Not What It Seems Chapter 3
I hope they really get back together someday. They looked so cute together when they were little. Minato thought, smiling at the retreating figure of his daughter.
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"Sorry about that, I uhh… got lost trying to find the bathroom."
"Hn. That's fine."
"Okyaku-sama, here are your two house special lamb racks." The waiter brought over the dishes and placed them in front of the couple.
Both of them thanked the waiter, his eyes seemed to bog out when he saw Naru, before he bowed and left the table.
"Itadakimasu."
"Itadakimasu."
She took a bite out of the lamb rack after she had cut a piece. Her taste buds were in heaven at the taste of Akimichi-ji-san's newest flavor invention. Honey and soy marinade, freshly ground pepper, rosemary, basil and pine nut dressing on the top. Must tell papa to increase his pay! "This is soooo delicioooouuuus, ne?" She asked him, as her eyes widened comically.
Sasuke faintly blushed at her innocence, "Hn. It is." He smiled a little.
Naru continued eating her lamb rack happily, while Sasuke kept staring at her.
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From across the room, the three amigos were staring at the dining couple in disbelief. All the girls Sasuke has dated before were thanks to them and their dares, but this time it was really different. They've never seen Sasuke ever blush from being around a girl before, and they certainly have never seen him actually smile. He smirks a lot maybe but never ever smiles. They looked at each other as if thinking the same thing.
Maybe she's really the one for him.
The three boys smiled at the thought and decided to leave the couple to enjoy their dinner in privacy.
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Naru looked up from her meal and saw Sasuke's friends leaving their table and going up to the counter to pay the bill.
"Hmmm…. Ne, Sasuke?"
"Hm?" Sasuke looked up from his meal.
"Do your friends always follow you to your dates?" She asked innocently.
Sasuke's eyes widened a bit from shock, "How did you…?" He trailed off.
"Well they've been staring at us the entire time we were here; I don't even think they ordered any food." She shrugged.
It's not like I can tell her the date was a dare. "They… uhh…" He stuttered.
"Ah! Let me guess, this date was a dare ne?"
Sasuke's eyes widened, "I…"
"Bulls eye." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Uhh…"
"It's okay. I bet they thought it was funny for you to ask out the poor geek girl on a pity date ne?" She smirked.
Sasuke's breath hitched.
Naru smiled and shook her head a bit. "Am I making you uncomfortable?"
"I… N-no! I'm just…"
"Ok, ok. Let's move on to a different topic. Hmmm… Ah! Favorites." She exclaimed.
"…"
"Favorite food?"
"Tomato."
"Hmm. Simple and versatile. Nice. I like any sort of meat. Hmm… favorite colors?"
"Blue and yellow."
"Any reason why?"
"The person I like has blonde hair and blue eyes." He blushed a bit.
"Ooh! Gossip!~ Wow, if one of your fangirls found out about that, I bet you they'll show up tomorrow with blonde hair and blue eyes." She laughed.
"Tch. How about you?"
"Hmm… Black and red."
"Why?"
"My ex has black and red eyes. It looks really cool. Not red eyes because he didn't get enough sleep or anything like that. I think he said it was a family trait or something like that. Ooh! Like the eye Kaka-sensei has, you know the one he usually covers up? And I just simply love black. It goes with anything. I would have said I like black and white but that seemed boring, besides red is an awesome color, especially blood red. I love your friend's hair color; you know the red-head one. He certainly has good taste, the red hair and thick eyeliner really makes him stand out."
"You should see how much eyeliner he goes through each day." He smirked.
"Hahaha… And people used to call me emo in junior high. Pssh, they just never met your friend, ne?" She laughed.
"Hn. You used to be emo?"
"Hmm… Not really, I did dress like one but I certainly didn't act all gloomy and suicidal or anything. I just love those corset Lolita dresses. They're so cool and very difficult to make. I tried once, gawd, it took me an entire week of my holidays to finish and that was when I solely dedicated all my time to make the dress, I even forgot to eat, and I only went on occasional toilet breaks." She smiled.
"Ah."
"How about you? Anyone call you emo?"
"A bit. People always think I'm a distant and cold person. But then again, with my family background, it's not exactly a good thing for me to open up to people easily."
"Yeah, I can totally see that. I mean, besides your three friends, the others around you are so… fake. They go all 'Sasuke-sama!' and practically stalk you where ever you go. I even saw this pink haired girl go in the guy's locker room with a camera, like a few seconds before you went in. I think you were taking a shower or something at the time. After you left, she fainted with a pool of blood under her from her nosebleed." She mimicked.
"How did you know?"
"Well, it was my turn to clean the locker rooms." She literally shuddered at the memory, "That was not a pleasant experience."
"Hn? How so?"
"I had to clean it with a tooth brush. Male locker room, toilets, gym BO, toothbrush. It is not a great combination."
"Eww."
"And I think I saw a blown up picture of you in the shower once too, when I was passing the Sasuke-for-life clubroom."
"W-what?!" He stuttered.
"You should definitely get a restraining order." She advised.
"…I'm going to sue that leech."
