Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ To be, or not to be... In love. ❯ chapter two. ( Chapter 2 )

Chappy two ^^

I still don't own Naruto. Everything in Naruto belongs to Kishimoto-sama!

Warnings; Yaoi and language. (There's a huge difference between yaoi and shounen-ai. Yaoi means sex. Shounen-ai is just kindergarden-fluff compared to yaoi.)

X-rated. This fic will contain (at least one) lemon. Which means sex. Explicit scenes and stuff. Ppl under the age of seventeen should NOT (I repeat) NOT read this fic. Nor should ppl with gay-issues.
Though I'm not sure in which chapter the lemon will appear, but It'll probably be rather soon. Maybe even in this one! >.< You have been warned!!

Let's begin, shall we?

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Chapter two.



"Naruto?"

I heard a thump and turned my head towards the sounds. Uzumaki was lying on the floor. He fainted? God, that's lame. His annoying girlfriend was standing over him, trying to wake him up.
Though, I suspect he would rather be passed out than be with her. Don't think I haven't seen the glares he gives her sometimes when she's not looking.

He doesn't love her anymore. I've known him for a while... well, not as best buddies or anything, but we've been in the same school for several years. Anyway, he's always been in love with her.
It was just something I got used to. So when they finally became a couple, I was happy at first, because I thought he would stop being so annoying.

And I mean, sure, he's not nearly as annoying as he was when he was younger, but something still annoys me. Especially when he's with her, that pink thing!

And what's really driving me crazy is the fact that I have no idea why it bothers me so much. I don't even like him because I know that he's just like everyone else.
Those glares he gives me. Well, okay... I'm normally the one who gives the first glare, but still! He doesn't have to return them all the time.

It's not my fault I'm good-looking. Oh, I'm Sasuke by the way. Uchiha Sasuke. “Hottest guy in school” and all that. I hate it.

If you think I enjoy being stalked by at least ten girls every single recess, you're seriously mistaken.
Those girls are totally screwing with my social-life.

It's, well, when I was younger I... naw, forget it. It's nothing. Maybe I'll tell you later.

Oh look, the blonde is waking up. Whoa... that is some serious paleness. Is he going to puke?

"Naruto, sweety!" Oh come on, let him breathe. You're cutting off his air-supply by hugging him like that. I was just about to tell her to let him go, but it seemed he obviously knew how to handle her.

"S-Sakura! Let go, damnit!" He shook her off his shoulders and took a deep breath. Sakura, still giggling away, squealed her excuses and put her hands in front of her mouth in a pathetic attempt to look cute. I snorted silently.

"Yo, Naruto-kun?" How I hate this man right now. How could he do this to me? He paired me up with Naruto? Can't he see we despise each other? And now we have to act all fuzzy and cute around one another.
And you know what freaked me out the most? The fact that it didn't freak me out. At least not nearly as much as it should've.

I don't get Uzumaki Naruto. He's annoying. Well, he used to be annoying, before he turned sixteen. But he's just like everyone else. Why the hell should he be any different?
I don't like him, but whenever I'm around him, I can't help but to steal glances. And I can assure you, I never steal glances. But when it comes to Uzumaki it's... weird. It's like I know something is off. Way off.
I get confused and... I don't know! See? I'm losing my cool here. God!

A few minutes before the whole skit-thingy, I went to the men’s room, telling everyone in my class that I just wanted some water before I walked off. But I can't help but to wonder if I really just wanted to see Naruto. To see if he was okay. To talk to him.
Okay, that’s enough! God... do you see what's happening to me?

"Are you okay? Did I freak you out too much?" Kakashi put his hand on Naruto's shoulder which caused a terrified look to appear on Naruto’s face, but soon he shook his head. My heart gave a small jump.
He's not freaked out by the thought of playing my lover? Why... why is he not freaked out? My stomach feels so queasy all of a sudden.

"N-no. I think I can manage." He muttered. I took a couple of steps closer to the blonde, but then he suddenly turned his face to me. I had no time what so ever to turn my head away.
God... his eyes are so tense, so deep... Sasuke! Focus damnit!

My facial expression was cold. I knew it, because my face barely knows any other expressions besides coldness. So I don't even have to put an effort to look uncaring anymore. By pure reflex my face hides the fact that I'm either embarrassed or surprised. In this case, I'm both.

"What?" I asked rather coldly. Okay, let's get this straight; I'm a cold person, so I'm cold pretty much all the time. Okay?

He snorted and stood up, and I got a sudden urge to tell him to lie down again, since I could see he wasn't feeling very well, but as always I kept my cool. If I don't, someone will surely see.
See what, you ask?
.... I don't really want to talk about it.

"I could ask you the same." He answered. Loser. Does he really believe that his, so called, cruel words could ever get to me? They don't, and they never will. Naruto's just too kind. He's always trying to hide it, but even though I don't know him that well, he's probably one of the kindest people I know.

The room was filled with an awkward silence and uneasy tension. I kept my gaze locked with Uzumaki's, because if I lower my eyes before he does, it means he wins. And I couldn't have that.

The smashing sound of Kakashi's hands are once again heard and almost everyone (even me) made a small jump. That man sure is scary.

