I'm back! Yay! Bad news for me, good news for you; I got fired from work and so I finally had the time to complete part 10! Woo~ Please scribble something down in a review and let me know what you think! Enjoy!
Part Ten
The blaring beep from the preset alarm clock woke me the next day. Using inhuman speed I reached out and killed the earsplitting noise, groaning as the after effects of yesterday caught up with me. My head pounded as if someone had used it as their own personal punching bag and the sun shining in through the lightly covered windows glared into my eyes like a scorching fire.
The rebellious part of me might have thought drinking was a good way to escape my emotions but as an afterthought, I was man enough to admit it had not been my wisest choice that far. Why the hell did people drink if feeling like this was the price?
Admitting defeat I pulled the comforter over my head. If only for a few seconds it offered me some comfort. Through my silent cries of self-pity the sound of muffled footsteps added to my blasted headache. Already knowing whose they were I barked out for him to leave.
But whether Itachi heard me or not remained a question as he only responded by laughing, adding more pain to my misery. "I take it you had a good time yesterday." His tone was amused and I rolled my eyes at him. I didn't even remember how I got home.
"Beat it." I tried telling him off yet again but Itachi annoyingly stood his ground unfazed by my glare. Not that it surprised me. Judging by the way I felt my glare probably matched it.
"Anyway it's time to get up. Breakfast's ready and you got things to do today." Itachi said and left as quickly as he had made his entrance.
I resigned my defiance and lazily made my way to the bathroom for some much needed aspirin. I took the jar, this time careful of what I was doing. I rather have died than repeat the accident from the end of summer vacation. I swallowed two pills hoping for a quick effect and splashed my face with cold water.
When I got back in the bedroom my phone went off signaling someone was calling. Not remembering where I had put it the night before I searched frantically after it and luckily had the time to answer before the caller had the time to hang up.
"Yeah?" I questioned confused wondering who was stupid enough to call so early in the morning. In my hurry I had forgot reading the caller ID.
"Sasuke?" The voice of Naruto flooded my ears and I flushed red remembering our last discussion. Naruto was the last person I expected to call me after that shameless confrontation.
"N-Naruto." I stuttered, my embarrassment taking the better of me.
"How are you feeling?" Naruto continued casually but his voice held a certain nervous tone to it so I could tell there was more to this call than just mindless chatter.
"I've been better." I tried to joke but failed rather miserably when my voice came out shaky.
"Great." The awkward silence that followed made me nervously lick my lips as I waited for Naruto to break up. I knew after what I had said there was no way Naruto would continue our relationship, if one could even call it that.
"About yesterday-" Naruto started saying but I was quick to cut him off. "Sorry, I didn't mean um, I mean." But I never got to finish what I was about to say, not that I knew what that was, before Naruto returned the favor and silenced me. "I'm the one who should be sorry… I had no clue you felt that way and coz of that I'm sorry." Naruto's voice slowly died his voice growing fainter by each word. "I bet you must be disgusted by me right."
Shocked I sat staring at nothing in particular, trying to understand what was happening. Never in my wildest dreams had I imagined Naruto would be the one to say sorry. I was the one whom had acted like an overemotional retard in front of people nonetheless!
"Um, Sasuke?" Naruto questioned a bit worried. I guess he must have expected a reply and when he never got one his concern grew.
"Naruto I didn't…what I mean is, I don't know why I said that yesterday." That was a lie. I had said it to hurt him but now when I was sober and had calmed down I realized my mistake. The last thing I wanted was to lose Naruto and if lying could make him stay, I'd be happy to. "I was kind of drunk…"
"So you don't hate me?" I didn't know whether it was my imagination or not but Naruto almost sounded hopeful.
"… Not really." I responded a bit flustered. I hated talking about my emotions.
"Good." Naruto said a bit more confident. "I'm not ready for this to end yet."
I smiled slightly thinking I agreed but my smile died when the kiss with Kiba flashed before my eyes and I remembered what I had done. In my drunken emotional mess I had let Kiba kiss me, thus, indirectly cheating on Naruto. I grew nervous as multiple scenarios played before me of how Naruto found out. "Um, I need to go." I said even though hanging up was the last thing on my mind. Consequently I knew I had to get a hold of Kiba to tell him the kiss meant nothing and that he should just forget about it before he had a chance to expose my despicable moment of weakness.
Naruto sounded confused but eventually hung up with a promise he would come over later. Feeling giddy over my rare case of luck, I looked forward to it knowing damn well what would happen.
I tried calling Kiba but the phone went straight to voice mail. Slightly aggravated I threw the phone on the bed and made my way down to Itachi to have my breakfast, hoping Kiba wouldn't get hold of Naruto first and tell him everything.
Xx
By midday Sakura had hunted me down and dragged me off to the mall for some much needed coffee. She sat on the other side of the table yapping about her date with Lee and how much fun they had had. It almost made me feel bad when all I could focus on was the cup in my hand and Kiba. The guy still refused to answer his phone and the longer he left me hanging the more anxious I got. I kept telling myself it was only a matter of time before Naruto would call me and finally end it.
