Hello. Goodbye. Nice to meet you.
These are polite gestures, but how could they mean something else? I don't understand. Another thing, is dying scary? I know I don't have a right, but maybe I am scared of death.
But can I even die?
Like all humans, it's very hard to predict them. Actions, reactions, thoughts, and words. It's all very different. Always, their actions and behavior will be unpredictable and explaining them in a logical way is even more challenging to explain.
Some human's existence mean little to nothing to the world.
No matter how much money they have, no matter what heroics they had achieved, no matter how they die, they are all the same, meaningless organisms that walk on the same hardened, Earth.
They all die a meaningless death, everything they do is a small drop in the bucket. It doesn't matter what they do.
But the drops leave ripples. Evidence of their life. Because they try to live their life. So can an android truly feel?
Can a metal machine with no pumping organs leave a dent in the prejudice world whom humans live in? Maybe not.
Time would tell.
But that still didn't explain why Sasuke wanted a kiss from Naruto.
What a mystery. What a pain. What an utter bother.
Sasuke Uchiha.
Background: Orphaned at a young age, parents lost in a fire. Academic student, a survivor along with his older brother.
To be honest, Naruto knew Sasuke Uchiha had a right to be distant towards others, it was probably a defense mechanism so that Sasuke would never experience loss again.
But every human loses things as time passes by.
Even Naruto will lose Kakashi and Iruka– his thoughts regarding that immediately stopped because his battery had suddenly dropped to 23%, and some of his nerve wires had stopped functioning, making his body seem heavier and slower.
Back to the present, Sasuke had requested a kiss once a day.
The reason behind such a request was that Sasuke knew a robot was to be emotionless and unfeeling, but he was closer to that definition than Naruto.
Naruto was warm and honest, but Sasuke was detached and bitter. If Sasuke was human, then what would that make Naruto?
Things were never so complicated until now.
You were either a human or not.
Nowadays we classify people as heartless, liars, unmoving, or the opposite, sweet, warm, and loving.
We describe some people as 'inhuman' when they believe what is considered immoral, right. In order to be loved, you must follow a set of rules so that you will not be hated.
1. Be humble. Not overly, just a little.
2. Lie over the small things.
3. Smile a lot.
4. Be funny, if you seem to have offended another person, apologize sincerely.
5. Never ostracize someone for their decisions.
6. Be positive.
7. Never ever fall in love.
These rules are simple. Just be perfect.
Love is an imperfection. But what should be remembered is that even if you followed the rules obediently, it can not be guaranteed you will be happy. Nothing is a guarantee for happiness. At the moment yes, but nothing lasts forever.
Even Naruto won't last forever.
He knew it, but didn't care because he didn't know how.
Which was why Naruto decided wasting time was not a wise choice to do, compliantly he nodded to Sasuke's quaint request.
The stiff chest Sasuke normally held out pridefully exhaled in implied relief.
It was set in stone. Sasuke would aid Naruto if he suddenly broke down in school and help his break down human behavior.
To Sasuke, he would say he knew what he was doing and would certainly act like it, but for this situation, he had no idea what he was doing.
He gave up denying his feelings for Naruto, but if you asked him, he would sneer at you and comment of the idiocy you must have suffered to think of a question like that.
Ambitious, rude, cold, proud, and unmoving
This is what defines an Uchiha.
Uchihas were no doubt, a frightening type of humans.
But when they fall in love, they develop into something even more alarming. When Uchihas fall in love, they take what they want without fear, and never give up until they have what they want.
That is the way of Uchihas. That saying, this was the basic concept of their behavior, it doesn't mean some don't falter, mess up, or embarrass themselves.
Uchihas were certainly scary in a way, but they were still human. And humans still make mistakes.
This story will be focused on the endeavors of Sasuke Uchiha's love life.
It sounds like a comical sort of story doesn't it? But when a human falls in love with an android, it is an guarantee, it will never end well.
As promised, Naruto never once failed to kiss Sasuke on the like everyday. But what he failed in was to give emotions in the kiss.
