Shelly's Note: Okay another chapter of Welcome To My Life :) Hope you all enjoyed the last chapter it's getting toward the end so it's going to start going pretty fast now...
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And thank you to my beta Naruto Yaoi 911
Enjoy!
Chapter 16: Crazy
When the talent show first came into Sasuke's mind after he and Naruto had broken up—and he had formed a band—he had thought he'd do a song about heartbreak. However, now that he was with the blond once again, he couldn't really say how horrible he was.
He sat on Suigetsu's couch staring at the ceiling with his guitar on his lap. The other teen couldn't quite figure him out ever since he'd gotten back after being released from the hospital. He knew that something was going on in his mind, but he just wasn't sure what.
"Hey, what's on your mind?" he asked as he sat next to the raven.
"I got back together with Naruto," he said, not bothering to look at him, knowing what his reaction would be.
"Why would you do that? And what do you mean 'back together'? I thought he was just messing with you," Suigetsu said with and angry tone.
Sasuke let out a sigh and turned to look at him, "We talked and he isn't a bad guy, he was just being stupid and following his friends."
"So you weren't important enough," Suigetsu said with a harsh tone.
"He tried to explain it to me, but I wouldn't listen and that's when I met Juugo and though 'I'm happy I met him because I met you guys'. I kind of wish I would have listened... I don't think he ever meant to hurt me," Sasuke defended the blond.
"It's just, I don't want you to get hurt...how do you know that he won't hurt you again?" Suigetsu frowned.
"I don't, but I know it won't work if my friends are supporting me," Sasuke said.
Suigetsu paused before he gave a sigh, "Fine, I'll be nice, but if he breaks your heart he's going to pay."
"I know, and thank you," Sasuke smiled.
"Now get working on our song for the talent show. I'm going to call Karin and Juugo, tell them the bad news," Suigetsu said as he got off the couch and walked toward his room.
"Way to be supportive," Sasuke yelled as he threw a pillow at his head.
He let out another sigh, still unsure what he was going to write about. He couldn't write about being in love because they weren't there yet and he didn't hate him, but he wanted something new and nothing was really going on in his life at that moment that was song worthy.
He looked at the young girl on the magazine in front of him and seeing how thin she was, he couldn't help but think that she wasn't attractive – she was too thin. He looked around the house he sat in and thought about his parents.
He looked at the TV and saw a commercial for luxury cars, followed by an add to donate money for poor children. Sasuke couldn't help but think more people would buy a car than give money to the poor—they were too self-centered to do so.
He sighed and realized how much he hated that kind of people as he turned off the TV. He then threw the magazine away, thinking that none of it would give him inspiration for a song.
NS
"Hey guys," Naruto smiled at his group of friends.
"I'm surprised you aren't at the hospital," Chouji said, between bites of chips.
"Sasuke's out of the hospital," Naruto grinned.
"Surprised you aren't with him," Kiba said bitterly.
"He's writing a song right now," Naruto explained.
"You know this why?" Kiba asked.
"We already talked, he needs to write something for the talent show. He was going to do something about hating me, but we made up… and that is what we need to talk about now," Naruto said.
"What do you mean?" Chouji asked.
"Sasuke and me, we are, well… just that...we're a couple," he said nervously.
"You got to be kidding me!" Kiba yelled.
"How troublesome, he's mad," Shikamaru said.
"Seriously?" Chouji asked, as he stopped eating.
"Well, we were when you kind of told him I was faking it and I wasn't, but he thought I was, I just hadn't told you yet. So I explained what happened and we're cool now, so I would really appreciate it if you guys would be nice to him," the blonde explained.
Kiba's jaw dropped, "I thought you were just friends with him."
"You don't really pay attention do you?" Naruto asked.
"They're all clueless," Shikamaru said.
"You knew?" Kiba asked.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out, he always stared at him," he explained.
Kiba took a deep breath, "So let me get this straight. You're in love with Sasuke?"
"Yeah," Naruto nodded.
"Didn't you two hate each other?" Chouji asked.
"Things change; I didn't really know him then," Naruto shrugged.
