Woe... I'm Life's Whore
Woe… I'm Life's Whore
Naruto discovers some funky feelings. A LOT of drama ensues. AU SasuNaru, plus other pairings (surprise ). Some possible OOCness.. plot-line a little more serious than the title.
Main Pairing: SasuNaru/NaruSasu Others: GaaNaru/NaruGaa KibaShino/ShinoKiba
this chapter is for: Belovedly Loveless
R&R
Chapter Fourteen: Advice
"Where the hell were you?" Sasuke spat into the phone.
"Hey, I'm a wanted man, now. That place was crawling with cops for some reason."
"You know what I want."
"And you know what I want..."
Sasuke swallowed hard. Yeah, I know.
"... so we're on for next weekend?"
"... yes."
"Excellent, Sasuke. Pavillion Hotel, Suite 4B, 1pm. Be there."
"Fine."
"... and Sasuke..."
"... what?"
"...my sincerest apologies..."
Sasuke slammed down the receiver.
-
The weekend had flown by without a trace of Sasuke. He wasn't returning calls, e-mails, or any instant messages.
Monday had gone. Still no Sasuke. The fangirls were worried.
Tuesday had gone. Still no Sasuke. The fangirls panicked.
Wednesday had gone. Still no Sasuke. The fangirls started chaos.
Thursday had gone. Still no Sasuke. The fangirls threw the school into oblivion.
Well, not really. But they certainly acted that the end of the world was nigh.
Naruto, though, wasn't feeling empty and heavy like before. No, this time he was just angry.
"Stupid Sasuke!" he mumbled, drawing little doodles of 'ugly butt-head Sasuke' and 'stupid moron Sasuke'. His personal favourite was 'fat jerk Sasuke'.
"N- Naruto-kun?"
He looked up, greeted by pale-as-ice eyes. "Hey, Hinata, take a seat?"
"Th-Thank you," she blushed and sat on the edge of the seat. "I've n-noticed that s-something's up..?"
Naruto blinked at her a few times blankly.
"Yeah," he said, wondering how much he should burden on the already fragile girl.
"Hinata," he started, not really knowing where to begin.
"Y-yes?" she said.
"What would you do, if the one person you really, really liked, and who you were pretty damn sure liked you back, ignores you?"
She blinked, and then turned a deep crimson.
"I- I- I-" thud.
She had passed out.
"Hinata?!" Naruto said, confused and attempting to help the poor girl up. She was out cold. A couple of students nearby helped take her to the nurse's office. Naruto stood in his place gaping stupidly at what had just happened.
"Excitable girl..." he mumbled to himself.
"Naruto," came a voice from behind him. He jumped in surprise and pivoted towards his addresser. TenTen?
"Naruto," she continued, "I couldn't help but overhear your predicament. Don't worry about Hinata, she'll be fine."
Naruto diverted his attention from the crowd back to TenTen.
"You shouldn't eavesdrop TenTen," Naruto blurted at her, "that conversation was private and confidential."
She smiled at him, "if it was so private, you shouldn't have been so loud."
"Hnph," Naruto pouted. TenTen rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, Naruto. If it were me. If I was the one being ignored, I know exactly what I'd do..."
She had caught Naruto's focus-deficient attention again. "What?"
"Simple," she smiled, deviously, "I'd make them jealous."
-
Naruto had no idea whether TenTen gave good advice or not, but she did seem confident that it would work. She had told him to go over to someone's house that 'that person' wouldn't want him too, and they'd be crawling back in no time.
So he had casually walked up to Kankuro and invited himself over.
He wasn't sure at first if taking on Gaara was worth a bit of Sasuke's attention, at first. But after all the thoughts that had been going through his head (and those thoughts were blinking on Sasuke's answering machine), he had decided it was worth it.
Train-of-thought.
Naruto imagined a long train, with a huge loudspeaker attatched to it, blurting out his thoughts at a million miles an hour. He frowned as he thought at what it would be screaming, and how it would be running over a tied-up damsel-in-distress Sasuke, then reversing back and forth to make sure he really was mushed into jam.
His pocket burst to life with the humming tune of Walking on Sunshine.
He looked at his phone display. Sasuke?
Should I answer it? Click.
"What the hell do you want?" he said, emphasizing every word angrily.
"Naruto..."
"Am I an easy fuck? Now that you got some?" he blurted out.
"No, Naruto... please..."
"No, Sasuke, No. Go away," his anger was getting the best of him.
"Please, Naruto. Just, come over tonight and we can talk..."
"No, Sasuke, I'm going to a friends tonight. Leave me alone. I'll talk to you when I feel like it."
Click.
He was already feeling a little guilty for doing that. TenTen had told him he might. Gotta stay strong, she had said.
He grinned, full of ignorance and confidence.
And that was always a dangerous combination.
-
Naruto and Kankuro had been playing old-school video games for hours, all the classics.
"Bye Kank, take care of Gaara..." Temari yelled, shutting the door behind her. Her and their father were off late-night shopping.
"No probs," he hollered back.
Seconds later the sound of a car pulling out was heard. Kankuro turned to Naruto and grinned.
"What the hell? You're not gonna rape me are you?" Naruto grinned back.
"Gross, man. No parents, no chicks, you know what that means right?" he said, bouncing up and jogging out of the room.
"Not a clue," Naruto yelled at him, turning back to the next level.
"Raid the alcohol cupboard," he said, with a devillish, toothy smile.
Naruto returned the look.
Briiiing.
Kankuro rolled his eyes and set down the bottle of vodka he was harbouring. "Hello..?"
"..."
"... Kiba! Man! Talk about a sixth sense! Come on over, Naruto and me are just chilling, with our good friend Absolut..."
"..."
"... for real? That's one thing, but do I have to get dragged into it?"
"..."
"... that's what you get for saving it for the day before," he said, laughing.
"..."
".. yeah man, yeah. Be there in a minute," he hung up and looked at Naruto.
"Sorry, man. Kiba's moving house like, tomorrow, and he's the only one who hasn't finished packing. Stupid or what, huh? He wants me to help him, I should be back in like, twenty minutes alright?"
Naruto nodded, too absorbed in the graphics being flashed on the screen.
He chuckled as he jogged to the front door. Naruto heard him say "play nice" in the hallway.
The front door slammed just as he said, "play nice?"
He turned around to face the hallway.
A silhoutte with menacing eyes blocked the doorway.
The silhouette took a step in and licked it's lips dangerously.
Gaara.
Naruto gulped. Note to self. Never, ever, listen to TenTen's advice again.