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In the Closet

"So Sasuke why didn't you answer your phone last night?" Naruto asked curiously, although it was clear that he already knew the answer.

Inside of the office the parents, minus Minato and Kushina, cringed at how loud he was so early in the morning. Frantically Shizune turned down to volume to save all of their eardrums. On-screen Sasuke's eyes narrowed at his friend as he pulled his red uniform tie out of his pocket. Carelessly he tied the garment around his neck but it still hung loosely.

"Hn. I was busy." The Uchiha mumbled, barely audible to the people in the office who were watching but Naruto heard it loud and clear. Shizune did her best to turn up the volume so that they could hear his response better but she wasn't fast enough.

"Busy doing what? Having phone sex! That's not called being busy." Naruto yelled to the misery of those watching over him. Finally giving up on the volume, Shizune hung her head in shame. Meanwhile, Sasuke slapped Naruto in the back of his head.

"Shut it." the Uchiha hissed, clearly embarrassed.

"You guys should just come out of that closet already. Everyone at school knows you like each other." Naruto pouted.

"Fuck you dobe." Sasuke growled and Naruto laughed, he loved provoking the raven.

"Sorry I don't swing that way!" Naruto giggled and then ran off with Sasuke close on his tail.

"We should really work on his language." Mikoto mused as she watched her son run after his energetic friend.

Fugaku, on the other hand, couldn't care less about what Sasuke said. He was more focused on what he did. Specifically the revelation that his youngest son was gay. That little fact had been enough to pull him off of his email and watch in horror as his son actually blushed from the blonde's insinuation. Outwardly he looked calm but on the inside, he was freaking out. When Itachi had come out to the family they'd all taken it in stride. They still had Sasuke to carry on the family name after all. He could reasonably take one son being gay but both of them? How was the family name to be passed on? Who was going to inherit the business now?

As Fugaku contemplated on how to spread his loins this late in life, Hiashi smugly looked on at the camera as it followed his daughter into her classroom. His sweet, innocent Hinata would never be caught up in debaucherous behavior like the Uchiha boy. She was studious and well-behaved as was expected of a Hyuuga so he had no idea why she was roped into this 'punishment' meeting. Neji was also at the top of his class when he was attending this school and he'd never had an ounce of trouble out of his nephew. Quite frankly it was a waste of his precious time to be gathered around such common people but at least he was getting a kick out of the Uchiha's dilemma. Maybe he could use this to one-up the proud Fugaku and finally knock him off that pedestal he's so fond of. With a self-satisfied smirk, he turned his attention back to the screen.

Screams were heard as Naruto was rambunctiously running through the halls to avoid what he thought was an angry Uchiha hot on his trail. In reality, Sasuke had given up chasing him long ago and now the blonde was running from a ghost. In the process of him causing chaos among the bustling masses of students navigating the halls, he bumped into Sakura Haruno who was wearing her dark blue school uniform skirt woefully out of dress code and carrying an armload of books.

"NARUTO!" the pink haired girl screamed as all of her books clattered noisily to the floor.

"Sa-Sakura." Naruto smiled nervously as he scratched the back of his head. A light blush rose to the boy's cheeks as his eyes unabashedly checked out Sakura's full display of her legs. "Hey you look nice today... you wanna go out after school?"

"No, you jerk!" Sakura growled. "Pick up my books now! How is Sasuke supposed to think I'm smart with all my books on the ground?"

"Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke." Naruto grumbled as he picked up the books from the floor. "I think you're smart even if your books are on the ground. Whats so special about that stick in the mud anyway?"

Sakura took her books back from Naruto and clutched them close to her chest as she wistfully listed off all of what she perceived to be the Uchiha's best qualities.

"He's smart and athletic and handsome-"

"I'm all those things too ya know." Naruto protested as he followed the girl down the hall.

"You're failing chemistry and trig." She replied but the blonde was unfazed.

"I've got a C in history!"

Back inside of the office Kushina was being held back by her husband as she furiously tried to wrench open the office door. The Uzumaki woman was outraged at how poor her son's grades were. Sure she'd failed nearly every subject except for gym but Naruto was supposed to be better than that. Half of his genes were from Minato and the man was a near genius. No. Naruto was slacking off and she knew the perfect way to deal with lazy bums.

