CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER SEVEN!!

Iruka straightened out his stack of papers as his students slowly poured in through the door. Spotting a distressed blonde, he walked up and patted him on the head.

"Confused about your gender preferences?" he whispered to Naruto, whose eyes lit up nervously.

"W-what?! H-how… why-?"

"Let's just say I say you two lovebirds in the park yesterday," Iruka shoved away a kid who was about to ask some question. Naruto blushed, diving behind his history textbook. Even though this was English.

"Naruto, don't hide from me!" sighing, he gave up his attempt to cover his face.

"I'm not sure, Iruka. That might not have even meant anything. It's all so confusing…"

"If you need any help, just come to me, okay?" thumping the confused youth on the back, Iruka smiled and decided not to press the matter any further.

"Thank you," he went to his usual seat, and the bell rang for class to begin. Kiba was sitting on his left. He looked to his right. Empty. Huh?? Why isn't Sasuke here? I hope he's okay… Oh no! Maybe on the way back from the park a giant pelican came out, grabbed his tie, and took him with it but the tie strangled him and he died!! Nooo…! Sasuke, where are you?! During his elaborate theory on where Sasuke was located, he had subconsciously fallen out of his chair and began rolling around on the floor.

"Uh… Are you okay, Naruto?" He paused his antics and looked around the room, everyone else's eyes glued on him and calling him strange.

"-cough- Y-yes, I was just… making sure that the cockroaches didn't have cancer!!" blushing, he pointed at the critter twitching it's antennas.

"Right… Anyway, class, exams are next week, so this week starting tomorrow the counselor will call each of you individually to a secluded area in the hallway to discuss your college details. Have your applications ready." Murmurs of exchanged information sounded through out the room.

"So where are you going to apply for college?" Kiba questioned his blond friend.

"I was thinking of a drama college, insert college. You know… that one in insert place that Sasuke wants to go to. How about you?"

"Well, I always wanted to be a veterinarian, so probably some sort of college that gives good degrees in that area."

"That's a good idea," Naruto nodded, smiled and turned back to Iruka, who was ordering the class to settle down.

"Page 457 children, page 457!! Today we'll be learning insert really long scientifical procedure thing!" The whole class groaned. One kid stood up and clutched his head, yelling out his unhappiness.

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Knock knock!

"The door is opened."

Naruto pushed open the door to Sauske's apartment. He looked around; it was a very plain, basic apartment. Nothing out of the ordinary, unlike Naruto's.

Making his way toward the bedroom, Naruto took a deep breath. He eyed the cold-intoxicated guy lazily relaxing on his bed. What was wrong with bringing his best friend his homework, anyway? "Hey Sasuke, I brought your homework. Final exams are next week, you know. And our college application meetings are this week, too."

"Yeah, thanks. I'm coming back to school tomorrow, so I won't really miss anything," Sasuke took the huge stack of schoolbooks and scanned the list of assignments. "Hn. Nothing too bad for homework..."

Naruto gulped. He had to ask, it was driving him crazy. "S-Sasuke, about the park yesterday..." oh Merlin, why was he blushing? "did... did you actually mean that?"

"Huh? Oh, the sharing an apartment thing? Yeah, it would make things a lot easier for the both of us."

...What?

"No, that's not what I was talking about! I meant... um... nevermind," he blushed even harder and looked away. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"... What ever, blondie."

Recovering quickly, the blonde fox smiled and began pouring the details to his lonely day at school to Sasuke. Quite on the contrary, the inside of him was going ballistic. 'What the hell?! Did he forget?? Or maybe, I dreamt the whole thing up in my head! Graaah

I don't know whether to feel relieved or disappointed! Okay, calm down... Act normal. Breath. Whew. All right, I can just blank that out in my mind, pretend it didn't happen. It might not have. Hmm... somehow, Sasuke and I feel close today. I mean, kind of like our friendship tightened. Wait, isn't it supposed to feel the opposite right now?? I don't know...'

"--so yes, how about this weekend I get my stuff together and room at your place? By then my landlady should know and all that good stuff."

"Huh? Oh, right! Yes, that's great!" '...oops. I forgot that I was subconsciously carrying a conversation that whole time. Hope he didn't say anything too important.' He gave a grin and slapped the hen-head's back, "you just can't wait to move in with Zac Efron, eh?"

He pouted, shoving at his friend, "I'll have you know, I don't feel anything for that loved-by-little-girls fairy prince!"

"Say…" Naruto dusted off Sasuke's bed stand. "You're room is very messy!"

"Look who's talking, child," Sasuke flicked away a few loose strands of hair.

"Erm… anyways, I was also going to mention that new student teacher from Poland that Kakashi-sensei is using as a helper."

"Oh him, he seems like a nice guy, I can't wait to meet him tomorrow.."

