Laura: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I'M SORRY! God damn I feel so horrible when I don't update within what I consider to be a reasonable time limit... I was totally distracted by my friend and all our crazy activities. (Watching anime and drawing anime) Anyway thank you all for being patient and I hope you enjoy this new chapter :)
Naruto: The moment we've all be waiting for is so close I can taste it!
Sasuke: The suspense is killing me!
Laura: OH ALSO THIS IS KINDA IMPORTANT! I've decided that if for some reason a story can't be updated when I said it would or something has changed with the story I'm going to post little updates about it on my profile. I'll have the dates and everything so hopefully it will be easy to follow, I'll keep the notes up until anything changes. I just figured for all my loyal readers this could be an easy way to see when a new chapter is coming out for one of my stories, or if a story is being delayed. (I can't guarantee that there won't be some random ass shit from me on there... JS) I hope this isn't too confusing! Check it out if your curious :} Now on with the story!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto!
Sasuke POV
As soon as I arrived at school I noticed that people were staring at me and later on I realized that they were actually all glaring at me. Mostly the popular kids. Normally this wouldn't come as a shock to me or bother me at all but I've noticed that everything that has been happening to me lately has made me more sensitive to certain situations. This being one of them. The whole morning I tried to keep a low profile and stay out of their way but it seemed no matter where I went people were glaring at me.
I couldn't help but notice that Neji wasn't at school, probably because he was still dealing with my Dad or you know his pissed off parents. According to my Dad when he told the Hyuga's what Neji had done they had been so mad at him that even my Father was bothered by their shouting. This of course gave me a secret sense of satisfaction... That jerk deserves what he gets. Unfortunately I didn't see Naruto all morning and I was starting to worry that he was sick. He said that we would talk today and he never breaks his promises to me...
When the bell rang for lunch I decided to go find Sakura, maybe she could tell me where he was. I found her sitting in the lunch room chatting with Lee. "Hey!" I shouted as I hurried over to their table. Sakura looked over at me and her face immediately brightened. "Sasuke! Have a seat!" I smiled at the two of them before grabbing a seat at the other side of the table. "Hey Lee."
"Yo."
"Do you want some food?" Sakura asked me cheerfully. "Naruto gave me his lunch tray but there's just way too much for me." My eye's widened hearing his name. "Naruto? So he is here?" Sakura gave me a funny look before biting into an apple. "Didn't he talk to you yet?"
"I haven't seen him all morning." I responded with a frown. Sakura paused for a minute and appeared to mumble something to herself before standing up and sighing. "Stupid stupid blonde... "
"Where are you going?" Lee asked her curiously as she slipped her jacket on. "To fix my brother. I think he's broken." We watched her march away from the table and out of the cafeteria. I frowned in confusion. "Fix Naruto...? What?" I asked turning to Lee. He shrugged his shoulders. "It's best not to question it. Whatever she's doing it's probably for the greater good."
"I guess so..." I suddenly felt a chill go down my spine. I was getting that feeling again. It definitely felt like someone was watching me, sure enough I looked around and more than half the students in here were glaring at me. "Ignore them." I looked back over at Lee and sighed. "So you noticed too huh?" He gave me a sad smile but didn't respond. "I wonder what I did this time..." I mumbled to myself as I stood back up. Lee's eye brows scrunched up in confusion as I started to move away from the table.
"Where are you going?" He asked. I turned back to him and smiled. "Somewhere else. I don't really think I'm wanted here. Besides, I don't want people glaring at you because of me." He frowned at me as he stood up as well. "I don't care about that. They're all idiots Sasuke, just ignore them." I appreciated his concern for me but I didn't want to cause him any trouble. I simply shook my head before turning around and leaving the cafeteria. I guess I'll just have to go to the library or something, just until things calm down a bit.
Hopefully later on Sakura will tell me where Naruto went so we can finally talk about our situation... Now that I think about it what do I have to say to him? Am I just supposed to walk up to him and say I'm in love with you? Should I just get it all out in the open and then let him decide what to do? He said that he loved me right? So that must mean he wants to be with me right? And not just as best friends? But... But what if we do get together and he's disappointed with me as a boyfriend?
I'm not sure I would even know what to do around him if we started dating. Would we still act the same or would it be completely different? Okay I'm overreacting I know, but I can't help but have these worries! I'm a worrier, I always have been. Maybe I just need to stop thinking all together. That's it! When I see him I'll simply stop thinking and just let whatever happens happen. I'll tell him how I really feel about him, I'll get it all off my chest and wait for his response.
