So sorry for this late update! It was supposed to be uploaded last week but the internet wasn't working -_- Kinda short but hopefully I'll be able to continue. As always, thanks for reading and for your comments!


I awoke to a warm arm around me, and for a second I wondered why Naruto was doing such a thing when I remembered, and my cheeks grew warm. I wriggled, but his arm only held on tighter.

"Sasuke," he mumbled sleepily behind me. "Let's skip school today."

"What? Why?" I asked with a yawn.

"Because," an arm snaked its way up my shirt, "I was thinking of doing stuff to you today."

Fully awake, I scrambled away from his grasp and with my back against the wall, I kicked him off my bed. He fell with a thump, taking the covers with him.

"Ow!" He rubbed his head. "What the hell?"

I think I just kind of panicked. I was barely awake and I've always thought of him as my closest friend. It was a lot to take in within only a few minutes of last night and this morning.

"You can't just do that!"

He cocked his head. "What? Sasuke, I've been touching you, staring at you for forever. There's no part of you I don't know."

"I never realized how much of a pervert you are," I muttered.

He stood up, revealing himself to be wearing no shirt and only a pair of orange shorts. He crawled back onto my bed, and I just sat there as he came closer, my heart beating faster every millisecond, until both his arms trapped me against the wall.

"Only with you. Do you truly not know me, when we've been together since practically birth?"

I did know him. I knew him better than anyone, and what he wanted right now was something I couldn't give.

"Ugh!" He exclaimed frustrated. Then he bent down and bit into my neck. My arms came up and held on to his hair as the initial pain slowly resided as he drank. When he finished he pressed his neck up to my mouth. I obediently bit in, delicious blood rushing into mouth; gulping greedily. When I was done, I backed off and slumped against the wall.

"C'mon, move. We're going to be late for school."

He hung his head against my shoulder and sighed. "I suppose you're right."


At school the first few periods were boring; at least, until I got to Chemistry. I wanted to get there early to make sure to apologize to Sakura for leaving her so suddenly.

I scooted into my seat next to her, she smiled, but she was obviously waiting for and explanation.

"I'm so sorry for yesterday, Sakura, but I have something to tell you."

She held up her hand.

"Don't. I think I know what's going on here."

"You do?" I asked surprised. Did she know about us being Bloodsuckers?

"You and Naruto," she looked away disappointed, as if knowing the response before finishing the statement, "are together."

So she knew. Good, I don't have to explain it to her now. I wonder how she found out though, and I wonder if Neji and Lee might have had something to do with it as they might've seen us at a Bloodsucker gathering once. "Then you know, don't you?" I asked to make certain she knew. "We can't live without each other. We need each other."

She gave a half smile. "Yeah," she looked ahead as the teacher entered the classroom. "But I still expect that date," she continued, speaking to me sideways, "though on different terms now," and with a brief fox-grin, we spoke no more as the teacher begun right away on today's lesson – the careful mixture of chemicals.


What did she mean by "on different terms"? Did she mean as friends? Was me being a Bloodsucker automatically mean we couldn't be closer than friends? Did that even bother me now that Naruto had confessed his feelings? I clutched my head, dizzy with these questions. I had feelings for the both of them, that was certain. Naruto is my Partner yet I also feel a connection of a different kind with Sakura. A softer, underlying emotion of something I can't quite put into words or a specific feeling. It wasn't love. I don't think I love either of them, but maybe a less potent and mutated form of adoration.

Sakura seemed to have noticed my wordless distress. She laid a hand on my shoulder in comfort, oblivious to what the source of this distress was, and that it included her.

Right then the bell rang. The sound of scuffling chairs, chatter, and packing bags filled the room.

"Tough lesson today?" she asked lightly.

I gave a small smile before answering.

"Yes" I lied.

She believed it. "Pick me up around 6pm tomorrow. I know exactly what we can do for some fun." She stood up and slung her backpack on. "Naruto's invited to come along also if he'd like. After all, we'll just be a group of friends hanging out." Then she gave that sweet smile of hers and hurried off to her next class. I left as well, leaving in the opposite direction.

It really didn't bother her to be friends with Bloodsuckers?


Naruto was waiting in the hall as he did everyday after finishing my class.

"Why do I always find you so pale after chemistry?" he asked the moment he saw me. I instantly thought of Sakura, but refrained from mentioning her. He laid a hand on my cheek and looked affectionately down at me. His hand wasn't close to Sakura's warmth, but it was just as comforting.

"What do you think you're doing, dope?" I asked, half jokingly, half serious. I shrugged out of his grasp. The hallways were thinning, and the students left were busy with their tasks of finishing conversations and rushing to class, yet I felt as if all eyes were on us.

"Claiming what's mine," he answered before attempting to capture my lips.

I steeped aside quickly enough though, and took hold of his wrist.

"Idiot," I said angrily. "You always make me late for class."

He stayed silent as I dragged him along, which was unnerving for someone who's usually so loud, yet I couldn't bring myself to turn around and look into those brilliant blue orbs. I would feel as if they were scanning my soul- and I knew what they'd find.