My thoughts were broken when I felt the cold touch of something on my hand and instinctively pulled it back. "Are you even listening to me?" Sakura's questioning voice intruded my dazed mind but before I got the time to answer she pointed my attention elsewhere. "Oi nine o'clock."
I turned in my seat and accidentally locked eyes with my hated rival Tenten. I gazed back at Sakura and released a frustrated sigh as the inevitable confrontation was sure to come. Sure enough, as predicted, in the mere moment of seconds she and her so-called friends stood by our table frowning down on us.
Through a silent agreement Sakura and I decided not to encourage the bitch any further and continued talking as if everything was normal. Of course Tenten would have none of that and cut in on our discussion by releasing an ugly chuckle. I met her gaze as if asking 'what', being extra careful to let my hate for her burn passionately in my eyes.
Annoyingly Tenten remained unfazed. "So, I heard you made a total fool out of yourself yesterday… Sasugay." Her friends sniggered loudly as their leader crossed her arms fully satisfied by what she must have thought was a witty name. However, as much as I wanted to ignore her the comment stung. I remembered there had been people around us at the party but had hoped they would keep their mouths shut. If Naruto found out people knew about us it would most likely be the end of our relationship. I knew through experience he was nowhere near ready committing to me, neither was I but I would be lying if I said I was completely opposed of the idea.
"Piss off Tenten." Sakura sent her a nasty look and stood from her seat to tower over her. Their difference in height was only an inch or less but it still managed to give Sakura an upper hand and for that I was thankful. Unlike her I had not been blessed with height and thus stood shorter than Tenten. However, in my defense both Sakura and Tenten were unusually tall for being girls.
"Getting girls to defend you now too Sasugay," she made a clucking sound with her tongue "how pitiful." She gave me dirty look and then met Sakura's angry glare. "Furthermore, I don't remember talking to you slut. You think just because you've in some mysterious way banged a football player that gives you the right to speak? Please, don't make me laugh. Both of you and your other little friend will always be losers." Narrowing her beady eyes she leaned closer to me and whispered threatening, "And you, you would do better stay away from Naruto. He's mine, you got that?" I watched in slow motion as Tenten reached for my forgotten cup and knocked it over. "Oops."
I held back my anger as I watched the liquid spill over the table and drip on the floor. I could tell Sakura stared at me; telling me to keep my calm and just ignore it so that is just what I did. I bit my tongue and forced myself to remain on my seated place but refused to let her win so easily. "That's gonna be a tough one considering his taste in…people." I let my words hang in the air to be interpreted by her imagination and watched in satisfaction as Tenten's face turned red from anger.
"Whatever fag, just stay away from him or you're going to regret it!" She threatened me of which I only smirked. We stared at each other for several long moments, the tension appearing like sparks between us before the group eventually turned and left. Sakura fell back in her chair and released a heavy sigh of relief. "Bitch."
"My sentiments." I snorted.
"So you've talked to Naruto yet?"
"About what?" I questioned.
"You know what you told me yesterday, about you messing up and thinking it was over between the two of you."
I felt my left eyebrow twitch as I had no memory of ever telling her anything. "I told you…" I absently whispered slightly panicking over what I would have told her. "Um it was nothing, just a small misunderstanding."
Sakura silently nodded although I could tell she had more to say. "You know it's gonna be all over school on Monday though? I mean if Tenten knows, everybody knows by now."
"And what exactly is that…?" I hated sounding stupid but as I could not recall much from the day before I only hoped no one else knew of the kiss between Kiba and me.
"About your crush on Naruto! C'mon Sasuke, that bitch just told you about it are you going senile on me now?" Sakura sounded serious but her warm smile made me sigh of relief.
"Hn." I grunted. "Let those idiots say what they want." As long as Naruto doesn't mind I added silently as an afterthought.
"I guess." Sakura sighed and got up. "What do you say about taking a walk?"
I frowned but complied nonetheless. Seeing as my coffee had been ruined there was no point in sticking around.
Xx
I shut the door to the car behind me and nodded my thanks for the drive back to my house. "I'll talk to you later!" Sakura's voice came out muffled from inside the vehicle before she sped down my driveway and away. I gave the sky a quick look noting just how dark it was. I had spent more time with Sakura than deliberated from the start.
I had absently let myself lose track of time and could only hope I had the time to take a shower before Naruto came over. Once I entered the house I realized Itachi was home, and judging by the extra pair of shoes his girlfriend was with him. I popped my head inside the kitchen where the lights came from and informed them of my return. Not to forget that if they were to enter my room under any circumstances they were more than dead. How anyone could be more than dead I was unsure of but that was a matter for the future.
I trudged upstairs, my phone ready in hand if Naruto were to call, and pushed the door open to my room. Even if I was sure I was perfectly odor free I did not want to take any chances seeing as tonight was important and so rid myself of my clothes and went to take a quick shower.
