A/N: I am back! MUAHAHAHA! Miss me?. :P
Disclaimer- :Sneaks away with Kiba. Opens the front door to her apartment, only to find K. Masashi standing there: Oh... heh, hey there... :cough: Whatcha doin?. :Kiba gets snatched away and brought home: Noooooo! My Kiba:cries:
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DAY FOUR.
FOUR AM.
Naruto groaned as he rolled over, pulling his pillow up over his head. At this point, he was so tired from all the lack of sleep he'd been getting that he honestly didn't care that the stupid ghost was playing the piano. Of course, if it was a little quieter, he would appreciate it. After all, that ghost wanted him to die, so Naruto wasn't going back out there to see him. Fuck that, the blond thought. He can play all fucking night, I'm not moving.
Naruto repeated this in his head for about five minutes, but the music didn't stop. The music always stopped, but not this time. Must be because I usually interrupt him, Naruto mused. Now, he was stuck. He didn't know whether to go and see the ghost to make the music stop, or try to go back to sleep. No! I'm not going out there! Naruto shook his head under his pillow, pulling it tighter over his head. He could deal with the music. It was well played, after all.
Suddenly, the music stopped, and Naruto cocked an eyebrow. He then shrugged. Whatever, at least it was silent now.
"Did you think I thought you left?.!" Naruto jumped a mile high, throwing his pillow off his head and looking around with wide eyes. The voice reverberated in his room. "Just because you did not come does not make me believe you have left!"
"I want to leave!" Naruto hollered back, terrified. "I can't get the door open! I'll be gone in three more days! Three days! And you'll never see me again, I promise!"
"I grow tired of your excuses! If you are not gone by tomorrow night, I will kill you!"
Naruto whimpered before running towards the window and tugging. It didn't budge. It was like the ghost was doing it on purpose. Telling him to leave, and then stopping him from doing so. Naruto hated his life.
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ELEVEN OH SEVEN AM.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
Naruto grunted, opening his eyes sleepily.
"Come on, Itachi! This isn't funny! Hey!"
Bang. Bang. Bang.
"Now, now, Sasuke. It's your own fault for making that deal with me."
What's going on? Naruto thought, confused. He sat up in bed, rubbing his eyes. He glanced at his watch before standing and pushing his things away from his door. This noise didn't sound nearly as scary as half the other stuff he'd encountered. That, and if there was someone else in the house, that meant maybe the doors were open.
"I thought you were kidding! You really want me to spend twenty-four hours in here?.!" a voice that seemed oddly familiar hollered. Naruto walked through the corridor, glancing around cautiously as he made his way to the front door.
"Think of it as a punishment. I'll be back for you in twenty-four hours. Have fun."
"Itachi! Dammit!" Sasuke slammed his fist angrily against the door. Of course, he and his brother were acting. This was his plan.
Naruto rounded the corner, his eyes locking on Sasuke just as the raven spun around and stared at him. He looked Naruto up and down the same way he would've any other day at school before scoffing, crossing his arms, and leaning back against the door.
"Hey." he muttered.
Naruto stared at him for a few more seconds before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fell to the ground, fainting. Sasuke stared at him, shocked.
"Okay." he said slowly. "That didn't quite go the way I'd planned."
With a sigh, the raven shook his head and grabbed the blond's arm, hauling him to his feet. He dragged him back towards his room, his bag of things on his back. He dumped the blond onto his bed before dropping his bag in the corner and bending over Naruto, slapping him across the face. It's what the old him would've done.
"Hey, moron. Hey! Wake up!" He slapped him again and Naruto jerked up, slamming his head against Sasuke's by accident.
"Ow!" both boys muttered, clutching their foreheads.
"Great job, moron."
"S-Sasuke?" Naruto asked in a small voice.
"Who'd you think I was, the tooth fairy?" he grumbled, standing up again and looking around. "What the hell is this, anyway?"
"Sasuke!" The raven let out a gasp as the blond jumped on him, sending him flying on his back. He coughed slightly, Naruto sitting on top of him. "We have to get out of here! How did you get in?.! Can we get out?.! Does the door open?.!"