Did Naruto enjoy the kiss? Did he hate it? Was he confused?
What did Naruto think and feel?
Sasuke did want to know, but refused to ask, he wouldn't stoop so low to ask.
The kisses were light presses against his lips, although it was mild to what Sasuke had experienced before, somehow, it made him feel tingly on his lips. It was almost pleasant.
Almost.
Eventually he needed to confront this denial, and fate can only wait so long.
Today was like any school day. Girls chatting away their concerns and gossip, boys roughhousing in the hallways, teachers smiling and educating their students. Exams were approaching and it was a busy month, students busily studying and panicking.
Sasuke and Naruto didn't have the issue of most students, when it came to school, they used their time well and understood subjects fluidly. Also the fact that both were socially awkward helped, although Naruto was beginning to flourish with people at lunch.
However, today at lunch, Naruto approached Sasuke.
"Why do humans have liquid escaping their eyes when they are upset? I don't understand, it doesn't benefit the human body, it rids the human body of H2O which is fairly bad." Naruto asked with his normally plain eyes. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Naruto's expression, displeased there wasn't a single sign of emotion.
Sasuke just wanted to see Naruto show raw emotion, happy, angry, hate and love. He wanted those dead blue eyes, glow with happiness and energy.
Was that so much to ask for? Perhaps a bit considering Naruto wasn't not human. So many questions and desires.
"Why are you asking? Human's cry to clean dirt or grime that get in their eyes. You should know that."
"That's not right." Naruto corrected, his eyes seemingly confused as he stared to the ground. Sasuke tilted his head to s light angle, silently questioning what he meant by the unsure tone of his words.
"You remember our gym teacher Gai?"
Sasuke turned away, of course he remembered. Gai was an extremely emotionally teacher, he always went on about how young and strong our spirits were, how anything was possible as long as they believed in themselves. He was crazy, but he wasn't a bad teacher. As far as Sasuke could tell, Gai was a sincere teacher.
Like all teachers, Gai had a favorite student, his 'prodigy' he would say. Rock Lee was pretty much an exact copy of Gai.
Oh yes, Sasuke remembered Gai, how could he forget?
Even though both were extremely eccentric, they were just as kind and compassionate. They were hardworking, kind, understanding, and supportive to their loved ones, they were the sort of people where if their enemy was down, they would refuse to strike them when they were vulnerable.
Even if it meant their death, which was exactly why Gai was gone.
It seemed surreal that Gai had been killed when he stopped a madman going on a rage for power; The man who had committed the felony, had been also killed in the process, Gai was looked upon as a hero.
"Hn, yeah. How does that have anything to do with your first question?" Sasuke began to take out his cellphone to check for messages.
Yet again, some crazy bunch of stalkers managed to find his cellphone number and spam him with requests and threats, he clenched his jaw tightly, teeth gritting against each other in silent displeasure.
Ever since he was alone for the first while as a child, he had many supportive friends and girls who 'claimed' they cared about him.
During those times, he was happy, but that quickly dimmed into nothing, showing a clear path of what they really wanted from him.
"Sasuke, why are you acting defiant? I'm not trying to corner you..." Naruto seemed to have sensed the built up tension, or most likely, saw the expression Sasuke was showing.
"It's nothing, I just have a slight cramp." He lied effortlessly.
No one actually seemed to care about Sasuke, they just seemed to be infatuated with his looks and excellent grades.
Not one person could see the pain and loneliness he felt, all but Gai and Lee.
They had approaching him about it, but back then, he was a bit... Of a prick. Still, the sincerity of their words were enough to give him some comfort, although he didn't show it.
He sighed and pressed the off button on the side of his phone, slipping in his jacket's pocket, soon to be forgotten.
"Both of them often cried because they were happy. Or Sad. How does crying have to do with their emotions?
Then, when Gai died, Lee did not cry, he simply stared sadly at me and sighed. Why wasn't he crying?" Naruto asked again, his voice tone uneven and confused.
Sasuke would have signed at the question, it was such a difficult question to answer with words. Human's just naturally know these things, something like Naruto, wouldn't understand.
