Chapter 4! Sorry if it's not great, i was a bit rushed when i wrote it!
Update 04-14-09 ---- This chapter has been Beta-ed by GothicInuAngel01 ! 3
Since i didn't have time to put a disclaimer last time, i'll do it now: Don't own the characters!
Chapter 4: …Wish…?
"DAMN IT ALL!"
To say that Uzumaki Naruto was pissed was a understatement…
"IT'S BEEN TWO FRIKIN' WEEKS!"
…A very big understatement.
It had been two weeks since Team 7 had come back from their mission in Wave. It had ended well – Zabuza had been defeated, Gatô was dead and they had even named a bridge after Naruto. And yet, the blond wasn't happy in the least.
After their little training session in the forest, it had been hell for the kitsune. All he could think about was Sasuke. When he ate, when he trained, before he went to sleep, while he slept, when he woke up, when he took a shower – and it was really starting to get on the blond's nerves. He shouldn't be thinking about Sasuke.
'I should be thinking about Sakura, how beautiful, smart and strong she is… Well, maybe she isn't as smart as Sasuke and he is good looking and – Fuck!' It was happening again!
He tugged at his hair, trying to somehow get the bastard out of his mind. Though he was sure that only thing that would be gone was his hair if he kept this up.
To make it worse, Sasuke had been avoiding him this whole time. After he had accidentally mentioned that Sasuke was pretty, the boy had tried to keep as much distance as possible between them… And that did not help the blond's situation. At. All.
But what really made Naruto want to kill somebody, was that Uchiha Sasuke had announced to the whole fucking village that he was going out with none other than Haruno Sakura. How the hell did that happen?! The blond had just stayed in his apartment for a few days – maybe more than a few days, but that wasn't the point! – trying to clear his mind (which, by the way, hadn't worked) and when he decided that it was time to face Sasuke about the situation – because really, he couldn't fool himself anymore, the bastard had somehow caught his attention – he found out, while he was at home ripping his hair out, that the fucking Teme had asked Sakura out! And he hadn't even bothered to tell me about it!
What kind of friend was he?! The bastard knew he liked Sakura – well, maybe that wasn't very true anymore, but still! He could've at least considered Naruto's feelings and asked him if he was ok with it! Besides, since when did Sasuke like Sakura?! The bastard had said he hated her. Well, maybe he hadn't said it, but it was pretty obvious! … Or maybe he had just been hiding his feelings, because he was shy about it? Or insecure? Or maybe he didn't know how to express his feelings and was scared that Sakura would think he was an anti-social bastard and WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING?
The Uchiha was an anti-social bastard who never expressed his feelings! That's why all the girls liked him!
The blond's hands made their way to his hair again, though he was able to stop them this time. Really, he had enough problems. He couldn't deal with being bold right now.
He sighed – again – and got up. Lying in bed was just making him more anxious than what he already was.
He took a shower, got dressed in his usual outfit and headed for the training grounds. He needed to calm himself and staying in his apartment was just building up more stress.
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"Waa! Look Sasuke-kun, isn't he cute?"
The rave looked at the stuffed cat currently in the girl's hands. He knew Sakura was only telling him the thing was cute because she wanted it. And as her boyfriend – God, how he hated that word – he had to buy it for her.
The boy took it at gave it to the woman at the cash-register, while he took out the money he needed. He then paid and gave it back to Sakura.
"Thank you so much!" She giggled and took hold of Sasuke's arm, pulling him to another shop that had caught her interest.
The Uchiha sighed in annoyance, but the girl didn't even notice. She was already choosing what she wanted Sasuke to buy her next.
While he watched Sakura roam around the shop, his thoughts wandered to a certain blond ninja. It had been more than ten days since he hadn't spoken to Naruto. He wasn't about to admit it, but he missed the idiot's company. It was way better than this torture.
Just in case you're wondering, the raven did not like Sakura in any way possible. He had just been a little – a lot – freaked out by Naruto. The guy had told him he was pretty. P.R.E.T.T.Y. How the hell was he supposed to react to that? In all his years, he had been called many things. But never, ever had he been called that.
The worst thing was, it hadn't bothered him as much as it should have. In fact, he had been close to ask the blond what else he thought about him. Or rather how he felt about him. Yes, Uchiha Sasuke had been curious of what a guy, his rival no less, felt about him.
So, in order to get his mind of the dobe, he had asked Sakura out… Did he hit his head while on the mission? Maybe the almost dead experience had done some serious damage to his brain. 'Cause he really couldn't understand how asking Sakura on a date helped him. It just made the whole thing worst.
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"Stupid, bastard, dick, asshole…"
Naruto was currently sitting against a tree, eyes closed in concentration, chanting out all the faults he could find in Sasuke. The kitsune had been doing so for an hour, after he had nearly destroyed the training grounds trying to calm down. Yet, every time, after every few minutes, his mouth stopped receiving others from his brain and he started reciting all the good qualities the bastard had… which ended in more damage to the training grounds.
"…It's all the stupid wish's fault. I should've never done something like that. I'm just meant to be alone."
He took a small paper from his back pocket and looked at it, a forlorn look adorning his face.
"Forget it…"
He got up and threw it to the floor.
"I'm going home."
He left the field and raced to his apartment, unaware of the figure that had been standing behind a nearby tree.
"…Wish…?"
A certain raven picked the small piece of paper from the ground.
'He told me about it a long time ago, didn't he?'
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