Brick By Boring Brick~
Summary ~ Drabbles based on Paramore's songs. From General to Romance to Hurt to whatever.
TITLE~ When It Rains
RATING~ T
GENRE~ Drama/Friendship
MAIN CHARACTERS~ Team 7
NARUTO-VERSE [] AU [x]
It had been over a year since Naruto and Sakura had crashed at Sasuke's, stole his food, or vandalized his boxers.
The three would deliberately (Sasuke showed less enthusiasm than the other two, but he was just as ecstatic, to be honest) throw their sweaty PE clothes at Karin and make her scream.
But all the fun was gone. Their reign as the Pranksters was over.
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You made yourself a bed
At the bottom of the blackest
And convinced yourself that it's not the reason
You don't see the sun anymore
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junior year_
november 13, 2008
Sasuke attended school that day. He was early, as early as Sarutobi High would open, which was 6:30 AM. School started at 7:35 PM, and teachers wondered why the Sasuke Uchiha was at school an hour early.
"Sasuke." Ibiki stepped out suddenly of nowhere, blocking Sasuke's robotic shuffle around the courtyard. Sasuke's feet froze, but his eyes remained steadily glued on the cement.
"Yes?"
"A straight-A student like you should have a valid reason for coming to school an hour early."
Sasuke shrugged, his shoulders flopping.
"You don't know?" Ibiki chuckled harshly.
"Is the principal on campus right now?"
Ibiki's eyes narrowed. He raised his palm furiously, but lowered it back down. What would the Uchiha family do to him if they knew he struck their precious son? Best not to do anything rash.
He nodded once at Sasuke, who shuffled his way to Tsunade's office.
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Principal Tsunade, I have a favor to ask of you.
Yes, Sasuke?
I need you to help me conceal the fact that I now live alone.
... Tell me what happened.
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That morning, Sakura and Naruto met Sasuke at the usual spot, by the auditorium doors.
"Hey, Sasuke!" Sakura held a fist out at Sasuke. He stared at it for three seconds, and slowly punched her fist.
This time, Sakura didn't wince.
Naruto watched Sasuke cautiously with enormous eyes.
"WHAT WAS THAT, MR. UCHIHA? AM I FINALLY STRONGER THAN YOU?!" Sakura cried joyfully.
Sasuke turned from Naruto and Sakura, and walked away.
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And when it rains
Will you always find an escape?
Just running away
From all of the ones who love you
From everything
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Hey, you. I thought we were going to write on Karin's hair with EXPO?
Leave him alone, Sakura.
Sasuke, why aren't you answering me?
Didn't you hear me?
Naruto, why isn't Sasuke answering me?
Third time, Sakura. Leave him alone.
Sakura glared at Naruto. Three seconds. Glared at Sasuke. Three seconds.
At the dead end by Kakashi's classroom, she went to the left and the boys went to the right.
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senior year_
january 25, 2010
The seniors of Konoha High were eating their lunch, and how Sakura loved such an ordinary event. Everyone she grew up with, whether she knew them or not, in one room everyday. She didn't know why, but she was very fond of the Class of 2010 and she dreaded the day when they would all leave to live real lives.
Sakura thanked the lunch lady, threw her plastic-pizza-holder thing away, and walked to the table with one person, the table she's ate at everyday since the first day of high school.
"Hey." She settled on the bench, her moss eyes boring into Sasuke's.
He nodded at her once.
They ate silently together, she eating her pizza and he chewing his breadstick.
The bell rang, a loud and sudden sound, and the two stood up to get to class.
senior year_
january 26, 2010
The next lunch, Naruto joined them.
"Sorry I wasn't here yesterday, KTV had this big meeting-"
"It's fine, Naruto," Sakura silenced him with an understanding smile. "So, what was up?"
"Neji isn't working the camera tomorrow. He's... doing family business." At this Naruto winked at Sakura and gave her a roguish smile, but his eyes gave it away, darting at Tenten. Sakura giggled.
"Neji and Tenten are so cute."
Naruto rolled his eyes. "I'm cuter."
