Not Old Enough

Not Old Enough

Pairing: NaruSasu

Warnings: Boy love. Don't like don’t read.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto! Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto-sama.

Summary: AU, NaruSasu, Uchiha Sasuke was always known for his icy exterior. That is until the dreaded return of one Uzumaki Naruto. Can Sasuke get his act together long enough to woo this handsome young doctor, or will he always be seen as just a blushing little boy? Special thanx to “Suki” for the summary

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Thanks to my lovely beta my big sis "Farah M" thanx for helping me :)

"Speech"

'Thoughts'


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Chapter 7:

When they reached the Yamanaka’s house, Sasuke parked his car right outside the door so that it would be closer for Itachi to walk to. ‘Ok, Sasuke, be cool. You look like an idiot blushing around Naruto all the time. Get a grip over yourself. And whenever he gives you that smile, try to ignore him. It's okay to slip at first, but now Itachi is with me and if saw any of that then my ass is gonna be royally screwed!’

“Okay, Itachi, you gotta wake up. I can’t carry you by myself.”

Itachi didn’t respond.

“Itachi, come on, don’t play games!”

Nothing.

“Itachi, if you didn’t wake right now I will…” a taping on his window interrupted him. He looked at it and saw Naruto staring at him. He slid down the window. “Yes?”

Naruto smiled at him. “What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to wake him up.”

“He won’t wake up. He's unconscious.”

Sasuke looked at his brother, then back at Naruto. “What are we going to do? I’m not carrying him alone! He weighs a ton!”

Naruto chuckled. “Fine, I’ll help you carry him into the house.”

Sasuke nodded, getting out of the car. Naruto opened the door and he and Sasuke carried Itachi to the house. When they entered, Naruto slammed the door close with his foot.

“Naruto, is that you?” came the shout from upstairs.

“Yes, Ino, it’s me. I got your cream but don’t move, I’ll come to you!” Naruto shouted back.

Sasuke scowled. ‘Damn, if that girl came down here, she won’t leave me alone.’ He turned his head to Naruto and whispered, “Umm, Naruto-san, can you not tell your sister or her friend that I’m here?”

Naruto chuckled. “Don’t worry. Why else would I ask her to stay in her room? But that reminds me...” Then he shouted again, “Hey, Ino, is Sakura there with you?”

“No, she left just five minutes ago. Her mom called and told her to come home. Why do you ask?”

“Umm, just to check how many pizzas I should bring for dinner!” Then he bit his lips when he realized what he just said.

“Pizza! Are you nuts? I can’t eat pizza! Do you want me to get fat! I have to watch my figure!”

Naruto grimaced and murmured, “Figure? What figure? You're a stick.”

“I heard that!”

“No, you didn’t, you liar!” shouted Naruto back.

“Yeah, well, I heard that!”

Naruto rolled his eyes and looked at Sasuke , whispering, “Didn’t I tell you I had two crazy cases at home. Well, at least one of them left now." He sighed. "Help me get your brother up the stairs and into my room!”

Sasuke nodded and carried his brother with Naruto up the stairs. When they reached the top, Naruto put a finger over his mouth and pointed at the door in front of them, mouthing, “Ino.”

Sasuke nodded understanding. He lifted one of Itachi’s feet so that it wouldn’t make any sound while they pulled it through the hall.

Naruto held the other. He tugged at Itachi’s body to show Sasuke which way his room was. Sasuke followed his lead. Naruto opened the door as the reached it down the hall. ‘Alright, this is it. I’m finally going to see Naruto’s room. I can't honestly think of what will it be like…’

“Wow, that is a lot of books,” exclaimed Sasuke as soon as the lights were on.

Books were scattered all over the room. Some were on the bed, some on the floor, some on the table and even the chair. Half of them were opened the other half were closed and some of them were even torn.

“Yeah, sorry about the mess,” Naruto smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand.

Sasuke stood, looking at all the books around him. “Did you read all that?”

Naruto shrugged. “Kinda. Some of them put me to sleep faster than any history class ever did. I guess a doctor’s life isn’t as easy as some might think.”

“But you got what you always wanted in the end. Not everyone could say the same.”

