Review repleys, thanks for r&r again!
Hanai-kun: Our stories almost always end well, so don't worry ;) Yeah, Shikamaru seems like the type who understands everyone, so we choose for him.
SouthParkfan2: Don't worry, he's only offering him a place to stay, nothing more ;) He's too lazy for that.
Mewa: Yeah, it couldn't be else then that Neji'd find out about the bet once. Else it wouldn't be fair right?
UchihaHyuuga: Didn't you get pissed off because of Tenten? ;) She was a bitch as well. But yeah, they are mean in this story. They're too much busy with looking good.
koko: Sometimes he is ;) And yeah, he finally has a friend. Was about time ;)
A/n: We have a little OOC in here, Haku's not like he really is, but we couldn't think of someone else who rivals Neji's beauty. I hope you don't mind!
Chapter 11: Haku
That evening, late, Itachi arrived home. He opened the lock of the door and stepped inside, taking off his coat.
Sasuke heard the door and jumped of his bed, thinking it was Neji. He slammed open the door. "Neji I...!" He began but looked into Itachi's face.
Itachi frowned and looked at Sasuke. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"...You're not Neji.." Sasuke whispered and felt tears springing to his eyes again. It wasn't Neji. All his hopes were gone now..
"..Of course I'm not Neji.. what happened Sasuke?" Itachi said worriedly, and walked to Sasuke.
"...Neji left me.." Sasuke whispered and tears were running down his face again.
"...What?" Itachi asked. "Why?"
"...He f-found out about the bet.." Sasuke answered, starting to cry again. He had done nothing else that evening.
Itachi looked at him and frowned. "Oh shit.." He muttered. He looked at Sasuke for a moment and then hugged him. Poor Sasuke..
"He didn't even wanna l-listen to me...h-he hates me...I've r-ruined everything.." Sasuke sobbed as he grabbed Itachi tightly.
"...How did he find out then..?" Itachi asked. "Why didn't he wanted to listen?"
"Ino told him...She told him everything...They didn't believe me..they thought it was all a joke..Neji hates me!" Sasuke cried out as he buried his face into Itachi's neck.
"...Can't you try to talk to Neji tomorrow?" Itachi asked, not really knowing what to do with this.
"..H-he doesn't wanna talk to me...He hates me..I ruined everything...He left me too..He said he would stay...and he left..and it's all my own stupid fault..It's all my fault..everything's always my fault.." Sasuke sobbed as he felt himself going weak. This was just too much.
"...You couldn't know this was going to happen.." Itachi said, while stroking through Sasuke's hair.
"..I shouldn't h-have agreed to the s-stupid bet...I s-should've known better...I make t-too many mistakes..I can only r-ruin my own life..and e-everyone else's too.." Sasuke said, starting to breathe irregular now too.
"..Sasuke you're still here for me.. you help me with my life.." Itachi said softly.
"..N-no...I make it h-harder for you too..And now N-Neji left me too...Just l-like mom...just like d-dad...e-everyone leaves me..." Sasuke sobbed and felt his knees going weaker and weaker.
"...No Sasuke.." Itachi softly said. "..Look.. things like this happen.. it sucks ok.. but it happens.."
"..But e-everyone leaves me...everyone..leaves...It's too much...Itachi.." Sasuke said, feeling himself slipping away. He was too tired, too emotional...everything was too much.
"..I won't leave anymore Sasuke..." Itachi said, stroking Sasuke's cheek.
"...They a-all said that...they all s-said they wouldn't leave...and t-they all did.." Sasuke sobbed again and now starting leaning against Itachi severely.
"Yes, but... I came back for you Sasuke.." Itachi said, holding him closely.
"...Just t-this time..I d-don't feel so good...Itachi...p-please.." Sasuke begged as he started breathing more heavily.
Itachi brought Sasuke closer. "Of course you don't.. it feels like your heart is breaking.." Itachi said softly. "..You have to try to talk to him tomorrow.. no matter if he wants or not, just get him alone with you and talk to him.."
