Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Innocent Illusions ❯ You and Me ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Innocent Illusions


"Life is getting boring." Naruto stretched his arms out and opened his mouth to let out a big old yawn to emphasize his point.

"Really?"

"Yes! I mean, I come here. Work. Then, I talk to you. And I do it every single day! It's too boring. No body likes routines. I mean, who likes to do the same thing over and over and over and over-"

"Hn." Sasuke interrupted. Naruto smiled sheepishly when he realized he had started rambling.

"Sorry about that but I do have a point. Let's do something this... tomorrow! I can invite Miyu-chan, Akane-chan, and Mina-chan. They'd love to do something this weekend, too! What do you say?" Sasuke leaned his head into one of his hands and sent back a casual bored look which Naruto knew as 'whatever'. It was scary how fast Naruto was understanding Sasuke's movements and body language, but he didn't often dwell on the subject. So it didn't bother him that much. "Okay, good! What do you think we should do? I'm gonna ask the other girls later but I wanna hear what you have to say."

"I won't do anything stupid." He stated boredly. As if it were that obvious. Which it kind of was.

"Well, that's very specific." Naruto's sarcastic comment caused another one of Sasuke's smirks to come out. The smirk came out more than occasionally but it still wasn't a normal thing for him to smirk. "Fine! It's decided then. We'll have an adventure tomorrow. Good thing I have the day off tomorrow. Although, I'm not sure about the other three."

Naruto paused as another thought came to him.

"Hey, if we go all together, are you gonna talk to them?" Sasuke intertwined both his hands and turned his head to the side with an annoyed expression. I guess that means 'no'. "Why not?"

The question was answered by another thick silence.

"Whatever. I'm gonna talk to them later so... yeah." Naruto leaned back and stretched his fingers. "Do you have any funny stories you want to tell me? I've been the storyteller far a really long time, you know?"

Sasuke's eyes moved over to send him a quick glance before going back to their original position in the annoyed expression which caused Naruto to sigh.

"I'm kinda running out of stories. Well, not really. But just let me think of something." Naruto put leaned into his hand as his face contorted into a thinking expression. "Got one! So this was on my birthday. They decided they wanted to..."

And the day continued with their usual conversations.


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Naruto checked in with Kana before heading to the dressing room to change. He was late for the usual conference with the girls.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Miyu, Akane, and Mina (the latest member to their group) waiting for him.

"You're late," Mina stated.

"The restaurant is getting really busy lately." Naruto argued as he started to change.

"What did you want to tell us earlier?" Akane asked. Naruto grinned. He forgot he had told them that he needed to tell them something later.

"Oh, yeah. I wanted to ask you guys if you were free tomorrow. I wanna have an adventure out in town. " Akane was the only one who refused. So the other two girls were free.

"What are you going to do?" She asked.

Naruto gave a careless shrug. "I don't really know."

"How can you not do any planning for the trip?" Miyu lectured.

"Sasuke said it was fine as long as he didn't have to do something stupid!"

"Oh! You finally have a name for the beautiful stranger!" Miyu gushed while Mina looked confused before they explained that 'beautiful stranger' was their nickname for Sasuke.

"Yeah. But I don't think you should call him by his name, though. I don't think he'd like it." True. Sasuke wouldn't be too happy if the other girls suddenly walked past him and shouted 'Hi, Sasuke!' to him. Naruto could imagine the expression on his face if that happened.

"Aww! A reserved pet name! How cute!" Akane chatted excitedly.

"Yeah, whatever. Seriously though, help me plan something for tomorrow." Naruto needed some suggestions. He had to focus this time.

"How about going out to eat tomorrow at a restaurant or something?" Miyu suggested before Naruto shook his head.

"I wanna do something new. Eating out is not new."

"Why don't you take him to the circus?" Naruto thought about it before giving up on the idea.

"I can't exactly picture him in a circus. It doesn't seem right." A smile came onto Naruto's face though. It was a funny thought. Sasuke at the circus.

"A picnic?" Mina stated casually. Naruto jumped up in excitement as the idea sounded perfect to him.

"That's a great idea!" Naruto shouted enthusiastically. "But what should we bring for it?"

"I'll make the food." One of them volunteered.

"I'll bring the equipment." The other one said.

"And I'll bring the... Sasuke. Umm... Okay! So now we know what to do?"

