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Man was the day going slow... 'If I didn't have Sasuke to talk to, I'd probably fall asleep.' Naruto then yawned, gaining the attention of the raven-haired boy.
"Tired?" he said.
It was last period, which was math. The teacher had, well, no control over the class at all. They all just pretty much did their own thing. She tried teaching the class and yelling at them to pay attention, but at most they'd be quiet for a minute, then start up again. So it was pretty safe to talk, because for some reason she only threatened to give detentions and stuff, and never actually carried them out. Teaching teenagers just wasn't her thing.
"Yeah. I don't know why, but sometimes school just makes me want to sleep. Especially during a boring class. I just wish this day would go by faster. I want to get back to your house and relax. Say, I was wondering... can I make dinner tonight?"
"You can cook?" said Sasuke with an incredulous look on his face.
"Yes. Sort of." said Naruto, pouting.
"What do you mean, sort of?"
"Well, I haven't had that much experience, but I've made dinner for Iruka before, and he said he liked it." Even though he had spent the rest of the night in the bathroom... but he would do better this time! He just wanted to pay Sasuke back for letting him stay over his house so long, and for being so kind to him...
"Fine. Dobe."
"Seriously?! Yes?! ALRIGHT!" At this point the entire class was looking at him. Even though more than half of the class was talking, Naruto still managed to be louder than all of them together. He just smiled sheepishly while Sasuke shook his head in mock disappointment.
"Man Naruto. I know you're loud, but that was embarrassing!"
Naruto would have thought him serious if not for the smirk, bordering on smile that Sasuke wore. Naruto just stuck his tongue out at him, the smiling. Just then the bell rung.
"FINALLY!!!" Once again everyone looked at him, glaring and whispering. But Naruto didn't care. He didn't need them. He had Sasuke, his best friend.
"Hey Sasuke, hurry up!"
Naruto was once again running ahead, impatient to get back to Sasuke's house and start cooking. Sasuke just smirked.
"Excited to burn my house down, are you?" Naruto pouted and stuck his tongue out at him once again. He then decided to show Sasuke he could be patient, and fell into step with him. Sasuke just raised an eyebrow at him, then continued to walk. It only took about five more minutes to get there at Naruto and Sasuke's pace, but Naruto was already itching to get inside.
When Sasuke opened the door Naruto launched through it and into the kitchen. "Don't you dare come in here until I'm done! You got that?"
"Whatever. Dobe." mumbled Sasuke. Even though he thought the boy's behavior was incredibly cute. Naruto just ignored Sasuke and turned back into the kitchen.
"Hmm... now what should I make? I wonder where he keeps his cookbook..." Naruto searched through the cabinets until he came upon a very dusty looking cookbook. It looked like it hadn't been used in ages. He then flipped through the pages, looking at all the pictures of different kinds of food. "Hey, this one looks good! Ya, Sasuke'll like that." He had picked out some fancy looking stir-fry...with a lot of ingredients. He hoped Sasuke had them.
"Finally! It's done! You can come in now Sasuke!"
"Well, it certainly took you long enough dobe... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY KITCHEN?!"
What the hell happened to his kitchen is right! You couldn't even see the kitchen it was so messy. There was flour and sugar everywhere, eggs splattered all over the place, noodles thrown everywhere, and the wall behind the stove appeared to be charred...
"Well, I, um, haven't cleaned up yet."
"You better! And what's with the wall next to the stove?"
"Well, I had a bit of trouble with the stove, and the flames kind of got big, but, um, nothing caught on fire..." Naruto was looking very sheepish by now, and embarrassed. But with his next question, he started to get angry. "Hey, Sasuke, how come you didn't come to help me when I screamed fire? I mean, if I'm so loud, then you should have heard me."
"I was listening to music on my headphones in my room. And I listen to my music very loud. I didn't know I would have to stand outside the door just in case you wanted me to hold your hand." Sasuke smirked at this last part.
"You, you, you... asshole." Naruto mumbled. Sasuke just smirked once more.
"Okay, dobe. Let's just eat and then you'll clean this up."
