Chapter 9: 'The weekend'
A/N: Hi everyone! Thanks for reading once again! Sorry about the chapters being short still! I always make sure the chapter is at least over a thousand words but once again, my work schedule and school is chaotic. This chapter may seem a little slow but I promise it'll start getting interesting, it was just a bit harder to write about their weekend since they didn't get to see each other on Sunday. Monday will certainly be interesting! Thanks again!
Naruto continued to keep walking with his friends through the mall for the most part of the day but his mind was somewhere else. He kept trying to think of ways to avoid Sasuke in school and outside. He had three classes with him so he tried to make a plan to never talk to the Uchiha ever.
As Naruto was still planning out how to avoid the dark haired boy; Sakura was keeping an eye on Naruto. She didn't want to question him a whole lot like last time so she kept quiet until the group members parted ways for the day.
They were all back by the food courts, saying their goodbyes and cracking jokes. Sakura and Naruto were the last two to leave, they both walked out to the parking lot.
"Naruto."
"Hm?" Naruto looked at the pink haired girl.
"You okay?"
"Yeah of course, Sakura. Oh but hey, If Sasuke ever asks you or any of our friends a question about me, don't answer."
"Why can't we talk to Sasuke about you?" Sakura gave a confused look.
"We're having a challenge, but I got to get home. I'll see you Monday, okay!" Naruto gave a grin and waved as he walked away from Sakura and towards his parked car.
Sakura gave a small smile back and a raised hand of goodbye before she went to her car.
"He's an idiot." Sakura grumbled under breath as she got into her car.
Naruto got into his car and left the parking lot quickly. He checked the time on his car's clock to see if he was late for dinner.
'5:30' it read.
Naruto hurried home and got out of his car immediately before making a mad dash for the front door of his house.
"You were almost late, hun." Kushina gave a fake scowl to her son.
"I safely hurried home so I could be able to eat yours and Dad's delicious cooking." Naruto gave his parents a fake grin as he sat down at the kitchen table.
The table was already set and he waited for his parents to be seated before he dug in.
Noodles, egg rolls, rice, miso soup, sweet and sour chicken and a spread of randoms vegetables and bread spread on the table.
Naruto stuffed his face and in between bites he would compliment his parents on cooking so well.
"I wish I could cook like you two."
"Maybe if you cook more, you'll become a good cook, Naruto." Minato teased.
"Nah, I'll stick with guitar and drawing." Naruto smiled.
"What's going on tomorrow?" Kushina asked her son as she wiped left over food off her face.
"I'll just be at home, doing homework. Ya know?" Naruto shrugged.
Kushina nodded and took a bit of eggroll.
"How's Sakura?"
"She's good. I was with her earlier today."
"Remind her that Tsunade was talking about having her as an apprentice for work." Minato said as he slurped some of his soup.
"Got it."
Naruto picked up the empty plates and garbage and cleaned up after himself before heading up to his room for the rest of the night.
Sasuke walked up into his bedroom and set down his shopping bags, he decided to go to different stores after the mall to get his furniture. He flopped onto his bed and rubbed his face with the palms of his hands.
Itachi knocked on his door before barging in and sitting on a chair in Sasuke's room.
"What do you want?" Sasuke sighed as he looked at his older brother.
"How was the mall?"
Sasuke gave a smirk and looked up at his ceiling, "Naruto and I are having a challenge."
"A challenge?" Itachi raised a dark eyebrow.
"I told him that I'll make him fall in love with me and we'll both learn everything about each other."
Itachi's lips formed a smirk, he was now very amused.
"What did he say?"
"He took the challenge." Sasuke shrugged.
"Really? No fight?" Itachi asked disappointed.
"He said nothing will happen between us but something already has."
"I can't wait to see how this turns out." Itachi snorted.
"Me either."
The two talked about Sasuke's 'genius plan' to get Naruto to fall for him.
"What if he ends up hating you instead, Sasuke?" A concerned brotherly face now replaced his smirk.
"I won't let that happen."
"Sasuke."
"I won't. We have to have something, Itachi. We have to." Sasuke furrowed his brow.
"Just don't go overboard, little brother."
