A/N: Thank you to Atilla-the-Honey for pointing out my mistake. On with the chapter!

Chapter 2: The Triangle

He stared at the blonde discreetly, not wanting to be caught glancing. But he was caught. Caught by a pair of eyes green with envy. Or just eyes that were just naturally green. But he couldn't stop himself from staring, taking the quick, five-second glances to his right, at the blonde boy who sat next to him. He felt…intrigued.

The boy he was staring at was doing his own staring as well. But this stare was confused and lost. He was staring at his math textbook. They were doing algebraic equations/expressions for now and he didn't know how to express equations using variables. When the question asked to express 'two multiplied by a number' he had no idea that all he had to do was write '2n'. He was never good at math, ever since first grade. All his friends knew how to do 3 + 8 mentally while he was still stuck using fingers.

"Pssst!" he whispered to Sasuke on one of the rare occasions that he wasn't actually staring at the blonde.

Sasuke looked up from his textbook looking irritated for no apparent reason. "What is it?" he asked.

"How do you answer this question?" Naruto asked as he leaned forward and pointed at the question in the textbook.

'How do you write a five subtracted from a number as an algebraic equation?' the textbook asked. For Sasuke, the answer was simple. For Naruto, it wasn't only rocket science, but mega-ultra-hard-complicated-unconquerable rocket science.

Sasuke was on the verge of refusing the poor boy, but before he could, Naruto used his ultimate weapon: adorable, blue, watery puppy dog eyes.

"Pleeeaaase?" he asked helplessly. That tone of voice accompanied by the eyes made it impossible for Sasuke to refuse.

"It's simple, really," Sasuke began to explain, "Pretend X represents 'a number'. How would you normally subtract five from a number?"

Naruto remained silent.

Sasuke sighed before continuing. "You subtract five from a number with the equation 'a number-5'. Now replace 'a number' with X and you have your answer."

"So the answer is…" Naruto trailed off, still unable to understand the concept.

"X-5" Sasuke answered for him.

He thought that it was over and so he turned back to his own textbook, but seconds later, he heard Naruto's hissing once again.

"Psssst!" he heard Naruto whispering to him.

"How do you answer this question?" he pointed to the question right after the one they had just answered.

Sasuke attempted to explain it yet again but ended up just feeding him the answer. And so went this circle until math class was over: Naruto asking for the answers, Sasuke giving them. After all, who could resist those adorable eyes?

She continued to stare at the both of them. Unable to see the textbook Naruto held in his hands, all she saw was Naruto leaning towards Sasuke, Sasuke leaning towards Naruto, and the both of them talking, a lot. This helped to fuel her rage and put a fiery glaze in her eyes. Why couldn't it be her who sat next to the prince of Konoha high? Did the newbie even have any idea who he was talking to? And why was it that she had been trying to gain her attention for months all in vein and a nobody walks in and becomes his best friend? The world was just not fair sometimes and she hated it. No, she would not be beaten by some new kid. Some new BOY, no less. She would find her way into Sasuke's heart, hurting anyone and using anybody to do so.
The bell finally rang letting the students know that class was over and lunch was just beginning.

"Class dismissed," Mr. Hatake said, much too late as half the class was already out the door.

Naruto headed straight towards his locker. Or he would have if he knew exactly where it was. Eventually he had found it and with it he found his neighbor: the one and only, Haruno Sakura. Now, it would have been sweet if he was beside Sasuke, but he wasn't.

Naruto, as he put his bag and books into his locker, constantly stared at the girl beside him, taking quick but blunt glances (he was never one to be vague or discreet). He found her dazzling, stunning, even, and couldn't keep his eyes off of her. None of the boys could. Well, none of them except for the one that actually mattered to her.

Sakura noticed this and shot him an ice-cold glare, but the boy was much too distracted to notice. Instead, he just flashed his soon to be signature smile right her way.

"Hi," he said, trying to make small talk, "I'm Uzumaki Naruto. What's your name?"

But she didn't want small talk. He reached out his hand for a potential handshake but all she did was shut her locker and walk away, leaving not a single word.

Naruto looked disappointed for a quick moment but picked himself right back up again. He couldn't let one thing like that ruin his first day at a new school, right?

