A/N: Hi! Olie here! I accidentally (I'm not joking. I wasn't planning it whatsoever) made 2 chapters. I initially made a second chapter and decided the time setting and characterization seemed off to me. So what I did was I made the second chapter the third chapter instead and created a new second chapter.
I'll post the third chapter within the next 24 hours. (After my shift maybe. :P)
On a random note, we moved our stuff out today. I just realized what a horrible feeling it was to lose all TV, phone, and internet connection at the same time. At first, my bro was like "Oh hey, we're moving the TV and the phone." So I thought, yeah, that's fine. I could live with that for a few days. Then he followed up "Internet is going down too." ... I died a little bit inside. Thankfully, he put up the internet again. He also kept the phone. TV isn't here though. Meh.
I work like crazy this week! :D Oh, great joy. -_-" I tried to put in as much as I could in "Fast Car"(Check out Fast Car! Shameless story plug by me) today as it was my last day off. I'm actually having a hard time with the latest chapter. :p Oh wellz. Such is zeh life.
Also, I should just say that I totally got the title for this story from a The Script song. (It seems I'm developing a habit of using song titles for stories). I just find that if there's a song with a story, it would be more relatable. And the title just went so perfectly with the concept of this story. Please go and listen to it! It will not disappoint. Oh! There's another song too but I'm not gonna share that yet. It'll spoil the fun!
Just to be clear:
Naruto is female. I'll write a chapter about that one soon.
Sasuke is 4 years old here (as well as in the previous chapter). I'm going to try and keep everyone's real birth date. So this chapter is around end of September .
*DISCLAIMER APPLIES* - Credits to Before The Worst by The Script is given. That song is definitely not mine.
BEFORE THE WORST
Cooties
A purple, glittery envelope was shoved in front of Sasuke's baby face. He unamusedly pouted at the offending thing. Hn. The nerve of that piece of paper to bother him while he was eating his snack with Naruto.
"Sasuke! You're invited to my fourth birthday party!" Ino, a girl with short pale blonde hair, explained. Ino was one of the more popular girls in the class due to her confident personality.
Sasuke glared at the little girl, causing his cheeks to puff out ever-so-slightly. "I don't want it."
The evident disappointment showed in Ino's pretty face at the rejection; but with new-found determination, Ino forcefully placed the invitation in Sasuke's tiny hands. "Well, even so! You're still invited! There's gonna be a clown and a lot of balloons and flowers! I'll see you there, Sasuke!" And she skipped away.
Sasuke eyed the purple envelope with curiosity. Hn. The party could be fun. He'd have to ask his mommy if he could go.
"The envelope looks so pretty." Naruto commented for the first time since Ino's mild intrusion.
Then the realization sunk in. Ino didn't invite Naruto.
"Uhh. Yeah." Sasuke awkwardly answered. Hopefully, Naruto didn't piece together that only Sasuke was invited to Ino's party.
"Her party might be really fun!" Naruto exclaimed with great delight, but then that excitement vanished as quickly as it had appeared. Oh no. Naruto figured it out.
"She didn't invite me though." Naruto's little body drooped in sadness. Sasuke instantly went into panic mode. The little Uchiha never did like it when his best friend was sad.
"I bet it's going to be boring anyway." Sasuke tried to comfort his younger companion.
"Why do people think I'm bad luck? Is something wrong with me?"Naruto was near tears by now.
"No way! You're cool. Everyone else is just stup—" Sasuke blinked when little tan fingers caught his moving lips.
"Stop saying bad words!" Naruto reprimanded, letting go of Sasuke's pink lips. The hurt expression returned to Naruto's features. "Maybe the other kids are right. What if I really am bad luck?"
Sasuke's eye twitched in slight annoyance. "Hn. You really don't get it, do you? You're okay the way you are. Y'know, you should start being more confident about yourself. The sad puppy dog eyes don't work so much anymore." Sasuke didn't really mean much by his taunts but it would seem that Naruto had been affected by it. The blond child's lips started to quiver. It was obvious that Naruto was trying to hold back the tears but was failing miserably. Sasuke saw how the corners of the other's blue eyes had started to gather tears.
"Look, you gotta stop crying so much! You're my bestest best friend, but what if I'm not around to make you stop crying? So you gotta promise me to stop being a cry-baby." Sasuke had a point. He couldn't be around the blond all day, every day.
Sasuke was glad to see that the blond nodded his head in understanding. Naruto wiped the tears from his big blue eyes and puffed his little chest out. Naruto always listened to Sasuke.
"I'll try, Sasuke."
"Good." Sasuke grinned as he wrapped an arm around his best buddy.
"I'm still sad that Ino didn't invite me though." Naruto pouted.
With a small sigh, Sasuke made sure to make the blond feel better. "I'm not going." He said as he threw the letter in the air.
"Huh?" Naruto rapidly blinked his eyes as a show of confusion.
"Yeah. I'm not going. It's a girl's party anyway. Girls are pretty annoying." Sasuke stuck his tongue out to show his disgust. "Girls have cooties too. It's really gross. We can have our own party."
Sasuke turned to face his friend to see whether the other felt any better. To the little Uchiha's surprise, Naruto looked shockingly paler than he had a few minutes ago.
"Hn. Are you okay, Naruto?" Sasuke tilted his head to get a better view of his friend's alarmed face.
"S'N-n-nothing. I'm okay. Hehehe." The laugh was just a little too weird, too funny sounding. Naruto reinforced his voice and added a little more, well, confidence (as Sasuke suggested) to the tone. "Yeah. Who wants to go to an icky girl party anyway! We can have fun all by ourselves, right Sasuke? We'll play with toy cars, swords, and everything!"
Sasuke smiled, glad that Naruto was feeling better now. "Come on. Recess is almost over." The small Uchiha reached for Naruto's small hands and pulled the other back to the classroom. And as the two treaded away hand-in-hand, the purple glittery cootie-ridden envelope lay forgotten on the ground.