Oh my! This is due tomorrow! Let's all home that my teacher considers 12-13 pages to still be a short story, but in a way it's short compared to other stories out there. :)
Anyways, this is chapter two of "He's still perfect" and our two lovely boys are off on an adventure. It didn't turn out exactly like I had planned, but hopefully it still has the same feel as how I wanted it. So, enough of my useless rambling that I'm probably boring you all with, enjoy chapter two guys!
"Gotta start somewhere."
Horns blared loudly in the darkening streets of Yotsuya as many people rushed home from work along the main street of the large housing district. Cars and buses zoomed around on the road, narrowly missing pedestrians walking along the edge of the footpath.
While the population of Japan were rushing home to their families and friends, the people in Yotsuya failed to see two teenage boys sitting side by side on an apartment complex roof with their feet dangling over the edge, watching the people six storeys below them. Naruto looked over at Sasuke from the corner of his eye, whom was biting his bottom lip in between his perfect white teeth.
The onyx eyed boy looked over at Naruto and smirked whilst raising an eyebrow. "Care to share?" He asked softly, locking his eyes with Naruto's own bright blue pair. The blond shook his head and both turned their gazes back to the bustling street below them. Since the incident with Kiba a few months back, the two were inseparable and quickly became best friends despite everyone else saying that Naruto would be the next person Sasuke would punch due to his annoying and persistent behaviour.
Naruto felt his best friend shift beside him and looked back to see the raven haired boy leaning back to pick up his backpack. "Let's go. I'm bored of this." Naruto nodded quickly and shuffled off the ledge, picking up his own bag in the process. Loosening the black tie around his neck, Sasuke unbuckled the top button of his while school shirt and ran a pale hand through his black spiked locks as he walked over to the large metal door to the staircase leading down the floors. He leaned against the stone wall by the door and crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes watching Naruto with a hawk-like stare as the blond pulled on his school blazer. As he went to button up the front, Sasuke hissed. The blond looked at his friend with confusion evident in his eyes. "Don't button it up, you look like a douche." Naruto frowned and looked down his front before humming and simply pulling one of the bag straps over his shoulder.
The blond made his way over to where Sasuke stood and lifted his arm out, grasping the rusty metal of the worn doorhandle in his hand. "Well, where do you want to go?" Naruto asked, holding the door open as Sasuke pushed himself away from the wall and leisurely strolled inside the building. "I don't care." Naruto frowned and scrunched up his nose, following the older boy who was already walking down the metal stairs. With each step they took, the sound of their shoes hitting the metal echoed in the concrete walled room. Further down the stairs, somebody dropped their bag and coins fell from an open pocket onto the floor, causing a loud banging as the coins rolled down the staircase. The two heard someone give a frustrated yell, followed by a string of colourful curses and both laughed for a few moments before falling silent once again.
As they passed one of the doorways onto one of the resident floors, they heard two female voices shouting violently. Naruto paused to listen and Sasuke reluctantly stopped as well with a sigh. The door beside Naruto swung open and he jumped backwards, avoiding the metal door flying toward him. It collided with the wall with a bang and a woman with bleach blonde hair stormed into the stairwell, her ridiculously bright red high heels clicking against each step. She shoved past Sasuke and the raven narrowed his eyes before viciously spitting at her, "Watch where you're going you skank." Naruto's mouth dropped and his eyes widened in shock. The woman gasped and turned around to face Sasuke with a deadly glare. "What did you just say to me?" She rested her hands on her hips in attempt to look intimidating and she slowly stepped back up toward the teenage boy. Sasuke smirked and leaned back on the wall, crossing his own arms against his chest. "I know you heard me, whore. But if you'd like me to repeat it, I said "watch where you're going you skank." Got it?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow and tilted his head, feigning an innocent look. The bleached blonde woman opened her mouth and closed it again, gaping like a fish as she tried to think of something to reply. Finally, after a moment or two, the woman spat back "Screw you punk!" and dashed back down the stairs. A small sob escaping her lips as she disappeared.