"Okay! I will see you again tomorrow and then I will, hopefully, give each and one of you a character of your very own." Okay, okay! We're not five. Lay off with the 'I-just-ate-honey'-voice! You sound like a prep-school teacher.
"I will also tell you more about the play and all that... so... yeah. That pretty much covers it. You're off now. Shoo!" He waved his hand and soon the classroom was empty.

Except for me... and Naruto. Oh, and Kakashi. Shit.

"Did you boys want anything?" Kakashi asked. Man, he sure knows how to act innocent. I glared my best death-glare and I must say I was proud to see the small flinch in the older man’s eye.
Hah! No one goes safe from the Uchiha-glare!

"Ya!" Naruto burst out, as the dobe he is. Unlike me, he always seems to put his emotions on display. I on the other hand never express emotions other than anger, annoyance and cruelness. Does cruelness qualify as an emotion? Oh well.

"Why did you... how... I mean…" Naruto didn't know what to say so, as usual, I just took the lead from there.

"What Uzumaki is trying to say is... why did you pair us up?" I kept my voice as low as possible. It was barely audible, and that was all I needed to do to scare someone. I know exactly how scary I sound.

Kakashi blinked once.

Twice.

"Are you upset?"
I mentally smacked my forehead at Kakashi’s stupid question.

"Yes, we are!" Naruto hissed. "I'm straight, and ... well, I'm not sure about Uchiha, but this... this is just... weird!" Naruto blurted out, while giving Kakashi a look of utter despair.
Okay, this is starting to bother me again.

Why is he acting all grossed out all of a sudden? Fine, if he's going to complain about it, then so am I!

"I'm straight, dobe." I muttered, while giving him a small glare. He turned his face to me, smirking. Damn cocky smile. Damn churning stomach.
"Oh really?" He said, with a really disbelieving voice.

This is where I snapped. You see, I hate it when people think they know more about me than I do myself. People in my class, which happens to include Naruto, don't know any fucking thing about me or my life!

"Yeah, in fact, I have a girlfriend." I sneered. It sounded childish, even to me, but I really didn't care. He started it.

He was still facing me. But what's with that look? His expression went from cockiness to... Surprise? Disbelief? Sadness? Or is it just me?

"You do?" I guess he heard his own sad voice, barely more than a whisper, and quickly shook his head. "I-I mean, you do? I don't think I know her." He said, cocky as ever. Kakashi was long forgotten.

"No, she goes to St. Patricks." I answered while looking at a very interesting spot on the wall. Damn, why did I tell him that? What is it about you, Naruto? You make me tell you something as trivial as that without even asking for it? Well, he did, in a sense, ask for it, but you know what I mean, right?

"Oh." He didn't seem to have anything more to say. Neither did I, since Kakashi obviously wasn't going to change his mind about the whole couple-thing. Besides, he wasn't even in the room any more. He must have snuck out when Naruto and I were talking. Creepy bastard.

Naruto sighed and headed towards the door with heavy steps. Somehow, the muscles in my stomach were clenching at the sight. It looked as if Naruto was completely devastated over the fact that he was going to play the role of my boyfriend. Well, not really mine-mine, but I'm sure you get the idea. If you don't, you're just plain stupid.

It made me kinda angry. And confused. I hate being confused. That's why I don't like Naruto, at all! He's always making me confused.

I was just about to stop him before he had time to escape, but I realized that I had no clue what to say that wasn't going to sound childish or dumb. So I watched him disappear through the door frame, leaving me to stand alone in the empty room. The white walls suddenly seemed frightening and I wished, really really wished, Naruto hadn't left.

I shuddered and sighed. I slapped my hands against my cheeks. What's wrong with me?

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"Oi! Teme!" I hissed at the words. It's not because it was Naruto who yelled them- why would it be - but I've always hated when people call me Teme. I don't know why.

"What?" I grunted, clearly showing exactly how annoyed I was. He glared at me. It had no scaring affect what so ever, but it made me more annoyed. Damn Naruto.

"What do you want?" I asked in a softer tone, hoping to get an answer so that he could go away sooner. He looked a bit surprised for about two seconds, before pouting ever so slightly. Someone who liked him might have found it cute. But I just thought he looked dumb! Yeah, that's right. I silently nodded to myself in my mind.

That was when I saw his eyes. Behind that cu... erm, dumb pout, his eyes were... away. Far away. I don't know how to describe it better than that. It almost scared me.
I wasn’t worried or anything, but I wondered when he started to look like that? Like this. He seemed so much happier before.

"Well, we have drama soon, right?"

"...Yeah?" Naruto fiddled his fingers, and gosh... er... that sure looked... dumb. Yes. Cough.

"I... I mean... I just wanted to make sure that you're fine about the couple-thingy." He blushed a bit and I couldn't help but to smirk. I mean, come on! It's like he's silently begging me to tease him!

"My, my Naruto. Can't wait 'til class?" He gave me his version of a death glare, which still had no effect.

"What?! No! I just-" he tried to defend.

"It's fine. It's just acting, right?" I managed to speak in my coolest voice, making it very clear that I had no problems with it. Naruto nodded and even gave me a small, almost genuine, smile before he headed off to speak with Shikamaru. I watched him laugh about something Shikamaru said, and for a few seconds, that warm, blue gaze that he used to have a little while ago was back. My stomach lurched as I watched them.

