Alrighties people!!! Seeing as we got our most hits ever on one day for the last chapter, I'll put up this one. Short, yes, but I figured I'd put it up for our readers. Whom we love dearly.

Ah-chan plays both Itachi and Sasuke in this one, and Da-kun just plays Naruto.

Footsteps were heard in the front hallway, followed by the sound of a bag hitting the marble floor. Sasuke was home. Itachi walked past the bedrooms, through the family room and into the hallway where the front door was held. He stared down at the mess in front of him.

Black spikes going everywhere, eyes puffy and red, and face as a ghost.

"I haven't seen that look in a while." Itachi said, commenting on his younger brother's appearance. Sasuke just glanced up at him, then continued to his room. Itachi grabbed his arm, allowing him to go no further.

"What happened…?"

Shoving away from the older boy's arm, Sasuke tried to get away.

"Tell me…" Itachi was beginning to get annoyed.

"I don't feel well, get off!"

BS. Complete bull shit. Itachi hadn't seen his little brother this upset in a while… maybe even since their parents passed away. Something was up, and he wanted to know.

Naruto stared blankly up at the shabby building. Sure as hell wasn't exactly the most charming of places out there. Messing with his key, he unlocked the entrance on his third try. Trudging up the four flights of metal stairs, the blond made his way to his tiny apartment. Dropping his keys only once in his attempt to open the rickety door, Naruto placed his messenger bag on the floor. He kicked off his shoes into a pile with his sweatshirt.

Scowling viciously, he skulked into the kitchenette and snatched a bruised apple from the bowl. Biting into it, Naruto felt his knuckles flare with agony as the juice dripped into the open wounds. Finishing half the apple, he tossed it into the fridge before wandering to the tiny bathroom between the kitchenette and bedroom. Finding a beaten box of band-aids and a crumpled tube of antiseptic, the kitsune patched up his hand.

Growling, Naruto checked the time and ran into his room, changing quickly into his work gear. Wrinkling his nose at the outfit he'd tossed on, he sucked it up and went with it. Slinging his messenger bag back over his shoulder, Naruto headed right back out the door. He swiped at his eyes as he raced back down the stiars, bouncing back out the door and speeding down the road.

Why did I have to say that aloud?

After getting out of Itachi's grasp, the raven-haired boy ran to his room as fast as possible. Arriving at his room, he slammed his door shut and fell to his bed. He put his ipod headphones on and drowned out the world around him.

"Kami, why'd I have to fall for him?"

Sasuke wished that he had never heard that.

Midnight. It was exactly then when Naruto returned through the door of his apartment. Seeing the bag on the edge of his vision, he groaned pathetically and picked it up. Dragging himself into the kitchenette, Naruto dumped out the homework he had gotten that day during school. Not much, but he'd mainly gotten loaded up with work from his tutors.

Glancing up finally, Naruto blinked sleepily at the clock. "Three thirty-two… Kami, it's late… or early…" he mumbled. Shutting his books, the blond dragged himself into the bed room, collapsing ontog his bed in his work clothes. Disregarding the uncomfortable material and belt digging into him, Naruto passed out.

Hearing the ringing in his ear was probably one of the most annoying things to wake up to in the morning. Rolling over, Sasuke picked up the disturbance and threw it against the wall.

Itachi heard the crash and rushed to his little brother's room to find an alarm clock shatter into many pieces on the floor in front of him.

"There is no way in hell I'm getting up." Sasuke groaned.

"Never said you had to." Itachi shut the door, not even bothering to clean up the mess that Sasuke made.

Staring at the ceiling with a killer migraine, the Raven wondered why he even bothered setting the alarm. There was no way that he would go to school today. He wasn't afraid. Uchihas didn't get scared. He was… ill… mentally ill.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Be-

Naruto flung a hand at the alarm, glaring at it. It blinked 5:45 innocently. Yeah right. Naruto shoved himself out of bed, stumbling slightly. Pulling off his ugly work uniform, he took the first things out of his closet and threw them on. Grabbing his half-eaten apple from the fridge, Naruto grabbed his school bag and walked out the door.

After re-awakening at 11:30, Sasuke put on the circulation cutting skinny jeans, and a black hoodie. He tied up the laces to his black converse and was out the door.

He had no idea where he was off to, but anywhere was better than home, and school.

Arriving at the mall, Sasuke headed straight to his favorite store: Hot Topic. On his way, he had many girls after him, making pathetic attempts to flirt with him. Fail.

Finally, after making it through the sea of girls, and the occasionally school drop-outs, Sasuke made it to Hot Topic. He stayed a while, talking to his bisexual friend and the cash register and his female otaku friend who stopped in every now and then. He explained to them all of the shit that happened yesterday, while they wondered if it was possible to actually go through that much shit in that short of a time. Apparently, it is.

Well, there ya go people! I almost didn't add that little extra snippet for Sasuke, but I figured, hey, why not? So I hope ya liked it!

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Ja ne!

Da-kun