Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure that the fact that I'm posting on FANFICTIONdotnet clearly tells you that I am not Masashi Kishimoto and I do not in any way, shape or form own Naruto. *cries*
Author's Note: It seems EVERYONE wants to beat up Naruto, if those reviews are anything to go by. Well, that might just continue for a little bit. He's not the sharpest bulb in the box. But, the reviews were all positive, which is a nice thing. I hope you guys like this chapter too. As you can see from the title of the chapter, this story could just as easily be called "Not Just Another College Roommate Story", but I think Fake Boyfriend Story suits it better. Anyways, on with the chapter...
Chapter Twelve: Roommates
Sasuke sat at the café at Konoha University on Tuesday sipping his coffee. Sasuke liked his coffee the way he liked his hair: black. He glanced up from his book to the door, waiting to see someone enter. After a few minutes, he pulled out his phone ready to call the person he was waiting for. When he opened his phone, however, he saw two missed calls and a text.
Suigetsu: Sorry I'm late! I'll be there in a few…tons of traffic
Sasuke sighed and went to take another sip of his coffee before realizing it was empty. After discovering this, he sighed again. He glanced back at his phone to see what time it was.'10:07,' Sasuke thought. 'At least he's only seven minutes late this time.'
In the last six months Sasuke had been friends with Suigetsu, he had realized that the blueish-haired boy was frequently late. It was one of the few things about Suigetsu that he really hated. It was pretty bothersome.
Finally, after another four minutes, Suigetsu sauntered into the café and sat down with Sasuke, profusely apologizing.
"What's the excuse this time?" Sasuke asked sarcastically.
"My alarm clock didn't go off," Suigetsu said sheepishly. Sasuke rolled his eyes. "So what's up?" Suigetsu asked.
"I'm all moved in," Sasuke said. "How about you?"
"Well, my stuff is there, but I haven't really unpacked much," Suigetsu said. "I mean, classes don't really start until tomorrow, so I have time. Have you met your roommate yet?" Suigetsu asked.
"Nope," Sasuke said. "I don't really care who it is, as long as he's not messy or annoying. Who's your roommate?"
"I don't know," Suigetsu said with a shrug. "All I know is that when I got there, his things were all already unpacked. He seems like a real neat freak."
"What's your schedule like?" Sasuke asked. Suigetsu took out a piece of paper and tossed it across the table at the raven. "We have calculus and bio together. I have English Comp I when you have US History in World Context, and you have Macroeconomics when I have Sociology."
"Not bad," Suigetsu said, comparing the schedules in his mind. "That means we have the same times off."
"We have time off now," Sasuke said with a smirk. "Why don't we go back to my dorm room and have some fun."
Suigetsu scoffed. "With your luck, your roommate would walk in while we were together. Talk about a bad first impression. Besides..." he said, trailing off.
"Besides what?" Sasuke asked.
"I don't really think we should continue sleeping together," Suigetsu said. He had been trying to work up the courage to tell this to the Uchiha for days now, but it had never seemed like the right time.
"Why not?" Sasuke asked, feeling strange that he was slightly disappointed. "I've been having fun, and so have you."
"I just don't think I can keep up with it," Suigetsu said. "I mean, the sex is great, but I want a little more than that, and I know you can't give it to me, so I'll just have to look elsewhere for that."
"Wait," Sasuke said, not understanding the other teen. "You're starting off college by trying to look for a romantic relationship? That's wrong on so many levels. You should just concern yourself with having fun. There'll always be time for the lovey-dovey stuff later."
"I'm just kind of looking for more of a commitment than just a good fuck every couple of nights," Suigetsu said.
Sasuke felt somewhat conflicted. Since he and Suigetsu started casually fucking a few months ago, he grew somewhat attached to him. He knew he didn't have any real romantic feelings towards him, but he owed a great deal to Suigetsu. Suigetsu helped him ease the pain of losing Naruto, and he didn't want to let that go.