“I guess so. But I’m sure if it weren’t for my friend, I might have dropped out since day one. Being a doctor is cool and everything, but if you wanna become one, you're gonna have to possess a well of steel.” He sighed. Turning to look at Sasuke, he went on, “Hey, can you hold your brother on your own for a minute? I’m gonna clear the bed.”

“Sure!”

When the bed was cleared from all the books, they carefully put Itachi on the mattress. “I’m gonna go get my first-aid kit and see how my sister is doing. You stay here and watch over your brother while I’m gone.”

Sasuke nodded, watching Naruto’s back as he went outside to get his stuff. ‘That is one nice piece of ass.’ He turned to look at his brother who was lying unconscious on the bed, then looked over the room. He saw a bunch of framed pictures lined on a table. He made his way through the bile of books towards the pictures. They were of Naruto, Ino and a lot of people. Some of them had Sakura in them.

He looked closely at one of the pictures. “God, this girl has eyes like Neji’s!” murmured Sasuke. It was a picture of a girl, with dark blue hair. She had a blush on her face and was looking at the ground.

Next to it was a picture that held Sasuke's entire focus. It was of Naruto holding a blonde girl and kissing her. On the mouth.

‘He has a girlfriend? When did that happen? Was she the one who had called Naruto in the restaurant? God, of course, it was her. That would explain the excitement on his face when his saw who was calling him. I can’t believe this is happening.’ Sasuke glared at the girl in the picture, then the sound of footsteps coming closer to the door pulled him out of his misery.

“Okay, I got my kit. I’m ready to give your brother a look.”

Sasuke scoffed and sat on the chair next to the table. He tensed when he felt something poking his ass. Standing up to look at the chair, he saw a book there and rolled his eyes. “Can I ask you a question?”

“Shoot.”

“Why are these books all over the place?”

“Oh, that is because of the exam.”

Sasuke closed his eyes shut and cursed. “Oh, right, you have an exam coming. You should be studying. Maybe I should take Itachi and…”

“No! You stay right here. I just spent a whole hour trying to pronounce this wired name of a germ. Now that I finally got something to distract me you wanna take a hike? No chance, pal.”

“Fine then, have it your way." He grabbed the book on the chair and was about to put it on the table until Naruto's shriek stopped him, “Don’t put it on the table! I didn’t finish those yet!”

Sasuke placed a hand on his heaving chest. "Aright. You didn't have to scream."

“Uchiha-san, if you're hungry, there are sandwiches and some peanut butter in the kitchen.”

“No thanks. I’m not hungry." He looked at Naruto closely. "You know, if I’m gonna call you Naruto, then you have to call me Sasuke. I see it as fair.”

“Well do, Sasuke,” he said his name with a husky tone, before he started his examination on Itachi.

Sasuke gulped, sitting down. He turned his head to look at the pictures again. His eyes landed on that picture with the blond kissing and he resumed his glaring match with the picture.

Sasuke’s stomach grumbled silently and he leaned his head back on the chair, closing his eyes. ‘Damn. Shouldn't have said I didn't need the food. I'm really hungry.’

“So, Sasuke…”

Sasuke opened his eyes and looked over at Naruto. “Hn?”

“What grade are you in?”

“Eleventh.”

“Eleventh! Next year you’re going to be a senior. How do you feel about that?”

“Fine, I guess.”

“So have you decided what you're gonna do for collage?”

“No, not yet.”

“Not yet, huh? Then how come at the restaurant you told me you wanted to become a doctor?”

“Uh, well, that was I…I…”

Naruto turned his head to look at Sasuke, who was opening and closing his mouth like a fish, and smirked. He put down the scissors he had been using to cut around one of the wounds on Itachi and walked closer to Sasuke. “Yes?”

“Well, umm, that is, umm, one of the, ahem, choices that I have considered,” he said and swallowed back.

“Hmm, is that so?”

Sasuke nodded his head rapidly

“And I guess that has nothing to do with the little crush you have on me?”

“Wah..? How did…”

“C’mon, did you think I’m an idiot? That I wouldn’t notice those looks you’ve been sending my way?”

Sasuke gulped. “I… I can explain…”

Naruto shook his head. “You don’t need to explain anything, Sasuke,” he said that same husky voice. He stepped forward, closing what little space they used to have between them.

