How's it going everyone, did you miss me
Well I decided to make another chapter for this story, albeit I should be working on something other than this series but meh. That and I was planning on waiting for the artist making my cover art to finish the picture but sadly I learned he wasn't going to continue making it so I decided to just continue the story and hope I can find someone one day to finish it.
But enough about my problems, I hope you all enjoy this update
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Now without further ado, let's begin
Second year at Signal
Sasuke was walking home albeit a little faster than usual as he had a follower that evening
"Hey Sasuke wait up" Yang called out to him as Sasuke let out a huff wondering why she's following him again. Which came to him in a second as he remembered his homeroom professor did a two person group of assignment that is to be due tomorrow.
Sasuke tried to get Yang to understand that he could do this assignment by himself but to his disappointment she didn't budge in her determination to work with him. Especially when he tried to shake her off but just like the first day he met her, which lasted a good half hour of running, she isn't losing her sight on him
Sasuke let out a sigh knowing he isn't going to get rid of her and might as well get this assignment over with and accept her help "Hurry up" Sasuke said dryly while looking over his shoulder at Yang as he slowed his pace slightly to allow her to catch up
Yang looked at him for a second before smiling as she realized he wasn't trying to get rid of her anymore. She might as well mark this up for a win on her part of not giving up on trying to be his friend.
"You know, this is going to be the first time I've actually ever been inside your house" Yang mused as Sasuke 'hn'. "Tell me, am I the first girl you brought home" Yang said with a sly grin as Sasuke nearly tripped on his footing at the slightly perverse tone Yang was using as he turned to Yang and glared at her
Sasuke glared at her for a moment before looking straight ahead and continued on walking as he didn't want to respond to Yang's taunts as the blonde was laughing loudly at his silence.
They soon arrived at Sasuke's house as they walked up to the front door and Sasuke was about to open it but stopped to turn to look at Yang "Don't do anything that'll make me regret this decision of letting you into my house" Sasuke said dryly
"Don't worry, I'll be on my best behavior" Yang said with a mock salute
"Well at least you're wearing your uniform right now. Oum knows what mother would say if she saw you in your regular outfit" Sasuke stated gesturing to the fact they were still wearing their uniform they had to wear at Signal. It consisted of a grey suit lined with black and a black shirt underneath, the same goes for Yang except instead of pants she's wearing a grey skirt with a black hem
"What's that supposed to mean" Yang asked slowly while crossing her arms
"I'm saying you dress inappropriately for your age" Sasuke deadpanned as Yang let out a mock gasp of shock
"How dare you" Yang stated dramatically in faux anger as Sasuke rolled his eyes as he opened the door and walked in
Yang followed after as she walked into a nice looking hallway "I'm home mother" Sasuke called out
"Welcome back dear, would you like anything" Mikoto called out from her spot in living room watching TV that they were passing by
"No thank you mother" Sasuke responded kindly as Mikoto stopped watching TV to turn to look over her couch to see Sasuke but wasn't expecting to see Yang with him
"Sasuke. .Who's this?" Mikoto inquired as she turned the TV off. Sasuke was going to answer but Yang beat him to it
"I'm Yang Xiao Long, nice to meet you Mrs. Uchiha" Yang greeted politely with a cheerful smile
Mikoto stared at Yang for a moment before her hair covered her eyes as she got up from her spot on the couch. Mikoto walked around the couch and towards Sasuke as Yang couldn't help but feel awkward in this situation as she slowly backed away from the two family members
Mikoto stood in front of Sasuke as she stared at him as he stared back with a raised brow wondering what's going on. He was then surprised when his mother pulled in him into a tight embrace
"My baby boy is growing up!" Mikoto exclaimed with tears running down her face
"Mother! What are you!" Sasuke tried to get a word in as he was just pulled back into the embrace being unable to say anything
"My son has brought home a girl, I thought I was ready to let you go and here I am holding on to the memories of when we used to hug like this" Mikoto exclaimed as Sasuke was struggling to pull free from his mother's grip while glaring from the corner of his eye at Yang who was struggling not to laugh at the scene before her
