Yooooo! How ya doin'? I hope that you're all doing fine and dandy. And, what is this, and update? Yesh, it is :3 And yes, this is the chapter where you find out what happened to Naruto. Oh yes, finally. I am as glad as you are that this chapter is finally done XD I had a bit of a hard time writing this chapter, but I think it payed off. Well, I shall not keep you any longer so read on!
Disclaimer: No, dammit! I don't own Naruto. The genius known as Masashi Kishimoto does, okay? And last I checked I was not an Asian man.
Warnings: Yaoi, Yuri, and het. Yes, I warn you because of het. Rated T just to be safe. In this chapter there are some tears, and maybe some OOCness.
Summary: It is April 1st and, like always, Neji is going to play a prank on someone, but what happens when the prank plays with emotions?
Note: This ENTIRE chapter is a flashback to about, 2 years before where the story is now. It takes place in the summer before Sasuke and Naruto started highschool. The reason it is not in italics is because the entire chapter is a flashback, so I didn't feel the need to put it all in italics because it does not cross over with the present time.
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Naruto Uzumaki ran through his neighbourhood, he had just gotten a call from his boyfriend, Sasuke Uchiha who called him asking him if they could meet at the park near Naruto's apartment complex. This was quite a shock to Naruto, considering Sasuke was never the one to call him up, it was always Naruto calling Sasuke to meet up, go on dates, or just to walk around the town. So when Sasuke called Naruto immediately agreed, not caring about the reason, just happy Sasuke was the one who called him instead of the other way around.
As the park came into view Naruto started to slow down into a simple walk, not wanting to seem too eager. As Naruto got into the heart of the park he saw a head of black hair at what he liked to call 'their' table. This was the table they would always meet up at when they went to the park. It was a special table to Naruto, it was where Sasuke first asked him out and where he had his first kiss.
Making his way over to the table Naruto saw the way Sasuke was sitting on the top of the picnic table. He was in his usual stance; knees bent so his feet were planted on the bench of the picnic table and his arms folded in front of them, his chin resting on his hands. But something was wrong, something was...off, and Naruto didn't know what it was. He cautiously approached the youngest Uchiha and tapped on his shoulder lightly. Sasuke jumped, another thing that confused Naruto.
"S-Sasuke?" Naruto asked as Sasuke got off of the table and made his way around it to stand in front of him.
"Hey Naruto," Sasuke addressed the blond haired boy with his name, just another thing to worry Naruto with. Sasuke never called him by his name. Never. He called him dobe, idiot, baka, Uzumaki, hell, he would even call him Naru from time to time. The only time he ever called him by his first name and not one of his many nicknames was if he was going to tell him something that would upset him.
"Come, sit down." Sasuke said as he motioned to the bench of the picnic table. As they both sat down on the picnic table Sasuke turned to Naruto and took both of his small tan hands in his slightly bigger much paler hands.
Naruto stared down at their linked hands, confused before he looked back up to his boyfriend. "Teme?" Naruto asked, calling Sasuke by his usual nickname. "Why did you call me here?" Naruto asked as Sasuke's grip tightened around their hands slightly.
The Uchiha sighed deeply before looking directly into Naruto's eyes. "You know how we're starting high-school in a couple of weeks, right?" The Uchiha asked. Naruto nodded slightly, not knowing where Sasuke was going with this.
"Yeah..." Naruto trailed off, staring straight into black orbs.
Sasuke took a deep breath. It was now or never. "I don't want anybody to know about us." Sasuke said bluntly. Naruto looked shocked for a second before sadness took over his features.
"W-what?" Naruto asked, tears threatening to fall from his eyes. "B-but you said that you didn't care if people knew about us!" Naruto yelled as he ripped his hands out of Sasuke's and stood up from the table.
Sasuke looked down. "I lied..." He said softly.
Tears were now flowing freely from Naruto's eyes. "Why?" Naruto whispered, tears collecting under his chin and dropping onto the ground below him. "Why don't you want people to not know about us?" Naruto asked, picking his head up to look at Sasuke.
Sasuke didn't answer Naruto, he merely kept his head lowered.
"You're a coward..." Naruto said. Sasuke's head snapped up at this.
"Excuse me?" He asked, shocked.
Naruto grit his teeth. "I said you're a coward." Sasuke's eyes flashed red before he opened his mouth and made the biggest mistake of his life.
"Yeah, well excuse me if I don't want to be known as a faggot who is dating a demon!" Sasuke realized his mistake all too late. Naruto's head snapped up, more tears flowing from his eyes. Sasuke was frozen to the spot.
"W-what?" Naruto asked, his voice cracking from his crying. "D-demon...I-I'm not..." Naruto said before his sadness overwhelmed him. "No...n-no..."
"I...Naruto, that came out wrong..." Sasuke moved forward in an attempt to pull Naruto to him. As soon as Sasukes hand touched Narutos shoulder it was slapped away.
"No! No don't touch me!" Naruto said, frantically. "Stay away from me!" Naruto said as he backed away slightly, his eyes wide. Sasuke's hand fell limply to his side.
"Naru I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" Sasuke said, frantically trying to clean up the mess he had made.
Naruto's whole being filled with an anger he didn't know he was capable of. "If you didn't mean it then why would you say it?" Naruto screamed out at the Uchiha.
"I-I..." Sasuke didn't have anything to say to that.
"I knew it...you aren't any different than anyone else..." Naruto said, his tears still falling.
"No, Naru, I am!" Sasuke said, grabbing Naruto's hands, only to have them ripped out of his grasp.
"No you aren't! You hate me just as much as everyone else! And to think I actually thought you loved me..." Naruto said the last part so quietly, Sasuke almost didn't hear it. Almost. He did hear it though. His eyes grew wide.
"No Naruto, I do love you!" Sasuke's own tears were falling now.
SLAP!
Sasuke's head snapped to the side at the force of Naruto slap to his face, a red mark already blooming on his cheek. "Don't lie to me!" Naruto screamed out, not caring who heard him. "Guess you'll get what you wanted Sasuke. People can't know about us if there isn't an 'us'." With that said Naruto turned around and ran out of the park. With every step Naruto took, his heart broke more and more.
Sasuke hates me. Naruto thought as he dodged low hanging branches. He hates me...only thinks of me as a demon. A no good filthy...monster. Naruto's apartment complex came into view, and Naruto sprinted even harder, wanting to get inside his apartment as fast as he could. He needed to get away from everything. I thought that he...loved me. But I guess he didn't. Was this all a game to him? Was I just a toy to play with? When Naruto finally, finally, made it to his apartment, he flung the door open, after many tries as his hands were shaking so badly, jumped into his apartment, just barely remembering to lock the door, went into his bedroom and flopped down onto his bed, sobbing into his pillow.
Naruto didn't leave his apartment for the rest of the summer.
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So...what did you think? Was it heartbreaking enough? -dodges flying objects- I'm sorry! I know, I hated doing this to them both! But it needed to be done, it shall set in motion many things. And just think, if Naruto is sad like this imagine what Gaara will be like. Foreshadowing? Maaaaaybe :3 However, everything is not what it seems, you will find out more on this in a couple chapters. This chapter was quite hard for me to write, and I'm very sorry if I dragged it out way too much. I actually had to get help from my brother on this, which is pretty bad considering he's ten XD But all my idiocy aside I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, even though you might want to hurt me ^^; So, I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter (even though it sucks ^^;) and I hope to meet you all again in the next chapter!