2. It was one thing to see Uzumaki Naruto at school early. It was another thing to see him sitting atop Uchiha Sasuke's desk, swinging his legs anxiously in wait.

Okay, maybe I came to school a bit too early…he thought as he eyed the clock, 6:30 a.m. He thrust his hands into his pockets, looking for something to amuse himself with.

Ah, my iTouch! …is dead. He sighed but then his fingers brushed another object. He grinned as he pulled it out of his pocket.

6:45 a.m. Sasuke had to get to school early to work on a report for his Spanish class and finished up around 7:00. He was greeted with an interesting sight as he got to his classroom; Uzumaki Naruto sitting on top of his desk, painting his nails.

"Naruto…?" The boy looked up from his meticulous work at the sound of Sasuke's voice and waved frantically at him.

"Hey Sasuke!!" Hyper, of course.

"Hey Naruto, you're…early today."

"Yep! I wanted to talk to you!" Sasuke blushed slightly, but Naruto didn't pay enough attention to notice.

"About what?" The boy said the words slowly to calm himself down, sliding into his seat.

"Nothing in particular, y'know, just to have a little chat. People do that, Sasuke."

"I'm aware, idiot."

"I'm not an idiot!!! Just really oblivious, that's all." Sasuke wondered about the line between idiocy and obliviousness for a moment, comparing the two qualities and deciding that they had their similarities and differences.

"I could call you both, but you do seem pretty ADHD to me."

"I'm not diseased either! I'm not bad at schoolwork, just don't like doing it. That's probably the issue, or at least one of the issues caused by being an orphan. No one around to enforce the rules, y'know?"

"Huh, not for me. Also, your nail polish, the colour, it rapes my eyes."

"Not really intended to do that, sorry. It's my favourite colour though, so bright and hyper and pretty~"

"And orange; very, very orange."

"I love orange, it makes me happy."

"O…kay then."

"Stop acting so weird about it, geez!"

"Well, private school has uniforms, it's not like I'd be able to know your favourite colour by what you wear."

"Oh, right…"

"Dobe."

"What did you just call me!?"

"Dumbass, I called you a dumbass in Japanese. You should know your own language."

"I'm Japanese-American and I was born here in the states. Plus, I don't remember my parents, so I don't really know my first language. Hey, at least I don't speak Engrish though."

"I see…although, Engrish can be cute when pretty guys use it." Naruto didn't respond, he'd already gone back to painting his nails.

Note: flirting with inattentive people will get you nowhere.

"Sasuke, paint my other hand."

"…what the fuck?"

"I'm not ambidextrous; I'll do a bad job if I try to paint with my left hand."

"Ugh, fine." Sasuke growled and grabbed the teen's hand.

"Hey Naru, give me your bottom coat polish."

"Yay, I have a nickname!"

"Yeah, yeah, congratulations. Now give me your bottom coat polish."

"…huh?"

"Idiot, you didn't put a bottom coat on your other hand then, right? No, don't answer that question, I know the answer already. Ugh, you're such a dobe." He sighed and rummaged around in his backpack, pulling out a transparent gloss.

"What's that/"

"I officially hate your brain. At least learn something about beauty before trying something your body isn't used to. It's logical! Take care of yourself more!"

"You sound…so…incredibly…gay."

"Well, I am. Deal with it or fuck off."

"Y'know, I don't care."

"I know that already so shut up and stop moving around so much."

"That's what she said."

"Fuck off…" muttered the raven as he snatched up the boy's hand again. Naruto never really had someone else paint his nails before so he actually bothered to pay attention this time. Sasuke concentrated closely as he worked, painting on polish as daintily as he could. Looking at the teen from this angle, he noticed that Sasuke had really long eyelashes. A feminine attribute, but pretty nonetheless. Naruto observed that the raven had rather a simple beauty about him, delicate. Soft pale skin with no blemishes, well-styled hair, manicured nails.

Probably just likes to keep more clean than others, he thought to himself. The boy finished up shortly, but with no lack of quality.

"Wow…thanks Sasuke!"

"No problem. So anyways, I was wonderi-"

"Good morning Sasuke!! Huh? Naruto?"

"Um…hi…Sakura…" muttered Sasuke, pulling the words out of his mouth slowly and awkwardly. "You're here early today."

"Yeah, I had to work on a project with that pig-head Ino." At the sound of her name, the blonde girl ran into the room and pushed Sakura away, becoming the main object in his line of vision.

"Hi Sasuke!! How are you today?"

"I'm great Ino. Just…great."

Crap woman! Get a boyfriend and stop fangirling your face off over me. Note to self: tell Akimichi to pursue Ino with more passion. Tell Akimichi to loose some weight too.

A small noise was made to interrupt the silence in the room. The three teenagers turned to look at its source; Uzumaki Naruto. He bit his lip and averted his gaze as they noticed him again.

"Who're you?" scoffed the blonde. Sasuke and Sakura's expressions fell deadpan.

Are you fucking kidding me? You've never noticed the blond idiot slacker who always arrives ten minutes late to class and has enough energy to create his own personal hurricane!? Geez, you're pretty much the definition of dumb blonde.

"I'm Naruto…Uzumaki Naruto. We have the same schedule."

"Really? Guess I never really noticed you before."

"O-Oh." Sasuke sighed loudly, putting his head to his desk with the knowledge of that all blondes are idiots. Except for one thing; school desks didn't usually feel so soft before. The boy froze as the realization slowly came to him that he had buried his face straight into Naruto's thigh. He breathed in as he rose from the boy's flesh, expelling a rushed "sorry."

"Yeah, Sasuke, just for future reference, I'm not to be used by the public as a pillow."

"I am aware of that fact, dobe!"

"Well, it never was established." Sakura coughed softly of embarrassment.

"Sorry to interrupt but we've got to go work on our project now. Bye guys!" She had already dragged Ino halfway out of the room. The two sat with an awkward quiet before Naruto returned to his own desk, other students arriving to start the school day.

***

Naruto walked back to his morning classroom to grab his backpack, the end bell had finished its ringing a couple of minutes ago. As he opened the door he expected all his classmates to be gone, but seeing Haruno Sakura and Hyuuga Hinata sharing a tender kiss doesn't really equal all classmates gone from the room. The girls gasped as they noticed him, clutching each other in protection and slight fear.

"I…um…uh…wow….this is pretty aaaawkwaaaaard…I was just going to grab my backpack and leave…sorry for…um…interrupting….but hey, you two make a cute couple!" he finished up with a wink before he ran out the door, giving the couple their privacy back.

Naruto, you have perfect timing. *facepalm*

About Naruto's nail polish: I won't lie, it's totally inspired/stolen from by the cosplayer DemonicGaara/supernovadobe. I fucking love the nail polish she wears when she cosplays Naruto. Also, borrowd her nickname 'Naru' in a sentence. Just because she's awesome like that. /spam

If you don't like SakuHina, just deal with it really. This fanfic is SasuNaru based, the SakuHina is just there to aid character development, just like the KakaIru in the first chapter. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review to voice your opinions on it! Pssst, you might even get a cookie too. ;)