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April fools, a holiday where you talk in sarcasm. Nobody ever takes you seriously, but sometimes it's a bad thing. Naruto arranged his pencils in an orderly fashion, from shortest to longest. While trying to decide which of two of his pencils were longer, he didn't even notice Sasuke approaching from behind.

"Hey blondie, I have AIDS."

"WHAT??" Naruto clutched Sasuke's collar and shook him up and down. "The shame!! The horror!! How will we ever have children now?!"

"N-Naruto, relax, I-I was kidding," Sasuke was getting dizzy.

"Well, erm… that's such a terrible thing to joke about!" He crossed his arms, embarrassed that he fell for it. Why would he joke anyways… eh, I guess it was revenge for the Zac Efron thing. The class slowly settled down as Kakashi-sensei came inside and slammed his perverted book closed. The kids shuddered.

"I have important new. I'm quitting teaching… because I'm pregnant."

Silence.

Some kid fainted in the back of the room.

"WWWHHAAT?!" Kakashi lowered his gaze as a tear rolled down his cheek. The class panicked even more. Chairs were thrown, tables flipped. Naruto pointed a finger at Kakashi, eyes the size of a million sparrows packed together in a convenient circular package.

"WHO?! WHO DID THIS?!" everyone quieted down to hear the pregnant teacher's answer.

"Naruto… do you know what day it is?" Realization seemed to hit everyone in the classroom, except Naruto.

"Eh, not really."

"First of April?" Naruto's face flushed with a shade of magenta. Crossing his arms, he fell into his seat and recollected his pencils off the floor.

"Anyways, everyone meet the new student teacher, Sai." A black-haired young adult entered the room and wrote his name on the board.

"Hello children, my name is Sai, and I'm gay." The whole class burst out laughing. Naruto laughed along, there was no way he was going to fall for that again. The student teacher looked confused.

"No, seriously--" everyone kept laughing, so Sai shrugged. Social studies continued, with a small joke every now and then from the classmates. The bell rang, indicating that lunch has now started.

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Naruto glared at the lunch lady, "What do you mean there's no turkey left?!"

She readjusted her hair net and shrewdly replied, "You heard me. Now get outta here before I knock you out!!" she waved her soup ladle menacingly.

"Gaah…!" Naruto threw his hands in the air and stomped away. Turkey was the only good thing in the cafeteria, so if there wasn't any, he didn't eat.

Nearing the usual table he sat at lunch with his new friends, he noticed a large flock of students gathered around the new student teacher, Sai.

"No really guys, I'm gay!" Sai protested earnestly.

"Yeah, sure you are! And my mother lives in Alaska!" Kiba joked, for it was still April fools.

"I'm telling the truth! Um…" Naruto walked up o them.

"Hey guys, what's all this ru--" grabbing the front of his shirt, Sai caught the blonde's lips on his own.

"Mm… MMM!!" his eyes widened and he tried to shove the student teacher away, but the grip on his shirt was too tight. Suddenly, his savior emerged from the shadows, a strange light emitting from his eyes.

"Get…off…him!!" The Japanese messiah's claw-like hands dug into the offending student teacher's shoulder.

"S-Sasuke!" Naruto gasped out, finally having been released from unwanted attention. Sai giggled nervously, backing away.

"I… I was just trying to prove a point, really, dear!" everyone flinched as Sai said 'dear.' He was definitely gay. April fools or not, that kiss was pretty convincing.

Naruto continued to watch the enraged raven chase the student teacher around the lunch table. He was just boarding a train of thought about his favorite henhead when Sai decided to use him as a shield. Sasuke abruptly skidded to a halt.

"That's not fair!!" he pointed at Sai with accusation, still trying to get around the defenseless and discombobulated Naruto. There was only one thing left to do. Give up on getting revenge, for now. Sasuke put his hands on Naruto's ribs and threw him over his shoulder. The blonde protested, throwing fists at the Uchiha as he stomped out of the cafeteria.

"I'LL GET MY REVENGE!!" His voice faded away off into the distance.

After gently setting Naruto on the ground, he patted him on the head. Naruto lamped at Sasuke with bewilderment in his eyes. Both of them suddenly turned around, hearing the demon student teacher's voice. Sasuke pulled his blonde into a protective grip and quickly backed down the hallway, using the shadows for cover.

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Naruto exhaled, closing his locker door covered with pictures of Zac Efron. He blew his locker a goodbye kiss and marched down the hallway as gracefully as he could possibly manage. Yet he could feel a pair of menacing eyes following him. Walking faster but still gracefully, Naruto dove around a corner. And another. And ano—

"OH SNAP!!"

"Hiya, Naruto!" the student teacher shone a friendly smile. Chills ran through Naruto's body. Sasuke, help me… His eyes flew around the hallway, trying to find a way out of this situation. They landed on a small door marked with an exit sign. Naruto dashed to the door, but he didn't get very far. Icy hands grabbed his arm and pulled him in the opposite direction.

