Hi guys! So, it's chapter 3! I had a lot of fun writing this, so I hope you guys have just as much fun reading it! Again, please review! I would really appreciate it since this is my first story. Thank you! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way. This IS fanfiction.
It was a regular day in high school. Uchiha Sasuke went to his class and made his way to his seat at the back, near the window. He was going to continue reading his book and ignored the usual, annoying noise his class made. As he started to put his stuff on the desk, a small note fell out.
'Meet me at lunch on the rooftop.
N.'
'Rooftop? N? Who could that be? Oh God I hope it's not one of those confessions again.' Sasuke sighed. It had been a while since someone confessed to him, because apparently the girls just reached a consensus that no one would confess to Sasuke so that it would be fair. He used to get at least 2 confessions, everyday, for about a month straight. Even though he rejected all of them, he didn't have the heart to stand the poor girls up. He was cold, but he wasn't straight up heartless. Eventually the girls got the hint and decided that no one in the school was worthy of the Uchiha. Thus, Sasuke's relatively peaceful (operative word: relatively. Unfortunately the cat fights about him were still pretty abundant, as was depicted by Ino and Sakura every damn time he saw them) days had begun. But now, there was a note again, and he had to go even if he didn't want to. 'Oh well, maybe it's not a confession. Might as well see.'
Lunch time came and Sasuke made his way to the rooftop. As he opened the door, he saw a boy waiting near the rails. It was a blonde boy. Then the boy turned around in slow motion and in a very movie-esque fashion there was a sudden gust of wind. Sasuke could hear his own heart beating very loudly and his stomach was tied in knots. Naruto looked and smiled at him. Sasuke's heart beat faster, as he walked closer to the blonde boy.
"Hey, Sasuke." Naruto smiled. "Hey." Sasuke answered albeit a little stiffly. "I guess you saw my note, huh?" The blonde boy chuckled softly. "Yeah.." Sasuke answered, a little bit softer this time. "Yeah, about that. I wanted to tell you something. In private." Sasuke's heart beat a lot faster and louder, if that was even possible. "What is it?" He nervously asked.
"I like you."
...
Sasuke woke up from his dream with a cold sweat. His head was reeling. He was sweating so much and panting that he looked as if he had just run a marathon. He couldn't hear his own thoughts over his very loud heartbeat. 'Calm down, Sasuke. It was just a dream. Calm yourself!' His breath started becoming even as he collected his thoughts. 'It was just a dream.' Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief. He laid back down on his bed, realizing that he had sat up in shock. He looked up at the dark ceiling and continued trying to calm himself. 'What the hell was that dream?' He recalled those three words that he heard, but stopped himself before his heart started beating like crazy again. He looked at his bedside clock. It read 2:30. '2:30? Ugh this is too early. I've got to get back to sleep unless I want to go to school looking like hell tomorrow-er later.' He closed his eyes and forced himself back to sleep.
That Morning
"Good morning, little brother. You look absolutely wonderful this morning. Had a good night's sleep?" Itachi chuckled at seeing his little brother. If what he meant by "absolutely wonderful" meant ruffled hair, dark circles under his eyes, and an angry glare from the little Uchiha, then yes. Sasuke looked absolutely wonderful. "Hngh." Sasuke grunted past him, got a piece of toast, and left the house sulkily. Itachi chuckled again. It was nice seeing his little brother out of sorts. It reminded him of when they were children and Sasuke still clung to him as an older brother. The raven sighed. 'Now he has a crush of his own. They grow up too fast.' Itachi shook his head like a parent reminiscing memories of his children and went on with his day.
Meanwhile, the other Uchiha walked to school slowly. He glared at everything in his way. The sun was too bright, the birds were too noisy, everywhere around him was too happy. He still looked like absolute shit. Hell, he felt like it too. Despite his very best efforts, he could not sleep another wink after his 2am adventure. The dream kept playing again and again in his head. By 6am, he had just given up and when he looked at the mirror, he already looked like hell. 'So much for sleeping again. Can this day end already?' Sasuke sighed as he continued walking to school.
Another reason why he couldn't go back to sleep was that he had been thinking. What was that dream about? Why did he have that dream? Why was Naruto in that dream? Most of all, what would he have done in the dream if he hadn't woken up?
'Does this really mean I like him?'
He started going about this logically. 'Okay. If I believed what I read in the article the other night, it means I really do-' he gulped 'like Naruto.' He exhaled as he processed his thoughts. 'I really have to find out for myself before I drive myself crazy. I mean, I already left school early yesterday.' Sasuke stopped. 'Fuck! I actually skipped the afternoon lessons because of all this? How irresponsible can I get? Fuck this shit.' He exhaled again, and continued walking to school, this time with a little bit more determination in his step.
'I have GOT to get my shit together.'
