Faithful Encounters Chapter 2
"President, please take a look at this...".
Sasuke sighed, drowning out the sound emitting from this unknown person in front of him. He was dragged yet again from his class and out the corridor for one of those "on the spot" student council meetings, and this one looked like something about the school festival and clubs and such. But for once, he was actually thankful for this disturbance, since a certain blonde's class were passing by, headed to the gym for their physical educations class. They locked eyes...well at least Sasuke thought so, since he couldn't really tell from the glasses.
The blonde seemed to be attempting to at glare Sasuke's way, and since he was too busy glaring at the Uchiha, he didn't notice that he was currently walking towards a wall...
BAM!
Naruto fell at his ass, though no one even noticed. Naruto was currently rubbing his face and bosom, muttering a curse under his breath. Sasuke can't help but inwardly laugh, and as if the blonde could sense the raven's inner thoughts, he snapped his head at the Uchiha's face turning into a scowl, and then walking away with his class, his nose up in the air.
Sasuke might not have noticed he was smiling, if not for the two fortunate students who had stopped their talking. The other two were utterly speechless. Sasuke Uchiha, the Sasuke Uchiha, actually smiled! And they got to see it! But as fast as the smile came, it left, and the passive mask that the Uchiha always upheld came into view, which made the two wonder if they were just seeing things but they were sure of it... they could and would probably bet their heads that the Uchiha smiled...but why?
The raven never felt so alive. All his life he felt like he already had everything...like he never really needed to do anything, since he was naturally smart, athletic and talented, and was known for this attributes since a young age. He never really felt like proving himself to anyone - it was just too dull for him. Call him what you may - arrogant, self-centered, prick, egotistical, a plain out dick! - but can you blame him? Throughout his life, everyone was the same, throwing themselves at his feet. Everything was exactly the same as the others - they didn't even bother reaching out to him... Well that's what he thought...until he met the blond dobe... Sure he was mad, but at that time he also couldn't help but feel explicitly happy...
" I. DON'T. GIVE. A. FUCK. WHO. YOU. ARE!".
That really hit a blow to Sasuke. 'How dare this little insignificant...'. He stepped out the ledge. He didn't even know what he was saying anymore at that time. Sasuke was seeing black, and it was as if the blonde was under a spotlight in Sasuke's black vision, sticking out like a sore thumb. He felt his heart race and his palm sweat. He felt this unease in his stomach as he came closer to the blonde. Whatever he must have said might have really ticked the dobe off since the next thing he knew, he was pounded on full force by the blonde. Who knew someone like…well, like the blonde...could have so much strenght! It hurt as hell! And as if it fixed a cord in Sasuke's brain like some old TV set that would only work again if you hit it real hard in the head, Sasuke's eyes came into Technicolor! The world was bright and shimmering and it seemed to be all radiating from the blonde! In that split second, Sasuke smirked then returned the favor...hitting the blonde just as hard on the jaw.
"...You don't care who I am...?", Sasuke stated dangerously, "...then I'll make you know who EXACTLY I am!". This was the thought Sasuke had. Finally, someone different...someone to pull him out the dark... As sick and twisted as it seems, the blonde gave Sasuke a reason for living. At that precise moment, he dubbed the blonde as "his way out", as Sasuke's "clean slate", as something to start his life over with, someone who he can actually acknowledge, and someone who he could finally show who he really is! At that time, Sasuke made it a fact that the blonde four-eyed loser in front of him was his goal, and winning him over is the game. It just so happens that Sasuke had no intention to lose...but he himself didn't expect what had happened next. They were just so close to each other, yet the next thing he knew he was walking out the door and...
He just kissed the blonde!
A week later, Sasuke had almost all the possible information on the dobe. Call him a stalker if you want, but what were you supposed to do if you wanted to know something soooooo bad, and had the resources for it?
The blonde's name was Naruto Uzumaki. Sasuke smirked. Funny name. Though it did sound familiar somewhere. He but put a pin on that thought, and decided to ponder about it some other day. Aside from the dobe's school record which by the way was SURPRISINGLY horrible! For someone who looks like they wracked their eyes on books and video games, the dobe was barely making the cut! But Sasuke didn't mind. The more they were in opposite to each other, the better. He smirked. It would surely be more fun that way, and this could be a little something he could use for blackmail later on...