"Ok, ok. Don't look so murderous already, you're scaring the other customers. Back to the topic, hmm… Birthday?"
"23rd July"
"10th October. Family members?"
"Parents and an older brother."
"Hmm… Same here. Favorite hobby?"
"Training, being away from my stalkers, reading, playing basketball."
"FYI, 'being away from your stalkers' is not a hobby."
"It will be if you're constantly being sexually assaulted by them."
"What? Like get underwear for a Valentine's or something."
"G-string. Many, many G-strings to be precise."
"Ooh."
"And a locker full of chocolates, that so happens to melt all over my books, thank you very much."
"Eww."
"And in my shoe locker."
"…"
"And in my desk."
"… "
"And in my bag."
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"If they could stuff it in my mouth, they would, in fact they did that once."
"… Wow… that's… extreme"
"Hence, 'being away from my stalkers' is a hobby. So, what are yours?"
"Car racing, playing basketball, training for martial arts, shopping, reading, watching movies and stuff, and chatting online with my friends."
"You have very exquisitely expensive hobbies."
"Ah… Well, you can do those things without spending a lot of money too you know. Hmm… like take car racing for example, you can do that in the arcade, shopping can also mean window shopping, watching movies, well you can do that at home, from local TV. You know stuff like that." She smiled.
"Ah. Point well taken. Do you… maybe want to go there later?"
"Huh? Where?"
"The arcade."
"Sure! That'll be great."
The two of them kept talking and laughing throughout the dinner. They were both having a surprisingly good time. Neither of them noticed the six pair of eyes that were watching them, smiling at the couple.
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After they finished playing at the arcade, they went to Sasuke's house and were greeted by his parents.
"Hello Sasu-chan, who's this lovely girl you've brought home?" His mother greeted him.
"Sasu-chan?" Naru asked him, keeping a hand in front of her mouth to stop from bursting out in laughter.
Sasuke developed a tick on his forehead and gritted his teeth at her, "Hello mother, this is my date for the evening, Uzumaki Naru."
"Uzumaki Naru you say?" Mikoto smiled slyly at her, knowing full well who she was.
"Nice to meet you Uchiha-san" Naru greeted her nervously; afraid Mikoto would spill the beans.
"No need for such formalities dear." She waved.
Sasuke looked to Naru, "Hey, I'm going to go up and clean my room first, you can hang around here for the meantime. My mother doesn't bite." He smirked.
"Hm. Sure." She smiled back at him.
They watched him go up the stairs and disappear before Natsumi walked up to Mikoto and gave her a big hug.
"Ba-chan, when did you arrive?"
"Oh, Nat-chan. We missed you so much! We just arrived this afternoon. Your papa told us about your disguise. We saw you two at the restaurant just now. Oh, you two make the cutest couple, just like when you were little. You two were inseparable."
"Huh? When we were little? Really? I don't remember ever meeting Sasuke before I came here though ba-chan." She cocked her head to the side.
"Oh, right. Sorry sweetie." I forgot that happened when she was 7. Poor thing, Sasuke was so broken when she had to leave.
"That's alright ba-chan. Oh by the way where are ji-san and Tachi?"
"Ji-san is in his office and Tachi is in his room, I'll tell them you're here." Mikoto told her as she stood up, "Sasuke's coming back down, sweetie." She told Natsumi.
Natsumi stepped away from Mikoto as Sasuke appeared at the top of the stairwell. The two females looked up at him. He signaled her to go upstairs and follow him. She looked back to Mikoto and smiled at her before she walked towards the staircase and up the stairs.
"What was that about?" Sasuke asked Naru.
"Nothing, your mom is really nice though." She smiled as they continued walking to his room.
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"You have a 60 inch TV in your room?"
"And a PS 3 game console too." He smirked.
"Alright, alright, no need to brag." She rolled her eyes.
"You want to play a game?"
"Sure, what do you have?"
They continued to play a game together until Sasuke suddenly stopped.
"Hey, what's wrong?" She looked to him, as he was slumped and didn't look at her.
"I'm sorry."
"Huh? Sorry for what?"
"I pre-judged you."
"Well, you're not the only one you know? Everyone does it. It's fine."
"It's not fine. I've always wanted people to see me as just Sasuke but everyone sees me as Uchiha Sasuke. I hate being judged and yet I'm doing it to you."
"…"
"I mean I really like you. You're a really fun person to be around, but I judged you from a first impression."
"…"
He looked up at her straight in the eyes, "I want you to be my girlfriend."
"… I… I can't."
"W-what? Why?" He frowned.
"You look too much like him." She looked away.
"Him who? Your ex?"
"Yeah." She smiled at him sadly.
Knock knock knock
Both of them broke out of their reverie and looked at the door.
"Come in" Sasuke said monotonously.
"Otoutou, mom told me to tell you you… shouldn't… keep… your… guest… too… late." Itachi said drawing out his speech as he looked at his brother's guest. "Nat-chan?"
The currently brunette girl smiled at the older Uchiha and smiled sadly, "Hi Tachi. It's been a while, ne?"
