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Just Friends is Kinda Hard
S
I could feel the stares on me as I walked towards the lunch hall. Everyone was probably wondering where I had been all day until now and were probably making up stupid rumours about it too.
I glared fiercely at two girls who giggled from a distance; they quickly scurried away and I smirked, sometimes I loved how scared people were of me.
I had just come from the infirmary where Naruto had left me hours before, the nurse said I was fit to leave when she came back in dragging a still unconscious, less vomit covered, still utterly atrocious Sakura through the door. I smirked at the bubblegum bitch before I left as soon as the bell for lunch went.
I walked in through the door and immediately searched for that familiar mop of blonde hair when I felt a tap on my shoulder; I spun around to face Neji who gave me his usual raised eyebrow look, "you gonna sit with us today or have you finally made up with Naruto?" he asked.
I looked over to Naruto's usual table where he sat with his red headed friend. Their heads were together and they looked as if they were whispering about something important. I looked back at Neji, "I think I'll go sit with Naruto." I said finally.
Neji just raised an eyebrow once more before smirking as he headed towards the lunch line with me behind him; because we were popular everyone let us cut in, we had our trays in no time. "Had a fun morning did you?" he asked with a knowing smirk, I smiled back at him, "you have no idea."
With that we went our separate ways, him to our usual table and me to my fake-boyfriend-now-just-friend's usual lunch table.
I sighed as I remembered our conversation earlier as my mood dampened a little. A few heads turned to look at me but before they could make a commotion I rolled back my shoulders, puffed out my chest and stuck my nose in the air; new determination bloomed in my mind.
If its trust Naruto wants, it's a whole lot of trust he'll get.
N
As soon as lunch was over I rushed towards the lunch hall. If Sasuke was let out early I didn't want him to have to sit by himself and that was only if he sat at my table today; I couldn't really tell due to the past few days as he only sat with his friends.
I sighed unhappily before I slowed my pace to a fast walk. I didn't know why I was rushing, me and Sasuke were just friends, it doesn't matter where he sits because we're just friends and it doesn't bother me.
I ran a hand through my ruffled hair, I regretted saying those things in the infirmary but I knew it was the right thing to do. We couldn't have a relationship that was built on pure feeling since eventually those feeling would run out and so would our relationship.
I didn't want that kind of thing, not with Sasuke.
He was different, I wanted our relationship to mean something, I wanted our bond to be thicker before we jumped into a relationship we definitely weren't ready for. Many may disagree with me but I think- no, I know, I made the right choice.
Before I even realised it, my feet had taken me all the way to the lunch hall and half way across the hall to by table. I scanned it and found a extremely familiar red head sitting at it.
I let a grin grow on my face as I ran up and hugged him from behind, "Gaara! My buddy! How have you been bro?"
The red head looked amused as he attempted to pry my arms from around his neck to no avail, "I've been good, where were you this morning?" he asked me as I finally released him and sat down next to him.
I slumped forward onto the table with a sigh, "I was dealing with a certain bubblegum bitch that was, of course, being a bitch and trying to steal my boyfriend."
Gaara gave me an infuriatingly knowing smirk and I held back a grimace, there was going to be a lot of teasing, "your boyfriend? So you guys made up did you?"
I winced as I lifted my head off the table, "well kind of but not exactly."
The red head frowned at me and I felt lost. I didn't really want to keep this secret to myself and I really need someone to talk to about the situation about Sasuke, but the only person who knew was Sasuke!
I sighed and moved my head a bit closer to his and he mirrored my action, "ok, I'm going to tell you something and you can't tell the others, and by others I mean Ino, Kiba and every other live thing in this world."
"Can I tell zombies?" He asked, I gave him an exasperated look and he just smirked playfully, "no Gaara, you cannot tell your freaky zombie friends." He frowned at me, "can I tell sand?" he asked again. I sighed but nodded, "sure, knock yourself out." He smiled and nodded at me to continue so I did.
I told him about how Sasuke and I met in the park when we both skipped English all the way to what transpired in the infirmary a few hours ago. Only briefly of course, I wouldn't want to spill all the secrets now would I?
When I had finished telling my story Gaara leant back on the bench and sighed, "well-"
He was cut off from what he was about to say when a tray was placed down next to me. The both of us looked up to see Sasuke standing there looking slightly fidgety.
