Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ December's Gone ❯ Pretending ( Chapter 2 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Lady Vicious 
Watch as I play pretend... only to break in the end...
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.08.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 466 | Status: Completed
Watch as I play pretend... only to break in the end...
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.08.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 466 | Status: Completed
Thanks for the reviews. This story is an AU, it's set in well this time period I guess. Most of Naruto-tachi attends a private school where they dorm. All else will be revealed as the story unravels.
~o~
The sky had become that deep blue that comes with night along with the shining silver connect the dots stars that appeared on the canvas as Naruto made his way back to campus. There was not a soul out except for this lonely blonde that trudged with his head hung low and hand in his pocket. It was there in his pocket... that precious gift that was all he really had left besides the memories of those times when he felt loved. Naruto sighed as he removed his hand from his pocket and used his ID card to open the electronic lock of the dormitory building. He waved to the on duty security guard and went up the stars in record speed to his dorm room. Ignoring his room mate, a silent boy by the name of Neji Hyuga, he dropped onto his bed.
"Someone came looking for you," Neji never spoke more than necessary or in Naruto's opinion, less than necessary, "It wasn't the Uchiha boy." Neji responded to the question he knew Naruto was going to ask before he even spoke it and Naruto gave a snort in response, feigning disgust. It had been like that for a bit, ever since Sasuke had left the dorms leaving behind his room mate Uzumaki Naruto and forcing Naruto to have to dorm with Neji.
"Then who was it?"
"Hatake-sensei, he said he's publishing your poem in the literary magazine."
"But he didn't even ask me if he could," Neji only shrugged his shoulders and Naruto was reminded of why he couldn't stand to be in the Hyuga's presence for more than five minutes. He was just like Sasuke with his indifferent and stoic attitude, his arrogant nature and add to that his effiminate looks. He was just like Sasuke with his feminine beauty and delicate pale skin. His soft curves and his... Naruto buried his face in the pillow to hide the tears that came from Neji though he had the feeling Neji already knew he was crying. Neji looked over at Naruto and sighed as he got up from his desk where he had been sitting typing away at the computer he and Naruto shared. He turned off the light and climbed onto the bed next to his depressed room mate putting an arm around him and pulling him close. Naruto was not surprised by the action though Neji was a silent boy he was always willing to comfort Naruto. Being the blonde he was Naruto never stopped to wonder why someone who didn't let anyone else even stand too close to him would pull him into this protective comforting embrace. He rested his head on Neji's chest and cried himself to sleep.
~o~
"Aniki..." he whispered softly as he looked around the dark, foreboding home his body shaking slightly. He hated this darkness but the light hurt him so he preferred that over turning on those lights. It would blind him if he turned them on and then he would be so lost... he would be..
"Sasuke," he ran in the direction of the voice feeling strong arms pull him in and held tight to the shirt of his older brother as he pressed himself as close to him as he could. Itachi sighed as he looked down at his brother in his arms shaking like a child having woken up from a terrible nightmare knowing that unfortunate as it was Sasuke's life itself was the nightmare. He carefully picked up the boy that resembled a pure porcelain doll taking him back to his room. He had to sit him down on the Lazy Boy recliner that occupied a corner of Sasuke's room so he could clean off the bed, Sasuke had vomited in his sleep again.
"Did you take..."
"I did aniki." Itachi checked the containers on Sasuke's dresser top to make sure he wasn't lying and satisfied with what he saw he brought his full attention to the trembling Uchiha. He pulled Sasuke off the chair seeing his shirt was dirtied with the vomit but he had cleaned off his face and hair. Without much help or fight from Sasuke, Itachi pulled the shirt off of him and put a new one on him. He guided Sasuke through the darkness of the halls to his bedroom where he lay on the bed pulling Sasuke along to lie beside him. Itachi felt Sasuke weakly curl against him and sighed wondering just when he became Sasuke's lifeline after so many years of the two of them hating one another. It wasn't that he was complaining about his brother's sudden reawakening love for him but he just didn't want to become too attached to him, like he already had.
"I'm going to lose you little one and then I'll truly be alone in this silence..."
