A/N: Chapter 5 is READY!!!

Chapter 5

Naruto's P.O.V:

'So, Sasuke's finally decided to come to class,' I thought to myself as I sat down in my normal seat. I hadn't seen him in a week. He didn't look up at me but kept his focus on his book. I handn't been able to say a word to him since he'd let me at the cafe and I was a little upset with myself for saying anything in the first place. If he wanted me to know he would have told me himself. Though in a way he did tell me, it was pretty obvious because of the way he would blush whenever I did something like stop his hand from tapping for example, or when our legs touched under the table. We were both a little on the tall side so it happened a lot.

I was a little frustrated with Sasuke also, I mean who told him to be so damn moody? I hadn't meant to hurt him. I just didn't want to lead him on, which was a nice gesture in my opinion.

As the pale boy sat next to me I wanted to slap him and tell him to pull himself together, but I knew that doing that would get us farther than nowhere if it was even possible. That would just cause more unnecessary conflict. Instead I just pulled out my notebook and a pencil and waited for the professor.

"Psst! Naruto," someone hissed from behind me. I looked back to see Shikamaru sitting behind me slipping a piece of paper to the end of his desk. Reluctantly I took it. The blood red ink made me feel as though he was going to kill me if I made a single wrong move.

What's wrong with Sasuke?

My answer was simple.

I don't now if I should tell you.

Well I think that you did something to him.

Not intentionally.

So you did upset him?

Yes.

Then watch your back Uzumaki.

I let the note passing end there, throwing the paper away at the front of the classroom next to the teacher's desk. As I was going back the professor walked through the door.

"Take a seat Uzumaki." I did as he commanded and found yet another note on my desk. To my relief it was neatly written instead of Shikamaru's chicken scratch.

Tell Shikamaru that I said to mind his own business. If I wanted to tell him about it then I would have.

-Sasuke.

I passed his request on to Shikamaru and he returned with I can't do that.

A part of me wanted to know why he was so interested, but another part of me already knew.

Shikamaru liked Sasuke.

A/N: Well...that's chapter 5. Chapter 6 is going to be very intense, it's already done and I'm quite proud of it. It's probably my favorite chapter so far. REVIEW!

~Amia Carden~