I smiled up t him and gestured for him to sit and he did, "so, what were you guys talking about?"
"Sakura." Gaara and I both answered simultaneously with a lie. Glances were exchanged between us before we broke down into laughter.
Sasuke looked slightly confused but smiled all the same before he slowly started to eat his lunch. I brought mine out while I was still laughing and opened the box with continuous giggles flowing from my lips.
Gaara had long since stopped laughing and it was only me being the awkward one now, damn.
I was saved from a long and weird explanation when Kiba decided to join our conversation, "hey guys, what'cha talking about?" he asked as he slumped into the seat across from Gaara.
"Sakura." Instead of just Gaara and I, Sasuke had answered too and we had once again burst into laughter. Kiba looked extremely confused as he snacked off Gaara's lunch.
"I don't get it, what's so funny?" he asked as Sasuke and Gaara calmed down. The red head shrugged and Sasuke only smirked his usual, hot smirk and left the question unanswered.
Kiba looked to me as a last resort for an answer to his question but the giggles had yet to stop so he sighed resignedly and waited for me to finish.
When I had finally stopped which was a good 5 minutes later, I turned to Kiba with a breathless smile, Sasuke also leaned in to hear as I opened my mouth to explain, "well-"
"Hey guys!" I was interrupted as Ino called over to us as she walked towards our table. She gave us a grin as she slid onto the bench, "Did you all hear what happened to Sakura?"
The four of us looked at each other before, once again, bursting into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. Ino's grin didn't waver as the rest of us laughed, Kiba and I longer than the others, she just waited for us to calm down enough.
"Yeah, she was off today wasn't she? I wonder what happened..." Kiba added airily. I fidgeted under Gaara's knowing look as Ino continued, "well apparently, a few people saw her being dragged towards the infirmary by the nurse unconscious and, get this, covered in vomit!"
Kiba's face scrunched up in disgust and Ino laughed at him, "ugh that's gross, why was she covered in puke?" he asked as he placed a cookie back on Gaara's plate, too queasy to eat it. The blonde girl shrugged, "how should I know? They're only rumours, who knows if they're even true?"
I fidgeted even more as Gaara's gaze got more intense and Ino, being the girl that she was, caught on immediately, "you know something, don't you Naruto? Is that why you and Sasuke have completely made up?"
I looked over to Sasuke to see if it was ok and when he nodded I turned back to Ino and Kiba's questioning gaze, "well, this morning I got a not in my locker..."
S
Kiba sat back with a breathless laugh, his eyes still wide from what Naruto had just told him, "wow, I never knew she was that psycho." He commented lightly and I smirked at him, I was really starting to see why Naruto kept him around. Ino nodded in agreement, "I know right? That bubblegum bitch really needs to calm the fuck down and close her damn legs."
Naruto laughed from beside me and I felt the irrefutable urge to put my arm around him and pull him closer to me but I resisted. We were just friends and friends don't do that to their friends.
I sighed despite the happy atmosphere around our table... wait, our table? Gah what's wrong with me! We're supposed to be friends, nothing more! I mentally scolded myself for my stupidity, I couldn't keep holding all this in or I would surely burst. I agreed to us being just friends so why is it so hard?
I needed someone to talk to, someone I could confide in and be sure they would tell nobody else, I needed to speak to Neji, like, right now.
N
As soon as the bell for class went, Sasuke was out of his seat and heading towards the door quicker than I could blink. I quickly said goodbye to all of my friends before I bolted after him; after I had told my friends what had happened that morning he had been unusually quiet, maybe he didn't want me to tell them the whole story.
He was half way down the corridor when I spotted him; we were going to the same class so why not walk together?
"Hey Sasuke, wait up!" The raven's pace slowed but he didn't come to a full stop or look back to see me. I caught up to him and grabbed his hand, he tensed under my touch but didn't pull away and I frowned.
"What's the rush?" I asked as I swung our entwined hands lightly, I felt a blush rise on my face as he gave me a small smile, "I've got to catch one of my friends before he gets to class, we need to talk."
A blond eyebrow rose, "what about class?"
"I'm going to skip." He replied curtly before he placed a light kiss on my cheek and walked away leaving me standing in the hallway with red cheeks, a thumping heart and an empty hand.
We were just friends right?
Omake
It was when my brother was at school that he came over.
