AU. Everyone is in uni, and things aren't quite the way they are in the Naruto world. They're pretty much all friendly and most of them live in the same flat in dorms, don't worry the Sasuke and Naruto rivalry is still present, with a twist of sorts. But uni aint no pushover and our characters will soon discover the obstacles they face. (Some pairings later on… sasu/hina naru/saku definite, others subject to my moods…

WARNING: very very very foul language.

But the main focus of this fic is the Sasuke and Naruto friendship…. I stress on FRIENDSHIP…

Disclaimer: Naruto and all its character's are property of Kishimoto Masashi.

Thank you soooo much lilac, wayfarer-redemption, Xoni newcomer, Quile, SSJ4 sailor menz and surreal for reviewing. Love you guys.

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The day started as most of them had tended to over the past month, but louder. There was a muffled groan and a clatter from the next bedroom and a succession of yelps and curses. Sasuke buried his head into his pillow and begged what god there was to curse Naruto with dumbness and immobility. The dull ache in his head wasn't going to be remedied by Naruto's racket. He was undoubtedly stumbling out of bed dropping various items off his desk creating a larger clutter on the already cluttered floor and tripping over upturned sharp objects and plugs. It was amazing that he still managed to get up early though, even earlier than Sasuke, Naruto was a natural alarm clock. But that meant he'd spend ages in the shower.

Thank god for en suite bedrooms

Sasuke raised his head as Naruto's bathroom door slammed shut and looked at the alarm clock on his bedside table through squinted eyes.

7.50am

Shit

Naruto was usually up at stupidly early hours for god knows what reason and woke Sasuke up in the process. This was of course unless they been out drin…

Double shit

Last night had been a blur, now that he was concentrating he noticed he was still fully dressed and his clothes smelt strongly of cigarette smoke and alcohol. Yeah, it all came rushing back then… he shot up on his bed, sitting up so fast you'd not have seen the movement.

Bad idea

The dull ache was now sharp and he knew if it had any content, his stomach would have introduced his last meal to his bed sheets. Sasuke got out of bed slowly to stop his wardrobe and desk from overlapping in his vision and made his way to his bathroom. Peeling his stale clothes off, Sasuke stepped into the shower and tried to wash the stench of the nightclub from his body.

Student lifestyles… great aren't they?

o o o

"It was not my fault. It was not my idea to go there and was certainly not my idea to drink so damn much." Naruto insisted as he and Sasuke made their way to the cafeteria.

"Yeah because I forced the alcohol down your throat…" Sasuke retorted darkly.

"I wouldn't put it past you bastard."

"Maybe I ought to force a gag down your throat, and then maybe the entire campus might get some peace." Sasuke suggested pleasantly, a menacing light behind his dark eyes.

"I'd like to see you try," Naruto grinned. Sasuke would have returned the grin but snorted lightly instead with a small smirk spreading across his lips. The two had known each other long enough to be able to decipher each other's moods through expressions. Though Naruto knew they were both to blame and Sasuke knew that Naruto was just denying it to wind him up, they'd humour each other with the arguments. It was always like that. Verbal abuse was their way of bonding, but it'd diminish as soon as it had started most of the time. Most people just didn't understand.

Of course sometimes they'd actually get into real arguments; well actually they got into real arguments a lot. And they'd usually only be broken up when Sakura threatened to humiliate them publicly by thrashing them, which they knew she could do because they'd never raise a hand against her. The workings of Team 7…

They entered the cafeteria shortly after, while the light-hearted banter continued, and made their way to the tables that they usually occupied. A lot of their group was already seated and they joined them quietly. (Well… Sasuke joined them quietly while Naruto continued to curse Sasuke for his splitting headache; which had been caused by the excessive drinking and yelling of Naruto's lecturer for making it into his lecture late.)

