Disclaimer: No, I do not own the characters of Naruto (unfortunately)
A/N: So this is my first time posting a story here. I have written many stories and I just haven't felt confident enough to put them up. Please! Review! Tell me what you think so that was maybe I can put up more stories and continue this one as well! Thanks a bunch :3
A/N PART 2: Okay, so this isn't an actual update. Well, kinda. I fixed like, two things. Naruto's age (he's now fourteen turning 15 because of someone's suggestion and I appreciated that.) and I made a small error but it's fixed!
"Hey, mom!" Sasuke yelled, running from the front window. He searched through the house, looking for his mother. "Mom!" Sasuke ran up the stairs, slightly out of breath.
"What do you want honey?" his mother asked, walking out of her bedroom. He stopped in front of her with an excited expression.
"There are people moving in next door!" the young boy wheezed, searching through his pockets for his asthma pump. Once he found it, he inhaled deeply, his breathing easing slowly.
"Sasuke, Hun, what did I tell you about running around like that?! You could have a serious asthma attack." She gave him a stern look but couldn't help but smile at her young boy as he took a deep breath and calmed down a bit.
"I know; I'm sorry. I just wanted to tell you, I saw people next door. They're moving their stuff in. And they have a son!"
"That's great honey, now you have someone to talk to," she said enthusiastically.
"Yea, I know! Uhm, mom? I'm hungry now. Can you make something to eat?" Sasuke asked politely.
"My goodness Sasuke, for a fifteen year old boy you sure are helpless."
"No mom, I'm just lazy," he replied jokingly. His mother laughed lightly and patted his head.
"Come on, let's go eat."
They made their way down the stairs and into the kitchen. His mother began making their lunch as Sasuke set the table.
"So mom," Sasuke started. "What time is dad and 'Tachi getting home? He said we might not go to church tonight…" he questioned.
"He's right," his mother replied. "We cannot go tonight. Your father is working late and you're brother is helping him at the office. They won't be home till about ten o'clock."
"Oh," he sighed. "Alright. Uhh… Would you mind if I go next door and meet the new neighbors after we are done eating?"
"Yes! That would be a great idea. You could get a new friend. Just remember to be nice."
"Yes mom, I know."
Sasuke's mother, Mikoto, set the food on the table and brought over some lemonade to go with their sandwiches. They ate in silence together; she read whatever newspaper was on the table and he looked at the comic section of the paper. Sasuke was done soon before his mother, but waited patiently for her to finish. Once she was done, the young raven haired boy took up the dishes and put them in the sink, washing them for his mother.
"Thank you Sasuke dear," his mother said, kissing his forehead lightly. "I'm going to go upstairs and take a nap for a little bit. Will you be alright by yourself?"
"Yes, I will be. Have a nice nap," he said as he walked out the kitchen and into the living room, sitting in front of the window once again, peeking through the blinds. Sasuke saw the young boy and his mother pulling out boxes from the large truck. The young boy looked extremely skinny; like Sasuke. He was wearing an orange tank top with blue jean cut offs. For a minute, Sasuke was thrown off. He was a good looking guy for a teenager but he was also… very beautiful..? 'I'm not so sure I want to go outside just yet.. .'
"They seem friendly," Mikoto said from behind him, causing him to jump. "Don't be scared honey; you're a good kid, nothing will happen."
"But what if they're like the people in school last year?" Sasuke asked, looking at his mother with a worried expression.
"How do you know if he is like them if you don't even try to talk to him? We took you out of that school, you'll be fine," she reassured him, patting his back softly.
"Okay, I'll go."
Sasuke stood up from the chair and walked over to the front door, taking in a deep breath before he set his hand on the handle. He opened the door and felt the cool air outside hitting his skin. Slowly, he took a step out of the door, one foot after the other. The door closed behind him and he stood on his front porch nervously, looking over at the moving truck. 'You can do it Sasuke; they aren't going to hurt you. Your mother is right inside the house.' He thought to himself. After about a minute of standing there, Sasuke finally moved out into the warming sunlight, walking over to the house next door. The door was wide opened but he knocked anyways.
"Hello?" he said loudly, trying not to be rude.
"Hi there!" a voice said from behind. The skinny raven jumped slightly and turned around quickly. There was a young boy was standing behind him, a box of assorted items in his hands.