"...He doesn't w-wanna see me..h-he doesn't have a place to live...he h-hates me..I h-hate myself.." Sasuke said as he held onto Itachi with all his strength left. If he let go now he was sure he'd collapse onto the floor.
"You two just have to talk.." Itachi said.
"...Please don't leave me..ever.." Sasuke whispered.
"..I can't promise you that because there will be a day I will.. there will be a day that I'll die, and you know that..." Itachi said softly. "But before that, I won't leave you Sasuke.. you're my little brother.."
"..I'll die first...I'll die first..." Sasuke whispered, more to himself then Itachi and stopped crying after a while.
"..No you won't." Itachi said. "If you try to kill yourself, I'll follow. Don't do that."
"...Just don't leave me..don't leave me...not untill you die.." Sasuke whispered.
"I won't Sasuke.. I won't.." Itachi said, sighing. It was even going to be tougher then before.
The next day Sasuke was walking through the school. His mind was only on Neji. If he'd see Neji, if he got to talk to him. Explain. If Neji was OK. If Neji even wanted to see him. If Neji maybe wanted him back. There were so many questions now. Sasuke absentmindedly to Neji's locker. And Neji was there. Sasuke quickly walked up to him. "Neji..." He softly said.
Neji gave him a look and then closed his locker, swung his backpack over his shoulder and walked away.
Sasuke grabbed Neji's arm. "Neji please let me explain..." He said.
"Leave me alone." Neji snapped and tried to pull his arm loose.
"No..please just listen Neji." Sasuke said. He knew this might turn out into a real fight, but he started pulling Neji with him. He had to find a place that was private.
"What are you doing?! Let go of me!" Neji angrily yelled. How 'dare' Sasuke just drag him with him? Neji tried to pull his arm loose. He knew everyone was watching them, but he didn't care. He just wanted Sasuke to let go of him. He'd probably want to say to him to not tell anyone about them having been together and that he was pregnant.
Sasuke ignored Neji and finally found an empty classroom. He opened the door and pushed Neji inside, then closed the door behind him. "Just listen to me..." Sasuke said softly.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore Sasuke!" Neji yelled at Sasuke and tried to push Sasuke away from the door. He couldn't handle it to be this close to Sasuke again. He didn't wanted Sasuke to even hurt him more.
"Just let me explain.." Sasuke said as he held Neji back by holding his arms tightly.
"Let go of me." Neji almost growled. Sasuke just had to leave him alone. He didn't even listened to Sasuke.
"...I love you.." Sasuke suddenly said and looked into Neji's eyes. He just had to say it now, before it was to late.
Neji looked at him, silent for a moment, then he looked away.
"..Don't lie to me." He softly said.
"..I'm not...Neji..it's true I walked up to you because of a dare..but I really liked you on our date...I really did..I love you Neji...That dare was just..it was stupid..I should've gone to you out of interest in the first place..I'm so sorry.." Sasuke said as he let go of Neji.
Neji looked at him for a moment and then looked away.
"...I don't believe you.." Neji said softly and then tried to move past Sasuke. He was about to forgive Sasuke and pull him close, but he wouldn't.. that would be too naïve, as he always was.
"..Neji please...please don't leave me.." Sasuke begged with tears in his eyes and grabbed Neji's arm softly. If Neji left now, he would never be near him again. Never...
Neji looked at him and then looked to the floor. Was Sasuke actually faking tears now or was he serious?
"...Please..don't hate me...even if you don't wanna be with me anymore..please don't hate me.." Sasuke softly said as he let some tears fall. He then opened the door for Neji. He wouldn't force Neji into anything...He wouldn't ruin his life too.
"...How can I not hate you after what you did to me?" Neji asked, looking at Sasuke. "You went to me because of that dare, made me pregnant and now you're even trying to get me back? What kind of dare did you get?"
