WARNING: suggestive sexual themes (but not really anything, I'm just saying because some are sensitive people)

I would like to apologize, because I had originally planned to release this chapter at midnight, when my internet conveniently broke, and has now just started working again. The next chapter will be published around the 29th, however I have some major things going on so I do not know if that will change or not.

Chapter Five: What the Hell?

Sometimes we wished we knew something with all our heart. As if knowing could solve everything, as if knowing was the answer to completing ourselves, there is nothing more in the world we need.

And then we find out.

From then on, we spend the rest of our lives trying to erase the discovery as if not realizing that it can never be done. Our discovery is now a part of who we are, and now we have to work with it.

The only question is how?

My key broke. Right when I put it in the lock and turned it snapped at the handle. I'm going to especially hate today aren't I? Now that I look at it I hate the door, my neighbor and his door, I hate my door mat, I hate the stairs, I hate the sidewalk.

There are million things I hate.

I hate sweets.

I hate lines.

I hate annoying women.

I hate being annoyed.

I hate my own stupidity.

I hate Kakashi.

I hate Naruto.

I hate ramen.

I hate lists that ramble.

The point is there are a ton of things I hate, so many in fact that I'm starting to lose sight of what I actually favor in life. I am beyond irritated with all the beatings and embarrassment that I have suffered recently it's no wonder considering how uncharacteristic my life has been lately. But I had to suck it up; today I was eating lunch with Naruto, trying to gain what he has is essential and something not to be ruined by my stupid moodiness.

I took a deep breath, walking out towards the school, bumping into quite a few people along the way to get out the emotions and by the time I arrived at the school all I was feeling was completely refreshed. Moodiness solved.

Now on to the rest of my day, apparently consisting with everything I listed I hated. So far, I see Kakashi in first period, who yelled at me for smacking Naruto in the head after he decided to sketch on my paper annoying me. Then I hated myself for being annoyed at Naruto. On the way to lunch Sakura and Ino ambushed me second period, shoving a piece of chocolate cake in my mouth before I could get away causing me to end up waiting in the lunch line for five minutes before sitting down instantly sniffing Naruto's disgusting cup ramen.

And now I am making a rambling list.

Perfect there's nothing left.

So here I am, sipping on my cold water while Naruto slurps away beside me. The rest of the table seemed to ramble on with their own agendas. Shikamaru was awake and discussing things about Chemistry with a chowing down Choji who had a slightly confused look on his face. Shino was trying to talk to Kiba about insect species, but Kiba stopped him on the topic of Cockroaches, something I was glad for. A guy named Lee had joined as well and was trying to lecture Shikamaru about skipping gym only to be ignored the entire time, but seeming not to realize that. Then there was this kid named Gaara, who spent his time glaring silently at me while I spent my time glaring back.

I made a new friend, hooray.

It was surprising that no one gave me the "Why are you here?" look the entire time, excluding the glare from Gaara which probably had more to do with reputation than anything else. Gaara used to be feared, but now he's friends with Naruto somehow. That's all I really know about him, besides the fact that he is the best in the school when it comes to grades, putting me at a close second.

At least he's the same height as Naruto, putting him at a disadvantage in Basketball in gym, though most are too afraid to go near him still, not realizing he hasn't punched out an idiot in ages.

There was something else I found out today that I didn't know, Shikamaru has a girlfriend, which I only know because Gaara paused glaring at me to bite off Shikamaru's head for not calling his sister last night about a date because he fell asleep .

You have to be brave to go after Gaara's sister that's for sure.

The rest of the day flew by pretty quickly, and I realized I had a lot of Naruto's friends in my classes, especially Shikamaru. Ironically enough Shikamaru seems the easiest to approach while also being the hardest to talk to, mostly because all he does is sleep.

The entire class period.

But it was still easier than Shino, when I tried to talk to him all he said was, "It's unusual for you to talk with me. Why is it unusual for you to talk to me? Because you hardly every talk to anyone." Which I would like to point out is obvious.

I could give up, punch Naruto and go back to normal, erasing everything that could have happened and has happened. It would be easy, it would be simple, and it would feel amazing. But the easy way isn't my way. I've risen to the very tip of the ranks of this school by that policy and I wasn't about to change it now, not just for a blonde haired, blue eyed, shinning white smiled, tan skinned…Dobe, but also because this situation now involved my pride.

I sighed; I would have a chance to get closer to Naruto after school because I would be torturing, I mean tutoring him in Mathematics again today. Should we go to my house this time though so that maybe he will be more at peace and less on edge?

Oh wait, that's right, my key broke in the fucking lock didn't it?

Getting the key piece out wasn't a problem; I did that while letting out a stream of cuss words this morning. It was having a spare key that was a problem. Normally, I would just climb in through a window, but when you live in the second story of an apartment complex that's a hard thing to do. I could also go to a hardware store or something and see what they could do for me using the pieces of keys I have. Or talk to the landlord that will just give me a bunch of shit because he really doesn't like me ever since I accidently ran over his cat while learning how to drive in the parking lot. But let's be honest, regardless if I hang out with Naruto are not it will just annoy me further and I will put it off because I really don't want to do much else today. Let's add it to the list of another thing to do on a Sunday.