~o~
The next day began with false smiles as students gathered in the auditorium listening to the inane chatter of the principal who had been given the nickname Tsunade-hime from how pretty she was. That was all that kept some of the boys awake, the big breasted blonde principal and the girls chatting about how they were fake maintained their eyes open as well. They were seated in alphabetical order which meant that two U's who had been avoiding one another were right beside each other.
Sasuke held tightly to the arms of the chair his nails almost digging into the the cushions of it as he stared straight ahead. He was trying so hard to ignore the sunshine boy sitting beside him but with the way he was snoring it was very difficult. It surprised him that Naruto could sit beside him with no problem and fall asleep so easily. If Sasuke had really bothered to analyze Naruto's face he would've noticed his eyes were shut far too tight for him to be really sleeping, there was no sense of relaxation on his face. Uzumaki Naruto was faking sleep to get out of a tense situation and the usually analytical Uchiha Sasuke did not notice it at all. When Tsunade-hime announced that the meeting was over the students piled out of the auditorium. Naruto walked out of his seat seeming to be completely awake and speedwalking away from Sasuke. He didn't notice the way Sasuke looked sadly down at the ground from the obvious tactics Naruto used to ignore him. They were both going to the same place so Naruto could walk with him but instead the blond chose to keep at least five people between them. Sasuke walked into Hatake-sensei's English class after Naruto seeing that Naruto was at the desk conversing with the silver haired instructor. Sasuke sighed as he took his seat only to hear Hatake-sensei call his name. Hesitantly he walked to the teacher's desk seeing Naruto was still standing there with a slight frown on his face.
"You two will be doing volunteer work with me and Sakura Haruno after school each day and on Saturday mornings. We, meaning Umino-sensei the music teacher, put together the literary magazine and run the drama club which I think would be perfect for you two." Sasuke gave him a glare almost seeming to be his old self again.
"I haven't volunteered."
"You need it to graduate. You may be the perfect student academic wise but you have not completed and volunteer work so you have no choice. It's this or watching the others graduate while you sit in the back of the auditorium." Sasuke frowned but gave a nod of his head saying he'd agree to this volunteer work and was satisfied when Hatake-sensei let him and Naruto go back to their seats. Sasuke had no idea how he would be able to handle having to be that close to Naruto all the time, it was going to take all of his will. He gulped and then looked around the room feeling everything spinning. He stood up on shaking limbs directing the attention of the class onto himself. He tried to look at them but he was seeing double and his vision refused to clear. He saw the floor getting closer but before he could come in contact with the hard tiled floor a warm body through itself in his path. He noticed red fabric before he passed out but he didn't remember who in class had been wearing that color nor did he care as the welcomed blackness took over.
~o~
Sasuke awoke a few hours later in the nurse's office looking around as he sat up. He gripped his aching head and gave a small groan of pain drawing the attention of the girl in the room.
"You're awake, I'm glad you're ok Sasuke-kun," he noticed the voice immediately, the leader of his fan club Sakura Haruno. He groaned for a different reason and dropped back onto the itchy bed pretending that he wasn't getting more diseases from the overused bed. He felt Sakura reaching out to touch his forehead and slapped her arm away before she could, he didn't want her touching him.
"Go away, you're annoying." He heard a sad little whimper from the bubblegum haired girl and it annoyed him even more, he didn't want to deal with her not now or ever.
"Kakashi-sensei sent me to look for the two of you," Sasuke tensed at hearing the voice, "He said our volunteer work starts today so you guys have to come to the auditorium, Iruka-sensei is already starting to go over ideas for this year's school play."
"Naruto you don't call a teacher by his first name, baka!" Sasuke got up from the bed so quick it made Sakura fall off her chair which had been what he intended. He moved to where Naruto stood in the doorway and pulled him out of the room with him Naruto too stunned to make any sort of response.
"I don't ignore you because I want to I just don't want to pull you into my darkness. You depend on the light too much, you won't survive in the dark but know that the dark wants to embrace you that's why I stay away from you." Before Naruto could ask what he meant Sasuke kissed him, a chaste kiss but still enough to make Naruto yearn for the older boy. He reached out to pull Sasuke closer but his arms felt nothing as Sasuke had already disappeared into the auditorium. Naruto stood there for a moment wiping at the tears that tried to fall.