Next to that was little to no personal records. The record simply consists of just his name, when he entered the school and...that's about it. No birthday, no address, no home number. Okay so this is a little bit over the obsessive stalking but hey, sue him - which by the looks of it were TOTALLY legal - it was just weird. Won't the school need such little information? I mean it was just logical for the school to know some little background of a student...why would the school even accept such an enigmatic person...? Well anyways...
Also in this past week, it just so happens that they ALWAYS meet each other's eyes. Sasuke didn't know why he hadn't noticed the blonde before! He sticks up like a sore thumb with his clothes and glasses, but he was never picked on...he was merely invisible... But there was something that caught Sasuke's eyes on the dobe's school record...after all he wouldn't settle for NOTHING...
"Hmmm...", Sasuke hummed to himself, "...a librarian, huh...?". He smirked, oh-is this going to be interesting...
"ZZZzzzzz".
"NARUTO WAKE UP!".
"Zzzz-WHA-what?".
Iruka gave a muffled grunt. Naruto had been sleeping in the library since break started, and Iruka just had enough of this! The blonde was practically drooling over the table for God's sakes! He had to put a bucket under the blonde to keep the drool from spilling all over the floor. Seriously! You would have mistaken Naruto for a dog if he just didn't have thumbs...
"...Hn, sorry 'ruka... I haven't gotten any sleep lately...". Which was utmost truth. It's been a week since that incident with the teme - as Naruto now decided to call him - and it wasn't at all hard to NOT know anything about him. He didn't even TRY to know anything about the pompous assed Uchiha. HELL! He was even trying to PREVENT knowing anything about the raven. BUT HE WAS JUST EEEVVVVEEERRRYYYWHERE! Naruto didn't know why he hasn't noticed before, given that he wasn't technically the most observant person in the world...but how could he miss it! The raven was the school's PRESIDENT! The very first freshmen president! And he was the top of the school! In every single fucking category! It feels like the WHOLE FREAKING UNIVERSE knows about him, the now known - to Naruto - "UCHIHA SASUKE". All the girls could talk about was him!
"...KYA! Uchiha Sasuke-sama is the greatest!".
"KYAA! Sasuke-kun is like a prince!".
"Kyaa! Sasuke-kun's soooo handsome!".
"Kyaa! Sasuke-sama is like sooooo hot!".
"Kyaa! I want Sasuke-kun to have my babies!". (ok that a little awkward...)
"Kyaa! Sasuke kun's the greatest
The coolest
The smartest
The-"
"...'KYAA!' SASUKE-KUN MY ASS!". Naruto was sooooooo fed up about hearing things about that bastard! He hears so much each day that it replays in his mind every freaking night! It was unbelievable how these people would worship the ground that bastard walked upon. How it sickens Naruto's gut to think that, that emo suicidal freak was like their god! He sighed exasperatedly and ruffled his golden locks.
And the bastard even stole his first kiss!
Damn that Sasuke! Damn him to hell! And if that wasn't worse enough as it is, the raven would even STARE at him! He was staring soooooo much, Naruto felt like bleaching the bastard's eyes, and then starching it to keep it from moving. Naruto was soooooo much in a bad mood, he didn't notice Iruka back away slowly from him and was now behind one of the faraway safe desks.
"N-Naruto!". Iruka cursed himself for stuttering. He didn't know why, but Naruto seemed totally pissed off. You could just feel the killing intent seeping out of the boy's pores, and Naruto wasn't the type to be easily dealt with when angry. He sighed. "...It looks like you're not feeling all that well today Naruto...". Iruka gave a nervous smile. "...why don't you take the rest of the day off? ...If you want, I can go and call-".
"NO! Call them and my high school life is over!". He stood up on his seat and dashed to the door then stopped mid way. He turned to Iruka then smiled. "Thanks for your concern, Iruka, but seriously, I'm okay!". Then in a blink of the eye, the smile turned into a creepy smirk. "But I do feel like releasing a certain amount of pent up frustration...so I'll take you up on that little offer of yours. This just gives me the PERFECT idea on exactly what I could spend my FREE time upon". He gave a mischievous grin. "THANKS SENSEI!". And then dashed out the door.
As if on cue, the clock struck 2, and the door came running open. A guy with 2 racks of books and a piece of paper in his hands came in. "I need all these books replaced, since like they got mixed up - ". The man was stopped mid sentence by the figure of pure menacing aura in front of him.
"NAAAARUUUUUTOOO!".