"...To make you love me..but I guess it just turned out the other way around..." Sasuke said, quickly wiping his tears away, only to make place for more. He had really lost Neji...and nothing he would do or say would make Neji come back...
Neji looked at him silently. What did he had to do..? Did Sasuke really love him? Were these tears real?
"...You can leave now if you want...I get the point..I screwed up...Just please..don't forget that I love you..." Sasuke whispered as he looked to the floor, tears now streaming down his face.
"..I..." Neji said softly, not knowing what to do.
Sasuke stayed silent and waited for Neji to leave. To leave him for good. He would probably not even get to know his own child. He would be hated by as well Neji as his son or daughter.
"..I need some time for this." Neji muttered.
"...Just say it Neji.." Sasuke softly said.
"I don't want to leave you Sasuke, but I don't know if you're speaking the truth.." Neji said, looking at Sasuke.
"...If you can't believe me then it's obvious what you should do right.." Sasuke said and didn't look back. He just stared at the ground.
Neji looked at him for a moment and then he silently walked away. He was just too confused by this now.
Sasuke stayed silent for a while, then closed the door and let himself break down again. He had lost Neji..
Almost a month later, after a really rough time for not being together with Neji, Sasuke was sitting in the middle of the great hall, talking a bit with his friends. Sasuke had explained everything to them and they had apologised for their actions. But Neji had stayed away, since he had seen that Sasuke was still talking with his friends.
"Man..I totally screwed up our tests...They were so lame.." Sasuke said as he rested his head on the table he was sitting on. They had a whole week of tests the week before.
"I know, I know." Kiba said, sighing. "I screwed up too."
Suddenly the doors of the great hall opened and a beautiful girl ente-.. wait. It was a girl with boy clothes? Was this a guy? The person looked around the room and spotted Sasuke's group, got an arrogant smirk on his face and walked over to the group. When he arrived at this table, he/she looked at Sasuke.
"Hey." He said. It was obvious that this was a male. Well, obvious... not really, but the voice was male. Probably. It still was a bit female like.
"..Hey. Do I know you?" Sasuke asked surprised this...guy talked to him out of all people in the room.
"Not yet, but I'd like to change that." The guy said and smirked a bit. "I'm Haku. Who are you?"
"Uchiha Sasuke, are you new?" Sasuke asked as he made room for Haku. Something about this guy made him feel a little better then he had all month.
Haku smirked slightly as he sat down beside Sasuke.
"Yes, this is my first day." Haku answered. "I moved here with a friend of my parents."
"I see. That's nice." Sasuke said and smiled a little. "Good thing you came now and not the week before."
"Why not?" Haku asked. "Busy week? If you know what I mean of course" He added, grinning slightly.
Kiba gave a snort and smirked. He liked this guy already.
Sasuke smirked a little. "No. Not like that." He said. "We had tests." This Haku guy was exactly him a few months ago. Things changed though.
"Ah." Haku said. "So, are you going to give me a tour around the school?" He said, smiling seductively.
"Sure. Well this is our cafeteria. Not much to it." Sasuke said and smirked at Haku as he stood.
"I see." Haku said, standing up too, happy with himself now. "What about the people here?"
"Well, you got the privilege to sit at our table. We're pretty much known as the in crowd. The rest isn't important." Sasuke said. He knew that wasn't completely true. Not to him at least.
"Ah." Haku said, looking around. "Let me guess, those are the nerds?" He pointed towards the little group in the back, where Shikamaru was sitting with a few guys. Neji wasn't there at the moment.
"..Yeah. Let's move on." Sasuke quickly said as he knew Neji had formed a group with the nerds. Even though Neji wasn't a nerd. At all. Sasuke made sure Haku followed him out of the cafeteria.
And Haku followed him. "So what's next?" Haku said, walking very close to Sasuke.
