Warning: Shounen-ai
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat bitterly. A strange kind of disappointment seeped through him, the same kind he felt in the lunchroom at school earlier. He remembered standing at the entrance, looking the direction Temari's finger pointed.
"That's Sasuke Uchiha."
Regrettably, it was Sasuke, for the look that fell upon him when they made eye-contact. It was a look of recognition. A look of acknowledgement.
Then Naruto broke the gaze and stomped back where he came from.
And now, he sat amidst his room. The blank computer screen set in front of him, eye-leveled. Naruto faced the black screen, trying hard to look past the ugly scowl reflecting back at him. It was hard to believe that Uzumaki Naruto was even capable of making such an expression, one so terribly twisted, disturbed and strangely electrifying.
What was he expecting if not who Sasuke really was? Over and over since that revelation, Naruto had played in his mind conversations with Sasuke, both the real Sasuke and his own ideal. Truthfully, the two's personalities matched rather fitfully: jerky, irritating, high maintenance and obnoxious. Strangely enough, both those Sasuke's managed to have Naruto's feeling mixed up inside, whether it was a negative feeling or not. It was not as if Sasuke was hypocritical. From the start, they were both completely honestā¦
Right?
He did not want to admit that Sasuke's true identity was a let down. No. Naruto's thoughts were much more than that. After all, Sasuke was what he expected: a complete asshole. But there were more, even just a little more, in the Sasuke that he talked with through the cyber world. A little more personality perhaps. Maybe a more honest attitude⦠Something much easier to grasp through the flimsy computer screen.
Naruto groaned aloud. It seemed that the profound level of thinking had damaged his brain. What he definitely figured out was: Irony is a bitch.
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Sasuke was furious. Furious and restless. He swore to himself just two nights before to stay away. But his oath faltered and he spent an hour hauling out his computer again. An extra hour to reboot and re-plug everything before he was online once more, typing the address to his school's chat room furiously.
Naruto was not on.
So what? It was expected after five consecutive nights that they did not talk. But today. Today was different. Today, Sasuke met Naruto. It was not an official meeting, no introduction, and no handshakes, and it certainly was not their first meeting. Although their eyes met, despite their recognition for each others and regardless of their own reactions, it meant no more than just a mere meeting. So why did it seem so formal in Sasuke's view?
It was there, in that lunchroom, that it felt like they truly met for the first time. It was there that their eye-contact did all the hand shaking and zealous introduction for them. It was there that Sasuke looked at Naruto and vice versa. What happened afterward lashed at Sasuke painfully. He did not really know Naruto after all.
Today, Sasuke met Naruto.
And Naruto walked away.
A/N: Oooh, I have learned to emphasize, so take those bold words into consideration people!
I promised you gay content, and that was it! Somehow, the story is getting a bit angsty and I find that extremely funny. The whole thing just seems like it is satirizing online relationships and interactions in general. Isn't it hilarious?
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