Sasuke was still so in love with Naruto, but it didn't hurt much anymore. Whenever he would get to thinking about the blond or start to get sad, he'd call Suigetsu and get distracted. If he really let Suigetsu go, then he'd have nothing to anchor him to the real world anymore.
But it's not like Sasuke was purely selfish in that. He was friends with Suigetsu at the same time, and the two had become even better friends once they started hooking up. Sasuke connected to Suigetsu in a way he couldn't connect to Sakura, Hinata, Neji or even Gaara anymore. They all knew a different side of Sasuke. And whenever he thought of them, he thought of Naruto.
He couldn't hang out with any of them without Naruto or one of his friends coming up in conversation. Any time that the topic of conversation drifted back to Konoha High and any of the students who attended, Sasuke would immediately be reminded of the blond, and he'd get depressed. On the other hand, Suigetsu never knew Naruto and didn't care about him. Where Gaara, Sakura, Hinata and Neji reminded him of Naruto, Suigetsu distracted him. Jugo and Karin had left Konoha for college instead of going to Konoha University as well, which left Suigetsu as his only friend to help him forget.
"I don't see why this is a problem all of a sudden," Sasuke said. "I mean, it's not like you have anyone else at the moment. We can keep going until you're with someone."
Suigetsu shook his head. "Listen Sasuke, you're a great guy, but I really don't think I can be with you without getting too attached, and that's the last thing you want."
"Does Suigetsu have a widdle cwush on me?" Sasuke mocked. "C'mon, don't be a girl about this."
"You don't get to mock me about feelings when we both know that the only reason you call me in the first place is because of your pathetic attachment to that psychopath who shot you," Suigetsu whispered harshly, immediately regretting his words afterward. He sighed. "I'm sorry," he said. "But you don't get to hold me to a higher standard than you hold yourself. You fell in love with Naruto by just pretending to be his boyfriend. We've spent almost the entire summer together – half the time in bed – so don't tell me that all of a sudden people aren't allowed to grow feelings!"
"Touché," Sasuke said, falling quiet at Suigetsu's admission. So it seemed the teen really did have feelings for Sasuke.
"Listen, Sasuke," Suigetsu said. "I'm not an overly dramatic drama queen. I'm not in love with you by any stretch of the imagination. But if we keep going on like this, I can't promise that won't change. I mean, even though we've just had a casual relationship, we've practically been dating without all the 'lovey-dovey' stuff."
"No we haven't," Sasuke said.
"Really?" Suigetsu asked. "How many other people have you gone out with since we started fucking? How many other people have you slept with? Who else have you spent extended amounts of time with? We've been pretty exclusively involved with each other for months, and if it keeps going, people will just assume we're together. Nobody will see us as single."
"I see," Sasuke said, frowning. He hadn't thought of it that way. But in a weird sense, it wasn't a problem for him. He wasn't looking for a relationship, but it seemed like he was practically in one with Suigetsu.
Sasuke thought about it and he realized that that was exactly his problem – he wasn't in a relationship, which prevented him from really moving on from Naruto. If he wanted to stop hurting any time he thought of the blond, he'd have to replace him in his heart by finding someone else. He needed to emotionally connect with someone else in the same way that he connected with Naruto, and then he'd be fine.
His one problem was one that had been plagued with forever. With the exception of Naruto, he really hadn't ever emotionally connected with someone like that. He'd never found someone attractive enough to be with that really interested him at all.
"I'm glad you see it my way," Suigetsu said. "But we're still friends. I mean, just because we've fucked doesn't mean it has to be awkward between –"
"Why don't we go out this Friday," Sasuke said, interrupting Suigetsu. The other boy looked at Sasuke like he had four heads.
"Like on a date?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure," Sasuke said. "I mean, we might as well try it."
"Are you serious?" Suigetsu asked. He didn't ask it like he was hopeful, though. He asked it like he was astounded at the suggestion of it. "Since when have you ever shown any romantic interest in me whatsoever?"