Sasuke stared into Naruto's crystal blue eyes, feeling the blood rush throughout his body. As Naruto brushed the hair out of his face, and slid a hand down Sasuke’s soft slender cheek, Sasuke’s heart beat faster.

Naruto leaned toward him. His eyes were closed, and their lips met.

The kiss was soft and wet, smooth and warm, sensuous and passionate. The kiss hit Sasuke’s whole body like a tidal wave. He felt all of his emotions at once. It was a feeling words couldn't describe. As Naruto pulled away, he looked into Sasuke’s eyes. Sasuke looked into his, he smiled and closed his eyes as he leaned for another kiss. He felt a tap on his back and a voice saying, “Hey, kid, wake up. Your phone is ringing.”

With no desire to let go of Naruto now that he finally had him, Sasuke waved his hand. “Go away. I’m busy!”

“Oh, is that so? Because last time I checked, sleeping did not qualify as being busy.”

“Naruto?” came the confused question from the sleeping boy.

“Yes?”

Sasuke's eyelids opened and he found Naruto’s face looming in front of him.

“Wahhh,” screamed Sasuke, jumping from his place. Naruto blinked at him confusedly. Sasuke put a hand on where his heart thumped and looked at Naruto. “Was I sleeping?”

“Yes,” answered Naruto carefully.

Sasuke sighed. “Oh God, it was a dream.” He froze for a moment to look back at what happened. “Oh damn, it was a dream! Fuck!”

“Wow. That must’ve been one hell of a dream! Tell me, what was it about?” commented Naruto, amused.

Sasuke glared at him, but when he saw the little smile in Naruto’s face, he turned away uncomfortable. “Yeah, well, it kinda was, ahem, how long was I asleep?”

Naruto chuckled. “About two hours.”

“Oh God, mom is gonna freak!”

“According to the twenty-five missed calls she left in your cell phone, I believe she already is!”

“Only twenty-five? She's losing her touch, man!” commented Itachi, who seemed to have just woken up from his unconscious state. He also appeared to have fully sobered up.

“Hey, looks like sleeping beauty has finally woken up. How are you feeling?” said Naruto.

“Like I have stitches all over my body, oh, sorry, I meant sutures.”

Naruto laughed. “Oh, man, I gotta say I didn’t recognize you when I first saw you. But when I heard your name it all came back to me.”

Itachi frowned at him. “It’s only been three years since you last saw me and you forgot my face already? How on earth are you ever going to be a doctor?”

“Hey, I’m already a doctor! And I did recognize your face. When I first saw your brother, I thought he looked familiar but I just couldn’t put my finger on it!”

“Seriously, you got an MD?” questioned Itachi, shocked.

“Yep! And it was supposed to be hanged right here if Temari hadn’t forgot to pack it with my stuff,” he said the last part while pointing at a particular area in the wall.

Sasuke glared at the spot while Itachi turned back to Naruto. “How come? It has only been two years since you left?”

“It’s been two and a half. And I pushed myself pretty hard to get to where I am right now.”

“Do you still scold people when they don’t use medical terms?”

“Nah, that old habit died away after my first year in medical school. It really gets boring when you hear it all the time.”

“Finally!” Itachi sighed in relief while Naruto looked offended. Itachi smirked at him. “So, doc, am I good to go?”

“Yeah, just watch over yourself and get some rest. Your body needs it. And drink some water for God’s sake, your blood is so thick.”

“C'mon, Sasuke, we gotta go.” Itachi smirked when he saw Sasuke glaring at him. A glitter ran through his eyes, turning to Naruto, he said, “Say, Uzumaki, my little brother didn’t bother you while I was out, did he?”

“Nope, he slept through it all.”

“Really?” Itachi raised an eyebrow at Sasuke who still glared at him. “Well, Uzumaki, it's been nice seeing you again, but we gotta go. Thanks for the help." Itachi was about to leave, but stopped, turning dramatically to look at Naruto. "Congrats on becoming a doctor," he said in a quiet, serious tone. "You gotta know I always believed in you.”

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Cut the crap."

Itachi's eyes widened. "I'm serious." There was a hint of laughter there.