"Okay. Go ahead, sit down." Sasuke went over to the table and sat down, finally looking at what the blonde had prepared him. He nearly fainted. He really didn't know what it was. On his best guess, he would say mush. Really disturbing mush.
"Um, Naruto, you know you didn't have to do this. You could have just made some ramen or something..."
"Ya, I know, but I wanted to do something special for you." Naruto gave him a radiant smile, one that made Sasuke practically melt. "Go ahead Sasuke, eat!" said Naruto, looking very happy and proud of himself. He then once again gave Sasuke one of his cutest smiles.
Now he knew that he definitly had to eat this stuff. He just hoped that it wasn't toxic.
He picked up a fork full of it, most of it dribbling away.
'Apparently Naruto still thinks of it as solid food... it would be easier to eat it with a spoon. Oh well, here goes nothing!' With that thought and without another look, he put the food in his mouth, chewed and swallowed.
'He he! I hope he likes it! I did a much better job this time than when I made dinner for Iruka! I just wish I had had all the ingredients... but I found stuff that looked like them. Okay, okay. So cheese probably wasn't the best substitute for corn, but they were both yellow at least. Hey, why does Sasuke's face look green... and pale...'
Thud
Sasuke had fallen from his chair, unconscious.
"SASUKE!"
Naruto quickly ran over to him and made sure he was still breathing. He then carried Sasuke to his room and laid him on the bed. After making sure he was comfortable, he decided to clean up the mess he had made in the kitchen while waiting for Sasuke to wake up.
Naruto was finished and was on his way to the bedroom to check on Sasuke. Right outside the door he heard a groan. He went in and saw Sasuke waking up and holding his stomach.
"Hey, Sasuke, you okay? I'm sorry my food did that to you. I probably should have just made ramen like you said."
Sasuke had just woken up and felt like shit. He fully agreed with Naruto, but after seeing the look on Naruto's face, he just wanted to comfort him. Naruto should never have to look that sad.
"Oh, I didn't faint because it was bad, it was just so good!" said Sasuke with incredibly fake cheer. After all, he did feel like shit.
"Oh, shut up Sasuke. I'm not that stupid." Sasuke just smiled a bit.
"Well, anyway, I'm feeling better. Let's go clean up the kitchen."
"Oh, don't worry. I already cleaned it up while you were sleeping. And I disposed of the food. Anyway, there is no way that you're feeling better. When I made Iruka dinner, he, well, didn't feel so good after either. I just wish I had figured out why before I made dinner for you too." said Naruto. "You should just go to bed anyway. It's already around 10:00." Naruto turned around to leave, but didn't get far before Sasuke caught his hand.
"Where do you think you're going, dobe?" he asked.
"Well, um..."
"Look, I'm not made about dinner. Now at least we know who will be doing the cooking in the future." said Sasuke while smirking. He then tugged Naruto's hand so that he fell to the bed next to Sasuke. Sasuke then wrapped his arms around Naruto.
Right before he drifted off to a fitful sleep, he heard Naruto say something.
"Thanks, Sasuke. You're the best friend I've ever had." His only friend at that.
Sasuke smiled. "Your welcome." The he drifted off to sleep.
Naruto lay there for a while, before he let sleep claim him.
'Morning... mornings suck...' thought Naruto as he dragged himself out of bed. Sasuke was still sleeping, so he decided to take a shower and get ready for school.
'Wow. This is a first for me. I normally hate getting up so early. Wonder why I'm so happy?' He had a feeling that Sasuke would be feeling just the opposite this morning, so he decided to make him some coffee.
He was just sitting down in front of his bowl of cereal when Sasuke came into the kitchen, fully clothed, but still wet looking. He also had a towel and was drying his hair.
"Morning," said Naruto.
"Hn." said Sasuke. He went straight for the coffee that had just finished and got himself a cup. Naruto smirked. 'He's acting just as I thought he would.'
Naruto poured Sasuke a bowl of cereal when Sasuke sat down. They ate in silence for the most part, only breaking it to ask the other to pass the cereal box or some such. By the time to get going for school, Sasuke's mood had improved somewhat, and he could now form complete sentences without biting Naruto's head off with some angry remark.
