AN : It's been a while, I know... I'm so sorry for the late update. I have work and college to do so, yeah... I will never let my stories hanging so please stay tune.
Forgive my grammar for as I am not a native speaker of the language. If you are willing to beta this, please let me know.
BETA-ED BY : AiMila (THANK YOU SO MUCH!)
TITLE : In Denial.
PAIRING : Sasuke X Naruto (SasuNaru)
SUMMARY : Sasuke has been living his life of, what he thinks as, a lie. Sasuke thinks that his brother has been brain-washed by their parents about love. Sasuke thinks that there are two things as Obsession and Obligation, which his brother misinterprets it as love and as for Sasuke, Love is nothing but Taboo.
GENRE : Drama, Romance.
RATED : M.
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Here's chapter 2, happy reading!
"In Denial"
A SasuNaru Story
Chapter 002
Sasuke sighed when he opened his eyes, staring straight at the white ceiling. It was five in the morning and the earphones earlier were not on his ears anymore. The thing had somehow made its way to strangle his neck in an awkward way. His eyes closed again and his eyebrows twitched violently. Was this what Itachi went through? Indeed karma existed. What goes around comes around, just like what he did to Itachi, the screeching sound of his knife against the plate, was now being vengeance by the damn frog. Did Itachi pray for this?
Mentally Sasuke cursed all the frogs to the pits of hell when his alarm clock rang in the air. The damn frog succeeded beating his alarm? He sat upright rather too eager. What a beautiful Sunday morning, that morning that he had to start the day with the sound of a frog. He averted his eyes to the guy who was, really… How could the guy still be sleeping when the frog continued its stupid croaking plus the alarm blasting? His eyebrow twitched from the sight. The guy was wearing green boxers with pink pattern on it, what the hell? First the color of bed cover, second was the fucking frog, and third the ridiculous color of his boxers, what next? Sasuke closed his eyes from the blinding colors and decided to get up.
He moved to his right so his feet could touch the floor and decided to have his morning ritual to the bathroom and maybe eat his breakfast and jog a little and take shower after that. He could talk about the frog to the guy later. By the way, where was his what-to-do-and-what-not-to-do list again?
Sasuke entered the building. He already had his breakfast and the calories needed from the breakfast; he already spent by jogging and now he decided that it was time to take shower. He needed to bathe with water, not sweat. It was already eight in the morning. In the lobby, he spotted the odd guy again. What was his name again, Hagane or?
"Good morning, Hagane-san." Sasuke bowed politely.
"Oh, good morning to you, too… Uchiha-san." The guy bowed back and smiled politely.
"There is something I want to ask you."
"Oh, and what is that?"
"You see… I forgot the list of what-to-do-and-what-not-to-do and I was wondering if the dorm allows its students to have pets."
"Ah, I see… You can bring pets, sure… But you can't bring it inside your room. There is a special place where you can place them. It's on the other building, three buildings behind ours."
Sasuke nodded in understanding. So no pet allowed in the room.
"Why, Uchiha-san? Is there something I can help you with?"
"Ah, no. Thank you. I will be leaving now."
"Okay. Please have a nice day, Uchiha-san."
Sasuke nodded before he left. So pet is not allowed in the dorm. He would talk it out with that blonde guy. If the guy refused, Sasuke smirked. He would see what Sasuke is capable of.
Just when he was about to take the elevator, it was occupied. He looked at his right to see stairs. He shrugged inwardly and chose to take the stairs. It could count as work out, right? He hoped that the blonde guy was still inside the dorm, heck, he probably was still sleeping. He shrugged inwardly and began his steps.
Just when he was on the third floor, his cell phone vibrated. He fished his phone from his sweat pants and scanned the screen before he picked it up.
"Itachi."
"I'm in Tokyo."
"What?"
"Let's have lunch together."
"When and where?"
"I will be in the lobby at twelve sharp."
"Wait… What about Manda?"
"I think she will give birth soon."
"How did you know?"
"Math, Sasuke."
Smartass. "Are you bringing her with you?"
"She is with Kakashi now. Kakashi said that he has a friend who can help the labor."
"But I'm his-"
"Rest assured. She will be fine. Besides, it's not today yet, maybe around these weeks ahead."