"Hey guys, get up ok this morning?" Sakura asked with a mischievous smirk. Sakura was the sensible one of the three of them; she drank minimally as opposed to Naruto, Sasuke and probably the rest of the guys in their group who had drunk as much as they could get their hands on. Granted Sasuke wasn't always quite that prone to drinking in mass quantities, but last night, he'd been depressed over his father's ranting again. So naturally he did what every depressed teen did… he got pissed. He could still feel the burning in his throat from having thrown up so much in the street outside the bar… why did he never learn his lesson? He was the only one that ever got affected that badly after drinking. None of the other guys felt quite as rough not even Naruto.

So when Sakura faced them looking as chirpy as ever, smiling as if the world couldn't be a happier brighter place, with a glow to her smile, Sasuke growled inwardly and ignored her, letting his forehead slam into the table as he sat down next to a currently snoozing Shikamaru. The others in the group quietened in talking momentarily stealing a glance in Sasuke's direction before resuming in conversation, Shikamaru who was un-phased by the collision of Sasuke's head and the table continued to sleep. Naruto on the other hand sat down opposite Sakura and offered her his middle finger with a sarcastic grin. This only caused her to laugh heartily and shake her head.

"You should have listened to me in the first place. Drinking will not solve anything."

"One day, when you get drunk and realise the glory of legless-ness, you might just change your mind." Naruto said in a 'matter of fact' manner. "It's worth the hang over." He lied just to look brave. Sasuke snorted and lifted his head up off the table, rubbing his head, wishing he hadn't let gravity land it so heavily on the table. Damn he needed aspirin or some paracetamol(1)…

"A-re you ok Naruto, Sasuke?" Hinata's voice came from across the table where she sat on Sakura's left. Her blank eyes were worried for the both of them but she kept them facing down. Those who didn't know her wrote her off as weird and a freak, anyone who was looking to get their ass kicked did anyway.

Hinata, like all of her family, has blank eyes, no visible pupils, no visible irises, just glassy pearly orbs that varied slightly lilac or pale blue tints in the light. That freaked most people out and damaged her self confidence heavily. Not many people knew how it affected her but Naruto noticed the way she'd shy away from people because if it. No matter though, because he could see past that, in fact he thought her eyes were cool. Anyone that dared tease her about her eyes usually got something broken courtesy of Himself, Sakura, Ino or Kiba. The others didn't need to do anything because Naruto was usually quick enough.

Sasuke didn't talk to Hinata much; well he didn't talk to anyone much. If he were perfectly honest, he was the least active member in their group, possibly with the exception of Shino. Sasuke hardly knew the others save Naruto and Sakura. He got along with Shikamaru, when the guy could be bothered to talk seriously. But Naruto had constantly been getting into trouble with Shikamaru, Chouji and Kiba when they'd been in school, so they were all well acquainted; Sasuke had been an obedient child, far too straight-laced apparently. Sakura and Ino had been best friends since forever and Hinata had attended Ino's mother's ikebana class so they'd bonded together thus forming a warm friendship between all three girls. But his relationship with the shy girl was very minimal. They spoke only when necessary and often borrowed notes in business but besides that there was little they spoke of.

"Nothing a good coffee won't fix thanks Hinata." Naruto said brightly, crying inside at the splitting head ache. Sasuke raised a hand waving it off absently. Hinata ignored both brave faces knowing neither would ever ask for a remedy, and produced a flask from her rucksack. Using two plastic cups from the café she poured out some suspicious looking dark brown liquid and passed one each to Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto sniffed it suspiciously and Sasuke just stared at it and then at Hinata.

"Trust me it works." Kiba said and pulled up a chair at the end of the table. "Don't ask what's in it, but it's a heaven send."

"You had better not be lying to me, 'cause if you are I'll rip you a new one…" Sasuke muttered and downed the funky smelling concoction in the plastic cup.

Oh hell no

That tasted baaad. Really bad. But it wasn't settling too badly in the stomach. Naruto almost spat it out but the years of getting into numerous fights with various people, mostly Sasuke, had taught him that Hinata was the best when it came to cures. She made the best creams for cuts and sores, herbal teas for colds and flues andeven drinks that eased the madness known to all the boys as Ino's PMS. Calming Ino at that time of the month was a damn miracle. He thanked Hinata genuinely and pushed the cup away.