“Oh, really, I never knew that “Why the hell did they put a kid in charge of the nurse’s room?” was considered support talk!”

“Man, c’mon, I walked into the room imagining I’d be seeing some hot chick in there and all I see is a kid shorter than me? What else did you expect me to say?”

Naruto laughed at that. “Wait here while I check if the hall is clear!” He got out of his room and looked at the corridor. Nobody was there. Naruto went to Ino’s door and knocked. “Ino, you there?”

A thud came from the other side of the door, making Naruto jump back. “Go to hell! I’m trying to sleep here!”

“Cute,” commented an amused Itachi.

Naruto gave him a sarcastic look. “Oh yeah, she's a real angel. Now beat it before the other devil comes!”

“You got a devil and an angel? You sure are lucky, Uzumaki!”

“I sure am. Watch over yourself, Uchiha. And, kid...” Sasuke looked at him. “Good luck on your exam.”

Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows. “My exam? How did you...”

“Sakura told me about it.”

“Oh…” ‘Don’t blush, don’t blush, don’t blush, don’t blush, Itachi is gonna hold it over you!’ That did it. He just nodded and said, “Thanks.”

Naruto smiled at him and waved at them as he closed the door behind them.


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The boys were walking to Sasuke’s car. When Itachi stopped and held his hand in front of Sasuke. “Give me your keys!”
“No!”

“But you promised.”

"When?"

"When I was drunk."

"You were drunk. How the hell can you remember?"

“Just give me the keys!” Sasuke sighed and handed him the keys.

After five minutes of driving, Sasuke said, “This isn’t the way home?”

“Nope, I’m going to Kisame’s to retrieve what I need from my car.”

“Che, whatever.” He returned to watching the window.

“Sasuke, why are you sulking?”

“I’m not.”

“Okay.” ‘If it's really bothering him, he’ll say it himself!’

“Kid! He called me 'kid'!”

‘And right I was.’ Itachi grinned. “Who called you a kid?”

“Naruto! He thinks of me as a kid.”

“Oh my God, I can’t believe it. He called you a kid just ‘cause you’re younger than him with five years between you two. How horrible! We should kill him.”

Sasuke glared at him.

“What? No, I’m serious!” Itachi exclaimed.

Sasuke looked the other way. Itachi kept his eyes on the road ahead of him, an amused smirk on his face. They stayed like that until they reached Kisame’s house.

Itachi stopped the car, and made a beeline to his car. He took what he needed and locked it. When he was back inside the car, he looked at Sasuke, who was still staring at the window. “Are you gonna sulk about that all day?”

“I'm not sulking. I'm thinking.”

“Thinking about what?”

“About a lie that I can tell mom that won’t make her suspect anything.”

“Oh! Any luck?”

“None.”

They stayed silent until Itachi spoke, “How about we tell her that my car crashed and I called you to give me a ride since I were close to your school?”

“That won’t take us two hours to get home.”

They stayed in silence again then Itachi said, “What if we told her I had a car accident and I called you to bail me out?”

“Why didn’t you call her instead?” Sasuke replied.

“Would you stop this? She won’t ask that. We'll just stick to my story for now.”

“Fine.”

The sound of Sasuke’s cell phone was heard. Sasuke picked it up and looked at the id. “Mom.”

Itachi raised his eyebrow. “Speak of the devil.”

Sasuke looked at him. “I’d like to see you saying that in her face.”

Itachi snorted. “That would be the day that you tell dad that you're gay.”

Sasuke scoffed and answered, “Hello mom… No, I didn’t… no that wasn’t… No… it’s just…mom! Mom!... Would you… Yes, I know that was wrong but… Would you… Mom would you let me speak!” Sasuke screamed.

A muffled laugh escaped Itachi’s mouth. Sasuke glared at him then got back to his mom. “Well, Itachi was in a car accident and called me to bail him out!”

Seconds later. “Why didn’t he call you? Well, uh….” He turned to look at his brother who was shaking all over from laughter. He glared at him and said, “You know what, mom, why don’t you ask him when we get home?”

Itachi froze and turned wide eyes at Sasuke who had a smirk on his face.