Sasuke finally got out of his mother's grip "She's only here for a class assignment, nothing else!" Sasuke shouted as Mikoto blinked and stared at him for a moment
"So you're saying" Mikoto said slowly with a hand gesture for him to continue
"We're not like that and I don't even like hanging around her all that much" Sasuke said dryly as Yang flinched as she felt a piece of her soul breaking when he said it so seriously
Mikoto notice that from the corner of her eye before looking back at her son who was heading upstairs to his room. As Sasuke walked up the stairs Mikoto got a good look at her son's eyes and noticed he held some regret in them right after he said that
When she was sure he made it down the hall upstairs to his room she let out a soft laugh. Yang getting out of her sad stupor and looked at Mikoto curiously
"Sorry, Its just my son is a very good liar, but he can't lie to his mother" Mikoto said with a smile
"What do you mean?" Yang asked curiously
"Well" Mikoto began as she put a finger to her chin as she had a thoughtful look on her face "Sasuke, even if he said he didn't like you, would never bring you here if that was true. If he did say he doesn't like to be around you he would've tried to get rid of you on the way here" Mikoto pointed out
"Been there, done that" Yang said simply as Sasuke did try to get rid of her last year but she didn't give up that easily
"Well then it seems you had a bigger impact on my son than I thought if he actually gave up like this" Mikoto said with a smile
"And that is?" Yang asked curiously
"He actually considers you someone close if he actually relents to actually let you into our home" Mikoto stated as that little fact burrowed into Yang's mind and realized that the raven haired woman was right. During all her time last year, not once was he willing to accept her friendship. It was after the new year did he actually try to be nicer to her, albeit the progress is incredibly slow that a snail is able to pass that progress with ease
"Huh, you're right" Yang agreed as Mikoto's smile brightened
"Of course I'm right, I know my son seeing as I am his mother after all" Mikoto said with arms akimbo "And just by meeting you I can already tell you have such a bright fire in your heart it's like there are two suns lighting up your heart that it affects people around you to either laugh or smile" Mikoto stated with a kind smile as Yang smiled back at her "It just shows that he's opening up to you and one day, it may not be tomorrow or the next month but one day he will call you, friend" Mikoto said putting her hand on Yang's shoulder as the blonde smiled brighter at that before a thought came to her that she's been meaning to ask for awhile
". . . . May I ask something" Yang said after a moment
"Go ahead" Mikoto replied courteously
"Does Sasuke get his negative attitude from his father or" Yang asked as that was something on her mind after meeting Mikoto who was a complete opposite of Sasuke's personality and wondered if he got the attitude from his father
"No actually he didn't. Honestly he just started to act like that when he was old enough to do things on his own. Just like his older brother who is off at Beacon" Mikoto said with a sigh "Honestly I wish Sasuke was more cheerful like his brother but I'm his mother and he has never done anything to wrong me in any way so I let his attitude slide at times" Mikoto said with a shake of her head before looking at Yang with a glint in her eyes "Maybe you could do something about that" Mikoto mused as Yang let out a chuckle
"No promises" Yang replied with a toothy smirk
"Now I think I took enough of your time, I'm sure Sasuke is waiting for you upstairs" Mikoto said as she began walking back into the living room
"As if" Yang muttered under her breath as she began walking upstairs and towards Sasuke's room.
She opened the door and entered the dimly lit room that was painted a dark blue that made the ambiance somewhat somber. Yang looked straight ahead and found Sasuke sitting at one side of an odd looking table on what she could guess was a cushion. The table was low to the ground with the tabletop a round dark brown mahogany color that had a heavy dark blue blanket underneath that spilled over on all sides and onto Sasuke's lap
"Hurry up already and sit down already" Sasuke said dully
"How am I?" Yang asked as she gestured to the table as Sasuke rolled his eyes as he should've guessed she wouldn't know how to properly sit at a kotatsu. Sasuke got up and walked over to his closet as he pulled out a rectangular object that he unfolded into a plush legless leather chair. Sasuke set the chair down on Yang's side before returning to his previous position on his zabuton mat that he was on.