I opened the door to a red eyed red head that jumped into my arms as soon as he saw my face. I petted his hair softly, "Kyuubi? What's wrong? Why are you here?"
I could tell he had started to cry again as I felt my shirt being slowly soaked through by his tears, "I've been bad again 'tachi." He murmured into me. I sighed as I pushed the door closed before I pried him off me and led him towards the living room.
As soon as we had sat down he was on my again, "how bad?" I asked as I resumed the petting of his long silky hair; he sniffed and moved back so he could look me in the eyes, "very bad, I made Naru made at me."
I raised an eyebrow sceptically, "really? I thought you said he hardly ever got angry at you."
Kyuu nodded as he placed his head back on my shoulder, "he doesn't, but this time he got really angry."
"What did you do?" I slipped my arms around his perfect waist and cuddled him closer to me, "I made him have a fight with your brother." He replied with a careless shrug, I raised an eyebrow at his uncaring attitude but didn't comment on it. I focused on how my cute little baby brother had been more upset and angry for a while.
"Oh, so that was because of you." The silence in the room was broken by a sniff coming from the red head in my arms, "I'm sorry," he said with teary eyes, he didn't mean it, "please don't hate me," he pleaded but I knew he wasn't fazed by it.
I looked down at him and inwardly smirked, he was manipulative, uncaring, always faking, stoic and spiteful and I could tell, I could always tell when he was lying or faking to get someone to like him or do something for him, he never did anything unless it was for his own personal gain.
I smiled down at him and he smiled back at me.
And yet...
I leant down and kissed him softly on his lips and I could feel him smirking against mine.
He had me wrapped around his finger.
"I could never hate you."
Review Replies:
Cherri101: Haha thanks!
Uzumaki Naho: Yes, yes he did... kinda. It's all explained in the chapter why but if you still dont understand, feel free to PM me or review and thanks bruh!
Teppen: I used it! Ino has now quoted you! Are you happy?!
Jennagle: Haha, lets pretend you can! I dont know if you did that 'what, what?' thing on purpose but it was funnny. Sorry, but all the Sasukes in stock are currently unavailable ;) Hehe thank you, i'll try my best! Sis fist! (r we gonna make that a thing?)
NaruSasuLover21: The torture of characters make most people laugh, dont worry.
gunslayer12: I've taken in your complaint and added N and S for Naruto and Sasuke if that helps, if not, please tell me, sorry for the confusion!
MoonKissedDreamerEureka: Haha, he has to learn sometime. I dont know! i love Draco and Tom (Felton not Riddle) soo much it just kills me! Its probably a girl thing, we want what we cant have, ya know?
falsedfaith691: Hehe thank you (again.)
clio1111: Nooo dont bitchslap him, he knows what he's doing, everything will turn out fine, i think.
Misty59 (Guest): Haha logic, the bane of any plotline twist's existence.
guest (Guest): Yeah, i get what you mean.
Shiona Acitiu: I will! :) Thank you, they will be soon... maybe.
PrincessAnime08: it's going to be hard but he'll persevere.
tenebreyami: yep, he thought wrong and he's gonna have to work
Mgluvsbl25: Haha sorry for the tears! Already did, thanks for following back and liking my photos, my account was anime foreverrrr
CrimsonNight41: In due time my friend, in due time! ...No that was the real reason, youre thinking too far into it and i cant be bothered to come up with something that dramatic, sorry. i'm cool with that, i happen to like animals ;]
berry5tz: Haha me too, he completely mellows out and sees so much sense sometimes, i agree with that quote. P.S yes, yes she did.
Gemini Rose12: Aww dont hate, appreciate.
ZombieKiller26 (Guest): Nooo why is everybody hating on me?
no one fan (Guest): Oops sorry, i'll update faster next time... i think. Its explained in this chapter but if you still dont get it, feel free to review!
keltieful: Aww thanks so much, it's not incredibly late or super awkward, its really sweet so thank you and dont feel terrible. im afraid my awesomeness cannot be contained but i will share some if you like. Haha thank you very much ;) no, you're right, Sasuke has opened up more and when Naruto trust Sasuke enough, he'll open up to him and they can start a proper relationship
suli (Guest): That's a real mix of emotions huh?
AN: Hoped you all liked the omake on Kyuubi's and Itachi's twisted little relationship. I never really expected it to end up like that but... oh well!
