"I still don't get it, what's the point of doing all of it? It makes no sense to me." Naruto took a bite of his burger as he eyed his pink haired friend as she reapplied make-up instead of eating her food. "Who cares what you look like with all that on your face. You should just eat, you look fine." Sakura glared over her hand mirror at him but continued messing with her makeup. The blonde shook his head and turned to the raven beside him who was leisurely nibbling on his salad. "Sasuke do you get it?"
To Naruto's disbelief Sasuke nodded his head affirmatively, there was no way Sasuke actually understood why their friend felt the need to reapply makeup every hour instead of just enjoying her food. The raven turned to him with a smirk. "Just because you don't take care of yourself doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't. Maybe that's why you can't get a date." Naruto narrowed his eyes and then pouted when Sakura laughed. He felt ganged up on.
Sakura batted her lashes with a small upturn of her lips and leaned across the table towards Sasuke; she wasn't flirting like she use to when they were younger but she still liked to be as feminine as she could around her old crush. "It didn't really help me to win you over though, did it." She gave a small pat to Sasuke's hand that wasn't picking at his salad as the raven just shrugged and turned back to his meal. Naruto eyed him for a moment before smiling back to Sakura to continue questioning the meaning of looking nice if it messed with being able to do other things, like eat.
Things like this, looking unrealistically good 24/7 just to impress people, never really appealed to Naruto or even seemed like something others should worry about. Not that makeup was bad, but he wished Sakura wasn't so obsessed with it and would just allow herself to relax. He hoped that she wouldn't become like that but once Ino started wearing a lot of makeup, Sakura immediately joined in on the makeup train and from there it spiraled out of control.
A laugh escaped Naruto as Sakura sassed him as she re-adjusted her hair and smiled up at him as they enjoyed a friendly moment. He was glad that they were decent friends now even if he knew he didn't have a shot at making her happy romantically. He knew they were close though and he could accept that as enough. 'She would at least tell me if she started dating someone.' The bitterness in his own thoughts made Naruto wince. He didn't want to feel like this.
Naruto above everything was suppose to be there to support Sasuke, but it didn't stop him from feeling bitter over how he found out about his friend and Gaara. They didn't talk about it very much and Naruto tried very hard to accept that it wasn't something that Sasuke was very comfortable talking about, even if he was so curious he thought he was going to die. The only thing he had gotten from Sasuke was that he was "pretty sure he and Gaara weren't dating", that only confused the blonde further since he has caught them kissing twice since that day. It was specifically confusing because he was sure Sasuke had been clear in the fact that he didn't want to date Gaara but was suddenly all for going along with whatever they had going.
"I think your beautiful Sakura, why not date me?" Naruto asked waggling his eyebrows at his friend. She snorted and rolled her eyes and Naruto tried not to take it to heart.
With a final smack of her glossed lips Sakura stood and stretched before announcing that she was gonna go boy hunting, which Sasuke and Naruto both made a face at. No more than a second after she left, Kiba plopped down in her seat with a low whistle and a half eaten sandwich. "She looks really good today, I wonder if she would ever let me have a chance?"
Something defensive rose in Naruto. Not really for Sakura but for Kiba. "As if!" Naruto yelled with a roll of his eyes.
Kiba furrowed his brows as he took a bite from his sandwich. "You don't think I'm in her league or something?" He managed through his mouth full.
Naruto smirked. "No, I mean 'as if' you would ever betray your love for Hinata." Kiba narrowed his eyes but then laughed softly while rubbing at his cheek. He didn't answer but Naruto knew he was right. Kiba has liked Hinata since they were ten, and they nearly spent everyday with each other. It was unfortunate that Hinata was oblivious to the romantic feelings Kiba held for her. Naruto just couldn't figure out why he hadn't asked Hinata out yet, sure she was shy but they have known each other for years now and they seemed comfortable enough around each other. At least Hinata didn't faint when Kiba was around like she did a lot in middle school with Naruto. The blonde never did find out what was wrong with her, he figured it was just because she was scared of him or his loud personality.
