Tonight's My Eternity

Tainted Dreams 03

Disclaimer: Bah. I don't own Naruto…

Warnings: Bad grammar (especially spelling)… Poor attempts at Japanese… and I'll probably have out-of-character characters.

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CHAPTER 4: Lesson Two: Discovering Your Feelings!

It had already been two weeks since Naruto was tutored by Sasuke. At first, it was rocky. Both constantly fighting and bickering with each other, sometimes ended in cases where they tackled each other to the ground to solve their differences.

After the first week of daily meetings, the tension between them lightened. Yes, there were occasional fights and arguments but nothing too serious.

Gradually, they became friendlier with each other. Naruto, being the sociable person he was warmed up to Sasuke rather easily. Sasuke on the other hand, didn't quite show his "affection" towards the blond boy, but fondness was evident in his eyes. Soon, they began greeting each other at school, Naruto with loud "hellos", while Sasuke- nods of acknowledgement

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It was a beautiful Friday afternoon. The sun was out giving everything a beautiful glow. The birds were happily playing about the sky which was filled with white fluffy clouds. Sasuke was seated under a sakura tree, enveloped in its shadows, admiring the tranquility of the afternoon.

"Sasuke kun!"

"SASUKE KUUN!" Sasuke sighed as he heard two familiar high pitched voices. 'Damn, and lunch only just began' he thought with a scowl.

"It's really beautiful out, ne Sasuke kun?" Sakura sat down beside him not even bothering to ask if it was alright.

"Of course it's beautiful out! I'm here!" Ino too sat down beside the rather pissed boy.

"Don't be silly Ino Pig! Liars go to hell… You should be careful of what you say." Sakura said with a smile not quite reaching her eyes.

Ino, not one to take insults lightly stated, "Aww… Sakura-chan! I'm so hurt… But… Why are you here?"

Sakura stared at her friend questioningly, "What are you talking about?"

"Shouldn't wild animals be kept in zoos? So why are you here?"

"INO PIG!"

"FOREHEAD GIRL"

"STUPID!"

"UGLY!"

"I'm not ugly!"

"Right…" sarcasm oozed from Ino's lips.

"Sasuke kun! Sasuke kun! Which one of us do you think is prettier? Me or Ino PIG?"

"Yeah? Me or BIG FOREHEAD girl?"

'How annoying' Sasuke thought. Without glancing at either of them, Sasuke spoke in his usual monotonous voice, "Neither."

"Na-Nani! GRR! INO PIG THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

"How the heck is all this my fault!"

"IT JUST IS!" Forgetting about the stoic boy sitting under the Sakura tree, both girls headed to different directions, both stomping their feet hard enough to bruise the earth.

Sasuke closed his eyes. He was about to drift off to sleep when he heard footsteps approaching him. It stopped in front of where he was sitting.

"What?" He didn't bother looking up since he thought it'd be one of his fan girls again.

"Touchy!" Sasuke's eyes snapped open as the familiar voice rang to his ears.

"What are you doing here Dobe?" Sasuke's eyes softened at the sight of the blond baka.

"Here to see you of course Teme!" Naruto smiled and plopped down beside his friend.

"What do you want?"

"Nothing really. I was just thinking of how nice it was outside so I decided not to eat lunch in the cafeteria inside, instead out here… Then I saw you here so… yeah!" Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "It's alright with you right?"

"Hn."

Naruto grabbed his sandwich and began eating.

"Want?" Naruto held the sandwich up to Sasuke's face.

"No."

"Suit yourself. Sheez Sasuke… You should talk more. Your voice might run out!" Naruto took a bite out of his sandwich.

Sasuke smirked at Naruto's comment. "Baka, only you would say something like that."

"Heh. Well… It could happen ya know!"

"Hn."

There was a comfortable silence between the two. Sasuke couldn't help but think how nice it felt to be with Naruto.

He glanced at the blond seated right next to him. 'Che… That idiot's rubbed off on me.' He sighed.

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It was around four-thirty in the afternoon when Sasuke arrived at Naruto's apartment.

"Oy! You're early!"

"With you, we need all the time we can get."

"TEME!"

Sasuke smirked at Naruto's obvious reaction. 'So predictable,' He thought.

They sat opposite of each other and immediately, they started with the lessons.

After about five minutes of explanation, Naruto banged his fist on the table. "Bah! I give up!"

"Usuratonkachi, we've barely started."

"It's sooooo hard!" Naruto whined, his voice muffled by his hands that were covering his face.

"It shouldn't be. Iruka Sensei said he discussed this with you today."

"Well… I didn't get a thing he said."

"Were you even listening dobe?"

"Of course I was! I even took notes and everything!" Naruto stuck his chin up.

"Show me your notes."

"N-nani?"

"You heard me."

Cursing under his breath, Naruto grabbed hold of his book bag. After rummaging through the contents, he took out a math notebook. A very, very beaten-up looking one at that. There were tears and the edges looked as if a dog had bitten off of it. Hesitantly, he gave it to Sasuke.

Sasuke had second thoughts about peering into the math notebook. Who knew what kind of things were roaming about in there. There was a stain on the cover and… Was that fungus growing off the rim? Slowly, he opened it and flipped through the pages. Sasuke's sweat dropped at what he saw. 'As expected from the baka' Sasuke though. There were drawings of little foxes, cartoon-like numbers and so many more. Each page was either filled with scribbles of what Sasuke deciphered were notes or drawings- and really good drawings at that. He turned to the latest entry.