"Sit down" Sasuke repeated as Yang looked unsure before sighing as bent down and sat on the plush chair that felt so weird to sit on as her legs were on the ground but oddly comfortable at the same time when she pulled the blanket over her legs to sit.
"This is so weird" Yang mumbled as she moved a bit to get comfortable as she could in the chair Sasuke gave him
"Stop complaining and get to work on your side of the assignment" Sasuke said dryly as he slid a piece of paper onto her side of the table
Yang let out a huff as she picked up a pen that was on her side, probably put there before she got to the room. Yang began to work while at times her eyes drift around Sasuke's room. She noticed he has very little personal stuff that only limited to pictures of his family and only that. It saddens her a bit that he lives so dully yet as she continues to move her gaze across the room she saw something she didn't think he would keep
It was the Hisshou knife she given to him last Christmas. The knife looked well cared for as the blade was on a stand that Sasuke probably made to hold it.
"It just shows that he's opening up to you and one day, it may not be tomorrow or the next month but one day he will call you, friend"
Yang smiled as she remembered what Sasuke's mother said as she looked back at Sasuke who was working diligently. Sasuke noticed her stare and looked up back at her
"What?" Sasuke asked calmly
"Nothing~" Yang said in a singsong voice as Sasuke's brow as he let out a tsk before looking back down and Yang could've sworn Sasuke shook his head with a smirk filled with mirth before it went back to it's blank expression
Yang smiled wider knowing that even if the fool didn't say she was her friend, it doesn't mean he doesn't think of her as one. The two spent the rest of the time working in silence and comfort of the others presence.
Third year at Signal
Sasuke had another project to work with Yang. They've been on several more group projects since the day Yang came to his home a year ago. Every time Yang has visited his home she's been only polite and calm which was weird for him and when he tried to engage in conversation it would end in just under three sentences.
Sasuke began walking out of Signal with Yang and Ruby behind him
"So all those times you told dad you were with friends you were actually doing school work with Sasuke. . . . Really?" Ruby asked her sister because thinking of her fun, party loving sister actually doing her work on time is odd to her
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Yang exclaimed with a pout as Sasuke shook his head at the conversation as he began walking down the street towards his home "Hey Sasuke hold up a moment" Yang called out to him as Sasuke stopped and looked back at Yang with a raised brow
"What is it Yang" Sasuke asked calmly
"How about this time we go to my house. You always been a good sport in letting me into your home so it's my turn to let you into ours" Yang said with a big smile as she pulled Ruby into a side hug as the younger girl smiled as well. Sasuke stared at her for a moment as he began weighing the pros and cons of accepting her invitation
The cons would be the place would be hectic and they wouldn't get any work done, two it would mean he would have to talk to her father who from what Ruby said is over protective of them and possibly get into an argument over something stupid, and three his family would tease him for going to a girls home. Now for the pros, one, she's a friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . That's about it for the pros
Sasuke looked back at Yang who's smile was strained and she looked a little sad from him probably not responding. Ruby on the other hand was looking between them with a worried expression.
Sasuke let out a sigh at how they were feeling "Fine" Sasuke relented as Yang's smile brightened again as Sasuke couldn't help but grin at her giddiness. He guess it's worth the cons if she's happy
"Alright, let's get going!" Yang exclaimed as they began walking in a different direction towards what Sasuke could guess the two girls home. Sasuke followed the two girls in silence while they talked to each other as they soon arrived in a residential area. They kept walking until they stood in front of a pale grey blue one story house.
The two girls walked up to the door before turning back to see Sasuke still looking at the house before he let out a huff and walked up to the front door
"Let's get this over with" Sasuke muttered mostly to himself but Yang heard him and could only guess this would be the first time someone would invite him into their home.
