They walked to the office and paused before opening the door. Taking a deep breath, Sasuke opened the door and walked in. The secretary looked up from her work and waited patiently for the boys to walk up to her desk.
"How may I help you?" the secretary asked.
"Our teacher sent us to the principal's office for being late," Sasuke said, glaring at a wall off to the side.
"Oh, I see. Please take a seat, the principal will be with you shortly." She picked up her telephone and spoke into the receiver. "Principal Tsunade? Yes, I have Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha in the office to see you. Yes, Sasuke Uchiha. Alright, I'll send them in." She set down the receiver and turned towards the boys again. "You may go in now."
Naruto looked over at Sasuke and slid his hand into the raven's. Principal Tsunade scared him. Sasuke squeezed his hand supportively before walking over to the principal's door, and knocking quietly.
"Come in!" said a voice beyond the door.
Sasuke opened the door and pulled Naruto in after him, releasing his hand as soon as they were in the office. Amber eyes looked up and to meet the two very different sets in front of them. The Uchiha's eyes were cold and black, glaring back at Tsunade defiantly, while Uzumaki's eyes were nervous and hesitant, darting away from her gaze. The woman was largely known around the school as scary and unkind, at least to misbehaving students.
"Welcome, to what do I owe this honor? Uzumaki you are a regular, but you, Uchiha, are never here."
"We were late to class," Sasuke muttered, choosing to stare at the wall instead of Tsunade.
"And why were you late?"
Naruto's cheeks flared, turning bright red before he turned away trying to hide it, but Tsunade saw it anyway. 'Interesting,' Tsunade thought.
"We were detained," Sasuke replied tonelessly.
"Detained, huh? And what might have detained you?"
Sasuke turned and looked the principal right in the eye before replying, "Meaning no disrespect Principal Tsunade, but that is none of your business."
"But I'm afraid, Sasuke, that it is. See, when you came to class late, therefore disrupting the lesson, you came under the jurisdiction of this school. That means my jurisdiction. So let me ask you again, Uchiha. What detained you?" Tsunade voice had taken on the air of authority, bearing down on the boys forcefully.
Sasuke stared at Tsunade before replying with a smirk, "I'm afraid you aren't going to like the answer, Tsunade-sama."
"Sasuke!" Naruto tugged on the raven's sleeve, hard. Sasuke ignored him.
"Naruto and I were on the roof," Sasuke continued.
"And what were you doing on the roof?" 'This is getting more and more interesting,' Tsunade thought.
"We wer-"
"We were eating our lunch, Tsunade-sama," Naruto interrupted.
Sasuke looked over at Naruto with a raised eyebrow. Just then, Naruto's stomach decided to protest its lack of food.
nnuurrghhl
Naruto's eyes widened and his lips pursed as his stomach continued its protests.
nnuurrghhl
"It certainly doesn't sound like you were eating lunch," the principal pointed out.
"Ah, we, umm... I accidentally spilled most of our lunches on the roof before we got to eat much," Naruto lied again.
"Then we should go clean it up, no?" Tsuanade asked.
"We already cleaned it up," Naruto interjected.
"Well that was proficient. What did you use? Surely there must be a spot left from the food. You wouldn't mind us going to check out the accuracy of your story, would you?"
"…." Naruto was speechless; he had finally run out of excuses.
Through this whole dialog, Sasuke stood by, bemused at their banter back and forth, and at how badly Naruto was loosing.
"Naruto," Sasuke said quietly from where he had faded back as the other two had talked.
Naruto turned around and looked slightly confused, almost as if he had forgotten that Sasuke was there too. "What?"
"You're horrible at lying."
Naruto turned a bright red at the blatant statement confirming his lying.
"Well Sasuke, do you feel like enlightening me on what really happened?" Tsunade asked.
"I'm sorry Tsuande-sama, but I can't tell you after all, not if Naruto doesn't wish me to disclose the information. We'll take our punishment without complaint, just don't make me tell you," Sasuke replied.
Both Naruto and Tsunade looked at Sasuke, slightly surprised at his reaction. Naruto smiled a little at how much Sasuke respected his wishes.
Tsuande sighed before answering, why did kids have to be so troublesome? "Fine. I can't force you to tell me if you do not wish to. However, you will be punished." She looked both boys in the eyes before continuing. "You will be sent to detention for the rest of week after school. No exceptions. If you are late to any of them I will add another week. If you skip any I will add two weeks. Are we clear?"
"Yes," both boys responded.
