Author's Note: Hope this one's as good as the first.
Chapter Two: Fixing a Hole Where the Rain Gets In
When Naruto awoke the next morning he found the bathroom door slightly ajar, for Sasuke was taking a shower. Naruto winced when his memory brought him back to the happenings the night before. 'Did that really happen!' Naruto screamed at himself for playing a part in that game and admitting he was gay. 'Great, not only does Sasuke know I'm gay… he must have a clue about my crush on him… And now he's taking a shower… shit!' Naruto ran back to his bed when the thought of Sasuke catching him by the door flashed through his mind. He wasn't peeking or anything but Sasuke might take it that way. Naruto decided the best choice of action to take was to pretend to be asleep until Sasuke got out of the shower.
About five minutes later Naruto heard Sasuke turn the shower off. He shifted into a more comfortable position but then shifted back in fear of looking too normal. He tried multiple positions from having his head fall off the side of the bed to having his feet on his pillows. However his anxious maneuvers came to a halt when he heard Sasuke open the bathroom door. Naruto immediately closed his eyes and opened his mouth for effect. Sasuke treaded across the burgundy carpet and fiddled with his suitcases.
"Ahem." Naruto did not know whether he should pretend to be woken up by that or continue is fake an attempt to sleep. He chose the latter, until, "I know you're awake, dobe." Naruto twitched. 'Shit.'
"Eh heh…" Naruto sat up and scratched the back off his head nervously. "I uhh… yeah." He looked down at his feet.
"What ever." Sasuke stood up in his black goodness and strolled out of the room leaving behind a ringing in Naruto's ears due to his door slamming tactics. Something was bad and Naruto knew it. However Sasuke had been an equal participant in last night's events, there is no way he could place the blame solely him. In a rush of panic Naruto decided he should take a shower and get ready to defend his honor in cause the whole female populace decides to murder him for touching Sasuke-kun.
"Mornin' sunshine." Kiba yawned at Naruto. "Where have you been? You might want to hurry the food might be all gone."
"Man, sorry, I overslept I guess."
"Were you and Sasuke up making out all night?" Kiba laughed at his joke, however to his surprised Naruto was blushing beyond all belief. "Uh… what?"
"Ha, shut up Kiba, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" Naruto chirped, giving his best attempt to cover up the truth. And with that he ran into the cafeteria, and was welcomed by Hinata.
"Naruto! Good morning." Hinata smiled at him. She and Naruto were good friends despite the awkward breakup. She was aware of Naruto sexuality because he had told her one day at the mall. They had seen an extremely touching film and it so happened that it was his and Hinata first date, and on the way out of the theater they visited a few stores. Hinata had decided to go into one herself and Naruto sat outside on an amber-colored bench. He watched the busy shoppers carry bags twice their size. About ten minutes later Hinata appeared and sat beside him. She inquired as to why he looked so dreary. Naruto's eyes were watery and he knew why. The amount of guilt he was feeling for making the poor girl believe he liked her in a way that was more then a friend. He could not hold it in any longer, and told her about his secret. She was upset at first but immediately turned to her selfless self and told Naruto that she was glad he told her and that she would support him no matter what happens.
"Hey Hinata-chan, anything good for breakfast?" Naruto glanced across his choices.
"There is some French toast…" She trailed off realizing that that was about it for food.
"Well it looks promising!" He grabbed it with his fingers and put one in his mouth a walked up to the cashier. "Fibe peeshes." He held out his money for her to take she looked confused.
"He means five pieces of toast." Hinata translated.
"So how was your roommate," Naruto asked Hinata between bites- or chomps in his case.
"Oh… well you know, it was okay." Hinata smiled briefly.
"Well of course it was fine for you, you get along with everyone." Kiba chuckled. Hinata smiled at him.
"Well…" She said nervously. Kiba patted her on the back.
"Well, more importantly, Naruto, how was you roommate? Did he try to kill you in the middle of the night? 'Cause if he tries anything you know I'll be there before you can say 'Uchiha sucks'." Kiba smirked at himself.
"It was fine, no words were exchanged really."
"Does he sleep talk? Does he have to keep the light on 'er something?" Kiba leaned over the table to question Naruto.
"I don't know I wasn't paying attention."
"What were you paying attention to exactly!" Kiba laughed. Naruto and Hinata blushed. Kiba noticed, "what are you hiding, and why did you tell Hinata and not me?" Kiba scorned Naruto.
"I'm not-." He was cut off by Hinata tapping his knee under the table. "Erm." He swallowed and looked down at his plate.
"What's going on Naruto?" Shikamaru became interested.
"Alright… well… you see…" He began, until his attention was drawn to the other side of the room where he spotted a certain brunette. Sasuke was carrying his tray over to a garbage can where he was stopped by Kakashi. Naruto felt butterflies in his stomach; the last thing he wanted was for his sensei to know. Kiba and Shikamaru followed Naruto's gaze.
"Naruto?" Hinata placed her hand of his shoulder, "are you okay?"
With that, Naruto stood up and walked towards Sasuke and Kakashi. "Hey, sensei, good morning!" He wasn't going to give Sasuke the opportunity to tell him.
"Naruto." Kakashi nodded and smiled. Sasuke 'humphed' and looked away. Kakashi snickered at this. "How was your night? Did you two get along?"
"With him? Please, I still think this whole 'friends and enemies' thing is stupid, I would have a much better time if I could board with Kiba or Shikamaru."
"Well I'm sure you would, but that wouldn't accomplish anything, now would it? Oh! Iruka!" With that he nearly skipped away. 'I cannot possibly be the biggest fruit in the basket.' Naruto thought to himself.
"See you're clearly awake now, aren't you Uzumaki." Sasuke leered at him, his arms folded across his chest.