"C'mon Kushina!" Minato pleaded. "I'm sure they're just joking.

"Jokes my ass!" She hissed back. "I'm going to beat his scrawny ass for every class he's failing."

"Actually." Tsunade interrupted as she slid a record of Naruto's grades over to his irate mother. "His grades are subpar in everything except gym."

Kushina went pale as she looked at the paper on the table in front of her. This was all her fault. Naruto had inherited her misfortune when it came to school. Slowly she lowered herself back into her chair and laid her head on the table, her long red hair covering her face in shame. Minato patted her on the back comfortingly. Grades weren't everything. His son was smart in...other ways.

The main screen in the office changed from the hallway to the classroom where all of their children were gathered for their literature class. Naruto tried to take a seat next to Sakura but Ino swiftly laid claim to it. Instead, the blonde found himself taking the seat beside Shikamaru who as sitting in the back with his head on his desk while Sasuke and Kiba were just coming through the door by the skin of their teeth when the bell rang. Hinata was pouring over a book as Rock Lee and Sai conversed beside her. Their English teacher Jiraiya entered the classroom as the last tones of the bell rang. Automatically, all of the students stood at attention except for Hinata who was too into her book to pay attention to anything.

"Miss Hyuuga." Jiraiya said and the girl in question squeaked and leapt out of her seat to stand like her classmates, her face a brilliant shade of red. "Since you see you were the only one not to stand with the rest of the class, you will open our debate today. If you speak as well as you write I'm sure you'll give us a good show!"

Hinata nodded her head solemnly and closed the book that had previously engrossed her attention. As she walked on shaky legs up to the front of the classroom, Sasuke reached across the aisle and snatched her book off of her desk.

"And since Mr. Uchiha thinks it's okay to steal the property of others, he will be your opponent." Jiraiya announced, unfazed by the boy's death glare.

Reluctantly Sasuke made his way up to the front of the classroom with his hands shoved into his pockets. There was at least a meter of space between the two contestants which only further amplified the differences between them. Whereas Hinata was fidgeting with her fingers, Sasuke appeared bored out of his mind. While Sasuke's dark eyes drilled holes into the side of his partner's skull, she looked everywhere but at him.

"Your topic is Romeo and Juliet. Go." Jiraiya directed.

Inside of the office, Fugaku looked like a cat who'd swallowed a canary. Even though his son could possibly be gay he knew that he would chew the Hyuuga heiress up and spit her out. The girl was too meek for her own good. At all of the functions he'd seen her at, Hinata Hyuuga preferred making herself as unnoticeable as possible. She was an easy opponent for Sasuke to go up against. The Uchiha head glanced over at Hisashi and smirked, he was now going to see his weak daughter in action. Leaning back in his chair, Fugaku now watched the scene in the classroom with renewed vigor.

The two awkward teens stood there in silence for what felt like forever. A visible blush was creeping up Hinata's cheeks and there were a few 'get-on-with-it' coughs from the others in the class. It was quickly becoming obvious that Sasuke wasn't going to say anything first so Hinata nervously pushed a lock of hair behind her ear and began.

"Um...I, I b-Believe that th-th-the story is not of lovers but of a...a infatuation. Juliet is o-only thirteen and no th-thirteen year old could possibly find love or...or anything similar at such a y-young age. Ro-Romeo on the other h-hand is a fickle man who has no clue what he, he, he wants. He only j-just met Juliet once and all of a sudden falls in love with her." Hinata stammered and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

"Is that your opening argument?" Sasuke questioned condescendingly. "Very well then. Do you not believe in love at first sight? I mean with all the books you read don't you believe in such a 'passionate' love?"

"No I don't, love takes work. It doesn't happen overnight and it isn't easy. Plus it wasn't his heart Romeo was following but another organ that all men follow." Hinata snipped, losing her stutter as well and the class collectively groaned.

Naruto was now building a fort with his textbooks to hide behind while Sakura looked like she was on the verge of tears. Chouji was too busy chopping on illegal paraphernalia in his bag to start hiding underneath his desk the way some of his fellow classmates were.

