Ahhh… Finally found time to update this.
Hmm… I should really get on with my other stories as well…
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Chapter eight
Sasuke felt himself slowly waking up. He sighed in contentment as he hugged the warmth in his arms closer to him. Wait… warmth in his arms?
Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and looked down. He blinked, and then blinked again. Lying sprawled across him was none other then Naruto.
'What the hell!-?' He screamed in his mind. Though, to be honest with himself, he rather liked the comforting weight of the smaller teen on him. He frowned, wondering what to do. He could wake the blonde, but that would scare him off and he didn't want to do that again. He wanted to wake up every morning like this. It was rather pleasant. He looked over at the clock and saw that it was almost eleven. He hoped that none of his family saw this… it would be so embarrassing. He looked at the blonde closely and realised that unlike the last night, he wasn't mumbling with some kind of nightmare…maybe he sought comfort and climbed into his bed. Maybe.
Just then, he felt Naruto shift slightly, giving a tired yawn. Sasuke closed his eyes, so that the blonde teen wouldn't realise that he was awake. He felt Naruto shift as he sat up. After a few moments, he felt the blonde's weight shift and climb out of the bed. Sasuke opened one eye and watched as Naruto went to climb back onto the top, that was when Sasuke decided to talk,
"So, why did you climb into my bed?"
Naruto visibly jumped and blushed brightly, but didn't turn to look at the raven haired teen. Sasuke sat up on the bed and swung his legs around so that his feet were resting on the floor. He looked at the blonde expectantly, who was mumbling something very softly with a bright pink tinge on each whiskered cheeks.
"What? I can hear you." Sasuke said, letting irritation colour his voice.
"I-I had another nightmare and I didn't want to wake you up…" Naruto said, almost inaudible.
"So you climbed into my bed…" Sasuke finished and he saw Naruto nod slightly. Sasuke sighed and then stood up, ignoring Naruto who flinched at the sudden moment.
"I'm going for a shower." Sasuke said, although not unkindly, so Naruto seemed to relax a little bit. Naruto watched as Sasuke trailed into the bathroom.
When Sasuke emerged, he nudged the blonde into the bathroom as he got dressed. He headed downstairs when he was done… he was hungry. He entered the kitchen and saw Mikoto in there, making pancakes. She turned to smile at him and said,
"About time you woke up, is Naru-chan up as well?"
"Yeah, he is. He's getting dressed now."
Mikoto shrugged and continued to make the pancakes. Leaving Sasuke to wonder into the living room and turn on the T.V. He switched from the news to the music channel 'Scuzz' (the best music channel in the world! Hell yeah!).
A few moments, a very quiet Naruto entered and sat on the other side of the room to the older teen. Sasuke looked over and said,
"You know, I don't bite. I forgive you." And you'll never know how much Sasuke wanted to say 'So, are you sleeping in my bed again?', but alas, Naruto was still far too shy for that.
"Sasuke! Naru-chan! Your pancakes are ready!" Mikoto's voice called from the kitchen. She came in and handed them a plate each of several pancakes. She smiled at Naruto and then moved to exit the room, but Sasuke's voice stopped her,
"Where's aniki?"
Mikoto frowned lightly and she replied, "I don't know. He disappeared this morning saying something about having to do something. I remember him smirking, yes, he was definitely smirking. He's up to no good." She then walked out; leaving the teenage boy's alone in the room. Sasuke shrugged and returned to his snack, while listening to Within Temptation's 'What have you done.' (Adore that band! Within Temptation rules!)
When they were done eating, Sasuke took their plates, placing them in the dishwasher before getting Naruto's medicine along with some fresh orange juice.
He gave them to the blonde before proceeding to read the Kerang magazine, looking at the free posters he got, wondering if there were any good ones to stick on his wall. Suddenly, the front door opened. Sasuke, curious, went into the kitchen to see who it was, and it turned out to be Itachi. Who was smirking… in a smug evil fashion…
"Why is Ita-niisan smirking?" Naruto, who had followed Sasuke, asked quietly at his shoulder. Sasuke glanced at the blonde before turning to stare at his brother.
Mikoto walked in, wiping her wet hands on her apron, and looked curiously at her eldest son. She raised an eyebrow at him and said in an ominous voice,
"What are you up to?"
Itachi's smirk widened and he pulled out a photo packet before handing it to his mother. She took it and pulled out the few photos. She blinked, and then blinked again and then let out a fangirlish squeal.
