Warning: cussing... that's all... again. sorry.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, I would have made Sakura less useless.

Note: None really, when you finish the chapter read the one at the bottom.

Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to my friend yaoi lover14706. I haven't had the best summer this year but she has really helped me through it. I really want to thank her :) If you want to read some good Naruto yaoi, go check out her profile! She's awesome! haha, Thank you!

(about a week later)

Sasuke was currently restocking books in the children's section of Powell's Book Store. His advanced algebra class had finished an hour ago and he was now at work. He'd gotten a crap load of homework in that class. He had known that college was going to be harder than high school and more challenging, but damn, he hadn't expected this much work.

"Sasuke Uchiha, please come to the front desk," The stores intercom bellowed throughout the store. Sasuke jerked when he heard his name. It freaked him out. What did they need from him that they had to use the intercom to find him.

He looked at the books he had yet to put on their selves and rolled his eyes. As he walked towards the front he muttered, "Dammit, I was almost done. This better be important."

When he got to the front he looked to see who was there and almost burst a blood vessel. Standing there, chattering away with Sasuke's boss, Kurenai, were Kiba and Sakura. What the fuck are they doing here? When he got to the desk they all turned to him and smiled.

"Yo Sasuke!" Kiba was grinning and waving his hands in the air like an idiot. It grated on Sasuke's nerves and he wanted to shoot Kiba a death glare but he couldn't because his boss was standing right there.

He walked closer to the group and tried to change his irritated and confused look to a more neutral one. He nodded to his friends and said, "Hey." Then he turned to his boss and politely asked, "Hi. Was there something you needed?"

Kurenai looked at him puzzled and then laughed. "Oh, ha ha not really. Your friends just came by and asked if you were around to talk. I better get back to my office, I need to go over some shipping forms. It was nice speaking to you again Kiba, and nice meeting you Sakura." She smiled again and turned to go back to her office.

Now Sasuke was really confused. Kurenai was being unusually nice today. Not that she was mean or anything, but she liked to get things done and was never pleased when her employee's friends stopped by to chat. Instead of being curt and annoyed at his friends request to speak with him, she'd actually used the intercom to get him to come see them. And how come she seemed to already know Kiba? Sasuke sighed. He decided that since he didn't get in trouble with his boss, then he didn't really care.

"What are you two doing here?" Now that his boss had left, it was alright for the famous Uchiha death glare to come out.

"Yo dude like no need to get pissy." Kiba wasn't vexed at all by Sasuke's glare.

"Yeah, we just wanted to invite you to see this band with us tonight!" Sakura was bobbing up and down in excitement as she told Sasuke their plans.

*Sigh* "And this couldn't have waited until I got off work?" He ran his hand through his hair trying to calm himself down.

"Haha I guess it could of. Gaara just like told us about it and we couldn't wait to like go tell you!"

Sakura quickly chimed in, "They're supposed to be awesome! They're this new band called The Paperplates. I heard they kinda sound like a cross between the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ramones, and The Get Up Kids." She looked positively giddy as she talked.

Sasuke felt like he was about to snap. He felt anger pooling in his fists and he wanted to punch something. God, he needed to take an anger management class.

"Gaara? The person I live with? Gaara called to tell you about a band we're going to see tonight and instead of waiting until I got home to hear it from my roommate, you two decide to interrupt me while I'm at work, talk to my boss, have her call me on the intercom, and tell me. Are you fucking stupid?"

Kiba and Sakura really wanted to moan in annoyance and their expressions turned from happy-go-lucky to serious sober. Sasuke always overreacted to small things like this for no reason. Sure, they probably shouldn't have stopped by to tell him while he was at work but they'd been in the area and they just felt like doing it. It shouldn't have been that big of a deal.

Sakura and Kiba always hung out together. They thought really similarly and had lots of fun. They did things for shits and giggles and acted impulsively. They had an almost mental connection because of their close friendship. Through their almost 'mental' connection, they decided that Sakura should talk next because she could be more tactful when she wanted to be. And they didn't want Sasuke more pissed off than he already was.

"Sasuke, we didn't mean to make you mad and we're sorry."