“Huh, what was that… of course, this is true! what you think I’m gonna lie to you when I know that you won’t stop screaming at me about it?... No no, I didn’t mean that… no… well…I … mom, mom, you know what! Let’s complete this conversation when we get home, okay? Bye!” He hanged up the phone.

Itachi burst out laughing.

“Yeah, you keep laughing. Just remember you owe me big time!”

“I just got you a chance to see your boyfriend’s bedroom! I owe you nothing.”

Sasuke glared at him. “He's not my boyfriend!”

Itachi faked a gasp. “What! But why you two looked so good together!”

“Shut up and drive the stupid car.”


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School the next day felt boring. For Sasuke everything was boring. He felt lazy he didn’t even feel like glaring at anyone today. He sighed. ‘Who was that girl with Naruto? Is she the same Temari he talked about? Or is she another girl? Oh, God, I hope Anko-sensei does something to take my mind away from these thoughts.’
When he reached the class, he heard shouting coming from the inside. He opened the door to see what was happening.

Anko had a bunch of papers in her hand and she was waving them around and shouting, “Okay, I want explanation and I want right now!”

“What is going on here?” asked a confused Sasuke.

Anko looked over at him. When her eyes laid on him, they widened and she barked, “Uchiha Sasuke, you come right here and explain yourself!”

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. She raised a piece of paper in front of him and said, “Can you explain this?”

“What about it?”

“What is this, Sasuke-san?”

“This is one of my interviews.”

“You dare call this an interview!”

“If it isn’t an interview, then what is it?”

“I don’t know. How about you answer me? These are not questions of the “yes or no” category and you answered all of them with a yes or no! Explain this NOW!”

“What is there to explain? There is nothing that those stupid girls had said that I didn’t write in these papers. You know it's not my problem that they can’t get a grip of themselves to answer one of these questions!”

“I don’t care. Make ‘em talk. It's your job to make them talk, not mine, and if you can’t do that then I don’t think that there is a place for you in my class!”

Neji snickered. “Would you look at that? Uchiha is not perfect after all!”

“I wouldn’t be laughing if I were you, Neji. I'd be thinking of a good reason to explain your two word interviews to me!”

“Well, I tried to write what they said, but I couldn’t understand anything, ‘cause they kept screaming so I wrote the words I could understand and left the rest.”

Anko rolled her eyes. “And what is up with your own interview!”

“Well, I …” Gaara started to defend his interviews only to be interrupted by his sansei.

“Oh, don’t even get me started on your interview with Sasuke, Gaara!”

“What? I wrote everything?”

“Everything? You wrote everything!” Then she shoved a piece of paper at Gaara’s face. “Tell me now is this everything!”

Gaara’s face stayed as emotionless as ever. “That’s blank.”

“That's right. It's bla… wha?” she looked at the paper in her hand, noting its blankness. Anko blinked. “Oh, right, that’s Shino’s” Then her face turned red all of a sudden. “SHINO, WHY THE HELL ARE ALL YOUR INTERVIEWS BLANK PAPERS!”

“They insulted my ants," he replied calmly.

“That is no excuse! You're going to interview them again, you got me now? Here's a list of the ones you’re going to interview again! I don’t want anymore stupidity out of you four, so you better get this right, am I clear?"

They all glared at her and she sighed. ‘That's the last time I'm letting my amusement take over me!’

Sasuke was looking at his list when he noticed that it was one girl less than his first list. ‘Hmm I wonder who didn't make it to this list. Wait can it be…’ He looked at his list once again. ‘Shit, she has taken Haruno out, damn it, that means I'm not meeting Naruto again. I should do something!’

“Umm, Anko-sensei, my list is missing one.”

“Yes, Sasuke, I took out Sakura, ‘cause your interview with her was good.”

Neji looked up with a frown in his face. ‘Hey, that's not fair. All the girls in my old list are right back here. How come he has one short?’

Gaara glared at Anko. ‘I have to interview Uchiha and Hyuuga again!’

A scowling Sasuke looked at Anko. ‘That bitch.’

“I’m going to give you different questions since the last ones gave such positive results," she said sarcastically. "They will be easier to answer, and no ‘yes or no’ questions!” She looked expectedly at Sasuke.