Shikamaru is Naruto's best friend. I bet he gets to see that smile a lot more than anyone else. It disturbed me somewhat, and since I still don't now why it bothers me, it just ended up annoying me. So in the end, I just stopped thinking about it. This mess makes my head hurt.

"Okay, everyone! Let's get started!" I spun around, a little bit too quickly for it to be classified as cool, but the voice was about two inches from my ear and my heart jumped. Shit. He managed to startle me... again! Damn scarecrow!

"See this list?" Kakashi swept a paper in front of his own face, and we nodded, rather uncaring as if we were used to his dramatic antics by now. Which we were, in some ways.

"This is the role-list!" Smash. God, those poor, poor hands of his. "Sit in a ring, like the last time and I'll give each and every one of you your part." Kakashi ordered.
We did as we were told.

I sat down without thinking and somehow managed to end up with that slut, Karin, on my right side. Then I noticed Naruto on my left. They both made my stomach turn, but I think they were for different reasons.
I just wanted to get away from Karin, so, subconsciously, I inched a little bit closer to Naruto. I realized it too late, and he discovered my act.

He gave me a cocked eyebrow, nothing more. I was relieved beyond words that he didn't mock me or start to tell homo-jokes. That would have been rather typical of him. I guess he understood how I felt about Karin, well... actually, the only ones who really like that slut are probably her boyfriends. Apparently, according to her, she's had about twenty boyfriends, and they were all at least three years older than her.

But, just like every girl in my class, she's been hitting like mad on me. It's getting on my nerves.

"Oh you guys!" I flinched at Kakashi's words. He was standing right in front of me and Naruto. We slowly looked up to see his scarf-hidden face. He had a sort of teasing glow in his eyes.
"You've already started bonding! That's great. I think you'll make a lovely couple." He purred and that's all it took for me and Naruto to quickly inch away from each other again.

Oh shit! I forgot about Karin.

"My, Sasuke-kun." I hate her voice. "I didn't know you missed me so much." Don't you dare put your hand on my leg, you bitch!

Apparently Karin wasn't a mind reader because her hand was suddenly firmly placed on my lap. To my horror it seemed to inch closer and closer to my crotch!

God, I have never been so panicked in my life. I would've preferred to sit closer to Naruto rather than Karin, but Kakashi would never let me live it down. I have my Uchiha-pride to think about.
So in the end, when Karin's hand was about one inch from... a rather private area, I shot up and walked across the room to sit next to Kiba instead.

"Uchiha," Kiba greeted. "What brings you here?" He gave me curious look. I sighed.

"Karin." I said with a miserable voice, which was totally unlike my usual voice. It's supposed to be stoic, but it was... how should I say this? Human.

"Ah." Kiba nodded and seemed to understand, after all; Karin is the slut of the class. School. World.

I cast a glimpse towards my old place, to see how Karin had reacted, but instead I accidentally met Naruto's gaze. Shit. My body froze, and my eyes were a bit shocked. I knew it. I knew it, but I couldn't do anything about it. It wasn't until Naruto gave me an understanding smirk and bobbed his head towards Karin that I actually gained control over my body. I nodded, and turned my head away.

Oh god, I'm blushing again. How does he do that? How can he be nice to me, even though I teased him about the whole couple-thing just a few minutes ago? I can't meet his gaze any more. I'm not sure what would happen if I did.

"Okay, class! Let's get started." Smash. "I'll let you know what role you'll be playing now, so pay attention!" The room got silent as we waited for the scarecrow to speak. Of course, being his own dramatic self, he slowly entered the ring, the papers still covering his face. I mentally sighed.

Suddenly he stomped his feet on the floor and dropped the papers onto it. He slowly turned around and pointed towards a certain pink-haired girl. Sakura. She was sitting on Naruto's other side. I wonder why I didn't notice it before.

"Misssss Piiink-Haaiir..." He hissed and slowly bent his finger as a gesture for her to go to him. She visibly swallowed and entered the ring. When she finally reached Kakashi's spot, he bent his head to whisper something in her ear. I studied her facial expression. At first, she looked bewildered and cocky, but it slowly turned into disappointment and annoyance.

"What? Whyyy?" She whined. Kakashi tsk-ed her and tapped his foot on the floor.

"What did I tell you the last time, Miss Pink-Hair? I won't take a 'no' for an answer!" Sakura crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Now would you please tell your friends what role you have?" Kakashi purred and sat down on the floor. Sakura glared a bit before sighing.

"I'm playing Rose, who is the girlfriend of James." She said disappointed.

What? That didn't sound so awful, I wonder why she didn't approve of the role. And who is 'James'?

"Yes!" Kakashi jumped up from his spot and caused several students to flinch. "Which brings me to the next role! No, you stay here, Miss Pinkie." He grabbed Sakura's shoulder before she had time to run away.
"Sasuke, come here." Kakashi gave me a smug look, which could've meant anything, since he often used whatever expression that came to him. "This, my friends," he put his hands on my shoulders. "is James."