Naruto stood frozen in place, staring at Sasuke with a blank expression on his face, as the door slowly shut itself beside him. "Are you coming, idiot?" Naruto blinked in surprise and quickly returned to Sasuke's side like the faithful sidekick he was.
When the boys reached the bottom of the stairs (thankfully without another incident occurring), they walked out onto the busy sidewalk. Naruto felt a hand grab his wrist and he looked down to see Sasuke's clutching him tightly. The raven haired boy leaned close to Naruto's ear and the blond nervously looked away, not used to people being so close to his face. "Let's go over to Ikebukuro."
Naruto turned back to Sasuke with a confused look on his face. He raised an eyebrow and Sasuke rolled his eyes. "And why would we go over to Ikebukuro?" The blond asked blankly and Sasuke looked at him as if the boy had gone mad.
"Because we can. We're Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha and we do whatever the hell we want!" An elderly lady walking past with her husband tutted and shook her head at Sasuke's words. Sasuke scrunched his nose up and flipped her off rudely before turning back to Naruto. "Well, let's go then." Naruto frowned, he never agreed to go over to Ikebukuro, but Sasuke was already tugging on his wrist toward the subway further down the street.
"How long is it going to take us anyway?" Naruto whined childishly, trying to tug his arm out of Sasuke's tight grip. Sasuke scoffed softly, but didn't loosen his grip. They squeezed through a large group of people gathered around the corner of the footpath and dashed over the road. A car blared it's horn at them and the driver leaned out the window, shouting at them angrily. Both boys laughed and pushed past a group of teenagers from the Daikyocho high school who all hissed angrily. Sasuke flipped them off, not halting at all as he dragged Naruto into a crowded tunnel leading down to the subway.
The raven halted suddenly and Naruto walked into his back, not realising the other boy had stopped. Naruto moved to stand next to Sasuke and noticed he was staring up at the electric schedule above them. It seemed to be boiling hot in the underground station as people were pushed up against each other and Naruto loosened his tie even more than what it already was and unfastened another button of his shirt. Sasuke remained in place though, watching the schedule carefully. The red letters all flashed a suburb and the tram platform it would be leaving from on the electric board for a few moments before changing to another suburb and platform. Naruto restlessly looked around them at the people all glumly getting on and off trams around him as he waited for Sasuke to do something. "Over here!" Sasuke suddenly exclaimed, yanking Naruto over to another set of stairs. Naruto stumbled on his feet, tripping slightly, but somehow kept standing as he rushed after Sasuke, who was still holding his wrist tightly.
The two dashed up the set of stairs, shoving past other passengers carelessly, and ran across the overhead platform. Finally, the two came to a stop on the fourth platform, gasping for air. Naruto leaned his hands on his knees as he bent forward, his hair hanging over his face, as he gasped heavily. Sasuke smirked as he watched Naruto beside him, slightly gasping himself. A small bright light at the front of the tunnel beside them edged closer to them slowly and the screeching of breaks against metal wheels sounded. As the tram slowly came to a stop as it emerged from the tunnel, a voice on the overhead speakers stated. "Tram 179 to Ikebukuro station is now stopping. Tram 179 to Ikebukuro station is now stopping on platform 4. I repeat, platform 4."
With a small hiss, the doors to the tram opened and the two boys stepped closer to each other, passengers pushing past them as they departed the tram. Once the pushing crowd cleared up, Naruto and Sasuke hurried onto the tram before the doors closed. They stepped carefully past the other passengers, searching for spare seats as the voice over the intercom stated, "Welcome to tram 179 on route to Ikebukuro station. This is a direct tram line and will not be taking any stops along the journey." Three loud beeps sounded over the intercom and the tram slowly started moving forward. The passengers standing started swaying slightly with the motion of the tram and many grabbed hold of the handles hanging from the roof.
Naruto smacked Sasuke's shoulder with the back of his hand, gaining the attention of the older boy, and pointed to a pair of seats by the end of the carriage. They hurried down to where the seats were, occasionally bumping into someone or stepping on a bag on the floor, before anybody else could take the seat. Once they reached the two plastic seats, they sunk down on them, glad they could find seats for the journey.