"Uh.. Hi. I'm Sasuke. I live next door. I was just coming over to welcome you to the neighborhood." Sasuke paused and looked at the young boy. His features were beautiful; he had short blonde hair, striking blue eyes and a smile graced upon his face.
"Well, thank you. It's nice to meet you Sasuke-chan, my name is Naruto." He set down his box and held out his hand. Sasuke took it, shaking it quickly.
"If you don't mind me asking Sasuke," Naruto started, "How old are you?"
"I'm fifteen… You?"
"Fourteen," he replied confidently. "But my birthday is coming up in a few months!"
"Really? You don't look like it…" Sasuke stated with wide eyes. The boy before him had tanned skin and was as tall as him but a little bit more built. "But that's cool though."
"Uhh… Thanks, I guess?"
"Naruto! Where are you?" A woman's voice rang out from somewhere in the house. The two teenagers peered inside and spotted a lady walking down the stairs. It was the same woman that he saw outside earlier. "Oh," she gasped as she saw Sasuke in the doorway. "Why, hello there! Who might this be?"
"This is Sasuke! He lives right next door!" Naruto said with excitement.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Sasuke," she said, smiling kindly, holding out a hand. "I'm Kushina."
"It… I- It's nice to meet you too," he stuttered in reply, shaking her hand weakly.
"Why don't you take a break Naruto?" she suggested, looking around at the boxes. "There's not too much left anyways."
"Alright," he said happily. "Just give me one second Sasuke, I'm gunna just put this box away."
"That's alright, take your time."
Naruto picked up the box and walked into the house, heading up the stairs quickly. Sasuke wandered away from the door and walked over onto the front lawn, looking up at the pale, blue sky. 'He's nicer than I thought he would be.'
"Hey Sasuke-chan," Naruto said, walking out of the door. "I thought you left for a second there."
Sasuke shook his head. "No, I was just moving out of the doorway. I didn't want to get into anybody's way."
"That's okay. We're actually almost done. We had some help earlier today so all of the big stuff is already moved into the house." Naruto brought up a hand and wiped some sweat that was beginning to run down his forehead. "So," he started. "What is there to do around here?"
Sasuke thought for a moment but didn't really know what to say. "I… I really don't know. I don't go outside too often," he shrugged, shuffling his feet around.
"Oh really? That sucks. I love going outside. It's always fun! Playing sports is the one thing I LOVE doing… Do you play any sports?" he asked.
"No, I don't. My mom doesn't like me running or doing sports because of my asthma," he replied. He pulled out his inhaler from his pocket to show him.
"You have asthma? Man that really DOES suck. I had a friend who has asthma. He played a game of soccer with us once and had to go to the hospital. We all felt really bad." Naruto lowered his head but then quickly brought it back up, another smile across his face. "So… Do you wanna go do something? I'm completely bored."
"Wait…" Sasuke said. "You got your friend put in the hospital?"
"Yea but technically it wasn't my fault. He was running a lot and he had an asthma attack and didn't bring his inhaler. We were lucky one of us had a cell phone!"
"Who is 'we'?" Sasuke asked curiously. "Well, I- I don't mean to be nosey.."
"Oh, it was me, Kiba, Shino, Lee, and Choji. He was the one that had the asthma attack."
"Those are your friends?"
"Yea but… Not anymore…" Naruto murmured.
Sasuke looked at Naruto sympathetically, knowing all too well what it's like to not have many friends. "Why aren't they your friends anymore? Is it because you moved?"
"No," the blonde haired boy said, shaking his head around. "I'm sorry but I'd rather not talk about it right now. I'll probably tell you some other time."
"Oh, okay…" Sasuke said hesitantly. 'He looks so sad,' the raven thought. 'He's so… beautiful though. It's like looking at one of those sad angles.'
"Look, I'm just going to go and help my mom with the rest of the stuff, there are a lot of things to unpack," Naruto announced, breaking him from his thoughts.
"Okay…" Sasuke said sadly. Naruto tilted his head and looked at Sasuke's face, whose expression was somewhat sad but it was as if he was expecting rejection.
"Sasuke..," Naruto said softly. Sasuke lifted his head and met the blue gaze with curiosity. "Do you… do you want to help me unpack?"
"Yea!" he replied cheerily, smiling at him widely, like he had just won a prize.
"Alright then, come on."
The two of them walked into the house and instantly ran into Naruto's mom. She was carrying a basket full of clothes when they bumped into her, causing her to drop it on the floor. "Naruto," she huffed, picking the basket back up off of the floor. "I thought I said for you to go outside and play with your friend," she said.
