Okay. SASUKE. One word. One hint. Enjoy.
'The Reason is You' by Hoobastank
Naruto POV
I sat up, listening to the hushed argument outside. Sakura and Kakashi had come over together and apparently dragged Sasuke outside to yell at him ovver something. He was supposed to tell someone something, it seemed. But after the first sentence, the conversation was very quiet, and I'd sighed and leaned back on the mound of pillows we hadn't felt like getting rid of.
He sudenly came back inside and I jumped, watching him pace around furiously.
He was mumbling, "How dare...who are they to say...I can't just tell...how I feel..."
I had a moment of hope, before he realized that I was in there with him, and he stopped, nearly tripping over the very short coffee table. I sighed and looked away, trying to keep the diappointment from my voice as I asked again.
"Sasuke, are you sure nothing's up?"
He raised his brows, donning the mask he didn't know I could see through, and smirked forcibly.
"No, nothing at all, dobe." I didn't rise to the playful insult, and he continued after frowning slightly, "Everything's good."
Liar. You damn liar. Why won't you talk to me?
I felt hot, angry tears prick my eyes, and I hurriedly blinked them away, clearing my throat.
"O-okay. I'm gonna go to sleep now." He nodded, brows both furrowing as he watched me.
I turned over and laid down again, readjusting the pillows. Pulling the comorter up, I let the frustration flow, and with it the tears came back. I just barely stopped the bed from shaking with my shoulders, maybe just from sheer force of will.
After a moment, he apparently thought I'd dropped off, and sighed, sitting down heavily on the couch. He sighed again and groaned.
"Oh Naruto. I wish..."
I listened, hoping he would talk to himself about what was bothering him.
Please. Let me know. Please!
But he stood up again after a minute and I heard him grab his keys.
"I need a drink." I shifted as the door opened, quiet, and turned over to watch as his hunched and sad form walked out the door, shut it, and I could hear him lock the door.
"Jerk," I whispered, tears coming again. I grasped the blanket tighter and buried my face in it, "You jerk! Baka!"
Sasuke POV
I walked out of the dorm and locked it, padding down the carpeted hall. About halfway to the door, I realized something.
I forgot shoes.
Growling, I turned, decided to make the trip back instead of put up with any strange looks, and headed back.
Unlocking the door, I went back in, hunted for my converse blacks, and saw Naruto had turned back over.
Getting closer, I felt my heart break into several millions pieces.
There were fresh tear tracks down his face, and more were coming out, as he slipped deeper into sleep.
"Jerk..." I heard his whisper, and ran an agonized hand through my hair, walking back outside and shutting the dorm once more. Sliding down to the floor, I put my shoes on, not bothering to tie the laces, and stood shakily back up. Now I really needed a drink.
Several hours later...around four in the morning...
"Good luck with your guy, Uchiha!" Barty called, and I waved, tripping over my feet and giggling. I bumped into a post and flipped around, nearly falling down the bar stairs.
Stupid people. Putting hard things like stairs when they know drunks will be trying to navigate out here.
I hate people. Stupid bastards.
"Hey, buddy. Not all of us are," a guy parking his bike called, smirking as I looked at him owlishly.
Maybe he heard my thoughts. I got real close to him and thought, Is this guy and esper-whatcha-ma-call-it?
"No. I'm not," he chuckled, and I stumbled back, wide-eyed.
Then, realizing I'd been speaking aloud, laughed really loud. He just shook his head and mumbled, "Oh to be young." He didn't look that old to me. He smiled and nodded. I realized I must be doing it again.
He waved and went inside. I finished stumbling down the stairs.
Stupid people and thier stupid stupidity of stupid stairs.
Going back to my car, I looked at it, and a wire connected, making me walk down the road instead. A car honk made me get out of the center of it though, and by five I was back at the college, after having wandered around like a damned hobo for half an hour, mooshed brains not able to extract the school's location from the squabble of drunken thoughts.
A shape detatched from the building and Shikamaru grabbed my jacket, pulling me inside, apparently angry for some reason that was unbeknownst to me in my current state. My Uchiha ride was chest high and drowning in sake, giggling with te rest of me.
This would explain why I did the following. I tackled him and giggled, squealing. He looked horrified, and worried that something was really wrong with me. Well, I was drunker than a vodka.
"Aww, Shika! Whatcha doin? Didja tell Kiba ya lurv 'im yech?" I blinked.
"Yech. Yect. Yec. Yet. Yeeeeett-" Shikamaru slapped a hand over my mouth and I grinned behind it, spitting on it. He grimaced, and pulled me down the hallway, wiping his hand on his shirt, unbuttoned and wrinkled.
"Man, Sasuke. I didn't know there was enough liquor in the world to make you act like this. What an affectionate drunk," he grumbled, trying not to get us both expelled, seeing as drinking was one of the big NO-NOs.
"Yech!" I wailed, only to be knocked on my head. Hard.
I woke up blinking and groaning. With one hell of a headache, but the drunken stupor lessened it greatly, and I grinned at the brunette.