"Then you are dismissed." Tsunade looked down at her paperwork, thoroughly dismissing them.
The two boys left the room silently, closing the door softly behind them. Tsunade sank back into her chair sighing heavily. There was something going on with those two, she was sure of it. The question was: what was it?
"Secretary!" Tsunade bellowed out, summoning her personal secretary.
The woman opened the door quickly and peeked her head in. "Yes?"
"I need all of the teachers in the staff room after school for an impromptu meeting. Make sure that everyone finds out." the secretary started to back out of the room before Tsunade remembered something. She had sent the boys to detention after school and if the teacher wasn't there than what would keep them there? "Hang on a second, secretary."
"Yes?"
Tsunade thought for another moment. 'I'll just go tell them after school to clean up trash instead of sitting in detention for today.' she thought. "Never mind. I want all of the teachers, mind you, even the teacher in charge of detention."
"Yes ma'am."
'I'll just tell them later. That'll be fine.' Tsunade thought before returning to her work. 'It'll be fine.'
Sasuke and Naruto walked slowly back to the classroom, not wanting to go at all. They stopped outside of the classroom and looked inside. The lesson was already very much in session, and neither boy knew what was going on.
"It's better late than never I suppose, right?" Naruto muttered.
"Yeah. We would get even more detention if we skipped the rest of class."
They opened the door and walked quietly in, avoiding the stares of the rest of the class as they watched the two walked to their seats.
"Welcome back to class, boys. You can get the notes so far from someone in the class. Any volunteers?" the teacher asked.
No one in the class moved. Instead, whispers erupted all around the room as different rumors were discussed.
"That's alright Sensei, we can get the notes from some of our friends," Sasuke said, sitting down next to Naruto.
"Just make sure it gets done, Uchiha."
"Yes ma'am."
With that, the teacher continued her lesson to the class, completely ignoring the whispers that continued to circle. Naruto shrank down into his chair farther and farther at each whispered word, resting his chin on his chest. Sasuke looked down at the uncomfortable blonde and slid his hand under the table, taking Naruto's hand and holding it on his thigh. Naruto looked up and gave Sasuke a small smile before continuing to stare at the desktop. The people sitting behind them saw the small act and started a new round of gossip, whispering loud enough for the two to hear.
"Dude, did you just see that?" one of them whispered.
"I know! Eww... that's so gross! Who knew that we had homos at our school?"
"They should just keep it to themselves. No one wants things like that at our school."
Naruto was shaking and grasping Sasuke's hand tightly, trying to ignore the people behind them. Sasuke was getting angrier and angrier, starting to tremble visibly.
The boys continued to talk until one of them said, "Stupid fags."
Sasuke stopped shaking and a hard, cold edge entered his eyes. Naruto noticed the change and grabbed Sasuke's hand harder. "Sasuke, don't. It's just gossip." he whispered.
Sasuke tugged his hand out from Naruto's and turned around in his seat, putting on a fake smile, which made him even more terrifying due to the fact that he never smiled. "Excuse me."
The boys stopped talking and turned around slowly, probably thinking something along the lines of 'oh, shit.'
"I would appreciate it if you could keep your opinions to yourself, seeing as the object of your discussion is sitting right in front of you and is currently kind of pissed. So if you could delay this conversation for now I would appreciate it. You wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, right? Thanks." With that, Sasuke turned back around and grabbed Naruto's hand very obviously, figuratively shoving their couple status in their faces. Naruto looked up at Sasuke and raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Sasuke growled when he saw the blonde's expression.
Naruto giggled and shook his head, turning back towards the teacher who had been oblivious to the whole interaction between the boys. "It's nothing."
Sasuke gave him a questioning look before turning his attention back to the teacher too. "Fine."
"Can someone tell me who the first emperor of Japan was?" the teacher asked. "Sasuke?"
Naruto's eyes flickered over to the raven, wondering how he was going to get out of this one.
"Jimmu Tenno, Sensei." Sasuke replied calmly.
"Very good." The teacher turned away and preyed on another student.
"How did you know that?" Naruto whispered.
"Know what? The first emperor of Japan is common knowledge, Naruto."
"Alright, just shove your smartness in my face, I got it."
"Good."
"Hey!" Naruto said indignantly.
"Something to share with the class, Uzumaki?" the teacher asked at the blonde's outcry. "Do you have something against the emperors?"
"No, Sensei. I'm sorry."
"Don't let it happen again."
"Yes ma'am."
"Baka," Naruto whispered under his breath to Sasuke after the teacher had turned away.