"Oh my God, that's so CUTE!"
Itachi chuckled, trying to keep his face straight. Sasuke scowled, wondering what the hell was so damn funny. He reached out and grabbed the photo and stared at it in horror. It was a picture of him and Naruto asleep in his bed, obviously taken early this morning. Naruto was lying sprawled across him while Sasuke had his face buried in the blonde's hair. He growled at Itachi, trying to keep down a blush. Mikoto took the picture back and smiled at it,
"I think I'll put this on my yaoi fan site account-" she suddenly stopped, her hand clamped to her mouth. The others stopped what they were doing –Sasuke was trying to kill Itachi while Naruto was watching them as he ate an apple which he had nicked from the fridge- to stare at their mother.
"Oops…" she said, tucking the picture in her pocket and rushing out of the kitchen.
"I never would have thought…" Itachi said, rubbing his chin in a thoughtful manner.
Sasuke stared after is mother, his mouth wide open. Naruto just continued with his apple.
"Okaa-san is a YAOI FAN" Sasuke suddenly burst out, not believing his own ears.
"Believe it, otouto. And watch it; she'll keep her eye out on you two lovebirds."
"We are not lovebirds!" Sasuke yelled at his brothers back as the elder sibling exited the room.
He looked over at Naruto, who cocked his head in a cute manner.
"Sasuke, what's Yaoi?"
"Er, never mind! I-it's nothing!" Sasuke replied, moving away from the blonde into the living room, hoping the blonde would drop the subject. Naruto blinked as Sasuke moved away, blushing slightly. He was surprised; he'd never seen the Uchiha blush before. He shrugged and followed the raven haired male, who was now sitting on the sofa grumbling to himself about meddling brothers and troublesome mothers.
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The next day, Sasuke woke up with a groan. It was Monday…time for school. He quickly shut off the annoying alarm and got out of bed. He looked up to see sleepy blue eyes watching him.
"Go back to sleep Naruto…I'm going to school."
"'Kay Sas'ke…" Was the sleepy reply before the blonde's eyes closed and his breathing evened out to that of a sleeping pattern.
Quickly, Sasuke went into the bathroom and washed himself, going back into the bedroom to dress himself in tight black jeans and a tight 'Slipknot' t-shirt, throwing a hoodie on top. He glanced at the sleeping Naruto before going downstairs for breakfast. Itachi was already up and was just putting his used cutlery in the dishwasher. He turned around when Sasuke came in,
"Hurry up. I've got to be early today." He said before moving on to make himself a cup of tea. Sasuke shrugged and made himself a bowl of cornflakes, eating it quickly. When he was finished, he had a quick glass of orange juice before following his brother to the car.
When he had arrived at school, he found, strangely, Neji waiting for him. Neji smiled slightly at him and asked,
"Is what Sakura is saying true?"
"What?"
"That Naruto has been adopted into your family?"
"Yes…and?"
Neji blinked and shook his head,
"Been any fights yet?"
"No…why would I fight someone who is crippled at the moment?"
"No reason… it's just that some people are placing some bets."
Sasuke snorted and moved further into the school, being surrounded by his gang of fangirls. Including Sakura…oh how he hated that bitch.
Ino came up to him, clutching at his arm, screeching,
"Sasuke-kun! I missed you! I haven't seen you in two days! Were you lonely without me?"
"No…"
"Oh, Sakura told me that the worm has been adopted into your family… is that true?"
"Worm? You mean Naruto?"
"Yes Sasuke-kun, who else would I be talking about?"
"Yes it is true…now piss off!"
"Oh you poor thing!" She squealed, only to be pushed away from the raven haired teen as he fought his way through the crowds. Neji, who had somehow managed to stay beside him the whole time, turned to Sasuke and whispered,
"It's a good thing that they don't know the truth about Naruto…"
Sasuke nodded his head as they entered the empty Science room, save for their sensei, Jiraiya. The old man looked up and them and smiled,
"How's Naruto? Out of hospital yet?"
"Yes, he was released Friday… He's living with my family."
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow,
"Really? Have you two killed each other yet?"
Sasuke shook his head, but didn't reply. He sat down next to Neji and decided to brood until the bell went. When it eventually did, the classroom slowly began to fill up. Sasuke watched them with no particular interest… he was to busy thinking about his kawaii little Naru-chan.