A shove at his side brought Naruto from his thoughts, he looked over to Sasuke who had nudged him. He didn't make eye contact but had mummbled lowly, "Scoot over some." Naruto looked confused until he saw Gaara past Sasuke, headed for their table. The blond glared down at Sasuke but gave up with a sigh. He got up and decided to sit on the other side of the table completely. He was sure to give a kick to Sasuke once he was reseated next to Kiba who had seen the action and grinned.
"I saw that Naruto." Gaara stated as he sat as well. Naruto pulled a face and decided he was still too upset with the two across from him to communicate with them, so he started talking with Kiba about the weekend while Sasuke and Gaara did their little bit of talking and eating.
At first Naruto didn't think something like this was going to go well. Kiba threw an absolute fit the first time it happened, having Gaara and Sasuke sit with them, but eventually got over it and had even started being nicer around Gaara. In miniscule ways Naruto had found that he didn't like opening their table to the pair, with the knowledge that they were kinda-but-not dating it made Naruto feel edgy when they were together; For the most part though, he liked it since it made him feel like he and Sasuke were really becoming friends like Iruka and Kakashi wanted. Naruto saw what looked like a blush on Sasuke's face at something Gaara said and his nerves bristled; He was sure they were going to get caught and it made him feel something icky inside his chest.
Neither Sasuke or Gaara were out to the school, nobody was 'out' in the school, and it made Naruto nervous when he saw them on the rare occasion hug or brush finger tips. Just yesterday Naruto and Sasuke had met up with some friends and Gaara had stealthily pecked him on the cheek and it damn near gave Naruto a heart attack. Luckily no one saw except Kiba who obviously knew about it and was cool with homosexuality. Naruto had talked to Sasuke about this a number of times which usually turned into a fight or Sasuke flat out walking away but Naruto couldn't help being on edge about this.
By the end of lunch Naruto and Kiba had agreed to find something to do for the weekend since colder weather was setting in quickly. They weren't super sure what but they felt the pressure to get in as much warm weather activity as they could. It was enough to occupy most of Naruto's mind with excitement, but it also made Naruto wonder what Sasuke would be doing in the weekend. Its been a few weeks since he and Gaara started dating-but-not-really so it was normal that they wanted to go on dates outside of the house. He just hoped that they didn't do anything where they could get confronted without Naruto there to help. In all honesty he was impressed that they hadn't been caught by Iruka or someone, and in another way he hoped they got caught and weren't allowed to kiss or be within five inches of each other.
Obsessed, Naruto wouldn't say he was obsessing. He was just concerned and maybe still felt guilty for the whole Kabuto situation. Who wouldn't be concerned after all that mess? Sasuke and he hadn't talked in nearly months, then Sasuke literally cries to him after getting into a huge fight, only then to end up in a weird relationship thing with a friend that he had been isolating for some time before. It seemed a little much even to Naruto. He wished Sasuke would talk to him, he had hoped the raven would speak to him more freely after the talk they had at the old house but so far it didn't seem like it would be that easy at all.
Kiba had asked if he could come over that night which Naruto and Sasuke both said no to. The last night Kiba had been over Iruka had been about two seconds from snapping on the lot of them and the last Naruto wanted was to have Kiba scarred from Iruka's rage. He also wanted to decrease the likeliness of Iruka snapping at all. Naruto was pretty sure he had made the right call for sure when he and Sasuke walked into Iruka's classroom to see him face down at his desk with paper work haphazardly scattered over said desk and his breif case flopped over on the floor.
Both teens stood in front of the desk for a moment as if waiting to see if Iruka was still breathing. The long haired man didn't budge at all. "Do you think he's alright?" Naruto asked in a whisper to Sasuke beside him.
The raven crossed his arms with a deadpanned look on his face. "No I think he died." Naruto knew it was a joke but he couldn't help but feel his heart jump at the thought of walking into a room to find Iruka hurt or dead. "He's fine Naruto." Sasuke swung his arm out to smack against Naruto's chest to dislodge his thoughts from the dark path it had been on. It helped for the most part but Naruto still felt uneasy and concerned for his guardian.