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke snapped. "Get off me!"
"Sasuke, this place is haunted!" Naruto shook him by the shirt collar. "I've seen ghosts, and zombies, and-and vampires! And the vampire is gay! He kissed me! It was gross!"
Gross?.! Sasuke thought, annoyed. You didn't seem to be complaining about it.
"Help me get out of here! They all want me dead!"
"Then leave." Sasuke shoved Naruto off him as he got to his feet, dusting his pants off.
"I can't! All the doors and windows are locked! I've been here for—" Naruto counted off on his fingers. "Three days! Today's my fourth! Kiba, Kankurou and them dared me to stay in here for the whole week, but at this rate, I'm going to die! Help me get out!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "You're such an idiot. Did it ever occur to you they planned it all? They're probably pulling pranks on you!"
"They're not! I swear it!" Naruto grabbed his shirt sleeve, tugging it urgently. Sasuke had to pry his fingers off it.
"Will you get off me! Stop tugging on my clothes!"
"Sasuke." Naruto whined.
"Look, moron, there's no such thing as—" Sasuke froze as he heard something and turned towards the door. Naruto was right beside him, his face white as a sheet as he grabbed the back of Sasuke's shirt, holding it tightly in his hand.
There was a woman's voice coming from somewhere upstairs. She was singing. Sasuke headed for the door, Naruto following due to his grip on the Uchiha's shirt. There was no way he was getting left behind. Also, this way, everyone would go after Sasuke. He was the better looking of the two of them, so Naruto was safe.
"Bastard, what are you doing?" he hissed as he followed Sasuke all the way to the stairs.
"Checking it out, what does it look like, moron?" Sasuke demanded as he climbed the stairs, not even bothering to be quiet.
"No. No! Stop!" Naruto hissed, tugging on his shirt. "It's a ghost! It'll get mad at you!"
"So what? What's it gonna do? It's dead. It can't kill me." Sasuke reason as they reached the second floor. He was almost starting to choke because of the grip Naruto had on his shirt.
He walked down the corridor with Naruto behind him, the blond still holding his shirt, half wanting to stay with Sasuke and half wanting to run. His option disappeared as Sasuke pushed open a door that was ajar, and stared into the room. Naruto held his breath as he glanced over his shoulder. He nearly died.
The same girl he'd seen in the piano room was sitting in front of a mirror, singing as she brushed her hair. Sasuke didn't seem concerned at all, but Naruto's legs were finding it hard to support him. We're so dead. We are so dead if she sees us.
"Let's go." Naruto whispered in such a low voice he wondered if Sasuke had even heard him.
"What's the big deal, she's just singing." Sasuke replied in an even voice.
The ghost stopped singing and Naruto's eyes widened as she slowly turned in her seat, locking her eyes on the two boys at the door. Naruto clenched his eyes shut as he held Sasuke's shirt tightly in his hand, waiting for the inevitable.
The girl in front of the mirror laughed into her hand as she stared at the terrified blond, Sasuke just smirking and giving her the thumbs up before she nodded and steeled her face again.
"Who are you?"
"We're just passing through." Sasuke replied evenly. Naruto peeked open one eye.
"Get out."
"Make us." Sasuke challenged.
"Are you crazy?.!" Naruto hissed, shaking the Uchiha from behind.
"What? She's just a kid ghost. What's she going to do? Sing us to death?" Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Seriously, Naruto, you're such a chicken." The raven closed the door and turned on his heel, heading back downstairs, Naruto still attached to his back.
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ONE TWENTY-FOUR PM.
"So..." Sasuke trailed off as Naruto ate another cup ramen. "You've met all these beings since you've been in this house?"
"Uh huh." Naruto slurped up a noodle. "It was scary. Especially the vampire. He'd show up out of nowhere and be, like, on top of me! Look what he did!" Naruto motioned his neck, where the hickey was still present.
"And you didn't stop him?"