And if it blows up in my face then I will have learned a very valuable lesson. Thinking is good. As I headed into the library I noticed that it was completely empty except for the librarian and a couple of students studying in the back. I grabbed a random book off the shelf then sighed as I sat down at one of the tables in the corner. 'Everything is going to be okay.' I told myself. 'Naruto loves me and he would never hurt me intentionally. I just need to have faith...'
Naruto POV
I was up for hours last night trying to think of ways to do this and nothing I came up with seemed to be enough. Finally I had just decided to go with something sweet and simple, Sasuke was never really the kind of person to want something big and glamorous anyway so I figured it would be perfect. As soon as I woke up I gave myself a pep talk to kind of get me pumped and as I left my house I was feeling confident that this would work. However when I got to school this morning and saw Sasuke in class I bolted to the closest bathroom I could find.
I couldn't do it... I completely chickened out and ran away. I am such a wimp... What the hell is wrong with me? Why does he have to make me so damn nervous!? I'd like to think that I usually have a great deal of confidence in myself but whenever it involves Sasuke its like all the confidence gets shattered into a million pieces! I am currently sitting on the roof of the school, I got nervous that Sasuke might go into the bathroom I was hiding in so I snuck up onto the roof. As far as I knew only my group of friends knew how to get out here, including Sasuke, but I didn't really care.
I had been panicking so much that I was starting to physically make myself ill, I figured a little fresh air would do me some good. I feel absolutely horrible both mentally and physically. Maybe I should just go home and try another day... But if I delay this even more than everything will just get weirder and weirder between us! God dammit! I'm so confused! "Naruto?" I spun my head around quickly and frowned when I saw my sister standing there looking at me worriedly. "How did you find me?"
"It wasn't too hard to guess." Sakura walked over to me as I slumped to the ground. She sat down next to me soon after. "Are you okay?"
"Not really." I grumbled. "I'm hiding from my best friend on the roof. I feel like an idiot..."
"Why are you hiding?!" She shouted bewildered. "Because I'm having second thoughts okay?!" I didn't mean to snap at her but I felt like I was under so much pressure to get this whole thing right. She started to glare at me and it made me realize that she had absolutely now idea how hard this was on me. "You are an idiot!"
"Geez thanks for the pep talk Sis. I feel so much better now." Sakura huffed at my sarcasm. "Well this has gone on long enough! Don't you see that your making this more complicated than is has to be? Both of you are!" I just rolled my eyes and turned away from her. She didn't understand, she was just a crazed fan girl. Sakura grabbed my arm and tried to make me face her but I just shrugged her off. She finally gave up on trying to pull me and climbed to her feet. She stared down at me with a hard expression.
"Okay, that's it. Its time for a little tough love." I finally glanced up at her just as she was putting her hands on her hips. "You're acting like a complete baby! This is Sasuke were talking about! The guy you've practically shared your life with, the one person who knows anything and everything about you. You love him and you know that he loves you so you just need to grow a pair and confess! Properly this time." I suddenly felt a spark of anger shoot through me.
I stood up defensively and narrowed my eyes at her. "I don't know that he actually love me Sakura. I'm the one who has confessed not him. Sure he's said he loves me before but it could be completely different from my love! And I did it fine the first two times! He's the one who ran out on me! You should be lecturing him!" By the end of my little rant both of us were breathing heavily. Finally Sakura took a deep breath and began speaking to me again, calmer this time.
"Naruto, I just want you to be happy okay? I know you think I'm becoming an enemy but I'm not! I know this has been hard on you but the only way to make it better is to tell the truth." When she realized I wasn't going to respond a small smile made its way onto her features. "The truth will set you free remember?" I stared at her frowning for a minute out of stubbornness before giving up and sighing. "You're right... You're right..." She smiled even more now. "I know. Now come on. Your true love awaits!"
I couldn't help but chuckle as she pulled me back inside the school. I still felt sick to my stomach and I'm pretty sure I'm going to pass out but this needed to be done. I'm just going to say what I have to say whether he likes it or not! I'll get it all out And if he tries to run away again I swear I'll tape him to the floor. I absolutely refuse to do this a fourth time.
I'm almost positive that by that point any magic that was there before would be long gone. Once Sakura had pulled me back down and into the hall way she began cursing up a storm. "What?" I asked mildly amused by her distress. "I just realized we have no idea where Sasuke is and lunch is almost over..." My amusement quickly faded away. "Well shit..."
"I know!"
Sakura and I started running around the school in a desperate attempt to find Sasuke. Everywhere we went people would point at us and quietly whisper to each other what they thought we were doing. Apparently kids don't run anymore unless they're in P.E. We decided to check the cafeteria first because that was the last place Sakura had seen him. We ran into Lee just as he was walking out and asked him where Sasuke had gone. "I'm not sure. He just left when people kept glaring at him." Lee said with a frown.
