Naruto shuffled from one foot to the other, trying to stay warm while waiting for the school bus. He crossed his arms over his chest, mentally cursing himself for not grabbing his winter jacket. He had to admit, he checked the weather to see that it was going to be quite warm for the day, but it completely slipped his mind that early spring mornings were still cold.
He debated going back in to grab it but the vibed from his grandparents were getting to him and he'd rather just deal with the cold. Besides, the bus should be here any second.
Just as the thought crossed his mind, the bus entered his line of sight. He smiled at the sight and waited patiently for the bus to stop in front of him.
He climbed aboard to see the usual looks of annoyance or glares of hatred. He kept his gaze to the floor as per usual, occasionally looking up at the seats to find a familiar face. But instead of the usual blue black hair he usually sits next to, he spotted dark, jet black locks and noticed the seat was empty next to him. He quickly sat down and let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding.
"Morning, Naruto." Itachi managed to mumble out. He wasn't a morning person and he didn't usually get to have a cup of coffee in the morning until the second period when he had a free period.
"Good morning, Itachi." Naruto shrugged off his book bag onto his lap. He blinked as Itachi threw his hand into the blonde's face, the ultrasound between his thumb and forefinger. "Oh." He lightly grabbed it and studied it in his lap. "Thank you."
"No problem." Itachi rested his head against the window.
Naruto giggled as Itachi practically fell asleep. He settled into his seat and let out a sigh, thinking about what his grandparents said. He poked his head out of the seat to see Sasuke sitting next to Sakura. He frowned as he watched the pinkette talk even though he had his headphones in and his eyes closed. A playful push from Sasuke caused onyx eyes to spring open into a glare at her and very briefly, onyx met cerulean and Naruto quickly turned back into his seat.
He laid back and closed his eyes for the rest of the ride to the high school.
When they arrived, Naruto dragged Itachi to cafeteria where he bought the junior a coffee. By the time the warning bell rung, Itachi was able to have a full-on conversation with Naruto.
"So we'll talk about what your grandparents said at my place today?" Itachi questioned as he stood up from the bench. He held out his hand to help Naruto stand up. "I'll walk you to your class."
"Thanks Itachi." He clung innocently onto Itachi's arm and leaned against him as they began to walk. "Yeah, I'll come over." He knew that going over Itachi's house meant that he'd most likely run into Sasuke but with Itachi being there, maybe it wouldn't be so bad.
They reached his class in a matter of minutes and Naruto hesitantly let go of Itachi's arm. He didn't have a class with Sasuke until fourth period, math class, right before lunch. And still, he was nervous to start the day. "See you later, Itachi."
Itachi smiled down at the blonde and lightly ruffled his blonde hair, the urge to kiss his forehead like normal getting harder to resist, even at school. "See you later, Naruto." He waited until the door closed behind the blonde before making his way to his own class.
Before Sasuke could follow after Itachi and Naruto, Sakura and Ino managed to stop him before he made it twenty feet from the bus.
"Come on Sasuke, let's go!" Ino whined.
Sasuke gave her a confused look. "Go where?"
"Remember?" Sakura flipped her hair and placed a hand on her hip. "We were gonna skip the first couple of periods to get high with some of the juniors."
Sasuke glared at the pinkette. "I told you I wasn't going to do that. Remember? That's why I kissed you."
Ino and Sakura looked at each other with surprised gazes before both doubling over, laughing. "Sasuke, we weren't serious!" Ino wiped carefully at her eye, trying not to mess up her makeup.
"We didn't think your words were actually serious." Sakura let out a snort. "I mean, getting high and kissing me? Seems like the best of both worlds." She gave him a smirk.
Sasuke's glare turned darker. "No. I need to talk to Naruto anyways."
Ino rolled her eyes and scoffed. "About what? Him seeing you kiss her? Why does it matter?"
"He's literally my boyfriend!" Sasuke hissed through his teeth. Sometimes he couldn't stand the selfish attitudes these girls had and today was one of these days. But they were the main reason he was popular and most days he could tolerate it.
"Well, maybe that should change." Sakura gave him a firm look. She stepped closer to him and put both of her hands against his chest, looking up at him, her eyes half-lidded. "We all know being with Naruto is going to get you nowhere in life. We both come from very prestigious backgrounds and his parents abandoned him to probably go off and have a better life without him." She got up on her toes and placed one of her hands on his shoulder, whispering into his ear. "Your best life is being with me." She stepped back and gave him a warm smile. "Not let's go, Sasuke. You don't have to smoke but at least come with us."
"Yeah, who knows what those older guys will do to us once we're high and don't have a strong man around to protect us?" Ino gave him an innocent look, blinking her eyes repeatedly for effect.
Sasuke rolled his eyes. Ino tried this move anytime she wanted him to do something that he didn't want to. And honestly, it doesn't work. If anything, it makes him want to do it even less. But this time, and most other times, she makes a good point. He doesn't know what those sophomores would do to them. "Hurry up. I want to be back before fourth period so I can talk to Naruto."
The girls giggled before dragging him away in the opposite direction of the school.
