© 2006 FastForward
Disclaimer: Kiba feigned death to get away from K. Masashi. Of course, he forgot to pretend not to breathe. That, and he also forgot that K. Masashi knows everything about him, since he created him.
A/N- :covers ears as Itachi Fan Club goes nuts: Enjoy.
"No shit?" Kiba howled with laughter, hitting his knee.
"It's not funny." Sasuke glared. "I'd like to see you spend even one class with Gai."
"I could do it." the brunette insisted.
Both of them were standing outside Hebb Theatre, waiting for Naruto. Sasuke had promised him he'd meet up with him after class, and Kiba had been on his way back to the dorm when he'd seen the raven. He'd decided to keep him company and the three of them could walk back together.
Kiba continued to make fun of Sasuke, and Sasuke continued to glare at him when the doors opened and people started piling out. Sasuke knew it wouldn't be hard to spot Naruto. Blond hair and an orange hoodie—hard to miss.
Someone brushed by him, coming way too close for comfort, and Sasuke stiffened, but his eyes widened as he heard words said in his ear.
"Hello, little brother."
Spinning around, Sasuke surveyed the crowd that was dispersing, his heart pounding in his throat. Where is he?! Sasuke thought wildly, scanning the crowd. He caught sight of someone with long black hair, and bolted in that direction.
"Hey! Sasuke!" Kiba called after him, but the raven ignored him. He ran after the person, pushing past people. He stopped in the middle of the large square between Koerner and Main Library, looking around at the people.
Sasuke jumped as someone pushed past him, spinning around. Someone else walked into him from the side and he let out a shout, jumping away. Everyone's voice sounded too loud, and he seemed to have people walking into him from all sides. He started hyperventilating, clamping his hands over his ears and running in any direction he could. He had to get away. There were too many people.
He pushed past the crowd and emerged right in front of Buchanan. There was a stand there, obviously promoting some kind of club. They were making hot dogs, and it smelled like they were burning. Sasuke's throat started to close up as the smell hit his nose, making it hard for him to breathe. His eyes were locked on the people buying hot dogs. They were all dumping ketchup on them and the only thing Sasuke could see as the ketchup was put on the hot dogs was blood.
He saw one of the guys holding his hot dog covered in blood, wearing his father's face. He bit into it, blood dribbling down his chin and onto the ground. A large pool was forming at his feet.
Sasuke covered his mouth as he gagged and shoved past people in front of him, slamming into Buchanan. He rounded the corner, threw open the bathroom door, crashed into a stall and emptied his stomach in the toilet bowl.
He coughed and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, breathing hard as he stayed bent over the toilet. Fuck, get a hold of yourself, he thought, shaking his head. You're just imagining things. Itachi isn't here, you'd know.
"You okay, dude?" Sasuke turned around to see some random guy looking in at him, slightly concerned. "Do you want me to call an ambulance or something?"
"No. Something didn't agree with me." Sasuke choked out as he began to close the stall door. "Thanks." He locked it once it was closed and flushed the toilet, the scent of vomit making him gag.
He took a deep breath and sat down on the floor, even though it was disgusting. He leaned his head back against the wall, his eyes closed. He ensured he was still close enough to the toilet in case another wave of nausea hit him.
He took slow, even breaths, trying to calm himself down. He knew he shouldn't have freaked out like that, but he couldn't help it. First Itachi's voice in his ear, and then someone who resembled him walking away—
"Fuck!" Sasuke slammed his fist against the stall door, growling. "Fuck." He covered his face with his hands, trying to forget about Itachi.
Naruto paced restlessly in his room, his cell phone in his hand. He checked it again for what seemed like the tenth time in five seconds. Still no call. He shook his head, still pacing.
He'd called Kakashi. He'd called Genma. He'd called anyone he could think of, including friends and professors, but no one had seen or heard from Sasuke. Kiba had been the last one to see him, and after chasing the raven, he'd lost sight of him in front of Koerner.
So now, Naruto was in his room, three hours later, pacing. He hadn't gone to dinner; he hadn't gone to the bathroom. He hadn't gone anywhere, or done anything. According to Kiba, Sasuke had freaked out, and the only thing that meant was Itachi. Kakashi had thought so, too, which was why he'd practically hung up on Naruto, saying he was going to look for him.
Naruto looked at his phone again, willing it to ring. "Come on, Sasuke. Where are you?"
Nothing happened, so Naruto continued to pace.