Sasuke looked back at her indifferently then said, “If you're going to change the questions, then I should interview Miss Haruno again.”

“Nope, that interview was excellent. No need to change it.”

“You’re sure?”

“I’m positive.” She smirked. ‘Oh, is the Uchiha boy falling in love with little Miss Perfect?’

Sasuke grimaced.

What Uchiha Sasuke failed to notice was that the people around him were staring at him oddly.


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Sakura was walking to the cafeteria after her third period and noticed that a lot of girls were sending her strange looks. Actually, girls had been doing that with added glares since her second class. She was starting to get worried, she even went to the bathroom to make sure that there was nothing wrong with her.
When she got inside the cafeteria, everyone became silent. ‘Okay, that's a bit too much. I could handle the looks and the glaring but this is too much! Where is Ino? I need her to fell me in with what’s happening!’ She looked around for her best friend to find her swarmed by girls, who were all looking at her, except for Ino.

Ino was looking at one of the girls beside her when she realized that the atmosphere grew silent. She turned to check on what was going.

“Oh my God, Sakura you're finally here! Come, come, why didn’t you tell me before. I know I wasn’t really in a good place last time you saw me but that doesn’t mean you can’t tell me. C’mon, sit here. Tell me every thing!”

Sakura was looking at Ino with wide eyes. “Tell you what?”

“Oh, don’t pretend like you don’t know for me!”

“No, Ino, I seriously don’t know what is happening here.”

“Aww, look at her. So shocked herself that she doesn’t know if it really happened or not!” Ino and the girls around her looked at Sakura with empathy.

“What? Ino, tell me what happened? what are you talking about?”

“About you and Sasuke-kun, idiot.”

“What about me and Sasuke?”

“Okay, Sakura, it was all cute in the beginning but now it’s just getting silly.”

“What, Ino? What is getting silly? Tell me!”

One of the girls around Ino said, “Cut the crap, Sakura. We already know that you two are dating!”

“Who? Me and Sasuke? Who told you this?”

Another girl said, “We don’t need anyone to tell us. We all saw how he was almost begging Anko-sensei to give him a permission to interview you again!”

“He what!” exclaimed Sakura shocked.

This time it as Ino who replied, “Oh, pretend like you don’t know, you big faker.”

“No, I really don’t,” Sakura defended, still shocked and then a smile graced her face. “He really did that!”

One of the girls answered enthusiastically, “Yeah, he was trying to pretend like he wasn’t talking about you at first. But when Anko-sensei said that he doesn’t need to interview you again, he was all like shocked and glaring at her. Then she said that she is going to change the questions for the new interviews and he was all like “if you're going to change the question then I should interview miss Haruno again!” and then sensei was all like, “No, that is not going to happen.” Then he was like “Yu-uh it will” and she was like “Nu-uh.””

Ino jumped up squealing, “Oh my God, Sakura! Sasuke-kun is so in love with you!”

Sakura turned around to face her long-time-best friend. “Oh my God, I know!” They jumped, squealing together.

Then Ino stopped jumping and said, “Sakura, tell us everything about the first interview and don’t leave any detail!”

Sakura blushed, and sat at one of the chairs. “Okay, well, we were sitting on a table...”

“Wait,” interrupted Ino. “How were you sitting?”

Sakura smirked. “He was sitting across from me…”

The girls around her were squealing and they started jumping in their seats. “Oh my God, that is so romantic,” one of them yelled.

Sakura waved a hand at her and continued, “Anyway, we were sitting right across from each other and all the time he was sending me these shy little looks..."

“Aww…” all the girls sighed placing their hands on their chests. A dreamy look crossed their faces. Sakura proceeded to tell the lie about her date with Uchiha Sasuke and the girls kept, “Oooh-ing” and “Aww-ing” at her story.


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At the end of the school day, Sasuke was walking to his car. He didn’t know why, however, it seemed like everyone had been looking at him today. It was not like they didn't look at him everyday. It was just that today… it was different. Usually girls would look at him with adoring eyes and the boys would be glaring at him. But today the girls were all teary eyed while the boys were smiling at him and sending him the peace sign. Some would even pat his back while saying, “Right on, man! You finally did it!” He would glare at them till they left him alone.
A boy was approaching him. He seemed like he was gonna pat him on the back too so he glared at him until he ran away. He felt a vibrational motion on his thigh coming from his cell phone. When he picked it up, he looked at the id which said 'Itachi'. He sighed and answered, “What!”