Turning in his seat slightly, Naruto faced Sasuke. "You didn't tell me how long the tram would take." The boy stated, raising an eyebrow. Sasuke simply looked back at the blond and rolled his eyes with a smirk, pulling out his phone from his pocket. He quickly looked at the time on his mobile, his eyes seemed to be calculating something, but Naruto didn't ask what.
Fifteen minutes of silence from the two later, the tram slowed to a stop at the Ikebukuro station. A sudden rush came over the entire carriage as everybody dashed to the exits, hoping the doors won't shut before they get out. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's sleeve once again and directed the two through the thick crowd.
Sasuke seemed to know where he was going as he briskly walked out of the train station and down the main street, past all the clothing and food stores. Naruto breathed in heavily before sighing in content at the smell of his favourite food, miso ramen. Though, the boy didn't get to savour the smell for long as he was tugged along down the street. Sasuke sharply turned into an alley way and Naruto stumbled slightly from the sudden change in direction.
A man in his late 20's leaned against the wall in front of them at the end of the alley way, carefully watching as they approached. He had dark green eyes, ragged shoulder length brown hair, a five o'clock shadow and he wore worn out clothes, though the thick jacket looked relatively new.
"Hey, looking to do some business?" The man asked, flicking the tip of his nose with his thumb slightly as Sasuke and Naruto slowly approached him. He licked his cracked lips and his decaying yellow teeth flashed. Naruto fought back a gag, not wanting to look rude, though he doubted that it would have mattered anyway. Sasuke, who was still holding Naruto's wrist, smirked and nodded slightly, his fringe falling into his eyes from the motion. "What have you got?"
The man pulled out a small bag from his pocket and held it up, close enough for the two teens to see, but far away in case either of them tried to steal it. "Cocaine." He smirked, giving the bag a little shake. Sasuke's black eyes followed the little bag as it bounced back and forth like a crow watching it's prey, waiting for the perfect moment to attack. Finally stepping in, Naruto grabbed Sasuke's shoulder with his free hand and turned him around so they were facing each other. "We shouldn't be here." He stated quietly, shaking his head softly and biting his bottom lip.
"Come on Naruto, don't be a pussy." Naruto looked at the unknown man with worry evident in his eyes. "I really don't think we should be doing this Sasuke." The blond mumbled softly, dropping his gaze down to the dirty footpath. Scoffing, Sasuke turned away from his friend and back to the man in front of him. He leaned forward, muttering something in the man's ear. Naruto strained to hear what the older boy was saying, but he couldn't catch anything over the sound of the traffic behind them. Sasuke reached into his back pocket and Naruto stared at him in disbelief as he withdrew his wallet and pulled out 7,000 yen. (Author's note: 7,000 yen is equivalent to around $85.00 in Australian dollars.) Naruto grabbed Sasuke's wrist and turned him around. "Sasuke, are you listening to me? You shouldn't do this!" He exclaimed sceptically. His heart clenched tightly as Sasuke yanked his arm away and turned away. "Will you shut up for one minute? I'm busy!"
Running a hand over his eyes, Naruto missed seeing Sasuke hand over the money for exchange for the small bag of white powder. Though he didn't want the trade anyway for he was sure it would have killed him even more than what it already was. The dealer walked away, giving Sasuke a small nod in appreciation as he placed the money inside his jacket. Sasuke nodded once in return as he placed his own part of the deal inside his pant pocket. Sasuke turned to Naruto who was looking at his feet silently. The raven sighed as he frowned at the blond's behaviour. "Look, if it makes you feel better, I won't do it when you're around. Besides I only want to try. It's not like I'd get addicted or some shit like that." Naruto scoffed, half amused and half annoyed. "It won't make me feel better whatever way you do it! You're going to destroy yourself, and how do you even know if you aren't going to get addicted. Neither of us that."
Ignoring what his friend had said, Sasuke briskly walked toward the entrance of the alleyway back to the main street, leaving Naruto to decide if he'd follow or not. As usual, Naruto ran after Sasuke, like the loyal little puppy he was.