His phone rang five minutes later and he almost dropped it he was fumbling to answer it so badly. He finally hit the answer button and put it to his ear.
"Hello?!"
"Still haven't heard from him?" Kakashi asked with a sigh on the other end.
"No. I haven't." Naruto's heart fell and he rubbed his face with his free hand. "Fuck. Where is he?!"
"I've looked everywhere I can think of. Itachi's not supposed to be back in town, but—"
"Don't even go there!" Naruto snapped. "If Itachi did anything to him, I will rip out his ribcage and use it as a hat!"
The lock clicked behind Naruto and he spun to look at the door. It opened, and Sasuke walked into the room, staring at floor and looking like shit.
"Sasuke!" Naruto hurled the phone across the room, not caring where it landed, if it landed, or if the ground opened up and swallowed it. He launched himself at Sasuke, hugging him tightly. "Where have you been?" he whispered against the other boy's shoulder. "Everyone was worried."
"I'm sorry." Sasuke replied, keeping his hands at his sides. Naruto frowned and pulled away, looking at Sasuke. His skin looked a little grey, he had bags under his eyes, and his clothing reeked of sweat and vomit.
"What happened?" Naruto asked, pulling Sasuke further into the room and closing the door. Sasuke went to his desk chair, sitting down in it. He frowned as he heard what sounded like yelling, and looked around.
"Naruto Uzumaki! What the fuck happened?! Answer me!" Sasuke bent down and reached under his desk, pulling out Naruto's phone and putting it to his ear.
"I'm fine, Kakashi. I'll talk to you later." The raven hung up on his guardian as Naruto came up behind him, hugging him from behind.
"What happened?" he asked again, worry etched in his voice.
"I just had a panic attack, that's all." Sasuke insisted, reaching up to clutch the arms wrapped around him.
"You 'just had a panic attack'?" Naruto asked, shaking his head. "How can you say that? You were gone for three hours. I was worried sick. Kakashi was worried sick. Heck, even Kiba was worried sick."
"I'm sorry." Sasuke whispered. "I—thought Itachi was here." He felt Naruto's arms tighten around him.
"Itachi isn't here, Sasuke. You're still safe."
"I know." Sasuke replied. "I don't want to talk about it. Let's just go eat." He stood up, forcing the blond to relinquish his hold.
"Right." Naruto whispered as Sasuke opened the bedroom door and left. Naruto looked at the floor, feeling completely useless.
"Fuck."
Sasuke walked down the corridor, knocking on Kiba, Shino and Chouji's doors.
"Sasuke-bastard! You're back!" Kiba threw an arm around his shoulders, smiling. "We were worried, you damn asshole. Where the hell did you run off to?"
Sasuke shrugged Kiba's arm off and walked towards the stairs, his hands in his pockets. Kiba frowned, watching him go. He then turned as he heard Naruto and Sasuke's door close, the blond walking towards them with his own hands in his pockets.
"What happened?" Kiba asked as Naruto approached. The other boy just shook his head, brushing past them.
"I'll get Shikamaru. You guys go on ahead." Naruto exited the corridor and climbed the stairs to the third floor. Shino and Kiba shared a look before the two of them and Chouji rushed to catch up with Sasuke.
"Did you and Naruto have a fight?" Kiba inquired.
"No, we didn't." Sasuke replied, walking slowly towards the commons block.
"Well, did you break up or something?" Kiba asked again.
"No."
"Well, what the hell happened, then?" Sasuke turned to look at him. "Hey, I'm all for you being moody. God knows you're like this often enough, I've gotten used to it. What's not cool is you upsetting Naruto."
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow and turned to look behind them. He saw Shino and Chouji. No Naruto. What the—? I couldn't have upset him; I haven't done anything, the raven thought with a frown.
"You seem confused." Shino commented as they entered the commons block and headed upstairs to the cafeteria. "Are you not aware that Naruto cares for you as much as you care for him? If one of you is upset, the other will be, too."
"Great." Sasuke muttered as he grabbed a tray. "So now I always have to be happy."
"You know how to be happy?" Kiba demanded, stunned. Shino shot him a look and the brunette disappeared, Chouji following suit. Shino seemed to have it all under control.
"No one is saying you aren't allowed to be upset." Shino corrected. "Just try not to act harshly towards the one person who is trying to make you feel better."
Sasuke listened to what Shino said, but he didn't really pay too much mind to it. He merely went about getting his food and was at the checkout when Naruto and Shikamaru entered, the two of them grabbing trays.
