By Jasmine Starlight
Full Summary: Yaoi/het. Neji/Sasu Sasuke's slightly mordant; Itachi just might be a sociopath. Maybe Gaara is from a broken home. Neji just may be in the closet. Maybe Naruto might be lonely. Maybe Kabuto needs someone to love. Maybe Kakashi might need someone to hold. Maybe Sakura might need real friends. Maybe Temari needs a reality check. Maybe Kankurou needs anger management. Maybe Jiraiya needs Tsunade. Maybe Orochimaru needs them both. Maybe Hinata needs freedom. Maybe Kiba might need acceptance. Maybe Ino needs confidence. Maybe Tenten needs medication. Perhaps Shikamaru needs love. Shino, quite possibly could need companionship. Maybe Tayuya is hiding behind her personality. Maybe Haku fears rejection. Maybe Kimimaro desires friendship. Maybe Lee is crying out for attention. Maybe Obito needs compassion.
Most of these pairings seem to be turning out in the yaoi direction. Bah.
I don't own Lord of the Rings, if I did, Sam and Frodo would be together and Legolas would be tied to a stick and drowned. Sorry, just hope that an orc will stab him repeatedly.
Pairings:…Neji/Sasu…Kimimaro/Haku…Obito/Kakashi eventual…Itachi/Kakashi…then Itachi/Kabuto…perhaps Tenten/Kankurou…Naruto/Gaara…Orochimaru/Jiraiya/Tsunade…not sure about that one. Open to suggestions. I'm thinking of doing Ino/Shikamaru/Temari…but whatever works for you guys man…Kiba/Ukon! Zaku/Kin…Hinata/Shino…Eventual Ino/Chouji. Tayuya/Lee. Dosu/Kidoumaru…Zabuza/Haku…then…Zabuza/Kisame! Shisui/Sakon!
I'm really tired.
This chapter really annoys me…
But you guys need this chapter!
SO I TYPE ON!
But I'm still really tired.
I Really Like UKON/KIBA! So, if any of my precious reviewers want to write that, I would support them, hint…hint.
CHAPTER SIXWON'T YOU BE THE LORD OF MY RINGS?
"I thought I ran into you
Down on the street.
Then it turned out
To only be a dream.
I made a point to
Burn all the photographs.
She went away I took a different path.
I can remember the face
But I can't remember the name."
---Green Day; Whatsername
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I do believe that maybe I might have been too harsh on the establishment known as high school before. I am setting the standard too high, maybe it's not so bad after all. Did I just write that?
Maybe I am acting "weird" as Sasuke has been telling me constantly as of late. But Sasuke has been acting equally weird. He's been complaining less about all the parties I've dragged him to. Which really is trick to get him to spend a meager amount of time with me so he doesn't end up spending all his free time with Dad.
Sometimes I just don't feel up for his whole 'I'm angry at the world' act, is it so bad to want a normal little brother? Or to want that little brother to like you? Or even be civil on occasion? Apparently, so.
What a disaster that would turn out to be, eventually I hope that he'll realize that I'm only trying to help.
Which is wishful thinking, a lot of wishful thinking. But isn't it unhealthy to spend too much time fermenting in your own thoughts? Like I know Sasuke will when he's left to his own devices.
It'd help if Sasuke didn't have our father's standards breathing down his neck every time he made a decision. I know Sasuke's abhors having to listen to his degrading macho bull crap every day.
It bothers me too. I know I fulfilled all his demands or I would be the one he was hounding on and not Sasuke. But Sasuke's made a choice, he doesn't want to be what Dad wants, sure one day he'll be getting better grades than I am now, but he won't be captain of everything, President of everything, overall director of everything, etc, etc.
He'll be able to decide what he wants to do without Dad shoving everything onto his plate, in an odd way that makes me proud, Sasuke was able to do what he wanted to do without having to become Daddy's little lap dog.
At the same time, it makes me sad.
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"Hey." Sasuke said from behind Neji, who was chugging down soda like there was no tomorrow suddenly starting choking and sputtering at the sound of Sasuke's voice.
Sasuke smirked slightly and waved a napkin in front of Neji's face, which he took gladly in an attempt to regain his composure. "Hi." He said, his voice unusually hoarse.
"Drinking already?"
"It's just soda." Neji said defensively.
"It was a joke." Sasuke said blandly, averting his line of sight to a potted plant.
"oh."
Just tell him that you were really trashed at Ukon's party and whatever you did you are very sorry about and want to go back to not knowing each other like it was before.
"Look, Sasuke--" Neji started to say, but Sasuke cut him off.
"Who's that hiding behind that plant?" he asked distractedly.
"Huh?" Neji said confusedly.
"There's someone hiding behind that plant over there." Sasuke said again, gesturing with his hand, Neji finally glanced at the plant to find Hanabi crouched there once again.
Neji sighed, "That's my cousin Hanabi."
"Why is she hiding?"
"She thinks she can scare me by jumping out from behind things at random." Neji said dully.
"Right." Sasuke said.
"So Sasuke--"
"AHA!" Hanabi finally revealed her position.
Sasuke regarded her with slight interest, Neji continued on unfazed, "Sa--" this time Hanabi interrupted him, "I bet you almost had a heart attack just now." Hanabi said smugly.
"No he didn't." Neji said smoothly.
"How do you know?" Hanabi said defiantly.
"Because you don't scare anyone Hanabi." Neji said firmly.
"Like you scare anyone." Hanabi said skeptically.
"I don't have to give people heart attacks to make friends." Neji said bluntly.
"Where the hell would you have gotten that from?" Hanabi demanded.
Neji was in the process of retorting when he realized that Sasuke had disappeared. "Damnit!"
"Ooh, Neji said a bad word!"
