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"Hey."
Naruto swiftly turns his head, his hand on the handle of the sliding door that leads to the garden. Outside the moon is a sliver in the tenebrous sky. Itachi has gone to bed and Deidara works late at hospital. Naruto, deciding that there is nothing better do to, is about to go outside and relish nature.
Sasuke stands in front of the staircase a distance away, with a bottle of water in his hand. He gazes at Naruto with a neutral expression; inside he disapproves of Naruto's solitudinous behavior. Though he is one to talk, it just doesn't look right, seeing Naruto alone.
"Want to come up to my room with me?"
Naruto responds by furrowing his brows.
"We can talk." Sasuke adds.
Naruto glances at the garden once more, then turns away from the door and heads towards Sasuke. Together they go up the stairs and make their way into Sasuke's bedroom.
Sasuke goes to sit on the bed; a book lies open on it. The title reveals "Slaughter-House-Five".
Naruto stands in front of the closed door and looks around. "It is very dark in here." He says as turns his gaze to Sasuke.
Sasuke furrows his brows. He has the light on, it is a 100 what bulb.
"All the colors." Naruto explains. "They are so caliginous."
Sasuke shrugs. "I like it that way."
Naruto sits on the rug on the floor and looks up at Sasuke. Sasuke stares back, though he appears to be thinking.
"Tell me about your life, before it happened."
"I thought I already did." Naruto says.
"Very poorly." Sasuke replies.
"I beg your pardon." Naruto says with a hint of sarcasm.
"It was quiet life, literally. In my house, we rarely spoke to one another. There was always something besides conversation to take part in. My father was the most positive of the three of us and he spoke the most when he was home. He tried, the dear man, he did. Yet my mother, I believe she was depressed. I cannot blame her. My mother had an adventurous spirit, she had fire in her. She never complained though. Oh how she hated complaining. She was bothered easily, so I simply kept my thoughts to myself. She was good mother, though. I had good parents."
Naruto furrows his brows. "What about your parents?"
"Dead, obviously." Sasuke replies.
Naruto nods, he is aware that Sasuke's parents are deceased. Yet he does not have a problem inquiring about them, death is not a topic he is afraid of bringing up.
"Mom was a model. Dad was a doctor."
"Are you going to be a doctor, Sasuke?" Naruto queries with a tilt of his head.
Sasuke shakes his head. "No." he chuckles. "I...I'm not sure what I want to do. Maybe teach Creative Writing."
Naruto smiles. "I have no idea what that is, but it sounds fun."
Sasuke smiles a small smile in return and leans back against the pillows. "What about friends? Did you have any friends back then?"
"None." Naruto laughs. "It worried Papa. My poor social skills could severely harm me in life."
"Poor social skills?" Sasuke furrows his brows. "Your social skills, they're far from poor. You're…charming."
"I am a good actor, Sasuke. Yet back then I did not feel like trying, I detached myself from everyone. I did not even bother to act."
Sasuke stares up the ceiling, Naruto stares at the floor. Naruto thinking about his past. Sasuke comparing his life to Naruto's, the things he has in common with him and things that astound him about the blonde.
"You have friends now."
Naruto looks up, his eyes revealing surprise.
Sasuke smiles. "My friends are your friends. They adore you, Naruto. Same with Itachi, Deidara, and Madara. You have everyone wrapped around your finger."
Naruto scoffs but smiles. Sasuke closes his eyes.
"What are you like, Sasuke?"
"Mm, I like dark colors, I hate sports, people say that I'm cruel and drink baby blood for lunch. It's actually tomato juice. I enjoy my privacy, but in this house that I share with my older brother, his hyperactive husband, and uncle. I have no privacy. I do not like talking, I prefer to speak as little as possible, but I don't mind…" the sentence breaks off as Sasuke drifts into sleep, his face relaxed and portraying peace.
Naruto smiles, his eyelids drooping to half mast. He gets up and gently crawls onto Sasuke's bed. He lies beside the other boy and drapes one arm a crossed Sasuke's chest as he presses close to him though not completelty against him. Trying is not that hard, he thinks.
