A/N: Here's chapter 2! I decided that what I wrote yesterday was too short and didn't really have much of a plot, so I went ahead and started on chapter 2. That chapter was meant to be an introduction anyway, so it pretty much served its purpose. Again, reviews are very much welcomed! I really would like to hear from you guys. Thanks and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way. This IS fanfiction.
"I'm home." Sasuke called out as he closed the door to his house and started taking off his shoes. "Welcome home, little brother." His older brother Itachi popped his head out the kitchen. "How was school?" The older of the two asked. "Fine." Sasuke mumbled as he made his way to the kitchen. "You're home early today." Sasuke continued. "Yes, well I've got to spend more time with my favorite little brother before I graduate, haven't I?" Itachi chuckled. "I'm your only little brother." Sasuke again mumbled. "What was that?" Itachi smiled knowingly. "Nothing." Sasuke replied. "Oh, Itachi. I have a question." He continued. "What is it, little brother?" Itachi replied. "My stomach was a little weird today.." The younger boy continued. "Hmm?" Itachi pressed for him to continue.
"Well, it's been doing sort of flips at irregular times. I haven't eaten anything unusual today, so I was wondering if you might know what the cause of this is?" 'Since you ARE a medical student.' Sasuke added. "When did you start feeling these 'flips'? Are you feeling nauseous?" Itachi asked him. "I'm actually feeling fine right now. The first time it happened was when this new classmate of ours started walking towards me." Sasuke answered truthfully. "Did every other occurrence of this 'flipping' happen when you were around said new classmate?" Itachi continued to ask. "Yeah." 'How did he know? Is he really that good? He IS an Uchiha after all.' Sasuke thought. Right then, Itachi smirked. "Sounds like my little brother finally has a crush." "WHAT?!" Sasuke shouted. "What the hell are you saying, Itachi?!" He glared at Itachi. His older brother just laughed at him. "What you're feeling isn't caused by any physical pain. It's simply butterflies caused by an emotional trigger- a crush." Itachi continued to smile at him. It was getting annoying. "But I don't have crushes." Sasuke said through gritted teeth. "What's wrong with that? Having a crush is totally normal. Especially at your age." Itachi answered calmly and logically. "So? Who's the lucky girl?" The older raven added. "That's just it. It's- It's- It's a boy." Sasuke stuttered, looking incredulous.
"Oh." Itachi smiled knowingly. Sasuke was getting more and more flustered by the minute. "I'm sure that isn't a problem. You know, when I was your age-" Itachi was cut off by his younger brother. "AAAGHH! I don't wanna hear it!" Sasuke stormed out of the kitchen, muttering under his breath. He really didn't want to hear of his older brother's love life with his high school sweetheart and current boyfriend, Deidara. He left his older brother there chuckling. The little raven was too easy to figure out.
'This can't be. This CANNOT be. I don't have a freaking crush! Especially not on that.. that.. dobe!' Sasuke was starting to get mad. At whom, he didn't know, but he was definitely pissed off. 'There must be something I can do to prove to Itachi- and myself- that I do not have crushes.' He went into his room and immediately locked the door. He turned on his laptop and opened Google Chrome. He quickly typed in "How to know if you have a crush" and opened the first article that appeared. It was a wikihow page. 'Seems trustable enough.' He thought. "3 Ways to Know if You Have a Crush on a Guy" it said. He started reading it.
"Method 1: Notice What You Think.
Sign 1: If you think you have a crush on him, you probably do. If you're asking yourself whether you have a crush on a guy and care enough to do some research on the topic, then chances are, you probably do. You may be second-guessing yourself because the guy is an old friend, or an unlikely target for your affection, or because you're just plain confused."
Sasuke stopped right there. Just because he was actually doing exactly what this article said doesn't mean he really has a crush on Naruto. No, he was doing this research precisely to prove that he didn't have a crush on that blonde, blue-eyed boy. Sasuke shook his head. He read the rest of the article, memorized some of the signs, and turned off his laptop. He laid down on his bed just staring at the dark ceiling. 'See. I don't have a crush on him.' Sasuke thought to himself.
