Author's Notes: Very sorry for the long wait. Too many things were going on, but I promise more frequent updates since there's no sxhool for me thanks to it being summer! Yay!


Like Snow

After lunch, the day flew by fast, with biology, history, and art. As soon as the clock hit 2:50, the school bell rang madly, causing all students to quickly gather their things and dash to their lockers or out of the building. Haku looked over at his art teacher who had spiky white hair, two long red lines trailing down from his eyes to his cheeks and wore a simple grey shirt, topped over with a red vest, and white slacks. "Mr. Jiraiya?" Haku asked politely, unsure of whether to just call him Jiraiya like everyone else. The teacher turned to him, "Yes, dear?" Haku just gave a sigh. As soon as he walked in the art room, he discovered how much of a pervert the teacher was. Jiraiya pounced on him like a cat would to a mouse, complimenting the young boy, calling him lovely and such. Even when he found out that Haku was a boy, he still hit on the poor boy.

"I was wondering where should I put the pastels?" Haku said as he held up the bin full of oil pastels. Jiraiya smiled. "Just leave them on the table, dear. I'll take care of it later." Haku nodded and set the bin down. "Have a good afternoon, Mr. Jiraiya," he said as he walked out of the room. "Yes, yes. You too, Haku," was all Haku could make out before entering the clattery school halls. The long haired boy slowly made his way to his locker and filled his messenger bag with some text books, then made his way out of the building. "Great…" Haku muttered under his breath, remembering he had to walk home, since both his parents worked. He looked up at the clear blue sky, watching a flock of seagulls fly above him. As they passed he stared at the fluffy white clouds for a while, not realizing someone was calling his name.

"Haku! Haku! HAKUUUU!" Haku suddenly jolted and turned to the voice, which belonged to none other than the hyper blond named Naruto. "Naruto…" The pretty boy said quietly and noticed the blond was squeezed in a red convertible, with the other people he met at lunch, including Zabuza. "Haku! Come over here!" Naruto yelled and waved him over. The pretty boy did as told, and made his way over to the vehicle. "What is it?" he asked. "A bunch of us are hanging out at my place today! Wanna join us?" The spiky blond asked cheerfully and motioned the raven hair boy to join them in the car. Haku looked at his messenger bag, filled with homework due the next day. "I don't think I can, Naruto… I have too much…" "Oh, come on!" Naruto cut him off, "We can do that at my place if you want! We're going to be watching movies, playing games, and whatnot! Come join us!"

"Yeah!" Sakura chirped in, having already grown fond of the boy, due to having him in her biology and history class and getting to know him. Haku looked up at the sky. "Hey pretty boy! Quit day dreaming and get in the car!" Zabuza growled as he gripped the steering wheel. "Very well," Haku said and opened the back door, squeezing next to Sasuke, Gaara, and Naruto. "Alright!" Naruto cheered. And soon they were off. Naruto started to babble cheerfully as the car past a bunch of houses, and students walking home. Haku just looked out of the window, not noticing that a certain someone was staring at him through the rear mirror. It wasn't long before they were in front of a dark brown apartment building and not too long before Haku was pushed out of the car, with a grumbling Sasuke following him.

Haku landed flat on his bum on the gravel and had the angsty boy shoved into him. "Sorry," the dark spiky hair boy muttered, while getting up and then helping him up. "It's okay," Haku said and noticed that Sasuke hand's lingered a bit longer than he had expected it to. "We're here!" Naruto squealed while shoving his hands into his pants' pocket to retrieve his keys. He then made a mad dash to the building, with Gaara and Sasuke trailing closely behind him. Sakura turned to the remaining three boys: Kakashi, Zabuza, and Haku. "Come on. We should catch up before they decide to not care we're there and do it on the living room floor." Haku was dumbfounded. "But aren't his parents home or something? Or do they work?" he just had to ask. Kakashi looked over at Sakura, while Zabuza just gave a sigh and said, "Wanna take this one, girl?" Sakura gave a huff at the tall senior and then looked at Haku. "His parents are dead. Naruto lives on his one with Gaara and Sasuke."

"Oh…" Haku looked down. "Sorry." "It's okay. You didn't know," Sakura said and then turned to the building, "Let's get going."

The place was a bit shabby. Empty ramen cups decorated the counters and tables, while game consoles covered the floor in front of the television. The coffee table been cluttered with opened cookie packets and a bowl full of those smiley little goldfish crackers. Haku noticed that Gaara, Naruto, and Sasuke were no where to be seen and as if he was reading his mind, Zabuza muttered, "Probably already fucking each other's brains out right now." And on cue, a loud moan escaped from a closed door. "Yup," was all Kakashi muttered. "So what do you guys want to do?" Sakura asked as she went over to the kitchen and open the fridge, grabbing a few half empty bottles of soda. "Play a game, do homework and study, watch a movie?" the pink hair girl suggested.

Haku looked over to Zabuza and Kakashi, noticing that they could care less. "Well, I don't care what you plan on doing, but I need to get on my homework," he said as he went over to the small round kitchen table. Kakashi nudged Zabuza toward Haku and gave the tall spiky haired senior a wink. Zabuza just muttered and went to follow the younger teen. Sakura looked at Kakashi and stretched, "Well, I'm going to watch some tv. Come on, Kakashi." She then looped her arms around the silver haired teen and dragged him away from where Haku and Zabuza were sitting.

"So, do you know when that poem is due?" Haku asked, breaking the awkward silence. "Poem?" Zabuza asked confused. The younger teen gave him a weird look. "You know," Haku began, "The one Tsunade assigned us?" "Oh… Yeah," was all Zabuza could say but finished off with, "she didn't give us a due date." "Oh," Haku realized he was right. All she said was that they had to write a poem for homework, but she didn't even mention when it was due. "Funny," Haku said and realized he was holding a blank sheet of paper. "We might as well do it in case it's due tomorrow." Zabuza chuckleda bit and replied, "I highly doubt it. Tsunade always forgets what she assigns and such. I've had her before in my sophomore year." "I see," the long haired teen said as he stared once again at the blank sheet of paper.

The awkward silence quickly returned and all Haku could think was how much of an idiot he was. What happened! He was just doing fine. Come on, he thought to himself. Say something witty! But… What if he said something stupid or made a fool of himself? Oh god, why would that big oaf of a senior care? Wait a sec… Haku's eyes widened a bit. When did he suddenly care what Zabuza thought? His cheeks started to fade into a light hue of pink. Oh no, I'm blushing, aren't I? Haku thought as he suddenly covered his face, which caused the other teen to look at him.

"Is something wrong?" Zabuza asked a bit concerned. It looked like the poor boy was having a nose bleed or something. When Haku didn't reply, Zabuza decided to lay a hand on his shoulder. "Hello? Hey kid, are you okay?" "I'm alright," was all the senior got out of the younger teen. "I see," he said. Zabuza gave a sigh and then got up. "Well, I'm going to go. I didn't come over here to hear Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara getting it on in the other room and to have Sakura and Kakashi making out just a few feet from us," he said and pointed over to the couch in the living room where the couple was snuggling. He turned to Haku, "Wanna get out of here?" "And where would we go?" Haku asked with a raised eyebrow. "Well I was going to just drop you off to your house the go home." Zabuza said bluntly. "Oh, that's…" Haku said, but was suddenly pushed against the wall by the senior.

"But if you want to do something with me, don't hesitate to ask."

To be continued…