Sasuke sits up in his bed and glances to the alarm clock beside his bed that reads 6:25 AM. He always wakes up a few minutes before his alarm. He then gazes about his room, realizing that he must of have fallen asleep while talking to Naruto. Naruto is nowhere to be seen in the room; of course he would not have stayed when Sasuke is no longer a source of company. Sasuke shakes his head, embarrassed.
He exits his room to use the bathroom, then comes back to get dressed. Once dressed he goes down stairs to eat breakfast, then comes back up stairs to brush his teeth and put his hair in a state of controlled, instead of utter chaos. He grabs his school bag and makes his way out the door towards his car.
On the way to school, he cannot help but feel as if he is not alone.
"Don't you ever inform us of anything like that ever again!"
Sasuke and his friends sit outside the school on benches waiting for the bell that says it's okay to go inside ring. Sakura embraces Hinata and strokes her hair as the girl blushes profusely. Ino sits leaning forwards towards Kiba, her face revealing disgust and anger.
"What makes you think she would want to hear something like that?"
"Only she was supposed to hear it." Kiba mumbles.
"No one wants to know what you think about in the shower, pervert."
"I was only being honest."
"Just shut up, idiot." Shikamaru says in a bored tone.
Sasuke smirks, "You really should've known-"
"Sasuke."
Everyone looks up to see three girls standing before them, all dressed similarly. Each wearing a low cut top, though the one in the front wears a distressed denim pencil skirt while the two other girls wear jeans.
"Hi." The girl in front say softly, her eyelids at half mast. She is attempting to be seductive and to any other person that is not in the group before her, it may have been seen as seductive.
The three girls have attractive features, yet they have an air about them. As if they are up to no good.
Sasuke raises a brow to the girl, his way of inquiring what she wants.
"Sasuke." She drawls out in low whine as she shifts her gaze to the left and wiggles in place.
"How come you won't date anyone." She finally queries with a sultry smirk.
Sasuke sighs, not this again. At least once a week this happens.
"Isn't anyone good enough for you-"
"Are you gay?" One of the other girls shouts, jumping up slightly. Immediately after asking her question she clamps a hand over her mouth, her eyes wide with surprise and embarrassment. The girl in front turns to glare at her. A look that a mother would give when scolding a child.
She looks back to Sasuke and smiles. She makes a humming sound and laughs. "Well, are-" A sharp gasp escapes from her as she grips at her head and falls backward, knocking the two others over onto the ground in the process.
"What're you doing?" the girls squeal from their places underneath the toppled over girl.
"What am I doing? What the hell you guys doing? Which one of you pulled my hair? That hurt!"
"I can see your panties, miss." Lee says.
The girl squeals, gets up, and marches away from the group. Her face flushed in embarrassment. The others soon follow after her, brushing grass and dirt from their clothes as they go.
"Thank goodness for that." Sakura says. "I was afraid I was going to have to resort to setting faces on fire."
"And that's about it for section 13.4. For homework I want you to do 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, and 13.4. I also have a refresher that I want you to do."
Groans echo throughout the classroom.
Ino raises her arm. "Miss Mitarashi, don't you think that's a bit excessive?"
"Yeah." and "That's too much." is also heard within the classroom from the students.
"Oh, shut up!" the vivacious teacher exclaims. "Stop being pussies. You're going to do it, all of it, and if I don't receive it all by next class. I'll make sure that it is all completed all long with extra credit in detention."
More groans.
The temperamental woman bends down to dig through a briefcase. "I have the sheets with the homework and refresher problem numbers in here somewhere. Oh here…wait…here…"
A breeze appears to have plucked the papers from her hands; they scatter about out of her reach towards the open window swiftly. "Shit, no!" She scrambles to close the window but it is too late as the papers scatter out the window, falling like snow down towards the ground.
She glances at the clock. "Alright, here. I don't have enough time or patience to write down all the problems on the board. So screw the refresher and for tonight just do 13.1 and 13.2."
She picks up a marker and begins writing on the board. As she writes, unbeknownst to her, her shirt begins to rip and tear. Falling in pieces to the floor and peeling away from her body. Revealing her bare back to her students who squirm and wish to cover their eyes from the scene, but for some reason cannot.