"Since about twelve seconds ago," Sasuke said. "So what do you say?"
"No," Suigetsu said. "You're too much baggage, especially considering you're head over heels for someone already."
"You might as well close one door completely before opening a window," Sasuke said. "What's it going to hurt?"
Suigetsu rolled his eyes. "Fine," he said. "But really, you don't have to pretend to like me just to get in my pants. I'm sure you could find many other willing fuckbuddies here."
"Hey, I asked you out because I wanted to," Sasuke said. "We'll go out on Friday and then we'll see how we stand from there."
"Fine," Suigetsu said, standing up. "I guess I'll see you at Calculus tomorrow." He walked out of the café, leaving Sasuke hopeful that he might have just figured out how to end his sick obsession with Naruto.
Naruto put down his suitcases outside the door of his dorm to pull out his key. He pushed the door open and picked his suitcases back up to enter the room. His friend Kiba followed behind him, carrying two bags as well. Finally, Ino came in last with Naruto's final bag. They all dropped the stuff and looked around Naruto's dorm room.
The first thing they noticed was that Naruto's roommate was already unpacked, and from the looks of it, he was a neat freak. Naruto briefly studied the contents on his roommates' side of the room and noted that it seemed familiar, but he shrugged it off.
"Alright," Naruto said. "Now let's go to your room, Kiba, an unpack you."
"Wait a sec," Ino said. "Why don't we unpack you first, Naruto."
"C'mon," he whined. "I'll do that later." Ino sent him a look that told him that they would be unpacking Naruto's stuff before moving on and there would be no arguing. Naruto sighed and resigned himself to it.
He'd only been out of Konoha Mental Hospital for two days, but he felt so much better. His multiple personalities had been fully integrated, and he felt better than he had since before his rape. He had already hung out with everyone in the last two days. His only regret was that he had lost his summer due to his hospitalization.
The three started unzipping bags and unpacking Naruto's stuff. Naruto dealt with putting his clothes away in the bureau and closet, while Ino focused on making the bed. Kiba had just been unpacking all of Naruto's other stuff and putting it on the desk in the room. The three had decided to go around to each of their rooms and unpack for each other to get the moving in process done faster.
"Why did you bring some of this stuff?" Kiba asked as he pulled out some of the most random stuff out of the bags.
"I just brought everything," Naruto said. "I plan on recreating my room exactly the way it was…sort of."
"Where do you want this then?" Kiba asked, raising a stuffed animal of a fox. Naruto turned around to see what he was talking about and his eyes went wide.
"Just put it somewhere," Naruto mumbled, turning back to his clothes. Ino and Kiba both gave each other questioning looks.
Naruto had been like that since he'd been in the hospital. Every now and then, a subject would come up and Naruto would just withdraw. They had worried about it, but they didn't want to push him.
Neither of them had connected why Naruto would sometimes grow quiet. The stuffed animal was given to him by Sasuke at a carnival when he thought he was a girl. Any time he was reminded of the raven, he would grow distant while remembering their last encounter.
"What was that!" Naruto exclaimed loudly after pulling away from the kiss, causing Sasuke to wince.
"I...I'm sorry," Sasuke said. "I just couldn't help myself."
"Why not?" Naruto said. "You don't owe me anything anymore. You don't have to pretend to be my boyfriend anymore, so you don't have to kiss me anymore."
"I didn't kiss you because I thought you expected it or wanted it," Sasuke said.
"Then why'd you kiss me?" Naruto asked.
"Because I wanted to!" Sasuke admitted. "Is it really hard for you to figure out?"
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
"I…I'm in love with you Naruto."
The last line played in his head over and over again. It didn't make sense, even though he understood it. He thought back to when Sasuke first kissed him at the bar. And afterwards...
"'m sorry f'r kissin' you," Sasuke mumbled, turning over in the bed so he was facing the blond. "I sh'dn't h've done that."
