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Author's Note: Hey! I'm updating! Yahoo! I think this chapter's okay as it goes. It's mostly just our three unlucky boys stuck in a horrible situation and their thoughts. Sasuke acts like a bastard, Naruto's extremely upset, and Neji…is just Neji, I guess. Anyway, there really isn't much dialogue in here, which I'm sorry about, but I can't have all dialogue all the time, can I? Well, I hope you all enjoy it anyway! I'll try to update really soon, I'm making it my goal to update on my birthday, which is in eight days! So, eight days for me to write chapter sixteen! Damn, is it really sixteen already? God, time sure flies!

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Chapter Fifteen

Naruto debated whether or not going to school that morning was a good idea. Was he really up to seeing Neji or Sasuke? He wasn't really sure, but was leaning towards the more 'I'll be happy if I don't see either of them for awhile' decision. After what happened the night before, Naruto didn't know what to do or think anymore. On one hand there was Neji, who had kissed him without any reason, and hadn't apologized about it. Then, on the other hand there was Sasuke, who had been really pissed off about what he'd seen.

Naruto knew he had to talk to both of them. He had to find out what the hell Neji had been thinking when he'd kissed him, and Naruto had to set him straight. He-He didn't like guys. Why had Neji even tried kissing him? Naruto also knew he had to talk to Sasuke. This was the conversation he was more hesitant about. For some reason he felt incredibly upset about Sasuke having seen Neji kissing him. He didn't want Sasuke to have seen that not because he wanted it, but because he didn't want it and had been caught in a situation he couldn't explain. Naruto felt…scared about it. He didn't want Sasuke to see him getting kissed by someone else because Naruto had the idea it would cause Sasuke to ignore him again…and that sort of frightened him.

"Man, why's my life gotta be so complicated?" Naruto mumbled as he got dressed. "Guess I just will go to school today. I'm gonna have to face them sooner or later…Though later isn't that bad,"

As Naruto walked down the streets towards the school, he wondered how Neji and Sasuke would act. Naruto had the feeling Neji wouldn't be acting at all different, and that he knew would confuse him. If Neji was acting like normal, did it mean that the kiss hadn't meant anything either? But that didn't make sense to Naruto. Why had Neji kissed him when he didn't need to? They had been rehearsing, and Neji had just been pretending to fill in as Juliet…he didn't have to actually kiss Naruto. The blonde was sure Neji knew he didn't have to, but then why had he? What had made him kiss him?

Then, what about Sasuke? He was mad, Naruto knew that much. But…why? Why would Sasuke be mad about Neji kissing him? It wasn't like they were doing anything bad…They had been rehearsing, so Sasuke didn't really have any reason to get all pissed off, right? But he looked so angry…Naruto thought shaking his head. And he didn't even wait for me to explain…he just ran off. That bastard. Stupid Uchihas…Naruto just hoped desperately that Sasuke wouldn't be so mad that he'd resort to ignoring him. If that happened, Naruto was sure he'd just feel worse than he already did, and he knew he'd never get the chance to explain what had really happened.

It was Sasuke that Naruto ran into first. Naruto felt a slight twinge of pain at how Sasuke didn't even greet him when he passed the Uchiha down the hall. Taking the initiative, Naruto said trying to sound casual, "H-Hey Sasuke!"

Sasuke turned slightly to face the blonde; keeping his anger, hurt and surprise locked inside him with his mask of complete reserve. Without saying a word, he shut his locker and passed the blonde down the hall to his first class.

Naruto blinked, feeling as though he'd been slapped. Emotions of hurt overwhelmed him as he also got his things, and headed for class.

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Getting through the day had been easier than he'd thought. Before he knew it, it was lunch time, then just two afternoon classes, and then he was free. Free for about seventeen hours until the next day when life would repeat itself.

Sasuke wasn't sure what to do. What he'd seen the night before had caused so much pain and anger that he didn't know how to deal with it all. He had seen Naruto and Neji kissing. They had been kissing! And, no matter how many times he tried to come up with a plausible reason to the event, the situation seemed the more real and the more hurtful. Sasuke was mad. He was mad at the world. He was mad at Naruto. And he was mad, no furious, at Neji. It had to have been the Hyuuga's fault, it had to have been something the Hyuuga did, because Sasuke was certain Naruto would just be going around kissing people. But there was the fact that the blonde hadn't pulled away, there was the fact that the blonde hadn't stopped the Hyuuga, those facts were the things that lingered in Sasuke's mind. Those were the things that were making him want to punch each and everything that came across his path.

