They did just that and entered the cafeteria, as soon as they did they knew who was in here...the atmosphere dropped a few degrees.
''Don't look now but the grudge is in here... It's a miracle he eats, I can't imagine him eating a sandwich or a cake, you know what I mean?'' Kiba sneered as they qued up in the line.
There was thirteen tables in the cafeteria, some were outside under a shelter and some were inside, Sasuke was inside but the students around him seemed to have made something of a circle around him of space... There was Sasuke, empty table, students around a table.. in all directions and he was just sat there..
Sasuke was glad everyone was keeping their distance, it was like watching a nature documentary to him, the way people treated you depending on certain aspects. The way that everyone seemed captivated, yet repelled by Sasuke's presence like he was something beautiful, yet dangerous... like fire, yes that's how Sasuke saw himself right now... like an enchanting fire and around him were monkeys, or primitive cave men, enchanted by the glow yet... too afraid to get too close. Only a select, brave few would dare and play with the fire, experiment and try and build a relationship with it, use it to their advantage... oh the amusement Sasuke was having right now... that was until his stomach rumbled reminding him that he was just as human as the rest of them.
'How could I be stupid enough to forget my wallet' he thought, but Sasuke forgot about reality, he'd spent so long in that apartment, barely ever leaving, having food all his food ordered and delivered he forgot that sometimes you needed to take money out to buy it...
He found himself staring at the canteen and all the sandwiches, wondering how hard it'd be to swipe one...
He decided against it, he'd already caused enough pandemonium on his first day so he settled for drawing to take his mind off of it.
He drew a very realistic and detailed bento box with a black ink pen, filling in certain foods that he drew with colored inks...
He noticed the radioactive blonde hair somewhere in the corner of his eye and looked up, his eyes narrowing.
'What are you going to do Naruto Uzumaki? Be brave... or run away like the rest of the sheep?' He pondered.
When Naruto selected his lunch which consisted of a cheeseburger, box of chips, can of orange-aide soda and a chocolate muffin, his usual lunch. He, Kiba and the boys went to sit down at a table inside, a good distance away from Sasuke. For a while they chatted about Sasuke, well Kiba did.. still seething with irritation from earlier, still plotting but after a while they got bored of that topic, he got out his latest Nuts magazine that his 'older friends' had got for him and started showing it to Shikamaru who paid mild interest as he drank his drink...
Naruto on the other hand idly slurped his own drink, a bright orange straw in his hand of soda. He kept his chin in the palm of his head, his elbow on the desk and stared across the room at Sasuke's face...
Sasuke shook his head to himself... he knew it, he knew Naruto was just like the rest, following around in his little group, he might as well have been bleating like a lamb... pitiful.
Sasuke felt a number of eyes on him though he only paid attention to the particular pair of blues belonging to Naruto, they were hard to ignore which irritated him too. There was a lot about Naruto that irritated the raven haired male already...
He only broke his gaze away when he felt another rumble in his gut... 'sin... I have to sin'
He'd had enough... Sasuke casually got to his feet and walked past the lunch que, quickly scanning it over as he pretended to walk up to look at the selection of sandwiches and pasta etc, the healthier option... as he did, he casually reached into the open hoodie pocket of a year eleven boy in the queue, pulled out a fat leather wallet and slipped it discreetly into his own pocket before joining the end of it and examining the contents of the wallet, seeing a green twenty dollar bill inside and smirking a little... it was too easy.
Sasuke had not 'sinned' for a long time... but it felt good, a release, doing something 'bad' and 'wrong' brought an unimaginable amount of pleasure to him.
Only one person had seen it all and of course it would be Naruto Uzumaki, his lips parted he was about to inform the boy's on the table, ask them if they'd seen that but it was obvious they hadn't they were still rambling on about something they'd watched on TV last night.
Naruto didn't want to do anything, he wanted to look away, people stole sometimes it was normal especially from teenagers but he felt inclined to do something... he was on the school council and had been since year seven... A first year had just been robbed of his dinner money... It was very cliche but the thought was enough to make Naruto stand up straight from his table and take a deep breath. ''Just getting something else, I'm really hungry today'' He explained to the others who laughed. ''You'll get fat Naruto!'' Kiba warned then carried on chatting.
