Not What It Seems Chapter 4
The currently brunette girl smiled at the older Uchiha and smiled sadly, "Hi Tachi. It's been a while, ne?"
"Why are you…?"
"I'll tell you later." She then looked back to the younger Uchiha and saw him agape.
In Sasuke's mind:
Checklist of things Naru just described about ex-boyfriend:
Red and black eyes
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Looks a lot like him
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She somehow already knows Aniki
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Aniki called her 'Nat-chan' = He knows her
Check
Oh My God
"You…" Sasuke pointed at Naru
Nod (Naru)
"and my brother…" Sasuke pointed at Itachi
Nod (Itachi)
"Dating?"
Double Nods
"How long?"
"2 years." Itachi answered for her.
"Why…?"
"I discovered I 'didn't swing that way'." He air quoted.
"Didn't swing that way?" Sasuke asked in confusion, his eyes already bulging out like saucers.
"It means he's gay, dear." Naru explained, patting his shoulder.
"Huh?" Sasuke cocked his head to the side, "Nii-san… gay… uso…" Sasuke practically melted into a puddle.
Itachi sighed, "I have to go first."
Naru looked at Itachi, "Meeting nii-san?"
"Uh, yeah." He nervously scratched his head, "Are you comfortable with that?"
She just waived him off, "If I had to lose you to a guy, I'd rather lose to nii-san than any other guy. But if you ever hurt him, I assure you it'll be painful." She joked.
"Ahahaha…" Itachi laughed nervously, "But, seriously though, after I get permission from our parents and yours, I want to, uhh… you know."
Naru's eyes sparkled, clasping her hands together and getting up from her seat and walking up to Itachi, "Propose?" Her eyes glistened.
"Y-yeah."
She squealed in excitement and hugged the elder Uchiha, "ZOMG! I can't wait! Hmm, I wonder if I can get nii-chan to wear a dress, his hair is long enough to pull it off. Then we'll take tons of pictures of him in the dress. Mwahaha!" She planned evilly.
"How would you know he's going to be wearing the dress?" Itachi raised an eyebrow.
She waived him off, "Oh please! It's so obvious he's uke. My yaoi-vision never fails me!" She exclaimed happily.
Itachi blushed while Sasuke recovered from his melted state.
"You're getting MARRIED?!" Sasuke shouted.
"Well, I haven't actually asked him yet." He rolled his eyes, "But when I do, and he says yes, would it be okay if you two participate in the wedding?"
"Really?" Naru sparkled.
"WHAT?" Sasuke shouted… again.
"I do need a best man and a bride's (other groom's) maid."
"Shouldn't your best friend be the best man?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"Well, considering I'm hopefully marrying my best friend, who else better to be the best man than my own cute little brother?" Itachi cooed Sasuke.
"YAY! I can't wait! I would totally love to be the bride's (other groom's) maid! And Sasuke will be the best man," She turned to Sasuke and grinned evilly, promising Sasuke a painful death if he refused, "Won't you Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke gulped and was drenched in cold sweat. "U-uh… Y-ye-yeah."
She turned her evil grin into a happy smile almost instantly to Sasuke and turned to Itachi, "Then it's settled! Now go already, your darling is waiting for you."
Itachi smiled and nodded, "Hai hai, thanks Nat-chan."
She shook her head, "No need to thank me, I just want to see the two people I care about to be happy." She grinned a full 100-watt smile.
Itachi smiled, "Alright, I'll be going now." He told the both of them before he walked out of the room.
After Itachi was out of sight, Sasuke cleared his throat and Naru turned to face him.
"Do you still love him?" He held an impassive face and a monotonous voice.
"Hmm… Yes, but not like that." She replied.
"Hn? How so?"
"I still love him like a brother. I guess I always have. I thought about it for a while and I realized that I've never loved him like a lover, only as a brother. I guess that's why I felt so comfortable going out with him. I think we've only ever kissed once in the entire two years we dated, and I often caught him ogling random guys' butts. So I've kinda always known he's gay. He just never dared to tell me, so I waited until he was ready to tell me about it."
"So… Why are you still so hung up about it?"
"A part of me thinks it's really great that he got together with my brother of all people but… a part of me feels like I'm such a horrible girlfriend, that my own boyfriend turned gay."
"I don't think the whole straight or gay thing works that way."
"I know… but still, how would you feel if the girl you're dating suddenly told you she wasn't into men?"
"Hn. Touché."
"I guess it was just a shock."
"I see. So… in that case, are you going to take my offer?"
"Of?"
"Being my girlfriend."
"I… I think I will have to refuse on that offer." She thought out loud.
"What? Why?"
"I'm just not… socially suited for you."
"I don't care about that. Besides, you went out with nii-san before."
"It's not you. I just don't want your friends and the others harassing you because you're going out with me."
"They can stuff themselves then. Us dating will not be any of their business."
"Hmmm… I don't know. Can you give me time to think about it?"
"Sure, take as long as you need." He pouted.
"Oh, come on, don't be like that. It's not like I'm rejecting you." She told him, cupping his cheeks to look him in the eye.
"Yet." He added, looking off to the side.