The first four boys took their seats, waiting for the other two to join them. By the time they did, Sasuke was already finished his meal. He sat at the table, his hands folded together and his elbows on the table, holding his clasped hands before his mouth. He stared blankly ahead, ignoring the conversation going on around him.
Kiba glanced at the raven before leaning towards Naruto to whisper to his friend, keeping his eyes on Sasuke. "Yo, Naruto."
"Mm?" Naruto asked around a mouthful of food.
"When did you guys last have sex?" Naruto spat out the food in his mouth. "Actually, why am I asking you this? It was yesterday, right? Around midnight?" Naruto was choking, hitting his chest wildly to get the food stuck in his oesophagus to go down, or come back up.
Shikamaru was staring at the blond, his lips slightly open and his fork in mid-air, halfway to his waiting mouth.
"Maybe he just needs to get laid. You know, relieve a little tension." Kiba continued, completely oblivious to Naruto's lack of air.
"Naruto's turning blue." Shikamaru stated slowly, his eyes still fixed on the blond.
"Huh?" Kiba turned away from Sasuke to look at Naruto. "Holy shit!" Kiba began thumping on the blond's back. Naruto's throat cleared up and he coughed a bit more before gulping down some water.
Sasuke didn't even notice.
Once Naruto had calmed down and regained his breath, Kiba put his arm around his shoulders and pulled Naruto close, his eyes on Sasuke, but still talking to Naruto. "I think he may be sexually frustrated. And if not, at least the sex will cheer him up."
"Kiba, this isn't something that sex will just make go away." Naruto whispered, lowering his gaze. He winced as he remembered the month before when he'd wanted to do just that. Sasuke had said no to him because it wasn't what he really wanted, so Naruto would do the same.
"Hey, Sasuke-bastard!" Naruto's head snapped up as Kiba grinned at the raven, who'd turned to look at him. "Naruto here seems a little sexually frustrated."
"No I d—" Kiba punched him in the crotch under the table and Naruto's eyes widened as he let out a groan, hunching over and covering his member with both hands. Kiba had never averted his eyes from Sasuke.
"Maybe the two of you should head back to the room and, you know..." Kiba trailed off, coughing slightly at the end, but winking all the same. "No one will be there for you to bother."
"Don't you mean you won't be there for them to bother?" Shino asked with a smirk.
"An advantage that I happen to be included in the group who will not be there. Whatever, shut up, Shino. What do you say, Sasuke?"
Naruto was still busy nursing his injured bits, unable to tell Kiba to just shut up. He was going to make the brunette pay dearly for this one! How are we supposed to have sex if he damages my goods Naruto thought angrily.
"Come on." His head shot up and he saw Sasuke standing beside him, holding out his hand. Naruto shot Kiba a look, the brunette giving him the thumbs up.
With a defeated sigh, Naruto took Sasuke's hand and allowed the raven to lead him out of the cafeteria and back to the dorm. They climbed the stairs slowly, reaching the room within seconds. Naruto unlocked it and entered, Sasuke following and closing the door behind him before shoving his hands in his pockets.
"I can't ask you to do anything since I spewed out that speech last month." Sasuke said as he gazed at the ground, the blond turning to face him. He sighed, shaking his head. "Shit, sometimes I screw myself over."
He looked up and found Naruto right in front of him. He was stunned at first, but got over it as Naruto hugged him tightly.
"Sometimes, just knowing someone's there is enough to make the pain go away." Naruto whispered. Sasuke closed his eyes and hugged the blond back.
"I can't believe we're skipping English." Naruto exclaimed as he punched in his code and opened the door to their dorm. "I've never skipped anything before. I feel kind of bad."
"Don't feel bad." Sasuke insisted as he wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's waist, kissing his neck as he forced him to move forward. "This is much more important."
"Your horniness knows no bounds." Naruto teased as he broke free from Sasuke's grip and ran towards the stairs. Sasuke grinned and ran after him.
A week after the incident, and everything was back to normal. Sasuke had practically forgotten all about it, but just because it was his luck, that was soon about to change.
As he climbed the stairs after Naruto, he felt a chill run down his spine and spun around, looking down the stairwell. He saw nothing, and could hear no one just beyond the door in the entranceway. He walked down two steps, listening, but heard nothing.
"Sasuke, come on!" Naruto appeared beside him again, grabbing his arm. "We've only got an hour before I have to head off to Anatomy!"
"Can't you skip it?" Sasuke asked as he shook off the feeling and continued up the stairs with Naruto.