Naruto stood at the front of the lunchroom, carrying his tray of cafeteria food that seemed to be alive. He could have sworn that the mash potato surprise was moving. 'Do they always have to add the word surprise?' he thought to himself as he stared down at his poorly prepared meal.

Now all he had to do was find himself a seat. It couldn't be that hard, right? Well, you all know the answer to that question. Of course it's hard! The table you sit at in the lunchroom would determine your social standings throughout the entire school. Naruto knew this vicious and stupid rule and wanted to sit somewhere that would make him look good.

Unfortunately, he really didn't have much choice in the matter. Most of the seats were already taken and people were already chatting away. The whole 'this being his first day' didn't help the matter much either. He took a look around the crowded lunchroom and finally spotted an empty table where he could sit. Well, from where he was standing, it seemed empty, but as he drew closer, he soon realized that there was one other person there.

He smiled, put his lunch tray down and sat across from a certain, dark-haired boy who hid his face behind a book.

"HI!" he exclaimed enthusiastically, causing Sasuke to jump in his seat.

"What the hell!" Sasuke yelled furiously, "Can't you see I'm trying to read!"

But Naruto unleashed, yet again, his powerful secret weapon.

"I'm sorry," he said, with his puppy dog eyes.

Of course, Sasuke wouldn't be able to stay mad at the adorable boy anyway.

He sighed before saying, "That's alright, I guess." And he just continued reading

"Well, it's good to have at least one friend around here." Naruto said as he took another look around the cafeteria, "This place is pretty big, isn't it?"

And though he didn't seem as though he was paying attention, Sasuke thought to himself,

"He considers me a friend?"

He peered over his book for a moment to take a glance at the boy sitting across from him and found Naruto just about to dive into the cafeteria lunch. He stared at the bento box in front of him. He, being a talented cook, had made it himself and he knew it would be delicious. He also knew that eating cafeteria food would kill you in the next couple of minutes. He sighed. He didn't want the boy to die. He wasn't that hungry anyways.

"Here," he said, hiding behind his book while pushing the well prepared bento box towards his lunch companion, "Take this. Cafeteria food will kill you."

Naruto's eyes lit up, "Really?" he asked gratefully.

"Yeah," Sasuke said, "I'm not hungry anyways."

Sasuke's stomach rumbled the moment he said that.

"Yes you are." Naruto said.

He got out of his seat, went over to Sasuke's side of the table, and sat right beside him. "Here, we'll share it!" he said as he flashed another signature smile.

Sasuke knew it would be awkward to share a lunch with another person, especially a male, but he was, in fact, hungry and he did, in fact, want his lunch.

"Fine," he said, and they both took out a pair of chopsticks.

Sakura watched as the boys ate together, jealousy burning throughout her body. She sat with her friends but paid no attention to what they were saying. They were just talking about some lame boys anyway.

She felt as though justice had totally left the world right at that very moment. Why was it him and not her that sat next to Sasuke, sharing a lunch? Why did the new boy get his attention so easily? She asked these questions over and over again in her head but couldn't find a satisfying answer. An answer that would still make it seem that there was a chance for her to gain the affections of the one she loved.

And then she realized that there wasn't a satisfying answer to the questions. She realized that as long as Naruto was there, there was definitely no chance for her. Naruto was her only threat and she had to get rid of him, as said before, no matter what the cost.

Naruto nudged Sasuke's arm.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked, turning away from his book and facing the boy next to him. But he found that Naruto was staring off into the distance.

"Who's that girl over there?" the blonde asked, staring at Sakura, "The one with pink hair?"

"Oh," Sasuke said, realizing who he was talking about by the mention of pink hair. He hated her hair with a burning rage, "That's Haruno Sakura. Why do you ask?"

"No reason," Naruto replied, "I just think she's pretty. That's all." And he continued eating Sasuke's lunch.

Sasuke just stared at the boy beside him. For some reason, he felt his insides turn. He felt his heart race and his body burn.

He didn't realize it, but what he felt was something called envy.

A/N: WoOt! Second chapter completed! Now, I know it's not as good as the first but the first is always the best, so ha! Read and review please!