"Why did you, then?" Naruto asked, wondering if Sasuke would even remember this conversation the next day.
"Dunno," Sasuke admitted.
"Sasuke, are you…" Naruto began, but he trailed off. Would it be crossing a line to ask the question? Sasuke opened his eyes and looked at him expectantly. "Y'know…gay?"
Sasuke's face broke out into a smirk. "Why, Nar'to? D'ya wanna fuck me?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows. Naruto couldn't tell whether to be horrified or amused.
"Are you?" he asked, and Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"No, I jus' like ta kiss guys," Sasuke said in a happy tone of voice. "But 'm not gay." Naruto furrowed his brows. Was Sasuke trying to make a joke? Be sarcastic? "Of course I am."
It was like it was always there...some sort of attraction on Sasuke's part.
Naruto was struck by another memory. This time it was when he had thought he was Sasuke's girlfriend. He'd had a nightmare about the rape and had called Sasuke. Sasuke raced over to his house and stayed the night with Naruto the make sure that he was okay.
Ino and Kiba noticed that Naruto had stopped working and was now staring into space.
"Naruto?" Ino asked, breaking him from his thoughts. "Are you okay?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"What were you thinking about?" Kiba asked. "It seemed to be bothering you."
"It's nothing important," Naruto said.
"C'mon, you can tell us," Ino said.
"We're your best friends," Kiba said. Naruto smiled to himself and decided that he could trust the two of them not to spread it around.
"Fine, but you can't tell anyone else," Naruto said.
"Fine," they both said at the same time.
Naruto crossed the room and sat down next to Ino on the newly made bed. Kiba took a seat in the desk chair on the other side of Naruto.
"When I was in the hospital, Sasuke came to see me," Naruto said. At the mention of the raven-haired boy, Kiba scowled, but Naruto didn't notice. "He apologized to me for a bunch of things, and then...he kissed me."
"He WHAT!" Kiba and Ino both exclaimed extremely loudly.
"Shh," Naruto said, as if their screams would alert the whole campus to their conversation. "After he kissed me, he told me that he was in love with me."
"And?" Kiba asked, an anger behind his normal facade. Naruto figured he wasn't completely over his crush yet.
"What do you mean, 'and'?" Naruto asked. "That's HUGE!"
"You mean you didn't already know?" Kiba asked.
"Of course he didn't, Kiba!" Ino exclaimed. "Naruto's the most oblivious kid in the world!"
"I'm right here you know," Naruto said. "So it was obvious?" he asked. "You both knew!"
"Have you seen the way he looks at you?" Ino asked. "It's like he was taken straight out of the sappiest chick flick."
"You should see him when he talks about you," Kiba said. "He gets all controlling and possessive."
"So what did you say after he told you?" Ino asked with a smile, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I told him that I was straight and we couldn't be together," Naruto said, noting the mixed expression on Kiba's face.
"Really?" Ino asked.
"What else did you expect?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know," she said. "But I can't believe you just rejected him! No wonder he's been so sad the last few months."
"Huh?" Kiba asked.
"Any time that any of us hang out with him, he just gets really quiet and contemplative," Ino said. "I thought it had something to do with Suigetsu."
"Who's Suigetsu?" Naruto asked.
"He's one of Sasuke's friends," Ino said, choosing not to tell Naruto and Kiba the full extent of their 'friendship'. "Anyway, I think it's time to get back to unpacking," she said, hoping to end the conversation about Sasuke and Suigetsu.
Naruto didn't push any further and so the three finished unpacking Naruto's stuff. He quickly arranged his desk in a semi-neat fashion before the three went back outside to get Kiba's stuff. Kiba was in a room diagonally across the hall from Naruto with Neji as his roommate.
Kiba had much less stuff than Naruto had. He brought up two bags, and Naruto and Ino carried one each. Kiba opened the door and was surprised to already see Neji there unpacking.
"Oh, hey," Kiba said, entering to make way for Ino and Naruto.