Sasuke had a smirk firmly plastered on his face as he kept his head trained forward. "It just proves my point."
"Rrgh." Naruto really wanted to whack the raven upside the head right about now. Sasuke moved their entwined hands up Naruto's thigh slowly, making the blonde suppress a gasp. "Not fair!" he whispered, making Sasuke smirk even wider. Sasuke spread his hand out and continued to move their hands. "Gah!" Naruto's next gasp wasn't as capably suppressed.
"UZUMAKI! That is it! You have been warned! Please sit out in the hall for the rest of the class period! You have disrupted my class for the last time!"
"But--!" Naruto squeaked loudly.
"No buts! Now OUT!"
Naruto tore his hand from Sasuke's and stood up angrily. "Thanks so much, Uchiha." he told Sasuke before storming out of the class.
'Maybe I went to far,' Sasuke thought as he watched the blonde recede out of the classroom.
"Now, to continue our lesson with hopefully no more distractions!" the teacher called out to the now loudly giggling and talking class.
Sasuke slumped in his chair and twined his fingers together, twiddling his thumbs in exasperation. 'Maybe I shouldn't have gotten my entertainment kicked out of class,' he thought. 'Not a smart thing to do….' In that moment, Sasuke did something he had never done before, and spaced out for the rest of the class.
When finally the bell rang, Naruto came in to the classroom to get his stuff, still mad. He stomped up to his desk, grabbed his stuff, and threw it into his bag, avoiding Sasuke's gaze.
"Naruto."
"Yeah?" he responded haughtily.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you kicked out of class."
"Yeah whatever." Naruto was still avoiding the raven's gaze, rebelliously turning away each time Sasuke tried to catch his eye.
"Naruto, look at me. I'm sorry." Sasuke grabbed the blonde's wrist and spun him around, finally forcing him to meet his gaze.
"I already said fine."
"But you didn't forgive me."
"No."
"Hmph." Sasuke tugged on Naruto's, arm making him bend down, while Sasuke brought his head up to meet the blonde, pressing his lips gently but firmly on Naruto's. Naruto blushed deeply as Sasuke pushed him up again after the kiss. "Am I forgiven?" Sasuke asked.
"I guess." Naruto said quietly. Naruto's eyes widened as he remembered where they were. He lifted his head slowly and looked around the room. They had all gone silent and were staring at them with eyes wide open at what they had just seen. Naruto brought his hand up to his mouth and gasped silently. 'Oh my God! Sasuke just kissed me in front of the whole class!' he thought. He looked down at Sasuke who had an expression similar to 'what on earth are you freaking out about?' and looking like this was the most normal thing in the world. "I have to go," Naruto said loudly and grabbed his bag, rushing out of the classroom, his cheeks burning.
"Ahh... I can't do anything right," Sasuke said while grabbing his bag and following the blonde at a slower pace. 'Did he forget that I have my next class with him? I wonder....'
Naruto trotted through the halls with his head down, surprised at how fast the gossip had spread. Whispers and giggles accompanied him all the way down the hall until he reached the bathroom, throwing the door open and walking in swiftly. He walked over to the sink and leaned over it, turning on the water and splashing his face, trying to cool his still burning cheeks. Snickers from behind him made him raise his head and look in the mirror. Standing behind him were a couple of boys, sneaking a smoke in between class periods. They were all looking at him and smirking.
"What?" Naruto said, turning around.
More snickers. "No nothing's wrong," one of them said. "Except you and your gay buddy." He flashed a mocking smile, causing his friends to snicker again.
Naruto flashed forward and slammed the boy speaking into the wall. "What is wrong with people at this fucking school? So what if we're both guys! Don't we have rights just like everyone else!?" Naruto's eyes flashed as he swung the boy around, slamming him into the opposite wall. "What the hell is wrong with everybody!? What's wrong!?" Tears started rolling down his face as he finally released the boy. The boy quickly retreated with the rest of his friends, all scared of this side of Naruto they had never seen before.
Naruto turned around and leaned against the wall, sliding down until he was sitting on the floor. He rested his head on his knees and let the tears flow, letting his frustration run out. 'I hate this,' he thought.
Sasuke walked through the halls, searching for the shock of blonde hair that would lead him to Naruto. When it was getting close to time for class to begin, he just figured he had missed the blonde in the hall and that Naruto was already in class. He walked into the classroom and scanned the room for Naruto. He was surprised when he didn't see him and instead of walking the rest of the way in, he flipped around and walked straight back out of the class as the bell rang.