By the time fourth period rolled around, Sasuke had to admit he had a little bit of a contact high. He lazily shuffled through the main hallway just as the bell for third period ended. He reached the math wing just in time to see Naruto quickly pass through the doors.
"Hey Sasuke." A hand on his shoulder stopped him from going into the classroom. He turned to see Shikamaru, Ino's on-again-off-again-but-right-now-off-again, boyfriend. His best friend Chouji behind him.
"Shikamaru, Chouji, what's up?" Sasuke nodded at him and turned to face them.
"Are you high?" Chouji asked, slightly surprised.
Sasuke shrugged. "I didn't smoke."
Chouji shrugged as well, not saying anything else.
"Besides the point," Shikamaru took his hand off the raven's shoulder. "We got some news to tell you about Naruto."
Sasuke perked up at the mention of the blonde. "What about him?"
"Me and Shikamaru saw him walking with Itachi. He was literally clinging on to his arm." Chouji spoke up. "Pretty sure Itachi was walking him to his class.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes at them. "What?"
The warning bell rang through the hallways and Shikamaru nodded towards Chouji. "We gotta go." The pair walked away and Sasuke sneered in their direction before walking into the room. He spotted Naruto sitting in the front corner of the class, in his usual seat.
Sasuke marched up to his desk and glared down at him. "What were you doing with Itachi?"
Naruto was holding his forehead in one hand but at Sasuke's words, he looked up at him, confused but also looked to be in pain. "What?"
Sasuke hesitated talking more and the concerned boyfriend side of him ebbed some of his anger. "Hey, are you okay?"
Naruto sighed and looked back down at his desk. "I'm fine."
The bell rang and Sasuke was going to say more until the teacher walked in, having the students sit in their seats.
Sasuke begrudgingly made his way to the back row and took his seat, keeping his eyes on the blonde in the front row.
Halfway through the class. In the middle of what Sasuke considered unimportant facts about functions, the blonde he was keeping his eyes on shot up from his seat, one arm raised high. "May I use the bathroom?"
The teacher was caught off guard but quickly shook his head. "I will not have you disrupt this class like that, Uzumaki. You may wait until I finish this explanation to use the bathroom."
Naruto lowered his hand and groaned. "Please, it's an emergency!"
Half the class quietly snickered and Sasuke just narrowed his eyes at the blonde.
"And what, pray tell, is this emergency you have that-" He wasn't able to finish his sentence as Naruto leaned forward and threw up on the ground in front of him.
The girls began to scream, some even beginning to gag themselves.
Sasuke looked on at Naruto in shock as the teacher was unable to say anything to calm the chaos.
Without another word, Naruto ran out of the class. Sasuke quickly stood up and attempted to follow him.
"Uchiha, please find Uzumake and make sure he gets to the nurse." The teacher stopped him.
Sasuke nodded once before running out of the classroom. He was running down the hall when he stopped in his tracks to see Sakura and Ino surrounding the blonde. He groaned to himself. This couldn't be good.
Naruto couldn't believe he threw up in front of the whole class. He ran out of there quickly but now that he was in the hallway, he slowed his pace to a slow walk and ran a hand through his hair.
A laugh stopped him as the two girls, Ino and Sakura stopped in front of him. "Is that vomit on your shirt?"
Naruto pulled at the bottom of his shirt and groaned when he did indeed see that throw up currently stained his shirt. He groaned out loud as he realized he would probably have to change into his gym shirt.
"You're disgusting Uzumake." Sakura sneered at him. She shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't know what Sasuke even sees in you."
"Definitely not some fake bitch." Naruto spat.
Ino let out a loud laugh and Sakura shot a glare to her before pushing the blonde against the locker. "You better watch your mouth, you little shit."
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Or what. You'll kiss my boyfriend again? Stay out of my way, Sakura." He slapped her arm away and pushed himself off the locker to walk away.
"You know, Sasuke kissed me like that because I told him I was going to get him high."
Naruto stood frozen in place at Sakura's words. "You're lying." He felt himself hiss out. That really couldn't have been Sasuke's reasoning, could it?
Ino snorted. "You wish. I was there. Sasuke was so excited, he kissed her as his way of saying thanks."
Naruto didn't know what to say, zoning out as his thoughts went a mile a minute inside his head. He didn't notice the girls surrounding him until he was shoved harshly.
"Stay away from Sasuke, you stupid piece of garbage and let him live his life with me!" Sakura sneered at him, pushing him again until his back was up against the locker.
Naruto moaned in pain as his back hit the metal door, a lock jabbing painfully into the locker. "Fuck off, Sakura. Sasuke isn't yours to have."
"What did you say?!" Sakura screeched, raising her arm to slap the flinched and waited for the blow to come, but it never did. He opened one eye and was surprised at what he saw, someone actually stopping Sakura's assault.
Dark onyx eyes narrowed down at the pinkette and Sakura shrank back at the glare that was sent in her direction. "O-oh, hey, Itachi."
"Sakura." Her name was said with controlled anger. "What exactly do you think you're doing?"
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