As Naruto claimed, there were notes. There were about three sentences until the letters ceased.

Sasuke flipped to the next page thinking it was continued there. Blank.

"Where's the rest of this, baka?"

"Uh… Heh…" Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I sorta… Ano… I fell asleep."

Sasuke sighed. 'It's just like the idiot to fall asleep in the middle of note-taking.'

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As the time ticked by, Naruto couldn't help but steel glances at Sasuke. Without noticing, his glances turned into stares. He noticed how soft and beautiful Sasuke's hair looked and how nicely it contrasted with Sasuke's milky skin. He especially liked Sasuke's eyes. If one were to stare at his onyx eyes, one would get lost in them forever. He noticed that Sasuke looked so much like a porcelain doll… Hidden from emotion yet utterly perfect. He glanced at Sasuke's hands which were elegantly holding his pen. Naruto wondered how those hands would feel. Would they be soft or rough…

"So when you divide this by nine, you get the value of x."

Naruto snapped back to reality. 'What the hell was I just thinking! Shit! I did not just think that! I really must be tired! I do NOT have a crush on that TEME!'

"Oi dobe! You really should learn to focus."

"S-Sorry…"

"Try the next problem." Sasuke pointed to the fourth problem with his pen.

Naruto studied the problem and groaned. "I don't get it."

"Just try it baka."

"But it's so complicated."

"One step at a time."

Naruto considered the problem again. Grabbing hold of his pencil, he started with an equation. He then tried to solve the equation before him, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. After much error on the process, Naruto then came up with, x32.

Hoping that his answer would be correct he timidly showed Sasuke his work. Sasuke glanced at the paper. A gin graced his features.

His hands reached out for Naruto's head. Naruto, expecting a whack for his incorrect answer shut his eyes. But the pain never came, replaced instead with Sasuke playfully ruffling his hair.

"You got it right dobe." Naruto beamed happily at Sasuke.

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It was around eight in the evening when Naruto's stomach decided to make its presence known.

Grumble!

Sasuke looked up from the book he was reading. He gave Naruto a confused look. Were there animals in Naruto's apartment he didn't know of?

"What was that?"

Naruto blushed in embarrassment, "Ehehehe… I'm hungry already."

'I guess his mouth's not the only thing to make so much noise' Sasuke thought, a hint of a smile made its way to his lips.

"Want some? I'm having ramen." Standing up, Naruto made his way to the kitchen.

Sasuke didn't enjoy eating ramen. He preferred something healthier, but noting his empty stomach, Sasuke gave a small nod.

Naruto began to boil water on a small pot and took out two cups of his ramen. When the water was finally boiled, he grabbed the pot. In his eagerness to satisfy his rumbling stomach, he accidentally touched the hot metal of the pot.

"ITAI!"

Hearing Naruto's high pitched shout of pain, Sasuke hurried over to the kitchen.

"UWAAAHHH! SASUKE! It HURTS!" Naruto's eyebrows were scrunched in pain and tears were rolling down his cheeks. He held up his index finger that was slightly red from where the hot metal touched his skin.

"Baka!" Sasuke grabbed hold of Naruto's arm heading for the sink. Quickly, he opened the faucet and let the cool water run over the offended finger. (AN: Hehe… offended finger!)

"Leave it there." He commanded Naruto. He went to Naruto's bathroom searching for a cooling gel. When he found one, he headed back to where Naruto was.

He applied some on Naruto's finger gently, careful not to hurt Naruto. As he was smothering the gel over the irritated spot, Sasuke noticed the redness in Naruto's face.

'I didn't think it'd be that serious…' He thought looking at Naruto's finger. 'Can someone catch a fever through a small burn?' He reached for Naruto's forehead. As he suspected, it was hot. The redness in Naruto's face deepened - if that was possible.

"I think your coming up with something dobe." Sasuke said concern evident in his eyes.

"N-No! Hahahaha! I'm fine! Ano… Ah… Let's eat!"

Sasuke shrugged it off and headed to the kitchen table.

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Naruto was confused… Really confused. As he sat there, opposite of Sasuke, he couldn't help but blush each time he remembered Sasuke's gentle touches. He could only blush each time he glanced up the Uchiha's face. 'Do I like HIM? Another guy?'

"It's getting late. I should go."

"H-Hai."

Both boys headed towards the door.

Sasuke was about to reach for the door handle when,

"Here, let me get that…" Naruto offered eyeing the door handle. Their hands met. Naruto froze. His face reddened once again at the contact. Trying to hide the blush that was covering his cheeks, Naruto opened the door and let Sasuke out.

"S-See you tomorrow T-teme!"

"Hn."

Once Sasuke had gone, Naruto slid down from the door and smiled.

"I think I do... I really do like him."

TBC

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AN: Wow! Another chappie done! Sorry it was a bit rushed but I ran out of arguments! Hehe! so wadaya think? should i still continue?

---hmm… honestly, I sorta don't know where to go from here… Anyone wanna give out suggestions? Maybe I should give myself a couple of days… gawd… writers block… eck…

--- Ah… My entries might become sluggish… School work's starting to nag at me! (-.-)

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