The parents in the office all had confused looks on their faces as they watched the trepidatious reaction of the students to the debate. Why would they groan when the debate was just getting good? Why would they start hiding behind things when they should be paying close attention? While the other parents were pondering these reactions, Hiashi was sitting up a little straighter in his chair. This was the first time he'd heard his daughter string more than two words together without stuttering. Needless to say, he was shocked. Proud but still shocked.

"What about Juliette? Running after Romeo to get married like a conniving harpy. She only wanted to marry Romeo to get out of her engagement to Paris. She didn't love him, instead, she was taking advantage of him." Sasuke countered. "She was unwilling to follow her parents' wishes and was already looking for a reason to defy them. Romeo was a mere accessory."

"Taking advantage of him?" Hinata questioned. "Juliette is thirteen and he's seventeen, who do you think is taking more? Romeo is just a pompous prick looking for the rebound after he got rejected from Rosaline."

"Here we go again." Naruto groaned, sinking further into his chair. Kiba who nodded his shaggy head in agreement to the blonde's statement as he held his suspiciously moving bookbag close to his chest.

"You think I'm pompous Hyugaa?" Sasuke asked with his arms crossed staring her down.

"The world doesn't revolve around you but if the shoe fits!" Hinata said threateningly as she took a step closer to him. "I'm sure you identify closely with a player like Romeo."

"Tch. I'm sure you and Juliette would be great friends since you both like to automatically jump to conclusions."

"I heard-"

"I told you it was a misunderstanding!"

"Take this outside." Jiraiya sighed as he rubbed the side of his face in frustration.

Hinata turned on her heel and marched out of the classroom, her dark hair whipping angrily behind her. Sasuke followed out haughtily behind her with his hands shoved into his pockets. Shizune pressed a button for another screen to come down from the ceiling and their images of the two exiled students appeared as soon as the door to the classroom closed. The teens merely stared at each other defiantly, neither one of them willing to back down from the debate that wasn't really a debate.

"I know I heard a woman's voice when you answered your phone." Hinata said, her voice tight. "Karin was bragging yesterday about going over to your house too."

"She did come over but only to bring the worksheets Orochimaru handed out."Sasuke growled and glared at the classroom's closed door. "I shouldn't have listened to Naruto. He's the reason I missed that class."

Hinata was unconvinced but her posture had slackened to be a bit less defensive.

"She likes you." She said and Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"When have you known me to care what Karin likes?"

"Sasuke-" Hinata started to say but was quickly cut off by Sasuke closing the distance between them and slamming her up against the lockers.

The force of which caused the girl to gasp and her father to immediately jump out of his seat. Hiashi was fully prepared to jump over the table to get to his daughter but was stopped when her gasp quickly turned into a moan. He watched in abject horror as her legs wrapped around the Uchiha's waist and her fingers tangled themselves in his hair. His lips immediately captured hers and the office was filled with the sounds of them kissing and the recording devices planted inside of their clothing rubbing together.

"W-wait!" Hinata squeaked as his lips left hers to plant kisses down her neck. "Someone will see us!"

"Everyone is in class." Sasuke countered although his voice was slightly muffled.

"Sasuke!" She said sternly and he finally stopped kissing her.

"Fine." He sighed and stepped away from her so that she could stand on her own.

Nervously she fidgeted with her fingers as a pink blush crept up her cheeks.

"I didn't say stop." She said in a small voice.

Sasuke's eyes widened but as a teenage boy, he certainly wasn't going to question her. Faster than anyone thought possible, he grabbed her hand and pulled her down the hallway where they then disappeared into what appeared to be a storage closet.

Tsunade rolled her eyes. The janitor was likely going to complain to her about their activities...again. Luckily there were no cameras inside of the storage closet but they were all subjected to sounds of teenage hormones until their mics went silent. There was only one reason why that would happen. This situation was nothing new to the dean. Hinata Hyuuga and Sasuke Uchiha had a weird love-hate 'thing' going on ever since their volcano project over a year ago. It had started off innocent enough, in fact, she'd even thought of the relationship as cute. However, as she watched Hiashi slowly rise from his chair with the look of murder in his eyes she knew that he found nothing cute this development.

To be continued...