Sasuke was on his way to the library when he spotted a ruffle of golden spikes pass down the hall way. Sasuke smirked to himself. Great timing... The raven followed the blonde to which seemed like the cafeteria. Sasuke never set foot in such a place, since people like him has a special lunching place up the hall. The blond was carrying two big metal pails of what seemed like...paint...? And...meat balls? He strode off to the blonde. They were currently in the cafeteria's back kitchen, and the Sasuke decided to squat beside the dobe under a table. "What are you doing dobe?".
Naruto practically jumped of his skin. It took all his will power to have not screamed like a frightened old woman at that moment. And then he turned. He inwardly rolled his eyes Oh great! The "almighty" Uchiha... His face now turned into a scowl. "What do you want, teme?", he bit out.
Sasuke raised a fine eye brow at the nickname. Was it just him or did the dobe just call him teme? And was it even normal for him to think that being called that is actually...cute? "Hn, dobe, what are you doing?".
Naruto again rolled his eyes and turned his head. There's not much point in it. Might as well tell the teme! "I'm gonna prank this here cafeteria. I hay wired the mixer to go off, and set an orange meat ball launcher...", his face broke into a grin, "He-he, just you wait until you see the chef! Oh-man is his face gonna be priceless!". Naruto grinned at Sasuke momentarily, forgetting who the raven actually was!
Sasuke raised both his eyebrows. Was the dobe supposed to do that...? And did he say he hotwired the mixer? "Hn, dobe are you supposed to be doing that...?".
Naruto turned to him, and stared like Sasuke grew a second head or something, his face giving out the "You're-the-one-who-tried-to-kill-yourself-and-now-your-asking-me-if-I-was-suppose-to-be-doing-this" look, then shrugged. "...don't worry your pretty little ass here, teme! The chef's serving the cafeteria's special today so I'm pretty sure everyone already brought lunches with them. Heck! I'm doing them all a favor actually!". He grinned mischievously.
Sasuke gotta admit the dobe has got spunk. Then it hit him. He turned to Naruto. "Wait... Are you...?".
Naruto stared at him, face a blank for a couple of seconds, then he grinned again. "Oh-yeah! You heard of me? Yeah he-he that's me... Guess I'm caught now huh...?".
Sasuke couldn't believe it. The Orange Whirlwind of Trouble! How all the teachers were in search of that student! The Orange Whirlwind made history in the academy as the number one notorious student of the academy, but up till now, was never caught. Who knew that this blond dobe could be the said villain in all those previous catastrophes! Heck! Even Sasuke had to pay the price of "cleaning up afterwards". Literally! He took a mental note to make the blonde pay for that..but now, Sasuke smirked. "...I'm in...".
Naruto stared at Sasuke for a while, not believing what the raven had said. "WHAT!".
Sasuke cupped the blonde's mouth in an instant, hopefully trying to shut the blond up. He glared at the dobe, then let his hands drop.
"What!", Naruto said more softly, "Are you serious? YOU of all people want to help ME set off a PRANK?", Naruto flared his arms in disbelief which Sasuke only answered with a glare.
"Shut up, dobe and tell me what to do...".
"Huh? Are you sure you can handle it? I know I might not look like it, but I can't really afford any blunders...".
Sasuke scowled at him. "...Dobe, just tell me what to do!".
Naruto stared at him for a second then sighed. "Okay...". He leaned up the raven and whispered in his ears.
Sasuke's heart leapt a little at the contact. They were just as close as the other day. He listened, and when the plan was relayed, Naruto leaned back. "That's the plan...do it when I give you the signal". Sasuke nodded and the fell in position.
Sasuke was by the electrical socket of the mixer. He was to plug it after the blonde poured most of the paint in. When Sasuke saw the hindsight, he plugged the mixer in...
but nothing happened. He furrowed his brows and looked over the dobe, just in time to see an evil grin fill the blonde's face, and in a swoop he threw in the bucket of meatballs...and then everything went orange.
Splotches of what looked like orange paint bombs flew through the entire cafeteria!
The staff scurried to stop the mess, but was constantly in panic, moving franticly like...well like headless chickens... Sasuke was snickering. He felt so...felt so...bad...but good! Meh! It's complicated.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Dance my headless chickens, DANCE!".