“Whoa, what's with the attitude? They're right. Nowadays, young people have no respect to their older brothers.”

Sasuke blinked and looked at his cell phone screen to make sure he wasn’t mistaken. It said “Itachi”. No mistake. This was his brother’s number. He put it back on his ear and asked suspiciously, “Naruto?”

The blond’s cheerful voice answered him, “Hey there, Sasuke, how was school? Studied any good material lately?”

“Wha… th… how did you… how?”

Naruto chuckled. “You're wondering how I got a hold of your brother's cell?”

“Yes!”

“You two left it in my room.”

Sasuke rolled his eyes ‘stupid Itachi how could you forget you own phone!’ “I’m really sorry for all the trouble we put you through, Naruto-san!”

“Hey, hey, hey, what is up with the –san. I thought we talked about this. And there was no trouble in helping a wounded man it is my job, after all!”

“Thanks anyway, … Naruto,” he said, it still felt weird to say his name like that. “I’ll come by to pick it up then.”

“Cool. You know the way, right?”

“Yes, I still got Miss Haruno’s address.”

“Good. Then I’ll be waiting.” He hanged up.

Sasuke stood for a moment, looking at his cell phone when a little smile graced his lips. Then he pocketed his phone, checked around him to make sure no one was looking at him and continued his way to his car.


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Sasuke reached the Yamanaka’s, and was about to stop the engine when he saw Naruto hugging a girl.
He froze. His mind was blank. He couldn’t believe his eyes because the girl Naruto was the one in the picture. The same girl Naruto was kissing.

He could feel his chest tightening. He closed his eyes to try and collect himself. When he opened them, he saw Naruto looking at him.

Naruto smiled at him, waving his hand cheerfully.

‘This is too much’ thought Sasuke. He couldn't take this, he just couldn't. He ignored Naruto’s waving and drove his car away. He could hear Naruto shouting his name but he couldn't bring himself to care. He was driving too fast but that didn’t matter. At this moment nothing mattered anymore.

He kept on driving until he reached his house. He got out of the car and stormed into the house. He didn’t even look at Jeffrey as he threw the car keys at him. He ran up to his room, slamming the door shut behind him. He felt like he was suffocating, so he opened the balcony door and stepped out sliding the door close behind him. He let the fresh air fell his lungs as he lent against the balcony glass doors. He slid down until he reached the floor. He stayed there with no expression on his face. His mind was blank as he stared at the sky.


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Naruto looked at the Porsche as it sped away from his house. ‘Why did he go? What's wrong? Guess he thought that he'd be intruding on a private meeting when he saw me and Temari hugging! If that’s what happened then I better call him and tell him…’ his train of thoughts was cut by the voice of his best friend, Shikamaru.
“Who was that?”

“Sasuke,” Naruto answered softly.

Temari frowned. “Sasuke? Who's Sasuke?”

Naruto looked back at her. “Do you remember that popular Uchiha Itachi from high school?”

Shikamaru and Temari nodded.

“That was his younger brother.”

Temari’s eyes widened. “Oh my God, do you mean sex-on-legs-Uchiha-Itachi? That was his little brother? Is he cute? Naruto, tell me, please?”

Naruto grimaced. “Temari, that guy is five years younger than me. In what sick world would I ever think of him as cute? Besides, don’t you have a boyfriend?”

Temari smiled brightly at Naruto. “Yeah, well, you can’t blame me for wondering. He was so yummy!” Then she laughed. “Oi, Shikamaru, remember when Naruto used to be so jealous of him? He was afraid Itachi was gonna take me away from him.”

Naruto scowled, “Yeah, well, turned out I was jealous of the wrong guy, wasn’t I?” He sent a meaningful look to Shikamaru, who only shrugged.

“You can have her back. She's annoying.”

“Hey! How could you talk about me like that? I’m your girlfriend, you ungrateful bastard,” screeched Temari.

Shikamaru was looking at Temari with a bored look when she finished ranting. He looked back at Naruto and said, “My point is exactly.”

