Warning 17+ only: Yaoi (Boy x Boy) - Homophobic readers please hit the back button NOW. Not appropriate for young readers.
Disclaimer - Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. Sasuke would dispute that claim. Either way I make no money on this.
Author's note: THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all the reviews! Wow I was so amazed and happy. It almost made up for the fact that I had a really, really crappy week. Just reminding everyone that that the whole concept of this story is that Naruto and Sasuke are not able to be really clear on how they feel because they have misread each other and now are convinced that the other is straight. I have something very specific in mind on how Sasuke finds out Naruto isn't, and vice versa (those are the 2 scenes that gave birth to this whole fic, so you have to just wait for it). In the meantime, I am just pushing them to being in the right place emotionally and physically that I can get those events to play out like I want them to. I hope you guys enjoy the (somewhat contrived) ride... but as a warning, there will continue to be lots of sex, drugs, and alcohol along the way. I don't advocate any of it, just writing about it here.
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Naruto slowly opened his eyes, then hissed and immediately squeezed them closed when the light seared into them. Fuuuuuuck, my head hurts. His mouth felt dry and tasted like something had crawled in and died. He slowly took stock of himself. From the brief moment he had allowed his eyes to open, he recognized his own room. That was good.
He then realized he was naked. That was potentially not good. He slid his hands along either side of him... nope, no one was in the bed with him.
He struggled to piece together what had happened. He remembered going to the party with Sora and some of Sora's friends. He remembered being a little freaked out, then starting to drink and relaxing a bit. He was dancing with a pretty girl, and then... his memories started to get fragmented and distorted. The girl with a thong... Sora on his knees... Sora against the wall... Sasuke's neck...
At that memory, his entire body clenched in a weird combination of intense lust and extreme panic.
Oh, fuck. Please tell me I didn't come home and try to jump my straight and potentially homophobic best friend in a drunken haze.
He searched his memory frantically, trying to force the images to come together. He definitely remembered his face in Sasuke's neck, inhaling the man's scent. But after that... he thought he sort of remembered holding Sasuke... Oh, god.
Naruto groaned slightly, more in mental anguish rather than actual pain. This could potentially be so bad. Sasuke could be on the phone right now filing a sexual assault complaint, or worse, calling Itachi, who would promptly arrive and castrate Naruto with a very dull spoon, and then...
"Dobe - you alive?"
Naruto pressed pause on his mental panic attack. Sasuke didn't sound homicidal. Maybe... maybe nothing happened? Maybe this was all some kind of hallucination? A mental image of his hand grabbing Sasuke's ass flashed across his poor, stupefied brain and Naruto groaned again. Why couldn't he remember anything?
"I'm still taking stock," Naruto answered, his voice sounding raspy and dry. "What the fuck happened last night?"
"You decided to go to a rave and get yourself plastered and high for your birthday."
Naruto heard the bite to Sasuke's voice, and wondered if he was pissed because he had gone out for his birthday, or pissed because Naruto had potentially come home and groped him.
"High? I didn't take anything... I was just drinking." At least, he didn't remember taking anything.
"That's what you thought. But apparently the person who took you to the rave slipped some X into your drink. Neji recognized the signs when you came back last night. You need to drink water and watch yourself today. Evidently the downs from X bite."
Neji? Naruto searched his brain again... and came up with a vague image of pale eyes examining his own. If Neji were there, then Naruto wouldn't have jumped Sasuke. Right? Maybe this was all ok.
"Did I come back alone?"
"Hn."
Fucking Hn... is that a yes or a no?
"English, bastard. I'm too brain-dead to translate your 'Hn's' today."
"You're always brain-dead. But yes, you were alone. Evidently you did all your fucking right at the party."
Sasuke sounded pissed. Naruto would have rolled his eyes at the hypocrisy of that if he thought his head could survive the motion.
"Ummm... ok, but then... why am I... naked?"
He heard Sasuke's sigh. "Because you came home and said you felt unhygienic after fucking two people, one of them the friend that took you to the rave, and the other one someone that you probably didn't even know."
Naruto ignored the irony of Sasuke getting a lecturing tone about having casual sex. The guy was practically an orgasm vending machine. Besides, Naruto had more serious concerns.
Does... Sasuke know about Sora? Great. Now he will totally freak out even more that not only am I hot for him, but am now actually having sex with guys.
"Is that what I said last night?"