"Itachi-"
"Now now little brother… Just go prepare."
Sasuke sighed and continued climbing the stairs again.
By the time he reached his room, he found it empty, again. Sasuke had not had the chance to talk to the idiot about the frog thingy. He scanned the room but the damn box was nowhere near sight. He sighed in relief. Maybe the idiot took it out or something? Sasuke wished that the frog wouldn't come back ever again because really, he couldn't sleep with earphones on each ear forever, right? Well, not forever since it would only be around four years, but still. What if the damn cable of the earphones strangled him to dead someday? There were already bags under his eyes and it was a night only.
He let it slide. He went to the bathroom for his lunch with Itachi. It was still eight thirty so he still had hours to go before Itachi dropped by. He spent his time leisurely until the clock hit eleven fifty, his phone vibrated. He took his phone to find a mail from Itachi.
"I'm at the lobby."
Sasuke put down his phone and headed to the lobby.
When the two met, they just nodded to each other. Itachi stood up from the sofa he was sitting and went out the building as Sasuke followed behind.
"Where do you want to eat?" Itachi asked as he opened his black car. Sasuke went to the passenger and opened the car as well. He sent Itachi a "what the hell?" look before the two entered.
"I believe that you already know that this is the first time for me in Tokyo, Itachi." Sasuke said as he fastened his seatbelt.
Itachi fastened his as well and put the key into the ignition. "Hn." He then started the car and hit the gas pedal. "So, what do you want to eat?"
Sasuke shrugged. "Anything will do."
Itachi raised his eyebrow, smirking. "Oh? So you don't mind we have lunch at dagashi-ya?"
Sasuke smirked back. "Hn. Is this a challenge?"
Itachi made a face closer to a scowl. "Donburi it is then…"
Sasuke burst out laughed.
Itachi's eyebrow twitched. He intended to tease his little brother but he forgot that he also hated sweets.
"So," Itachi paused to wipe his mouth with a napkin. "Tell me about your life so far."
Sasuke rolled his eyes whilst downing his mineral water. He wiped his mouth as well after his drink before he replied. "It's only a day and a half, Itachi."
Itachi shrugged. "I just want to know. Then, what about your roommate?"
Sasuke stared at Itachi before he sighed, massaging his temple. "I don't know if he is foreigner or not." Sasuke shrugged. "He is a blonde idiot who not only have thirteen years old face despite of being a college student, but he also has this childish-like attitude."
"Wow." Itachi was astonished.
"What?"
"I have been your big brother for years but I have never heard you described someone like that."
"What do you mean." Itachi knew clearly that it was not a question.
"Well, you have never ever shown interest in describing someone. Even I have to meet that Kiba kid directly just to see what he looked like." Itachi shrugged.
"This is different."
"Oh. Why is that?"
Sasuke growled. "This blonde idiot is just plain annoying-"
"Kiba is annoying, too."
"-and who the hell use orange as their bed cover?"
"Kiba uses pink as his bed cover."
"-and who the hell wear green boxers with pink patterns on it? Wait. How do you know Kiba uses pink as his bed cover?"
Itachi shrugged. "Oh you know that one time, I was in search for a foolish little brother of mine who went missing." he still remembered that day, Sasuke was sulking about onigiri, when he was fifteen, and ran away to Kiba's house, thanks to Hana, Kiba's brother, he called him and informed that his foolish little brother was at their house. When he arrived, he watched his little brother was sleeping so peacefully, on the pink bed. The owner, Kiba, was taking the couch.
"I still have pictures of you, sleeping so peacefully, on the-"
"Stop it, Itachi."
"Hn. So this guy is different."
"Hell no. He is as annoying as Kiba. I mean, who makes a frog thier pet? The thing almost ripped my eardrums apart."
Itachi smirked even more. "What goes around comes around."
"Are you holding a grudge on me somehow, Itachi?"
Itachi shrugged. "Karma…"
Smartass.
"I'm going." Sasuke announced, he was ready to go, but Itachi held him down.
"Come on, little brother… Don't be so sensitive…"
Sasuke glared but sat back down nonetheless.