Naruto burst out laughing while Temari ran to Shikamaru, trying to hit his head. However, Shikamaru moved away, but not in time because Temari grabbed his ponytail and started screaming at his face again. That made Naruto laugh harder and drop to the ground.


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“Hey, Sasuke, have you seen my…” Itachi, who had just walked into Sasuke’s room to ask him about his missing cell phone, trailed off as he saw that Sasuke was in his balcony, sitting on the floor with his back to his room and was looking at the sky. Itachi rolled his eyes. “Such a drama queen.” He crossed the room to the balcony and opened its sliding door. “Your brooding hours are done, princess. It's time to greet your guests.”
Sasuke looked up. H was too distracted that he didn’t hear a word Itachi said. “What?”

Itachi scoffed. “Nothing. Are you done pouting now?”

Sasuke glared at him. “I don’t pout.”

“Of course, you don’t. Now if you’re done asking the moon who's the fairest women of all, I need to ask you something.”

Sasuke sighed as he leaned his head against the sliding door behind him. “What do you want, Itachi?” He could sense his brother sitting beside him, his gaze burning a hole through Sasuke's head.

“If it bothers you that much, why don’t you go and tell him?”

“What?”

“Go to him tell him that you love him! Sitting on your ass and brooding about it won’t get you anything.”

Sasuke sighed. “I don’t think there's a chance that he'll see me that way.”

“Well, just let him know that you are interested. You never know, he might take it the good way.”

“Yeah, right, ‘cause confessing to others always goes well.”

“Sure, it does. People declare their love to one another all the time!”

“Yes, but it's always a girl to a boy or a boy to a girl but never a boy to a guy who is five years older than him.”

“I wouldn’t say 'never'! I see it every day!”

“Outside of your strip club,” Sasuke mumbled.

“STRIP CLUB! ITACHI, YOU GO TO A STRIP CLUB!”

Both boys tensed and turned their heads to look at their mother who was standing behind them and glaring at them.

Sasuke gulped while Itachi opened his mouth, trying to think of something to say. “Umm umm a… a sper… spert club! Yes! That’s right, he said a spert club, not strip club”

“What’s a spert club?” asked Mikoto, narrowing her eyes at him.

“Oh, it’s what they call sport clubs these days.”

His mother looked at him suspiciously for a while, then said, “If you're right then why did it take you so long to answer my question?”

“I, umm, that is …”

“You…you straddled us,” Sasuke spoke up. “We didn’t expect you to come in! And by the way, what are you doing barging to my room without asking for my permission.”

“This is my house. I don’t need to ask for anyone’s permission!”

Sasuke bowed his head murmuring, “Right, I forgot that.”

Itachi smirked at Sasuke the looked back at his mother. “So, mom, what are you doing here?”

His mom took her disapproving eyes off Sasuke and looked at him questioningly before realization hit her. “Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Sasuke, your school called wanting to inform you that the exam will be held tomorrow at Konoha hospital at 10:00 am.”

Sasuke raised his head. “But I have school then!”

“Yes, I know. They said that you're free to take the day off. Or you could go to school and when it's time for the exam, the school bus will take you to the exam’s place.”

“And why didn’t they tell me earlier? There is no time to study anything now!”

“They said that they didn’t want you to study anything. That's why they didn’t inform you earlier.”

Itachi smirked and patted Sasuke’s head. “Alright then, I’ll leave you to get some rest. Think about what I told you, okay?" he said that and headed to the door.

“Hn,” said Sasuke while standing from his crouching position on the floor. He hissed as he felt his feet numb from sitting on them for two hours straight. He shuffled to his bed. sliding the balcony door behind him close.

Mikoto was looking at Itachi weirdly as he left the room. ‘What were they talking about Sasuke seems really down?’ She quickly dismissed the thought. Knowing that her sons wouldn't tell her anything. She smiled at Sasuke, who by now was sitting at the edge of the bed, and said, “Well then, Sasuke, I shall leave you too to your rest.” She bent over to kiss his forehead, which Sasuke grumbled at. “Sleep tight, dear.”

Sasuke sighed as he slipped under his covers. “Good night."

“Good night.” She left the room.


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