"Yeah. I don't know who this chick is, but she spiked your drink with X, which is why you were so hyped up and can't remember anything. Ino is going to kill you when she finds out you cheated."
Naruto's brain struggled to keep up. There were several things in Sasuke's last statement that made no sense to him. "Chick?"
"You didn't mention her name."
Ok, that was good. Sasuke thought the 'friend' was a girl. So maybe something of this was salvageable. Naruto continued to muddle through the other parts of Sasuke's statement that had confused him.
"Why would Ino be mad if I had sex?"
"Let's see, because she's your girlfriend? And generally girlfriends don't like it when their boyfriends have sex with other people."
"Ino's not my girlfriend."
"You broke up?" Sasuke sounded acutely interested in that.
"We were never going out. She just had me pretend to be her boyfriend to get rid of some guy who was harassing her. She's dating a guy who goes to another school."
"Why the hell didn't you tell me that?"
Sasuke's voice sounded strange. Naruto could sense some concern and also... anger? Naruto forced his eyes open despite the pain.
"Look, it's not like you and I do much talking anymore. Besides, I never said we were dating in the first place. Why did you even think that?"
Sasuke looked annoyed, but didn't say anything. Naruto wanted to probe more on that, but first he needed to find out as much as he could about last night.
"Did I say... anything else last night?" Naruto wanted to just be very clear what he did and didn't say about what had happened. "I just don't remember that much."
Sasuke grumbled something under his breath about needing to have better judgment about friends, but Naruto couldn't hear all of it. "No, just that it was a friend who surprised you by wanting to get in your pants. And evidently she gave you a blow job for your birthday present. Happy birthday, by the way."
"What, no blow job?" The joke was out of his mouth before he could even help it. There was dead silence from Sasuke's bed. God, could I be any more of an idiot? "Sorry, sorry. I'm still not fully functional. Just joking."
There was a bit of a pause, then, "Hn."
Naruto looked over at his friend. Sasuke was lounging on his bed, a slight flush on his cheeks. God, Sasuke always looked so fucking hot. How was this supposed to be fair? No one should really be allowed to look like that. Naruto realized he was still naked. His sheet covered at least the lower part of his body, but his torso and one leg was exposed. "Hey, um, Sasuke," Naruto fumbled, trying to figure out the right words, pulling the sheet to cover him more fully. "I didn't... last night... we didn't..."
"What the fuck, Naruto? Of course not. Like I'd do something like that. What the hell is wrong with you?" Sasuke stood fluidly then stalked out of the room.
Naruto sighed, scrubbing his fingers through his hair trying to get blood flow back into his scull, then rubbed his face with the flats of his hands to relieve the dull ache behind his eyes. He was never ever doing X again. Thinking back, he had a pretty good idea when the X got into his system. The first part of the night he had just been drunk. Things were a little blurry, but he still remembered what had happened. But after the last drink that Sora had given him, everything seemed to be just scattered, disjointed images in his head. Including, apparently, his first time having sex with a guy. He was going to fucking kill Sora. He groaned slightly. The maiming was going to have to wait until after he felt human again.
He was just about to get up to get some water when he felt the bed dip and looked up to see Sasuke sitting on the edge of the bed holding a glass of water.
"Drink."
Naruto sat up and his stomach clenched. He leaned against the wall and waited for the sensation to pass, then took the glass of water that Sasuke had offered and slowly drank.
"Thanks."
"Hn."
Naruto was acutely aware of his undressed state, and tried to focus on anything other than having Sasuke on his bed while he was naked.
"As soon as I get my strength back, I have to go kill someone."
Sasuke blew out a short laugh. "Next time be more careful who you go out with, Dobe."
"I guess. And... sorry... about saying stupid stuff. I just... I thought I remembered something. From last night."
Sasuke looked uncomfortable again. "When you first came in, you tripped and almost fell on me, and I caught you. After that, you just took a shower then passed out in bed."
"Oh, ok."
"I... waited up for you. I thought we'd hang out. Like we used to."
Naruto felt hope surge up in his chest. Even if Sasuke didn't like him in that way, he would be happy to just have his friend back at this point. It might be pathetic and painful, but he had missed their friendship more than he had thought possible.