"Sasuke! It's time for dinner." He heard Itachi call. "Coming!" He answered. They ate dinner quietly, as usual. Sasuke was too busy thinking of what he had just read and was thinking of ways to test them out the next day. It wasn't like he talked with his brother much anyway. Their conversation earlier was already probably three nights' worth of talking for the two brothers. Uchihas aren't people who talk their feelings out. No, they solve whatever their problems are by themselves. They will not be seen as weaklings who need help. Itachi discreetly observed his little brother, seeing him eating so concentratedly made the older draw a conclusion as to what his little brother might be doing. The older boy chuckled to himself. 'You are too easy to read, little brother.'
The Next Day
Sasuke woke up at 6am as usual, took a shower as usual, and ate a piece of toast for breakfast, as usual. It seemed like a regular day, and Sasuke was back to his normal self. He said his goodbyes to his brother, and made his way to school. As he was walking to school and just quietly thinking to himself, a blonde, tan face with blue eyes and a smile with perfectly white teeth popped up in his mind. Sasuke stopped walking. 'What was that? Did I just think of Naruto? Nah, it's probably because he's the most recent "addition" to my regular life, that's all. It's nothing special.' Sasuke dismissed his sudden thought of the boy and continued walking to school.
It wasn't similar to his daily commute though. Every time he saw the colors yellow (or anything that resembled blonde), caramel, blue, and even white, the face would pop into his head. 'Seriously? WTF is wrong with my head?!' Sasuke was starting to get annoyed. Then he remembered what he read last night.
"Method 1, Sign 2: Notice how often you think of him.
This is another easy way to tell if you have a crush on him. Why would you spend a lot of time thinking about a guy if he wasn't special to you? If you find yourself thinking about the guy every few hours, or just wondering what the guy is up to all the time, then you probably have a crush on him."
Sasuke laughed. 'No way. No freaking way. This is probably just the recency effect or something. It's because of this research and everything. It's all good.' Sasuke convinced himself. To avoid thinking of that boy, he focused on the ground and started walking to school faster.
As he was nearing his school, he heard something that immediately made him wince. "Good mooorning, Sasuke-kuuun~!" Sakura and Ino said in chorus. "Ugh, what are you doing here? He doesn't want to see your ugly face, Ino! You're ruining his day!" Sakura shouted. "What do you mean I'm ruining his day? I'm not the one blinding him with an oily forehead this early in the morning!" Ino snapped back. The girls started fighting as usual and Sasuke just ignored them and walked faster. "Hey Sasuke!" Sasuke stopped walking so fast he almost tripped. He turned to where the voice came from. It was Naruto. "Good morning Sasuke! How are you feeling today? Better than yesterday?" Naruto smiled his signature smile. "Hn." Sasuke couldn't say anything. His stomach was too busy flipping. 'That damned stomach.' "Are you sure? Maybe you have a fever or something?" Naruto came close and stuck one of his hands on Sasuke's forehead, and the other one on his own. Sasuke just stood there, frozen. "Seems like you're fine, but you look pretty pale to me. Are you really okay?" Naruto looked at him with those big, blue eyes. Sasuke slapped his hand away. "Yes, I'm fine!" Sasuke glared at him, though it wasn't very convincing because of the very light shade of pink that tinted his cheeks. It wasn't prominent enough for people to notice though. Uchihas never blush. Naruto was about to ask Sasuke some more, just to annoy the raven-haired boy, but he was tackled by one of his friends, Kiba. "Hey wassup man! You're pretty early today! Whatcha doin' here with the pretty ice prince?" Kiba asked Naruto. Naruto laughed and Sasuke felt his stomach drop to the ground. "Mind your own business, dog-breath." Sasuke glared at Kiba and walked away. "Hey, what did you just say to me?!" Kiba retorted. Naruto stopped laughing and just looked at Sasuke's retreating figure. "Hey, do you think he's okay?" Naruto asked Kiba. "Yeah, don't worry about him. He's always been like that. For as long as I can remember, anyway. He thinks being an Uchiha makes him too cool for the rest of us." Kiba shrugged. They changed their topics and made their way to the school gate as well.
Meanwhile, Sasuke was furious. His heart was beating very loudly, and he felt like he left his stomach back there with his two classmates. He was annoyed at everything and glared at everyone. The other students just froze when they saw him, and scurried on their way, trying to avoid incurring the wrath of the very pissed off Uchiha. As if to make matters worse, he remembered again what he read last night.
