If I could find a way, I'd so do a one-shot based on the song Hey Ho by Hinder…I might, though I don't know that anyone would like it that is reading, I can't think of a way to make it NaruSasu so I may use the idea for a SasuHina fic with Sakura being the "ho" but that'll only happen if I can't get the song out of my head…I also may do a break up one-shot with Naruto and Sasuke, but again that's if I can't get the two songs that are inspiring that….

Anyway, I just wrote one of the longest chapters for this story…so I figured it would be a good time to post…I have a feeling people are going to like chapter 54 though

As always I own nothing

Chapter 49: The Lab Partner

Sasuke and Naruto were walking through campus Monday morning. Sasuke had lab class that he needed to get to and Naruto decided to walk him to class. Their classes were in the same general area, so it worked for them. "So, what's your lab partner like?" the blonde asked, attempting to start a conversation.

"He's really nice actually," Sasuke said. "But I just met him last week, so who knows if he'll continue to be," the raven shrugged.

"He?" Naruto asked as he stopped walking. He didn't like the idea of his boyfriend partnering with another guy. He knew that Sasuke was hot and a lot of people were attracted to him. He just hoped that the guy was extremely straight.

"Yeah, he," Sasuke said as he stopped and looked at his boyfriend. After a short pause he asked, "Is that a problem?"

"Oh, no, I just wanted to make sure I heard you correctly," Naruto lied; using the same excuse as before, as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck. He didn't want to appear as if he were jealous, even though he truly was. He started walking again before Sasuke could say anything else, grabbing the raven's hand as they walked.

"Right," Sasuke said, obviously not believing him. He knew that Naruto had a jealous streak; it was obvious after he confronted him about Juugo the previous semester.

Before either of them could say anything else, they heard a voice call, "Sasuke!" They turned to see a guy with blonde hair running up to them. While he wasn't nearly as tan as Naruto, he looked very similar to him. The guy had blue eyes, a little lighter than Naruto's, and he also was fairly well built. Naruto decided right then that he hated the guy.

Sasuke smiled a little as he said, "Hey Haru." He then looked at Naruto as he told him, "Haru is my lab partner." He could see the look in his boyfriend's eyes that told him exactly what he was thinking. 'Why does he have to be so damn jealous?' he asked himself.

Naruto was trying not to look at him as if he wished the man would burst into flames. He knew that he must appear jealous at that point because he knew he was glaring at the other boy. He knew that Sasuke had a type that he liked, which the other boy fit. "Hi," Naruto merely said as he pulled Sasuke closer to him, putting his arm around him. He didn't like the way that the other boy looked at Sasuke; it was not just a friendly look.

"This is Naruto," Sasuke said to Haru. "He's my boyfriend," he then added, making sure Naruto heard him tell the other boy that he was his boyfriend. He could tell that Naruto was getting jealous, so he put his arm around the blonde's waist.

"Nice to meet you," Haru said, half-heartedly. He looked at Naruto and smirked, as if to say "I'm going to steal him from you and there's nothing you can do about it."

"Well, we should be getting to class," Sasuke said, noticing the tension between the two blondes. He was starting to think that introducing the two was a bad idea.

"I'll see you after class," Naruto said before pulling the raven into a kiss. Sasuke melted into it as he kissed the blonde back, letting Naruto take control.

Sasuke blushed a little bit as he pulled away from the blonde. While he didn't mind PDA, he also didn't like being watched while kissing someone right next to them. "As I said, we should be getting to class," Sasuke said.

Naruto slapped the raven's ass as Sasuke turned to walk away, "See you later babe."

Sasuke just looked back at Naruto, shaking his head at the blonde's action. "I'll let that slide this time," he said as he and Haru started to walk away.

"You know you loved it," Naruto grinned as Sasuke just turned toward him and gave him a small smile before turning and walking away. He couldn't help but feel a little happy, not because of Sasuke's lab partner, but because he was starting to see Sasuke smile more.

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Sakura sat in her dorm room, looking at the ceiling as she lay in bed. She found that she had a lot to think about after winter break. She sighed as she thought about her love life and wondered why it had to be so complicated. She knew that Lee liked her and when he kissed her, she found it wasn't repulsive. The pink haired girl actually found the kiss to be enjoyable. It was odd to her because she never thought of herself as attracted to Lee, yet when he kissed her she felt butterflies in her stomach. She tried telling herself that it was just because he was a good kisser, but somehow she knew it wasn't completely true.

'Should I give Lee a chance?' she wondered. 'It's not like Sai or Sasuke are going to come around any time soon. Neither of them likes me, but Lee does. But then would he just be a convenient back up plan, or could I actually have feelings for him?' she wished that love could just be simple, but knew that it never would be.

'Maybe I could just give him a chance," she thought. 'What could it hurt? If I don't like him after one date then I'd know that I just don't like him. But if I do like him, then I can get over Sasuke and whatever little feelings I had for Sai,' she decided, though she still wasn't sure what she'd do.

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"I wish I would have taken lab this semester," Naruto told Kiba as they ate lunch. Sasuke was still in class, as lab was two hours long and Naruto's class was just a little over an hour. He sighed as he continued, "You should have seen Sasuke's lab partner."

"Why's that?" Kiba asked. He didn't really care, which he felt his voice showed, but Naruto just kept on the subject.

"He was totally checking Sasuke out," Naruto rolled his eyes. "The worst part was, Sasuke didn't even seem to notice," he added.

