A/N: hoo... fast pointless update. Whatever, this is either gonna turn into a friendship fic or a shounen-ai fic... dunno which yet. But one of em. Ahhaa. This may seem OOC to some people, but this is my interpretation of the characters. Besides they still could change later to there more typical personalities.

Disclaimer: all Naruto things belong to the author of the manga.

The sun began to rise once more in Konoha and the flurry of activity began just like every other day. The people of the town tried to make it different by decorating for the holidays, but it didn't change them or what lied beneath the sparkling tinfoil.

Blue eyes fluttered open as the sun hit them, trained to always wake with the sun. The ears matching the eyes were greeted with the buzz of static.

"Ugh... what... left the music on again... crap." The orange clad blonde rolled off of the couch and face down onto the floor. "Ow..."

Naruto sighed. He wasn't sure if he was angry or depressed at the moment. But either way he wasn't looking forward to school. Unfortunately for him though, he wasn't aloud to take a day off unless he was half dead. All because of missing too many days last year ad having no "responsible adults" in the household.

He got up from the floor and sighed again, deciding to at least change hoodies for the day. He definitely wasn't gonna switch jeans, but at least the hoodie. He exchanged the worn orange one for a black one with orange buckles. It was much less faded than the other that was used much more often than it should've been.

"Mmm, yeah, I should eat." he shuffled with the static into the small on person kitchen. There was no refrigerator, only a few cabinets, a sink, and a microwave. From one of the cabinets the blonde pulled a ramen up and measuring cup. It wasn't as good as the shop ramen, but it definitely worked.

He poured the tap water into the measuring cup and looked at his reflection being distorted in the water. It was disturbing to look at for very long.

It took three minutes for the water to be hot enough. Three minutes of purely "nothing time". Naruto set his head against the microwave and counted the times the cup spinned. It took eighteen long, long spins before the buzzer went off.

"Why is breakfast worth that?" he asked himself as he sat on the floor to eat his meal. His house had very little of what was required. He had no fridge, no table or chairs, no TV, no computer... the only unnecessary thing he had was a stereo. But that was a necessity more or less to the blonde.

It was seven o' clock when Naruto finally decided to leave. It gave him half an hour to get to school. Plenty of time for a walk straight to, but that was never fun.

A walk through the shops was in order this morning. Even if he couldn't buy anything, it was still fun to look at all the things.

The blonde walked into the local comic book shop. Most people would consider him too old for comics but he loved them anyway. And there was only on kid in the shop! How lucky. Naruto ran straight for the back and picked up the most recent of his favorite series. It was getting very intense in recent chapters and he couldn't wait to read it. He sat in a corner hoping to hide from the cashier at the front but he didn't look like he would do anything even if he noticed.

"So... you like 'One' too..." Naruto jumped a foot in the air thinking he had been caught before he realized what was said to him. He turned around to see the same black hooded boy he saw last night at the ramen shop.

"You?! What are you doing, stalking me?"

"Uh, no. I'm just in here. Possibly for the same reason as you."

"To stay away from school as long as possible?"

"Pretty much." The other smirked and pulled his hood off revealing a mass of spikey black hair and deep black eyes.

"You sure like black don't you?" Naruto sneered at the boy as he came closer to him and picked up another comic book from the same series.

"Maybe. You seem to like orange a lot."

Naruto faulted. He wasn't expecting that. "Yeah and?"

"So why are you commenting on my color?"

The blonde decided to give up at this point. "Yeah okay. Good point... Hmm. You're around my age. Why don't I know you from school?"

The other turned and stared directly at the other. He seemed sad too, which was odd. No one ever seemed truly sad to Naruto.

"I'm home schooled I guess. They... yeah. I'm home schooled."

"Why?" Naruto decided to persist, curious why this was such a bad thing.

"I don't know. I wish I wasn't though." The dark haired one put down his book and looked at the floor, shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Is there a reason?"

"Of course there is. But that's long and angst-filled, and no one wants to deal with that."

The blonde snorted at the comment, seeing something more in it. "Life is long and angst-filled."

The other laughed. "Yeah, really. That knowledge doesn't stop it from hurting though."

There was a silence between the two boys. Both were confused as to how they began talking about such a thing with a total stranger.

"No... Hey, what's your name again?" Naruto decided to break the odd silence.

"Uchiha Sasuke. You?"

"Uzumaki Naruto..."

Another silence gripped the two. Naruto suddenly became aware of how late he was going to be to class and sighed.

"Well I'm gonna be late... maybe we'll meet another time hmm?"

"Yeah maybe... wait... maybe we could go for another bowl of ramen?" This time Sasuke sighed. "I really don't enjoy eating with my family, and most kids in the high school don't realize I exist so..."

Naruto stared at his possible new friend. He felt odd in a situation where someone actually desired his company.

"Yeah that'd be fucking awesome! ... Ah... wait. I kinda don't have any source of money at the moment... it's all going to bills..."

The other looked confused for a minute before moving on. "Oh that's fine, I can pay."

"If you're sure..." Naruto felt so awkward accepting this kindness. It actually felt like his rib cage was expanding as the planning wore on.

"Definitely. So, six thirty again?"

"Okay." Naruto smiled with his fox smile. "Thank you. See you later then!"

"Bye..."

Naruto walked to school happy for once. He had always hoped to come across a good person, and this one... Sasuke, maybe they could be friends?