"You're such a bad influence! I'm not skipping another class!" he insisted as he opened their door. Sasuke spun him around, kissing his neck as he kicked the door shut. Naruto let out a small moan.
"But it's with Genma." Sasuke breathed along the blond's neck. "Stupid. Perverted. Good for nothing. Genma."
"That's..." Naruto panted slightly, his body already reacting to such a small action, "not very nice."
"Whoever said I was nice?" Sasuke asked, pulling off the blond's shirt.
Beyond the door, a solitary figure listened to the events occurring within. He frowned in distaste, ashamed of the boy beyond the door. He heard a door down the corridor open and turned to see who it was. Three boys entered the corridor from the stairwell, talking amongst themselves.
"So stupid." Kiba laughed. "They decide to skip the one day he cancels class. Man, that's just too funny, fuck."
"Indeed." Shino replied. "You are aware that we shall be hearing them for the next hour then, right?"
"Fuck!" Kiba exclaimed, clutching his head. "Oh, man, I didn't even think about that!"
"Personally, I wear headphones and crank up my music." Shino informed as he unlocked his door and entered his room.
"Headphones!" Kiba exclaimed, grinning. "Shino, my man, I like the way you think."
"I'm going to Shikamaru's room. There's more insulation between the floors, so the sound doesn't carry as much." Chouji commented as he dropped off his bag and closed his door.
"Dude! Best idea ever, fuck! Wait for me, I'll grab some music and we can header. I'll double wammy their noise!" Just then, the moaning started. "Gah! Must hurry!" Kiba flew into his room, practically taking it apart as he looked for his I-Pod. He re-emerged with it, closing his door. "Right, let's header!"
Chouji wasn't looking at Kiba, though. He was staring down the corridor, frowning at the person who was currently positioned in front of Naruto and Sasuke's door. Kiba followed his gaze, and a frown marred his own face.
"Oi, what are you, some kind of pervert?" Kiba snapped at him.
The man turned his head, locking cold, dark eyes with Kiba. The brunette took an involuntary step back, and his hand came up to clutch his throat. That one look made him feel like he couldn't breathe.
"I am a relative." was the man's simple reply before he turned back to stare at Naruto and Sasuke's door.
Chouji put his hand on Kiba's shoulder but the brunette shrugged it off. "Forget it. Go on without me. I'll stay here." Kiba disappeared into his room, closing his door. Chouji just cast one last glance at the man positioned down the hall before disappearing upstairs.
Shikamaru and Chouji returned a few minutes later, knocking on Shino and Kiba's doors to ask if they wanted to go to the Village. Shino accepted the invitation, Kiba did not.
"I want to keep an eye on this guy. You know, in case he's some kind of weirdo." he whispered to them, casting glances down the corridor. The man still hadn't moved.
"Don't do anything stupid." Shino stated as the three of them left and Kiba closed his door.
All was silent—for the most part, anyway, ignoring the moaning, groaning and creaking of the bed in 212—for the next hour. And then, everything went silent completely, Naruto and Sasuke getting changed again so the blond could head to class.
Naruto kissed Sasuke one last time before heading for the door. "I'll see you when I get back."
Sasuke groaned, grabbing Naruto's arm and pulling him back, hugging him.
"Skip."
"No, I can't." the blond insisted, smiling. "I have to go."
"No." Sasuke whined.
"Sasuke, come on. I'll see you as soon as my class ends, I promise. I'll even go to Sociology and Sport with you."
"Fine." Sasuke let him go. "If class is more important than me, off with you." Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Geez, Sasuke, isn't ravishing me eight times a day enough?" Naruto asked as he picked up his bag.
"No." The raven sniffed. "I want to up it to at least ten before the end of the month."
Naruto barked out a laugh as he shook his head. "I'll see you later, you sex-maniac." He opened the door, but stopped. Someone was standing in front of him. "Oh, hi. Did you need something?" That was when Naruto saw the gun, and there wasn't a doubt in his mind who this was.
Unconcerned for his own safety, the blond threw his bag into the man's face, turning to lunge at the raven to protect him.
"Sasuke!"
A gunshot rang out.
A/N: A little humour since the chapter was oh-so-happy :cough cough: My friend (she lives above me and to the right, actually, heh) drew me a pic based on chapter... I think it's nine. I'm pretty sure it's nine. If you want to check it out, it's here:
www. deviantart. com/ deviation/ 31989002/
(You have to take out the spaces)
Enjoy :)
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