The blond idled up to his guardian's side cautiously, and placed a hand on the man's shoulder to give a little shake. "Iruka? Hey, Iruka. C'mon time to get up." Iruka stirred with a groan and it sent relief through the worried teen.
"I'm fine Naruto, my head just kinda hurts." Iruka opened his arms to let Naruto lean down and accept a hug, which he did. "I'll be fine." When he was about to pull back from the hug he felt Iruka open his arms more and call for Sasuke. When he turned back to look at the pouty looking raven, he sighed and made his way over to wrap his arms around both Naruto and Iruka in a squished group hug. It was nice if Naruto allowed himself to think so, even when Sasuke tried to pull away before Iruka was ready to let go and began fussing when Iruka wouldn't let go.
Once Sasuke convinced Iruka to let them go, Iruka gave them each a gentle pat and sat back down at his desk to begin grading things where had apparently left off for a little nap. Naruto was sure he wasn't the only one that noticed how much slower Iruka was going than usual. At the very least the blonde was sure that he hadn't ever heard so many sighs come from Iruka, except for when the blonde or Kakashi were being especially difficult. Naruto sent a look to Sasuke next to him and was pleased when Sasuke met his look with a nod and they both began to pack up Iruka's things for him.
Iruka had only mummbled a weak "boys" as a protest but Naruto was determined to get Iruka home for a nap, or something, as soon as possible. Sasuke nodded towards Iruka and while Naruto wasn't sure exactly what he meant he still went to his parent's side and helped him to his feet. Iruka thanked him and made to reach for his briefcase but Sasuke turned away with the briefcase in his hands and walked from the room. The way Sasuke made everything he did so dramatic but graceful made Naruto screw up his face as he watched him leave the room.
"Naruto, you guys do realize I'm not dying or anything, I'm just tired." Naruto grinned and gave shrug. As much of an asshat as Sasuke could be, Naruto knew that when it came to family he and Sasuke both had a want to take care of them, so it really wasn't a surprise to him that he and the other teen were able to team up for this so easily.
Down in the vehicle Naruto saw that Sasuke was already sitting in the passenger seat; Naruto was highly suspicious that Sasuke had somehow planned on Naruto being delayed by walking Iruka down to the car. Despite the trickery Naruto made the decision to sit in the back without a word in the name of peace for Iruka. "So what do you guys want to eat, I'm thinking about take out." And just like that he and Sasuke dropped all pretense of being peaceful.
Sasuke turned around in his seat to pin Naruto with narrowed eyes."We are not eating noodles Naruto."
A smile formed on Naruto's face at the need for Sasuke to say that with such ferociousness. "Ok, but how about pizza." Sasuke curled his lip in dsgust. "We could just have plain burgers." Sasuke didn't like the idea of that either apparently but Naruto couldn't think of much else at this point. "Well what would you get?" He snapped motioning towards Sasuke.
Sasuke opened his mouth to say something but cut himself off and looked to the front where Iruka was having difficulties starting the vehicle. "Maybe we should call Kakashi?" Naruto watched for Iruka to get his phone out but Sasuke ended up being the one to dial Kakashi. "Here Iruka it's ringing."
"How about thai?" It took Naruto a moment to realize that Sasuke was talking to him about food again. He distractedly nodded in agreement.
Iruka got a stunned look on his face and it made Naruto feel even more distracted. "Still has noodles." was his attempt to sass. Sasuke made a humming noise as he watched Iruka as well.
"Here." Iruka shoved the phone at Sasuke and the raven nearly dropped it in surprise. Sasuke held the phone to his ear and listened to the voices on the other end for a second with a grimace slowly forming on his features. Naruto felt beyond left behind and scooted to the edge of his seat so he could press his face closer to Sasuke's to try to listen in.
