want you all to know that I'm serious about rewriting and updating stories. It'll take a few weeks the most to completely update everything, but I hope all of you enjoy it along the way! Tell me your thoughts and whatnot! Until next time! Plus the ending was inspired by my speech teacher (he's pretty lit). Any mistakes (I apologize)