Gasps were heard all over the room and Sakura flinched at the death-glares she received from Ino and Tenten.
I could only hope that my stoic look still graced my features, since I was rather shocked myself. What happened after that surprised me even more.

"Excuse me, Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto's hand was above his head. "But wasn't Sasuke supposed to play the role of my character’s boyfriend?" I stared at him.

There were two things which caught my attention.
One: He actually said the same thing that I was thinking about.
Two: His voice... and those eyes. He looked... upset might be too strong of a word, but its close. As if he wasn't willing to let me play anything other than his boyfriend. It was probably my imagination, but still...
His face held a certain possessiveness.

I glanced at Kakashi. He was smiling. I think.

"Yes! And that brings me to the next role!" Kakashi literally pushed Sakura out of the ring and gestured for me to stay put. Then he took two steps towards Naruto who flinched and looked rather terrified.
Kakashi grabbed his arm and pulled him out to the center. I didn't really know what to do, so I just put my hand into my pockets and glared at a stupid spot on the wall.

"This" Kakashi gestured for the whole class to listen to him. "is Edward."

Dramatic pause. I sighed again. Naruto cocked an eyebrow to our teacher who had dropped his head so that the only thing we could see was his white mane.

Naruto turned his head towards me and I didn't have time to turn mine away. He looked me into the eyes and just like the last time, I froze.

Seriously, what is it with you Uzumaki Naruto?

Suddenly Kakashi's head turned towards me, and I didn't know if I should've been relieved or scared as hell. Kakashi still had that smug expression. It lasted for about three seconds. Then the damn scarecrow straightened and turned towards the class instead. I blinked in a confused manner before I could stop myself.

"These three are the most important roles. You see, James and Rose are cousins, vowed to get married. They come from a very rich family so the parents wished to keep the royal bloodline."
I went to sit next to Kiba again, since Kakashi seemed to be a bit occupied with telling the story to the class.

Naruto went back to his place too. For a second, I considered going back to my first place, but two things stopped me; Karin and Kakashi.

"Rose is very much in love with James, but James has never loved her in that way. One day, a new boy comes to their school. His name is Edward," Kakashi points towards Naruto, who flinched and blushed a bit. "Edward plays the piano, and James plays the cello, so they meet in orchestra practice. By accident, Edward trips and James catches him. But in the process, they accidentally kiss."

The class gasped and I could feel my own cheeks go red. I cast a small glance towards Naruto, who looked as if he wanted to dig a hole and hide for a very long time.

Kakashi snickered before continuing his story.

"At first, they tend to hate each other for stealing each other's first kisses. But hate slowly develops into love, when their teacher, that's you Shikamaru, decides to let them play a duet. Edward on piano and James with his cello. They start to like each other more and more. Soon, they share a second kiss, this time willingly."

I'm embarrassed beyond words at this rate. Everybody's staring at me...

"But there's several problems. Edward’s parents do not approve of homosexuality, and if they found out about James, they would surely throw him out. James on the other hand, has a girlfriend. Rose, who is so deeply in love with James, actually tries to kill Edward when she finds out about them."

Okay, now I see why Sakura didn't like her role. That Rose-girl sounds pretty crazy.

"Why didn't she just tell their parents?" Sakura asked with those annoyingly huge puppy-eyes. "I mean, the parents were the ones who decided they should get married in the first place, right?"

Kakashi gave her a thoughtful look.

"Well, yes. But unlike Edward's parents, James' parents have no issues with homosexuality and since James isn't the oldest son, they agree to let him have a male lover. This drives Rose mad, since she slowly starts to realize that no one will help her in her struggle. Her beloved James does not love her back. So she tries to kill the one who stands in her way; Edward. But Rose's best friends, that's you Hinata, tells James what Rose is about to do."

Hinata blushed and nodded. Kiba looked kind of proud.

"James stops Rose just in time, by telling her that it doesn't matter what she does, 'cause he will never love her that way, and that if Edward dies, so does he. So in the end, Rose kills herself in grief."

The class was silent. Slowly, everyone turned their head towards Sakura. She was staring at the floor, flustered and tense. I actually felt sorry for her. Playing a crazy-ass-bitch was probably not what Sakura had in mind. But my sympathy quickly disappeared the moment Naruto took her hand in his.

I know him quite well, even though we don't often talk. I know his nice personality, and I knew he was just trying to comfort her, but at that moment... I really didn't care.
I couldn't stand the look on his sweet face, and I could definitely not stand the way she smiled at him.

So, in the end, I simply turned my head away, while Kakashi told everyone what part they would be playing. I didn't hear much due to the pounding in my ears, but I do believe I heard Kakashi say something about Tenten being Edwards mom and Kiba his dad. Obviously, Ino was playing the role of my mother, since she started to call me 'son' whenever she got the chance. She's simply weird.

"Now, has everyone been given a role?" The class nodded. "Greeaat! (Smash) So now we have three homosexual couples and two straight." Wow, romance really is his favorite genre, huh?

I looked at Naruto again, and somehow I think I heard myself mentally snicker when I noticed his hand was no longer holding Sakura's. I shook my head.