"Kiba," Neji greeted with a nod. He was just about half way done with unpacking from what Naruto could tell. "Hello, Ino, Naruto." Both Ino and Naruto greeted Neji in return. "So did Sakura tell you about the party tonight?" Neji asked.
"Party?" Naruto asked.
"No she didn't," Kiba said.
"Oh, yeah, she told me," Ino informed them. "I forgot to tell you guys."
Neji nodded. "It's at the club downtown, Mangekyo," Neji said. "I already made sure that the bartender will serve us."
"Well, look at you, Neji," Kiba said, impressed by the brunet's connections. "So what time should we be there?"
"It doesn't open till 8, but it doesn't really get good until about 9," Neji said with a shrug.
"Awesome!" Naruto said. "My first college party!"
"Who else is gonna be there?" Ino asked.
Neji shrugged. "Us four, Sakura, Gaara, Hinata, and maybe Sasuke." At the mention of Sasuke, Naruto tensed. "Although I haven't actually told him about it yet, so I'd have to find him first."
"Sasuke is going here?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah," Neji said as he finished the last of his unpacking. "I think I'll go look for him now." He left the three alone to search for the raven-haired teen.
"Don't worry, Naruto," Kiba said. "Sasuke's probably gonna be living at home and commuting to school like his brother. You won't have to see him that often."
"That's true," Naruto said, his entire body relaxing at that thought. He was really grateful to Sasuke for helping him through his problems, but he couldn't bring himself to think of Sasuke without feeling awkward.
They finished unpacking Kiba's stuff before putting it all away. This time, Kiba put his own clothes away. Ino and Naruto went through his stuff deciding where things should go. In less than an hour from when they started, Kiba's room was done and they were heading out to bring Ino's stuff into her dorm.
"C'mon, Suigetsu," Sasuke muttered to himself while waiting in the parking lot of the dorm halls. "Do you have to be late to everything?" He rubbed his hands together, not enjoying the fact that it was early September and already 62 degrees. He checked his watch one more time. 7:34. 'If he's not here in ten seconds, I'm out,' Sasuke thought to himself.
At around three o'clock, Suigetsu called Sasuke and asked him if they could go on their 'sort-of date' tonight instead of Friday, as they'd probably already be overwhelmed by school. Sasuke agreed and they'd set the official time for Suigetsu to meet Sasuke at his car to be 7:30. And now, the boy was five minutes late. It's not that Sasuke was impatient, he just…didn't like waiting.
He pulled out his phone to call Suigetsu when he heard his voice calling him from behind. He turned around and saw Suigetsu running across the lot to his car. Sasuke sighed and put his phone back in his pocket, pulling out his car keys in the process.
"Any particular reason you're late?" Sasuke asked the out of breath Suigetsu.
"I'm only five minutes late," Suigetsu said. "That's practically early for me."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and opened the door for Suigetsu to get in the car. After closing the door, he walked around the other side and got into the driver's seat.
"So what exactly are we going to do tonight?" Suigetsu asked as Sasuke sat down and buckled up.
"Well, it's 7:35, so I figured we'd go eat," Sasuke said, starting the ignition. He pulled out of his spot and left the lot, soon the campus, and followed the route he'd taken many times to get to a favorite restaurant of his.
They finally pulled in to the restaurant around ten to eight, and they got a table quickly. They ordered their meals and ate them like they did at Hebi during lunch. In fact, there was nothing except for the quality of the meal and the slightly above-average dress to suggest that it was anything but hanging out.
They talked much like they normally did; not really having anything to learn of each other that would normally pop up during a first date. Sasuke didn't think that Suigetsu noticed the causality of the meal, but he wasn't sure. They ate their meal relatively slowly, but it wasn't yet 9:00 when Sasuke asked for the check.
The weirdest thing happened when Sasuke and Suigetsu made their way back outside. The gray-ish haired teen walked to the car, but Sasuke stopped in his tracks after noticing exactly where he was, or – more accurately – what was there.