"There's no escaping this, Naruto. I am afraid this is something you must do. The school didn't lend me a room for my own personal uses for nothing." Tears flowed from the blonde's eyes as he thought what horrors awaited him beyond the classroom door as they neared it. He closed his eyes, but soon reopened them when he heard a slam from the dreaded door.

It looked like a five-year-old girl's room. Maybe even worse. Pillows, blankets, a fluffy carpet… and in the middle, an expensive-looking table with a tea set. Naruto grasped his forehead in horror.

"I assume you received the invitation?" Naruto reluctantly removed a pink glittery piece of ornate paper from his messenger bag and handed it over to the happy Sai. Continuing to study the extremely gaudy hellhole, his eyes fell upon a rather humiliated Uchiha, dressed to look like one of the porcelain dolls displayed on a nearby shelf.

"So you got dragged into this too, huh?"

"Yep." Naruto knew there was no escaping now.

Sai emerged from digging through a plastic jewel-encrusted box labeled "Princess Attire," clutching two dresses similar to the one Sasuke was wearing.

"Kyaah!! We all get to look pretty for the tea party now!" the obnoxiously queer student teacher exclaimed, hearts exploding around him.

"By the beard of Merlin, HELL no! You can't force that thing on me, even if it means it's the last thing you do!"

A few minutes later…

"Nooo, Sasuke… WHY?!" Naruto sobbed into said raven's puffle-sleeved shoulder, flapping the ruffles that now adorned his own body.

Curse you, Sai! Stupid blackmail… and threats with sharp kitchen knives! Sasuke directed a severe glare at the exuberant dress-clad man, whom he found only to be a year or so older than themselves.

"Oh em gee!! You both are such dolls! How cute you look!!" squealing again, he fell backwards into an enormous pile of fluffy pillows.

Well, at least I'm not that gay… both males thought, somewhat disturbed by their student teacher's antics.

"Okay then! Let's have some tea, shall we??" smiling happily, he daintily held up a heart-patterned teakettle.

"S-sure," as long as we make it out alive.

"Alright! I'll go prepare the tea and get the cookies out of the oven. Don't even think about trying to escape, I have surveillance cameras." Sai spoke the last part threateningly and disappeared around the door, leaving Naruto and Sasuke with chills.

"So, uh…" Naruto felt his face grow hot, for he couldn't help but remember that dream with them in the park. I still can't believe I had a dream like that… Slapping himself, he turned to Sasuke, "er, thanks for earlier, you know when Sai was…"

"Taking advantage of you?" Sasuke supplied.

"Y-yes. Thank you."

"Sure. And if that mangy mutt ever lays his paws on you again I will personally cut off his p--"

"Okay! Tea and cookies have arrived!!" Sai pranced into the room, a tray full of goodies in hand. But before he could reach the frilly boys he froze, and slowly turned to the door from which a creak was escaping. Sasuke let out a gasp, and Naruto inhaled, getting ready to scream. The Uchiha closed Naruto's mouth and pulled him towards a pile of pillows nearby. The blonde boy got the hint and quickly dove in the fluffy mountain, closely followed by Sasuke.

They settled in and peeked out just in time to watch the door open and two very familiar figures stumble in, Sai still frozen with tea in hand.

"Oh, this isn't the janitor's closet!!" the silver-haired sensei scratched the back of his head and turned his attention to Iruka, who was gaping at Sai in the dress while clutching on the front of Kakashi's unbuttoned shirt. They both seemed quite disheveled; Iruka was blushing like mad with his pants halfway off, and Kakashi's hands roaming about.

A blonde and pink mass suddenly flew towards Iruka-sensei's feet.

"SAVE MEEE!!" he clamped on the teacher's legs, with no interest in letting go. Sasuke also pranced out in his dress and high-heels and grabbed Kakashi's arm. Well, it's not like I can loose any more dignity than this.

Sai remained frozen as Naruto and then later Sasuke walked out of the bathroom, now in their normal clothes, and bowed to Kakashi and Iruka as thanks for rescuing them. They then left to go home; Kakashi and Iruka ran off mumbling something about picking up where they left off, Naruto skipped away to Sasuke's dwelling to begin the packing, and Sasuke left a few seconds later, not wanting to be left alone with the scary student-teacher.

They spent most of the time packing, finishing somewhere around seven. By the time the boxes got to Naruto's apartment, it was around ten. The boys unloaded the boxes, friendly chatter making the time pass quicker. They finally collapsed on the bed by midnight, and Sasuke pulled Naruto into a hug, making his heart beat unnaturally fast.

Returning the embrace, Naruto wrapped his arms around his companion. Without even thinking about what he was doing, Naruto leaned forward and their lips touched. Falling back on the bed, he shot an uncertain glance at the raven. Then he realized he was asleep.

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What happened to Sai, you ask? He remained still as a stone until the next morning, teapot still in hand.

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