Chapter eight
Sasuke started panting. Has Naruto been through all that?! The young Uchiha leaned against the wall panting heavily. ' no , this isn't happening " Sasuke thought to himself , he knew that Itachi only helps people that need all the help they can get , and he helped Naruto . So Naruto actually been through all that? What kind of life is he living? He never knew he made Naruto's life so much worse than it already was. He felt so guilty , he wished that never rejected Naruto like that, and instead helped him. Sasuke heard footsteps making their way to the door, he got up and quickly made his way to his bedroom.
He sat down , feeling guilt slowly swallowing him.
Sasuke's P.O.V
I'm a monster, that's what I am . Hurting someone , and hating on them , when they did nothing to deserve this , was sinful. Why was I so blind? Why didn't I just help him when he was hurt? Instead I did the total opposite of helping him , I destroyed him . I didn't know what to do when I saw those awful bruises , burns and cuts on his dulcet and fragile body .
I'm a coward.
I kept running away from the truth , I tried convincing myself that he was a fake , trying to earn attention from people surrounding him . Little did I know that I made the biggest mistake of my life , thinking that he was an attention whore. He was my friend , falling in love wasn't something bad , I should've told him that I don't feel the same way , but I don't know what stopped me , I rejected him coldly and been ignoring him for weeks , and now I regret doing that.
It seems that Naruto actually did have a hard life , and I just made it ten times worse. I was supposed accept him , and treat him better, but I didn't . I don't know what to do anymore , should I try to be his friend or just leave everything like it is?
But... I don't want him to go through this anymore , I ..I want to help him , and start all over; a fresh start . That's what I want , a new fresh start , with Naruto , maybe he'll forgive me , but then again , I did so many terrible things to him; I ignored him , hated him , called him ugly names , and I hurt him , emotionally and physically. I don't know if he had the heart to forgive someone like me , I just hope he will ...I really do.
Normal P.O.V
Naruto felt somewhat...happy. Someone actually cared and listened. But why did he care? Itachi cared for Naruto he even cried with him , as if he was the one going through all that pain himself.
Naruto smiled as he was on his way to school , for the first time in weeks , he actually felt happy ,and began humming on the way . Maybe things were actually going to change for the better , with Itachi on Naruto's side , he felt better , happier . Of course not all his pain was erased , it was just as Naruto lost his bad memories with the Uchiha on his side . He wished that this wasn't just a bad dream , where he'll wake up , with everything going back to normal . He truly wished from the bottom of his heart , that everything will eventually change for the better , all he needed was more faith, and made sure that , people will accept him. He just wanted Sasuke accept him , he didn't want him , to hate him , all he truly wished was to stay beside Sasuke's side , accepted.
The Uzumaki finally made his way into school , he pressed his books tightly against his chest and hung his head down , not wanting to make eye contact with anyone , scared that they'll only make fun of him. Again.
As Naruto was walking ,with eyes glued to the ground , he felt a strong force which resulted in him falling down ,he stumbled backwards ,with books flying away and scattering across the hallways , Naruto winced at the sight of his flying books , while he was focused on getting up, he again, felt another force pushing him and fell harder on the ground . His mind went blank , he had no idea what was going on , and what made him fall like that.
Laughs filled the hallway , every student stopped and made fun of the blond that was on the ground .
Naruto finally lifted his head up and sat up , placing his hand on his head. He finally managed to see who pushed him, and it was none other than; Sakura Haruno .
Sakura always did hate Naruto , for being so close to Sasuke , she tried years trying to get the Uchiha to notice her , but it all ended up in a huge fail. She saw how Naruto had been hanging out with Sasuke and how easy he got his attention, before everyone knew he was gay. That's why she ended up despising him , and saw it as a chance when she found out that Naruto was a homosexual .
The Haruno told everyone that , Naruto , was just a disgusting fag. She made everyone hate him more than they already did , that's when the bullying started , of course ,The Blond already had been bullied but the pain increased as more tougher , stronger guys hurt him. They started torching him , as if they really wanted him to die that bad.
"Why'd you show up?" Sakura asked , glaring at him. Naruto didn't respond , knowing that whatever he used will be used against him , as if this was some court.
"Didn't you hear me? Or are you deaf now?" She chuckled, he again didn't respond, but ignored her and got up, to pick up his books. Sakura was furious that he'd actually ignore her.
"Hey,listen I'm talking to you!" She spat , The Uzumaki picked up his books and glanced at her. "What do you want?" he asked, calmly, with a hint of annoyance in his tone.
"Isn't it time, you dropped out of school? We're already sick and tired of seeing your ugly face here."
"I can do what I want , and I don't want to drop out of school," Naruto answered.
"Why you little-" Just as Sakura was going to finish her sentence , a teacher appeared behind the confused , about all this mess "What's all this fuss about?" He asked. All the students , backed away making a space for the teacher .
The teacher looked at Naruto and squinted , as if the more he stared at him , the more his eye's would burn , unfortunately, the teacher was a homophobe and found out that Naruto was a homosexual. It explained all the hate from the teacher directed at Naruto.
"Get out of here, you disgust me." Naruto gulped and hung his head down,while Sakura just smirked in victory and disappeared within the crowd .