The shower was warm and relaxing. Remains of the tension from the morning's hangover slowly faded and my mind felt sharper than it had all day. However, as comfortable as my shower was it was cut short when the signal from my phone drowned out the sound of water. I hurried out of the shower in hopes it was Kiba and not Naruto telling me to go screw myself for cheating on him and released a tired sigh when the screen flashed the first name.
"Sasuke." I heard Kiba say, his voice unidentifiable.
"Kiba." I replied as enthusiastically as I could but immediately regretted how it made me seem happy from him calling. What if he thought the kiss had meant something? I decided to let Kiba make the first move.
"Um, you know about yesterday…" He began as I absently listened to what he had to say while getting ready for Naruto coming over. It felt weird listening to someone else talk while I was putting on lotion on my dehydrated skin but I convinced myself as long as no one saw me do it there was nothing to be embarrassed about. I continued by drying my hair and then dressed in a pair of boxer briefs and a shirt two sizes too big my mom had bought me on one of her travels in hopes I'd grow into it. Two years later and it was still too big.
I plopped down in my comfy chair by the bookshelf and traced the bones of my kneecaps. "So, I guess what I mean is that well I'm not… You know I'm just a bit… It's so sudden I just got out of a relationship I guess." Kiba eventually concluded after twenty minutes of nervous rambling.
"It's okay." I replied casually while doing my best to hide the happiness and relief I felt. "Yesterday was a mistake." I assured thinking Kiba would be relieved but the silence that followed confused me. "I mean we were both drunk. We didn't know what we were doing right?" I tried yet again and this time earned something between a grunt and a snort. What did he want? I frowned confused.
"But I like hanging out with you."
This was not the way I wanted things to end up like. I dropped my head in slight defeat and listened to the calm breaths of Kiba through the phone's speaker. I had to come up with something to say. Something to convince Kiba we were better off as friends.
"Yesterday was a mistake Kiba, don't make this any more awkward than it already is." I tried to explain in hopes he would respect my feelings. In truth honest I could not care less about his feelings for me but he held the upper hand and if I was careless he could reveal me! "I…already have someone else that I like."
I could imagine Kiba's surprised face by the tone of his voice. "Are you seeing them?"
"I…I'm not in position to tell." Even I could tell my answer was lame.
"That usually means yes." Kiba replied unusually bitter. "Who is it? Do I know them?"
I let the silence be my answer as I fiddled with the hem of my shirt. The phone call was dragging on longer than I had expected. A quick look at the clock next to my bed told me I had to hurry if I wanted to be ready before Naruto got here.
"I see. Well you know where I am if you change your mind."
I won't I rolled my eyes. I only have eyes for Naruto. "Thanks." I replied nonetheless. "But you understand I would like to keep this just between us right." I had to make sure he would not tell Naruto.
"Yeah." I drew a breath of relief and got ready to hang up.
"I gotta go but I'll see you in school on Monday." I said my good byes and hung up the phone. I dropped my head against my knees and groaned.
"Who are you sharing secrets with?" A voice made me look up in surprise.
"Naruto…" I stared at him wide eyed. "When did you get here?" I demanded hoping he hadn't heard much of the conversation.
"Take it easy." Naruto smiled one of his killer smiles. "I just got here so there's no need to worry. Or should I be worried?"
I snorted and was about to stand but then realized what I was wearing. "Would you mind waiting outside while I get dressed?" I tried to act casual but could feel my cheeks heat up. Why did I care about what I wore when Naruto also was a guy and had already seen me naked? I did not know, at all.
Naruto seemed to catch on my embarrassment and happily closed the remaining distance between us. "Why? Afraid I'd see you naked?" Naruto teased annoying me if only a little.
"It's not that." I defended my pride but realized the damage was already done. So ignoring the burning on my cheeks I stood and made my way over to the closet to put on real clothes.
"Hey I'm just teasing you Sasuke!" Naruto exposed his own insecurity and grabbed me by the arm. "Um, I mean. What I'm trying to say is…You look cute."
My face twitched. "Cute?" There was something very hurtful about those words and I could feel the last pieces of my male pride going out the opened window. "I'm a boy, I'm not cute." I said in my defense but Naruto's grin remained in place.
"I know you are." He shocked me by saying. "But to me you look cute. Girl or boy it's just a word."
Even though Naruto was the farthest from being intelligent his simplicity sometimes amazed me. Screw pride as long as it made Naruto want me, I could live with it. Not that I would tell him that of course. "Hn."
"After you left me at the party I thought I'd never get to meet with you like this again." Naruto suddenly turned nervous and I tilted my head in slight confusion of the sudden change in character. "You know you're special to me right? I like you a lot."
"Of course I do." I replied but could not stop the happiness from growing in my stomach.
"Good." Naruto grinned and closed the remaining distance between us. I happily accepted his advances by attacking his mouth hungrily and leading us to the very comfortable bed. I climbed on top of him and straddled his waist. "You're different today Sasuke." Naruto panted.
"No." I denied. "I simply know what I want."
tbc
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