"It's so big," Naruto gasped when they entered the school grounds. He was looking at the school with such awe-filled eyes that Sasuke wondered if this boy had been living under a rock all of his life.
Sasuke looked up at the school, but he couldn't see whatever was so exciting to Naruto. It was big, most schools didn't have two stories let alone three, but this school was a private school so it made sense that it would be so big. After all, most of the students who went to the school lived on the campus ground. Sasuke was lucky enough that his family lived near enough to the school that he could live at home, and by the fact that Naruto hadn't even known where the school was he assumed that Naruto was the same.
"So what brings you to this school?" Sasuke asked. Normally he would have just assumed that Naruto was just like everyone else, but there had to be something different about Naruto since he was entering the school halfway through the first semester.
"I got a scholarship," Naruto answered without looking at Sasuke. He was still looking around the school, but now he was busy staring at the long hallways that they were walking down. Again, Sasuke couldn't find anything impressive about them, but Naruto seemed to be enraptured.
Sasuke was impressed. He knew very well that it was hard to get a scholarship to this particular school. It was one of the top ranking schools in the country. "What is your scholarship for?" he asked.
"Art," Naruto finally turned towards him with a breathtaking grin and Sasuke couldn't help but to fall in love with that expression.
He should have known. Naruto definitely looked like he would be the artistic type of person. The uniform that they were forced to wear at the school seemed to be too dressed up for him. He seemed like the type of person who would wear more fun clothes, instead of the boring things. Sasuke couldn't wait to see Naruto outside of the school so that he could see what the boy looked like normally. He would probably look just way more beautiful and cute.
Sasuke would have said something, if he could think of anything to say with that beautiful smile taking up all of his attention, to answer Naruto, but he realized that all too soon they were in front of the main office. "This is where you have to check in," Sasuke said as he ripped his view away from the face so that he could actually concentrate.
Naruto looked at the sign above the office that marked what it was before turning back to Sasuke with a nervous frown. "Will you come in with me?" he asked quietly.
"Of course," Sasuke immediately reached forward and held the door open for Naruto to walk in before following after him.
The lady at the front desk was not happy to see them. Well, she wasn't happy to see Naruto. When Sasuke walked in she had immediately forgone Naruto's needs in order to do Sasuke's every bidding. She fussed over him, saying that she would gladly give him a late pass saying that he was excused, until finally he growled at her in the most threatening voice that he could muster, which was relatively good for someone of his age. He then proceeded to tell her that if she didn't help Naruto, then he would have her fired in a way that would make her undesirable for any other employer. Naruto muttered about that not being nice, but he didn't complain to much because he was able to get his schedule relatively quickly so that they could get out of there. It would have been even quicker if Sasuke hadn't taken one look at the schedule and decided that it wasn't good enough for Naruto. He knew for a fact that most of the teachers that Naruto had been given were the meanest of all of the teachers. He forced the lady to change most of the classes; the only ones that remained the same were the ones that had something to do with art, until the schedule met his high expectations. And if the classes that Naruto was moved to corresponded with his schedule, then that was another matter all together.
"Thank you for that," Naruto said as they left the office and began Sasuke's promised tour of the school. "I wasn't really expecting a warm welcome. They don't really like poor people coming here."
"How do you know that?" Sasuke asked.
"When I talked to the receptionist a while ago to confirm that all of the papers were in order, she was not very nice," Naruto answered. "I think they just hate the fact that I got a scholarship. Especially for this place. I was told that it is a very rare occasion for anyone to get a scholarships here and that an art scholarship was nearly unheard of."
"You must be really good then," Sasuke smirked.
"Oh no!" Naruto gasped. "I just got a little lucky is all."
"Luck doesn't get you into this school," Sasuke said. "Only talent does. You'll have to show me your work one of these days."
"I don't know," Naruto said nervously.
"Why not?" Sasuke asked.
"Well I don't think any of it's really that good," Naruto muttered.
"Well than you're wrong," Sasuke answered, "and I want to see your work, but I won't make you show it to me right away. As long as you promise that you'll let me see it one day soon."
"Alright," Naruto nodded again with a full blown blush, "but it's really not all that good so don't get your hopes up."
"I won't," Sasuke smirked. He knew that Naruto was just being modest and he couldn't wait to just see a doodle from Naruto's hand, let alone any real work of art.
The two of them walked through the whole school with Sasuke pointing out random things that he thought Naruto would enjoy and Naruto reveling at the sheer size of the school while listening to Sasuke's low voice speaking quietly near his ear. The two of them didn't want to bother any of the classes so they made sure to be extra quiet, but that also meant that they had to stand so close that there shoulders were pressed together. The pressure of the two bony shoulders pressing together was starting to get a little uncomfortable so Sasuke decided to take it one step further. He wrapped his arm around Naruto's waist and pulled him just the tiny bit closer. Naruto gave a little yelp of surprise and protest, but, quickly finding that he really enjoyed the contact, decided to let it go for now.