"Give me your Coke," Sakura demanded suddenly.
"Wait." Naruto held up a palm towards Sakura before taking a long sip of his Coke and handing it off to her.
He grinned cheekily when Sakura MMHED! frustratedly in the empty can.
"You suck."
"No, I lick."
Sakura was ready to throw the can at Naruto's big head when the bell rang. She straightened up, and the three stood up to get to class.
senior year_
january 27, 2010
Even though Sakura had gotten used to Sasuke's lack of speech that had started in junior year, she didn't understand why. She didn't really question it. Of course she noticed it, she always figured he was just messing with Naruto and her.
She knew that Naruto knew, because sometimes he'd give Sasuke a look. At times, Sakura would get irritated that she was kept out of it. Three's a crowd, she remembered.
She turned towards Sasuke, just to catch his eye and smile. He did eventually, returning the gaze for two seconds, then looked down at his English notes.
Today at lunch, Sakura noticed that Sasuke wasn't eating, so she proposed the idea of going to the library. Naruto had another STV meeting anyway, and Sakura was eager to escape from Sasuke's fanclub, who were still moping about Sasuke's dead personality.
Somehow, it was an encouraging atmosphere in the library: shelves of books loomed over Sakura and Sasuke, and it was dead quiet. Sakura enjoyed being around a bunch of people and stangers, but alone with Naruto or Sasuke or both was better. It was always better.
She scooted closer to her friend, scraping her chair against the tiled floor and making a horrible screeching noise."Sorry," she said to Sasuke, who narrowed his eyes in annoyance.
"So," she said to him. His pencil stopped its dance across his Five Star spiral. "No one ever told me why you stopped talking and smirking and stuff."
She didn't flinch, like many would, under Sasuke's intimidating glare. Sakura knew he wasn't mad anyway. He was just mulling over her comment.
"You didn't ask," Sasuke said, and it almost broke Sakura to hear his quiet voice again after so long. She smiled sweetly at him, but she wasn't gonna make this mushy. That was partly why Naruto and Sasuke stuck with Haruno Sakura: no tears, no fears.
"Okay, now I just did."
"Hn," Sasuke smirked, and continued before Sakura could stand up and start dancing on her chair. "Everyone in my house died."
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And oh, oh, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
Oh, oh, I need the ending
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junior year_
november 10, 2008
Naruto broke in Sasuke's bedroom with a baseball bat.
His intention? To save Sasuke from whatever monster prevented him from going to school.
"YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING YOUR DOOR, ASSCRACK!"
Naruto wasn't worried about making noise at eleven in the morning. And there was no one else in the mansion who would mind the familiar yells. Maybe the million and two maids, but who gave a damn?
Sasuke sat up in bed, and his face looked as blank as a mask. "I'm sleeping."
"I ditched PE for you, and Sakura's freaking out because you didn't come," Naruto rattled off. "What happened?"
Sasuke lay back down, and rolled onto his side. "You broke my favorite window."
What the hell?
"Dumbass, you don't have favorites!"
Naruto punched Sasuke violently, expecting Sasuke to blow up. He never punched the Uchiha.
Sasuke was still.
Naruto hissed, and raced out Sasuke's room.
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Auntie!
Uncle!
ITACHI?!
Auntie, Uncle, Itachi. Auntie, Uncle, Itachi.
Naruto yelled a million times, flying up and down and left and right.
He couldn't find anyone in sight. So Naruto burst in the maids' quarters on the first floor.
He stopped in the doorway, flinching.
All fourteen maids were strewn across the gigantic maid quarters. Each of their necks were stabbed cleanly in the neck with an almost invisible silver needle. Twenty-eight glassy eyes stared at Naruto.
Naruto backed out, and dashed back to the third floor, where the masters', Sasuke's, and Itachi's room were.
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In the Uchiha residence, there were only three rooms Naruto and Sakura never ever ever entered: the master's, Itachi's, and Fugaku's office. It had been that way since birth.