When the class had finally filled up, Jiraiya, who had been typing on his laptop, stood up and addressed the class.
"Alright everyone. I shall be giving you an assignment to do for the next two weeks. You, in pairs, are going to prepare a presentation on different parts of the human body. I will assign what part. This is in preparation of the new term topic- Human Biology. I'll hand out the sheets now…"
The class started talking to each other and you could hear people asking each other to be their partner. Sasuke turned to Neji,
"You're going to be my partner."
Neji looked at him amused and replied,
"Would you have chosen anyone else?"
"No…"
"Well then. Do I need to say more?"
"Who's your partner?" Jiraiya asked as he came up to their desk. Sasuke looked up and him and replied,
"Neji."
The old man nodded and handed them a sheet.
"This is the part of the human body that you will be doing about. Research about it before hand and then come up with a good presentation. You may use models and a slideshow if you wish. Have fun!"
Sasuke picked up the sheet as Jiraiya moved away. Neji leaned in to have a look.
"The heart? Interesting…" Was all Neji had to comment on it. Sasuke gave a long sigh.
"Might as well come over to mine tonight then. Get it over and done with." Sasuke said, tucking the paper into his book as the bell went.
Neji nodded and gave a yawn,
"I wish today was over… I'm not in the mood for school…"
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Unfortunately for the two boys… the school days went extremely slowly. Sasuke always hated the fact that if you want something to be over quickly, it never was. It always seemed to go slowly, but as the saying goes, 'Time flies when you're having fun' and vice-versa for the opposite.
When the end finally did come, they made their way out of the school and over to Itachi's car. The older male stared at Neji and asked bluntly,
"What's he doing here?"
Sasuke gave a sigh as they got into the car,
"We have a school project to work on together…I want to get it over and done with."
Itachi frowned lightly, but shrugged and drove off anyway.
"What's Naruto doing?" Sasuke asked curiously. Neji, sitting behind him, listened intently. Itachi glanced at the raven haired teen before saying,
"He's helping Okaa-san in the kitchen. He seems to like to help her and she enjoys the company. She was complaining that neither of us helps her."
"Oh…"
The car ride for the rest of the journey was quiet and uneventful. When they finally arrived at the house, Sasuke asked Neji,
"Want something to eat?"
Neji nodded as his stomach growled slightly. Sasuke gave a smirk before moving off into the kitchen.
"Hi honey, how was school today… Oh, hello Neji-kun. How are you?" Mikoto asked as the pair came into the kitchen. She never objected when Sasuke brought his friends from school, in fact she liked meeting them. Neji gave the woman a nod,
"I'm fine thank you. A little hungry is all."
She gave a nod,
"Sasuke will deal with that. I'm teaching Naru-chan how to ice a cake!"
Sasuke looked over at the blonde and had to snort with laughter. Naruto's face was fixed in concentration as he attempted to draw patterns on the top of the cake. There was icing powder smeared across his whiskered cheek and on his forehead. His pink tongue was poking out the side of his soft pink lips. It was a little amusing to see the blonde so absorbed in his work…and look very cute at the same time.
Naruto finally noticed that there were other people in the room and he looked up at them. He blinked when he saw Neji.
"Hello…" Neji said softly, as if not wanting to scare the boy. Naruto blinked again and then smiled a little, replying,
"Er hi…Neji…is it?"
"Yes."
"Ah…"
"Here you go." Sasuke said, giving Neji the snacks that he had been looking for. He also grabbed a couple of cokes. Mikoto wasn't allowed to give Naruto any of that kind of thing yet until the doctor declared him fully healthy. Not that Naruto wanted any of the stuff anyway.
The pair made their way upstairs and into Sasuke's room, where Neji paused and stared at the bunk bed. Sasuke saw this and said,
"Okaa-san doesn't want Naruto to have his own room at the moment, so I have to share with him at the moment. He has nightmares that wake me up at night…"
Neji frowned and sat down at the computer saying,
"I'm not surprised. It was a very traumatic experience for him. Give him time, he'll get over it."
"Yeah, whatever. Let's get on with this shall we?" Sasuke replied as he grabbed the other chair and turned on the computer, ready to do some work.
At about half past eight, Mikoto entered the room.
"Boys. Supper is ready. I have to go out with your father and we'll be back late. Make sure that Itachi changes Naru-chan's bandages as well as give him his medicine. Understand?"
