AN: Sorry for the long wait, I was really struggling with this chapter and I'm still not entirely satisfied. Also, my beta couldn't find the time to read this through, so I apologize for any mistakes you might stumple upon.
I'd love to hear what you think about Mitsuki so far. I'm always extremely sceptical with OCs because I feel they don't fit in most of time, which is why I putting in very much effort to make her benefit the story without stealing all the attention. To me, the only thing more annoying than unfitting OCs are total ooc Sakura or Hinata, who are suddenly really cool and help hooking up Naruto with Sasuke, because that's totally not them.
The song Naruto listens to in the end is Zebrahead's "Rescue Me". youtube /watch?v=R6jv2IjCdMQ (you know what to do)
Anyway, hope you'll like it.
Warnings: This story is for mature audiences only. It contains bad language, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual interaction and other bad things.
Chapter 2
At exactly 6:15 a.m. Sasuke opened his eyes. He got up and went into the shower.
Half an hour later he was dressed, had his hair styled and packed his bag for school. Climbing up the stairs to fix himself breakfast and make a bento for school, he was surprised to find his brother and Mitsuki in the kitchen, eating breakfast.
"Good Morning otoutou, have a seat and eat some breakfast with us." Itachi smiled.
Sasukes face was expressionless when he asked "How did you get out of bed at such an early hour?" but his mind was racing. Mitsuki was still here. She had spend the night here. Today, she wore a black and purple lolita-dress with black stockings, a little hat and even purple contacts and she had put on doll-like makeup, there was no way she had carried all that stuff in her small bag along with that outfit she wore after her shower yesterday. That means she has stored some of her clothes here. "Perhaps she's even living here, without me noticing?" The younger Uchiha missed what his brother answered but hn'ed so they thought he was listening and started eating breakfast.
Itachi bid both of them goodbye and gave them a bento for school each. It wasn't until they sat both in Sasukes car, that he noticed Mitsuki hadn't spoken since this morning.
"Sooo... did you already finish writing music for my lyrics?" he was really bad at making conversation.
"Not yet."
"Oh, she switched to her second personality again! How could I miss that before?"
The raven wasn't exactly sure if his friend was really bipolar, since she didn't seem to have any loss of memories or anything, but there were days she was dressed like a doll, spoke rarely and all her hyper activeness and insanity from usually vanishes, it was like she was a different person. He didn't mind her being like that, it was easier to be around her when she wasn't loud and forward like most of the days, but somehow these days were even more dark and boring than normal days. He wasn't sure if it was easier to ask about her relationship with his brother when she was like this or not. But he had to know, he couldn't get it off his mind.
"Where did your fresh clothes come from?" oh shit, he started it.
"They are your brother's." she said with an expressionless face.
Sasuke snorted "Even if it wouldn't surprise me if Itachi would own or wear such clothes, I can see that this dress is probably 10 sizes smaller than what my brother would fit in."
"Probably."
He bit his lip. Such vague questions wouldn't give him the information he needed. Asking outright would most likely work, but he wasn't sure if he could do it.
Reminding himself that he had to know he spoke up again.
"Mitsuki..." he took a deep breath "Are you dating my brother?"
Mildly surprised, she faced him. "No."
The youngest Uchiha let out the breath he had been holding. His best friend wouldn't lie to him. Relieved, he drove the rest of the long way to school in a comfortable silence. Arriving in school, they found Neji waiting for them in the parking lot.
"Morning." he said while leaning down to kiss the back of Mitsukis hand. "You should be careful today Mitsuki. I clearly could feel the death-rays emitting from Sasukes fan-girls upon your conjoint arrival." he smirked.
Said raven hn'ed in annoyance. He had no idea what these harpies were expecting him to do to get rid of them, since they seemed to be blind to any attempts at scaring them off. Mitsuki was his only female friend and he was honestly concerned they might do something to her for being his friend. He could remember how Neji had asked to give his little shy cousin a ride after school and how those shrews harassed her for weeks after that.
"Did those harpies ever try to do something to you, Mitsuki?" Sasuke looked her directly in the eyes.
"Please, they'd never dare"
The trio made their way into the building.
"Hey, I just saw Mitsuki walking in the school building with the Hyuuga and the bastard!" Naruto exclaimed loudly.
"Yeah, me too. She was in her emo attire again, so she's no fun to be around today."
"Aww but it looks really really hot..."
"You know, you shouldn't lust after your female best friend so much, Naruto." Kiba grinned "She will think you're only friends with her to get into her pants."
"Stop mocking me, Kiba, you know exactly it's not that way! Sure, I think she's totally hot and I would totally hook up with her, but she said herself, she doesn't sleep with her friends and I'd rather have an amazing best friend forever, than one hot night and no best friend." Naruto ranted "But this pale, ivory skin which contrasts so nicely with her deep black hair and those light pink lips combined with her slender and not-too-curvy-body is still irresistible."
"You just described the Uchiha-bastard perfectly!" Kiba started laughing hard.
"Whaa?!" Naruto blushed and whacked Kiba over the head "He's a guy, you moron!"
Kiba didn't stop laughing until they walked up to their classroom and Naruto gave him dirty looks. He would never admit that the Uchiha-teme might have slightly attractive features, even though he wasn't nearly as hot as Naruto himself and also, he had a dick (or so Naruto assumed) and, too bad, Naruto didn't like other people's dicks.