Sasuke entered the school gates as usual. He saw the Ino and Sakura greet him, as usual, and fight over him, as usual. Being in his very irritable state, he found all of this very, very annoying. He glared at everyone he came across. Everyone else just scurried away, cursing the being that made Sasuke this annoyed this early in the morning for two days straight.
Sasuke went to his desk, slumped all of his things on the floor beside his seat, put his head down on the table, and tried to sleep. It was still pretty early, and he had about half an hour before the bell rang. He was able to snooze for about fifteen minutes when he heard someone calling his name. "-suke. Sasuke!" The voice got louder and clearer each time. "What?!" Sasuke's head shot up and glared at the direction the voice was coming from. Naruto scratched his head and smiled at him. "Oh so you really were sleeping, huh?" Naruto chuckled. "What else could I have been doing?!" Sasuke continued to glare. If any other person was on the receiving end of his glare, they would have either melted or stood frozen on the spot. For some reason though, Naruto was unaffected. "Aww man! Don't be mad! I thought you passed out or something! You didn't come back after lunch yesterday and I thought you might've been sick. So seeing you this early with your head down made me draw conclusions." Naruto laughed. 'Was he worried about me?' Sasuke's heart skip a beat. "Hn." The raven just answered and put his head down again on the table. He felt something poke him on the side of his head. "How are you feeling?" Naruto inquired. "Fine, if only your finger would stop poking me." Sasuke answered. Naruto didn't relent. "Come onnnn talk to me, Sasuke! I was left without a seat mate yesterday, you know! I was bored!" Naruto faked a sniffle. 'Did he miss me?' Sasuke shook his head. 'You're acting like a little schoolgirl in love, Sasuke.' He lifted his head and looked at the blonde boy. "Missed me much, dobe?" He smirked. "Of course, teme! I had no one to talk to! And wipe that smirk off your face. You know you missed me too." Naruto winked. Sasuke couldn't stop his blood rushing to his cheeks. He quickly looked at the window to hide his blush. "Whatever, dobe." He said, a trace of a smile on his lips.
'Okay Sasuke. Calm yourself. You can get through this day.' As Iruka came in and started his lessons, Sasuke got his notes and started listening and jotting things down.
After a few more classes, it was already lunch time.
"Yo, wassup Naruto! D'you try that game I was telling you about yesterday? It was dope!" Kiba walked to Naruto. "Not yet, Kiba. Do you have it? I'll borrow it some time!" Naruto answered, then turned to Sasuke. "Hey Sasuke, come have lunch with us." The blonde boy smiled his signature smile. "What the fuck, man? Why you gotta bring Sasuke with us?" Kiba whispered, even though Sasuke could hear him loud and clear. "Nah, man. It's okay. Sasuke's cool." Naruto just grinned at Kiba's incredulous look. "It's okay, I've to do some catching up for yesterday's lessons anyway." Sasuke answered him blankly. "With what? You don't have anything to go on. Tell you what, I'll give you my notes, then we can all go have lunch together, all right?" Again, he showed his signature smile to Sasuke. 'He does have a point. I don't really have anything to go on. Yeah that's it. It has nothing to do with his brilliant smile.' "Who said I wanted your notes? For all I know, they might just be chicken scratch." Sasuke smirked. "Hey, don't you insult my writing! I'll have you know, I have one of the nicest handwriting in my last school!" Naruto got his notes and threw them at Sasuke, who caught them without missing a beat. Sasuke opened them. 'In fairness, he does have nice handwriting. And pretty okay notes, too. Is this a smart kid or something?' "Hn. They're not as nice as mine, but this'll do." Sasuke smirked again. "You bet your ass it will! Now wipe that smirk off your face and let's get some lunch!" Naruto punched his fist in the air to prove his triumph over the Uchiha's stubborn attitude. "All right! Whoo!" Kiba hollered. "Hey Naruto, thanks for this." Sasuke mumbled. Naruto looked back at him and smiled his genuine smile. "No problem, teme."
"What's this? Why do you have the Uchiha with you?" Neji, one of their friends, asked as the trio neared the table. "It's cool man, he's with me." Naruto said coolly. Neji just hmph-ed and went on with his lunch. Ino and Sakura squealed at the sight of Sasuke and immediately started arguing on where he should sit. Sasuke took a look at the people in this table, because the last time he was here, he didn't pay attention to anyone but Naruto. Apart from the people he knew which was Naruto, Kiba, Ino, and Sakura, there was also Neji, a boy from another class who was smart and also quite cold; Shikamaru, from yet another class who was a genius but very lazy; and Hinata, from Shikamaru's class, a shy girl who was also Neji's cousin.