"Sorry. I didn't think you even remembered my birthday. I mean, you never talk to me anymore. You haven't talked to me since..." Naruto's voice trailed off. This was not a good time to bring up the kiss. They had never talked about it, and his brain was basically mush right now. But there was no avoiding it. Sasuke was here, being his friend. They had to address it, and hopefully they could get past it. This was the first chance they had really had. He wasn't going to miss it.
"Sasuke, I'm really sorry that I kissed you that time. You had said you didn't want to, but I didn't listen. I never should have pushed it," Naruto paused, then took a breath, forcing the words out. "I really miss you. I miss being friends."
Sasuke stilled. He had been worried that Naruto had just been high last night. But today he was sober, and saying the same thing.
"I miss you, too," he said quietly.
"So can't we... can't we just forget that the kiss ever happened? I didn't mean to make this happen. It's just, when I kissed you, I suddenly felt..." Naruto paused, not wanting to sound like he was making a confession at the same time he was trying to convince Sasuke he was happy to be 'just friends'. He noticed an embarrassed flush creeping up Sasuke's cheeks, and quickly tried to push through his words to get this awkward conversation over with. "Anyway, I felt something I didn't expect, and because of that... Look, I know that you... feel differently about me now. But I will try to forget what I realized that day. I will try to just forget all of it. Can you just forget about it too, and just... just go back to being normal with me? Best friends, like we used to be?"
Naruto was surprised when Sasuke's face flashed hurt, then slowly hardened with anger.
"So that's what you think, huh? I'm not 'normal' anymore?"
"Well... no, I mean... Sasuke you're joking right? I mean, ever since what happened with the kiss you -"
"Fuck you, Naruto." Sasuke stood up, fury clear in every line of his body.
"What the hell, Sasuke? Why are you so pissed off?"
"This isn't something that I can just change back to 'normal' on, ok? It doesn't work that way. How ignorant are you? All your big talk about being friends no matter what was just total crap. You have made that crystal fucking clear."
Sasuke walked over to his dresser and grabbed his keys, wallet and phone, then turned and strode towards the door.
"You are such an asshole, you know that?" Sasuke's voice was low and filled with hurt and venom.
Naruto flinched as the door to their bedroom slammed shut, followed a few minutes later by the door to the suite slamming as well. Naruto just sat there for several minutes, staring at the closed door.
What the hell had just happened?
. . . . .
Sasuke stood outside the door to their suite, hardly able to breathe. Of all the things that he had thought Naruto would ever say to him, this was worse than anything he had imagined. I'm not fucking normal? He wants me to just change back? He couldn't believe it. The one person who had always been able to understand him, always accepted him with his flaws, not just overlooking them but actually accepting them. For him of all people to say something like this... Sasuke just stood there in the hallway, panting like he had been running.
No. Naruto wasn't the only person who understood him. There was one other. Sasuke flipped open his phone and dialed. "Nii-san. Can I stay with you this weekend?"
Itachi's concerned voice came through the earpiece, and Sasuke immediately felt slightly more in control. He didn't have any more exams, but he didn't want to go back into his room either. The last thing he wanted was to see Naruto. He decided he'd just buy whatever clothes and toiletries he needed when he got to Itachi's house. He had his car keys, phone and wallet with him. That's all he needed. He had to get the fuck out of here.
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Naruto lay in bed for over an hour, reeling from his conversation with Sasuke. He had never seen his friend that coldly furious with him before. Why? What had happened? Did Sasuke think he was trying to... trick him? Naruto couldn't understand it at all. He waited, hoping Sasuke would come back. When he didn't, Naruto decided he needed to call him. Unfortunately, his phone was still at Sora's.
Well, he needed to go talk to Sora anyway. Groaning, Naruto dragged himself out of bed and got dressed. He felt like shit. The headache was pretty much gone... he suspected that had been from the alcohol, and was glad that he apparently didn't get as bad a hangover as his friends seemed to. He had had waaaay too much to drink last night. But now he just felt... low. Emotionally, he was used to being generally cheerful and optimistic. But he felt tired and depressed and just... like crap. Maybe this was from the X, or maybe from having Sasuke being bi-polar with him. Either way, it sucked.
He suddenly panicked, as he realized that he had had sex with two people last night, and the potential health implications of that. He grabbed the jeans he had worn from out of the clothes hamper and searched his pockets. He was somewhat relieved that the two condoms he had brought with him 'just in case' were both gone. Hopefully that meant he had actually used them. He would have felt a lot better if he could actually remember it, though. He pulled out a piece of paper from his front pocket, and opened it up.