"I won't cry for or because of you anymore," Naruto swore to himself, "Never again." He walked into the auditorium putting on his cheerful mask and noting that Sasuke had his stoic mask on but there was a crack in Sasuke's mask and if he were looking from Sasuke's angle he'd see there was a crack in his too.
~o~
The sky had become that deep blue that comes with night along with the shining silver connect the dots stars that appeared on the canvas as Naruto made his way back to campus. There was not a soul out except for this lonely blonde that trudged with his head hung low and hand in his pocket. It was there in his pocket... that precious gift that was all he really had left besides the memories of those times when he felt loved. Naruto sighed as he removed his hand from his pocket and used his ID card to open the electronic lock of the dormitory building. He waved to the on duty security guard and went up the stars in record speed to his dorm room. Ignoring his room mate, a silent boy by the name of Neji Hyuga, he dropped onto his bed.
"Someone came looking for you," Neji never spoke more than necessary or in Naruto's opinion, less than necessary, "It wasn't the Uchiha boy." Neji responded to the question he knew Naruto was going to ask before he even spoke it and Naruto gave a snort in response, feigning disgust. It had been like that for a bit, ever since Sasuke had left the dorms leaving behind his room mate Uzumaki Naruto and forcing Naruto to have to dorm with Neji.
"Then who was it?"
"Hatake-sensei, he said he's publishing your poem in the literary magazine."
"But he didn't even ask me if he could," Neji only shrugged his shoulders and Naruto was reminded of why he couldn't stand to be in the Hyuga's presence for more than five minutes. He was just like Sasuke with his indifferent and stoic attitude, his arrogant nature and add to that his effiminate looks. He was just like Sasuke with his feminine beauty and delicate pale skin. His soft curves and his... Naruto buried his face in the pillow to hide the tears that came from Neji though he had the feeling Neji already knew he was crying. Neji looked over at Naruto and sighed as he got up from his desk where he had been sitting typing away at the computer he and Naruto shared. He turned off the light and climbed onto the bed next to his depressed room mate putting an arm around him and pulling him close. Naruto was not surprised by the action though Neji was a silent boy he was always willing to comfort Naruto. Being the blonde he was Naruto never stopped to wonder why someone who didn't let anyone else even stand too close to him would pull him into this protective comforting embrace. He rested his head on Neji's chest and cried himself to sleep.
~o~
"Aniki..." he whispered softly as he looked around the dark, foreboding home his body shaking slightly. He hated this darkness but the light hurt him so he preferred that over turning on those lights. It would blind him if he turned them on and then he would be so lost... he would be..
"Sasuke," he ran in the direction of the voice feeling strong arms pull him in and held tight to the shirt of his older brother as he pressed himself as close to him as he could. Itachi sighed as he looked down at his brother in his arms shaking like a child having woken up from a terrible nightmare knowing that unfortunate as it was Sasuke's life itself was the nightmare. He carefully picked up the boy that resembled a pure porcelain doll taking him back to his room. He had to sit him down on the Lazy Boy recliner that occupied a corner of Sasuke's room so he could clean off the bed, Sasuke had vomited in his sleep again.
"Did you take..."
"I did aniki." Itachi checked the containers on Sasuke's dresser top to make sure he wasn't lying and satisfied with what he saw he brought his full attention to the trembling Uchiha. He pulled Sasuke off the chair seeing his shirt was dirtied with the vomit but he had cleaned off his face and hair. Without much help or fight from Sasuke, Itachi pulled the shirt off of him and put a new one on him. He guided Sasuke through the darkness of the halls to his bedroom where he lay on the bed pulling Sasuke along to lie beside him. Itachi felt Sasuke weakly curl against him and sighed wondering just when he became Sasuke's lifeline after so many years of the two of them hating one another. It wasn't that he was complaining about his brother's sudden reawakening love for him but he just didn't want to become too attached to him, like he already had.
"I'm going to lose you little one and then I'll truly be alone in this silence..."
~o~
The next day began with false smiles as students gathered in the auditorium listening to the inane chatter of the principal who had been given the nickname Tsunade-hime from how pretty she was. That was all that kept some of the boys awake, the big breasted blonde principal and the girls chatting about how they were fake maintained their eyes open as well. They were seated in alphabetical order which meant that two U's who had been avoiding one another were right beside each other.