Naruto strolled right over to Sasuke and as he got closer and closer to him...he regretted this choice, he didn't want to approach him, speak to him, look at those eyes and see how empty and unnatural they were... But he was acting on instinct here, being an honorary school council member, he had to do this... HAD to. As he got closer and closer to Sasuke, his breath held in his throat... He reached forward, further and further... until he grabbed Sasuke from behind, his hand taking hold of his arm, stopping Sasuke from moving anywhere.
Sasuke had been about to step forward in the queue with his stolen loot when his eyes widened and he felt a hand on his and his eyes widened a little, head snapping around to stare at the tan skin in contrast to his own... Naruto Uzumaki's skin, it wasn't hard to miss, skin the emitted a hue of gold... as his eyes rose up to meet Naruto's the hairs on the back of his neck bristled a little...he saw the look on Naruto's face and immediately he knew that he'd been seen... how could he not have seen with Naruto staring at him like that all the time like a stalker...
"Can I help you?" He asked frostily, one ebony eyebrow raising and disappearing into the dark bangs of his shiny hair.
Well done Naruto, he'd gone and done it now...Why couldn't he have just looked passed it? It wouldn't do any real damage to anyone would it? Even if it WAS wrong, it wouldn't have hurt the first year physically. Why couldn't he have just controlled himself and had a bit of self-control for once? Now he'd gotten himself into an awkward situation where he had to speak to Sasuke Uchiha, something he didn't want to do right now especially after the Art Class incident.
Still, the blonde took a deep breath in through his nose and looked into Sasuke's face hesitantly, he didn't want to after all. ''Give it back to him... Or I'll report you, if you're hungry you should use your own money to buy food, if not I can always buy you something'' He told him strongly, standing his groud.
The eyebrow remained quirked and was accompanied by the same amused smirk... 'Playing the hero?' he thought... this was a new one, maybe Naruto Uzumaki didn't follow the crowd all that much.
Sasuke was pretty quick though, he swiped the twenty dollar bill out of the wallet and kept it in his pocket, taking the empty wallet out and extending it idly to Naruto, the smirk still present on his face although he was secretly praying he'd take the bait, he looked dumb after all.
"Here... take it." He said idly, looking away. "I just liked the wallet that's all'' he shrugged, his hand curling into a fist in the pocket of his blazer around the twenty, hoping Naruto gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn't check it.
Though on second thoughts, what did Sasuke care if he told on him? He'd get a stern talking too from the principle... maybe they'd call Kakashi, but Kakashi didn't care.
Sasuke gave Naruto a rude look that said 'run along' and turned his back on him once again.
Naruto wasn't convinced by Sasuke's actions, he could be a bit of a douche bag sometimes, a lot of the time, he was an idiot and he wasn't going to deny that at all but the wallet was blue with a anime-styled cat on it for a start pulling an expression with a speech bubble saying 'I love money' or something random like that...
Just at that time the first year turned around and his small eyes widened in panic at the sight of Sasuke holding his wallet out. ''W-what are you doing? T-that's mine...'' the small red haired boy squeaked.
Naruto smiled at the boy reassuringly ''it's not what it looks like, you dropped it behind you'' He explained to him, looking at Sasuke with a look of expectancy.
The first year looked relieved, believing in someone like Naruto and even though Sasuke looked particularly scary to him he nodded a little and took his wallet back from him, turning to pay for a cake he'd selected for lunch... then paused. ''T-there was... -I had money, in here..'' he mumbled to himself in confusion.
Naruto's eyes were on Sasuke's then, the first year genuinely believed he'd dropped it somewhere, he wasn't throwing accusations around still too young to see the worst in people... The look in Naruto's eyes was different, as if he was thinking differently of Sasuke...as if he hadn't seen him the exact same as everyone else as soon as they laid eyes on him... Sasuke set him on edge, he was very different, very strange.. But Naruto hadn't made a choice yet, he hadn't made an opinion on him, in fact the blonde had been giving him a chance. That chance was gone.
Naruto turned away from him and wouldn't look at him a second time, he went back across the cafeteria to his friends, not paying attention to Sasuke anymore and he decided he wouldn't look at him again for the rest of the day, week if he could...
Sasuke wasn't looking at Naruto, only at the kid stood confused at the desk of the cafeteria, waiting to buy his cake with his now empty wallet...
