This Thing Called Love
Request
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Naruto
Is faith toying with me? After the whole incident at Konoha Amore' it was four more days until we finally saw Sasuke again. Sakura and I took turns visiting his house day in and day out. I thought about just sneaking in through his window, but Sakura thought it was be intruding into his personal affairs. She felt we should let him have alone time for a while so that he could "find" himself. So every time I decided to peek my head in a window to let him know he wasn't alone, she would jump out of her hiding area and punch me in the back of the head.
It hurt. It really hurt to the point that I took an aspirin upon arriving home. But no aspirin could take away the pain that's swelling in my heart right now. That bastard, and for once I'm not referring to Sasuke, is standing there like nothing is wrong. He's standing there with his arm around Sasuke's waist standing outside of Konoha Amore'! I'm enraged! I'm going to pound his face in.
Once again it is Sakura who grabs me by the collar to keep me from rushing in head first. It is her who decides that we should follow the same routine we did the last time we were here. It is her who asks the waitress to fetch Mina who lies like we've had reservations that were already made but weren't on the list. Sakura pretends it wasn't her who dropped the money by Mina's feet pretending that the money dropped out of Mina's sleeve. It is Mina who takes us to the booth we had last time next to the one Neji had last time…and right now. So it is I that decides to sit quietly because Sakura went through a lot and Mina is risking a lot to get this plan to work. And it is also I who gets to nap for fifteen minutes before the two ice princes decide to have a conversation.
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Normal P.O.V. (Point of View)
"Sasuke?"
Said boy looked up from his finished bowl of tomato soup. He had taken to staring at the red stained porcelain bowl to hide his irritation. Over in the next booth were Naruto and Sakura. He could feel their chakras. He could feel their chakras even as he and his boyfriend stood outside of the restaurant. He tried to act oblivious to them just as his boyfriend did. He noticed the occasional looks that Neji threw them from the corner of his eye as they stood outside Konoha Amore'. He even watched Neji observe Naruto as he yelled to convince the waitress that he had indeed made reservations before Sakura hit him in the stomach and began to talk to the woman calmly. So the only thought on his mind was: what were those two up to?
"You do remember that my date of birth is July the third." It was a statement. Someone like Naruto would confuse it as a question, but Sasuke knew better.
"Yes, and my birthday is exactly twenty days later."
Neji smirked. Any other person would have been asking countless questions about what he wanted or what he planned to do. It took the Uchiha to act nonchalant as if he didn't care. He knew deep down the younger boy cared. He was able to read through Sasuke from their time spent together. "I found information on our zodiac sign one day while I was bored."
Sasuke lifted an eyebrow signaling for him to continue.
"We're both Cancers. I read that emotions run deep when two cancers get involved. We are supposed to have have quite similar temperaments and get very attached to each other."
Neji paused and looked at Sasuke. The raven haired teen wonder if the pause was due to what Naruto had attempted but failed to whisper in the next booth. "These are the best lines he can come up with? Talking about the zodiac? I-OWW!" Sasuke assumed Sakura had punched the dobe at this point. "Please continue."
"Well I concluded that this could evolve into a very intimate, steady, reliable, loving and protective relationship. And so far we've haven't fallen short from that, well except one. Things have been steady. We have both been reliable. Remember when I helped you prepare for your battle against Gai just so you could move up to Chuunin rank?"
Sasuke nodded. "And you 'protected' me and stood by my side ever since we've been together even though some villagers still don't trust me. I'm no idiot Neji. You're trying to get at how we don't really have an intimate relationship."
Pale lips formed into a grin. "I think that sometimes you look into things too much, Uchiha."
"I see you're back to referring to me as 'that'." There was another awkward silence between them. His boyfriend was back to using that name. That cursed name that brought him nothing but bad luck and pain. That name that was only used when people spoke of him as if he was the village's biggest mistake.
"You can't change the past, Uchiha." He felt the glare of said boy, but chose not to look into the hateful gaze. "You can't change the past and the same goes for me. I am a Hyuuga clan member. I can only hold my head as high I attempt to differentiate myself from the rest." A hand snaked its way around Sasuke's waist and pulled the boy closer. "I want to 'bake cake' for my birthday."