"Uchiha! Where are you going? It is time for class to begin!" the teacher called out.
Sasuke didn't respond and just continued to walk into the hallway. 'Where could Naruto be?' he thought. He saw a couple of trouble-makers walking out of the bathroom down the hall, looking frightened. As they passed him their voices carried over to him.
"Man that blonde is fucking crazy!" one of them said as the rest readily agreed with him.
'Blonde?' Sasuke thought. "Wait! Who're you talking about?" he called as he spun around to face the retreating boys.
He heard a hushed cry of "Oh no, it's Sasuke!" before the one in front answered, "Uh, we were talking about Naruto."
"Where is he?" Sasuke asked fiercely. "What did you do to him?"
"Nothing man! It was the other way around! He attacked me! I didn't attack him!"
"Well then, what did you say to him?" Sasuke's eyes had gone hard and he was glaring at them intensely.
"Uhh, well, we umm, we were just teasing."
"Argh! You stupid idiots! Where is he?"
"Umm, in the bathroom."
Sasuke spun around and walked down the hallway into the bathroom and looked around, his eye catching on Naruto sitting on the floor. He walked over and sat down on the floor next to him. "Naruto, are you okay?"
Naruto jumped a little when he heard Sasuke's voice. He lifted his head up and looked at Sasuke through red eyes. "Shouldn't you be in class?" he said quietly.
"Yeah, but I couldn't just leave you here. I needed to know where you were."
"Thanks." Naruto said as he wrapped his arms around Sasuke's waist and leaned his head on the raven's shoulder. Sasuke put his arm around the blonde and they just sat there for a while, enjoying the quiet moment. "This is going to make us have even more detentions."
"Uh... yeah. I know."
"We're going to be in detention for life."
"Yeah." Sasuke chuckled quietly, and kissed Naruto on the top of his head. Naruto flashed a big smile and nuzzled farther into the raven's shoulder.
Clang Clang Clang
"Dammit, school's over. We need to get to detention."
"Ha, yeah." Naruto uncurled from under Sasuke's arm and stood up, holding his hand out to Sasuke.
"Thanks," Sasuke said as he took the offered hand and stood up as well.
They exited the bathroom and entered the flow of all the other students rushing out of the school, blending in as they walked to the detention classroom. When they reached classroom, they knocked quietly and stepped in.
"Wow, the teacher isn't even here yet." Naruto said as they walked into the silent and dark room.
"Yeah, I thought we were later than that."
"Oh well, he's probably just running late. We can find a seat and just wait for him," Naruto suggested.
"Alright. Let's sit in a corner in the back." Sasuke pointed to a pair of seats in the back.
"Why the back?"
"Because it has more privacy. I hate people sitting behind me, and I hate being really close to the teacher."
"A good student like you? I never would have thought," Naruto teased.
"You're very funny. Now will you just go sit?"
Naruto walked over to the chosen seat and sat down, patting the chair next to him. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the blonde's motions and came to sit next to him, slouching in his chair.
"How long is detention supposed to be?" Naruto asked.
"It's only and hour."
"Okay." Naruto fidgeted for a second before scooting closer to Sasuke and wrapping his arms around the raven's waist, resting his head on his chest.
"What happens when the teacher comes in?"
"We'll hear them before they come in and I'll just sit up."
"Alright." Sasuke replied, wrapping his arms around the blonde's shoulders. "As long as you're okay with it I won't complain." Naruto rubbed his head on Sasuke's chest, smiling happily. "Eh... umm... Naruto? Can you not do that? Please?"
"Why?" Naruto asked, looking up at Sasuke's flushed face. "Oh." Naruto gave a very unmanly giggle before resting his head back on the raven's chest and rubbing his head slowly against it.
"Gah! Do you want me to molest you?" Sasuke said as a shiver ran up his spine.
"Not here, no."
"Then stop!"
"Fine. You're no fun. Wait... but weren't you the one teasing me in class today? Can I at least have a kiss before the teacher gets here?"
"Why do you have to be so innocent?" Sasuke asked while leaning down to Naruto.
"Thank you." Naruto smiled right before the kiss, pressing his lips onto the raven's above him.
"Mmhm," Sasuke mumbled as their kiss deepened, neither of them hearing the approaching click clack of footsteps.
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Well we have come to another end of the chapter! Woo hoo! I hope you all enjoyed it!
(I may not be updating for a while due to computer problems which I hope will work themselves out, but in the case that they don't, you have been warned! :D)
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