Shelly's Note:

Okay so you can be mad at me for not updating but I've been sick and busy and there' s a lot going on in my life right now and I have like 6 stories so I'm trying to update all of them so sorry if it takes awhile...plus I had a seizure in January and so I've had a ton of doctors appointments because of it so not much writing has been able to happen

As always I own nothing

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Chapter 11: I Don't Wanna Think About You

Sasuke looked in the mirror at his reflection. It looked nothing like how he used to look. The people around him were all smirking in superiority as if they did the impossible. They merely stripped him down and threw on some new clothes they didn't make a miracle.

Karin, Juugo and Suigetsu smirked as if they had found a cure to cancer or invented a way to never grow old. In reality, all they were doing was staring at their creation; all they were doing was staring at Sasuke. He hardly felt like himself, but he would go along with it because it was it was what they thought was best. His hair was spiked in the back with gel products, though not too many products as to make the hair untouchable. The hair in the front, his bangs, was down though not too much as to get in the way to block his face. His jeans were dark fade and tight, though not too tight because he refused to have jeans that clanged to his ankles. He had on a black shirt with a spiral and splattered white design. His oversized bag was changed with a black Jansport backpack, which he apparently wasn't allowed to fill over a certain level. He had on black Converse Chucks and none of it felt like him, because none of it was from his own closet to begin with, he was not the punk rocker look he was supposed to be in the back of the crowd, not one to stand out.

'This isn't me, and yet it's almost like this is who I have to become,' he thought as he stared in the mirror. He heard the doorbell ring, pulling him out of his thoughts and away from the mirror. Sasuke made his way down the stairs with a sigh.

He opened the door to see Karin, Juugo, and Suigetsu in front of him, "Hi you guys, let me grab my bag and I'll be ready."

"What no eye liner?" Karin asked in all seriousness.

"No, I'm sorry, I but asking me to change my look and wear eyeliner is just too far," Sasuke said sternly.

"It hardly has the same impact," she scoffed.

"Oh I think the change is quite drastic considering I was wearing whatever I could find in my closet before, which is surly far from this."

"Yeah, yeah, let's go or we'll be late," she said.

"We won't be late," he said.

"We will be for being early enough to show off your new look," Suigetsu smirked as he put his arm around Sasuke as they walked out of the door.

NS

Naruto sat with Kiba, Shikamaru and Chouji in the morning. He was trying to hide that he was depressed, that he was still trying to find out how to get Sasuke to talk to him. He couldn't just come out and say, "Hey guys I accidently fell for Sasuke during our trick so, and so I need to go find him."

"So then I was like, dude that was the greatest prank ever, cause like wasn't that like the greatest prank ever?" Kiba said with a laugh, causing the other guys to laugh – all except Naruto. "Hey Naruto you okay?" he asked.

Naruto didn't answer; he continued to stare down the hall.

"Naruto, are you even listening to me?" Kiba yelled.

"What?" he asked as he snapped out of his trance.

"You were totally spaced out, what were you thinking about?" Kiba asked.

"I was just thinking about the homework I didn't do," Naruto lied.

"We always tell you not to think so hard, it might fry your brain," Shikamaru said.

Naruto was about to say something, but his sense of speech seemed to be impaired by the opening of the door.

"It's happened again," Kiba yelled.

"I think this has a new cause," Shikamaru said as he watched Sasuke walk in,

"What do you mean?" Kiba asked before he turned around.

Sasuke walked in, causing people's heads to turn and whispers to start.

"People are staring," Karin smirked.

"Really? I hadn't noticed," Sasuke said sarcastically.

"No need for sarcasm," she said as she rolled her eyes.

"Hn," was his only response.

"Are you new?" a girl asked, obviously not realizing that he had been in most of her classes since they'd been in high school.

He raised an eyebrow, "Seriously?"

"Well, yeah, I've never seen you before," she smiled.

"Yeah you have, I'm Sasuke Uchiha," he said as he looked at her as if she were an idiot.

"No, Sasuke is that geek who sits by himself with his notebook and outdated clothing and hairstyle," she said, thinking the boy was lying.

Sasuke just raised an eyebrow, "Right, well, I think I know my own name, moron."

"Excuse me?" she said, obviously offended.

"You heard me," he growled.

The girl's mouth dropped open as he brushed passed her, acting as if she was insignificant, and to him she truly was. "Don't you know who I am?" she asked.

"Yes Ino, I do, though sometimes I wish I didn't," he said harshly.

"SASUKE!" was heard from down the hall. "I always knew underneath all the geeky facade there was really a hot man just waiting to come out!"