Sasuke held tightly to the arms of the chair his nails almost digging into the the cushions of it as he stared straight ahead. He was trying so hard to ignore the sunshine boy sitting beside him but with the way he was snoring it was very difficult. It surprised him that Naruto could sit beside him with no problem and fall asleep so easily. If Sasuke had really bothered to analyze Naruto's face he would've noticed his eyes were shut far too tight for him to be really sleeping, there was no sense of relaxation on his face. Uzumaki Naruto was faking sleep to get out of a tense situation and the usually analytical Uchiha Sasuke did not notice it at all. When Tsunade-hime announced that the meeting was over the students piled out of the auditorium. Naruto walked out of his seat seeming to be completely awake and speedwalking away from Sasuke. He didn't notice the way Sasuke looked sadly down at the ground from the obvious tactics Naruto used to ignore him. They were both going to the same place so Naruto could walk with him but instead the blond chose to keep at least five people between them. Sasuke walked into Hatake-sensei's English class after Naruto seeing that Naruto was at the desk conversing with the silver haired instructor. Sasuke sighed as he took his seat only to hear Hatake-sensei call his name. Hesitantly he walked to the teacher's desk seeing Naruto was still standing there with a slight frown on his face.
"You two will be doing volunteer work with me and Sakura Haruno after school each day and on Saturday mornings. We, meaning Umino-sensei the music teacher, put together the literary magazine and run the drama club which I think would be perfect for you two." Sasuke gave him a glare almost seeming to be his old self again.
"I haven't volunteered."
"You need it to graduate. You may be the perfect student academic wise but you have not completed and volunteer work so you have no choice. It's this or watching the others graduate while you sit in the back of the auditorium." Sasuke frowned but gave a nod of his head saying he'd agree to this volunteer work and was satisfied when Hatake-sensei let him and Naruto go back to their seats. Sasuke had no idea how he would be able to handle having to be that close to Naruto all the time, it was going to take all of his will. He gulped and then looked around the room feeling everything spinning. He stood up on shaking limbs directing the attention of the class onto himself. He tried to look at them but he was seeing double and his vision refused to clear. He saw the floor getting closer but before he could come in contact with the hard tiled floor a warm body through itself in his path. He noticed red fabric before he passed out but he didn't remember who in class had been wearing that color nor did he care as the welcomed blackness took over.
~o~
Sasuke awoke a few hours later in the nurse's office looking around as he sat up. He gripped his aching head and gave a small groan of pain drawing the attention of the girl in the room.
"You're awake, I'm glad you're ok Sasuke-kun," he noticed the voice immediately, the leader of his fan club Sakura Haruno. He groaned for a different reason and dropped back onto the itchy bed pretending that he wasn't getting more diseases from the overused bed. He felt Sakura reaching out to touch his forehead and slapped her arm away before she could, he didn't want her touching him.
"Go away, you're annoying." He heard a sad little whimper from the bubblegum haired girl and it annoyed him even more, he didn't want to deal with her not now or ever.
"Kakashi-sensei sent me to look for the two of you," Sasuke tensed at hearing the voice, "He said our volunteer work starts today so you guys have to come to the auditorium, Iruka-sensei is already starting to go over ideas for this year's school play."
"Naruto you don't call a teacher by his first name, baka!" Sasuke got up from the bed so quick it made Sakura fall off her chair which had been what he intended. He moved to where Naruto stood in the doorway and pulled him out of the room with him Naruto too stunned to make any sort of response.
"I don't ignore you because I want to I just don't want to pull you into my darkness. You depend on the light too much, you won't survive in the dark but know that the dark wants to embrace you that's why I stay away from you." Before Naruto could ask what he meant Sasuke kissed him, a chaste kiss but still enough to make Naruto yearn for the older boy. He reached out to pull Sasuke closer but his arms felt nothing as Sasuke had already disappeared into the auditorium. Naruto stood there for a moment wiping at the tears that tried to fall.
"I won't cry for or because of you anymore," Naruto swore to himself, "Never again." He walked into the auditorium putting on his cheerful mask and noting that Sasuke had his stoic mask on but there was a crack in Sasuke's mask and if he were looking from Sasuke's angle he'd see there was a crack in his too.