"Method 2: Notice What You Feel
Sign 2: Notice if you're nervous. If you have a crush on the guy, then you won't feel completely comfortable around him. Instead, you would feel nervous because you're worried about what he thinks about you and don't want to say the wrong thing. If you're nervous, it means you care what he thinks about you, and if you care what he thinks about you, then - you guessed it - you have a crush."
'No. NO! This is not happening. Ugh. I am having a migraine.' Sasuke just made his way to his seat and pretended to sleep. That way, he could avoid everyone around him being annoying. Most of all, he had to avoid that blonde seat mate of his that started all of this. As if on cue, Naruto entered the classroom. Sasuke knew that because he could hear the blonde's voice all the way to the back. He could hear him laughing with his other friends. Sasuke's stomach decided that it was back again, and flipped. Naruto made his way over to his seat, "Hey Sasu- oh. He's sleeping." It was soft but Sasuke was close enough to hear him. Even though he wanted to look up and talk to the blonde boy, he forced himself to keep his head down and pretend to sleep.
Out of nowhere, the girls from yesterday walked towards Naruto. They were so loud, Sasuke could hear everything they said. "Oh Naruto-kun! Thanks again for yesterday! You're so kind!" One of the girls giggled. "And cool!" Another one added. "Plus you treated all of us to that delicious cake." Another one dreamily added. 'Those annoying bitches. Don't they have anything better to do?!' Sasuke mentally snarled at them. "Oh, it was no problem, girls! The cake was simply thanks for showing me around." Sasuke could almost hear Naruto smile. The girls' squeals confirmed it. Suddenly, his chest seemed to feel a lot tighter. What was this feeling?
"Method 2, Sign 3: Notice how you feel about the guy being with other girls.
If you have a crush, then it's natural for you to not want the guy you like to be dating, talking about, or maybe even hanging out with other girls. If the thought of the guy just hanging out with other girls makes you feel squeamish, then you definitely have a crush. Just try not to make this a problem in the future or you may be facing some jealousy issues."
Jealous? He was jealous?! 'Fuck no! Oh God. This has got to stop.' Just then their teacher came in and started class. Sasuke decided to focus on his classes and not think about the blonde anymore. Even when he caught himself daydreaming about the boy, or looking in his seat mate's direction, he'd just stop and go back to his notes. He'd shut off his brain when it started drifting to thoughts of Naruto and soon enough, it was already lunch time.
"Hey Sasuke, wanna have lunch with us again?" Naruto caught his attention. "No thanks, dobe." Sasuke answered coldly. He wasn't really able to concentrate on his classes much, and his migraine from this morning didn't go away thanks to that blonde distraction. "What did you call me, teme?" Naruto answered back. "You've barely said two words to me and now you're calling me 'dobe'? You're pretty full of yourself, aren't you?" Naruto added. Sasuke felt a stab in his chest. "That's because you're so loud and annoying." Sasuke masked his pain perfectly. "Why you-!" Naruto started to retaliate when Sasuke just stood up and left him.
Sasuke didn't go to the cafeteria. He went to the faculty room to tell Kakashi that he wasn't feeling well, and that he'd like to excuse himself from classes for the rest of the day. The white-haired teacher was so surprised at the raven boy that he just nodded his head. Sasuke excused himself and went to get his stuff from the classroom while nobody was there. He started to make his way home. Sasuke's head was spinning. His chest felt tight, and he left his stomach somewhere again. He reached his house, immediately went to his room, and turned his laptop on. He took a second look at the website he visited last night. As he re-read it, his heart fell to the floor.
"Method 3: Notice What You Do
Sign 1:Notice what you say. The things you say to the guy, or even the things you talk about when you're not around the guy, can be a big indication of whether or not you have a crush on the guy. Here's how to know if the things you say mean that you have a serious crush:
If you find yourself always teasing the guy. If you always end up poking fun at the guy without meaning to, it means you have a crush. If you talk really fast or stutter when you say anything to the guy, it means you have a crush."
He closed his laptop, fell on his bed, and groaned.
Sasuke thought to himself and closed his eyes.
'This CANNOT be happening.'
A/N: Chapter 2 done! By the way, I really did do what Sasuke did (just for "accuracy" purposes, yeah that's it. Hahahaha) So I guess I have to site that? So it's really wikihow page entitled "3 Ways to Know if You Have a Crush on a Guy." Don't believe me? Try googling it. (just in case you wanted to see the other signs. *wink wink*)