"He is still here but I'm pretty sure it would be better if you just came down here. Why are you even there?" Noticing the proximity of Naruto's face Sasuke shoved his palm in the blond's face until he relented and went back to sitting. "I'm not sure I wasn't paying attention. Yeah. ok, love you to. bye." Sasuke hung up with a sigh and then gave Naruto a concerned look, which definitely wasn't over Naruto's well being, before looking back over to Iruka who was blankly staring ahead. "He'll be here in thirty minutes or so." Iruka didn't reply.
Giving up on trying to figure all this out on his own, Naruto swatted at Sasuke's arm causing the raven to turn to him with a scowl. "What's going on?" He whispered as best he could. Saskuke grimaced further and gave a sympathetic look to their guardian and then shrugged his shoulders. Naruto narrowed his eyes in disbelief, he had heard what the raven said over the phone, Sasuke obviously knew something about Kakashi at the very least but wasn't telling him. "Where is Kakashi?" He tried again. Sasuke mouthed the word 'later' before resolutely facing front in his seat. Growling and grumbling in complain Naruto sat back in temporary resignation. He was sure to give Sasuke's seat a good kick as he sat back since he knew Iruka was currently out of it enough to not notice.
To both the boys gratefulness Kakashi's vehicle pulled into the parking lot not too long after. Eager to get up and move Naruto clambered out of the car and ran to his other parent's car. He slowed down in his sprint when he saw another person in Kakashi's vehicle; a woman with darker hair that spiked around her face. Kakashi and the woman got out of the car and Naruto greeted Kakashi with a hug but kept his eyes on the woman with pale eyes. "Who are you?" He asked eyeing the girl who gave him a big crooked grin.
"Were you born without manners or do you strive to be rude?" Sasuke grumbled at him appearing next to Kakashi and Naruto. The woman laughed loudly and grinned with her tongue caught between her teeth when Naruto glared at her. "She's Anko Mitarashi. And this is Naruto Uzumaki." Sasuke explained motioning between the adult woman and Naruto.
Not wanting to be rude Naruto nodded to the woman and would have said something but he noticed Kakashi begin to walk towards the car. He stepped in the man's path earning a questioning look. "Listen, Iruka is in a weird mood just so you know. I think maybe he's half asleep but he's acting super weird." From the corner of his eye, Naruto could see Sasuke nodding in agreement with him. "Maybe be gentle when you speak with him and play down on the mushy stuff."
"You could also maybe explain why you brought Anko here." Sasuke gave a distasteful glance back at Iruka's car. Naruto looked back as well and felt his stomach drop when he saw the strange woman leaning against the car and speaking with Iruka and by the time he turned back to Kakashi the man had walked past the two towards Anko and Iruka. "This isn't going to end well." Sasuke sighed and followed after their parent.
There was a heavy feeling in Naruto's stomach for the rest of the time that they were out. He wasn't really sure what was going on but he knew that something was off, he just couldn't pinpoint it. He helped Kakashi as he looked over the engine for any signs of what could be wrong but stayed quiet. When Kakashi deducted that they just needed a jump start he nodded and stood off to the side as Kakashi brought his vehicle nose to nose with Iruka's to set up the cables.
While things were getting settled Naruto carefully watched everyone for any kind of hints as to what caused this type of tense situation to occur. Even the Anko woman seemed to have felt the prickly atmosphere and was away from everyone inside Kakashi's car. Iruka seemed to be disassociating and not really making eye contact with anyone, and Sasuke was glaring at everyone and turning away from conversation like a pissed off cat.
When stumped and left with no clues, text Sasuke since he always has the answer. That is how Naruto has been doing homework and a number of other things and it hadn't failed yet. Naruto hugged Kakashi before he climbed into the so he could go ahead and send his text to Sasuke. He hadn't been listening to Iruka and Kakashi talk but he felt the car lurch and then Iruka was speeding away faster than he normally would have. The heavy feeling in his stomach suddenly felt cold as he realized that Iruka was angry at Kakashi. So many questions rushed through his head at the realization. He searched the last few days to see if he could find a cause for the anger but didn't find anything that could make Iruka this panicky or angry. Naruto looked down at his phone and sent the text that he had been working on.