He saw the neon lights in the window of Ichiraku and was immediately transported in his mind back to a moment when he was with Naruto, who thought he was a girl.
"Thanks for taking me here, Sasuke," Naruto said as he held tightly on to Sasuke's arm. It had been only a few days since Naruto was released from the hospital after he was raped, but he had insisted that Sasuke take her to her favorite restaurants. After a couple minutes of interrogating Ino, Sasuke discovered that this 'favorite restaurant' turned out to be just a hole in the wall ramen place with an orange neon sign saying 'Ichiraku'.
As the door opened, a bell chimed, signaling their arrival. Upon hearing the chime, the old man behind the counter turned to face them. He obviously was confused as to why one of his favorite customers was hanging on to Sasuke like a leech. If only he knew the half of it.
Wisely, the man chose not to say anything about that. Instead, he greeted Naruto warmly and asked for our orders. Not knowing a single thing about ramen, I just told him to get me what Naruto was getting. It turns out that Ichiraku actually did serve the best tasting ramen Sasuke had ever tasted.
"I'm glad we can be out again," Naruto said. "I never want to fall down those stairs ever again."
"Heh, yeah," Sasuke said, not knowing how to respond to that. It's not like he could tell Naruto that he was raped and was really a guy and didn't like Sasuke at all. Yeah, that would go over great, Sasuke thought.
When the cook turned back to his stove to cook the order of a new customer, Naruto leaned forward and pressed his lips to Sasuke's. At first, Sasuke pulled back a little, causing Naruto to frown and pull away.
"What's wrong?" he asked, confused as to why Sasuke didn't want to kiss him.
"Oh, uh, nothing," Sasuke said lamely. "I just…are you sure you're well enough after your accident?"
"I'm completely sure," Naruto said before leaning in to kiss Sasuke again. This time, Sasuke didn't object, but they both pulled away, startled when the man dropped his pot on his foot.
"Dammit!" he yelled at the pain.
"Come on!" Naruto said to him with a blush. "It's like you've never seen a girl kiss her boyfriend before." Sasuke saw the look on the man's face turn from mortification to pure confusion and got up, saying something to Naruto about ordering another bowl. Never mind the fact that he had half a bowl left.
"What the hell are you doing to Naruto?" the man asked in a harsh whisper as Sasuke got to the counter.
"I'm really not at liberty to explain," Sasuke said. "Please, just go along with it, and pretend he's a girl every time he comes in, alright?"
"I'm not sure if I can trust you," the man said. "You look an awful lot like a guy he described the other day when he came in complaining about some 'teme'."
Sasuke snorted at the thought. "Believe me, I'm doing what's best for Naruto. If you can't play along, then I might not order my next bowl of ramen and I'll convince him not to return. I'm sure that wouldn't do well for your business considering how much he eats."
"Fine," he spat at Sasuke. "One more order of miso ramen coming right up."
"Sasuke?" Suigetsu asked, breaking Sasuke from his flashback.
"Huh?" the raven asked, momentarily dazed from the memory. "Oh, I'm sorry," he said, upon realizing where he was in the present time. He pulled out his keys and unlocked the car door and got into the driver's seat as Suigetsu got into the passenger's seat. He took one last look at Ichiraku before pulling out and driving up towards the university.
About fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the dorm hall parking lot and got out. Since they lived in the same dorm – Suigetsu with Gaara and Sasuke with whoever had moved in while he was out – Sasuke walked Suigetsu to his room.
"I had a good time," Suigetsu said. "But I don't feel like that was a date. It was too…normal."
"How about this then?" Sasuke said, leaning in closer to the other teen. "A date isn't complete without a…goodnight kiss." He pressed his lips to Suigetsu's, who opened in response. After a few minutes, Suigetsu pulled away.
"I'm still not convinced," he said. "And it would be very uncivilized to fuck on a first date."