"Yes…" Sasuke replied, tearing his eyes from the screen. Mikoto nodded and walked out, leaving the door open. Sasuke gave a sigh and stood up, turning off the screen as he did so.
"Come on, might as well go and eat. Naruto will most likely go to bed after then, so we'll have to work quietly."
Neji nodded and stood up as well, and they made their way down the stairs and into the dining room where Naruto and Itachi already were eating. Naruto looked at them and Sasuke noticed that he still had icing powder on his cheek and forehead.
Both Sasuke and Neji ate their meal quickly, given the duty to clear the table when they were done.
Once done with that chore, they went into the living room where Itachi was cleaning and bandaging the blonde's wounds. Neji visibly winced when he saw the extent of the damage. Naruto noticed their entrance and smiled at them as if trying to reassure them that he was fine. Sasuke didn't buy it. He saw that there was still icing powder on the blonde's face. He gave a sigh and went over to them, grabbing a wet cloth were he roughly wiped the smudges away Naruto looked at him with confusion evident in his beautiful blue eyes.
"You had icing powder all over your face."
"Oh…hehe…oops…"
"Sasuke, go get Naruto-kun's medicine. Now." Itachi said quietly as he wrapped up the last wound. The raven haired teen reluctantly got the medicine and gave it to the blonde, who quickly took it, pulling a face as he did so. The blonde gave a wide yawn, rubbing his eyes in a tired manner.
"Go to bed." Itachi ordered as he cleaned up the mess that he had made when tending to Naruto. The blonde gave a shrug and made his way upstairs. When he was gone, Itachi turned to Neji and asked,
"What time do you want to go home?"
"Er… Maybe about half ten. I have a house key so I'll let myself in."
The older male gave a nod before moving out of the room.
Sasuke gave a sigh and said,
"Come on, we'll finish up."
"Won't Naruto be awake?"
"I doubt it. He falls asleep very quickly. The doctor said it's because he's healing."
"Oh…"
They quietly made their way back into the room and sure enough, the blonde was fast asleep, lying on his stomach with a hand fisted near his face. Neji gave a small smile,
"He looks cute when he's sleeping…"
"What do you mean 'cute'?" Sasuke asked, almost glaring at the light eyed teen. Only Sasuke was allowed to think Naruto as cute.
Neji gave a gentle laugh as he settled down beside the computer, turning the monitor on as he did so. Sasuke grudgingly sat down as well.
After a few minutes of silence, Neji asked quietly,
"What do you think of Naruto?"
Sasuke blinked, staring at the other teen, caught off guard by the sudden question. His eyes went to the boy they were talking about. After a little while he gave a shrug and looked back at the screen, but didn't answer. Neji watched him closely for a little bit, then,
"I don't miss much Sasuke. I know your feelings for him…"
Sasuke stared at Neji, his eyes as wide as saucers.
"W-what?"
"I know you love him. I can see it in your eyes."
There was silence for a little while and then Sasuke asked,
"You won't tell anyone, will you?"
"Why should I? I've known for years. Besides… I have my own little crush." Neji said with a light blush on his cheeks. All concern about everyone knowing about his feelings were pushed aside for curiosity instead,
"Who?"
"Erm…"
""Tell me!"
"Well, I love Gaara!" Neji said in a rush, looking away to hide his face
Silence.
"Oh… I see." Was all what Sasuke could say. Neji looked embarrassed and asked,
"You won't tell anyone, will you?"
Sasuke gave a short laugh,
"Only if you don't tell about mine, deal?"
"Deal!"
"Okay, let's do this!"
When Neji finally left, Sasuke went to bed. He had a lot to thing about. He was slightly glad that he could now talk to someone about these things, but slightly worried that they would leak out. But he trusted Neji, and, it seemed, that Neji trusted him as well. He had no idea that Neji had a crush on Gaara. It was a little bit of a shocker really. And it was well known around the school that Gaara was gay. He didn't care about it, though some girls were a little disappointed. Would his fangirls leave him alone if he told them that he was gay and loved the most unpopular guy in the school? Properly not. They would want to skin Naruto alive, not to mention that there would be the Yaoi fans. Sasuke gave a shudder. They were even worse then fangirls since they were normally armed with cameras trying to take pictures of everything guy couples did!
Yes, Sasuke had to be very careful. But for now, he would keep low… and go to sleep…
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There. Finally done!!!
Yay! I'm proud of myself!!
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