"Well, we wanted to come inside," Naruto replied to his mother. "We decided to help you put stuff away."
"You two don't have to. I already have everything covered," she said kindly.
"Yea well, there really isn't that much to do outside, so yea…"
"Alright, whatever," she sighed. She rolled her eyes at her son and walked away.
"Come on Sasuke, you can help me with my bedroom and stuff."
"Okay."
The two of them went up the stairs, entering a room that was painted light blue. "I'm guessing the people that lived here like the color blue," Naruto stated, taking in the blue walls and the blue carpet, and the blue everything.
"Not really," Sasuke said, shaking his head slightly. "They just had a baby boy, I used to baby sit for them."
"Oh really?" Naruto said as he bent over and picked up a box, setting it on the bed that had already been set up. "Did you make good money with it?"
"Yea, I actually did." Sasuke nodded, looking around at all of the boxes in the room.
"That's cool. Where they nice people though?"
"Yes they were, they were very nice. They went to my church, and still do too. We had them over for dinner last week actually."
"So… How long ago did they move out?"
"About a month ago," Sasuke said. He walked over and opened up a box. It was full of shirts. "Uh… do you want me to put these away?" Naruto looked over and nodded.
"Yea sure. Just shove them into any drawer," he shrugged.
"Okay." Sasuke picked up a shirt and folded it neatly, tucking it safely into one of the eight drawers.
"You know," Naruto started. "If you fold all my clothes, they're just going to be messed up again by tonight."
"… really?" Sasuke asked, sounding a bit surprised.
"Yup!" he replied proudly. "That's why I said to just shove them into the drawer."
"But that's not being very organized," he concluded, shaking his head.
"Well,.. I'm not a very organized person." Sasuke continued putting the clothes into the drawers, trying to be neat about it without actually folding them. He opened up the next box full of pants, looking over at Naruto with a questioning look. "You can just leave those there, I'm gunna hang them up later."
"Okay." Sasuke went and opened up another box; more shirts. He sighed and began putting them all away, opening up another box of shirts. "How many shirts do you have Naruto!?" he asked surprised. The blonde broke out into laughter as he stood at the book shelf, putting away his manga.
"A lot," he stated, still giggling.
"And you also have a lot of manga too…" Sasuke observed, looking at the newly stocked bookshelf.
"I like to read! Duh!" he said with a wide smile.
"Obviously,... but why manga? There are other types of books too…"
"Like what? The Bible?" Naruto joked, rolling his eyes.
"Well, yea," Sasuke said quietly. "Don't you believe in God?"
"… Not necessarily. I do believe in a higher power though," he shrugged, shoving more books onto the shelf without a care.
"Oh, you're agnostic."
"That's what it's called!" Naruto squealed excitedly. "I couldn't remember that all day for the fucking life of me! Thanks!" He smiled widely at Sasuke, giving him a look of gratitude.
"Language Naruto!" his mom yelled past the room, walking with another box in her hand. He peered out of the doorway with a smile on his face and a feeble "Sorry mom."
"Sure thing," he mumbled in reply. Sasuke's face had begun to turn a slight hint of red. He turned his head quickly, thankful for the distraction from Naruto's mom as he finished putting away the shirts, moving on to hanging up the jeans. 'I don't get it. My face… it blushed! What is WRONG with me?'
"Do you want me to help you?" Naruto asked, suddenly appearing beside him and breaking him from his thoughts.
"Uh… it… i- it.. doesn't really uhm, matter. You can finish putting your other stuff away first," he stuttered.
"Yea well, there really isn't much for me to put away. All I had to do was put my manga away and shove the crate of crap beneath the desk."
"Wow, you really ARE a lot more disorganized than I thought," Sasuke thought out loud. "You can help if you want. I mean, they are your clothes after all."
"Ha-ha very funny," he said, sticking his tongue out at him.
Naruto sat down on is bed as Sasuke put the jeans neatly away in the closet. He turned around after a minute and saw the blonde just sitting there, staring off into the distance. "I thought you said you were going to help me?" Sasuke questioned.
"No, I asked if YOU wanted me to help. You said I could help if I wanted, and to be honest, I kinda don't wanna."
"You're athletic and love to play sprits and be all active and stuff but you're too lazy to put away your clothes?"
"Basically, yea," he nodded.