Sasuke snapped his head, only to find Naruto already beside him, watching as the catastrophe in front of them unfold. They were both muffling their laughs as they watch some staff slip and fall over the other with both their asses sticking up the air, and another who just screamed and hit himself in the wall. Man! What the hell is with these guys?, Sasuke thought in between fits of giggles.
Naruto turned to him. "Oh you've seen nothing yet", he said, also muffling his laughs as best he could, and as if on cue thy heard a shrill womanly cry.
"SA-CH-LE BUH!".
Sasuke rose a fine eyebrow as Naruto curled up in the ground, gripping his sides and clawing the ground. "HAHAHAHA! No-no more! Hahaha th - that's hahahahaha". Sasuke turned his head, his eyes widening. The shrill womanly cry didn't come from a woman...It was a man! And even with the small squeaky FRENCH voice, the dude looked Arabian! And damn was he fat! His face contorted into something the raven can only identify as growing anxiety, topped off by the curling of the ends by the "man's" ever growing shoaling mustache. His eyes widened some more, and his mouth crept outward before he busted out laughing like some comic character with all the tears spraying out his eyes.
Naruto pulled him back and the fits of laughter continued. They could still hear the squeaky voice of the chef blabbering on like gobbling nonsense, like the people he was talking to could even UNDERSTAND French. Naruto was rolling on the ground, laughing manically and Sasuke was sooo uncharacteristically the same, gripping his sides as he bent over his knees hoping for the pain to stop.
"Ha - I - ha...can't ha breath! Ha!", Naruto said in between laughs, and when they heard the babbling stop, they ran for the door, zipping through the hallways.
Sasuke's heart was thumping wildly. He couldn't believe he did that...and that he was currently running with Naruto! Sasuke felt so..he just felt so alive! All his life he did what was told of him. He always did what other people were "right". Since young, he was expected to act like a grown up...never to feel what it was to just be him...
To just be a boy.
He once believed that because of this. Everyone around him expected him to be what he thought he is - an untouchable God. But he never wanted that, he never wanted that at all! But soon enough, he forgot the sight of what he truly wanted to be. Just to be him... And he can't believe that he was doing it! He felt like dreaming. To be able to run and laugh with the person who has shown him the possibility of a new life...to experience the things he could have only imagined! He was just happy that he was running with Naruto.
Sasuke smiled and laughed with all his heart and being since he could remember! He looked up as he and the blonde continued running in the wide open aired corridors of their schools back parts, as the sun shone brightly on the blonde with his back to Sasuke he continued to run. So this is what happiness feels like...
Both sasuke and Naruto came to a stop when the both reached the farthest end of the corridor, leaning down on the cement walls as they both tried to catch their breaths. "Ha...that was insane!", Naruto blurted out in between breaths, and grinned at the raven that was currently slumped holding his knees to stand up also huffing to catch his breath. Sasuke only turned and smirked at the blonde, causing the blonde's face to contort into a small semi pout.
"Hey...", Naruto continued, seeming to have caught his breath. Sasuke turned to him, once again locking eyes with the blond. "...Y-you won't tell anyone about this alright?", Naruto said while averting his eyes away from the raven, while seemingly whipping sweat from his brow.
Sasuke raised an eye brow at him. "Why would I rat you out when I'm clearly an accomplice, dobe...".
Naruto snapped his head back at him, eyes slightly widened, his face then contorting into a grin. "YEAH!". He smiled again.
Sasuke smiled back at him, causing the blonde's face to slightly flush, his features turning into a scowl. Wow…I can't believe that men can be bi-polar..., Sasuke thought, arching his brows in question.
Naruto lightly hit Sasuke's shoulder with a little Thump! "Th - this doesn't mean I forgive you...TEME!". Naruto looked Sasuke in the eyes, his face serious, but was tainted by a small tint of red. Sasuke - if possible - raised his eyebrows higher, not clearly getting the blonde. "Th - the day on the rooftop!", Naruto blurted out, "th - that was...th - that was my first kiss...", he stated softer. A darker hint of red impaled his features, as he now fully averted his face from the raven. "...and that hit hurt too...", he muttered under his breath, but Sasuke seemed to catch that, since he stood up and said.
"Hn, well your punch wasn't technically what I'd call a feathery touch as well dobe...and...", Naruto turned back at Sasuke with that pause; he wanted to know what Sasuke had to say, "And that was...my first kiss too...dobe...", Sasuke said also lightly, turning away with a slight tint of pink impaled on his features.