Sasuke replied soon enough. 'I don't know for sure but I think Iruka misunderstood something Kakashi did.' Naruto narrowed his brows in confusion. He couldn't think of anything that Kakashi did that was rude or could have been taken wrong. Another text came through. 'we can talk more about it later away from Iruka.' Naruto at first felt himself bristle at the prospect of having to wait even longer to learn what exactly it was that he was missing but he figured it would be easier to explain verbally thn over text. While they drove around Naruto felt the dread building up and he sighed heavily with little relief.
From the front seat Sasuke made a small humming noise and then there were clicking sounds from his phone. Naruto looked up curiously and waited for him to finish and hit send. He looked a little upset as he typed and it confused Naruto when his phone never pinged with a notification. Sasuke's phone vibrated and he rolled his eyes at whatever was on his phone. Naruto rose an eyebrow at the scene and then narrowed his eyes when he figured it out. Gaara.
Without thinking about how private Sasuke usually was, Naruto quickly typed out a text. 'Wat r u and Gaara talking about?'
This apparently wasn't a good topic based off of the glare he was shot over the raven's shoulder and the rude message. 'Absolutely nothing you should concern yourself with. Dont text me again.' Naruto scrunched his face up at the text and then turned to Sasuke and stuck his tongue out.
Naruto carded his hand through his hair in frustration. There were too many things going on that he didn't understand, it was driving him crazy. He looked back down at his phone in thought and dropped his hand from his hair. He decided to text someone to take his mind off of things for now and ended up texting Lee. He wasn't sure how he even got the goofy looking kid's number but he was nice and Naruto figured that was good enough. He was great at texting to, always answered unless he was at his guardian's dojo or at a track event.
'naruto! im glad you messaged me. i have great news!' Naruto felt a small smirk pull at the corner of his lip at the number of exclamation points Lee tended to use. Another message came in before Naruto could even ask what the news was. 'i heard a new student will be attending our school sometime soon, isn't that great! New faces are always great to have around! i do hope that he is as kind as our other friends, perhaps he will want to join track with me or maybe come see the dojo!'
It was sort of good news as long as the kid wasn't anything like Kabuto and the rest of the jerks that were also coming back some time next year. Naruto couldn't get any information on the new kid after that point since Lee had entered one of his impenetrable youth rants about the powers of friendship. He eventually made the excuse of helping Iruka set up for dinner to get him to stop messaging even though Iruka had just announced they would stop at a fast food place for burgers as he texted it.
Once they were home Iruka continued to be lost in whatever thoughts that were clouding his mind and Sasuke and Naruto ate their food quickly before bailing from the table. Iruka had barely nodded them away and mumbled a 'love you, be good' before they were gone. Naruto had tried to say something to Sasuke as they walked but the raven just shook his head. Feeling rejected Naruto huffed and marched to his room with as much show as he could. By the time he had reached his door, the feeling of hurt twinged just enough to deflate him. He sighed and turned to look down the hall only to see Sasuke standing expectantly behind him.
As Naruto stared at Sasuke he become impatient and crossed his arms. "What? are we talking in your room or what?" The blond was quick to push open his door for Sasuke but felt dumb struck as he walked by him. He grinned though, feeling that this somehow was a victory in it's own way.
They settled onto Naruto's bed with their backs to the wall, Sasuke claiming Naruto's pillows to make a nest for himself. "So now will you explain to me what I was missing throughout all of that?" Naruto asked picking at his comforter.
"Iruka thinks Kakashi is having an affair." He stated bluntly.
"What?" Naruto squeaked leaning up on his knees and looking like he was about ready to bolt from the room to do, he wasn't even sure himself.
With a roll of his dark eyes Sasuke grabbed Naruto's shirt to pull the teen back down onto the bed next to him. "He thinks. I don't though; Kakashi is too loyal for that and he definitely wouldn't cheat with Anko." Naruto's brows pinched together at the mention of that name. He put the name to the woman with Kakashi today and it made his stomach roll that she was the one making Iruka feel so hurt. "Stop looking like that Naruto. weren't you listening there is no way Kakashi would see her as anything other than a sloppy boss and an annoying friend of the family."
