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Naruto stepped off of the bus with his trumpet and belongings in hand. It's about time we got off that loony box. I thought I'd lose it, crammed up with that weirdo, thank God we're here. He looked at the building in front of him, the one that they would be staying in. It was in the middle of a bunch of buildings identical to it, and the only thing that distinguished this one from the rest was a blue plastic coat hanger in the dirt by one of the bushes, and the name of the building itself; Chocolate Lily. (1) All of the separate housing buildings were named after Alaska wildflowers, such as the Forget-Me-Not, or Fireweed. Why did they even name a building after a flower like that? Naruto mentally shrugged to himself and walked up the building's porch steps. They were columns that mimicked the Roman period on the concrete porch that made Naruto think that maybe the Chocolate Lily wouldn't be so bad after all. He followed Shino through the door and looked around the room. Sure, there was a nice stained glass window halfway up the wall, but other than that, it was 3 floors of cheap blue carpeting, brown doors, and stairs. Lots of stairs. Lots of stairs to carry things up. Lots of stairs that Shino and everyone in front of him were already climbing. Lots of stairs that apparently led to rooms 7, 8, and 9. Lots of stairs that-
"Oi, Naruto, would you go, already? I'm already getting tired of holding all this, and we haven't even gone up the first set of stairs yet."
Naruto looked back at Sasuke, whom was behind him. "Yeah, sorry." Lots of stairs with none other than the emo queen behind him. He reached the second set of stairs. Stupid stairs. After climbing the third set of stairs, Naruto waited as Kankuro (Kakashi had given him the key card to their room) opened the door.
He stepped through the door after Kiba, anxious and excited to finally see where he'd be staying for the next couple days. Through the doorway and to his immediate right was a walk through kitchen with a small table for 4 on the other side. As he walked forward, the main living room came into view. There was a 3 cushion couch in the center, facing a big screen tv with a coffee table in the middle of the two. Against the right wall was a small loveseat couch that was surrounded by two little desks with lamps and a phone. Aside from a bigger desk on the left wall, the door way wall, there was a-
"Hellz yeah, we've got a deck," Kiba shouted. Kiba and Kankuro then rushed over to a door in the back wall of the room and opened it, revealing a deck that overlooked the rest of the hotel/apartment complex. –It wasn't a beautiful view or anything, but what teenage kid wouldn't be excited about a deck that goes around the whole building? Apparently Sasuke, Naruto thought, as he saw Sasuke enter the bedroom and bathroom hallway to explore. Naruto took one more glance at the deck as Kiba, Kankuro, and Shino were running around on it, and decided to go check out the rest of the mini-house.
Down the hall, the first room on the left was a bedroom. It was pretty good sized with one bed, a dresser and TV, and a small closet. He then went across the hallway to the bathroom. Not much to see here. There wasn't a Jacuzzi tub, no party shower, not even marble tiles. It was just a normal hotel bathroom. That's rather disappointing. Done with the bathroom, he moved on to the last room, where he assumed Sasuke was. He walked through the door and into the tiny room to see Sasuke already unloading some of the contents of his bigger bag.
"I guess you've claimed this as our room then, haven't you?" Sasuke didn't say anything, but Naruto concluded that maybe it was better if he didn't. He looked around. This room was different than the prior one he had seen. Instead of a tv, there was a large mirror and a huge walk-in closet with shelves and hangers, which to Naruto's dismay, was the reason why their room was much smaller than Kiba and Shino's. That's just great, Kakashi. Friggin wonderful. He walked from the inside of the closet to the opening of room, looking around. Maybe if I push the bed over to that wall a bit, I can sleep on the floor. But after visualizing the situation, he realized that wouldn't work; it would block the closet. Visualizing moving the bed to a different wall, he realized that the door would be blocked. After two more ideas of ways to situate the bed so he could sleep on the floor, he realized that it wasn't going to work. Fine. He looked at the closet that Sasuke was now putting his clothes into. I'll just sleep in there, it's perfect.
Naruto walked back out to the living room, grabbed his bags, and dropped them on the bed in his and Sasuke's room. Not bothering to put anything away, he walked out of the apartment and into Kakashi's. "Hey, Kakashi, can we leave to go to that one store now? I'm ready to go." He peeked his head around the corner. No answer. Pfft. Thanks a lot. Not bothering to knock, he walked inside to see what their apartment was like compared to his. It wasn't that exciting, really. It was exactly opposite his, except it had bigger rooms. What's up with that, huh? In the living room, Chouji and Lee were unloading all of their clothes and stuff into a desk, Kakashi was in the kitchen putting what looked like icecream? in the freezer (doesn't he know it's kinda….dead after a long ride like that?) while Neji and Shikamaru were in their room adjusting to their new environment. Forget this.