Blondie - You were a total stallion. Call me if you ever want another go. - Taya
He read the phone number below her name. He supposed he could call her and... ask her what happened. But from what he remembered, she had been pretty much in the same shape he had been. He hesitated, then set the number on his dresser. He didn't know what to think about any of this. First he needed to deal with Sora, then call Sasuke.
He found a pair of sunglasses and headed out. Neither of his suitemates seemed to be around. At least they couldn't make fun of how messed up he looked.
It took forever for him to walk across campus, and by the time he got to Sora's he felt like he just wanted to lie down and sleep. But he pounded on his friend's door instead.
Sora answered, and had the nerve to smirk at him.
"You look like hell."
"Fuck you, Sora. We need to talk."
Sora began to look slightly nervous, but he opened the door and let Naruto in. "My roommate's taking his last exam. We have about an hour until he gets back," Sora looked at Naruto suggestively, and walked over to him, sliding his hand up Naruto's arms and then down his back to his ass.
"You were amazing last night. I could hardly get out of bed this morning."
"Yeah, but it would have been nice if I could remember any of it. You asshole, you spiked my drink," Naruto was seriously pissed off.
Sora pulled back. "Look, I told you I was going to get you drunk and laid for your birthday. I didn't say it wouldn't be with me."
"What the hell? First of all, you have no fucking right to put something in my drink without telling me. There's a difference between alcohol and illegal drugs."
"What, you're all Mr. Goody-two-shoes now? You didn't seem to have a problem with drugs when I'd talked about it before. Plus you're under-aged, so it was all illegal."
"I don't have a problem with drugs necessarily, but it should still be my choice. If I am going to do some shit, I want to know that I am doing it, and make the call myself. I don't have a problem with some drugs, but there are some that I don't want to ever try. And you don't know me well enough to make that call for me. Not to mention the fact that when I woke up this morning, I didn't know what the hell was wrong with me. My roommates had to explain to me that I went to a rave, not a college party, and that a person that I had trusted as my friend decided to slip something in my drink without even telling me."
Sora just looked at him, clearly not sure what to say.
"And then you fucked me," Naruto said, half statement, half question.
Sora winced at the words, then tried a small smile. "Actually, you fucked me, or you'd be feeling sore in places other than your head right now."
Somehow, this made Naruto even angrier. "I don't even remember it! It was my first time with a guy, and it would have been with a guy that I actually liked and thought maybe would be my... boyfriend or something. How could you just use me like that, and expect me to be ok with it?"
"You didn't have a problem fucking that girl that you didn't even know. Why are you so pissed at me? I actually knew you, it wasn't just hooking up with some stranger."
"Yeah, that's right, Sora. That's exactly why I'm so pissed. I didn't know that girl, and she didn't know me. We were just releasing some tension together, or looking for a good time, or whatever, and it didn't mean anything. So it doesn't matter if I remember or not, or if she remembers me. Neither of us are going to be hurt by that. It was what we both were looking for and expecting. It was honest. But with you... I would have wanted to remember it. Because for me, it would have actually meant something. We were friends. I liked you. You wouldn't have been just a fuck."
Sora swallowed convulsively, noting the past tense of all those verbs, and his voice came out strangled. "Naruto... we can still be all that. I really like you too. I just... you didn't seem to want to move quickly, so I..."
"So you fucking drugged me to make me move a little faster? What the hell, Sora! How can you honestly think that after something like this we can still even be friends? I wanted to go slow because I didn't want to just use you as a substitute for Sasuke, because I still wasn't over him. I wanted to go slow because it really mattered to me. Now I don't even fucking remember it. But I guess you had a good time, so that's all that mattered."
"Naruto, I just... I wanted you to have a good time, and I wanted to be with you, too. I wasn't trying to take advantage of you."
"Really? Because it sure as hell looks like that to me. Where's my phone?" Naruto saw his phone and wallet on Sora's dresser. He walked over and picked them up. "I'm outta here."
"Naruto, wait. Let's just talk this through..."
"Sora, right now I pretty much don't even want to look at you," Sora flinched at Naruto's words, but didn't argue. "I don't know if I will get over this, but right now everything you are saying is just pissing me off more. What you did sucked. And right now, I don't want to talk to you, or do anything else with you."
Sora just looked at him, then nodded. "I'm sorry, Naruto."