"Well urm..this is the hallway. Not very spectacular. The lockers are all over the place, did you find yours yet?" Sasuke asked, actually feeling comfortable around Haku.
"Yeah, it's here." Haku said, pointing towards one of the lockers. The one which was next to Neji's.
"..Oh..I see.." Sasuke said and looked at the two lockers. Was this really just a coincidence?
"Something wrong with the locker?" Haku said with a grin on his face.
"..No..no it's fine. I was just thinking. Anyhow, let's move on." Sasuke said and quickly walked further. "These are all classrooms, they're lame. The principals office is right there down the hall."
"Ah.. I guess I have to make a mental note of that room." Haku said, laughing a bit.
Sasuke laughed a little too. "Maybe you should. You're a troublemaker?" Sasuke asked as he continued to walk.
"Always been." Haku admitted. "And I have no idea why."
"Ah. Well same here. Which class are you in?" Sasuke asked as he started walking to the schoolyard.
"Three B. You?" Haku asked.
"Really? Me too. Guess I can show you a lot more then just the school then. I can fill you in on the teachers too." Sasuke said and smirked, opening the door for Haku so he could walk outside.
Haku smirked. "Alright. I'd like that." He said.
"Good. Well this is the schoolyard. Me and my friends hang out here in the summer. It's pretty nice." Sasuke said.
"Hmm indeed." Haku said, while looking around. Suddenly he spotted Neji on a couch. "...Who's that?" He asked, while looking at Neji with a frown. Damn. That guy looked like a star or something.
Neji was talking with someone through his mobile phone, he seemed to have an important conversation.
Sasuke looked at Neji. Why did he have to be here now? "..That's Neji.." Sasuke said. He kept staring at Neji. He had gotten so much prettier. And he had forgotten about Sasuke too. Ignored him. Pretended he didn't exist anymore. Sasuke bit his lips to prevent tears from coming.
Haku looked at Neji now. "Does he belong in your group?" He asked.
"..No..not really." Sasuke answered and kept staring at Neji. His clothes had improved over the weeks too. He was wearing a tight, white sleeveless shirt with a dark green, open shirt over it. His pants were black and baggy and he had bracelets on his left arm, a big watch on his right. He was also still wearing a cap, but this time it was one without the top of it, an open one and it was crooked. It all looked so good on Neji. He had really improved the way he dressed. And people in the school noticed it.
"Is he your ex?" Haku asked.
"Yeah." Sasuke answered. He felt a little embarrassed for staring. He was showing Haku around, not being sentimental about Neji.
"Ah." Haku said. "Why are you staring then?"
"He used to wear different clothes. Ugly ones." Sasuke said and smiled at Haku. "Let's just move on ok? You still have to see the teachers lounge and then we have class." Sasuke said, looking on his watch.
Haku nodded. "Alright." He said, giving Neji another look and then followed Sasuke.
Sasuke showed Haku the teachers lounge now. "This is it. If you don't wanna get caught ditching class, then move away from this room." Sasuke said and smirked.
"Ah." Haku said, smirking. "Are the teachers strict in here?"
"Not really. But you get detention if they catch you ditching class. Just avoid this place and you'll be good for most times." Sasuke said and walked past it.
"Ok, I will." Haku said. He grinned. "Was that it, or..?"
"We got class now. I don't think there's anything else I could show you. I'll just tell you about teachers now. What class do we have next?" Sasuke asked.
"How would I know?" Haku asked, teasingly. "I'm the one who's new here.
"Oh sorry." Sasuke said and smirked. He pulled a schedule of his bag. It was crumbled for the most part, but readable. "We got chemistry...Great." Sasuke said then signed for Haku to follow him.
And Haku did so. "Isn't there something else you need to show me?" He said at a seductive tone.
"Huh? What?" Sasuke asked a little dumbfounded. Had he missed something?
"Hmm, don't you know what I mean?" Haku said, smirking at him.
"..No..to be honest I don't..." Sasuke said. He was still a little dense from time to time.