"Sasuke, you can have any girl in the world. Why me?"
"Because you're an awesome person to be around. You're the only one that sees the real me and not my family background."
"Well, for now, let's just be friends okay?"
"… Fine." He pouted again.
"Would it be okay for you to send me home? I think it's getting a little late."
"Are you sure you want to go home? You can just sleep over in the guest room. It's already 2 in the morning you know. I can send you home after breakfast tomorrow or something."
"Umm…"
He gave her a mental puppy dog pout (which she could amazingly decipher), which practically screamed PWEASE!!
"Alright, alright, I'll stay over." She sighed in defeat.
"I'll get some PJ's for you." He smiled at her and went out of his room to prepare the guest room.
Once he was out of the room, she shook her head as she laughed. He seemed different than I originally thought. Beyond that cold exterior is a cute childish boy, who seems to have a crush on me. Who knew?!
She looked around the bedroom and furrowed her brows in confusion. This room seems so… familiar. Have I been in here before? Strange. I was in the US the entire time I dated Itachi and I never even came back to Japan until now. She looked around again and saw black and white random flashes of a raven haired 7 year old and a blonde haired girl, about the same age as the boy. She was guessing that the blonde was her and the raven was Sasuke, since the boy had the same chicken-butt hairstyle that Sasuke had. The images flashing in her head flashed faster and faster, her head felt like it was about to burst. She clutched her head in agony and sunk down to the floor, groaning in pain.
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Sasuke was on his way back to his room, he had borrowed his mother's pyjamas and got the guestroom cleaned up and prepared. He faintly heard a thud and slight groan coming from his room. He rushed down the hallway back towards his room.
His eyes widened as he saw Naru groaning in pain while clutching her head, crouching on the floor. He instantly dropped the clothes he was holding and ran to her side. Just as he reached her and held her in his arms, she became quiet and limp. Sasuke's inner self was in total panic self-destruct mode. OMG! She's unconscious. Shit! What should I do? He took a deep breath and decided moving her to the bed was a better idea than leaving her on the floor.
He carried her to the bed, a little surprised at how light she was, and set her down, on her back. When he was certain she wouldn't fall off, he sprinted out of the room and called his parents to help him
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Knock knock knock
"Urgh, darling, would you please get the door?" Mikoto shook her husband awake.
"Mom! Dad! I need your help!" Sasuke called out from the other side of the door.
"Sasuke? What does he need at this time in the morning?" Fuugaku rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
"The girl… my date… she fainted! I don't know what to do." Sasuke shouted.
"Girl? Date?" Fuugaku asked his wife, still half-asleep.
"Oh my God! It's Nana-chan." Mikoto looked at her husband in worry.
The both of them looked at each other before snapping out of their daze, completely awake. They rushed to get their robes on before dashing to the door, dragging their youngest son with them as they ran to his room lightning speed.
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Sasuke didn't even blink and here he was standing in his room, his parents fussing over the girl he brought home, the girl that was once his aniki's girlfriend. His mother told him to go wait outside so his father could take a look at what happened to Naru.
So wait he did. His mother came out of the room once, in a rush to grab his father's work bag. It really does come in handy to have a doctor for a father, especially in situations like this for example.
He peered inside as his mother left the door slightly agape. He looked at the figures at the bed. His father was examining her head, it seemed. Sasuke's eyes widened at the sight he saw, he caught a glimpse of blonde hair mostly covered by his father's figure. No way. It can't be.
He moved away from the door to put the pieces together and stepped aside for his mother to pass through and close the door shut. It can't be her can it? It's impossible! But… Nii-san is going out with his best friend, who is Kyuubi-nii-san right? Kyuu-nii is her brother though. But they have different names, different family names. She's not… rich... right? They look so alike, act so alike… Could I just hope it's her? He mentally shook his head, No! They're different. She's not coming back. I like Naru just the way she is. Yeah, I like her just the way she is. A smile crept on to his face. He looked back to the door and furrowed his eyebrows in worry. I hope she'll be okay.
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Sasuke waited outside his door for more than an hour, he was so tired, he fell asleep, leaning against the door. He was abruptly awoken when the door opened and he practically fell down.
His mother crouched down at his level and smiled at him.
"Tou-san thinks she'll be fine sweetheart. She just need a rest and she'll need some painkillers when she wakes up. I think it's better if you stay here, near her, just in case something happens. I'll bring you a futon okay?" Mikoto smiled at her son.
Sasuke nodded as he got up, holding out a hand to his mother and helped her get up too. Mikoto went to grab the futon for Sasuke while his father went up to him and put a hand on his son's shoulder.
"Dad, is she going to be okay?"
"She just had a memory flashback and her brain couldn't handle all the information it was feeding her." Fuugaku told him.
"Memory flashback? As in what you get if you had amnesia?"
"Yes. She has a case of selective amnesia. She can't remember specifics of her past, but she'll remember minor details like her own identity and such but not those who are particularly close to her before the head trauma. Seems like some of her memories came flooding back to her."
"So you're saying she had some sort of accident."
"Yes. Probably a car accident or something like that."
"Car… accident?" Sasuke's eyes widened.