Sasuke ended up not only having lunch together with Itachi, but also dinner as well. Even after that, they still spent the time together until it was eleven pm.
"Itachi, I need to be back by now. I have an entrance ceremony to attend tomorrow at nine."
Itachi only nodded and drove his little brother back to the dorm.
"Call me when you have arrived."
Itachi nodded and left.
The time Sasuke arrived at their room where he found his roommate was already asleep. Sasuke sighed. At least the guy was wearing a normal color as his boxers, black. Sasuke went to the bathroom and started to shower before bed. Just after he was inside the bathroom he then realized that he had checked out the guy's boxers.
With a shook of his head, he stepped under the steamed shower.
As usual, he began to dry himself and wear black trunks. All his trunks were either black or dark blue. Satisfied, he climbed to his bed and fell asleep.
The next morning, he found himself waking up, smiling, which of course, inwardly, or was it? Why oh why? The damn frog was nowhere in sight. There was no sound of frog last night. He looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall across the room and it was still six in the morning. He still had hours to go before the entrance ceremony. He still had the time to go eat breakfast and jogging, just to keep him in shape.
He averted his eyes to his right to see bright blue eyes were staring at him. His breathe hitched at the sight.
"Are you a foreigner?" Sasuke couldn't help but asked.
The guy shrugged. "Mix-blood… Has been in Japan for the longest time…"
Wait… "How long have you been up?" did the guy watched him sleep?
The guy shrugged again. "Just woke up at this position… too tired to move just yet."
Oh so the guy just happened to wake up in that position.
"The name is Naruto Uzumaki, by the way… You can call me Naruto, no need to be formal. Yours?"
"…" who the hell named his son after a fish cake?
"Hey, I know what's on your mind right now, you know…"
"Hn, what is it then."
"Probably you were thinking about why my parents named me after a fish cake, right?"
"Hn, usuratonkachi…"
"Hey!" the guy, named Naruto, sat up, pointing his finger at him. "Why are you so rude!?"
"It's Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke smirked and sat up as well. What a morning… "…and you are rude, too…"
Naruto slumped and crossed his arms, pouting. "You started it first, you bastard."
Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "What are you, thirteen?" Who the hell pouts at this age?
"Hey! I'm eighteen! And besides, it's not pouting. It's scowling."
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
Naruto's pout fell from his face and changed into a grin. "Hey, Sasuke. Nice to meet you."
Sasuke was taken aback by that. What the hell is with this guy's mood swings?
"Hn, Usuratonkachi." Sasuke murmured and stood up, heading to the bathroom. He smiled when he heard the guy yelled a "Hey!" before he closed the door.
"Uzumaki Naruto, eh?"
And those blue eyes...
Sasuke's eye twitched violently at his surroundings. The freshmen, including himself, were at the auditorium, and SOMEONE, the owner of the oh-not-so-familiar voice, yelled under a whisper, his fucking name.
"Sasuke!"
He didn't bother to look behind him as he already knew who was calling him. Just what the hell was that guy doing in here? Was he applying the same university, or precisely, was he applying as the same major as him? Sasuke was sure that the voice was coming from behind him, which meant that the guy was on their ranks.
The yell died. Sasuke stared at the podium, where Tsunade was giving her speech. He was relieved that the guy had stopped calling him but then he was curious why was the guy here? Just then his cell phone vibrated.
"Yo, Sasuke! Look at me!" was the mail.
Sasuke's nerves on his temple popped up but he chose to ignore the guy.
Then his cell phone vibrated again.
"Sasuke! Three rows behind your back!"
Sasuke couldn't take it anymore so he gave up, averting his eyes to his back just to see a familiar face. There were girls behind him who gasped but he paid no attention as his glare was only focused on the annoying person he unfortunately spent his childhood with, Inuzuka Kiba.
The said Kiba was grinning from ear to ear, and the guy… He had the nerve to wave at him enthusiastically. Sasuke looked back to where Tsunade was. When he saw her still talking to the freshmen, he bowed his head and started typing.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"College, of course!" was the reply.
Sasuke closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. He put his cell phone down his pocket and decided to continue paying attention to Tsunade's speech.
Kiba was here, great.
AN : Okay, great, bye.