Class was as boring as always, the only reason he attended history-class was because it was easy and it would get his grade point average up. Same goes for Kiba.
The time until lunch break went painfully slowly, but when it finally came, Naruto ran out of class, Kiba in tow. The blonde and the dog-lover met up with their friends Choji, Lee, Shikamaru, Ten Ten, Hinata, Shino and Gaara in the cafeteria. Naruto sat down next to his redheaded friend after getting his lunch. The group chatted away happily and munched on their food.
Naruto turned to look at Gaara. "You're coming over this afternoon?"
The redhead looked at his blonde friend for a second before giving him a curt nod.
"Cool." Naruto smiled. It never bothered him that Gaara spoke so rarely or that his aura was always so gloomy, because he knew Gaara wasn't a bad person at all. "Mitsuki and I made cookies last Friday and I still have some left. You want some? I'm sure you will love them!"
"I'd rather not eat anything you produced yourself." Naruto could hear the hint of a joke in Gaaras voice.
With a pout, the blonde turned his head away "Tsssk, you have no idea what you're missing."
A low chuckle could be heard from Gaara.
"But seriously, I was more like watching Mitsuki do all the work. They're delicious." Naruto gave Gaara a serious look.
"Fine, I'll try them."
"Yeah!" The loud blonde threw an arm over his red-haired friend and squeezed him to his side none too gently. Gaara tensed and blushed inwardly, but his best friend seemed to notice nothing and released him a second later. Physical contact was uncomfortable for the redhead since he never recieved any when he was younger and became accustomed to avoid touching other people when he grew up. Naruto stepped into his friend's personal space bubble on a regular basis, not out of ignorance as some might think, but because he knew Gaara needed a friendly hug once in a while.
A gentle knock on the front door announced Gaaras arrival at Narutos home. Bouncing to the front door and ripping it open with a cheerful smile plastered on his face, Naruto greeted his friend. Gaara offered a relatively friendly expression, something close to a smile, in return and stepped inside.
The apartment was stuffed with furniture and all of Naruto's stuff, but comparatively tidy. The living room held an old sofa with two armchairs, a beanbag, a coffee table, a TV with a game cosole and several cupboards.
The two friends took their seats on the sofa and turned on the TV and game console.
"Take a cookie, Gaara." the blonde pointed towards a plate on the coffee table. He took one wordlessly and ate in silence. After finishing it, he took another one and Naruto grinned to himself. He just knew Gaara secretly had a sweet tooth but would never admit it. They played and chatted (most talking done by Naruto) the whole afternoon until Gaara decided it was time for homework. Naruto groaned but started anyway, so they worked in comfortable silence for at least 10 minutes until Naruto jumped up and turned on the stereo. He couldn't work without music. Gaara shook his head at his friend's behaviour.
It took them only half an hour to finish their work. It was still too early in the year for real homework.
"Naruto, are you in love with Mitsuki?"
"Whaa?" said blonde turned his face towards Gaara, eyes wide with suprise. "Why would I be in love with Mitsuki?"
"I heard you talking about her with Kiba this morning."
"Shouldn't you know how I feel about her if you eavesdropped on our conversation?" Naruto said slightly irritated by the fact that Gaara felt no shame for listening to him and Kiba talking.
"You said you'd have sex with her if she wanted to. And you want her to be your friend forever. Isn't that what people want when they talk about love?"
This startled Naruto slightly. Gaara's view on things was always so much different than everyone else's.
"You raise a valid point, Gaara, but love is about much more than that. And to answer your question directly, I am not in love with Mitsuki. I like her in the way I like Kiba and you."
"Have you ever been in love?"
"Of course, don't you remember the huuuge crush I had on Sakura in middle school..."
"Not like that, I mean real love. What is it like?" the little redhead interrupted.
Naruto put a finger to his chin, thinking for a moment. "I don't know. Real love requires reciprocation."
Gaara raised a non-existent eyebrow at him "Are you saying you never experienced it? What about that girl with the dyed-red hair you dated two years ago? The shy one, with the twin sister?"
"You mean Emily? Well, it's wasn't that serious with her... she's a nice girl and really pretty and everything, but it got boring rather quickly."
"I don't even want to ask about the reasons you dated that brainless, busty blonde or the cheap whore with the curls and the hysterical laugh, then."
"Ehehe.." he scratched his head with a sheepish smile. "Where does the sudden interest come from?"
"Just curious because of this morning's conversation." And when Gaara said this, he really meant it. He was that straight forward.
"It's funny though, I never really thought about the fact that I did not really love any of my girlfriends so far." the blonde trailed off, deep in thought and his redhead friend said nothing for a long moment.
Suddenly snapping back into reality, a big smile spread across Narutos face, he jumped up and hugged Gaara quickly and beamed "But I love all my friends and that's even better!"
Gaara pushed him off, slightly uncomfortable and muttered "Yeah, I got it.".
Naruto then proceeded to grab a CD out of a case which looked like it belonged to an old shark horror movie, put the disk in the stereo and started jumping and dancing around the room, Gaara watching the whole performance with mild intrest. One might think Gaara would feel annoyed by the hyperactive blonde's behaviour, but it didn't. It was... delighting? It made him feel relieved and somewhat at ease, even though he'd never engage in such actions. He couldn't explain it properly, but it didn't matter.
Naruto was his best friend and personal sunshine.
What do you think about the small view of Narutos life and friends?
Love,
the Moon, our Witness.