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The Future

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I thought high school was hard, I hadn't even considered University. Yeah sure, I was acing all of my classes, but it was harder content which meant a lot more time studying. It didn't mean much to me though; I had a lot of time, since I had no friends.

Three months into the term and I had yet to make any new friends. That is, if you don't count the acquaintances that I have heated debates with about the lectures sometimes. I had never been too good at making friends since that had always been Naruto's thing. But we don't talk much anymore.

Today I was lucky, nothing but afternoon lectures so I could stay in bed the whole morning. I didn't used to enjoy lie-ins, my body ached and I felt dirty but Naruto's habits rubbed off on me. Those few days when my brother or Iruka would let one of us sleep over for the weekend, we would lie there for hours just talking and joking. Those were definitely the most intimate moments of our relationship, or what used to be of it.

Shaking my head of the thoughts, I forced myself to climb out of bed and grabbed my phone from my desk. 2 missed calls and 1 text.

The text was from Itachi, who wished me a good day as he did every morning after I moved out. I rolled my eyes at the usual monotone message, he said he didn't care if I moved out but it was so obvious that he missed me. Surprisingly, our parents were also really affected by my decision; my mother cried for a while and my father glared me down but eventually they accepted it. Weirdly, they also began to take a notice in my life those few months before I left. They met my friends and my boyfriend and I felt like they really got to know me.

I chuckled as I listened to the voicemail they left on my phone at 5 in the morning, what they are doing up at that time every morning is something I don't want to know. The other missed call didn't leave a voicemail, it was from Ino. I frowned as I stared at the contact photo she had put on my phone, that was weird, Ino never called me, well not anymore.

Tossing my phone onto my bed, I went to get ready for the day, I didn't have many lectures today and I wanted to spend the rest of my free time in the library before I had to go to work. Yes, weirdly enough, I have a job, in a bookstore that's not far from campus. It doesn't pay a lot but I work for the quiet atmosphere and cosy décor rather than the money. It was something I took up to fill in all my friendless free time.

It also gave me an unlimited access to free books as one of the perks, and as a history teacher in training, one could never have enough history books. In high school, I feel like Iruka taught me a lot more than just history, he inspired me to be the person I am today so I aim to be a teacher all the students can talk to, no matter how bratty and annoying. I still remember the look on Iruka's face when I told him what I was studying, his big brown eyes filled with tears and his nose scrunched happily. He desperately wanted to give me a hug but held back because he knew how uncomfortable I would've felt.

I smiled to myself as I patted my body dry with my towel, I missed Iruka, it had been a while since I had last seen him. He was so far away now and couldn't really ask Naruto how he was doing, not after our fight.

I scowled at the thought, "who needs him anyways? Stupid blond haired, blue eyed idiot."

I was walking towards the library and almost through the front doors when my arm was grabbed and I was jerked to the side.

"Ow! What the heck- Ino? What are you doing here?"

The blonde girl ignored my question and jerked me further away from the library.

"Ino, stop it, what are you doin- you're going to rip my shirt!"

"What is wrong with you!" I rubbed at my abused arm when she finally let go and glared right back at her. "I should be asking you that question."

Her responding eye roll offended me, "oh please, don't act like you don't know. You've been acting prissy ever since you left for Uni and you're making everyone else feel like shit, especially Naruto." Ino seethed, her mouth was so close to my face I could feel her breath tickle my nose.

"Why should I care?" I deadpanned as my eyes flicked around, hoping to find an escape route.

"Because they're your best friends and he's your boyfriend!" She shouted exasperatedly.

I hissed at the thought, "weeell…"

Her jaw dropped, "did you break up with him?"

My silence answered the question for her, she gasped scandalously.

"Oh my god, you did didn't you! Is that why he was basically crying yesterday? Sasuke Uchiha, you selfish, cruel, heartless bastard, you know how much Naruto loves you!" With every barb she slammed her fist against my chest.

"Wait Ino, chill," I wheezed. She really packed a punch, "I didn't actually break up with him, I just kind of mentioned it in the conversation."

Her hands rested on her hips and she glared at me, "why."

"We were fighting and-"

"Why."

I sighed before leading her over to a nearby bench, if she wanted to hear the whole thing I would tell her the whole thing.

"So basically," Ino started as I finished recapping the situation to her, "you got scared because you moved the furthest away for University and thought that eventually everyone would leave you so you started taking out your sadness on them and ended up sort of pushing them away instead."

I scowled but nodded, when she said it, it made me sound stupid. She sighed, "oh Sasuke," she placed her hands on my shoulders and shook me, "why are you so socially retarded?"

My scowl deepened and I pushed her hands away, "shut up, I've told you what you wanted to hear so will you leave me alone now? I've messed up horrifically and there's no way Naruto will forgive me now. It's for the better anyways, he can find someone that won't always fuck things up."

Before Ino could open her mouth to say anything in protest, I got up and walked away, they were all much better off without me.

Sitting behind the desk in the quite book shop gave me time to think about how stupid I had been acting these past few months. Not answering texts, being snippy over the phone and plain out bailing on a meet up. I was horrible, I was so afraid that they would leave me that I began to push them away.

Just like you always do. It was a bad sign when I agreed with the rude voice that often popped into my head.

Maybe I should talk to them; they deserve apologies and explanations, Naruto especially. I took out my anger on him and we would get into fights and end up ignoring each other until we fought again. It was a vicious cycle that he didn't deserve to be trapped in.

A breeze flowed past me as someone opened the door and entered the shop. Looking up, I froze in shock at the sight of bright blonde hair and big blue eyes, "Naruto?"

"Ino called me at work and I came to see you immediately."

"You left your work to come see- you live 2 hours away Naruto." I was surprised that my mouth was forming coherent words as my mind still couldn't wrap around the fact that Naruto had made a 2 hour journey when he could have just called.

I watched in silence as he strode towards me and grabbed my cheeks gently, "I'm sorry." He whispered as he pressed his forehead against mine.

I brought up my hands to hold his against my face; I missed this, "sorry for what? I'm the one that fucked up."

He shook his head and I watched his eyes close as if he was in pain. His eyelashes fluttered, so long they almost touched mine, "I'm supposed to be right next to you yet I couldn't even notice your pain. I was oblivious, I blamed you."

"You had every right to."

He pulled his face away and scowled, "no, I didn't, you don't deserve that."

I watched him pace the shop now in shock because he didn't hate me, he didn't want to hate me.

"I love you Sasuke," he came around the counter and held me against his chest, "I don't want you to ever doubt that, I will never let you feel like that again, I promise."

I listened to his pulsing heart beat with a small smile on my face, sometimes it was ok to be taken care of, "ok."

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"The Uchiha Clan. A family of vampires known for their ability to transform their eyes from blood red to pitch back. All except for the youngest born, Sasuke Uchiha, who's eyes refused to change. Until he meets a boy who seems to be constantly chasing after something and will bring him more than just the answer to his troubles."

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