3. Sasuke was pissed. Naruto and Sakura didn't come to class early today so he was left with Ino for an entirety of twenty minutes. The girl rambled on and on, fangirling over him every single second. And when Naruto and Sakura entered the room, they were laughing and talking up a storm that only quieted when they went off to talk to other people.

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

Extroverts.

Of course, it did make him happy when they came over to his desk, cutting off the gush of words from Ino's mouth.

"Morning, Sasuke!"

"Morning. I didn't know you two were friends."

"Well, we weren't…"

"…but it's a long story."

"I have patience."

"But not time…" grumbled the pair as the bell rang, shuffling back to their seats. Their teacher walked into the room and the whole class silenced themselves at her presence.

Yuhi Kurenai, Miss. Widow of another teacher, the late Sarutobi Asuma; her ways of teaching had apparently changed since the death of her husband. Of course, juggling a baby and having to take care of a bunch of teenagers at the same time sounded very stressful to the class. Often she ruled the classroom with a dictatorship, but it was peaceful at most times.

"I don't know why it's as silent as a morgue in here and I'd prefer not to know. Today's going to be a busy day so take your seats. Ah, Naruto, glad to see you on time again. Is this going to become a regular thing?"

"Hope so."

"Good to hear. Anyways, to take attendance now…it looks like all of you are here. Oh, that's right, we have a transfer student. This is Gaara," she said as she gestured at a nervous, pale-skinned, red-head boy sitting in the back of the room.

A dark-haired boy let out a low whistle.

Naruto turned to his neighbor, "What Lee, that hungry for a new boyfriend already?"

"Hey, I broke up with Neji two weeks ago; and that Gaara looks like one fine piece of eye candy, if you ask me."

"Two weeks isn't that long, y'know?"

"Not for me."

"That might be a problem; he seems like the type for a relationship. I don't think a playa like you can stay with the same guy for longer than a month."

"I was with Neji for a month and a half."

"Whatever. But before you start to hit on the guy, find out his sexuality. And if he's gay, for god's sake please wax your eyebrows."

"Just wait and see Naruto, wait and see…"

"He doesn't really seem like your type, but hey, do what you want to do, I won't hold you back."

"Alright class, cut the side conversations, you can talk all you want to at lunch. Now take out your trigonometry textbooks and turn to page 687."

The majority of the students groaned in unison; math was a bitch.

"Quit your complaining, we've had the same routine for months now. Besides, spring break will be here in a few weeks, I think you kids can last a while without vacation before then. Now Aburame, tell me the answer to question number…"

Sasuke's ears slowly fell deaf on the lesson, his mind wandering elsewhere.

Spring break…maybe I could go somewhere with Naruto…

He shook his head at the thought. It was idiotic of him to think of such a thing.

The blond had no other interest in him besides wanting to be friends with him. And if the dumbass ever did start to like him as something more than that he probably wouldn't even realize it himself.

Sasuke only had a minor crush on him anyways. It had started at the beginning of the year, and that was all to it. Just a little crush on a good-looking guy, it wasn't really destined to go anywhere.

Or…was it?

Sasuke laughed at himself. He knew better to not fall in love.

Not with that person still here.

That person, his…brother.

Itachi.

No, that person wasn't Itachi.

That person who touched him, who had been raping him every night since he turned ten years old.

That person who was a slave to liquor, cigarettes, weed, crack, heroin.

That person who fucked him when the drugs failed him and also when they made him feel like a god.

That person wasn't Itachi.

Itachi was the nice, caring, gentle older brother he had when their parents were alive.

That Itachi who would never be coming back. Sasuke knew that fact well enough.

He thanked himself silently for wearing long sleeves again; no one would be able to see the scars, the old and the new. He drifted back to the lesson quickly, before he lost himself in his own despair.

"…alright everyone, you can head down to Nara-sensei's environmental study now. I'll see you all tomorrow morning."

Sasuke sighed; it was just another start to another seemingly endless day in his life.

And thus the drama starts... Please review to tell me what you thought about this chapter!!