Sasuke too had heard of Hinata's Miracle cures, but he'd never needed them. Sasuke only had one flaw to his immune system and that was alcohol, not even the fights with Naruto got him cut up, just bruised badly. He didn't get hung over on a regular basis so he never needed the remedies. He almost gagged when the drink touched his tongue but he forced it down and with all the dignity in his soul he put the cup down and clamped his mouth shut in case it decided to come back up.

"Ha, Sasuke, can't even take that?" Naruto grinned, flashing his trademark grin.

"Tch…" He didn't feel like elaborating his response.

"What? You been fed so sweetly all your life, does a little bitterness shrivel up your tongue bastard?" he teased.

"Whatever you dope…"

"Don't even have the will to talk back; you've been brought up soft, pretty boy." The use of the insult made a little of his annoyance flare and Sasuke growled dangerously.

"Fuck off kitsune." He retorted tiredly. Naruto shut up at the use of his nickname. Sasuke didn't often use his nickname when he did he was either deadly serious or having a laugh, the latter being incredibly rare. Naruto backed off; contrary to popular belief he didn't live solely to annoy Sasuke, which was just an amusement. Cutting the boy a bit of slack, only because of his current family troubles, Naruto handed him a book out of his bag.

"You wanted to borrow this." He said and turned to listen in on Sakura and Ino's conversation. Sasuke nodded and took the text book.

Ah peace. It'd only last so long though.

It just so happened, that being one of the most sought out males in the university, and possibly the village, was not quite as beneficial to Sasuke as one may originally have thought. Girls fell about his feet in the scores. Ok they didn't actually, but they admired him greatly. Valentines Day was a horror and pocky day too… his birthday also filled with random useless crap from admirers. Naruto loved the attention he got but Sasuke didn't. He just wanted one nice girl that wasn't obsessive, sweet kind and liked him for who he was bitterness and all... What he hated the most were the occasional jealous boyfriends. There were the rare few that had the nerve and stupidity to try and get Sasuke to 'back off' their girlfriends ignoring the fact that it was the other way round and Sasuke was the one being chased after. There were fights, rare, messy but Sasuke always won. He was after all, a master of karate, judo, kendo, Ninjutsu, aikido and countless other martial arts. Today seemed to be a day where one rowdy boy was looking to get his face rearranged. He must have heard Sasuke and Naruto arguing because when he called out to him, he addressed him by a much forbidden nick name that was allowed only to two people.

"Yo pretty boy."

Oh dear

Sasuke was not a happy bunny. Not happy at all.

"Yeah Uchiha, I'm talking to you. You might think that just because you're from a high family you can get away with anything? Let's see if you're so hot, I'll take you on right here right now." He said drawing a silence in the room. "Let's see what all the fuss about the Uchiha is, you don't look so great to me, you and that pussy with you." He said motioning towards Naruto.

Sasuke really couldn't be bothered but people were watching and he'd look like a coward if he backed down from this obvious challenge.

Damn that male pride

"…" Sasuke turned around to look at the boy that had insulted him and his friend. This would be good, a good chance to vent his anger and frustration. His latest argument with his father, the hang over all directed at this punk who thought he could handle a beating from the Uchiha. Sasuke got up despite Sakura's hushed protests and slid his chair back to approach the punk. He would have given him a good dosage of the Uchiha glare that was rumoured to paralyse people in fear but Naruto was already up and facing his challenger.

"Hey Sasuke, did this guy just call you pretty boy?" He was peering into the guy's face, inches away from their noses touching. Sasuke fought the urge to smile. He and Naruto fought but there was an understanding between them… sure he would have liked to pummel the guy himself, but Naruto had more dramatic flair…

"Yeah I think he did."

"Did this fuckwit just call me a pussy?"