"Welcome to casa Xiao Long" Yang announced happily as Sasuke shook his head at her before walking into the house behind her "We're home!" Yang exclaimed very loudly to what Sasuke could guess her parents.
"I know Yang, no need to yell" A man said as he walked out from an entrance in the hallway in front of them. The man stopped and stared at Sasuke "Who's this" The man said in a slightly strained voice as Yang let out a frustrated sigh
"This is Sasuke, you know my friend I talked about" Yang said gesturing to Sasuke who nodded at the man who was still staring at him intently
". . . . . I am Taiyang Xiao Long and what exactly is he doing here" Taiyang said calmly while having an aura of anger behind him
"He's only here because we have a group assignment dad" Yang said tiredly with a sigh at her father's over protectiveness
"I see, well I guess I'm going to need to lay down some ground rules while he's here, understand" Taiyang said with his arms crossed while Sasuke raised a brow at him
". . . . Your name is Tai-Yang" Sasuke repeated the man's name slowly before looking at Yang before looking back at him "You must've had to think really hard when you thought up her name didn't you" Sasuke asked sarcastically as Yang snorted with laughter while slightly shocked Sasuke would actually be sarcastic towards her father as he has always been a straightforward yet polite person
"Watch it" Taiyang said strenuously with a twitching brow "Now for the ground rules. One, door remains open at all times"
"I can just imagine where this is going" Sasuke said dryly while Yang had her hand against her face, groaning in embarrassment at what her father is doing while Ruby on the other hand decided to stay out of this and went into the kitchen
"Two, no funny business" Taiyang said sternly
"That won't be a problem because Sasuke is actually most mature guy I know" Yang added as Sasuke shrugged at that statement
"Three, if you even think of doing anything to my daughter I will-" Taiyang didn't finish his sentence as he froze in place
"Uh, dad?" Yang said after a moment as she tapped her father's shoulder
"I just put him under a hallucination" Sasuke said while gesturing his eyes
"It always scares me that you can put a person under that in a split second. How long is he going to be like this?" Yang asked as she gets the gist of what he can do with his semblance but not the whole thing as he always surprises her with what he make's people see while under it's effect.
"I made it so that every minute out here is a millisecond in there" Sasuke said walking past the man "It's amazing what you can do to distort a minds perception of time" Sasuke said as he stood behind Taiyang and started to drag him by his shoulders
"Hey I don't hear dad shouting, is everything al- what's going on!" Ruby shouted in shock when she saw Sasuke dragging her father across the floor
"He's fine, he's just out of it for awhile, he'll back to normal in a bit" Sasuke said as he took Taiyang into their living room as he tossed the older man onto their couch "Alright, that's out of the way, now can we get to work" Sasuke said turning to Yang who simply stared at him before shaking her head with mirth
"He's going to be fine, right? You didn't do what you did to uncle right?" Ruby asked as she was worried for her father's sanity as she heard what happened to her uncle and saw how on edge he was after it happened
"I didn't do what I did to your uncle. He'll be fine, it's as if he drifted off" Sasuke stated as Ruby nodded "Now can we get to work or are we just going to stand hovering around your semiconscious father" Sasuke asked dryly as Yang chuckled lightly at that
"We'll be in my room if you need anything Ruby" Yang asked as she turned to Ruby
"Okay sis, I'm going to the Dust store a few blocks down, alright" Ruby said as she headed towards the door
"Be safe" Yang called out to her sister
"Will do" Ruby said before closing the door as Yang turned to Sasuke and gestured him to follow
"Come on" Yang said cheerfully as Sasuke shrugged as he followed Yang down the hall before arriving at a door with Yang's name on it "It's kinda a mess, so sorry about that" Yang said opening the door to her room that was brightly lit, painted burnt orange and the walls covered by many different posters of various things Sasuke has no interest in. Her room was also as she said before, messy with clothes strewn across the room's floor
"Where are we supposed to sit?" Sasuke asked as Yang stared at him for a moment before cursing. Yang into the closet in the side and started throwing stuff out of it, in effort to find something