Sasuke nodded and watched as his brother stood up and made his way out of the room.
"I'm making dinner so come back down soon."
"Mhm." Sasuke watched as his brother left the room and shut the door.
Sasuke grabbed a pillow and stuffed his face down onto it.
"He'll fall for me. I promise." Sasuke mumbled into the pillow.
Naruto was on his computer, watching random videos online and playing online games. He gave a yawn and shut down his computer soon after, only to grab his guitar and strum out a tune.
'I haven't wrote a song for a while.' Naruto frowned to himself.
He plucked a few more cords before humming a tune to the sounds of the guitar.
Naruto kept his humming and guitar playing as quiet as possible, making sure not to disturb his parents or the neighbors. Naruto closed his eyes and got lost in the random guitar notes he was playing.
Soon his peace was interrupted by a cellphone going off on his bed. He sighed and put his guitar away before answering his phone.
"Hello?"
"Uzumaki?" A familiar voice asked.
"Oh hey, Deidara. Yeah it's Naruto."
"Good, I was hoping you didn't change your number randomly."
Naruto gave a chuckle, "I didn't. But, what's up?"
"I was wondering about practice on Monday."
"Oh yeah, Coach Guy should be back so probably usual soccer training."
Deidara gave a groan, "The scrimmages we have are a lot more fun."
"I know right." Naruto sighed.
"Thanks, see you Monday, Uzumaki."
"Later." Naruto hung up after.
"At least I won't see Sasuke at soccer practice." Naruto assured himself.
He turned his phone off and hopped into bed, watching T.v before drifting off to sleep.
Sunday was a boring day at the Uzumaki house. Kushina and Minato spent their day at their bakery, baking cookies, cakes, and other mouth-watering sugary foods. Naruto stayed at home to finish homework and just relax before school the next day. He was dreading to see the Uchiha there.
Naruto didn't know what to do with himself after he finished homework. He began cleaning his room and his bathroom just out of pure boredom.
Naruto laid down on his carpeted floors, not knowing what to do with the rest of the day. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Soon, the mental image of Sasuke kissing him flashed into his mind and he sat up with a jolt. Naruto soon found his hands lightly grazing his lips like he did all night on Friday.
"Damn it!" Naruto yelled and tried to shake his mind away from the Uchiha.
"You won't win, Sasuke. Believe it!" Naruto scowled as he made his way to his computer desk and began contemplating how to avoid Sasuke forever.
Sasuke spent his Sunday with Itachi, driving around Konoha and checking out the local hang out spots. Sasuke wasn't very enthusiastic the whole day. He just wanted to see 'his' blonde. He couldn't wait for school tomorrow.
Itachi could see how prissy and serious his brother was the whole day.
"Stop brooding."
"I'm not brooding." Sasuke snapped back.
"You'll see your prey tomorrow, don't worry."
"Why do you call him prey, Itachi?" Sasuke crossed his arms.
"Don't try to deny that the name fits the blonde perfectly." Itachi smirked.
"Pfft." Sasuke waved his hand at his brother as he got out of the car and began to walk towards the house.
Itachi just kept his menacing smirk and followed his brother inside.
"Welcome home, boys!" Mikoto greeted her sons with opens arms.
"Hi Mom. What are you guys doing home?" Sasuke asked as his mother squeezed both himself and Itachi into a hug.
"We got to come home early." Fugaku answered his youngest son's question as he flipped through the newspaper.
Mikoto nodded and released her sons from her embrace, "I'm making food, so go get cleaned up and wait."
The two nodded and walk to their separate bedrooms upstairs.
Sasuke began hanging up a little notification board on his bedroom door to pass the time.
He grabbed a tack and a piece of paper and marker, writing something down in big words and pinning down the paper with a tack to the newly hung board.
Sasuke took a step back and proudly looked at his board. He read off what he wrote to himself, "Naruto Uzumaki will fall in love with me."
"Perfect and so true." Sasuke nodded and gave the paper a wicked smirk.
"Sasuke, the food is done." Itachi called out from the hallway.
Sasuke gave one last look to the board before walking downstairs to eat with his family.