"But what if he is! No wonder Iruka is acting so off today." Sasuke had snapped at Naruto to calm down but the blond went on in his rant. "What proof is there that he isn't. Oh my god what if they break up. Sasuke this isn't good."
While images of a ruined family flashed through Naruto's mind Sasuke had moved from his pillow pile to sit in front of the hysterical blond. He grabbed both sides of Naruto's face and shook him a bit. "Stop and listen idiot." Naruto glared at him but nodded with a huff. Naruto pulled his face from Sasuke's grip and worked his jaw.
"Ok now listen. Anko, she's a borderline alcoholic. Why or how she become above Kakashi is a mystery to anyone. He honestly ends up doing her job half the time. That being said it's not too out of ordinary that he would end up going with her to a business deal. She probably was already taking shots and being loud and touchy by the time Iruka called. So it sounded like she was a strange lady rubbing all over Kakashi at a bar."
"Ugh, Sasuke, she kind of is." Naruto watched as Sasuke closed his eyes in irritation before shrugging and then nodding in agreement.
"But she really is a friend of the family. She use to babysit me on days that Kakashi wasn't around." Naruto didn't understand how that was meant to make the situation any better. "She's Kakashi's friend Naruto. Friends are allowed to be close, even if it is annoying." Somehow Naruto felt offended by the look he was being given after Sasuke said that. "Kakashi didn't cheat she is just a stupid drunk."
As much as Naruto still didn't like the situation he nodded in understanding. "So Kakashi was just being a good friend and carting her around so she didn't stumble off in a drunken stupor." Naruto asked finally feeling less lost. Sasuke huffed and nodded. "Well great let's go tell Iruka so he can feel better and not be angry at Kakashi." Naruto excitedly started to get off the bed but Sasuke roughly shoved him back. "Ow, what?"
"We can't, are you stupid?" Sasuke asked crossing his arms.
"I will be if you keep making me hit my head on shit. Why can't we?" He growled as he rubbed his head where it had connected to the wall the bed was pressed against.
"If we tell Iruka all of this right now he'll think it's just us making excuses for Kakashi. It'll just make it harder for Iruka to believe Kakashi when he explains it for himself." He explained as if any of that had made sense. Naruto was trying hard but he didn't get it.
"That, seems really dumb." He said shaking his head.
The raven norrowed his eyes and nodded. "It is but people their age will just assume we're scared they will split up and are defending Kakashi. Even if Iruka did believe us he would probably still always hold suspicions. Believe me, it's not worth it."
When put that way Naruto better understood, he just wished he could do something, anything. He had never had to deal with this kind of situation and felt afraid, even if he wouldn't ever fess up to feeling so. He was sure that Sasuke felt the same just looking at the way that he drew up one knee to his chest. "Sasuke, how do you know it will turn out ok?"
To Naruto's disappointment Sasuke only shrugged without even looking up. Naruto sighed and leaned back against the wall again. He wondered how situations like these even happened, it seemed a bit ridiculous. He just really hoped that this would easily solve its self since it was all just a big misunderstanding. Still, he wanted to help. He began to think about some kind of game plan when he felt Sasuke move back to the pillows next to him.
It felt like Sasuke was going to say something so Naruto lifted his head to watch Sasuke. The other teen was watching him and sighed when they made eye contact. "Naruto are you still upset about me and Gaara?" Immediately Naruto shook his head no but turned too look towards his hands instead of continuing to look at Sasuke. If his thoughts at the lunch table were any indication he knew he still was but didn't want Sasuke to know. "Well that was obvious as hell."
Well there went Sasuke not knowing. "Shut up it was not."
Sasuke bumped shoulders with Naruto. It was unusual of him but made Naruto smirk a bit and even feel better. "If it makes you feel any better, we aren't dating, never were." Naruto snorted and rolled his eyes in disbelief. He was thankful that Sasuke was trying right now but he didn't want him to lie. "We weren't! It was just a way to make you guys go away and then to annoy you, but then we just started kissing cause it was fun, but i think he thinks we're in a relationship."
