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It's Love

Chapter Seven

Sasuke looked at Naruto with as much surprise as he would allow to show on his face, which, honestly, was not much. "Naruto."

Naruto looked at Neji, who simply shrugged. Neji said, "I don't know."

"What're you doing here?" Naruto asked, turning back to the raven.

"I live here. What are you doing here?" responded Sasuke.

"Doesn't that sound familiar," Naruto mumbled, turning to look at Neji, who ignored the comment. After a few seconds, Naruto registered what Sasuke had said. "You live here?" he asked, eyebrows raised in surprise.

"Yes," Sasuke bluntly replied.

Neji shrugged as Naruto looked at him. "I didn't know he lived here," he said.

"I live right next door..." Sasuke mumbled, walking right past the two, toward his house.

Naruto turned and watched the boy, a small smirk forming on his face. "Y'know what, Neji, I think I'll be fine. You don't have to walk me home. I can figure it out," he told the boy, jogging off in the same direction as the raven.

Neji tried to stop him, "Your house isn't even that wa-"

"I'll be fine!"

Naruto caught up to Sasuke within seconds, slinging an arm over the boy's shoulder. "Why, hello there," he grinned.

Sasuke almost immediately shrugged Naruto's arm away, taking a quick step away and turning his head slightly in the other direction, his hair falling and blocking his face.

Naruto's grin faded to a small smile. "I didn't know you were freaking rich like Neji..."

Sasuke seemed to tense slightly at this, turning to look at the blonde beside him. "Why does it matter how much money my family has?" He glared slightly.

Naruto's eyes widened a bit, and he quickly responded, "No, no, no-that's not what I meant! I'm just kind of surprised..."

"Whatever," the raven sighed, "what do you want?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you sort of followed me to my house," Sasuke informed the boy, gesturing to the large home, and the yard which they were already in.

"Ah..." Naruto glanced back at the gate a few feet away.

"You should go-" Sasuke began, before being interrupted.

"Ah, you're that boy... so you two are friends?" Itachi asked, smiling.

Sasuke glared at his brother, but Naruto responded before he could. "Yep! We go to school together. We sit next to each other in class."

"I see... Would you like to come in?" he offered, holding back the front door.

"Sure!" Naruto exclaimed, grinning and running up to the house, soon followed by a highly annoyed Sasuke and an amused Itachi.

Naruto glanced around. It wasn't much compared to Neji's place, but it was still pretty amazing. It was a pretty dark house. The walls were painted brown, the floor was all dark gray tile, and the furniture was brown and gray.

"Nice place," Naruto complimented, looking at the brothers.

"Thank you," Itachi smiled, "Would you like anything to drink?"

"I'm good, thanks," Naruto declined. Sasuke, without saying a word, turned away and headed up the stairs. Naruto followed him.

"Why are you still here?" Sasuke mumbled, stopping at a door.

"I was invited in, so why not?"

"You have no reason to be here."

"Maybe I do..."

"Then what is it?"

Naruto looked away awkwardly, not sure what to say. "What if I just want to be here?" he asked, looking back at Sasuke. "I was invited in, so I'm allowed to be here. Why should I leave?"

Sasuke mumbled to himself, "Maybe because I don't want you here," as he turned the knob of the door and walked in. Naruto frowned slightly, then pretended he didn't hear it. He followed the other boy into the room.

"Is this your room?" the blonde asked, observing his surroundings. The room was fairly empty and dark. There was a bed with dark blue covers, a brown dresser, and a few papers messily stacked on a small nightstand. Naruto walked over and picked up one of the pages, his eyes widening. "Holy crap," he breathed. It was an old test from the year before. He'd remembered taking the same one. He'd completely failed it, and barely got a C on the retake. The highest grade in his class was Shikamaru's, who got a B+. Naruto stared at the A+ mark at the top of the page in amazement; this kid was a genius!

Suddenly, the page was snatched out of his hands, and he turned his head toward Sasuke. "Don't touch my stuff," he commanded, placing the paper back into the pile, quickly sorting it.

"Are you, like, a genius or something?" Naruto asked, staring seriously at the boy.

Sasuke looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "Huh?"

"How did you pass that test? Nearly my whole class failed it..."

"It was easy," he shrugged, plopping down onto his bed.

Naruto shook his head in disbelief. "You're gonna have to tutor me, man. I totally bombed that test."

Sasuke ignored the boy and sat quietly on his bed, Naruto standing a few feet ahead, swinging his arms around awkwardly. "Sooo," Naruto shouted as he spun around, stepping toward the dresser, "what kind of stuff do you have here?" There were a few photographs in picture frames on the dresser. One of them were of two adults, one man and one woman, standing beside each other. Naruto reached for the frame.

Sasuke immediately stood up and stepped toward the blonde boy. "Don't touch tha-" he began, when Naruto turned.

"Hey, who are these pe-" he started, as he and Sasuke collided in an... Interesting way. After a few moments, both of their eyes widened as they realized how close they were standing: mouth to mouth. Immediately, Sasuke pulled away and turned his head, hiding his face behind his hair. Naruto didn't say a word, just stared wide-eyed at the raven in front of him.

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6-20-15