Sept, 10th 1999 - Sasuke and Sai -

Sasuke sat at lunch with his friends Gaara and Naruto. He watched Sai as he sat at a table in the back with his friends, Sasori and Kisame. None of them were eating. Not enough hemoglobin in the menu. Instead they were playing a game of poker. Noone in the cafeteria bothered them or even glanced their way.

Today in gym it had seemed that Sai was out to get Sasuke. Twice when he went to make a basket, Sai would come from out of nowhere slamming him to the floor and stealing the ball. Okay so basketball can be rough but probably not quite that brutal. Once Sasuke had been dribbling down the court only to be tripped by Sai. Which made him wonder what the hell he'd ever done to the kid. As far as he could tell, nothing yet.

Maybe he looked at him wrong, or maybe he breathed his air the wrong way. Or maybe he just smelled like food to the raven haired vampire. Either way the guy had a serious problem with Sasuke and he'd have to watch his back extra close.

Sasuke finished his lunch and sat back while Naruto babbled on about ramen, ramen, and more ramen. Then he began babbling on about a girl that neither Sasuke nor Gaara could stand. Of course, he didn't like girls at all. Nope, Sasuke Uchiha was gay. Hence the alliance meetings he went to. Speaking of there was one this afternoon and Sai would no doubt be there. 'But why?' He wondered.

The bell sounded for them to go back to class. Sasuke dumped his tray and exited the cafeteria. He was about to turn a corner when someone ran into him, causing him to collide with the floor, as he looked up into the face of Sai. The boy was downright glaring at him as he walked on past. "Hey, you ran into me you prick!" Sasuke yelled.

The hallway got quiet as Sai turned around and walked back to Sasuke. He grabbed the front of Sasuke's shirt and closed the gap between their faces until their noses almost touched. "What did you just call me?" Sai asked a smirk on his face. Sasuke knew that he should have been a little bit scared now but he was too pissed to be scared.

"I called you a prick." Sasuke said smirking back. "You're not deaf are you?" Sasuke asked. "He." Sai smiled sadistically and released Sasuke's shirt. He turned to walk away, glancing back over his shoulder. "See you later, punk." Sai said and was gone down the hall and out of sight.

Alliance meetings could be comical or they could be downright boring. Some would share their stories of how they came out. Or some shared their first encouter with the same sex. Or they would get completly racy and share their first sexual expierience with the same sex. Gaara and his boyfriend Lee had come up with the idea for the alliance meetings at the school.

They had, had a rough start in their relationship, due to the lack of knowlege. They vowed to never let that happen to someone else. So they had started this group and people were pouring in weekly. Some you knew were gay and other's would make you go wow, I did not know that.

Sasuke only came to support them and for the free food. Yes he was gay, but he surely didn't need to talk about it. Everyone sat and did the normal introductions. Gaara and Lee would start, tell their story and get people to open up. When it came to Sai or to Sasuke they would both pass, causing Gaara to roll his eyes.

You couldn't help but wonder why Sai even came to these meetings if he wasn't going to do anything in them. Okay so that was hypocritical, but Gaara and Lee knew why HE was here. Wasn't that good enough? Whatever, they were both here and that's that.

Today of all days would be the day that it was Sasuke's turn to talk. Normally he would just pass and wave it off. But some force was driving him today. He felt he had something to say, surprising himself as well as Gaara and Lee.

"Hi as you know my name is Sasuke. I found out that I was gay when a family member decided to show me up close and personal what gay sex was, and before you jump to any conclusions, no it wasn't my brother. That's all."

Sasuke took his seat again as gasps went through the room. He kept a stoic look on his face as people began whispering amongst themselves. He scanned the crowd bordely. His eyes fell on Gaara as he nodded a well done to him. The look on Lee's face was priceless, he looked about ready to cry for him. Then his gaze fell on Sai.

The look on Sai's face was unreadable. No smirk, no glare, no nothing, just a blank expression. Sasuke looked away and began listening to the next person's story. The rest of the hour carried on quickly and soon it was over. People got up and headed to whatever class they had next.

Sasuke had english with Gaara and Naruto next. Gaara swore he would keep a lid on what had been said in the meeting today. Sasuke thanked him and was about to walk into class, when something was pressed into his hand.

It was a piece of paper. When he opened it, it read "I'm sorry for the way i've been treating you lately. Nothing personal." There was no name on it and noone was in the halls. Who could have given him the note? Sai was the only one who had treated him badly. But he wouldn't write a note to him. would he?

Well this day just kept getting wierder and wierder. He looked in the hall one more time for any signs of who had given him the note. The hall was empty. He sighed and went into english class. It was funny how everything seemed to revolve around Sai.