Oh, there were many times Naruto attempted to break in Auntie and Uncle's room. He wanted to see some Uchiha Love, something Sasuke would never find! But of course, the door was always locked. Even when no one was in the house.
But somehow the door was ajar when Naruto was there. He stepped in tentatively, ready to escape from the worst.
No dice. Naruto saw the needles in Fugaku and Mikoto's necks. Unlike the maids, Sasuke's parents' eyes were closed, but that didn't help Naruto's grief.
He groaned, and ran to Sasuke's room.
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senior year_
january 27, 2010
"Everyone in my house died."
Everyone in his house died.
Sasuke's fourteen maids, Auntie Mikoto, Uncle Fugaku, and even sexy, scary Itachi. Gone.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why didn't you ask?"
"You don't hide something like that!"
"SHH!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes at the desk (where the old librarian couldn't see), and packed his and Sakura's stuff up. He stood up, and Sakura reluctantly followed him out the library.
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Take these chances, we'll make it somehow
And take these chances to turn it around
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"How could you keep quiet?" Sakura burst, when she saw Sasuke and Naruto waiting outside her English class.
"You told her, huh?" Naruto asked with a sad smile, but his two friends ignored him.
"I had theories. Why were you so dead all the time? Maybe you wanted to start a fad. You were tired of your fangirls, so you decided to be boring. You...
"And then you tell me one year later that your family is dead?!"
The Sasuke Uchiha Fan Club gasped from their horribly-chosen hiding spot, which was merely three feet away from the three.
"Dead?"
"Oh no!"
"Sasuke-kun, I will protect you!"
"They're practicing for a play. Go away," Naruto said unkindly to the Fan Club.
"Hn!" "Fuck you, orange boy!" "Don't tell me what to do, hn!"
The Fan Club went away.
Sakura's eyes burned into Sasuke's cold ones. She wanted him to yell back at her, even hit her. Just a reaction was all she wanted...
"I couldn't tell you. I couldn't tell anyone."
"Then why does Naruto know?!" Sakura began to cry. "You don't not tell your friends that your family is dead, that you, a minor, live alone!"
"I WAS IN SHOCK JUST AS MUCH AS YOU ARE RIGHT NOW! SUDDENLY, I WAS ALONE! ALL I COULD DO IS MOURN. I DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO TELL YOU THEY WERE DEAD!"
Sasuke breathed heavily. All the grief he'd been holding all year was now being unleashed on Sakura, who was now sobbing.
Naruto intervened, in almost a monotone voice.
"Sakura, I know because I found out by myself. Remember when I ditched school? That's when I went to Sasuke's house. Then I saw them." Sakura watched Naruto intently now, straining to hear every word.
"The maids' eyes were open. I found Sasuke's parents in their bedroom, which you know is always locked. Everyone was stabbed in the neck precisely with a needle."
"And Itachi?" Naruto whispered. "In the backyard. His head was cut off. I guess he proved harder to kill." Naruto gave the most non-audible laugh, but his cheeks were wet from remembering it all.
She put a hand over her trembling lips.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Sakura," Sasuke apologized quietly.
"It's okay."
Naruto reached over to wrap his arms around Sakura's shoulders, and Sasuke watched his friends cry.
A minute later, when Sakura had calmed down a bit, she spoke.
"Where are their bodies?"
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senior year_
january 29, 2010
With a key, Sasuke led his friends to a white-washed building. It was a simple one, but it was the only building in the cemetery. Inside, they followed Sasuke to the end of a hallway and in a clean room.
"Here."
Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto stared down at the gravestones.
FUGAKU UCHIHA
MIKOTO UCHIHA
ITACHI UCHIHA
Sakura pulled her attention from Sasuke's family and looked at her friends.
As long as Sasuke was back to normal, as long as she knew what they knew, Sakura would be fine.
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You can take your time
Take my time
To those who like everything precise:
I understand I left some loopholes, but they're very minor. Okay? HA.
Next song? I don't know if there's gonna be one. I love Paramore, believe me, but I'm losing motivation to continue Brick By Boring Brick. If you give me suggestions, that will work well.