"Do you remember what I told you the last time about making you do the hardest thing first, so you won't be as stressed out later?" We nodded. "Good. You must understand. It's best if we start with kissing and stuff like that right away, because if you're embarrassed about it on stage the audience will know. You might not think so, but things like that are often the most outstanding."

I don't like this...

"So, as your first assignment, the couples will start practicing kissing." My jaw fell to the floor, but fortunately, I picked it up before someone saw it.

Kiss Naruto? What? Here? Now?

"Hinata and Temari can start. Remember, Sarah, played by Hinata, is desperately trying to hide her love from the world. Ann, on the other hand, wishes to put it on display. Now kiss."

The room grew silent as Hinata and Temari stepped into their roles.

Hinata lowered her gaze a bit and took Temari's hand in hers. Temari took small steps closer to Sarah, obviously wanting more contact. Sarah slowly reached her hand to caress Ann's cheek.

"Sarah..." Ann breathed, loud enough for us to hear. I was growing more and more uncomfortable by the second. Was I supposed to do that with Naruto? God... I'm going to die.

Sarah finally closed the gap and kissed Ann lightly on the lips. It was Ann who deepened the kiss and soon... it had enveloped into a semi-make out scene. I caught Kiba in the corner of my eye. He didn't look too happy. I could understand why. I swallowed and forced myself to continue to watch the skit.

"Okay, cut!" Kakashi yelled and the kiss ended abruptly. Hinata was blushing, but not as much as she use to. She actually looked certain. Self-confidence shone through her eyes. I saw the smile she sent her dog-loving boyfriend who seemed to soften at this and gently returned the smile.

I wonder what it's like to be loved. To have someone to support you and forgive you, even when you are forced to do something like this. I wonder how Hinata felt about kissing someone she doesn't love.

"That was very good, maybe a little less passion the next time. This is supposed to be your first kiss. Also a little awkwardness and it'll be perfect!" Kakashi snickered and turned towards Neji and Shikamaru.

Neji? Oh yeah, you don't know him yet, do you? Well, he's actually one of the few people in the world that I can stand. He's almost as cold as me, or he was before he started to hang out with Naruto, and he's always calm. When I'm talking to him, he never tries to force me to talk about myself or my life or... anything. And since I usually don't force him into stuff like that either, we really don't talk much.

But 'comfortable silence' is common around Hyuga Neji.

But wait... he's playing a gay dude too? I think I'm... relieved. I'm not the only one with a male lover! In the play that is... cough.

"Okay, Shikamaru is the young music teacher, Albert Green. He falls in love with an outstanding violinist, Simon. At first, Simon is embarrassed and shy, but Al explains to him that love has no boundaries. Since I'm not done with script yet you'll just have to improvise." Kakashi explained.

Sometimes I'm really grateful for my outstanding Uchiha-eyes. We're good at catching small details others might miss. Like now.
I glanced at Neji and Shikamaru to see how they reacted to all of the stuff Kakashi was blurting out, and they were actually smiling! Well, not exactly grinning like mad, but I clearly saw the small smile playing in the corners of Neji's mouth, and Shikamaru didn't exactly look upset either.

What the fuck?

Shikamaru and Neji took their place in the center of the room so that everyone could see them clearly. This was beginning to resemble our previous drama lesson a lot. Maybe Kakashi just likes seeing people kiss and, therefore, he set us, his poor defenseless students, up to this.

Once again, I was stunned when they simply stepped out of their own selves and became one with their characters.

Since I'm a quite cold person, which you must have noticed by now, I found it quite amusing that Shikamaru was playing the seme. Neji is a year older than the rest of us (which includes Shikamaru), due to his many moves around the country, and he's taller than Shikmaru too. I didn't snort though, because in truth, they were just doing what they were told. Just like me.

Albert casually fixed Simon’s imaginary tie and pretended to remove some dust from his student’s shoulders. Simon just bit his lip at this.

They're so good at this. I can't believe Neji, who knew Hyugas could act? But then again... he's the cousin of Hinata. Maybe it runs in the family.

"Your violin skills have been improving a lot lately, Simon." Albert murmured. Simon nodded nervously and looked beyond relieved when Albert finally dropped his hands from his shoulders.
His relief would not be long-lived though. Albert suddenly seemed very close to him, perking up into his taller students face.

"Has something good happened to you to cause the improvement?" Albert purred and watched Simon's reaction. Simon just stared wide-eyed for a few seconds before turning away. Taking two shaky steps away from his teacher he stuttered out some answers. Once again I was amazed by Neji's skills. He would never stutter in real life... unless he was actually in love of course. Hm.

"Oh...well...not in particular, no. I just... since I met you... I-" His words trailed off to mere whispers. Even I was so captured by the moment that Kakashi surely could've scared the crap out of me if he wanted to.

Albert smiled weakly and wrapped his arms around Simon's torso. Suddenly I realized that it didn't look so silly, even though Neji was almost five inches taller than Shikamaru. The word 'cute' echoed through my brain before I could stop it.

"Simon. I like you." Simon gasped at this and somewhat melted into the embrace. "No. Actually I don't like you. I love you." Albert continued. Simon lowered his head and allowed his black curtains to cover his face.

"But... Mr. Green. You're my teacher. You can't love me. I'm a man, and so are you. It’s not right..."