"I don't want to die!" Naruto insisted. "That would be suicidal! Besides, I figure with you here, he'll go after you." The blond went back to eating.
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow. "Oh? Why's that, moron?"
"Don't call me a moron." Naruto snapped with his mouth full before swallowing. "And he said he only liked me because I was 'beautiful' so with you here, I'll be fine. Everyone always says you're the best looking guy in school. I can rest easy." Naruto shrugged as he kept eating, missing the blush that had crept onto Sasuke's face. "How come you're so brave, anyway?" Naruto questioned. "Didn't that ghost scare you at all?"
"Not really." Sasuke shrugged. "The way I see it, if something was going to kill me for being in this house, it would have already."
Naruto paused in his eating, cocking an eyebrow, thinking over what Sasuke had just said. It was true, if he was going to be killed—he would've been already. After all, the ghosts and zombies and whatnot all had the chance to kill him, but they never had. Well, the piano-playing ghost is out to get me, I know that, Naruto thought with a shudder.
"What's wrong now, moron?" Sasuke asked, rolling his eyes.
"Stop calling me that!" Naruto pouted. "Just you wait! At four in the morning, we'll see who's brave!"
"Oh?" The raven smirked. "And what happens at four in the morning?"
Naruto looked around worriedly before leaning forward, whispering. "This masked ghost comes out and plays the piano. If you go see him, he chases you to the door and tells you to get out." I never chased him to the door, he just freaked out and ran by himself, Sasuke thought, suppressing a smile. "And if you don't go out to see him, he just yells at you and threatens you. But, I mean, this is provided you live through Rafael. Or I do." Naruto's eyes widened. "What if he likes you more than me and kills me?.!"
"Who's Rafael?" Sasuke asked, trying to sound confused.
"The vampire! Pay attention!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's shoulders, clutching them hard. "He's going to kill me if I'm not useful to him anymore! Oh my God!"
"Calm down!" Sasuke snapped. "You're giving me a headache. You're such a wimp."
"I've been haunted for three days!" Naruto hollered. "I think I have the right to freak out!" Sasuke just rolled his eyes.
The two of them sat in silence for a little while when suddenly, they both heard chains clanking. Naruto dropped his cup of ramen, broth spilling over the floor as his eyes widened. Sasuke just calmly stood up and walked to the door.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked in a high voice, backing away towards the bed. "Get away from there!"
"I want to see what it is."
Sasuke rolled his eyes as he opened the door and looked down the corridor. He almost wished Naruto would look out the door, just so he could laugh at him. A man, not even in costume, was standing at the end of the hall, dragging chains along the floor. He saluted Sasuke, but the raven couldn't do anything in case Naruto noticed.
"Hey, look. A zombie." he informed.
"Close the door!" Naruto shrieked in a high voice.
"Why? It won't hurt us." Sasuke insisted before bending his knees and patting his thighs, still facing the 'zombie.' "Here zombie. Come here zombie."
"What are you doing?.!" Naruto bolted across the room and wrenched Sasuke inside before slamming the door and pushing his stuff in front of it. Once he was sure the zombie wouldn't be able to get in, he rounded on Sasuke, fury in his eyes. "I've survived this long, and you're going to get me killed! Stop doing stupid things like that, dammit!"
"Why?" Sasuke demanded. "Like I said, if we were going to die, we'd already be dead."
"Still, I don't—" Naruto let out another scream before jumping at Sasuke, hiding behind him and holding his shirt tightly as he glanced over his shoulder. The doorknob was rattling.
Sighing, the raven turned back to Naruto. "You need to calm down. Come on, let's play some cards of something. I brought a deck to entertain myself. I guess I can play with you, instead."
Sasuke couldn't help but almost laugh at his words. He would much prefer to play with Naruto than with the cards, but alas, first, he had to set everything up. You'll fall in love with me by the time these doors unlock, Naruto. I guarantee it.
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SEVEN EIGHTEEN PM.