Sasuke also knew that he might be jumping to conclusions. Maybe there really was a reasonable explanation to this all. But, Sasuke couldn't see it. There wasn't anything that could give him a clue as to how Naruto kissing Neji could have been reasonable. But Sasuke had to believe that there was a simple explanation to this. Just trying to think of a rational clarification would give him a slight piece of mind that there wasn't anything going on. That Neji had been the bastard that he was and had kissed Naruto without the blonde's consent. There was still that ray of hope. Sasuke just prayed that was how things turned out.

What was really getting to him however, was the fact that Neji had jumped the gun into getting what he wanted. Tallying the score, the Hyuuga was probably winning with being the first to actually kiss Naruto. Sure, as to who had kissed him more…Sasuke smirked slightly knowing that no one could beat him with that yet. But from what he'd seen, the Hyuuga was starting to get a move on things, and though he wasn't sure of the truth, it seemed possible that Naruto could very well be willing to receive the feelings from the white-eyed boy.

This thought only caused Sasuke to seethe angrily and almost punch the steering wheel as he drove back home. Sasuke was eternally grateful that his brother wasn't home, because with the way the younger Uchiha was practically storming through the entire house, the older Uchiha would have had needed to find out what was wrong. Itachi was insanely annoying when it came to knowing what was going on with his younger brother, and Sasuke wasn't in any mood to share his life at the moment. And with his brother gone, Sasuke took refuge in the library, pouring over books and papers, trying to keep his mind off of other more complicated things. But no matter how much he tried to keep those thoughts away, he only found himself thinking about them more and more. He got so fed up at one point that he threw a large dictionary at the wall, leaving a faint mark. After that, Sasuke decided it was better to just head up to bed, even though it wasn't even seven that evening.

Though, the Uchiha didn't count on one little detail. As he trudged down the hall to the staircase, one of the servants told him he had a guest. Swearing and wondering who it could be, Sasuke headed to the front lobby and practically froze when he saw an unmistakable head of blonde hair…and sparkling blue eyes turn to face him.

"N-Naruto?" Sasuke asked, completely and utterly surprised.

"Hey Sasuke," Naruto replied.

"What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked, trying to make sense of the world he was currently living in.

"Well…today's our rehearsing day, isn't it? That's why I'm here. Did you forget?" Naruto said.

Sasuke stared at him. It was their rehearsing day, but wasn't Naruto supposed to be working with the Hyuuga because of Iruka's stupid pairing? Then what was he doing here? "…Aren't you supposed to be working with Hyuuga?" Sasuke questioned, not bothering to keep the bitterness out of his voice.

Naruto shuffled on his feet, and looked down. "Yeah…I was supposed to work with Neji today…"

"Then you better not keep him waiting," Sasuke said, turning to leave.

"No, wait, Sasuke!" Naruto said quickly. When Sasuke faced him, Naruto sighed and plunged on, "I-I don't want to work with Neji today…so I came here instead…"

Sasuke kept his surprised well concealed from the blonde. He didn't want to work with Hyuuga? …Why not? Is Naruto mad at him for what happened?

"I-Is it okay if we rehearse tonight?" Naruto asked when Sasuke didn't say anything.

"I have a lot to do, Naruto. I don't have the time," Sasuke lied coldly. He had nothing he wanted to do. He wanted to sleep and clear his head. But he wanted to rehearse with the blonde in front of him; it was hard to say no to him, but Sasuke couldn't say yes. He was still upset, and angry with Naruto, and he wasn't in the mood to spend the evening rehearsing.

The blonde caught the resentment in Sasuke's voice and he cringed slightly. "S-Sasuke, let-let me explain…" Naruto began.

"Just forget it Naruto. I-I don't have the time to listen to your stories. And, I'm sorry, but I don't have the time to rehearse tonight either. Goodnight," And with that, Sasuke turned on his heel and headed down the hall, leaving a depressed and miserable blonde staring after him with indescribable pain in his heart.

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Neji paced the floor of his room, waiting for Naruto to show up. The blonde was already twenty minutes late for their rehearsal session, and Neji was getting rather impatient. He wanted to talk to Naruto; had been trying all day, but the blonde had kept on avoiding him. That fact had made Neji quite upset. He had realized that Naruto hadn't appreciated the kiss from the night before and Neji had to talk to him. He wasn't exactly sure what he would say when they did talk, but he just knew he needed to And that's why he was waiting for the blonde to get there.