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Shino sighed dejectedly as he hovered over the snack table, sullenly sipping at his punch, listening to the lilting sound of Hinata's stutter as she conversed with Naruto.
"Hey, Shino, what's wrong?" Chouji said cheerfully around a mouth of ham sandwich.
Shino let out a sad sigh before answering, "…nothing."
"Hinata's in love with Naruto isn't she?" Chouji said sympathetically.
Shino looked up suddenly and frowned, "I heard you mumbling maniacally to yourself, about your brilliant plan on how to murder Kiba and Naruto." Chouji said as he daintily wiped his face.
Shino sighed again, "It'll work out, man."
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"—a red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night."
Sasuke rolled his eyes and ignored the movie that was blaring on the TV currently, seeing this as a good time to talk to Sasuke, Neji sidled up to him. "Hey, Sasuke--"
"Shh. This is a good part." Sasuke said as the riders of Rohan surrounded Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli.
Neji suppressed the urge to kick Sasuke violently in the shins and waited…and waited…and waited. He remained silent until Sasuke finally got bored and wandered off. "Goddamnit!"
"NEJI SAID ANOTHER BAD WORD!"
"HANABI I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
"NEJI THREATENED ME WITH BODILY HARM AGAIN!"
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Meanwhile, Itachi was actually watching the movie, until someone fell asleep on his shoulder, frowning he poked the cheek of the person who was snoring softly.
"Hey! Wake up!" he said in hushed whisper.
"I lost my speedo." Kabuto mumbled before taking his glasses off and rubbing his eyes, Itachi's frowned turned upside down, "Shh, I'm trying to watch." Itachi murmured out of the side of his mouth.
"And I was trying to sleep." Kabuto mumbled as his head pitched toward his chest.
"So sleep."
"…ok." Kabuto said as he dozed off on Itachi's shoulder once more, Itachi frowned again, but couldn't find the energy to wake to grey haired boy again. He rolled his eyes and pulled Kabuto, who was still half-asleep, out of the room.
"Wha?"
"You were almost drooling on me." Itachi said as he pulled Kabuto over to an empty couch.
"…sorry." Kabuto mumbled again as he slumped down.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Couldn't sleep last night."
"At all?"
"…nope." Kabuto leaned into Itachi, who merely sighed, this could be worse.
"Maybe you should see get some medication." Itachi suggested as Kabuto yawned loudly.
"For insomnia?"
"Yeah."
"I'm fine sleeping now."
Apparently I have to be too; this isn't that bad though.
Itachi poked Kabuto's cheek experimentally. "Why are you so cold?"
"Am I?"
"Yes."
"…that's nice." Kabuto whispered before nestling himself closer to the source of his warmth. Itachi flushed slightly and gently tugged Kabuto's glasses off. I hope that no yaoi fan girls decide that they need to sit on this couch, Itachi thought blankly before brushing hair out of Kabuto's face.
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Sasuke once again found himself wanting to venture outside instead of staying cooped inside, that was where Neji found him, walking around aimlessly.
"Hey!" he called trying to catch up to Sasuke, who stopped and waited.
"Hey."
"What are you doing out here?"
"Got bored."
"I was trying to talk to you before you wandered off like a child with ADD." Neji said conversationally.
"Were you?"
"Yes." Neji said through gritted teeth.
"So?" Sasuke asked challengingly.
"About Ukon's party--"
"What about it?"
"About what happened--"
"What happened?" Sasuke cut in harshly.
Neji stared at Sasuke for awhile, "Don't you remember?"
"Do you?"
"Why you do keeping interrupting me with useless questions?"
"Why, does it bother you?" Neji gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"What happened was--"
"Do you even know what happened?" Sasuke interjected again, before Neji silenced him with his hand.
"What happened at Ukon's party was a mistake!" he exclaimed loudly.
Sasuke was silent, and Neji awkwardly shifted his weight from foot to foot.
"Typical." Sasuke remarked in disgust as he began to walk back toward the house.
"What's typical?"
"You." Sasuke said angrily.
"What?"
"Playing the typical jock, once again shying away from anything that could define you as different." He said as he began walking away faster.
"What the hell is your problem!"
"Nothing! I don't have a problem! You're the one with the problem."
"And what problem would that be?"
"You're so far in the closet, you've organized your collection of Gucci shoes by color and design!"
"What!"
"If you want to play grade-A prime heterosexual specimen that's fine with me. I don't care. I can accept who I am, so just leave me alone."
Sasuke stormed off into the wintry night leaving Neji very confused and angry.
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Life sucks and then you die…§§§§§§§§§§§
Neji as he made his way to his locker after the completion of winter break, "Hey Neji!" Lee exclaimed as he caught up to said Hyuuga.
"Hi Lee." Neji said distractedly as he absently fiddled with his locker, "How was winter break?"
"Alright, too much time with the family though." Neji said dully as he recalled the hours spent eating with snobby cousins over stale food and equally stale conversation.
"What's that on the floor?" Lee asked, pointing.
Neji looked to the floor and his line of sight caught a plastic button, his eyes widened briefly before he began speaking nervously, "It's nothing, Lee. Hey, we better hurry or Gai-sensei will weep tears of sorrow." He said quickly as Lee dashed off toward class.
Making sure no one saw, he picked up the button that read in bright rainbow letters. 'NOBODY KNOWS I'M GAY'
END
Bo- thank you
KuraResa-…:)
kitsune- thanks.
The Cage Bird- So polite, arigato.
riikaa- at this point, I don't really care but thanks for the correction anyway. ;)
Lala to the power of 2- Tsunade/Shino is a refreshing break from the tedium of the non-existent Tsunade/Jiraiya stories.
Tidal rabbit- heh.