In the space of six hours, Sasuke had never been happier that Naruto was such a scaredy-cat. He'd gotten the blond jumping on him, clutching him, holding him, and just generally always touching him in some way, shape or form. Sasuke had even managed to grope him a few times without the blond even noticing. Ah, sweet, sweet ignorance.
It amazed the raven that just a day ago he'd finally realized he had feelings for the blond. With everything that had happened today, it became clear to him that his attraction to the blond had started a long time ago, and now that he was aware of it, he was going to do everything in his power to ensure Naruto was with him, and no one else. Uchiha Sasuke always got what he what. Wanting Naruto was no different.
"Hey, moron, what can we eat for dinner?" Sasuke asked as he pulled open the small fridge and looked inside. "I want to make sure I'm fed before I leave tomorrow."
"You're leaving?.!"
Sasuke didn't bother hiding his smirk, since Naruto couldn't see it. The blond was currently plastered against his back, hugging him tightly from behind in fright. He steeled his face into a look of annoyance and turned to Naruto.
"Of course I'm leaving. I only have to stay in here one day. Get off me!"
"You can't leave me here!" Naruto hollered, right in Sasuke's ear. The raven winced. "You made them angry! You have to stay and suffer with me!"
"If you wanted me to stay so badly, idiot, all you had to do was ask." He smirked mockingly over his shoulder.
"B-bastard!" Naruto blushed cutely. "I just... I don't want to be left alone." He let Sasuke go, looking at the floor and rubbing his arm.
"Moron, we hate each other." Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
Naruto just kept his eyes on the ground, still rubbing his arm. Sasuke frowned as he noticed a drop of water hit the ground. He looked up to see if something was leaking, but the ceiling was dry. He looked back at the ground, seeing another drop. He looked up at Naruto, who's head was still bowed, and forced it up by his chin. Naruto kept his eyes averted, but Sasuke saw the tears.
"Hey! Hey!" He shook Naruto's shoulders slightly. "Don't cry! What's wrong?.!"
"Fine. Leave." Naruto whispered. "Tell Kiba and them I'll haunt them once I'm dead."
Sasuke groaned internally, shaking his head. Maybe I went a little too far with this. He sighed as he patted the blond's shoulder. "I'll tell you what. I'll stay here with you until the end of the week, but you have to share your food and bed. All right?"
Sasuke's answer was slamming into the wall as Naruto hugged him. "Thank you!"
"Yeah, yeah. Get off me." Sasuke couldn't help but smile as the blond let him go and backed up, sitting in front of him.
"Sasuke?"
"Hn?"
"Why do you hate me?"
The question shocked the raven so much his head jerked back, causing him to slam it into the wall. He winced, rubbing it as he stared at Naruto. The blond had his head cocked to the side, still waiting for an answer.
"You're the one who hates me." he muttered lamely.
"No, I never hated you. Well, not until you beat me up in the ninth grade." Naruto shrugged. "You never answered me when I asked what I'd done that day. You just beat the crap out of me."
Sasuke looked away with a wince. "I don't know, you just—you bothered me."
"Oh." Naruto frowned. "Well that's stupid." He stood up, grabbing his kettle and plugging it in. "Hating me because I bothered you. You could've told me to stop whatever it was that bothered you, you know."
"Whatever." the raven muttered, crossing his arms.
Chains suddenly clattered loudly in the corridor and Naruto let out a cry before diving back towards Sasuke, burying himself against the raven, snuggling into his chest. Sasuke smirked, patting him on the back.
"You really are a wimp."
"Am not!"
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TEN-THIRTY PM.
"So, where's this Rafael?" Sasuke asked with a sigh, still sitting on the floor, waiting for the stupid actor who was meant to be there an hour before. He probably got lost in the tunnels.
"He doesn't always show up at the same time." Naruto insisted. "Once it was the middle of the night, another time it was in the evening."
"Interesting." Sasuke yawned. "This is so boring. What did you do before I got here?"
"Well, I had to take pictures of all the rooms in the house." Naruto nodded. "All the night ones are, um, done, but I need to take some during the day, too."
"I guess we can do that tomorrow." Sasuke stretched.