"You're hopeless," Sasuke commented, laughing to himself.
"Hey boys," Kushina interrupted, stepping into the bedroom. "Would you two like something to eat?"
"No thank you," Sasuke replied kindly. "I ate before I left the house."
"That's alright. What about you Naruto?"
"Uh… just bring a bag of chips up I guess."
"Alright," she said and left the bedroom.
"Are you sure you're not hungry Sasuke?" Naruto asked him as he stood up and sat of the floor, Sasuke sitting back down as well.
"Yea, I'm sure. I had a sandwich with my mom jus before."
"Oh, that's good. I suppose it's better than a bag of chips anyways. I eat A LOT though, I have a fast metabolism," he concluded with a triumphant smile.
"… is that a good thing?" the raven haired looked at him with confusion, Naruto holding his smile.
"I guess so. I'm just like, hungry all the time. I burn everything off so quickly."
"You can say that again," his mother joked as she walked into the bedroom, holding two cans of soda and a bag of chips. "I thought you would like something to drink at least." She set down the items on the dresser and they said their thank you's as she left.
Naruto reached up and grabbed the chips and soda, setting it on the floor in front of them. He handed Sasuke a can of soda and he stared at it confusedly in his hand. "What's the matter Sasuke?" Naruto asked, seeming somewhat concerned.
"Naruto… What is this?"
"Whoa whoa hey hey WHOA. You don't know what SODA is?" Naruto asked in complete and utter surprise.
"No," he replied, shaking his head.
"Wow…. You must be like… deprived! Well, it's a carbonated beverage drink filled with caffeine and sugar."
"It sounds unhealthy…" Sasuke commented, reading the ingredients on the side.
"But it's really good. Just try it if you want. I mean, I won't force you to though. If you don't like it, then don't drink it!" Naruto said, trying to convince him.
"Alright…" Sasuke opened the can easily and peered inside, looking at the hissing, bubbling drink cautiously as he brought it up to his lips. Slowly, he took a sip, it felt as though it was sort of burning his throat but it didn't hurt. He took another sip and smile, looking down at the can as he set it on the floor. "I like it," he murmured.
"I told you!" Naruto said, patting him on the back. His hand stayed there for a second longer than it should have, Sasuke's body tensing up uneasily before he moved it away. 'He didn't really have to move his hand…' Sasuke thought as he sipped his soda. He set it down on the floor again and stared at it, thinking about what had just happened. 'Am I okay today? Am I… damaged? First, this beautiful, angelic boy comes and suddenly… it's just different. Not how it should be.'
"Well Naruto," Sasuke started, looking over to him. "I must be going home now. I told my mom I wouldn't be too long."
"Oh, okay," he said, sounding slightly disappointed.
"I'm sorry. Uh… well, I guess I will see you… tomorrow?"
"Yea! Of course! We gotta play some Xbox when I hook it up soon."
"Alright, well… bye then," Sasuke shrugged as he stood up. Naruto got up as well and held his arms open widely, Sasuke looking at him with a confused expression.
"A hug," Naruto said. "Can I have one?"
"Uhm… yea sure."
"What! You're my first new friend here. I can't give a hug to celebrate?" Sasuke shrugged and opened his arms up, wrapping them around the blonde. Naruto gave a slight squeeze and lifted him off the ground for a second. "Bye Sasuke-chan."
"Bye Naruto-kun."
Sasuke made his way down the stairs, saying goodbye Kushina on his way down and thanking her for the soda. He stepped outside and walked slowly to his house, taking his time. Once he was inside, he walked straight to his bedroom and laid down on his bed on his stomach.
'What's wrong with me?' he thought. 'Am I sinning? I mean, I'm not doing anything wrong but… but he's the only person that is kind to me. We're friends, that's a good thing but… I don't think I've ever felt this way towards a friend.' He sighed deeply and turned around, looking up at the blank ceiling above. 'Just don't think about anything else. Don't think about how his hair shines in the light; how his smile made my skin heat up; how nice he really is to me; how it felt when his hand touched my back… I gotta stop… but… I…' Sasuke slowly drifted into sleep, his mind shutting down for the struggles that are still to come….
Okay, so tell me... Was it bad? Was it good? Should I put up the next chapter? Gahh! I'm FREAKING out here. Not sure what to say now but please review and tell me what you think. I hope you all liked it, I will try my best to get the next chapter up once I start getting some feedback.