The teacher turns around to face her students with an irritated expression. "Alright, that's it."
Shrill screams of terror. Some students bang their heads against their desks. Others freeze, eyes wide, in fright. Sasuke groans as he clenches his eyes shut and swipes a hand down his face.
Furrowing her brows in confusion Ms. Mitarashi stares down at herself as she notices an unusual breeze. Her bare breasts are out in the open for all her poor, unsuspecting students to see.
She wraps her arms over her breasts to cover herself.
"Shut up, you babies! If we were in France right now-"
The bell rings and all the students thankfully pile out, away from the scene.
With all the students out Ms. Mitarashi sighs and grabs her sweater.
"Oh…do tell me, Anko. What is it you teach again?"
Said woman sharply turns around and glares at the person in the doorway.
"Get the fuck out, Jiraiya."
"Ugh, today has been crazy." Ino groans as she lies her head on her folded arms.
Sasuke nods as he puts the cap back on his tomato juice.
Hinata takes a seat next to Sasuke.
"Hey!" A girl slams her bottle of water down onto the table and glares at Hinata. "I was going to sit there. Didn't you see me?"
"I…I'm sorry." Hinata says in a soft, wavering voice.
"Don't be sorry, Hinata. You always sit there and besides, does that bitch own the cafeteria?"
"Bitch? Who're are you calling a bitch? All I want to do is talk to Sasuke but you drama queens always have to stir something up!"
Everyone laughs at this statement. The girl rolls her eyes and smiles in Sasuke's direction.
"I heard how Mogami and her goons treated you this morning, Sasuke. I'm sorry, you don't deserve that."
Sasuke looks in the other direction, ignoring her.
"You deserve much better. Quiet guys like you. All you-"A shrill squeal erupts for the girl as she jumps up from her seat. The cloth of her jeans and the bottom of her shirt soaked from her beverage that toppled forward onto her lap.
Hinata gets up as well so that she does not get wet and goes to sit beside Kiba who is laughing heartily.
"I don't know how you do it, Sasuke." Sakura says as he shakes her head and gazes at said male. "If I were you I would have strangled a bitch by now, you're lucky they're all clumsy as hell apparently."
Sasuke chuckles. "I'll be right back."
Sasuke gets up and makes his way through the double doors of the cafeteria. He walks down the empty hallway, heading in the direction of the restroom. Once he gets there, he quickly does his business, then goes to wash his hands. With clean hands, he begins to turn around, until arms wrap around his waist. Holding him in place. He looks up into the mirror to see an irritably familiar face.
"Sai, off, now." Sai is a perverted boy in the same grade as him. He is in no way really attracted to Sasuke, Sasuke knows this. He just loves to tease and irritate him. For he loves how all the girls in the school are finally beginning to catch on that, hey, maybe Sasuke's gay.
"Oh, now why would I do that?" Sai whispers against Sasuke's ear. His warm breath fanning against it.
"Because, you freak-"Suddenly Sai slumps forward onto Sasuke then begins to slide down towards the floor. Sasuke whips around and catches the other boy before his head makes contact with the floor.
He drags Sai over to the wall and props him up in a sitting position against it. As he crouches in front of Sai, he hears a strange, familiar sound echoing throughout the restroom.
"Naruto?"
The laughter becomes louder, though it remains soft and melodic. Naruto appears out of nowhere beside him in a similar crouching position, a large smile upon his face.
"Naruto, what are you doing here?"
Naruto tilts his head as he gazes and smiles at Sasuke. "Oh, I just wanted to see what school was like for you. I have to say, I have never seen such little class among young ladies in my life. I have met toddlers with better manners."
Sasuke's brows raise. "You did all that? You're responsible for all that chaos?"
Naruto reaches forward and taps Sasuke's chest. "You are welcome."
Sasuke chuckles and ruffles Naruto's soft, fluffy locks. Naruto grips Sasuke's wrist, their eyes lock, and a mischievous grin appears upon the blonde's face.