Now I bet your wondering where I will stay in the meantime. Well the truth is I have a brother. That's right, I do. He refused to take over the business before father's death, which is why the company got entrusted to me. Itachi is a guitarist, his dream job, and he also happens to live next door to me, not having anything to do with my dreams but my nightmares.

I hate him for refusing to take over the family business, and he is always telling me, "Our fathers dream is not our dream Sasuke." How can he say that? It's my dream to make my father's dream a reality, so suck on that Itachi.

Suck hard.

I know that I have thought this before, but the end of the day REALLY couldn't have come sooner. This time though, I found Naruto, who had last period with Iruka, before he even left. Iruka was complementing Naruto on his homework grade, and I felt an unfamiliar feeling crawling its way in my chest. I brushed it off though, that was weird.

Iruka began packing up his things, and right when I was about to walk into the room a pale, dark haired boy approached Naruto and wrapped his arms around his waist. I froze, slowly registering Naruto's face twist up and his fingers pulling at the boys arms. His eyes were wide and begging with panic to be released tugging at the pit of my stomach.

In an instant the boys arm was being twisted in the clutch of my hands.

"SASUKE RELEASE SAI THIS INSTANT!" Iruka ordered I paused glaring up into the smiling boy named Sai's eyes before releasing my grasp slowly.

"Let's go Naruto." I barked, walking out the door with Naruto closely following me.

The walk outside the school was silent, but like always it was Naruto who broke the silence. "Thanks, Sai pisses me off a lot. He's really insulting! More than you are Teme."

I couldn't register if that was a complement or an insult in itself, but I let it go. Whatever was better in Naruto's eyes I guess? "Are we going to your house today?"

Naruto bit his lip and shifted slowly from side to side on the balls of his feet, "Well what about your house?"

"Well actually I was locked out of my apartment this morning, so we would have to go to my brother's place, which is right next to mine." I replied, turning my head away subconsciously. "But it wouldn't be that much of a problem with you would it?"

"No." Naruto replied, he was sounding very sober compared to his usual self. Was he like this because of Sai? Did Sai do something to him? Why did Naruto look so panicked, so scared? One thing was absolutely sure, I did not like Sai.

That's all I had.

As we walked I explained to Naruto why it was that Itachi was living next to me, "We used to live together, but we got into to many fights, so Itachi worked out a deal with the landlord and now we rent both of the apartments right next to each other. Itachi said he wanted to keep an eye on me, but to be honest I really almost never see him."

Please let him be there when we arrive, no wait, he better be there when we arrive. Otherwise it's just another reason for me to kill him added to the list. Suddenly, without a single warning, Naruto ran in front of me, smirking behind him as the sun glowed around him. His eyes twinkled, his skin caught every inch of my eyes.

Intoxicating.

"Hey Sasuke, want to race me there?" Just like that Naruto was running, my mind caught up with Naruto's words and I charged ahead. There was no way I was going to be beaten by a Dobe.

7 minutes later I was pounding up the stair with Naruto yelling "You so cheated!"

"I didn't cheat, it's not my fault you clumsy" I said turning around; it wasn't my fault he couldn't dodge my foot in front of him. Naruto froze his blue eyes and his head cocking to one side.

"No WAY! I didn't know you smiled Teme!" Naruto said, smiling back. My smile fell and I glared at him instead, no way had I smiled. Letting my glare fall, I smirked at Naruto before walking up to my brother's front door. If he wasn't here I would be smashing in with a hammer.

Deep breathe Sasuke.

Anger management books don't work for shit by the way. I pounded on the door and yelled, "Itachi open the fucking door!"

The door slowly swung up, and Itachi leaned against the side of the entryway blocking entrance. "It's rare to get a visit from you little brother, did something happen? Your key break or something?"

I glared, is it even possible that he could have been behind that? No way, that would be too crazy to even think about. "Maybe. Can I stay here until the weekend?"

"You're actually asking?" Itachi played, "well I don't know I'll have to think about it."

"ITACHI!" I yelled, my fists baling, I was so angry I didn't even see a single digit approaching my forehead and jabbing me. I blinked back my insult.

"Of course you are welcome little brother. Is that a friend behind you?" Itachi peered behind me at a Naruto, smirking lightly while the stupid idiot gawked. Why would anyone gawk at Itachi, Naruto especially.

"Whatever just leave us alone and don't talk to me while I'm here." I pushed past him, dragging Idiot behind me, not bothering to deal with Itachi anymore. I spent the rest of the evening having fun, yeah I know right? Fun.

With Naruto.

It was enjoyable enough, and I smiled into the moment. Naruto stayed for dinner, which I embarrassingly enough, had to cook due to the fact that Itachi is completely unreliable in the kitchen even with a microwave. Then he left leaving me and Itachi alone to avoid each other.

I closed my eyes content with the thought that soon it would all be over, and I would be back in my apartment by the weekend.

Fingers combed through hair, tracing every inch from the chin to the naval. Legs intertwined. Hot breathe, moans, light nips on the shoulder. Sensations streaming with every touch across tanned smooth skin as hearts pounded against one another, chest to chest.

I sat up, breathing heavily looking around my room in an awed state, running my fingers through my hair and checking my clothing was still there.

What the hell?