"Yeah. Me, too," Naruto said softly, hurting for both of them but not being able to do anything else. This had crossed the line. There would be no going back.
. . . . .
He walked out of the dorm and found a quiet place between buildings to call Sasuke.
The first two times, the phone just rang then went to voicemail. "Sasuke - please call me back. I didn't mean to piss you off... I just want to talk."
The third time, Sasuke picked up. "Stop calling me. I don't want to talk to you."
"Sasuke, I just -"
"Let me be really clear here, Naruto. I do not have any interest in you, on any level. So you can just stop all your shit. Don't try to call me. Don't try to talk to me. Just leave me the fuck alone. We are not friends anymore. We're done." And he disconnected.
Naruto just stood there, stunned, looking at his phone. How had this happened? Was it... because Naruto had admitted out loud that he felt something for Sasuke? Was that what had crossed the line? He thought about it, trying to understand. He had been furious with Sora because he had not asked for permission before giving Naruto drugs, and had then had sex with Naruto, knowing that Naruto wasn't really ready. It had been the end of their friendship, because he had broken their trust.
Maybe Sasuke felt a little like that? That Naruto had broken their trust, first by forcing the kiss, and then by confessing feelings that Sasuke had made clear he didn't return? It felt like an over-reaction. What Naruto had done didn't come close to what Sora had done. But Sasuke had always been a much less forgiving person. And much less tolerant of other people trying to force attachments on him.
Naruto walked around the campus. He felt numb. He had just lost his best friend, and the person closest to being his boyfriend all in the same morning. He felt... alone. He sat on a park bench, and watched ducks waddle along the path then into the small stream that ran through it.
He liked ducks.
They looked so funny.
He noticed one only had one leg. It was the fattest of all of them.
He wished he had some bread to feed them. Especially the one-legged one.
He watched them for an hour or so.
Slowly he felt his brain rebooting. He thought back over the friends that he had had. Aside from Sasuke, his friends from high school had only acknowledged his existence once he had become good at sports and his frame had filled out. Almost by definition, that made them not real friends. He had had fun with them, but they had never bothered to look below his surface until his external appearance had been good enough to bother with. Sasuke had been the only exception to that. He had seen something in Naruto that had nothing to do with how he looked, and had been his friend. When Sasuke could have had anyone as his friend, he had chosen Naruto. But, he supposed he had crossed the line with Sasuke by daring to express his deeper feelings for him. And evidently had been deemed as unworthy as all the fangirls that had gone before him. Or maybe Sasuke was just a straight up homophobe.
Naruto slowly felt a cleansing anger bubble up inside him. You know what? Either way, fuck him. He thinks he's so much better than everyone else. He always has. Fuck him.
Maybe Sasuke thought Naruto would just trail around after him pining away like all his fangirls seemed to. But he was dead wrong. Naruto didn't need Sasuke. He had survived the majority of his life on his own. He didn't need anyone, and certainly not some ice princess who thought he was better than everyone else.
Naruto looked around. This was Sasuke's school. Great for business and finance. Pretty crappy for writing and literature. Why the hell was Naruto even here? Because he had been following his high school crush around like an idiot. Time to fix that. The school that the Pervert taught at was pretty good. And it was in Suna, which was even better. Plus tuition would be a hell of a lot cheaper since he would get a discount with his guardian being a faculty member. Even if his scholarship didn't transfer, he'd be fine. It was pretty far away from here, which is why he hadn't considered it in the first place, since it would have made visiting Sasuke even occasionally basically impossible. But now that was a major attraction.
He pulled out his phone and dialed. "Hey, Pervert."
"Dammit, brat, how long are you going to keep calling me that?"
"It'll be on your tombstone, bastard."
"You'd better not."
"Hey. Do you happen to know when the deadline is to apply as a transfer student for Suna U starting spring semester? I think I want to transfer, but don't want to have to wait for next fall."
"Are you ok? Did something happen?"
"I'm ok. I'm actually... I'm pretty good. I think I finally got my head on straight. I finally figured out what I want to major in. Only this school kinda sucks at it."
"Oh? And what did you land on... finger painting?"
"Fuck you, asshole. Actually, I want to go into writing."
"That's great! Following in my esteemed footsteps! Ha, I knew I'd rub off on you."
"Yeah, except instead of writing porn, I'm actually going to write."