Sasuke explained everything sounded more and more frustrated with everything and, himself Naruto thought, then pulled both of his knees up to his chest signaling his own personal defeat. "Sounds like you need to fix that Sasuke. I know I've been kinda pissy towards the two of you, but when he isn't with you he's actually pretty cool. I don't want you breaking the poor guys heart cause you led him on." Sasuke nodded instead of getting offended which bothered Naruto. "Hey, it's ok, yeah? If you don' want to be with him just say so. He's said a hundred times that he would stick by your side even if you guys didn't date or I guess stopped kissing. It'll be ok." Naruto nudged him gently making the raven sway.
An answer to Naruto's reassurance was never given but Sasuke sighed and leaned his head back against the wall along with Naruto. They sat for a few hours just sitting in silence, Sasuke on his phone and Naruto somewhere between a nap and resting. Eventually, after Naruto had nearly fallen from his sitting position and into Sasuke's lap, Sasuke yawned and eased himself off the bed with an elbow painfully in Naruto's thigh as leverage. "We have homework tonight. Don't forget." Naruto nodded feeling distrait in his sleep haze as he tossed his pillows back where they belonged so he could collapse on them. He didn't see Sasuke slip out of the room but when the blond opened his eyes again, after falling asleep, he was alone with the light still on.
The heavy feeling from sleep made him groan as he reached around the bed and floor in search for his phone. He could see it just out of his reach on the floor and he glared at it. Letting the top portion of his body hang off the bed, Naruto reached for the phone and barely got his fingers around it when he slipped from the bed completely. The fall hadn't hurt but it made Naruto huff in irritation.
There were about three texts from Kiba crying about how hard the homework is and how horrible of a friend Naruto was for leaving him to struggle on his own. He groaned and rubbed at his eyes at the memory of homework and Sasuke's reminder to do it. Peeking back at his phone through his fingers he saw that it was two hours before he needed to be awake for school. "Fuck, I'm not doing it." Sluggishly the blond pulled himself up from the floor and back onto the bed.
While he laid there he wondered if it was even worth it to go back to sleep. It wasn't like he was tired since he ended up going to sleep pretty early, but then again who was he to deny extra time to sleep. He flopped over onto his stomach completely intended on resting up as much as possible, especially if he was gonna have to face his teacher for not completing this assignment, when he realized it was the big book report which was for 60% of his grade. About three seconds after that thought ran through his head Naruto jumped up in a tangle of blankets feeling like his heart had just stopped.
"Oh shit!" He scrambled for his phone and checked the time again. In a panic he tried to run to his book-bag, thankful that he ended up sleeping with the light on so he could see. He stumbled a bit when his blankets tangled around his bed but he managed to get to his bag without injury. When he managed to get the right folder out and flip through the assignment he threw himself back to lay against the ground in relief.
Now that he was more awake and aware he remembered that this project was basically finished since Iruka and Sasuke both kept on his case over it. The only thing he needed to do was print out the essay he had written over the report and put all of his pieces together in a single folder neatly. He put his hand over his chest where he could feel his heart beating erratically. A few hysterical chuckles flit out of him while he tried to remember to kiss Iruka in the morning and do something for Sasuke in thanks. He practically owed them his life. Laughing again he wondered if he should be more thankful to Sasuke since Iruka would have killed him if he hadn't finished this assignment.
Laughing some more Naruto shakily crawled back to his bed and picked up his blankets and phone. He opened up his messages with Sasuke and sent him as many loving emojis as he could with a quick 'ilysm'. he'd probably get hit for it but he didn't care. The only thing he did care about at the moment possibly getting a glass of ice water and then getting at least an hour more sleep.