But he was late, and Neji was now annoyed as well as worried. Naruto would just stand him up, w-would he? Was he that upset about the night before? Even if the blonde was mad with him, Neji was sure that he wouldn't just show up without telling him. Naruto didn't seem to be the type of guy to hold that a grudge; to Neji he was the kind of person who'd still be friends with someone even if they'd shot a bullet through his head. Neji was sure Naruto wouldn't stand him up. But now, the blonde was forty minutes late…and Neji was extremely worried.

Maybe he really is that angry with me and he isn't coming. Neji thought sadly. The Hyuuga sighed and sat down on his bed. He knew it was the kiss that was making Naruto ignore him. He knew it was the kiss that was making him worry insanely about whether or not he'd ruined a friendship. He also knew that he'd kissed Naruto completely on impulse…and maybe a bit of longing. It wasn't like he'd planned to lay the moves on the blonde that night. No, he'd never even thought about it…at least not that much. But when he'd arrived and had seen the Uchiha there eating cake that he and Naruto had baked together, that had made his blood begin to boil. And when he'd realized that in one scene, Romeo and Juliet…Naruto and the bastard, had to kiss twice, well that had drawn the line and had drawn the evil jealous monster living inside of him. Naruto had skipped his kiss, but Neji wasn't going to let a good thing go to waste. He had a chance to kiss Naruto and possibly get away with it…so why shouldn't he go for it?

Neji wasn't the least bit upset about kissing Naruto. He'd enjoyed it very much, until the Uchiha had interrupted of course. But, what he did regret now was that if he'd known Naruto would be this affected by it, he'd probably never have done it in the first place.

Neji did notice one thing from last night that had practically made him want to punch something really hard. When the Uchiha had interrupted, Naruto had looking really shocked…then upset, and worried. Even more worried than Neji was about their friendship right now. It seemed as though Naruto looked upset because Sasuke had seen them kissing, and this rose fear and jealously in the pit of Neji's stomach. Did Naruto already like Sasuke? Was he too late to win over his favorite little blonde? Naruto had ran after Sasuke when the Uchiha ha abruptly left, and Neji wondered why Naruto seemed as though he had to explain. Why would Naruto have to explain to Sasuke what had been going on…unless he did like the Uchiha?

No, Neji thought. That can't be right. That can never be right. Neji would never let Naruto fall for the Uchiha. Neji would never let the Uchiha win. Not if he could help it.

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"You know you're going to be late to school if you just continue lying there,"

"Hn. I don't care," Sasuke grunted.

"Well, if you don't get up in the next five minutes, you'll be late for sure. Just thought you'd know," Itachi said before leaving the younger Uchiha alone.

Sasuke groaned into his pillow and stared at his clock. Why did school have to be so early/ It felt as though he'd gotten less than four hours of sleep. …Oh, that's because I did only get three hours of sleep. Now why had I done that? Sasuke wondered.

Oh yeah. Naruto.

Now he remembered. After Naruto had shown up the night before, Sasuke had lost all drowsiness and returned to the study instead of going to sleep. He had surrounded himself with books, magazines, and newspapers, and read for the entire night. Surprisingly, reading had worked very well that night in getting and keeping his mind off of a certain blonde that meant so much to him, and a certain white-eyed boy he wanted to throttle with his bare hands. But when he'd been lying in bed, trying to get to sleep, and with nothing to distract him, all he could think about was how Naruto had actually come over that night to talk to him and rehearse. It had been a big shock, a heart-attack kind of shock, to see the blonde at his doorstep looking incredibly upset and depressed. God. And I was a complete ass to him. Could I be anymore of a bastard?

Sasuke knew he'd been way too cold to Naruto, but he hadn't been able to help it. He was seriously pissed off, and really hurt. Seeing Naruto, when he'd avoided the blonde the entire day, had made his emotions come out of its locked cage. He'd said the first things that came to his mind, and even though his angry emotions where nothing compared to his distraught ones, the angry and jealous feelings took over at the moment and before he knew it, he'd snapped off at Naruto. He had felt horrible afterwards. He'd seen that devastated look on the blonde's face and it felt as though someone had punched him in the gut. He felt so bad, so angry at himself, though he was more angry at the Hyuuga, that he had to refrain himself from throwing every book in the study off of its shelf.

And, now, the next morning, Sasuke wondered how things would be at school. There was no doubt in his mind that Naruto would either be insanely angry at him and not even look his way, or be extremely miserable and try to avoid him at all costs. Sasuke knew he had brought this upon himself since he didn't even hear the blonde out. He should have found out the story before deciding whether it was true or not. But, he had seen what he'd seen, and the fact that Naruto had even let Neji kiss him was what was driving Sasuke nuts. Sasuke had no idea what he should do. He hated seeing Naruto so upset, but he was so mad…and hurt.

