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Chapter 6

Naruto sighed as he stood at the edge of the roof his legs hanging limply at the edge. Swinging back and forth. And for a second he allowed himself to relax to completely let go and just wallow in his past.

Flashback

A boy swung back and forth on a swings set giggling yelling at his father to push

him faster. "Faster daddy, faster daddy!" A blond man laughed and complied. A women

with beautiful red hair and aqua green eyes watched happily with the most beautiful smile adorning her face.

End flashback

It used to always be that way. It could've stayed that way forever. What happened to us? What happened to us!? Naruto gripped his hair.

It isn't fair what the fuck happened!? Why!? Why did things have to end like this!? He stood up and punched the wall with bruising intensity.

He sighed and regained what little control he had left. He looked with cool indifference as his hand bruised from the impact.

It wasn't like he wasn't used to the pain. He laughed a short bitter laugh. If anything he considered himself an expert when it came to pain. It wasn't anything he couldn't deal with. If it's for mother I'll pay any price. Just to see her smile like that at me again.

Naruto smirked at himself. Since when did I turn into such a masochist. He fingered the case in his pants.

Indecision clouding his mind for a second. Ah fuck it. He decided taking out the case and sliding a cigarette out. I need one bad.

He reached toward his backpack and slid a hand down the hem where he kept his lighter. Fuck the no smoking rule, He thought with disdain. It wasn't like he was a model student anyways. So why try in the first place.

Naruto flicked the lighter and light his cigar taking a deep drag. He slowly drew out a puff of smoke.

Taking perverse pleasure as the cig did it's job fairly quickly. Calming him. He took another drag just as the door slid open. Naruto merely glance up his face a complete blank telling nothing.

He was faintly surprised to see the Uchiha there but then again he wasn't too shocked. He'd seen the way the Uchiha hanged on his every word.

Though he wondered how the Uchiha had even known where to find him. After all even his fan girls didn't know where he hung out in lunch..

"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked him with faint disgust as he took another drag.

Naruto rolled his eyes and after taking another drag said. "What does it look like I'm doing Uchiha?"

"Getting cancer." Sasuke growled walking over and leaning against the wall next to Naruto who merely smirked.

"Ah is Uchiha worried about little old me." Naruto chuckled. His voice turned cold as he turned to face Sasuke. " Why are you here anyways. What do you want."

"What I can't talk to my new friend?" Sasuke asked carefully. Almost nervously, Naruto observed with amusement.

"What makes you think I'm your friend Uchiha?" Naruto asked coldly with a raised eyebrow. " I don't even know you."

" Well that's what friends do isn't it try to get to know each other?" Sasuke said with a matching raised eyebrow.

He definitely looks confident, Naruto thought humorously.

Without even realizing his lips raised up into a small smile. "Yeah I guess your right aren't you Uchiha?"

He hid the smile that had over taken his face and slid down the floor watching as Sasuke did the same.

"So where'd you get the smokes?" Sasuke asked Naruto as he took another drag to calm his nerves. Naruto leaned back and closed his eyes gently letting his mind go blank.

"Hey Naruto…" Sasuke continued prodding him a bit.

Naruto opened his eye slightly and said with a far way tone. "Quiet Uchiha."

Not in a cold tone either more like a soft gentle one. Though Naruto seemed like the type that would deny it if you told it to his face.

Sasuke complied and for the last minutes of lunch they sat in comfortable silence. Both wondering how they hell they'd gotten so comfortable with each other so fast in such a short time but let it be.

Sometimes things just work out in mysterious ways they both concluded. And sometimes life was really just that simple. It didn't really matter why. It just was. And they both accepted it.

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TBC…..