"Who decides what's right and wrong? It's love, Simon. It's nothing a mere human can control." He turned Simon around and buried his head into his students white shirt. "So don't try to control it."
His head perked up once again, his arms were firmly wrapped around Simon's waist, and finally, Simon gave in. He placed his own arms around Albert's shoulders.

"Okay." Was all he said before bending his neck. Gaps were closed, contact created. They kissed, and it was so passionate it was breath-taking. Even I had a hard time to remember that they were in fact just Neji and Shikamaru; Two regular teenagers in my school, making out in front of the whole class. Simon's hand caressed Albert's cheeks and Albert clung to Simon as if he would die if he let go.

"Cut!" I was thrown out of the passionate scene. Stupid Kakashi... ruined the moment... and similar thoughts continued to make their presence known in my head.

Neji and Shikamaru looked confused for a second or two, as if they'd forgotten about the rest of us. This I saw, thanks to my brilliant Uchiha-gaze.

"That was utterly perfect!" Kakashi giggled. "It's almost as if you two are used to doing stuff like that!" Neji and Shikamaru exchanged a look before getting out of the ring.

Personally, I thought it was a little bit too kinky, but what the heck! I was captured by the moment and it... was kinda... sweet. Ugh! I'm growing soft! It was not sweet, it was kinky! Nasty!

After Neji and Shikamaru, there were three couples left. It was two straight couples, containing people I didn't know and didn’t care to know and the last one was Naruto and me.

I'm going to die. I don't want to kiss him! Ew... I mean... ew! I bet he tastes like ramen. I hate ramen! I hate him. I hate Kakashi. I hate drama!

While I was busy hating the world, the two straight couples had already performed their kisses. My breath hitched. Oh God...

"That was it... now it's the final couple. Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun... come on!" Kakashi said with a hint of teasing in his voice. Oh, how I wanted him dead! I glared at the scarecrow that only smiled and snickered.

I walked out to him and waited for my... I mean... James' boyfriend. Shut. Up.

Naruto finally showed up, slowly walking out to me, while biting his lip and blushing slightly. I wondered if it was because of embarrassment or anger or... I mean, he seems like the kind of guy who hates these kinds of things. Kissing another guy I mean. I…God... I really don't want to do this.

Of course, my face was as passive as always and when I met Naruto's eyes I forced myself not to blush. I don't even know why I'm blushing all the time, but I suppose it's because of our shameful situation. Guys at our age are usually not too happy about kissing another guy. At least not if they’re straight. Which I totally am! I have a girlfriend, remember?

"Come on, Naruto! Sweep him off his feet and kiss the life outta him!"

Kiba... great, now I've got two people to kill before I die. Kakashi and Kiba. How nice...

Naruto didn't seem too happy about the dog-lover's outburst either.
"Shut it Kiba..." He muttered. Then he lowered his gaze while waiting for Kakashi to tell us the scene. I could hear several girls giggling, and when I searched the room with my Uchiha-eyes I saw Ino, and some other girls I didn't know, blushing and smiling.

Damn yaoi-fans. The fact that the giggles were not meant to be cruel did not help one bit. It only made things worse.

"Okay, you've just finished your first sonnet together and you're alone in the room. You still pretend that you hate each other, but in truth you yearn for one another."

I couldn't help but to frown. Naruto was still blushing. I could understand why. Kiba gave a small bark-sounding laugh.

"Naruto is the one who takes the lead. He is the seme."

I stared at Kakashi. What did he say? Naruto is the seme? I'm the uke?! What-what-what... No! He can't be serious!

I showed none of my upset thoughts on the outside of course, except from my enlarged eyes.

This time, a cascade of giggles, yells, laughter and random what’s were heard throughout the room.

"Naruto is the seme?" Ino yelled and shook her fist. I glanced at Naruto. He was still blushing and looked a bit shocked. He didn't expect himself to be the seme either.

"Why the hell is he the seme?" asked one student.

"How cute!" cried a female classmate.

"Are you nuts?" from another in the crowd.

Kakashi sighed and shook his head. I took two small steps away from him when I noticed how he took a deep breath.

"Shuuut uuup!" He yelled. I must say he knew how to deal with teens. The room got silent, and all the people seemed to have frozen in mid-air. They all stared at our white-haired teacher. Kakashi smiled sweetly.

"There. Now... don't you think I know what I'm doing? Don't you think I'm a pro? Because let me tell you something," his facial expression changed from gentle to scary. "I am a pro!"

The class flinched as one and then nodded.

"Good. Okay, let me tell you why I think Naruto is the seme." He went to Naruto who visibly gulped. "If you go after the body-difference, it's no use. Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun are almost exactly equally tall, and they are both well worked out."

It was scary, the way he kind of gave away the fact that he'd been checking out our bodies, even if it was for this reason.

"But after seeing the skits you preformed last week, I think that Naruto-kun is perfect for the role as Edward who is shy, gentle yet sometimes aggressive. A lot more of man-type than James, who was already suspecting his own orientation and simply is a lot more feminine. Sasuke, after playing his skit with Karin, fits this role very well."

Oh man... he's so convincing, even I agree with him.