They were just about to walk out the door, when someone rang the doorbell.
"Who the hell could that be? It's way too early and it's a school day!" Sasuke flung open the door in one swift movement. "What the hell do you want?!" Okay, Okay. So his mood hasn't improved that much. At least he hasn't punched the person yet...
The unfortunate person who happened to be the target of Sasuke's foul mood just happened to be none other than Sakura. 'Did I say unfortunate? Ya right!'
"Oh... hi Sasuke..." she was definitely taken aback by Sasuke's behavior, but that wouldn't stop her from being overly sweet. "I came to walk you to school. We got off on the wrong foot, so I wanted to try again." she said. "So should we get going?"
You could practically see the hearts in her eyes. It was kinda creepy.
"How the hell did you find out were I live?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh, well, I asked someone at school if they knew and they said that I should try someone at the grocery store since they've seen you before. I did, and they told me to go see this psychic, who told me to ask someone at City Hall. I got permission and looked you up in all the housing and apartment records, and, well, here I am!"
Sasuke just looked at her, dumbfounded and really freaked out. Naruto looked exactly the same way. And, not only that, but they were both thinking the same thing as well: 'She's a freakin' stalker!'
Sasuke was the first to snap out of his stupor. "Well, it's too bad you had to do all that work for nothing."
"Huh?" Sakura said, confusion joining that creepy expression.
"I'm walking to school with Naruto here. I do every morning." He pulled Naruto to him, slipping an arm around his waist. Naruto blushed, but stayed were he was.
"What? Naruto? What the hell is he doing here?" Anger started to spread across her features.
"Oh, he's been staying over my house for the past week. You didn't know? And who knows how long he'll be staying here. Could be a lot longer." he then turned to Naruto. "That is, if you want too." he asked with slight apprehension in his voice.
"I'd love to stay here longer." Naruto said, giving Sasuke one of his brightest smiles. Sasuke, so lost in Naruto's eyes and smile, forgot Sakura's presence and smiled back. She gasped at this, therefore reminding them both of the current situation.
Naruto then got a sudden idea. "Sasuke, you know what? You should walk to school with Sakura. I'll go on ahead." With that last Sentence, Naruto turned his head more toward Sasuke and winked at him. Sasuke got the hint and played along.
"Okay. See you later." Naruto made his way past Sakura who was once again lost in her own fantasy world. Sasuke turned to Sakura.
"Shall we get going?" he said, then walked past her. She snapped out of her trance and followed him.
They had just walked a few blocks, when Sasuke turned a corner quickly. She ran to catch up to him, but when she turned the corner, he was no where to be seen. She frantically looked for him, but it was no use. He had truly disappeared. She sighed in defeat and started walking towards school again. Oh well. There would be plenty of other opportunities ahead of her to get Sasuke. 'YA! I think I'll start making plans for the day ahead that will definitly get him to fall for me! Ha ha ha!'
Meanwhile, in an alleyway...
"Man, you had me scared there before. I thought you were truly gonna leave me alone with her!" said a relieved and happy Sasuke.
"No way! I could never do that to you!" said Naruto.
They stayed silent for a few moments.
"But did you see the look on her face when she couldn't find you?" said Naruto, grin creeping onto his face.
"Oh ya! It was priceless!" said an uncharacteristic Sasuke. He was just too happy.
They both burst out laughing.
Today was going to be quite an interesting day.
Hope you all liked it! Sorry it's not that long, but I've had writer's block and just got past it. I also don't really have time to write a lot, seeing as I'm going on vacation tomorrow and it's way late. I hate waking up early... any way, I wanted to post something before I left. And at least I'll have time to write the next chapter (or chapters) on the way there, and will post them when I get back (which won't be to long at all). And don't worry. The next chapter will definitely have more of Naruto's past and more answers (I just really wanted Naruto to cook for Sasuke! I just don't think he would make the greatest cook! -Even though he's such a cutie! lol)! YAY! And once again, sorry for the way Sakura is in this story, but, then again, no one is making you read it! Ok, till next time (I feel like someone on a TV show! lol)! Ja ne!