"He obviously just doesn't care," Kiba said as he ate. "I mean does the guy look like competition?" he then asked.

"He's completely Sasuke's type," Naruto said bitterly.

"News flash, so are you," the brunette said, getting tired of the conversation.

"Yeah but he spends two hours with him every Monday, you know he's going to try to flirt with him," Naruto argued. He took a bite of his food, angrily. He wished that Sasuke would just pick a different lab partner, one that wasn't tall, blonde, and cute.

"So what? You share a room with him," Kiba pointed out. "If you can't keep the guy while rooming with him, then you're obviously doing something wrong," he added. He put his food down as he continued, "Look, being jealous isn't going to help, it's not attractive to anyone."

"I know," Naruto frowned. He trusted Sasuke; it was the other guy that he didn't trust. He felt that Haru was going to make a move on the raven, which made the blonde not like him at all. He felt he was usually a pretty nice guy, but when it came to people trying to steal things from him, it brought out a different side of him.

"So did he tell you what's going on?" Kiba asked. He figured it would be best to change the subject before the blonde decided he wanted to harm the other guy.

"Yeah, he did," Naruto smiled. "But I can't tell you what it is," he added. He knew that Sasuke trusted him with his secret; he couldn't betray that trust by telling Kiba. "I understand why he didn't tell me now," Naruto frowned as he thought about what Sasuke had told him.

"That big?" Kiba asked. He couldn't help but wonder what the secret was, but he wasn't as noisy as Naruto, nor did he care enough, to try to find out. 'Why the hell can't he tell me, what could be that big?' Kiba wondered.

Before the conversation could continue, Naruto saw Sasuke walk in. "Sasuke," he called out, getting the raven's attention. It was then that Naruto saw the person he was with, which made him annoyed.

Sasuke walked over, making Kiba laugh a little as he saw the guy that was with him. He looked a lot like Naruto, so he could see why his best friend would be jealous. He instantly knew that the guy was the infamous lab partner.

"Hey," Sasuke said as he gave Naruto a quick kiss before sitting down. Haru stood next to where Kiba was sitting as the raven said, "Kiba this is Haru, he's my lab partner."

"Nice to meet you," Kiba smiled as he glanced quickly at Naruto.

"Nice to meet you too," Haru said with a smile. He looked at the way Naruto was glaring at him and said, "I really should be going though; I have class soon." As he started to walk away he looked once again at Sasuke and thought, 'Damn I wish he didn't have a boyfriend.'

"Alright, see you next Monday," Sasuke said as the other boy walked away. The raven then turned to Naruto and asked, "Do you really have to glare at him every time you see him?"

"Can you not see the looks the guy is giving you?" Naruto asked as he watched the other blonde walk away. He couldn't believe Sasuke could be so blind.

"As far as I know the guy is straight and hasn't hit on me," Sasuke said as he rolled his eyes. "Just try to be nice, he's my lab partner this semester, I don't need him thinking that you hate him," Sasuke sighed.

"Yeah, I'll try," the blonde smiled. He didn't really want to piss off Sasuke, so he agreed. "But I'm just saying, I think I'm allowed to be the jealous boyfriend this time."

Sasuke chuckled as he said, "You could, but I'd rather you weren't." He then added, "Besides, if I dumped you who would get me to do things that I don't want to do?"

"That's true, you need me," Naruto grinned as he put his arm around the raven.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Don't push it." He didn't push the arm off, but rather started to steal Naruto's food.

"Hey, that's mine," the blonde said as he watched his boyfriend.

"Not anymore," Sasuke smirked. Naruto didn't argue, but instead just gave a little smile.

NS

Neji found Gaara sitting inside, eating at the small food court that the students could pay extra at to get food from a variety of fast food restaurants. He sat across from the redhead, who just glared at him, trying to make him go away. He didn't say anything, but just continued eating.

"I told my family," Neji said as he looked at Gaara. "I really told them that I'm gay," he added as the redhead's eyes widened.

"And so you think I should forgive you?" Gaara asked as he looked at the other boy. He was ready to kill him for breaking his heart, but decided against it since part of him still liked the brunette.

"I was hoping you would," Neji said. He looked at Gaara, trying to see if he was going to forgive him or not. He found the redhead to be unreadable at times and that was one of those times.

"You aren't gong to just change your mind again?" Gaara asked. He was obviously still angry.

"I think it's a little late for that," Neji said. "Plus I don't think that I'd want to," the brunette said. "I tried being with Tenten, but I wasn't happy. I believe it was my destiny to go out with her for a little while, so I could see just how much I do care about you," he told him. "Please forgive me," Neji said.

"What would you do if I kissed you, right now, in front of all these people?" Gaara asked. He had to be sure that Neji was serious this time, not that he was just going to dump him for his image.

"Be extremely happy," the brunette said. "I don't care what my family thinks anymore, don't you get that? If they can't happy for me then that's their problem," Neji said as he let out a deep breath. He wanted his family to accept him, but he wanted Gaara more, he knew that he couldn't hide who he truly was forever.

Gaara pulled him into a kiss, which Neji returned and didn't even think about pulling away from. Neji didn't care who was watching, in that moment he was just happy to be with the redhead. "Fine, but you're on probation until you can really prove it to me," Gaara said as he broke the kiss. "Also, we're not being a secret this time," he demanded.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," Neji smiled, knowing it would be fun to convince the redhead he was serious. He knew he had to do everything in his power to make Gaara see that he was committed this time around. He wouldn't let his family stop him from being happy.

TBC…?