Grudgingly, Sasuke heaved himself off the bed and reluctantly got ready for school. He wanted to see Naruto. Even though he was still hurt, and still furious, he just had to see the blonde; and that was the only thing that made him trudge his way to the bathroom and to breakfast before leaving home for another hellish day at school.

To Sasuke's misfortune, instead of running into Naruto first thing, he ran into the one person he wanted nothing better than to punch into outer space. And just seeing the bastard was enough to make his blood boil. What surprised him, however, was that after he had passed by the Hyuuga, the white-eyed boy actually spoke to him. It was a question that he didn't want to have anything to do with either. "What did you say?" Sasuke asked, turning to face his rival.

"Was Naruto with you last night?" Neji repeated, staring directly at the Uchiha.

Sasuke met his gaze evenly and said, "If he was, what's it to you?"

"What were you doing with him?" Neji demanded.

"Nothing that concerns you," Sasuke replied, getting annoyed. He knew he was lying; he hadn't done a thing with Naruto except act like a complete bastard, but he didn't want to give the Hyuuga the satisfaction of knowing that.

Neji just glared at him, and when he didn't say anything, Sasuke stepped closer and asked, "Why'd you kiss him?"

Neji's glare intensified. "Why does it matter to you what I do with Naruto? It's none of your damn business, Uchiha,"

"I could say the same about you. Why are you asking me about Naruto? Maybe you should just as him why he never came to rehearse with you," Sasuke replied. Neji narrowed his pale eyes at him, and Sasuke continued, now too pissed off to let the bastard walk away unscathed. "Listen you bastard, if you ever touch Naruto like that again, I swear I'll--"

But Sasuke never had the chance to finish, for at that very moment, the same blonde he'd just been talking about, turned the corner and froze when he found the sight before him. Sasuke swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, just grateful that Naruto hadn't heard him threaten Neji about the kiss. He stepped away from the Hyuuga and turned slightly to look at the blonde, who was staring with a confused look on his face at the two people in front of him.

"Uh…what's going on?" Naruto asked quietly, eyes darting back and forth between Neji and Sasuke. This was the most unlikeliest, unexpected thing to see when he first got to school. Neji and Sasuke talking to one another. Well, they do look extremely pissed off, Naruto thought.

Neji and Sasuke glared slightly at each other before turning away. "Nothing," Sasuke replied, and then walked off past the blonde without another word.

Naruto cringed at his friend's lack of greeting and gestures. Sasuke was still mad at him, and Naruto knew from yesterday that the Uchiha was much angrier than he'd first thought. But he won't even let me explain! How can he be mad at me if he doesn't know the truth! I-I didn't do anything…It was Neji. Then, Naruto remembered that Neji was still standing in the hall watching him, and the blonde glanced at him before turning around. He wasn't in the mood to talk to Neji, not after the kiss and not after he'd stood him up the night before. He just wanted to get away before the Hyuuga could question him.

But, he didn't have much luck that morning. Just as he was about to leave down the hall to his locker, Neji grabbed his arm and faced him. Naruto struggled in his grasp and ground out, "Let me go, Neji,"

"Not until we talk. Where were you last night?" Neji asked. "You were supposed to come over so we could rehearse,"

"I was busy," Naruto lied.

"With what? Talking to the Uchiha?" Neji demanded.

Is that what they were just talking about? Naruto wondered. "N-No," he stammered to Neji's question. "I-I had other stuff to do,"

Neji stared at him and the blonde was certain he could see into him and sense that he was lying. But Neji never contradicted him. Instead he said, "Why didn't you tell me you weren't coming over?"

"Because I forgot, all right?" Naruto snapped, pulling his arm away from Neji's. "I-I've got to go, Neji. Later,"

"Naruto, we have to talk," Neji hissed.

"I suppose we do," the blonde replied. "But I don't feel like it right now," And with that, he quickly made his exit down the hall.

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Naruto trudged up to his apartment after a long day at school and work. It really had been an unpleasant day. After the whole thing that morning with him, Sasuke and Neji, the rest of the day had been no picnic. Since he shared two classes with Sasuke, and two with Neji, and one with the both of them, (A/N: They have block schedules, so four classes. Sasuke and Naruto have history together. Sasuke, Naruto and Neji all have drama together. And Naruto and Neji have math together. The class Naruto has without either of them is gym.) Naruto was practically stuck with them the entire day. And since Sasuke was ignoring him, and he was upset because of Sasuke, and he was mad at Neji, and Neji was trying to get him to talk to him, school had been very trying that day. So, Naruto was just glad to finally get home.

