Chapter 2 Strange Emotions
Naruto woke that morning to a cold wind biting at his face. ::Shiver:: "Mmm, s'freezing...never...I never opened the window..." His eyes popped open, he sat up and searched the room. He rubbed at his eyes but the fuzziness of sleep clung to them. "Shoot!" he ripped off the sheets and forced himself out of the bed. He walked toward the window and heard a crack under his foot; he screamed and fell back onto his bed. His eyes were now completely open and clear he pulled his foot up to his chest and surveyed the damage. An inch of glass was jammed into his foot. He pulled it out quickly and took a deep breath watching the blood drip down to his ankle. He tore the sheet and wrapped it around his foot. Naruto crawled to the end of the bed and hopped off cursing himself as the pain shot through his foot. He saw the glass, and the broken window. "But how the hell did it break? Yea, there was a storm last night but nothing that bad..." And that's when he saw it. A small red brick lay two feet from him. He picked it up and felt something dangling from it...a note. "Hmm this oughta be fun." He tugged at the note and read:
FUCK YOU UZUMAKI! GO TO HELL! STUPID FOX! EVERYBODY HATES YOU!!!
LOSER!!! DO KONOHA A FAVOR AND DIE!!!!
"Aaaaw, how sweet a love letter." His eyes grew red as he stomped the floor forcing crimson chakra from his body instantly melting the glass. He hurled the brick through the window and laughed. "Yea, happy sixteenth birthday Naruto." He leaped back on the bed and threw the comforter over his head, falling back to sleep.
Sasuke knocked on the door for the fourth time and cursed. He was stunned at the snoring he heard coming from the house. "Loud enough Dobe?" He rounded the corner of the house and saw a brick on the ground and looked at Naruto's window. "Damnit, those bastards...just leave him alone..." He pushed aside the plants and opened the window. He slowly jumped inside and peered into the room. He saw a ball of flesh tangled in between the sheets snoring profusely. He felt another ping in his chest. Sasuke balled up his shirt with his hand in attempt to stop the pounding in his heart. "Get it together Sasuke..." Naruto rolled over and faced Sasuke, his hand near his face and his hair cascading over his eyes. His bare chest slowly rising and falling with every breath.
"Mmm..." Sasuke hummed and walked towards the bed and tilted his head looking down at Naruto. Naruto moaned and pulled the sheets up over his shoulders. Sasuke slowly inched towards the bed and clutched the mattress, and then...flipped it over, Naruto and all.
"AAAAACK!" Naruto ran around the bed and shook his head "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT-S-S-SASUKE?!
"Good morning Naruto, Happy sixteenth."
"What are you doing here?! You scared the shit outa me- what? D-did you say...happy-"
"Yea, happy birthday, you gonna sleep the whole day?"
"O, well I, some kids, and a brick, and I- my foot. I-In Oh, nevermind, forget it." Naruto walked further around the bed and Sasuke choked but couldn't seem to tear his eyes away as he chuckled to himself.
"Jeez Sasuke, you're so weird. Whats with...you...?" Naruto felt a breeze blow below his waist and he slowly tilted his head down hoping he had boxers on.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! SHIIIIT!!!!" Naruto began running in circles around the room in a naked panic.
"Oh come on it's just me. At least I'm not a chick..." Naruto froze and regained his composure while still in his nude glory. , I mean could u hand me some shorts? T-they're in the dresser behind you..." Sasuke grunted and turned to open the drawer. "How, do you find stuff in here? Ew, what is this thing?" Sasuke pinched a piece of cloth between his thumb and index finger and jiggled it in the air. Naruto joined his side and stared at it.
"O well duh, it's...I mean OBVIOUSLY it's...u can totally tell that's a- whatever who cares what it is!"
Sasuke stared at Naruto out of pure wonder and shook his head extremely amused. His hand fell to his side grazing Naruto's hip. Naruto shivered from the contact and jumped sideways. Sasuke remained unaware and stuffed the foreign object into the corner of the drawer.
"What's your problem?" Sasuke asked. Naruto scuffed at the floor and looked up at Sasuke. His head felt weird...really floaty...why did Sasuke always happen to have that effect on him...a floaty, kinda...dizzy effect. Their eyes met. Naruto skipped a breath and Sasuke began rummaging through the drawer.
"Here already...put these on, j-just get dressed." Sasuke's eyes remained pinned to the contents of Naruto's dresser.
"I- uhm, ok." He slipped on his boxers, pulled a T-shirt over his head and managed to find some shorts in one of the lower drawers. "Why am I even getting up anyway, what are we doing?"
"Hello! We're celebrating you're birthday." He sighed and closed the drawer.
"Yea, listen...uhm thanks, I really appreciate it, but what are we gonna do, bake a cake?" Sasuke grinned menacingly.
"Good idea Uzumaki." Naruto blushed when Sasuke said his name, it just sounded so....different. "Usually if Sasuke were to use Uzumaki it would be to mock or challenge me...but now...it just seemes to fit."
"Are you joking me? We're gonna bake a cake? That's so girly..." Naruto pouted and crossed his arms in defiance.
"You ever had a cake for your birthday?" Sasuke knew that answer was "no" and he knew that Naruto really wanted one and would enjoy it. He was just trying to be cool... "What a dork." He thought to himself.
"Well, no-not really"
"Alright on, let's get started. I assume you know how to cook?" Sasuke removed his sandals and flung them into a corner.
"Well yea...that is, if it a Ramen cake we're making." The two boys brust out laughing and raced to the kitchen. "This is gonna be so cool, thanks Sasuke..." Naruto smiled inwardly and felt something perk up inside him..."What's with these strange emotions...?"