Suigetsu almost laughed at the words come out, but Juugo nudged him in the side to shut up.

"Hello stalke-I mean Sakura," Sasuke quickly corrected himself.

"Back off forehead, he's mine," Ino said as she grabbed an arm.

Sasuke knew a headache would come, 'This is why looks didn't matter; now I remember!'

"I saw him first Ino-Pig!" Sakura yelled.

"Who said that I want either of you?" he asked coldly. They were both silent. "That's what I thought," he pulled his arms away. "Now I have more important things to do."

Sasuke walked away leaving the two girls still fighting over him, and practically all other eyes watching him, with Suigetsu, Karin and Juugo following closely behind.

"This is why I don't do looks, I feel awkward with them all staring," Sasuke said to the other three.

"This is exactly why you should," Suigetsu grinned.

Sasuke glared at him, which widened his grin.

"We could just make out and get them all off your back," Suigetsu grinned more.

"Hn, not going to happen," Sasuke growled.

"Never say never," the other boy said happily.

Karin slapped the light haired boy on the back of the head, "Leave him alone, he already has everyone else staring and drooling he doesn't need you to."

"Well then he shouldn't have such a fine ass," he smirked.

"Keep staring at my ass and I'll rip your eyes out," Sasuke threatened.

"No you wouldn't," Suigetsu said confidently.

"Want to take the chance?" Sasuke dared.

Suigetsu was silent for a moment, "No, not really."

"That's what I thought," Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Wait how do you know you'd beat me?" Suigetsu asked.

"Juugo would be on my side, plus the other people staring, I'd feed you to them," Sasuke said nonchalantly.

"You're evil aren't you?" Suigetsu asked through narrowed eyes.

"I don't think evil is the right word, I just like to get my way," he shrugged.

"Spoiled?" Suigetsu asked.

Sasuke glared, "Rich doesn't always mean spoiled."

"Can you get whatever you want, whenever?" the other boy asked.

"No, whatever, whenever is very broad," the raven said.

"You know what I mean," Suigetsu responded.

"Little things, yes," he replied.

"Define little," Karin became curious.

"Depends on how much my parents feel like that day," he shrugged.

"In other words: it's not a little so I'm not going to say," Suigetsu teased.

"It's not as much as my brother gets," Sasuke mumble, causing the group to roll their eyes.

Meanwhile, Naruto watched from across the hall as the group talked and did what he couldn't. They made friends with Sasuke in school, even he had to have a makeover to do so, and it was more than he did.

The blonde knew the dark haired teen could sense him staring as he made eye contact for a short period of time, when their eyes met he saw a brief flash of sadness, but Sasuke covered it with the hardness of anger and slight hurt.

"Stop staring," broke him out of his gaze, it was Shikamaru; he always caught him staring.

"Shut up," was his only reply.

The blonde continued to look and envy the group who openly talked with Sasuke. He wanted to be one of them. He wanted to be more; he wanted to be the one openly kissing Sasuke as if to say this is mine. He wished he could at that moment with everyone watching, but he didn't. His legs didn't carry him, and really maybe it was a good thing since the raven would have killed him, along with every straight girl, gay guy, bisexual, and gay-for-Sasuke-guy that seemed to pop up.

NS

Sasuke let out a sigh. All day people stared, and TWICE – at least – people have had the nerve to slap/grab his ass. He couldn't believe it was just because of a makeover. He was afraid to even go to the bathroom, out of what may happen to him. He was so happy that only a few people would probably remember that he worked at the video store. Unfortunately his new look would probably catch attention from Orochimaru – he was finding many down sides to this new look.

Sasuke took his time to get to his looker and leaving his class for lunch so he wouldn't have to deal with more people. Unfortunately, Naruto noticed this and took the opportunity to wait for him at his locker.

"Yes?" Sasuke said, not looking at the blonde.

"We have to talk," Naruto pleaded.

"Get a new tutor and fool," he responded.

"No please just talk to me," the blonde said.

Sasuke quickly put in his combination, "I don't really think there is anything left to be said."

"Sasuke please, just hear me out," he practically begged.

"I trusted you once and look at what that got me, I looked like an idiot, I was...no you know what never mind just go away Naruto...I don't need your lies," Naruto could see the sadness shine in Sasuke's eyes.

"I 'm sorry please none of it was meant to turn out like this," the blonde pleaded.

"Give me one reason why I should?" Sasuke yelled. "You lied to me, pretend to be my friend." His voice got lower as he said, "You acted like you wanted to be something else, but now I see what a fool I was, I don't see how I can trust you. I have NOTHING to say to you."

"That's only PARTLY true," Naruto said, hoping to keep him talking.