After 20 minutes of waiting in the hall way, 10 minutes of a bus ride spent sitting next to Kiba (thank God), half an hour wandering around in the Fred Meyers trying to decide what to buy, 2 minutes spent figuring out the U-Scans at the Fred Meyers, having decided what to buy, only to find out it was nearly impossible to actually buy what he wanted, 30 seconds of trying to find the bus in the parking lot, 11 minutes back to the hotel (they were stopped at a traffic light), 3 minutes of unloading what he had gotten into the kitchen's cabinets and fridge, half an hour in all of eating and preparing some of the food he had bought, Naruto sat on the couch with Kiba and Kankuro annoyed, while watching CSI:Miami.
During his time given in Fred Meyers, he had come upon many intersting things, such as Kakashi buying a thong (this of which he just walked away) and a good portion of his fellow 'band-aids' (who's names will not be mentioned) flipping through a certain section of the magazine aisle. Finally, he had bought a couple armfuls of ramen, assorted bottles of tea and water, a couple junk food items, and a white dress shirt. (he had forgotten to bring one from home). This, however, was not the reason why he was currently sitting on the couch annoyed and slightly pissed off. Oh, no. He was loosing his cool because none other than Sasuke had spent over 45 minutes in the bathroom taking what was supposed to be a "quick shower!".
Since he honestly could care less about what really happened to the 16-year-old virgin cheer leader from Louisiana on the side of the road at 2:06 AM on a school night, he stood up and walked down the hall to the closed bathroom door. Honestly, how much time does it take to throw some crap on your hair and body, wash it out, and put some clothes on? Having had enough, he started knocking on the door.
"Hey, Sasuke, are you almost done? I really need to get in there, and it's already 10:40, you know Kakashi said we have to be in lights-out mode by 11:00, what's taking so long!" He continued to knock a bit, but received nothing from Sasuke's side of the door. He stopped knocking, crossed his arms, and turned to face the wall opposite of the bathroom. Fine, I'll just wait out here until you're done. Bastard. What the heck is he doing in there, anyway?
After 6 minutes of staring at the wall, he heard the door behind him open. Naruto uncrossed his arms and turned around quickly. "Hey, do you even kno-", he managed to blurt out before he was cut off by a strong scent of strawberries and warm sensation on his lips. His mind and senses exploded, but not enough to stop him from realizing what was going on. I'm kissing Sasuke. Wait, no, Sasuke's kissing me. He opened his mouth to allow room to speak, only to have that space replaced by what could only be Sasuke's tongue. Oh shit. I mean, really. Shit. Who'd know that opening your mouth was an invitation to be violated further? He pulled away from Sasuke and stepped back until he was against the wall that he had been staring at only seconds ago.
"What the hell, Sasuke?" He glared at Sasuke, whom just stood there in his own blue towel that he had brought from home, staring back at Naruto. "What the hell was that, huh?" Naruto demanded an answer.
Sasuke looked down at the blonde. "What do you mean? You're the one who walked up to me like that, talk about an invasion of space to begin with."
Naruto stood up taller, infuriated. "Well, I never would have even had the chance to do that if you hadn't taken so long in the damn shower, bastard. If it was such an invasion of space, then why did you stick your nasty tongue in my mouth!"
"You opened your mouth. It's not my fault if you're stupid and can't read what signals you're giving off. The shower's all yours, have fun." With that, he walked into their bedroom, closed the door, and proceeded in what Naruto hoped was getting dressed. Naruto shook with anger and shock. Grabbing his bag from the hallway, he walked into the strawberry-scented bathroom and closed the door. Dropping his bag on the floor, he slouched down on a wall until he was sitting on the ground. I'm giving off signals? He sighed. Stupid Sasuke and his strawberries.
(1) A Chocolate Lily is a flower you mostly see in Alaska. It's a dark brown colored flower, and well, smells like doody. Trust me, I've seen these while hiking, myself.
Author's Notiez:
This was an interesting chapter to write..:sweatdrop:. First off, whats better than an emo boy that smells like strawberries, huh? Anyway, please read and rate, and so Jazzbanks begins. Mwwuaahahaha. Who won this round, Naruto or Sasuke?