"Found it!" Yang exclaimed after a moment as she pulled out a foldable table and propped it up in the middle of the room. Sasuke stared at the table, not for the fact she has a table but the fact it was a foldable poker table
"Why do you own a poker table?" Sasuke asked gesturing to the yellow felt poker table
"Well I usually have friends over who likes to play Remnant: The game, or some good ol' fashioned poker" Yang said with a large smile as Sasuke rolled his eyes at her as the blonde placed two foldable chairs down on both sides of the table
"Come on, let's get to work" Sasuke said as he sat down and got to work on his side as Yang did the same
"Hey Sasuke" Yang asked after a moment of silence as the only sound was their pencils writing on their separate pieces of paper
"Hn?" Sasuke uttered as he kept his eyes down at his paper
"Do you ever wonder what would've happened if we never met" Yang asked nonchalantly as Sasuke stopped writing to look up at her
"Where did that come from?" Sasuke asked curiously
"No idea, I just felt like asking a question" Yang said with a carefree smile as Sasuke sighed before giving it some thought
". . . . I probably be doing my work by myself right now, probably in some library" Sasuke stated calmly as Yang frowned slightly
"Is that all that would happen" Yang asked as that sounded quite lonely in her opinion
". . . . I would probably be by myself for most of my life before you somehow pop up in that life and try to become my friend like in this one" Sasuke said with smirk as that answer took Yang back a bit before smiling
"If that would've happened I would have my work cut out for me because it took me three years for us to talk like this" Yang said leaning forward with her chin propped on her fists before her smile
"I guess I should thank you for that" Sasuke said calmly as Yang's smile grew bigger at that "But I'm not going to say that because your an idiot" Sasuke continued as Yang's brow twitched
"Why you little" Yang said shaking her fist at him
"But I will say thank you for something else. Thank you for going the extra mile to always try and make me smile" Sasuke said with a rare smile as Yang blinked before a smile appeared on her lips as she was one of the few people that could ever see him like this
"You're welcome" Yang said happily as neither noticed Taiyang standing outside the room with his arms crossed as he let out a silent huff before walking away.
"I guess I have to acknowledge my baby girl is growing up faster than I thought" Taiyang said solemnly before noticing Ruby opening the front door and walked in
"Oh hey dad, you're back up. Wait are you mad, if so I had nothing to do with what happened" Ruby said with her hands up in a placating gesture
"Nah I'm good. Come on, let's go make lunch" Taiyang said walking over and ruffling his daughter's hair and smiled as he knows at he least he will hold on to this one a little while longer as his other daughter is now happy with someone he could moderately approve of.
"And here I thought you be mad Yang brought home a guy, albeit one she isn't dating" Ruby muttered as Taiyang stopped and looked at Ruby in complete shock
"You're joking" Taiyang asked as he could tell the love between his daughter and Sasuke
"Yeah, I'm not" Ruby said shaking her head "They're rather oblivious to their feelings if I must say so" Ruby stated as Taiyang shook his head
"That is just sad" Taiyang said as he continued walking towards the kitchen
"Hey, they may one day get together" Ruby stated as she followed him into their kitchen
"Yeah but I swear it's going to either take a couple of years, or outside help to get them together, or getting trapped during an avalanche, or they get into an argument where they reveal their feelings or either one of them get jealous of the other and reveal their feelings" Taiyang calmly guessed as Ruby looked at him weirdly
"You make some odd assumptions dad" Ruby said with mirth
"I've been married twice, I know well enough about romance" Taiyang said as he couldn't help but pray for those two to stop being oblivious in the future
So I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, if not please keep it to yourself
Also if you're wondering when the main story is going to be updated, don't hold your breath because it's going to be awhile before I return to it. Probably the end of this month or the beginning of next month you'll see it updated but no promises. Mostly because I have four other stories I need to get to because I haven't given them attention in a long time
So until then, please leave a review, comment, PM and I'll see you all later. Have a great day