Sasuke didn't think he had a conscience, or at least... he hadn't had one for a long time... but looking down at the boy who was so much smaller than him with a young voice and innocence in his eyes... his non-existent conscience got the better of him. This kid didn't deserve to be robbed, especially since Sasuke didn't need the money. He pulled out the twenty from his pocket and held it out to him. "Here... take this." He said simply without looking directly at the kid. He didn't tell him he'd stolen it, or even claim it was his own money, simply waited for the boy to take the twenty so he could get out of here... school wasn't as 'fun' as he thought it'd be...
The first year looked at the money in confusion then up at Sasuke's face, flinching at his expression slightly before his eyes lowered back down to the money. ''B-but isn't that yours Mister?'' He asked quietly, nervously. The red head smiled appreciatively at him. ''That's awful nice of you though!'' The first year called Jay was having trouble on his first day too, he realized he had no money and if he didn't eat all day when he got home his Mum would be able to tell, she was protective and she'd pick up on it instantly like some kind of radar. Jay chewwed his lip at the thought and eventually gave up, taking the money. ''What do you want? I can hear your tummy rumbling from here, food doesn't cost that much here so you can pick something too'' He told him.
Sasuke felt his hungry stomach knot in something that was probably guilt... this was a new one, stealing someone's money and pretending to give them some of your own and getting a free meal.
But Sasuke was really regretting not having breakfast, three and a half weeks without sleep took its toll on a person enough as it is... Sasuke felt like he was going to pass out if he didn't eat something too, his body running on empty.
"Uh... sure, I'll take a chicken baguette." He said quickly. "And a coke." He added, nodding at the stack of cans at one end... he did feel bad, in a way... but this was just a kid, he didn't know him and chances are he'd never see him again, he didn't know if he'd even bother coming back to this school again after today.
Jay nodded once at him with a smile, accepting him straight away despite his 'scary' appearance that was the gift of first years you see, they're still children from their primary school years and hadn't found themselves yet, i.e got caught up in the 'clicks' or titles the world of teenagers put upon themselves. Jay selected the baguette Sasuke wanted and the coke then paid for everything at the end, the 'pudgy' dinner lady smiled at him in her netting hat atop her greasy curly head and told him to have a nice day ''Thank you!'' Jay chimed and walked away from the food section in the cafeteria with Sasuke turning to hold the Coke and Baguette out to him ''so..you're the one who everyone is calling the Grudge from that horror movie? You're not as scary as I thought! you just have weird eyes, you look like you're wearing make-up, is that eyeliner?'' The innocent boy asked as he un-wrapped his cupcake.
Sasuke gave a sigh as he walked along side the eleven year old... so much for hating people and trying to avoid them on his first day, he'd ended up having lunch bought for him by a kid. He glanced down at the eyeliner comment and a weak smirk crossed his lips. He gave his head a small shake as he cracked open his can and downed a load, feeling the caffeine and sugar hit the back of his skull like a pulse, a buzz, Sasuke hated sugary things but it was the only thing that stopped him from passing out from exhaustion during the day.
"No... no its not makeup, its just what happens to people when they don't sleep well." He informed him and paused by a table, looking around. "Don't you have... friends to sit with?" He asked idly as he looked around as if looking for a group of other first years he could dump the red head off with, he didn't feel like baby sitting.
Jay was smart for his age he picked up on the 'thanks and everything but I want to be left alone' vibes flowing out of Sasuke and smiled sheepishly as he bit into his cake. ''Oh! well that makes you less scarier,maybe if you told your classmates that and didn't draw willies in Art people might like you more! but people in this school are pretty mean whether you're nice to them or not I don't like them either!'' He sweat dropped swallowing the sugary chewwed up cake in his mouth. ''But that blonde boy, he's called Naruto if you didn't know he's on the student council and we all had to come in over the summer holidays for one day to be shown around the school, he was really nice! and he keeps looking at you, maybe he wants to make friends!'' Jay noticed everything, he was going to be a smart one in this school especially with people but with that, he backed away from Sasuke and grinned, leaving him alone and tottering out of the canteen.
Sasuke followed the red head's gaze before he ran off and sure enough his eyes fell once again on the blonde... Naruto Uzumaki. It wasn't to his surprise that those blue eyes were still on him, all's he did was stare and it was starting to grind away at Sasuke, especially as he always pretended he wasn't looking every time he got caught.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and unwrapped his baguette, sitting down at the table he was at before which soon cleared of the few people that had sat there since his departure. He narrowed his eyes across the hall at Naruto as he chewed and swallowed slowly, trying to burn holes in Naruto's skull once again.