"Yeah…"

"Good then I didn't mishear. Cause I think this half brained fuck is in dire need of educating." He grinned. Said challenger sneered at Naruto and one may have suspected that he would have retorted, but never got the chance, because Naruto's fist had found its way on a collision course for the face before him. It was a good punch, and sent the punk flying clear over two tables…

Two tables!

Yeah Naruto had dramatic flair... and a power punch. The kid's friends would have rushed to help him up but none of them were fast enough because Naruto was already atop him, his foot grinding into his face.

"Lesson one fuckwit; you don't call Sasuke pretty boy." He punched the kid in the gut.

"Lesson two; you don't call me a pussy." He punched him again.

"Lesson three; no body fights with the Uchiha, he's my punch bag." Another punch. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the last comment.

Losing his interest Naruto moved away from him and settled back at the table. The punk's friends finally went over to him to help him up as he staggered wiping the gushing blood from his face. None of them dared to go after Naruto, casting disgusted and angry glances his way instead. Sasuke picked up a salt shaker from a nearby table and threw it at a guy who had muttered abusive curses under his breath at Naruto. The salt shaker smashed on his head from sheer impact and the salt seeped into the wound causing him to shriek.

"Watch your mouth." Sasuke said calmly and turned away. Glancing at Naruto, Sasuke picked up his things and jerked his head towards the door. "Before security decides to step in." he muttered. Naruto grinned and followed Sasuke out, waving goodbye to the rest of their group.

Shame, they wouldn't be eating there for a good week…

o o o

(1) Paracetamol is a pain killer. Perfectly legal… at least it is in the UK (I don't know about elsewhere) not many people know what it is I thought I'd leave a note just in case.

Author's note

I was pleased with the beginning of this chapter and then it got crap. Sorry (T.T) I dunno the fight just didn't turn out the way I had imagined it in my head.

Ok I think I'm going to need to explain a few more things, the relationships in team seven have been changed slightly. Sakura fawning over Sasuke and Naruto over Sakura does not happen anymore. Reasons for this is one, they're all older, nineteen to be exact (Sakura is only 18, her birthday is coming up… maybe I might plan something for that…hmmm) and if this did happen when they were thirteen, they grew out of it. Sakura DID fancy the pants off Sasuke, but that's in the past. She's grown to love him differently, because it didn't work out (elaborate on that later too.) Naruto still loves Sakura, but he's not as persistent. He's gasp grown up.

Despite the lack supernatural things I decided to keep the Hyuuga (and Uchiha) eye appearances in the fic. They have no significance, but the characters just aren't the same if they're changed too much. You can't just give the Hyuuga's normal eyes… its silly ness. The same way the Uchiha Sharingan eyes can't be ignored hint hint but allow me to clearly explain that there is not special trait to these eye abilities. All people in this universe are as normal as people are in this world we live in. no Ninjutsu, no demons and no super ninja abilities… sorry

In response to SSJ's question about Itachi. Err, he's waaay OOC in this. Actually it depends on how you see it, in a way he's not. He's going to be the brother that he used to be for Sasuke before he turned homicidal. Nice caring and botherly. Don't get me wrong he's still gonna show it in a bitchy way…. Uchiha's don't love… it's tough love

Also; I'm extremely biased. Even though this isn't based solely on him, I write a lot in Sasuke's POV, I don't know why but there is a feel about this fic so far, in which I can't yet write completely in Naruto's POV. I think it all depends on the current event, and seeing as right now it's about Sasuke and his hang over and the fight involving him and his family troubles, it's easier to look at things from his eyes. But worry not, I'll take a lot of POV's during the course of this fic. Sasuke's Naruto's Sakura's Hinata's and even Neji's. Finally, no they're not old enough to drink, the drinking age in japan is 20, but i think sasuke could pull it off along with shikamaru, they'd probably buy drinks for the others. or they'd fake it... hell know's i dont think of these things.

well then, enjoy and review pleeeease