Naruto woke that morning to a cold wind biting at his face. ::Shiver:: "Mmm, s'freezing...never...I never opened the window..." His eyes popped open, he sat up and searched the room. He rubbed at his eyes but the fuzziness of sleep clung to them. "Shoot!" he ripped off the sheets and forced himself out of the bed. He walked toward the window and heard a crack under his foot; he screamed and fell back onto his bed. His eyes were now completely open and clear he pulled his foot up to his chest and surveyed the damage. An inch of glass was jammed into his foot. He pulled it out quickly and took a deep breath watching the blood drip down to his ankle. He tore the sheet and wrapped it around his foot. Naruto crawled to the end of the bed and hopped off cursing himself as the pain shot through his foot. He saw the glass, and the broken window. "But how the hell did it break? Yea, there was a storm last night but nothing that bad..." And that's when he saw it. A small red brick lay two feet from him. He picked it up and felt something dangling from it...a note. "Hmm this oughta be fun." He tugged at the note and read:
FUCK YOU UZUMAKI! GO TO HELL! STUPID FOX! EVERYBODY HATES YOU!!!
LOSER!!! DO KONOHA A FAVOR AND DIE!!!!
"Aaaaw, how sweet a love letter." His eyes grew red as he stomped the floor forcing crimson chakra from his body instantly melting the glass. He hurled the brick through the window and laughed. "Yea, happy sixteenth birthday Naruto." He leaped back on the bed and threw the comforter over his head, falling back to sleep.
Sasuke knocked on the door for the fourth time and cursed. He was stunned at the snoring he heard coming from the house. "Loud enough Dobe?" He rounded the corner of the house and saw a brick on the ground and looked at Naruto's window. "Damnit, those bastards...just leave him alone..." He pushed aside the plants and opened the window. He slowly jumped inside and peered into the room. He saw a ball of flesh tangled in between the sheets snoring profusely. He felt another ping in his chest. Sasuke balled up his shirt with his hand in attempt to stop the pounding in his heart. "Get it together Sasuke..." Naruto rolled over and faced Sasuke, his hand near his face and his hair cascading over his eyes. His bare chest slowly rising and falling with every breath.
"Mmm..." Sasuke hummed and walked towards the bed and tilted his head looking down at Naruto. Naruto moaned and pulled the sheets up over his shoulders. Sasuke slowly inched towards the bed and clutched the mattress, and then...flipped it over, Naruto and all.
"AAAAACK!" Naruto ran around the bed and shook his head "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT-S-S-SASUKE?!
"Good morning Naruto, Happy sixteenth."
"What are you doing here?! You scared the shit outa me- what? D-did you say...happy-"
"Yea, happy birthday, you gonna sleep the whole day?"
"O, well I, some kids, and a brick, and I- my foot. I-In Oh, nevermind, forget it." Naruto walked further around the bed and Sasuke choked but couldn't seem to tear his eyes away as he chuckled to himself.
"Jeez Sasuke, you're so weird. Whats with...you...?" Naruto felt a breeze blow below his waist and he slowly tilted his head down hoping he had boxers on.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! SHIIIIT!!!!" Naruto began running in circles around the room in a naked panic.
"Oh come on it's just me. At least I'm not a chick..." Naruto froze and regained his composure while still in his nude glory. , I mean could u hand me some shorts? T-they're in the dresser behind you..." Sasuke grunted and turned to open the drawer. "How, do you find stuff in here? Ew, what is this thing?" Sasuke pinched a piece of cloth between his thumb and index finger and jiggled it in the air. Naruto joined his side and stared at it.
"O well duh, it's...I mean OBVIOUSLY it's...u can totally tell that's a- whatever who cares what it is!"
Sasuke stared at Naruto out of pure wonder and shook his head extremely amused. His hand fell to his side grazing Naruto's hip. Naruto shivered from the contact and jumped sideways. Sasuke remained unaware and stuffed the foreign object into the corner of the drawer.
"What's your problem?" Sasuke asked. Naruto scuffed at the floor and looked up at Sasuke. His head felt weird...really floaty...why did Sasuke always happen to have that effect on him...a floaty, kinda...dizzy effect. Their eyes met. Naruto skipped a breath and Sasuke began rummaging through the drawer.
"Here already...put these on, j-just get dressed." Sasuke's eyes remained pinned to the contents of Naruto's dresser.
"I- uhm, ok." He slipped on his boxers, pulled a T-shirt over his head and managed to find some shorts in one of the lower drawers. "Why am I even getting up anyway, what are we doing?"
"Hello! We're celebrating you're birthday." He sighed and closed the drawer.
"Yea, listen...uhm thanks, I really appreciate it, but what are we gonna do, bake a cake?" Sasuke grinned menacingly.
"Good idea Uzumaki." Naruto blushed when Sasuke said his name, it just sounded so....different. "Usually if Sasuke were to use Uzumaki it would be to mock or challenge me...but now...it just seemes to fit."
"Are you joking me? We're gonna bake a cake? That's so girly..." Naruto pouted and crossed his arms in defiance.
"You ever had a cake for your birthday?" Sasuke knew that answer was "no" and he knew that Naruto really wanted one and would enjoy it. He was just trying to be cool... "What a dork." He thought to himself.
"Well, no-not really"
"Alright on, let's get started. I assume you know how to cook?" Sasuke removed his sandals and flung them into a corner.
"Well yea...that is, if it a Ramen cake we're making." The two boys brust out laughing and raced to the kitchen. "This is gonna be so cool, thanks Sasuke..." Naruto smiled inwardly and felt something perk up inside him..."What's with these strange emotions...?"