"Are you serious?" Sasuke asked. "You're about as innocent as a nun doing pushups in a cucumber field."
"That's just harsh," Suigetsu said, pretending to be hurt.
"It's true, too," Sasuke said.
"If you don't cut it out, I'll think you're only in it for the sex," Suigetsu said, his eyebrow quirked. Sasuke scowled, prompting Suigetsu to continue. "I guess you'll just have to take me on another date sometime to prove yourself. And who knows, if it's good, I might put out."
"This is why I hate girls," Sasuke muttered. Suigetsu smiled sweetly before retreating into his room. Sasuke, meanwhile, grumbled all the way up the stairs to his room, where he noticed his roommate was still MIA.
Naruto was feeling more than a little tipsy as he sauntered around the room dancing with everyone and their grandmother. First the song 'Party Rock Anthem' went by like a flash, and 'Moves Like Jagger' ended as quickly as it began.
The more these electro-dance pop songs played, the more Naruto drank, before eventually just choosing to dance with Hinata exclusively. She wasn't exactly thrilled that her partner was drunk, but she didn't make any objections vocal.
They grinded to 'Where Them Girls At' before Naruto finally couldn't stand any more. They retreated back to the bar where Naruto sat drinking water, trying to not throw up. He saw Kiba yelling at Gaara in the corner of the bar and raised an eyebrow. Hinata followed his line of vision before smiling.
"Kiba's been trying to get Gaara to 'loosen up and get his ass on the dancefloor' since we got here," she said awkwardly. It felt so weird for Naruto to hear Hinata talk like that, but he shrugged it off.
"I think we should...should go," Naruto said, trying not to slur. Hinata nodded.
"I'll tell Ino you're going back with me, so she doesn't have to go looking for you when she wants to leave," Hinata said before disappearing in the sea of bodies.
"Having a fun time?" Neji asked as he sat down in the same stool Hinata had just vacated.
"Neji!" Naruto exclaimed drunkenly before throwing an arm over the pale brunet's shoulder and hugging him. "W'zzup my brotha?"
"I was going to interrogate you about your intentions with my cousin," Neji admitted, "but I'm sure you won't remember any conversation we have by tomorrow, so I might as well wait on that. But I'll tell you now – don't make it a habit to get drunk when she's around."
"Lighten up," Naruto said, playfully hitting Neji's shoulder. "It's a par-TAYY!" Neji rolled his eyes before getting back up to join a random girl on the dancefloor. Neji and Tenten had decided to break up, as he was staying in Konoha to go to university while she went to Oxford in England.
Soon, Hinata returned and collected Naruto. She drove him back to the college dorms and led him up the stairs to his room.
"I hope you don't need me to put you to bed," Hinata said with a smile.
"Nah, I'm not that drunk," Naruo said. "'sides, my roomie's prob'bly sleepin', 'nd I woul'n't wanna d'sturb h'm."
"Just get to bed," Hinata said with a smile before heading back outside. She checked her watch and saw it was 11:00. She decided that she'd go to bed early tonight to get rest for her first day of college.
Sasuke was in bed at 10:30, exhausted from a day of absolutely nothing. He was just about to fall asleep when he heard faint voices from the hallway, but he was too tired to really pay attention to them. Seconds later, the door opened and light poured in to the room from the hallway. Sasuke scowled from under the covers.
He would normally open his eyes to take a peek and see who his roommate was, but he was already so tired, he couldn't lift his eyelids. He mentally shrugged and reasoned that he'd see the other teen in the morning. He heard his roommate flop on his bed and groan before his sheets rustled. Finally, the other person got settled in and started snoring.
Just great, Sasuke thought to himself. 'He's a snorer.' He sighed to himself and rolled his eyes beneath his eyelids. With my luck, he's probably going to be the most annoying fuck I've ever met.
Author's Note: Tune in next week when Sasuke and Naruto discover who their roommate is, and school begins in earnest.
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