Sasuke glared, "Please just go away." Naruto could see the hurt past the glare.

"No, I promise, just meet me in the park, the usual spot, after school and I'll explain," Naruto said, leaving before Sasuke could decline.

"It better be quick, I have to work today!" he yelled after the blonde wondering why he'd go.

NS

'What am I doing? What am I doing? What am I doing?' Sasuke thought as he sat in the park near the tree. 'I shouldn't be here. He's a liar, he's not going to tell me the truth, and he's just messing with my emotions again!' Sasuke tried to convince himself.

He saw the blonde making his way toward him and he didn't know if his anger was rising or going away.

"You came," the blonde said with a brilliant smile.

"Make it quick, I have to work," he frowned.

"Okay, just let me say the whole thing and don't interrupt, do you promise?" Naruto asked.

"Hn," was Sasuke's only response, he wasn't going to promise anything.

"I'll take that as a yes," he took a deep breath.

"Get on with it," Sasuke practically growled.

"I like to fit in, and Kiba dared me to pretend to become friends with you so we could find out things about you to make you look stupid later. Then I really became friends with you and so I stopped thinking about the joke and more about you. I even started to fall for you, none of that was fake, I promise, I never meant for it to turn out like this," the blonde explained.

"Why should I believe you?" Sasuke asked.

"Because I don't want to hurt you," Naruto answered.

"I don't think I can believe you," the dark haired teen told him.

"But..." he tried to protest.

"I have to go," Sasuke said, feeling more confused than before.

NS

Sasuke should have predicted this, really telling Naruto he was working wasn't the best idea. It wasn't a busy night luckily for the blond, unluckily for the raven.

"What can I do for you to trust me?" he practically begged.

"I'm not sure there is anything you can do," Sasuke answered.

"I'll do anything," Naruto said.

"Just give me some space!" he said, getting annoyed by the blonde.

"Okay, fine, I'll leave," he sighed as he walked out of the video store.

Sasuke hit his head on the counter, 'why is this all happening to me?' The dark haired boy pulled out paper, 'I need to write.' He knew it would be more difficult to write without his guitar in hand, but he didn't really care. As Sasuke stood behind the cash register waiting for customers, he wrote a song they would practice that night, not caring what else he should be doing.

NS

Sasuke got off work and was exhausted, but knew he still had practice that night. The dark haired teen sighed and made his way to Suigetsu's house. He rang the doorbell and soon enough the door was open to reveal Suigetsu.

"Hey we're practicing in the garage," Suigetsu said.

"Okay, I've got a new song, but it might be kind of rough," Sasuke said as they walked into the garage.

"That's fine, let's hear it," Karin said.

"I'm pretty sure you'll know who it's about," Sasuke said.

They all glanced at each other as Sasuke grabbed a guitar and pulled the paper he'd sloppily written on at work and started to play.

Sasuke kept his eyes down on the paper and on his guitar, rather than looking at the band's reaction. For some reason he couldn't' find it in him to call it his band, he could only refer to it as the band, he hardly felt like part of it yet. He could feel their eyes on him and yet he wasn't sure what they thought, though he wasn't sure he really cared – the only person's opinion he really cared for anymore seemed to be Naruto's and that seemed to be the most disturbing thing.

The band stared at him with a partial smirk, partial smile. Karin nodded to Suigetsu as if to say, "We've found our singer" or "This is perfect." Suigetsu smiled back as if to agree and Juugo gave a satisfied smirk.

Sasuke continued to play and sing. He looked up and continued to play as he tried to decipher the looks on the faces. He could tell they looked pleased, but that was about it. He looked back down to concentrate on the new song.

Sasuke got more into the song as he went on and let it go more off of memory and less off of the paper in front of him as it got towards the end of the song.

Karin, Suigetsu, and Juugo could tell that the dark haired teen in front of them was mad and there was no way he was going to forgive the blonde anytime soon. He had told them what had happened and they were going to help him regret ever making him look like a fool.

'I'm singing about how I don't want to think about him and yet I'm thinking about him,' Sasuke frowned.

Karin could see the somewhat pained expression on Sasuke's face, 'I wonder what he's thinking about.'

'Is there anything that makes him not perfect?' Suigetsu smirked, though knew everyone had imperfections.

Juugo looked at them all, 'This should be interesting.'

Sasuke ended the song and looked up at them, "So what do you guys think?"

"I think Naruto is going to be sorry he ever made you feel bad come the talent show," Karin smirked.

Juugo and Suigetsu nodded and Sasuke felt nervous but said, "Okay."

TBC...

Song of inspiration: I Don't Wanna Think About You by Simple Plan