"Yeah, well, let's see what you actually can come up with. Deciding to write and actually writing are two different things. It's hard to make a living. And don't knock the porn. What I write is classic love in its purest form."
"Yeah, Icha Icha Bondage was a classic alright."
"Get laid more, and you'll realize how true those words are. Anyway, I'm not sure what the deadline is, but let me go check it out. I'm friends with the dean, so she might be able to bend a few rules. Can you send over some samples of your writing? If you have anything decent, I can try to get the head of the department to pull a few strings as well. Maybe help get your scholarship transferred. Also have them send over an interim transcript. They'll need the final one eventually, but this should at least get the ball rolling."
"Alright. I'll send a few pieces over this weekend, and get the transcript sent as soon as I can."
"I haven't seen much of your writing... I'm actually interested to read it."
Naruto felt a little nervous twist in his stomach. He hated letting people read his stuff. It was pretty personal. But he supposed he'd have to get over it if he was going to be a professional writer. Or maybe he'd just write for fun, and go into journalism or editing or something related. He'd have to see how it played out.
The semester was already half done. He hoped like hell he'd be able to make it through the next six weeks still sharing a room with that asshole. At that thought, he looked at his watch. The administration office should still be open. He walked over and put in a request for an interim transcript to be sent to Jiraya at Suna U, and also officially filed a request for a roommate transfer. He didn't really know why he had been waiting for so long. He could have put in for one two weeks ago. They didn't have a clear sense on when he might get a new room, but at least the process was set in motion.
He went back to his dorm and pulled out a few of his notebooks. He figured he'd read through and pick four or five to send to Jiraya. He was sitting at his desk in his room when he heard a knock on the door.
"Come in."
The door opened and Neji came in. "How are you feeling?"
Naruto considered whether to answer quickly or honestly. Neji saw the hesitation, and sat down on the bed. Honestly it was, then.
"Well, someone I seriously had thought about dating spiked my drink to get me to have sex because evidently I was going too slow. So now we are no longer friends. Then Sasuke told me he basically never wanted to talk to me again, and left, and I am not entirely sure why. I have a hangover, and felt weirdly depressed and tired. I also seem to have had a minor mental breakdown while watching ducks an hour or so ago. But other than that, I'm fucking awesome."
Neji looked at him for a minute. "So... not good, then."
Naruto snorted at the gross understatement. Neji smiled slightly and continued, "Good about the person you almost dated, though. I mean, better to find out now before you wasted any more time. Whatever their reasons, that crossed the line."
Naruto nodded. He didn't regret what he had said to Sora. It sucked, but that just was the way it was. Neji was right.
"How are you handling the situation with Sasuke?"
Naruto shrugged. He didn't want to go into this. "I think it goes back a ways. I guess today was just the final straw."
Neji took the hint that Naruto wasn't going to disclose the reason.
"How are you guys supposed to be roommates if he doesn't want to ever talk to you again? Do you think he'll calm down and things will go back to normal?"
"I put in for a room transfer today. He's serious. I've known him for six years, and I have never seen him this pissed off at me. He doesn't do drama. If he says he doesn't want to talk to me again, that's what he means."
Neji looked at him, clearly trying to assess Naruto's state of mind. "Are you ok?"
Naruto looked down and blew out a breath. "I guess. A year ago I wouldn't have been. We were best friends. But... things changed and I guess in a way this is no surprise. We just... things changed."
Neji nodded. "Let's go out to dinner. My treat. Let's get you off campus. Then when we get back, Chouji should be here and we can see if he would be willing to swap with you. He can room with Sasuke and you can room with me. You'll still be suitemates, but at least you can avoid him if you want to. You won't have to share a sleeping space with him anymore."
"Yeah. That would help. Thanks, Neji. Should we call Chouji and invite him to come to dinner with us?"
"Are you kidding? Have you seen how much that guy eats?"
Naruto laughed. Maybe rooming with Neji would make the rest of the semester bearable. It certainly couldn't get worse. He wondered fleetingly why Neji didn't offer to room with Sasuke himself, rather than volunteering Chouji. Maybe Sasuke rubbed Neji the wrong way, too.
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to be continued
ok, so... are we all still along for this ride? Sasuke actually has a really good reason for hating Naruto right now, and next chapter Sasuke spills his guts to Itachi (god I love Itachi in a most unhealthy way), and you will finally get to see this all from his perspective. And also see Sasuke's reaction to Naruto now rooming with Neji.