"Hey Shika!" He shook his head and we sat there, him staring out the window, with me just a babbling away. We were in the teacher's lounge, and I just laughed and laughed at the irony, wondering if Shika thought I was going insane. He nodded, apparently amused by that. Oops. Well, that biker did say I was talking out loud.
"Biker?" the Nara raised a brow. Then, cutting me off, he asked suddenly, catching me off guard, "Have you told him yet, Sasuke?" I started, instantly sobering up. I pretended, cocking my head and forming an 'o' with my lips.
"Told who what?"
"Nice try. Damn you're troublesome. IQ over 250, remember?"
I snorted. Braggart.
"Thought it was only 200, brains."
"I never put my all into IQ exams. Too troublesome," he stretched, and looked over, showing that he had not let me change the subject.
"I can't," I relented, sighing and dropping my head agaisnt the wall. He looked away and sighed too.
"Scared, Uchiha?" I could hear the smirk in his voice.
"Yeah...yeah. I am." He looked over sharply, startled.
"Yeah, I'm man enough to admit that much. Okay. I'm fuckin' terrified. I love him so much it actually hurts something inside me when I'm not with him. I want to always make him happy and be by his side. I love him. And I can admit that I just happen to be scared shitless he'll reject me and not love me back. I'm frikin' afraid he'll hate me, alright?" by the end, I was shoving down the lump in my throat, refusing to look at the shocked Nara teen, panting with force of my confession.
After a little while, Shika stood and walked over, offering me a hand. I shook my head nad got up, a little woozy still, and muttered, "Thanks. Again. For saving my ass."
He just nodded, watching me walk away, until I was almost out the door.
"Uchiha." I stopped, not turning, and waited. He deserved that much.
"I don't think he'll hate you."
I chuckled ruefully and nodded again, waving with one hand as I kept going, making my way to my dorm again.
Chh. Yeah. If only...
Normal POV
As I woke up, the clock showed five o'clock. I turned over and sat bolt upright. There was no raven next to me! I looked wildly around and got hurriedly out of the bed, grabbing my spare key and racing out of the room. I ran around, checking everywhere, until resolving to ask the smartest guy I knew.
Walking quickly down the hall, I heard voices coming from the brunette's usually room. It was actually the teacher's lounge, but he used it to hide in when he needed peace. I slowed, and listened...
"Am ah goin' insane, Shika?" I heard a familiar voice slurr. Breathing a huge sigh of relief, I went forward, only to stop when I heard, "Biker?" A little Sasuke giggle.
GIGGLE?
I felt my jaw pop of and drop to the ground.
Sneaking up on the open door, I peeked in.
Oh good god in fuckin' heaven. He's drunk. No. DAMN. He's past hammered. He's frikin' sledgehammered it looks like.
Kyuubi didn't say anything, just watching through my eyes. He seemed to be very deep in thought.
"Have you told him yet, Sasuke?" I blinked and strained to listen even harder now, determind to find out what was going on. Finally.
"Told who what?"
"Nice try. Damn you're troublesome. IQ over 250, remember?" I heard Sasuke snort, apparently sobered up a bit by now.
"Thought it was only 200, brains."
"I never put my all into IQ exams. Too troublesome," Shika replied, and I stifled a laugh. Of course.
"I can't," I suddenly heard Sasuke say, his voice deep, rough, and incredibly unhappy. I then heard Shika sigh.
"Scared, Uchiha?" I felt my eyes widen. Scared of what? Would Sasuke say it?
"Yeah...yeah. I am." My eyes felt like they were going to pop out of my head. He ADMITTED IT? Oh my gawd.
"Yeah, I'm man enough to admit that much. Okay. I'm fuckin' terrified. I love him so much it actually hurts something inside me when I'm not with him. I want to always make him happy and be by his side. I love him. And I can admit that I just happen to be scared shitless he'll reject me and not love me back. I'm frikin' afraid he'll hate me, alright?"
I almost swallowed my tongue. it literally went halfway down my throat. He said...he said...
-He finally said it, kit.-
Yeah. He did. He loves me. He loves me. He loves me back. He...he really loves me...yay.
I almost rushed into the room but something clicked.
He is very stupid.
-I agree.-
I stood up, and snuck closer, peeping inside. Shika was watching Sasuke, eyes wide, a shocked expression on his usually stoic face, and Sasuke had his head in his hands. I retracted my head and felt awful for being such a damn coward.
Backing up, I finally realized what Sasuke had been freaking out about.
And I just got anry at him... I could feel tears come to my eyes. Sniffing, I walked slowly away, barely catching-
"Thanks. Again. For saving my ass." I heard Sasuke stand and start walking as well.
"Uchiha."
"I don't think he'll hate you."
Turning the corner, I didn't stand there to watch the raven come out, instead heading to the roof. It was always a good place to order your thoughts.
Sasuke POV
I didn't want to go back yet. Not quite. So I headed outside. I figured a few laps around the campus might give me some ideas.
On how to tell him, that is.
SO?
O.O
Me- HOW WAS IT?/?
*crosses fingers*
I need lots of reviews if i'm gonna summon the courage to go through with the ighly awkward Naru-chan confession. Aint no way in hell he's getting drunk too.l But this was my plan for Sasuke from the very beginning, so I hope it was at least decent.
Hoping.