"When humans are very happy, or upsets they can't express it through words and can only cry to show the physical emotion they feel, but when their emotions reach extremes in sadness, crying does not express how much agony they feel."
Sasuke clenched his fingers tightly when a picture of his dead parents began to paint itself in his head.
"When they are extremely upset, they lose all energy to even react, let alone breath. That's why Lee can't react, he's too numb from the death of Gai."
"Is it because the thought of Gai's corpse rotting away into nothing? Is Lee afraid the fact that Gai is gone, the memories of Gai will also disappear?" Naruto took a closer step to Sasuke, their faces on inches apart.
Sasuke glanced away, turning his body to the side.
For some reason he didn't want to answer.
"Sasuke. Look at me." The blond man demanded.
Sasuke did turn to look at Naruto, but gave a glare to Naruto. What did Naruto want? Was he trying to get at something?
"I don't know. Human's are not as simple as observing one human."
Sasuke felt the small bitter flame of anger grow stronger as his words came out, he should have stopped but for some reason he refuses to bite his tongue.
"Everyone is different."
Stop.
"They react different, they feel emotions, which make them human."
Sasuke shut up before you make this worse!
Sasuke smiled dryly at Naruto and cold disdain.
"Something like you wouldn't understand what it's like to be human." Sasuke spat, soon realizing the misplaced anger in his words were a mistake.
His body threatened to compiled and explode from panic; He wanted to take it back, but he couldn't.
So he just stared at the dry ground, ebony bangs hanging in front.
His apologies stubbornly clung to his tongue instead of exiting out of guilt.
They clustered around the middle of his throat which made it hard to swallow, it wouldn't have mattered, his mouth had suddenly became dry.
To his relief the silence broke, but to his horror, it was words.
"...You're right. I don't understand."
Sasuke's heart dropped.
Was it just Sasuke, or did those words sound cold?
"When a human exhausts their body and dies, their bodies are slowly rotting away from the carbon and nitrogen, soon to be nothing but a of of soil.
While for me, there is no dying."
Sasuke wanted apologize. He did. But his pride got in the way, and he continued his heartless charade.
"Which is why you can't ever become a human."
How did it turn like this? Why?
Sasuke heard Naruto chuckle.
His eyes dared to meet cold, blue ones. Naruto had a tight smile, a small, transparent gap had appeared between them.
"Which is why, it's not worth treating me like a human, right?"
"Hn, you're not worth a thing." Sasuke stubbornly replied, his pride still refusing to budge, to let you know, it was a lie. It was the biggest lie he ever told to someone and himself.
Ever since Naruto appeared, he was worth a lot to Sasuke.
Naruto silently closed his eyes and nodded numbly, acknowledging and processing his words closely.
"I suppose to you especially, I'm just a metal machine with legs aren't I." It wasn't a question, it was an accusation, one that Sasuke allow to slip by and be condemned as the right answer when his actual thought of Naruto was the complete opposite.
But he didn't love Naruto, why would he?
"At least it's good to know."
Oh God, that voice seemed–it sounded like calm anger and pain, was Naruto actually angry? And what did he mean by "It's good to know"?!
Soon his legs walked towards Sasuke, the once muddy blue, now an unforgiving topaz.
"Before I forget, your kiss." Naruto pressed his lips gently to Sasuke's.
It felt like a punch in the stomach rather than a brush from a feather, Sasuke felt sick, he felt his head drown away in dizziness, his stomach flip, his body feeling light and unstable.
"I hope you have a good time making bonds with the ones who are worth your time." Naruto added.
Then he left like a shadow, all alone and unwanted.
Was it just Sasuke, or did it seem Naruto was heartbroken?
Why is it everything Sasuke touched, it breaks?
He couldn't even get along with a robot.
Dammit, he was an Uchiha, Uchihas do not feel remorse over their actions and words.
Uchihas do not act like this.
But Sasuke wasn't an Uchiha.
He was a liar, a coward, and a bastard.
Not worth loving at all.