After finishing his homework, taking a long shower and changing into pajamas, the blonde made himself some ramen and sat down at the table slowly eating and thinking. Even at work, things were insanely tense. He kept avoiding Neji at all costs; working in the back when he was up front, and vice versa, but the Hyuuga, Naruto found out, was a very persistent person. Whenever he could, Neji was constantly trying to get Naruto to talk to him. He'd do whatever he could to corner the blonde, but Naruto was still too angry and too upset to exchange any words with him. At the end of his shift, Naruto was just glad to get away from the now rather annoying Hyuuga.

Naruto sighed as he began fishing through the ramen. He'd lost his appetite now. Thinking about the day's events were too much for him, and for once ramen wasn't the answer to help his problems. Clearing the table, the blonde decided to try getting to sleep. He laid down on the bed and stared blanking up at the ceiling, expecting it to explain to him why his life had taken such an unforeseen turn. Not only was everything way over his head, but he was losing two of his closest friends…and he wasn't sure if things would ever be the same again.

For one, Sasuke was ignoring him, and was acting just as coldly and bastardly as when he'd first met him. The Uchiha's actions towards him were what hurt most. He couldn't bear seeing the angry look in the black eyes; eyes that had slowly begun to get warmer and softer, eyes that Naruto could look into and know not to be afraid, know that he wasn't alone. But that had changed all from one simple event. Now, Sasuke's eyes were cold and full of resentment. It pained Naruto to see that gaze within the ebony orbs after knowing that it had held warmth just two days ago. And, what Naruto didn't get was why Sasuke was mad at him in the first place. It wasn't his fault he'd gotten kissed! Naruto also hated how he was so easily being disregarded. Sasuke wasn't even giving him the chance to set things straight, and that bugged and pained him at the same time. How were things ever going to be right if he couldn't even get an opportunity to clarify the situation?

The other problem was Neji. While Sasuke was making Naruto extremely depressed, Neji was just working the other way. Naruto was angry at him. Angry at him for kissing him. Angry at him for not explaining. Angry at him more for not apologizing. Naruto was just plain angry. He didn't want to have anything to do with Neji at the moment. He knew he wasn't giving him any chances either, but he was just so mad. Neji had gone and done something incredibly stupid, without any logical reason and Naruto wasn't sure how he'd be able to explain what he'd done. And he wasn't sure if he'd buy the clarification either. What Neji had done had been most unwelcome, and completely unexpected. Not only that, but he didn't stop when he'd begun struggling. I was trying to push him away, and only an idiot wouldn't be able to sense that! Why didn't he stop? Naruto shook his head, and decided that maybe Neji really was an idiot. That, at least, was a possible answer to why he'd kissed him, and why he hadn't pulled away. But, Naruto knew Neji wasn't dumb. There had to be a reason to what he'd done. But what?

Naruto heaved a deep sigh from his lungs and rolled over onto his side. What was he supposed to do? Sasuke wasn't giving him a chance to mend the situation, and he also knew that he needed to give Neji an opportunity to correct things as well. He knew that things had gone way out of control, and that no matter what, he had to set things straight. He would talk to Neji, and find out what insanely stupid force had led him to kiss him, and he'd make sure the Hyuuga understood that his gesture had been extremely unwelcome. Neji had crossed the line, and hadn't even apologized, and Naruto wasn't going to sit back and let him get away with it easily. No, he was completely pissed off by Neji's stupid stunt, and he wasn't going to rest until the Hyuuga knew he had been dumb, and until he himself knew why Neji had done it in the first place.

And, then after he got the answers from Neji, he'd go and explain everything to Sasuke. He didn't care if the only way to get near him was to tell him everything through the front door of his house; he was going to tell him. He was going to make that bastard listen and understand what had happened. For some reason, Naruto just felt like he had to explain. Like he had to mend the scar that had embedded itself on their friendship. For some reason, it felt as though he had done something…against him, and because of that he had to tell Sasuke that nothing was going on. Why he felt he needed to explain himself so much in the first place was beyond him, but he knew he'd never be free of this upset feeling until he did. He was going to tell Sasuke everything about what had happened, and he'd make sure the Uchiha got it into his thick skull that everything was okay…that he hadn't wanted the kiss at all.

That he didn't want the kiss from Neji at all.

…Never from Neji.