He was a little surprised at the apology, he hadn't expected that. "Oh.. umm, it's ok. I shouldn't have gotten mad."

Their expressions lightened immediately after Sasuke admitted he'd been wrong and quickly asked to verify if he would be coming to see the new band.

"Yeah, I'll come."

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"H-hey Naruto. Do you w-wanna go and see this n-new band play? Neji and Lee kun are coming along w-with a few other friends." A huge smile grew on Naruto's face as Hinata quietly asked him to come.

"Hell yes!" Naruto about dropped the handful of Fruit Loops he'd been putting away. Of course he wanted to go do stuff with his friends. As longs as the activity didn't involve kicking puppies or something like that, he was up for anything. "What band? Where? When?"

Hinata's eyes brightened. "Umm they're called The Paperplates, t-they're new. At this club c-called Ivanka, at 8:30."

"Cool, Cool, Cool!"

Through the rest of his shift, Naruto couldn't help but squirm and be extra excitable. He was going to go see a band!

When he finally got off work, he rushed back to Iruka and his apartment to get ready. Iruka wasn't home because he said he would be going to see a friend tonight so Naruto didn't have to worry about modesty as he stripped on his way to go take a shower. He made the water scalding and sang as he washed, "I'm walking on sunshine, whoa, and don't it feel GOOD!"

When he was done he ran to his room to start deciding his outfit for the evening. He opened his closet and puffed out his cheeks as he thought. Shorts are out, don't think that'd be cool at a club… no blue jeans.. and definitely no button up shirts or polos. Finally, after several minutes, he pulled out a pair of grey skinny jeans and one of his many t-shirts with random sayings on them. The one he picked happened to be black with 'Believe it' written in white letters.

After he put his clothes on, he held his two pairs of converse up and tried to decide which to wear. One pair was his favorite orange pair, and the other was black. He really wanted to wear the orange ones, but he knew they probably wouldn't look that great with his outfit. He went with the black pair, though grudgingly.

Naruto took a bus to Ivanka. The outside of the club made it look kind of grungy and there was a bouncer leaning against the wall. A sign next to the guy said that tonight was the underage show for people below 21. Naruto sighed in relief. When he saw the club he'd been scared that they wouldn't let him in because he was only eighteen.

He walked up to the entrance. The bouncer gave him a half nod half smile to let him know he could go in. It was really loud inside from the band and people talking. Naruto glanced around nervously and then saw Hinata sitting in a booth with a red haired boy.

He quickly ran up to her.

"Hey Hinata!" He gave her a flashy grin and then slid into the other side of the booth. Then he turned to the red head and looked him over. Naruto could tell he'd seen him before, and recently, but he couldn't quite remember where. He didn't think about it too heavily though because he knew it would come to him eventually.

"Hi, I'm Naruto! Nice to meet you!" He held out his hand to the boy next to Hinata.

The guy looked at it warily and sent a quick look towards Hinata to see what she thought. Hinata was blushing with a bright smile on her face and didn't notice the look he gave her. The boy looked back at Naruto and shook his hand. "Gaara."

"Nice to meet you Gaara!" Naruto winked at Hinata, who turned an even darker shade of red, and then went to go dance. He stood towards the back of the crowd and tried to get a feel for the band. The lead singer was a girl. She had rough, sultry voice and she was dancing along to the music with her bass guitar as she sang.

Centennial

A perennial

Who the fuck are you?

Respiration

Condensation

Where'd you put my shoes!

Naruto laughed, they were kind of funny. He started to jump and dance along to the fast punk beat. The song really got you moving. After a couple of songs, he started to get a little out of breath and decided to go sit down somewhere.

*Smack* Naruto ran into somebody…. again. Second time this week. He started to apologize and then saw who it was. He was standing right in front of an angry raven headed man.

"Son of a bitch! How come everywhere I am, you have to turn up too!" Naruto yelled.

"Excuse me, but I think it's the other way around dumb ass. And you're the one who keeps running into me." Sasuke narrowed his eyes and gave Naruto his death glare, the same one he'd given to Kiba earlier that day.