And to confirm suspicions from earlier, Naruto tried to silently laugh from behind the screen. Of course the sound of Sakura's fist cracking something followed. Sasuke's eye began to twitch from the annoyance.
"I want to attempt to bake a cake with 'cream filling'."
To the average person, like Naruto, "baking cake" would mean just as it sound. Sasuke knew better. He knew he was the "cake" and Neji's semen would be the "cream filling". "Neji, I've never 'baked cake' before."
"Could I tell him now, Sakura? I'm not trying to hear about cake. I-"
The screen between the two booths was slid over by an annoyed looking Sasuke. A confused Neji was now holding the hem of his shirt. The village knew there was one person who could work the nerve's of a certain Uchiha. Naruto.
"Dobe," Sasuke spat.
Naruto stood on the booth so that he and Sasuke were face to face. "Teme!"
"What do you think you are doing here? I knew before I even began to eat my meal that you were following me. What do you want?"
Sakura slid from her side of the booth and stood in the aisle. "Sasuke-kun…'
"Neji is cheating!" Naruto yelled pointing his index finger. "He's cheating with Ten-Ten! You know, the girl from his team…" His voice trailed off at brief look of shock on Sasuke's face. "I-I…Sasuke…I'm sorry. Sakura-chan and I followed Neji into here last week and we-"
"We weren't following!" Sakura cut in. She nervously ran her fingers through her hair. "I already had reservations."
Silence ensued as Sasuke turned to face Neji. The two exchanged a conversation through their eyes before Sasuke stepped out of the booth. Without a second thought, he grabbed Neji's arm and snatched the older boy up. The intense aura surrounding the corner radiated through each of the four bodies.
"You could even ask the restaurant hostess and our server," Naruto decided to continue in hopes of breaking the silence.
"I'm not asking anything!" Sasuke snapped. His glare was fixated on Naruto. "How dare you make false accusations about 'my' boyfriend. You begged, fought, and whined to bring me back to this 'Hell' and now that I'm trying to fit in to be 'normal', you're trying to make things hard for me."
"How can you-"
"Close it, Naruto. I'm leaving."
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The two sat on the swings of the play ground. Neither dared to speak after the incident at the restaurant. The night was just as hot as day. The light breeze that was felt from swinging was felt like a blast of heat in your face. But the two silently swung. They would often do this together.
It sometimes felt as the swing was a yo-yo. They were escaping their problems together as they swung forward, but we're being sucked in when they has to swing back. The shorter of the two jumped off the swing and landed in the cold pebbles surrounding the swings. "We should discuss and try to gain an understanding of what happened earlier."
The taller teen continued to swing for another minute before jumping into the pebbles as well.
"I know Naruto and Sakura may have jumped to conclusions, but I know that you had to be with Ten-Ten in order for them to say that. You never told me of having plans with her."
Neji sighed. He knew things would come to this. "Months ago you were considered a missing-nin."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"My clan looks down on you."
Sasuke's body tensed as the next line was spoken.
"My uncle, who is the head of the clan and my guardian, ordered that I cease a relationship that should have never formed." A pale hand grabbed onto another. "But Ten-Ten agreed to be my girlfriend as a cover up so that you and I could stay together." The two boys moved closer to one another.
Times like this were when both boys would let their guard down. Times where you could feel love flowing through their chakras. Times where Sasuke would feel as if Neji was too good to be true and he wasn't worthy of him. "Neji?"
The chocolate haired teen wrapped his arms around the smaller boy.
"I can't wait to be filled with your 'cream filling'."
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And now, a word from the author: There will be Sasuke and Naruto eventually. I just had to open the story with the basis for the plot. Sasuke's with someone who is cheating. Naruto wants Sasuke to be happy, but he doesn't want him to get hurt. But everything, or everyone, are not as they seem. It's called a plot twist. And I promise you things are sure to get crazy.
It was hard writing this chapter. I had an idea in my head of how I wanted this story to flow. However, I'm not getting any feedback. I took to asking various authors, whom have written brilliant stories might I add, to read mine and give me their critique. As an author, I have the rights to view how many readers actually take time to look over this. It's a shame that I have a lot of viewers, but few comments. So this is how it's going to be: I'm not adding any more chapters until I get reviews. This is like a job. Your reviews are my pay. So see you soon, or not.