'What's with you? Stop staring...' He thought irritably as he took out his sketch book and idly began to draw the little red haired boy, merely out of interest... he tried to capture in innocence in his eyes the way he held his little cake.
One of the boys who was sat with Kiba and Naruto's 'gang' looked over as he noticed Naruto staring. "Yo, Naruto!" Said the boy called Connor. "I dare you to swipe the grudge's sketch book! See if he has any more pictures of cocks in there! He might even have some pictures of tits! Or fannies!" He said eagerly, giving Naruto a shove across the table and other boys began to catch on and encourage Naruto.
"Yeah go on dude! Do it!" One yelled with a typical boyish grin.
Naruto gave them a flustered, exasperated look back a bead of sweat forming on his forehead. ''L-look, guys.. I don't think that's cool, that's invading someones personal space, I don't want to know what's in there.. especially after his painting and how he's been talking. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy that has any hobbies or finds anything fun so the fact that he likes drawing is obviously private'' he refused in complaint, waving his hands about in front of him defensively and shaking his head. ''I can't do that, no can-do.''
"Pfft!" Connor snorted, giving Naruto a nasty kick under the table. "You fuckin' pussy! Look man- the guys a freak, Kiba wants dirt on him, I'll bet its all there in that book." Connor said with a nod, eying Sasuke across the room.
"I'll get it... I'll bet he's drawing some fucked up shit right now." He declared with a cruel sneer in his voice, getting up from the table before Naruto could stop him he casually walked over and lunged himself right across the table Sasuke was sat at and grabbed the sketch book off of him, holding it up and pulling a face at the picture Sasuke was drawing of Jay.
Sasuke's eyes snapped up... they were dangerous... very dangerous, no body touched his sketch book... no one.
Before he could get up however, Connor was already flicking through it, his eyes widening at some of the disturbing images there, mutilated bodies, lots of blood and pictures of eyes... loads of them, red eyes, black eyes, asian eyes...there were some normal picture, one of a masked guy reading a book, one of a cat sat on a window sill licking its paw... then Connor opened it on the drawing of Naruto and his eyes lit up as if finding something to gossip about, something to laugh at him for, it was an achievement to someone like Connor.
"THE FUCKING FAGGOT DREW YO-" He yelled out, just as he was tearing the picture out of the book, he was thrown to the ground by a blow to the side of the head... Sasuke had slammed his fist right into Connor's face, sending him flying backwards and causing his sketch book to fall out of his grip in dissonant and go whizzing across the canteen floor until Sasuke stopped it with his foot, picking it up and seething with visible rage as he clutched it to his chest like a security blanket, the canteen was deadly silent other than the sound of heavy thudding footsteps as Sasuke stormed out...
The picture Connor had torn from the book had been thrown into the air when he fell and it slowly drifted down like a feather, landing at Naruto's feet with a soft thud, as if it was trying to tell him something even though of course that was absurd.
Sasuke had colored it since... well, shaded in black and white, focusing on the beams of light on Naruto's hair and shaded in his dark skin... the only part that was in color were Naruto's eyes, shaded in so many tones of blue like Sasuke had really studied them through out the day and added to his picture...
As silent as the rest of the dinner hall, his mouth hung open.. Naruto was staring at Connor on the floor and where Sasuke had been before marching out, he'd known doing that was a bad idea and he was right, he knew that book was precious to Sasuke, it was obvious...to anyone with a brain.
Whilst Kiba jogged over to Connor to help him to his feet asking if he was alright, Naruto looked down at the image and his lips parted 'that's me...' He thought and reached down to scoop it up holding the very beautifully drawn picture of himself up close to his face, he looked about it, studying it before his eyes rested on the clone of his eyes on the paper, it looked more like a photo, they looked so real, Naruto had about five different shades of blue to his iris' and Sasuke had captured that perfectly.
Naruto looked up as he heard Kiba ask what he had there, what was it. As Kiba approached him Naruto took a step back and folded the photo, holding it away from Kiba he didn't want him to see it, he wasn't quite sure why but he knew Kiba would react the same way Connor had.
Instead, Naruto turned and jogged out of the hall with Kiba yelling after him in confusion, the doors slammed shut behind him and he started his mission to find Sasuke...
So that's the end of Chapter 3, I'm going to leave it here for a while and depending on the responses I recieve I'll add another chapter. I'm not going to bore you if this isn't what people want to read.
I look forward to hopefully posting Chapter 4 'Broken glass'.
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