Haku snorted and then he grabbed Sasuke, pulling him against the wall and kissed him.
Sasuke's eyes went big. He hadn't expected that at all. He wanted to push Haku away first, but something about this felt so familiar. So good. So much like...Sasuke grabbed Haku's head and started to kiss back.
Haku smirked and pushed his tongue in, making the kiss even deeper.
Sasuke moaned a little and started to push back with his tongue, closing his eyes halfway. This felt good. Haku felt good.
Haku kept kissing Sasuke, now stroking through his hair. He was satisfied Sasuke was willingly kissing him back.
Sasuke entangled his hands with Haku's hair. It was soft and long and brown. It felt great. And Haku was even stroking through his hair. Exactly the same as...Haku was great.
Haku smirked and then pulled apart.
"Let's go into class." He said and then smirked at Neji, who walked past them, shooting Haku a death glare.
"...Y-yeah.." Sasuke said and then smirked at Haku. He hadn't seen Neji walking by though.
"Did I catch you off guard?" Haku said, still smirking at Sasuke. He really was a naughty boy.
"Yeah you did. I mean, we know each other for twenty five minutes dude." Sasuke said and smirked back. He started walking to their classroom now.
"I know." Haku said and followed him into the classroom.
"You do that more often or what?" Sasuke asked.
"Nah, only when I'm really attracted to someone." Haku said. "Can I sit next to you?"
"Sure. So you're really attracted to me then?" Sasuke asked and smirked at Haku again.
"Of course." Haku said. "You're handsome as hell."
"Now that's true." Sasuke said. "You're not so bad yourself either."
"I know." Haku said, grinning, while moving a hand through his long black hair.
Sasuke looked at it and smiled. This might turn out to be a good day. "Well we're here." Sasuke said and walked into the classroom.
"Ok." Haku said, while following him in. "Hm. So that Neji is in our class?"
"Yeah. So?" Sasuke asked, a little surprised Haku remembered Neji.
"I just noticed." Haku said, glaring a bit at Neji, who wasn't even looking at him.
Sasuke turned to look at Neji. "..Oh. Does it matter?" Sasuke asked, quickly looking away.
"A bit." Haku said. "I don't really like jealous exes."
"..Excuse me?" Sasuke asked. Jealous? What the hell was Haku talking about?
"He was glaring at me like he was going to kill me when he saw us kissing." Haku said with a smirk, while searching for a nice seat.
"...He saw us kissing?" Sasuke asked. Had Neji really been glaring at them? Was Neji jealous? No...that couldn't be it. He probably was just still angry at Sasuke.
Haku nodded, while taking a seat somewhere in the middle of the class. "Yeah, but that doesn't matter." Haku said, a bit annoyed that Sasuke kept talking about Neji. "What does matter.. what would you think of a date, tonight?"
Sasuke was a little caught of guard again. He sat down next to Haku. "Uhm, sure. What were you thinking of?" Sasuke asked.
"I was thinking of going to a club." Haku said with a smirk, satisfied again. "You know, dancing, drinking a bit.."
"I stopped drinking a while back, but it sounds nice. Should I pick you up?" Sasuke asked and started smirking again.
"Gladly." Haku said. "I'll give you my number and address." He got his backpack and started to search for a piece of paper and a pen.
"Great. So are we gonna do some dirty dancing in the club?" Sasuke asked and smirked at Haku.
"Hell yes." Haku said, smirking. "If you can, at least."
"Oh I can, that's not the question. It's whether you can keep up with me or not." Sasuke said with a wide grin.
"I can keep up with everyone." Haku said, smirking while writing down his address and phone number.
"We'll see." Sasuke said and finally took the paper Haku gave him and put it in his pocket.
At that moment the teacher arrived and Haku gave Sasuke a last smirk before he had to go to the front of the class to introduce himself.
A/N: Dum dum dum dum! Haku arrived!