"Well, if you're happy, we're happy. Right?" Chouji asked.
"I just need some time," Kiba said as he walked away from his friends.
Naruto frowned, "He was supposed to be my best friend. I never expected him to react like that, even if it is Sasuke."
"Yeah, I mean, Sasuke used to be pretty dorky looking, but he looks pretty good now," Chouji commented.
Naruto raised and eyebrow toward his friend. "You coming to the gay side, too?"
"Whoa, no. I meant that in a totally straight way!" Choji said.
"Chill, we know," he laughed.
NS
Once Karin and Juugo came over and started to grill him on Naruto and the new song, Sasuke had decided that he needed a break and settled for a walk. He went to the park, where he ran into someone who wasn't really in the mood to see him.
"You've got to be kidding me, is the whole world about you?" Kiba asked.
"Excuse me?" Sasuke questioned as he looked at the brunet.
"Naruto and you are dating, he just told me," Kiba growled.
"Oh, I didn't know that you'd react so badly," Sasuke glared.
"How could I not? My best friend is gay and in love with you," he said with malice.
"I didn't realize I was so horrible," Sasuke rolled his eyes. "And if you were his best friend, you would support him no matter what."
"Shut up bastard," Kiba said, "he used to hate you, too."
"Then I must not be so bad if he doesn't anymore!" Sasuke said.
"Why do you care what I think of you?" Kiba asked in confusion. "You never did before."
"And I still don't, but I care about what makes Naruto happy and I know you being mad about this won't make him happy," Sasuke explained.
Kiba looked shocked as Sasuke continued, "Is it because it's me? That's it, right?"
"Yes," Kiba mumbled.
Sasuke sighed and couldn't believe he was going to do what he was going to do. "Then let's start over, for Naruto's sake. I don't want to hate you and I don't want you to hate me."
"I don't see how this will change anything, you're still a bastard," Kiba rolled his eyes.
"And you're still a loud mouth, doesn't mean we can't be friends," Naruto owed him big time for this.
Kiba sighed, "Fine, for Naruto I guess."
NS
Sasuke was happy with himself; he'd actually gotten his mind off of Naruto and concentrated on writing a song. The song was one that he felt their school and maybe society needed, especially after everything that had happened. It wasn't about school shootings or people being bullied, but it was about how people were crazy. How society was crazy, and makes us forget what is important. It was his indirect link to the shooting and he felt that maybe, he'd make people in their school see that if they weren't acting so fake all the time, then none of this would have happened. If they weren't acting fake, then people wouldn't have to feel left out. After all, he knew best that underneath his newly obtained looks, was still his old, geeky self.
The band had practiced several times before the day of the talent show and hoped that they would be the ones to win first place, but didn't get their hopes up. Sasuke made a decision that day—a decision he felt would make the song better. He needed to talk to his band.
"My look isn't working," he said.
"What?" They looked confused, but Suigetsu was the one to ask the question.
"It's not me, it's going against what I feel is right. I mean, how can I sing about not being fake when I'm being fake myself?" Sasuke asked.
"So you want to go back to your old self?" Karin sighed.
"Not necessarily, just a variation," Sasuke sighed.
"We can live with that," Juugo smiled.
"Good," Sasuke said as he took a deep breath, hoping Naruto could, too.
NS
It was the night of the show and there were still some things Sasuke hadn't told Naruto. First off, Sasuke hadn't told the blond that the song wasn't going to be about him. Secondly, he didn't tell him of his change in look, which was much tamed down from the hot Sasuke he'd been used to seeing lately.
Therefore, when he'd surprised the raven before the show, he was in for a surprise. "Sasuke!"
"Naruto, what are you doing back here?"
"I came to see you," he said, scanning over Sasuke's outfit choice.
"Listen we need to talk," Sasuke said.
"I hate those words," Naruto looked down.
"It's not like that," Sasuke said.
"What's with the outfit?" Naruto asked, obviously confused.
"I'll explain later. I'll explain everything after the show, just don't be mad about the song," Sasuke said.
Naruto looked even more confused now, "What do you mean?"
He looked down, "It's not about you."