"Plus, Sasuke's long black hair is the perfect uke-hair, if you ask me."

Kakashi earned himself a few weird looks for the final comment, and then he shook his head.

"Any way, just kiss and get it over with!" He said, as if he was the embarrassed one. I sighed and slowly turned to face Naruto. He was still blushing. Big shocker.

I tried hard to step into the role of James, and I think I managed to blush. Which, I suppose, was James-like.

Naruto, on the other hand couldn't stop blushing. He bit his lip and took a deep breath. I smiled inwardly when I saw that self-confident look in his eyes. He was going to make...

"Come on, Naruto! You act as if you're actually in love with Uchiha!"

Okay, now I was seriously going to kill him. I was going to kill Kiba and his stupid dog! Why? Why did he have to mess it all up? He destroyed the tiny bit of self-confidence that Naruto had gathered! Damn dogbreath!

"What? Shut your hole, Kiba!" Naruto yelled, cheeks red. God, I could understand he was ashamed. I swear, if it was Kiba who had to kiss another guy, I bet he wouldn't be so damn cocky!

"Maybe you want your first kiss to be special." Kiba continued. He was taking it too far. If there's one thing I've learned about the Uzumakis, it's this; their pride is almost as high as the Uchiha’s.

"I said shut up." Naruto said, with a calm voice which made my stomach turn. When Naruto uses that voice, he's mad. I stared at the blonde, while hearing the giggles and laughter in the background.

Naruto's eyes seemed almost as red as his cheeks. The giggles and laughter were still not really meant to be cruel, they were teasing. Not that I like it or anything. I always find giggles annoying.

Naruto didn't realize any of this. I know why. He hates it when people laugh at him. If he felt that a person was laughing at him and not with him, he panicked. Because when he was younger, a lot of people used to laugh at him. A lot. No wait, stop... I don't care! This is something he should be telling, not me. I don't even know him that well! Okay, back to the drama.

"I bet you want to feel Sasuke's soft lips on your own." Ino said, and giggled. Still a joke. Still stupid. They should know Naruto better than that.

I was just about to open my mouth and tell them to shut up. Usually they obey me. The girls that is.

"Knock it off! I would never kiss Sasuke-bastard if Kakashi-sensei hadn't forced me to!" Naruto yelled. The room got silent.

What's this? It hurts. My chest... hurts.

It was like something cracked inside of me. I could hear my world fall apart, and I couldn't figure out why I was so unhappy. Confused, angry and very... very sad.
Before I knew what happened I had already walked passed Naruto grasping at my chest. Once I had reached the door I turned around to face them. My fellow classmates. Yeah right. Idiots.

"If you find it so repulsing to kiss me, I'm very sorry!" I sneered before heading out of the room. What did I say?! I ran. God, I ran through the corridors like some upset schoolgirl. I'd really make a good uke, huh?

Somewhere in the background I heard the girls call out to me, but I couldn't care less. Suddenly something amazing happened. A drop of water fell from my eye. I think it's called crying in the world of humans.

No seriously, I haven't cried for at least three years. And there I was, crying like a baby because Naruto said he didn't want to kiss me. What the hell is wrong with me?

The men’s room. Ah yes, perfect hideout, because no one in their right state of mind would ever be searching in the bathroom, right? Yes, I'm being sarcastic! What are you stupid?
Of course they would look for me in the bathroom. If anyone came at all.

I was even sobbing by then. Sobbing. I'm so ashamed to tell you, but I was so... I don't know. Sad just doesn't do it. I was unhappy, sad, panicked, and I felt somewhat betrayed. Silly, I know.
Softly leaning against the white wall, I let my black perfect-for-uke-hair cover my eyes, as I silently allowed my tears to fall from my eyes. Some of them gathered at the tip of my nose, before falling to the floor.

I felt like wailing, curling up into a ball, hiding in a black hole somewhere and never coming out.

Then I heard the door open. I didn't look up. It couldn't have been one of the girls, they're not allowed to enter the men’s room. It must be a guy... Oh god, maybe it's not even someone from our class!
When the thought of that occurred to me I took a quick glance to see who it was. My heart stopped.

"Sasuke..."

Naruto closed the door, as I quickly lowered my head again. I hated to cry in front of others, and to let Naruto see my tears was not something I was planning to do. Though I suspected it was rather obvious, since my eyes were red, and there was a small sea of tears in front of my feet. I felt like such a girl.

"Go away." I silently thanked God when my voice came out right, even though it was very quiet. He didn't go away. I'm not sure that I really wanted him to.

"No, Sasuke. Listen to me." He walked towards me. I panicked and tried to scare him off.

"I said get out!" This time my voice shook a little. I stared at him, and only faintly realized that my head had snapped up when I yelled at him. He could see my red eyes, my soaked cheeks. He stared at me, eyes wide. When I realized that he saw me crying I... don't really know what happened. I just lost it, it felt so... vulnerable. I felt so exposed... naked. And I couldn't hide... couldn't run. So, in the end, I just hid my face in my palms and cried. My shoulders shook, and I sobbed. I let out every feeling I had bottled up during the past ten minutes. God, how I cried. My back was still leaning against the wall.

