Here's the latest chapter! I know the whole re-sit thing probably wouldn't happen at a normal school but this is fiction :P
Chapter 10. Naru POV
"Do I need to call your parents?" He shakes his head. "Itachi, at least?" Another shake. "Sasuke..."
"I'll tell him when I get home." She sighs before looking at me.
"Did you get those forms?" I dig around in my bag before pulling them out.
"There's the one's signed by me and Gai." I pass them over. "And that's the one Gai needs you to sign." She quickly signs it and hands it back and hands me a piece of paper with her email on it.
"Email me a copy of your timetable and we'll sort out when you'll be here. You'll be starting next week, if that's okay?"
"Sure." She nods before handing me another piece of paper. Reading it I cringe. That's about the same as how much five months rent costs...
"That's an estimate of how much the re-sits are going to cost." I drop it into my bag before Sasuke can see. "It's based off of our prices from last year; the board has yet to inform us of this year's examinations. Are you sure you still want to..."
"Yes." She nods before looking at Sasuke, who's looking at me. I ignore him.
"I'll get the right amount to you as soon as I can. And we'll sort payments out from there." I feel Sasuke's eyes boring into me. "Now I've spoken to your teachers and they're happy for you to re-sit and they'll help you where they can. But you have a lot to catch up with. I spoke with your English teacher, and he told me that you never handed your essays in." He lowers his head. "But Kakashi is a good man, and he says you've got until Christmas to hand last year's essays in." She hands him a sheet. "He's given you five options, you have to write an essay on three. Do you understand how hard you will have to work, Sasuke?"
"Yes, miss."
"Good boy. Off you's go now. Don't forget that email, Naruko." We thank her and walk out of the school in silence.
"Don't make me regret helping you, Sasuke." We walk along the street as I think about how much fixing his education is going to cost me... "You still live at the same place right?"
"Yeah." I put my hand on his head, ruffling his hair.
"I'll walk you home. I'm long overdue a visit anyway."
"I'm sorry I hit you..." I grin at him before running in front a bit to get a head start. Looking back, I smile.
"It's okay. You hit like a girl anyway." Pulling my lower eye lid down I stick my tongue out before running off, my backpack hitting against me. "I bet I can beat you there," I call back. I can hear his steps picking up speed so I run faster. I just hope I can remember the way.
I lean my arms back, panting while sitting on the steps leading up to his door. He's bent over slightly with his hands on his knees.
"Heh, you're not bad, Sasuke." He says nothing but smiles softly while trying to catch his breath. "You still in the same room?" I stand up as he nods. Grabbing his hand I open his door and run up the stairs opposite the door. I hear a faint 'welcome back, sir' but we run straight past to the end of the corridor. I open the door and walk in, letting go of his hand. I run my hand along the bookcase to my right as I walk further in.
All of his walls are a dark blue, which go nice against his black carpet. I play with the mouse on his computer desk and notice he's got one of those graphics tablets. "Will I find any dirty magazines if I snoop?" I hear him scoff from the doorway before coming in to sit on the bed.
"I'm sorry I hit you."
"Yeah yeah, you said that already." I get on my knees, dropping my bag to the floor and feel around under his bed, grabbing hold of a bottle. I notice him flinch out of the corner of my eye as I pull out a big bottle of vodka. I hear steps approaching the room so I quickly hide the bottle in my bag, zipping it back up before Itachi appeared in the doorway. God only knows why I didn't just put it back where I found it...
"Hey, Sasuke..." He looks down at me and I wave. "Naruko. What are you doing here?"
"I'm visiting."
"But you never come to my house. You've not been since..." I wave my hand.
"I know, I know. But you're dad told me to come visit sometime, so I'm here. I popped by the school to hand some forms in and found squirt, so I accompanied him home."
"You made me run." I stand up and ruffle his hair again. Checking my phone I see a message from Kiba asking me to go out Friday night. Might as well...
"There's nothing wrong with a bit of light exercise. You're too scrawny, you need it." Itachi smirks at me.
"Naru, you're version of light exercise is a full workout." I shrug before jumping on him for a hug.
"Come out with me on Friday." He puts me down and shakes his head. "Awh come on! We've not been out in forever and I'm only working until eight!"
"No, 'cause you'll get drunk and I'm not carrying you home again." I pout.
"You're no fun." I see Sasuke looking at my bag. "Are your parent's home?"
"They're due back soon." I turn back to him and push him out the room.
"Go check for me. I wanna see your mom again." He gives me a weird look before leaving. Stepping back, I close his door and walk over to him. "Sasuke..."
"I was going to get rid of it. It's been there for a while." I look at him for a while before nodding.
"Okay." I pick a book up from his bedside table and flick through it. It's a little notebook full of sketches... I turn to him, "Did you draw these?" He nods. I flick through the rest, noticing dates on each. The last one being about a year ago... "How come there's no more?" I put it back down and watch him for a few moments; he looks as if he wants to say something but can't seem to find the words.
"I just... can't."
"Why? They're really good, Sasuke." A faint blush covers his cheeks and I smile at how cute he looks right now... I mentally slap myself and look away from him.
"I dunno. I've just lost my inspiration, I guess..." I 'hmm' at his answer before picking my bag up, slinging it on my back. Opening his door, I walk out and back down the corridor... What am I thinking... I hear his faint steps not far behind me as I make my way down the stairs and into what I think is the living room.
"But Father..."
"I said no, Itachi. Drop it." They both turn to look at me and I smile sheepishly. Whoops.
"I'm sorry I interrupted you. I'll just go now..." I go to turn around but Itachi's dad grabs my arm.
"It's fine Naruko. We were finished speaking. Why don't you come see Mikoto? She'll be so happy to see you." I let myself be dragged out the room and look back at Itachi with a questioning look on my face. I mouth the words 'are you okay?' and he just nods before sitting on the couch with his head in his hands...
An hour later I eventually leave the Uchiha household, with a bag of homemade treats and such. Itachi walks beside me, his hands stuffed into his jeans pockets. His mom had made him walk me home because it's getting dark.
"When do you start work?" I link my arm through his and lean on him slightly.
"Nine." We walk in silence for a while, and I feel bad again for ignoring him the last week. "Look, Itachi I'm..."
"It's okay." I pout, hating that he can read me like a book. "Let's just forget about the past week okay?"
"Sure." I smile up at him, squeezing his arm slightly. "You sure you don't want to come out on Friday? It'll be fun."
"I already told Deidara I'd go out with them." My smile drops slightly.
"Oh."
"But I'll see you at Kyuubi right? That's where Kiba likes to drink isn't it?" I force myself to smile again and nod.
"Of course." We walk up the steps to my door and I search for my keys. Unlocking it, I face him. "Itachi, about that thing with your dad..."
"It's nothing." I frown.
"Didn't seem like nothing."
"Just drop it, Naruko." I sigh before readjusting my backpack strap, remembering what's in it.
"Fine. But if you ever decide that you can trust me enough to talk to me about whatever is obviously bothering you, you know where I am." I didn't wait for a reply as I walked in, slamming the door slightly on him. I take the bottle of vodka and stash it in the cupboard with my other bottles. I put my laptop on to charge and head to get changed for work.
Let me know what you guys think! I know it's a tad short, so I'll update again in the next few days :)