"Here, Sasuke. Sit next to me." Naruto said with a toothy grin. Sasuke obliged and took the seat next to him, which was also beside Shikamaru and thankfully away from the two hotheaded girls. Suddenly, a girl from a different table approached Naruto. Sasuke recognized her as one of the girls Naruto went out with on his first day. "H-hi, Na-Naruto-k-kun." The girl was blushing. "Hey, what's up?" Naruto smiled. "I-I actually.. really really l-like y-you. Would you g-go out w-with m-me?" The girl was beet red now. Kiba heard the confession, and wolf-whistled. "Would you look at that? Only on his third day and already he has someone confessing feelings for him! Naruto, you stud!" Kiba was laughing. Naruto ignored him and turned to the girl fully. "I'm sorry, but I can't go out with you. I already like someone else. Not to mention, I also don't swing that way. Sorry!" He smiled apologetically. Everyone around the table, including the girl, just stayed there with their mouths open in shock. "I-I'm s-s-sorry!" The girl squealed before rushing off to a different direction. Naruto looked at the faces of his friends and laughed nervously. "Surprise..?"
Kiba was the first one to recover. "So, you like dicks huh?" Naruto punched him in the arm. "Ow! Hahaha I'm just messing with you man! It's all cool." Kiba grinned. Everyone else nodded and Naruto beamed at them. "Well that went differently than I thought. At least I didn't have to do the whole in-the-closet-for-a-long-time-then-comes-out-dramatically kind of thing." Naruto chuckled. "Aww man! I would've preferred that though. All right everyone, let's pretend we didn't hear anything and let our Naruto-kun do his thing! Ow! I'm kidding, I'm kidding!" Kiba finished as Naruto punched him in the arm again. Everyone started chatting as if nothing had happened.
Sasuke was, for the lack of a better word, stupefied. 'Naruto was GAY? Does that mean I actually have a chance with him? Wait am I gay?' Sasuke had had experiments before with some "internet materials" and he was sure he wasn't gay. Then again, he wasn't sure he was straight either, because of his lack of response to women. 'Hold on. Naruto said that he already had someone he liked.' Sasuke felt a stabbing pain in his chest. 'Who could it be? Wait no, it's none of my business.' He was going to think some more when he heard his name being called. "Hey Sasuke, you all right? Your knuckles are turning white." Naruto asked him. The raven didn't notice that he'd been clenching his fist around his fork, thus cutting off the blood flow there and turning his knuckles white. He let go immediately. "Yeah, I'm fine." Sasuke mumbled. Naruto was about to ask him some more when Kiba said something.
"Hey Naruto. You said that you had someone you liked." Kiba grinned mischievously. "Yeah, I did." The blonde boy answered calmly, rolling his eyes as if he already knew what the brown-haired boy was going to say next. "Who is it?" Kiba's grin grew wider. "I'm not telling." Naruto said while sticking his tongue out. "Aww come on! I thought we were supposed to be best friends!" Kiba whined and faked a sniffle. Unbeknownst to himself, Sasuke's grip on his fork returned. He couldn't stop listening to the conversation. "We are," Naruto resigned, "but I'm not telling you who I like because you're going to tease him and me and I'm not going to let you do that." Naruto stuck out his tongue again. "All right, all right. Just answer me three yes-or-no questions then. After that, I'll let it go, I promise." Kiba said with a grin. Naruto sighed, thinking that this was probably the best deal he could get out of the said best friend. "All right. Shoot." "Is he in our batch?" Kiba asked. Sasuke's heart was beating quickly. "Yes." Naruto answered with a straight face. "Is he handsome?" Kiba asked his second question. Sasuke's stomach flipped. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Of course." A few moments passed and Sasuke could hear nothing aside from the loud beating of his heart. "Is it me?" Kiba asked with, presumably, the most handsome and seductive face he could put on. Sasuke's world stopped. Naruto burst out laughing. "Hell no!" Kiba burst out laughing too. "You didn't have to deny it that much! You hurt my feelings!" The brown haired boy was banging his fist on the table in laughter. "Yeah, right!" Naruto said, wiping the tears of joy from his eyes.
Sasuke thought he almost had a heart attack. 'Oh my God. This has never happened to me before.' He relaxed his grip on his fork and started eating his lunch. Afternoon classes passed by quickly and soon enough, the final bell rang. Sasuke was staying on his seat with his chin resting on his hand when Naruto talked to him. "Sasuke? Are you okay?" The blonde boy asked. "Hm? Oh, yeah." Sasuke answered, then started fixing his things. "You seem a bit... distracted?" Naruto continued. "Just a little tired. I'll be going home now. Bye." The raven answered and started to leave. "Oh, okay. Bye, Sasuke! See you tomorrow!" Naruto flashed him a big smile before the Uchiha turned around and left the classroom. The truth is, Naruto was correct. Sasuke was distracted, ever since lunch. He might as well have not attended the afternoon classes because all throughout, only one thought occupied Sasuke's mind.
'I really do like Naruto.'