"Really?" Naruto asked, stars in his eyes. "Yay! You're the best, Sasuke." He smiled happily. Sasuke couldn't help but smirk back.
"Hn."
The raven let out an almost inaudible sigh as he heard something creak, indicating 'Rafael' had just opened the trap door behind the dresser. Thank God! It's about time! Sasuke shifted on the floor, trying to make it look like he hadn't even noticed the sound. Naruto was oblivious, still smiling like an idiot.
And then, the redheaded man who replaced Sasuke appeared in the room. Naruto paled, plastering himself against the opposite wall as he stared, wide-eyed. Sasuke just cocked an eyebrow as the 'vampire' looked at Naruto, then at Sasuke.
"Who are you?" it hissed. Awesome, sounds almost exactly like I did before. Naruto's too scared to notice there's a difference.
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked dryly.
"Rafael."
"Ah, the vampire, right?" The raven was struggling to keep a straight face, and it was obvious 'Rafael' was, too. Naruto looked so damn cute all scared like that—but it was funny as hell.
Sasuke glared at the 'vampire,' who glared right back. The raven was unsure what he should do, so, he improvised. He hurled himself at the other man, whose eyes widened, but he blocked the punch as best he could. Naruto whimpered across the room, but Sasuke ignored him as he forced the redheaded man to the dresser, the actor's eyes asking what he was up to. Sasuke motioned Naruto with his own eyes, and the actor understood.
"He is mine!" he hissed as he blocked another punch. "You cannot have him!"
"I don't see your name on him, beast!" Sasuke head-butted the actor, and then felt bad as the man stumbled back a few steps. He'd obviously never been in a real fight. Sasuke shoved him behind the dresser, motioning the trap door with his eyes.
"Stay away from him, or you'll regret it." he hissed as the actor headed into the trap door, rubbing his head and wincing. Sasuke felt bad, but he'd apologize later.
The raven took a step back, trying to look surprised, as if the vampire had disappeared. "You win." a voice echoed throughout the room. "He is yours." Excellent, the raven thought with a smirk..
"Sa-Sasuke." The raven turned back to Naruto, the blond staring wide-eyed. "I-I love you!"
It took Sasuke a few seconds to realize he didn't mean it literally, and was just happy the raven had gotten rid of the vampire. Well, he would take what he could get. It was better than nothing.
"Not a problem." Sasuke headed towards the cot, stripping his shirt off. "We should sleep if this masked man wakes you up at four, like you say he does."
"He does!" Naruto insisted, rushing towards the cot, and frowning. "What are you doing?"
"I have nowhere to sleep. Since I chased away your vampire, I think I'm entitled to half of your cot." Sasuke replied as he pulled off his pants and stretched out on the cot in his boxers.
"Oh." Naruto whispered. "Well, if I'm sleeping on the floor, can I at least have my blanket?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Idiot. You can share the cot with me. It's big enough."
"Are-are you sure?" Naruto was stunned. Didn't Sasuke hate him?.! When had that changed?.! Apparently, this morning, when he walked in, Naruto thought, confused.
"Yes, I'm sure. Come on." Sasuke motioned the bed beside him.
Naruto hurriedly got his clothes off until he was wearing his boxers and pulled on a pair of sweat pants and a shirt. Sasuke frowned at the extra clothing, but said nothing. The blond trudged across the room, turning off the light and then, he was soon lying beside the Uchiha. Sasuke pulled the covers up so they were both covered and turned onto his side, facing Naruto as the blond remained on his back.
With a small smile, Sasuke closed his eyes and readied himself for sleep.
"Hey Sasuke?"
"Hn?"
"Thanks. You know, for today. I'm glad—we're sort of friends now." Naruto said with a smile. Sasuke smirked back at him.
"Me too."
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A/N: Aaaaaaawwww, lol. I know, I'm a sap. Anyway, school starts tomorrow for me. Sad, but true. I'll probs still be writing just as often as before, but forgive me if I'm a few days late for anything. Don't worry, I live to write, so I'll always be around :P