A low growl rumbled in my chest as I glared at the students in the room accusingly. "Why would they be glaring at him?" Sakura asked curiously. I told her about the whole confrontation with Tamari and how she and the popular kids were all mad at Sasuke because they believed he was 'tainting' me with is 'un coolness'. Just as I expected Sakura also glared at anyone her eyes happened to land on. I gave her a quick nudge before motioning to the hallway with me head. "Come on we gotta go."
Sakura nodded her head in agreement then quickly pecked Lee on the cheek before following me out of the cafeteria. We ran out into the picnic area and a quick glimmer of hope passed through me when I saw Kiba and his girlfriend Hinata sitting on one of the picnic table benches. I prayed they knew where Sasuke was as I rushed over to them. "Kiba!" I hollered as I came to a skidded stop in front of them with Sakura right on my heels. "Yo! Buddy, where have ya been?"
"That's not important." I rushed out as I tried to catch my breath, Hinata looked at me concerned when she noticed how unsettled I was. "Is everything okay?" She asked me in a timid voice. I quickly sucked in a few more gulps of air before nodding my head. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. But I really need to find Sasuke. Have either of you seen him?" To my disappointment they both shook their heads slowly, confusion written all over their faces. I let out a loud sigh and Sakura patted me on the back once before scouting around the picnic area.
"What's up with you?" Kiba asked as he gestured up and down my body, no doubt referring to my saddened demeanour. "Did something happen to Sasuke?" Hinata questioned worriedly. "No he's fine. I just- I need to talk to him. It's important." Seeming to be unimpressed with my lack of an explanation, Kiba stood up and waved over Sakura then he practically shoved his finger in my face as he pointed at me.
He squinted his eyes at Sakura as he spoke. "What's wrong with him?" He asked still pointing at me. Completely ignoring Kiba's intense stare Sakura turned to me and yanked on my arm. "Naruto we don't have time for this let's go!" I nodded my head and was about to take off with her but Kiba grabbed me by my sleeve and pulled me back rather violently. "What?!" I shouted annoyed as he glared at me. "What the hell is going on?! You're acting freaky!"
"I don't have time for this. Let go!"
"I'm just concerned about you Naruto! Geez, can't a guy worry about his best friend?" It wasn't just that I needed to find Sasuke. I wasn't ready to tell Kiba about all of this just yet, I admit that I'm a little worried about what he'll think of me when he finds out I'm gay. It's not like I think he's just going to write me off but I just don't want him to treat me differently. Suddenly my sister pulled on my other sleeve and managed to yank me out of Kiba's grasp. I was starting to feel like I was in a game of tug-a-war. At this point Hinata stood up and gently urged Kiba to stop pestering us. "If they would just tell me what's going on I wouldn't have to pester them!"
"You're obstructing true love! That is what is going on!" I stepped on Sakura's foot as soon as I registered what she had said. I sent her a quick glare as she started hopping up and down on her good foot cursing me relentlessly. Dammit Sakura! He wasn't supposed to know yet! I slowly turned back to Kiba and Hinata. To my surprise they were both smiling at me. "It's happening?" Hinata asked in a rather high pitched voice.
It was almost as if she was holding herself back from saying something else. I bit my tongue as they continued to smile at me. "..." Suddenly Kiba put his arm around my neck and pulled me into his side, I grunted as he began to give me a noogie. "You son of a bitch!" He laughed cheerfully as I squirmed under his hold. "Let go you bastard!"
"Why didn't you tell me?! You're finally making a move huh?!" Hinata giggled into her hand as she watched me struggle my way out of his grip, Sakura also seemed to be amused by it all. I cleared my throat before awkwardly looking over at Kiba. "So you don't care I'm... You know." Kiba made a funny look before letting out a hardy laugh. "I never cared that duck butt was gay. Why would I care if you are? You're best friend."
I couldn't help but let out a relieved sigh. I put my hand on his shoulder and smiled at him appreciably. "Thanks man." Kiba smirked in response. "No thanks needed. Now hurry up and get out of here!" I grinned at him and Hinata before taking off with Sakura. "Oh and good luck!" I heard Kiba holler after me. It was a slow process but I was finally starting to feel more confidant about my decision. All I needed to do was find Sasuke...
Laura: So Naruto's feeling pretty good about this now huh? That's good, right?! I just had to add a little bromance moment between Naruto and Kiba. I seriously love those too together. XD Boy friendships seem so much better then girl's... I can't be the only female who thinks this? Anyway what did ya'll think? Good? Horrible? Mediocre at best? Let me know in a review! Every single one brings me immense happiness.
Sasuke: Enough of your rambling! See you all in the next chapter!
Naruto: BYE BYE!