Chapter Six

Naruto groaned as he hit the alarm clock, he groggily got up, sighing , he made his way to the bathroom. 'Another day' he thought. Naruto was about to turn the hot water on for a hot relaxing bath in the morning but his reflection was reflected on the bathroom's mirror , he stared at himself for a few moments before turning the hot water off 'I'm not taking a shower today , I took one yesterday anyway's' Naruto shrugged and left the bathroom again,sighing. The reason behind that was because Naruto hated seeing his reflection on any mirror , he didn't like staring at his soulless blue eyes or his small bruised body,it just pained him to see himself that weak, but at times the blond did stare at himself on the mirror , only when he was very depressed. Naruto didn't even understand the reason behind his own actions.

The whiskered teen got dressed and exited his apartment. After fifteen minutes Naruto made his way to school . It was quite for some odd reason , he was sure he wasn't late or early,Naruto didn't feel right about this , the last time his school was this quite students beat the hell out of him , he didn't want that to happen again, so he walked quickly and made his way to the classroom. The small male sighed in relief, as he sat down in his seat.

The rest of the day went alright and soon the bell rang at the last period alerting students that they can all head home. Sasuke gathered his belongings and ignored all the squealing girls that tried to ask him out for a date , it was a daily routine that Sasuke had to go through , those girls would ask him out ,then get rejected, it was annoying but he went through it everyday.

The black haired male stood outside the school gates , waiting for Naruto. He stood there for about twenty minutes until He let out a frustrated sigh and went back , he searched in different classes ,bathrooms and the halls , but there was no sign of Naruto. Sasuke thought about checking the lockers assuming that Naruto was still there , looking for a book , or maybe a lost item .

While Sasuke was on his way to the lockers , he heard groaning and the sound of punching the closer he got to his destination , he thought it was best to hide and peek to see what was going on.

What Sasuke saw took away his breath , his eyes widen in a panic and in fear , at the sight he just saw. Three very tall students were punching Naruto senseless in his gut .Punches and kicks were delivered to his face and small body. Even when the poor blond fell on the ground they wouldn't stop kicking him. Blood was now dripping from Naruto's mouth , his clothes were ripped and his face was bruised. He tried getting up but it was no use , the harder he tried the harder he fell , his small body couldn't take all this damage. Sasuke panicked even more , in all his years he never seen someone beaten up that badly,he didn't even know how he was still alive. Sasuke was very confused, should he help him,or just leave him like that? But his eyes harden as he remembered Naruto's confession to him , he thought they were best friends , in all of his life he never made a friend like Naruto but he felt that Naruto betrayed his trust, by actually falling in love with him. I could forgive him...Sasuke thought.

The students picked Naruto up by his collar and threw him on the ground as if he was some toy, they soon left smirking in victory , like they were going to be rewarded with a trophy for beating up a pitiful student. Naruto used all his strength he had to sit up , but as soon as he done that , he began coughing blood. Sasuke leaned up against the wall , panting and without any thinking he ran away, he ran as fast as could, he didn't even know where he was going , all he wanted was just to got out of there. The Uchiha finally stopped, he panted heavily,while placing his hands on his knees for support .He screwed up, he knew it, what kind of person will leave their friend like that? Even if Naruto wasn't his friend anymore , he still was a person , and Sasuke just left him there.

Fear.

That's what it was , Fear. He was afraid that by helping him , things may go bad for him. If his father knew that he was helping someone gay , he'd consider himself dead. Maybe his mother will accept Naruto? She always had a soft spot for him, and Itachi was the one that told Sasuke to stop with all this hate , so why was he still afraid? He never cared for what his father thought , so why care now? The Uchiha was a trainwreck ,He didn't even understand himself anymore. Why couldn't things just go back like they were ,before Naruto confessed? When they were good friends, when they teased each-other and when they fought about stupid stuff. Those were the good days , but everything had changed.

Sasuke sighed went back to the school gates, to take his school bag that he dropped earlier. He walked slowly ,glancing back , thinking that Naruto may show up behind him. He gave up on that thought and kept walking silently to his house.

As soon as he made it his mother greeted him ,Sasuke barley greeted back and went to his room avoiding all the questions his mom asked him . He placed his bag down and went for a shower shortly after. The Uchiha slid under the covers , trying to got to sleep. it was four in the afternoon but he didn't care , he was tried and needed sleep.

Sasuke kept tossing and turning trying to sleep at least for half an hour , but nothing worked ,his body was tired but his soul was busy thinking about Naruto. He hated to admit that he couldn't sleep cause of him. Sasuke stared at the clock for a long time , expecting Naruto to show up for tutoring , but an image of Naruto getting beaten up flashed before his eyes , he tried to forget that horrible scene , but it replayed through his mind like a video.

A video that never stopped.

Sasuke soon thought the best idea right now was to get up and stay away from his bed. He knew that he would just think again, so it wasn't worth trying to go to bed again. The black haired male , decided to study , to get his mind off Naruto and that's what he did , he stayed studying for hours straight without taking a break .

He soon found it hard to open his eyes , everything was starting to get blurry , and he couldn't focus on the book anymore. Then's when everything went black.

~Next Day~

Sasuke woke up on the desk he was studying on the previous night , with drool slightly dripping from his mouth, he groaned and sat up while wiping the drool with the back of his hand . His back felt terrible , sleeping on his desk wasn't a good idea after all. Sasuke stretched his hands up in the air with another groan escaping his mouth. He couldn't believe that he spent the entire night sleeping on his desk , he wouldn't be surprised if he had back problems now , but it was only one night , nothing will go wrong,right?

The Uchiha glanced at his clock ,it was six in the morning , he still had time to get ready for school , so Sasuke laid down on his bed with his hands behind his head. Naruto's image soon popped into his head , he groaned and turned to his side , to try to forget about Naruto , but he again remembered him. He sighed, getting up,and made his way to the bathroom . The onyx eyed male went with his daily routine and soon got ready for school , it was still seven Am but it wouldn't matter if he made it a little earlier today.

Sasuke made it to school , and sat on his seat , today was somewhat peaceful , there weren't any fangirls , which made Sasuke's day ten times better , but he slightly frowned when he remembered what happened yesterday. He tried to erase Naruto from his thoughts , but it just wouldn't happen , no matter how much he tried nothing worked , Naruto never left his mind . Sasuke was confused , he thought he hated Naruto , but it seemed he was only confused nothing more and nothing less , maybe it wasn't hate , but it was obvious it wasn't , if Sasuke actually did hate Naruto he wouldn't give two fucks about him , so he actually did care , he just needed time alone , to help sort his thoughts out . But Sasuke wasn't ever going to get that 'time alone' since his exams were going to start soon , he'd be ten times busier than the usual.

Sasuke sighed , resting his head on his palm. Things weren't going easy for him , family problems , exams and Naruto just weren't a good did his problems have to pile up at one time?

Maybe today just wasn't going alright,Correction: this whole year didn't seem to go alright.