"Alright," Sasuke smiled when they reached the door that would lead them both to their first period. "It seems that this is the end of our first date."
"What?" Naruto gasped and a blush encompassed his entire face. "First date?"
"Of course," Sasuke smiled.
"I didn't know this was our first date," Naruto's blush did not recede. "It's kind of a weird first date."
"Well then," Sasuke answered. "On our next date, I will be sure to have the most normal date ever."
"Are you asking me on another date?" Naruto asked.
"Of course," Sasuke said as he pulled Naruto closer to him. Naruto was practically right up against him when he spoke again. "I can't let a guy like you get away. So, will you go on a perfectly normal date with me?"
"I don't know," Naruto said. Sasuke frowned. "I'm not really the type of guy who likes going on perfectly normal dates all the time. If I say yes to this perfectly normal date that you're suggesting, will you promise to take me to some weird dates as well?"
"Of course," Sasuke laughed. "The weirdest, if that's what you want."
"Then," Naruto smiled. "I think I have to say yes."
"Good," Sasuke said. "Give me your phone number and I'll be sure to text you all the time."
"Oh," Naruto frowned. "I don't actually have a phone."
"You don't?" Sasuke asked and Naruto shook his head. "Well then, we'll just have to fix that."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
"You'll see," Sasuke smirked.
Naruto scrambled to the door when he heard a knock. He was still wearing his work uniform because he didn't know how to dress for their date. Sasuke hadn't actually told him where they were going because, immediately after asking, Sasuke dropped him off at his house and said that he would be there in the next hour to pick him up. Apparently he had had some things to set up beforehand since the date was a very last minute thing. Naruto had smiled at that, remembering how their last first date was so last minute that he didn't even know it was a date.
Naruto answered his door to see a casually dressed Sasuke standing in front of him. He was wearing black slacks and a nice button up navy blue shirt, but Naruto knew that was dressed down for the man. "I'm sorry," Naruto worried his lip, "I didn't know what I should wear."
"It's fine," Sasuke shook his head. "We're just going to go out and eat some dinner and then I have a surprise for you."
"Where are we going to eat?" Naruto asked.
"Just a local place," Sasuke shrugged, "nothing too fancy."
"Ok," Naruto grinned. "Let me just go change and then we can go out to eat." Naruto quickly went upstairs only to return in a pair of black skinny jeans and a red tank top. He grabbed a black leather jacket that had a nine-tailed fox growling on the back.
"You always did like foxes," Sasuke smiled fondly. Naruto grinned sheepishly.
"So where are we going?" Naruto asked as Sasuke ushered him out of his apartment.
"You'll see," Sasuke laughed. "Just be patient."
"I hate being patient," Naruto pouted cutely.
"I know love," Sasuke said. He was only barely aware of the word that he had used, but it made the both of them smile nonetheless. "But it won't take very long. Trust me."
"Fine," Naruto said as he slipped into the car that Sasuke had opened the door for him.
Sasuke made his way to the other side and quickly started up the car so that they could head off to the place.
Just as Sasuke promised, it didn't take them long to get where they were going. And, just like he said, the restaurant was not too fancy. It was really just a place that families went when they wanted to get out of the house or hadn't thought of anything to make for dinner, but Naruto smiled nonetheless. The place that Sasuke had taken him was the one that he had confessed was his favorite at some point during their previous relationship.
"You remembered," Naruto grinned happily once they were seated and had ordered their drinks.
"Of course I did," Sasuke grinned proudly. "I could never forget anything about you even if I tried."
Naruto's grin fell and he looked down as he played with his hands nervously. "I'm really sorry Sasuke. I never should have broken up with you like that."
"Hey," Sasuke smiled calmly as he reached across the table and grabbed Naruto's hands so that he would look at him. "It's all in the past. It's over. We're together now and the time that we weren't is just going to make us better while we are."
"You always say the best things Sasuke," Naruto smiled still somewhat nervously. "I don't know how you always manage to calm me down."
"That'll be my secret to keep," Sasuke smirked teasingly.
Naruto stuck out his tongue at Sasuke as his grin widened and the waiter stepped up to their table to ask for their orders.
The rest of dinner was spent catching up on some of the small things that they had each done. Naruto spoke about his artistry and Sasuke talked about his business. They even talked about their conquests of romance. Naruto said that he hadn't dated anyone since Sasuke and Sasuke told Naruto about all of the annoying girls that he promised to date for a week and wished that he could break up with them the moment they started. He felt bad about dating when Naruto hadn't, but Naruto smiled and laughed about his challenges in love and every time that Sasuke mentioned how much he hated the girl he was talking about at the moment Naruto's smile would widen.
"Hey," Sasuke said after he had snatched the bill before Naruto could even looked at it and handed it to the waiter with the right amount of cash. "There's one more thing that I want to show you tonight."
"Alright," Naruto agreed as he stood up to put his coat back on before they made there way outside. "What is it?"
"You'll have to wait and see," Sasuke laughed. Naruto pouted and slipped back into the car seat so that Sasuke could close the door that he was holding open.