"Yeah, so what of it? You've got a little bit of…" He pointed to Sasuke's shoulder, successfully bringing Sasuke's glance down, "arrogance on your shoulder!" He flicked Sasuke's nose.
"What the-!" Sasuke stepped back. "Why you little-!" He grabbed Naruto's shirt, almost pulling him off the ground. Naruto was too busy laughing at himself to notice Sasuke's blush, however, his naivety did not last long before he noted the brunette's blush.
"Someone's excited to see me, guess you cannot keep hands off me, huh? If you want we could go back to the room and I could let you vent if you want." Naruto laughed and then struggled a little when Sasuke tightened his grip. However it wasn't long before Kiba and Shikamaru came trudging on over to the commotion.
"Uchiha-bastard! Put Naruto down before I smash your pretty little face!" Kiba growled at him.
Sasuke roughly dropped Naruto, who fell straight on his butt and winced.
"How troublesome…" Shikamaru sighed and helped Naruto stand. "Let's just go eat…"
"And let this gothic prick get away with that?" Kiba continued to growl.
"Kiba, it doesn't matter." Naruto stated blatantly. They all looked at Naruto wide-eyed. Usually it was him who would never let anyone hear the end of how horrible Uchiha was. "Besides I was about to tell you guys something anyway… sorry I got distracted."
"What were you about to tell them?" Sasuke furrowed his brow.
"What do you care, jerk, go back to poetry class!" Kiba hissed and grabbed Naruto by the elbow and pulled him back to the table. Sasuke remained standing there for awhile. He did not know how to feel, should be worried that Naruto would tell his friends about the night before? He knew the rest of the class would believe him over Naruto anyway. He could probably convince the entire class that Naruto raped him, he chuckled at that.
"What is this all about Naruto, your acting quite unusual." Shikamaru looked worried.
"Well I just… I need to tell you guys something." Naruto looked down at his hands.
"What happened? Did that bastard threaten you er' something?" Kiba stood up and gritted his teeth.
"No!" Naruto yelled. He could feel his eyes watering. How was he supposed to tell his friends that he was gay? Would they be okay with it? Would they still want to be his friend? He could fathom the thought of them leaving him and being ostracized by his class. However, what if they were okay with it and he was just over reacted. Over all he would rather them find out by him then by Sasuke. He could not hide it for ever, especially now that he had acted on his feelings and Sasuke was well aware of the whole situation. "No… that's not it."
Kiba was taken aback by Naruto sudden burst, he calmly sat back down, realizing that the issue was more serious then he'd thought.
"Naruto, it is okay. They are your friends after all." Hinata smiled at him. She was right. Naruto should have more faith in his friends. Sure, they would probably need time to adapt, but he should give them more credit.
"Okay." Naruto attempted to smile. "I'm gay."
There was silence and Kiba was wide-eyed, Shikamaru looked apathetic. Naruto searched their expressions, hoping that one of them would say anything. Anything was better then the silence! Then, Shikamaru burst out laughing.
Naruto was stunned; he just looked at Shikamaru and almost cried.
"What? I'm sorry it's just funny." Shikamaru continued to laugh. "I always knew there was something up with you for not wanted to date Hinata!" He smiled and sighed. "Whatever Naruto, it doesn't change anything; I guess I just have to stop flirting with you. You know, wouldn't want to you think you had a chance with me!" He laughed.
Naruto sighed inwardly. That's Shikamaru. Naruto felt like one shoulder was relieved of all the stress. Then he spun around to face Kiba, whose expression looked completely empty. Eventually everyone turned to see Kiba's reaction.
"What the fuck, Naruto! Did you really hook up with Uchiha and that's why you're telling us this now?" Kiba looked furious and Naruto was crushed.
"Kiba!" Hinata and Shikamaru glowered.
"No… he's right." Naruto sighed. "I did." Even Hinata looked surprised at the last remark. They looked at Naruto. "I mean… it didn't mean anything, it was just him trying to make me look like an idiot… just a nasty trick." Naruto continued to stare at his palms.
They could all tell that Naruto was clearly upset by Sasuke. Hinata was worried because she had contemplated Naruto having a crush on Sasuke but she always hoped he wouldn't because she was afraid Sasuke would break his heart.
They all sat in silence for awhile before Gaara decided to step in.
"MMmmm Uzumaki-kun and Sasuke-kun humm?" Gaara hissed nonchalantly. Everyone at the table, even Kiba, looked at him with completely disconcerted expressions. Naruto flinched and closed his eyes.
"Leave him alone Gaara!" Hinata glared at him.
"Ah, what hostility, I simply wanted to congratulate your friend. Sasuke sure is a catch. Although if I were him I would keep Sasuke on a closer leash, to keep him in his place of course, what a outlandish maneuver on his part for telling so many people about Naruto's crush on him." Gaara looked proud of himself. Naruto looked up quickly at Gaara and was tearing.
"Such water-works for such pretty face." Gaara touched Naruto's cheek and wiped his tear away.
"Don't you touch him, you creep!" Kiba pushed him away from Naruto. "Go back to hell you demon!" Kiba turned to face Naruto. "What's wrong with you! Why do you take shit from people all of a sudden, what happened to you! Get over yourself, whatever you're gay, but that doesn't mean you have to become a girl!" Kiba angrily strutted away.
"That didn't go so well." Shikamaru sighed.
"He's right…" Naruto mentally kicked himself for looking so weak. He wiped his eyes and began to search the room for Sasuke, he wasn't going to let him get away with what he did.
End of Chapter Two
Author's Note: Sorry I took awhile to update, i hope you guys still want to read it! Please tell me what you thought! Hope you enjoyed the second installment!