Naruto only flushed more, then, gulped down his blush, and leaned in more firmly against the wall. An awkward silence enveloped them for a few seconds, before they simultaneously turned their gazes and locked eyes. Then they laughed, completely eradicating any trace of the awkward silence moments before. A few more seconds and the laughter died down. They looked at each other with light smiling faces. It wasn't said, but both boys were definitely enjoying themselves, and as the raven stretched out his hand, so did the blonde. They shook hands, eyes never leaving the other. Though it seemed pointless - since they both already knew each other's names - a proper introduction was in order.
"Uchiha Sasuke..." ,Sasuke smiled. He seemed to be doing that a bit lately... The blonde grinned his 1000 watt grin with a face full of orange braces.
"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto!".
And as their hands connected, a bond was formed.
After that day, Sasuke and Naruto became almost inseparable, mostly because they were either tackling each other, or punching the others gut...but if you put out all the physical harming towards the other, they were the best of friends...That insult and beat each other up was nothing...
Sasuke maintained his public "image" as the school's cold prince, and Naruto maintained his image of being...well...nobody. Only when they happen to be alone together do their true colors show, though Sasuke can't help but be curious about the blonde, since Naruto, despite their time together, was still as enigmatic as before.
Today, Sasuke was just hanging around the library, reading a book while sometimes sneaking glances at the blonde stack encyclopedias at the fictions section of the library. He smirked. Then he remembered something - the day he and the blonde first pulled that prank... soon, he remembered the main purpose of going to see the dobe in the first place.
"Hey dobe...".
Naruto turned his head and glared. "Don't call me that!".
Sasuke just smirked. "Hn, dobe, I just wanted to tell you that I signed you up as a Committee member in the upcoming school festival...".
"YOU WHAT?". Naruto fumbled to catch the falling books from the shelves, and failing, thumbing of the ladder he was just in... (Thank god it wasn't high!)
"Hn, dobe, the school regulation about the librarian being exempted in school activities as been nulled...".
"WHAT? By who!".
Sasuke turned to Naruto his smirk ever growing. "Me, of course...".
"WHAT? Why the hell did you do that?".
"Hn, dobe, you're noisy...and your supposed to be the librarian".
"What? Why you...TEME".
"Hn, well its only rational. The library is CLOSED every school festival...I don't see the point of you not lending a hand".
Naruto paled. "I - I can't do that!".
Sasuke raised a single fine eyebrow. "And why not?".
Naruto's face darkened and he looked away, hanging his head. "B - because...".
Then Sasuke felt a pang of guilt in his chest. He only did what he did because he wanted to get to know the dobe better...but he never expected for him to be this uncomfortable. "Hn, dobe...I promise...you're not gonna do much...I mean all you really have to do is follow me around and...".
"WHAT?".
Sasuke glared a little growing impatient, and then he sighed. "All you have to do is assist me on some things". Then he looked away in embarrassment. "This is my first year here, and I - I can't do everything myself you know..." he mumbled.
Naruto was in shock for a while then he gave a weary sigh and smiled a small smile at Sasuke. "Hmmm...well if you put it that way, then I guess it's okay...".
Sasuke snapped his head to the dobe, his face automatically lighting up, then he smirked. "Hn, I knew you couldn't resist my charms dobe... I never really expected for you to not have balls... Literally...".
Naruto's face flushed beat read. "WHAT DID YOU SAY!".
Sasuke chuckled as the dobe rambled on about sexual harassment and restraining orders and the likes. He really, really can only show this is side to Naruto his true venerable self.
Little did they know, a pair of eyes was staring at them from the shadows...
-End of Chapter 2-
OK GUYS! chapter 2 of faithful e. is up! I'm still writing chapter 3 though.
sorry for the poor humor if you didn't find it funny and if you kinda found it a little racist? you know the thing about the prank? its just because i kinda wrote it on the spur of the moment and all. also sorry if Sasukes a little OOC, but i strongly believe that he really is a kid at heart. i mean give them some slck, though their both 16 i kinda put up their child lick attributes since both of them never really experienced a child hood and thus Narutos tendency to prank. I didn't write it in since Sasuke pretty much put that up... but i still feel the need of telling you guys this so yeah!
if you have any questions and such please PM me! im open to all criticisms but pls. try to be nice! also i appreciate toughs who alerted and faved my fic! =) and of course for toughs who reviewed! =)
pls. RnR ;)