Miscalculate
Chapter 5: The Rival
Sasuke and Naruto were walking in complete silence. He and Naruto wanted to finish their project
Naruto got an urge to break the silence but can't seem to get a hand on a topic. She wanted to ask Sasuke, again, about his schedule, but decided against it. She didn't want to be equally bombarded with questions and suspicions. She didn't realize that while her thoughts are running in her head, she was actually staring at Sasuke.
Sasuke couldn't take the unnerving stare anymore so he told Naruto. "Dobe, are you just going to stand there and stare at me?" She didn't apprehend that they were already at Sasuke's house (more like a mansion) and when she got out of her own world she saw Sasuke's house and her jaw dropped. She has never seen anything this big in her 15 years of life.
"Whoa! Sasuke this is your house! It's… It's… BIG!" Naruto exclaimed. Sasuke rolled his eyes but inside, he is slightly amused by the blonde's antics.
"Shut up, dobe. I didn't plan this meeting just to see you gaping at my house. Come on. Let's get inside." And Sasuke opened the gate with a key, and then walked in with Naruto following behind.
------- Inside Sasuke's house --------
"—see this. Look, consider this equation: (NH4)2CO3 --- NH3 + CO2 + H2O. Is this equation balanced or not?" Sasuke said, testingly to Naruto. She answered undoubtedly.
"It's not balanced. To balance it you just have to add—" And their studying went on. They've been reviewing for the introduction of their scientific paper. They've been on it for 2 hours now. And Naruto is already cranky for being seated for almost 2 hours. She said openly.
"Oi, teme. Aren't you even going to give me some food? We've been studying for 2 hours now. Can't we even take a short break?"
"Fine, dobe. Just make sure that we get to finish our introduction today." And he left, leaving Naruto alone in the study room.
Naruto, who was waiting for Sasuke, remembered the time when she boldly approached Sasuke, to ask him about their schedule, being "coincidentally" the same.
------ Flashback ------
Naruto knew that when you hear the squealing of girls, means you are getting near the Uchiha prodigy.
She actually felt lucky when she found Sasuke walking to the gym for their P.E. class. She ran to Sasuke and talked to him.
"Hey, Sasuke-teme! She smiled.
"Hn. Dobe." Sasuke replied sardonically. "What do you want?"
"Well… Umm… You see… I was going to ask how you got to transfer to a new schedule and why do my schedule and yours the same. And uhh…" Naruto went on, with Sasuke having his elegant eyebrows raised.
"Are you thinking that I'm stalking you?" He said, emotionlessly.
"No! I was just curious why my and yours schedule uhh… alike." Naruto frantically answered. Not wanting Sasuke to be suspicious. "Don't worry you're not really obliged to answer my question." With her hands waving in front of her face.
"Hn, usuratonkachi." And he strolled ahead of her, going inside the gymnasium. Naruto was dumbfounded, kind of disappointed for not having her question answered.
------ End of Flashback ------
In the end, she didn't get her answers but was glad to have him as her very own "rival" and maybe, just maybe, become her friend.
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Author's Notes: Hey! Sorry for the long wait! Thanks for the reviews I got from the last chapter! Love you guys!