As quietly as he could Naruto stumbled down the dark hall and stopped for a minute out side of Sasuke's door. He could hear light snoring from inside and bit his lip at the distant sound. He wished he could tease Sasuke for snoring but he knew he was a far louder snorer than Sasuke ever would be. Continuing to dawdle slowly so as not to trip, Naruto's thoughts stayed focused on Sasuke. He recognized that they were able to have another moment like the time after Sasuke's fight, where they spent time together comfortably talking and then in silence. At least Naruto was certain that he felt comfortable spending time with Sasuke, how Sauske felt was a toss about for Naruto since he could never pinpoint what the other was thinking.
In his own cloud of thought Naruto had realized that he had made it to the kitchen already and took to grabbing a glass and some water. He chuged about half of it before refilling the glass and taking a sip. It was refreshing and made him feel cool enough that the thought of his warm bed was already making him drowsy despite the time slipping away for him to weasel in some more sleep.
Getting lost in his own thoughts again about how much time he had before he absolutely had to get up, he nearly missed the figure laying on the couch. He turned sharply, nearly spilling his drink, at the sound of a small snore. Relief spread through Naruto when he realized it was only Kakashi. The man was too tall for the couch and Naruto felt minutely bad for him but still couldn't put the thought of Kakashi having an affair out of his head. He didn't honestly think it was possible for Kakashi, of all people, to have an affair but it still somehow made him weary and afraid.
Another bubble of fear popped in the blond's chest when the man in front of him groaned and slowly opened his eyes to look at Naruto. "Kakashi, why are you sleeping on the couch? You look kinda like crap man." Naruto heard in his own voice the slight shake of his fear of what could have happened but he didn't think that Kakashi would be able to register it, not with the way he was holding his head and groaning in pain anyways. "Here you might need this more than I do." He held out his glass of water to Kakashi who steadily sat up to take it. The obvious fact that Kakashi had a hang over really didn't help ease Naruto's mind about the situation.
"Thanks Naruto, you should go on to bed."
The feeling of needing to anything he could to help made Naruto straighten and act despite what Sasuke had said. "I believe Iruka may have taken the situation from earlier to heart. I've never seen him jealous before." Kakashi nodded along with him. "I don't think he is jealous, maybe he's insecure. He's pretty weird about certain things. As much as I don't enjoy seeing it, I have noticed that you guys have slowed down in the affection area." Naruto didn't know where all of this was coming from, but as he spoke he started to feel better just reminding himself that this was all a misunderstanding and easily fixed with explanations.
It didn't seem like it was helping Kakashi any though. "So you're saying he kicked me out of the room because I don't attack him in front of everyone? So I can fix this by simply kissing him at the breakfast table."
Naruto pulled a face, hadn't he just explained that he didn't like seeing the open affection. "Oh god no. I'm not saying that, not really anyways." Kakashi sighed and Naruto struggled to not pinch his nose at the awful morning breath Kakashi had. He could really tell now that the man had drank some before bed. "For now you just need to make sure he knows that you love him and not the woman you were with today. If I were you I would start calling if I was going to be late." Naruto smirked at Kakashi and pivoted away with a stretch. "Catch ya later bad breath."
Kakashi had made a jab at Naruto's side but he was able to avoid it enough to not be tickled and continued to walk. He felt another wave of gratitude towards Sasuke for talking with him about this and explaining his views on why this thing between Kakashi and Iruka was happening. He wished he could have been able to talk to Sasuke when he was younger about the bullies. It seemed Sasuke had a lot of good ideas about things and could see things happening that Naruto didn't. Instead though they were too busy fighting each other and being brats. And he really wanted to make up lost time, but he knew that it wouldn't take long for them to go back to their arguments and it would probably be a long time before they had a peaceful moment again like today.
When he entered his room and shut out the light Naruto sighed and tried hard to put the negative thoughts away. When he fell into bed he sighed again and buried his face into his pillows. Thoughts of his and Sasuke's recent fights come to mind. They hadn't all been too bad, mostly just small spats. Maybe if he tried harder to not be a fuck up he and Sasuke could have more peaceful moments and maybe even become friends. Naruto groaned into his pillows at the thought. He felt it would be too hard to be anything other than himself and it made everything he wanted seem out of reach.
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