Naruto looked confused for a moment and then he burst out laughing. Sasuke was giving him the weirdest look and it was hilarious. Was he trying to intimidate him or something? He would have to tell Change about this.

Sasuke crossed his arms in frustration. How come his glare hadn't been working lately? "Why are you laughing?"

"Cuz you look funny dude." Naruto wiped his eyes and tried to stop chuckling. A pink haired girl followed by a blonde girl with a ponytail walked up and started talking to Sasuke.

"Oh my gosh Sasuke! You have to meet my girlfriend! Sasuke, this is Ino. Ino, Sasuke." Sakura stood between Ino and Sasuke as she introduced them.

"It's nice to meet you Sasuke." Ino nodded her greeting while Sasuke just muttered a "yeah".

During this little conversation, Naruto was just standing there awkwardly. He wasn't sure what to do and he kind of wanted to just slink backwards into the crowd. Before he got the chance to do this though, Ino started talking to him.

"Hey! I know you! You always stop by the gas station I work at and buy like gum and stuff. Man it's such a small world. Haha you're such a loiterer. So are you and Sasuke together?"

Ino's little speech ended with two very stiff bodies and a pink haired person trying to drag her away from the scene she had created.

Naruto gave Ino an uncomfortable smile. "Umm, I'm Naruto by the way, and umm I would never date this ass hole in a million years." Then he turned to scowl at Sasuke.

Sasuke spit back, "Likewise, I would never date this dumb ass."

Now everyone was uncomfortable and Sakura was still trying to drag her girlfriend away. Then Ino cracked a grin. "Oh, my bad, you just kinda looked like you were together." She looked both of them over and added, "You seem like you're meant for each other.. you know, opposites attract and everything. And you kinda got a whole sexual tension thing going on between the two of you."

She watched as they both paled a little and got flabbergasted looks plastered on their faces. Then she gave them a very knowing smile, grabbed Sakura's hand, and turned to leave.

After a few minutes of just standing there, Sasuke finally decided to just ignore the embarrassing things Ino had just spouted and talk. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

"My friend Hinata invited me! What are you doing here?"

"Hinata? Oh, you mean the girl Gaara invited." He looked over to the booth where Gaara and Hinata were. Gaara was whispering something in her ear and she immediately got pinker than she already was. Sasuke was surprised at Gaara. He rarely showed an interest in girls (or guys for that matter). He seemed really happy though and that's all that mattered to Sasuke. He didn't want his friend to be lonely and Hinata had seemed like a nice girl, though if she was friends with the blonde haired dobe, he might have to reevaluate her.

He met Naruto's questioning gaze and realized that he hadn't answered his question. "Gaara invited me. He's my roommate."

Naruto's eye's widened and he muttered something along the lines of "so that's where I knew him from."

Sasuke rolled his eyes and then took a moment to really study Naruto. He had a nice body, he couldn't deny that. The outfit he had on really complimented his form. The saying on the shirt, 'Believe it,' was incredibly stupid though. Then he looked at his face and saw six faint whiskerlike scars. Sasuke couldn't believe he hadn't noticed them the other day, they were pretty obvious. On anyone else the scars would probably look ugly, but on Naruto they were kind of cute.

That thought jerked Sasuke out of his analyses. Sasuke turned and walked away from Naruto and headed towards Shino. Kiba was most likely hanging out with Ino and Sakura and Sasuke wanted to be as far away from that ponytailed girl as possible. And he didn't want to interrupt Gaara's date so he sat down next to Shino and ordered a coke. Shino was good company for times like these. Times when he found himself using the word cute to describe people he hated.

Naruto continued to stand there confused. Sasuke had just suddenly left and Naruto didn't know what to do. Finally he shook his head and went to find Neji.

Note: There is no such place in Portland, as far as I know, called Ivanka. I made that up. The Paperplates are also made up. That's just what I would name my band if I had one. haha I think it's a fun name :) The lyrics I made up too. They're actually part of a song/poem that I wrote last year. Just wanted to clarify those things. Not much else to say about this chapter.

I'm kind of at a loss for what to do next... so, any ideas?

Thank you for reading. Liked it or hated it, please review! I gotta get better somehow. And thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far, it means alot :D