Naruto looked at him, "Oh."
He could hear the disappointment in his voice, obviously thinking it was about someone else.
"Naruto just let me explain after the talent show. Go take your seat. I'm sure that when you hear the song, it'll make sense why it's not about you," Sasuke said.
"Yeah, sure," he gave a fake smile.
Sasuke watched him go without a good luck kiss and he knew he had a lot of explaining to do once the show was over. After all, the blond would want to know why he hadn't written him a song and his impromptu change in looks.
"You ready, Sasuke?" Karin asked.
"Yeah," he sighed.
"Good, let's go" she said.
They were close to the last ones on and the performers before them were far from entertaining. The school had refused to hold auditions for the show, so some bad acts had gotten on stage. They were quickly introduced before the curtain opened and they started to play.
Naruto sat next to Kiba and saw how the rest of the crowd seemed to pick up when Sasuke's band came on stage – even with his makeover. He sort of felt as if everyone was now seeing something that used to be meant for only his eyes and he couldn't help but feel possessive over the raven. As the song started, he could understand how the song wasn't about him, though he couldn't understand why there wasn't a song being sung about him. He had thought Sasuke would after all they had been through lately.
Sasuke saw the crowd getting into the song and it made him happy that he wrote it about this, rather than something about their love as people may not take it so well. He was sure that not everyone knew he and Naruto were together and singing a song to him would let it all out. While he didn't want it to be a secret, he didn't need to sing about it in front of everyone. Though by the look on the blonde's face back stage, he knew Naruto didn't understand why he needed to write a song about something other than them and his personal life for the show.
Naruto looked around, seeing that people liked Sasuke's music. He sighed when he realized that there was a possibility Sasuke and his band could go far in the music industry if this many people found them likable. Especially when Sasuke looked good. But then… where would that leave him? It was something horrible to think about, but he couldn't help it. And he knew it was something he needed to bring up. He hated that fact.
Sasuke found that the hardest part to sing was about parents. While everything else was true, the part about parents was the only thing to hit home. Sasuke's only remotely personal thing in the song and that was a personal tie, so he felt that Naruto had no reason to be mad. Though he also knew that he would be mad that he had no song…
Naruto could already sense the girls falling for Sasuke even more as he sang. They didn't even listen to his words, he could have been singing nonsense—it was just that he could sing. The fact that Sasuke had changed his look again hardly registered in most people's minds. He hadn't changed his look much, just toned it down so he still looked rather hot, just not as hot as he could.
Sasuke couldn't help but notice how people were reacting. He knew that they weren't listening to the actual song. He also knew that it didn't matter because he could tell they liked it, so it meant that they may win, and that's all he wanted.
Kiba could see the look on Naruto's face; he could tell he was both disappointed and annoyed with the girls in the crowd. He could tell how much the raven meant to the blond and so he nudged him and said, "Let them drool, you're the one who's dating him, not them."
"But I'm not important enough to get a song," he huffed.
Kiba wasn't sure what to say so he just turned back to the performance and became annoyed with Sasuke.
While the crowd couldn't tell, Suigetsu could see that something was off with Sasuke. It was at times like this that he wished he could get inside his head. The dark haired teen wasn't as happy as he had been lately, so he had figured he was having trouble with Naruto and he was going to kill the blond if he did anything to hurt him.
Naruto really didn't want to look towards the stage any longer, or towards the girls looking at the stage. He just wanted the show to be over. He was sick and tired of listening to his boyfriend sing about things that weren't him, when he had yet to ever write a song about him – or at least ever write a good song about him. But he couldn't really leave, that wouldn't make him a very good boyfriend. Instead, he sunk into the chair.
The song ended and Sasuke looked to where Naruto was sitting. It was then that he knew they might have more to talk about than he thought.
TBC...
Crazy by Simple Plan
Shelly's Endnote: Don't hate me because I'm kind of making them fight...I know the song really had nothing to do with the chapter except that it was the reason that they fought because Naruto doesn't have a song that is nice and yet Sasuke didn't write him one either
Oh and by the way only like 2 more chapters now :)