Naruto already had a mood drop in the morning , he was hoping to keep his cheerful mood , but he knew that the other's would try to ruin it ,and unfortunately they succeeded. He sighed making his way to class. He avoided all the tries the students did wanting to make Naruto trip and fall, he also avoided all the crumbled papers, that they threw at really didn't treat him , like a human being , which made Naruto frown at that thought.
The blond spent his time in school just like always , ignoring the death glares everyone gave him, and everything the teacher was saying , maybe that was the main reason , why Naruto was failing in so many classes , his own teacher hated : his whole school hated him(Besides the principle) so how can they expect him to succeed in his exams, when his mind was clouded with these ugly thoughts of sadness? People just expect to much from him , he just was busy staying alive.
Naruto stood outside the school gates , after the bell rang , for about five minutes, waiting for Sasuke. Naruto breathed deeply , closing his eyes , he sighed , and peered around the corner, he was hoping for Sasuke to show up. Why was he taking that long? Just as The blond turned around , his head snapped to the right with a loud sound , a bright red hand mark was now on his cheek. Naruto blinked a couple of times before looking at the person,
"That'd teach you." Barked Sakura ,with an expression mixed with satisfaction and anger. Naruto looked at her , confused , placing his hand on his red cheek.
"What's wrong with you?" Naruto asked. Trying not to raise his voice, he was sick and tired of the way people treated him.
"There's completely nothing wrong with me, you're the one who's wrong." She squinted. "Liking another boy , and choosing Sasuke , is unforgivable."
"It's none of your business in who I like and dislike." Naruto spat. "It's my life, not yours."
"You're just a disgusting fag who dreams of sleeping with other men." Naruto hung his head down not responding , to her ugly comment.
"Just do us all a favor and drink some bleach, we'd all be happy." The blue eyed male lifted his head , to look at her.
"Again, it's my life not yours, you have no right to judge me and tell me what to do."
"I'm not the only one judging you , the whole world is , just be a good boy , and burn yourself, it'll make us all happy."
" I don't care , I can live my life the way I want too, Sakura, you don't control me," Naruto looked away, not making eye contact with her. " Is bullying me supposed to make you feel any better?!" He asked, obviously angered.
She just scoffed and looked at him with an evil grin. "I'm just doing the world a favor, you're just a waste of space , we'd be happy if you'd kill yourself and made more space for us in this small world."
"Well guess what, that's not happening , I don't plan on dying soon enough."
"You'll see about that , I'm going to make sure, you-"
"Naruto?" Both heads turned around , facing a very confused Sasuke.
"Hi Sasuke!" Sakura chirped ,pretending nothing happened between her and Naruto. Sasuke just glanced at her for a brief moment before , walking off . Ignoring her , he motioned with his hand to Naruto to follow him. The black haired male walked away , with Naruto following behind , leaving a very furious Sakura. "I will make you pay." She muttered angrily to herself. "And you'll see soon enough."
Naruto thought this day couldn't get any worse, until he encountered Sakura , making him regret his thoughts .
He sighed deeply rubbing his red cheek. Why was she so mean to him? He even lost count in how many times she told him to kill himself Maybe she was right, maybe he actually did-
"Why is your cheek red?" Sasuke asked, ripping Naruto from his thoughts .
"Huh? My cheek? ...It's fine, I just hurt myself earlier." Naruto lied . Sasuke of course knew that he lied, he always did lie when it came to his health.
"Tch, stop lying to me." Naruto looked up from the ground , staring at Sasuke's back, a bit confused at why Sasuke said something like that.
"I'm sorry.."
"You didn't answer my question , why is your cheek red?" Sasuke repeated his question , coming into a complete halt. The smaller male , stopped walking, almost bumping into Sasuke. He sighed in relief when he didn't, but a small part of him did .
"Sakura, slapped me." The Uchiha turned around facing Naruto , who hung his head down , trying not to make eye contact with him.
"Why?" Sasuke said , trying to sound angered.
"I don't know.." Naruto, lied once more. Sasuke sighed , running his fingers through his thick dark colored hair. He knew , he wouldn't get any answers out of Naruto , so he stopped trying , and glanced at Naruto , who's eye's were glued to the ground. Sasuke soon noticed something different in Naruto's eyes , he felt stupid for not noticing this until now , but his eyes looked different. They looked soulless , there wasn't a spark in them anymore , he remembered them sparkling every time he used to talk with him , when they were friends , but now that spark is gone , there was nothing but soulless blue eyes , they don't even glow like they used to. Why and when did this happen? Was it Sasuke's fault? Maybe it was , he is the reason he cut many times, that's when an arrow of guilt stroked Sasuke's heart . Gosh, why did things have to be so hard? Why couldn't he just apologize and get it over with?
He was scared.
Sasuke thought if he apologized, Naruto wouldn't forgive him , of course he wouldn't forgive him , he had done so many terrible things to him , that were completely unforgivable. But he really wanted to go back to being friends with Naruto, he wanted to help him ,and protect him from all those haters. He didn't want him hurt again.
Maybe he'd do that, if it wasn't for his damn pride. But his pride couldn't get in the way between him and Naruto , he wanted to fix things , things that he broken himself.