"Yup!" The group stayed for a while longer as Naruto worked out the little faults in the plan.

As soon as Naruto left, the small group turned to each other.

"You know why she's doing this right?" Miyu asked calmly.

"Isn't this a celebration for what yesterday was?" Akane answered with another question.

"I'm confused." The two other girls explained it to the new girl, and they all soon began to giggle at their little plot.


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"My name is Mina-chan!"

"Mine is Miyu!"

Naruto groaned. He should've expected this to happen. Of course, they would try to talk to Sasuke, but Naruto didn't know how Sasuke would react. Maybe he'll just ignore them.

The two girls waited for an answer but it never came. Ha. I was right.

Miyu was the first one to react.

"Maybe you didn't hear us but my name is Miyu." She enunciated each word slowly to Sasuke but he still ignored them.

"Hey! We're talking to you!" Mina said, offended by his lack of manners. She reached over to poke him but he turned around before she could touch him.

He gave her one of his 'Sasuke' glares which caused her hand to slowly retreat.

Sasuke's attitude made the atmosphere turn awkward. They stopped talking and everyone walked quietly.

The plan was that they would walk all the way to the fields that surrounded the town and find a private area to relax in.

Mina held all the food in a basket while the Miyu held the equipment. Naruto held the other things that were too heavy for them.

Sasuke walked with nothing in his hands. Mostly because Naruto wouldn't let him. Naruto wanted Sasuke to relax but that was going to be a little tough considering the way he was acting now. Actually, getting him to relax might be the toughest thing he was going to do on the trip.

"I see a spot over there!" Naruto shouted as he ran headfirst to the spot he had previously pointed at.

He had chosen a shady spot under a cherry blossom tree. The girls ran and tried to catch up with the hyper Naruto but failed.

The group laid down the blanket and stretched their sore muscles caused by the long walk.

"Hey, Sobame-chan! Can we talk to you for a minute?" Naruto looked up at them curiously before agreeing.

"Sure!" They walked until Sasuke was out of hearing range. "What's up?"

"That guy is a jerk!" Mina blurted out before Miyu elbowed her in the stomach. "Ow."

Miyu sent another glare until Mina understood some kind of unspoken message. "Oh."

It was quiet for a moment before Miyu spoke up.

"Sobame-chan. We have to leave."

"What? Why?" He had planned for all of them to have fun.

"Well, I just got a call from Kana. She really needs our help back at the restaurant." She said sadly.

"Oh." Naruto felt a little disappoint well up inside him. "So you're leaving right now?"

"I'm afraid so. I'm sorry. Bye." She gave a small wave before turning around.

"Bye." Naruto called after all.

"Aww, cheer up!" Mina put an arm around Naruto and smiled. "I'd thought you'd be happy to be alone with that guy."

Naruto raised one of his eyebrows and gave a confused expression.

"Why?"

"Wasn't yesterday your anniversary or something?"

"What?" Naruto asked. He was completely lost. Anniversary?

"You should know. The girls told me yesterday. I think it was two days ago? A Thursday? Well, they just told me it had been exactly one month since the first night that guy..." She stuck her thumb out at Sasuke before continuing. "... came to the bar. They said that you guys were celebrating."

"Umm..." Naruto was at a lost for words when he realized something else. "Wait! Is that why you guys are leaving?"

"Uhh..." That was the last thing he heard before the two ran away.

"Hey! You come back! Damn it!" Naruto finally stopped yelling when the two were little specks in the distance. "Damn."

He walked back to Sasuke who was being entertained by the pissed off Naruto.

"I can't believe they did that! They just ran away and..." Naruto's ranting stopped before he offered an explanation to Sasuke. "My friends just ditched us."

Naruto plopped himself down beside Sasuke and sent another glare toward the direction the two took off.

"Good." Sasuke whispered lowly.

"What did you say?" Naruto twisted his head to look at Sasuke.

He thought he heard Sasuke speak after being quiet for the whole trip.

The two stared at each other before Naruto just brushed it off. Maybe it was just his imagination playing tricks on him.

He went over to the basket and pulled out the utensils while Sasuke watched. Naruto sighed before turning back to the man beside him.

"I guess that leaves just you and me."


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A/N: Grr. I'm not that happy with this chapter. Please review. I love your thoughts.