"Go away. Please, just g-go away!" I managed to say between my sobs. That's when I felt his hands on my shoulders.

I couldn't shake them off, because I was so weak from my breakdown, and I don't think I even wanted to shake them off. They were warm, comforting. So I just whimpered a bit, which caused me to feel even more like a girl. Naruto was just a few inches from me. I knew it, even though my face was still hidden in my hands. I could feel the tip of his shoes touch my black converse.

"I'm sorry I said that."

"I don't care, just go away! I don't care about that..." He didn't believe me. The grip on my shoulder tightened.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke." His gentle voice made my knees go weaker than they already were. No matter what I said, he just continued to say 'I'm sorry...'

In the end, he was practically hugging me. I was still crying a little, but just a little. The tears didn't fall any more. They just gathered on my eyelids and lashes.

"It's okay..." I finally murmured. "I don't know why I'm crying really. I-I understand that you don't like to kiss other guys." The last words somehow managed to come out a lot more silent than I wanted.

"Yeah... I don't like to kiss other guys." I closed my eyes at his words, and I could feel my own shoulders tense. Surely he could feel it too, since his hands were still firmly placed on them.

"But I don't mind kissing you."

This made my eyes snap open. I perked my head up, and almost smacked my forehead into Naruto's chin by doing so.

"What?" I blurted.

Naruto smiled a little. God, how I love his smile. His hand caressed my cheek, and I blushed.

"Didn't you hear me? I said ‘I don't mind kissing you.’" He said while playing with a strand of my hair. My eyes filled with tears, and before I closed them again, I could see the nearly panicked look on his face.

I punched his warm chest, even though I knew my punches didn’t hurt. I was still weak from my first crying-session in three years.

"Don't say that, damnit!" I said, and silently cursed when I heard the desperation in my voice. I wanted him to say it again, but somehow I just knew! He was saying it to comfort me. He didn't want me to ruin the play. He just didn't want me to cause problems.

"What? Sasuke..!"

"I'll go back, okay! You don't have to be all cuddly with me to make me go back there. I'll play James and I'll wash my mouth before every kiss so you don't have to worry about that and-"

His hand jerked my head up, and at the same time, he lowered his. His lips…oh god, his lips covered mine. His warm lips covered mine, and I was so stunned that I could only stare upon his closed lids. He had closed his eyes... not scrunched them together as if he were disgusted, he had just... closed them. He looked relaxed... happy?

It wasn't until his lips started to move against mine that I actually reacted. My first reaction was to put my hands against his chest to push him away, but after about two seconds, I realized it was futile. His kiss made me dizzy and weak. And let's just face it... I didn't want to push him away. I knew now. Naruto...don't let me go.

I only barely realized that my hands, instead of pushing him away, clutched his shirt tightly to pull him closer. My lips started to respond. My first kiss. I was inexperienced... but god, how sweet that kiss was.
After a little while, I felt his tongue probe at my lips, and without hesitation I let him in. Our tongues slid together, tasting each other. Passionately.

He didn't taste like ramen. What is that taste? Mint? Salt? Sugar? I don't care. He tastes good.

Soon, I was lost to the world. All I could feel, smell, hear was Naruto. Naruto's hands slowly started to caress my sides, and before I knew what I was doing, I had already wrapped my arms around his neck. I knew I was moaning, but I couldn't stifle it, so I just didn't care. He pressed me harder against the wall, and suddenly let his lips wander off to my cheek and soon, my neck. I whimpered when he slowly sucked on a spot that...made me see stars.

"Naruto..." I breathed. Then cursed. I made myself snap back into reality, and obviously I dragged Naruto with me. He was breathing a little quicker than usual. My arms slid from his shoulders to his frame. My eyes were wide as I stared at him. He stared back. My heart was pounding like mad.

Then he smiled.

"See?" He whispered. "I don't mind kissing you." He kissed my nose, which made me blush. I tried to give a small glare, but it seemed my face-muscles were out of order.

He let go of me (I immediately missed his body-heat) and took two steps towards the door, then he turned around to face the blushing lump that was me. My knees were still weak. I couldn't understand how he could still stand. I was nearly sliding down to the floor myself.

"Wanna go back to class?" Naruto smiled and reached out his hand to me. I stared at him, then at his hand. I remember how I liked that black leather band around his wrist, and then I stared back at him. The warmth in his eyes made me... warm. I needed that warmth. As I already told you, I'm a very cold person.

I nodded, took his hand and let the heat from it spread throughout my body. Then I smiled.

"Whatever."

We went back to the classroom. All I could think of while we got closer and closer to our classmates was,

What the hell have I done?!

TBC.

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Oh my, Sasuke and Naruto have finally realized how they feel! But... how do they react? Panic, confusion? What will happen? And what about Naruto's girlfriend, Sakura? And what about Sasuke's mystery-girlfriend.
Read the next chapter, and find out!

Yeah, I made Naruto the seme. I'm tired of SasuNaru-pairings. Even though Sasuke usually is my favourite-seme, I wanted to do something new. What do you think? Would you like me to make Sasuke the seme in stead? I actually read my reviews! (btw, I love reviews!!)

C ya'll.

Naruto; Oh my god... that was hot.

Sasuke; Shut up, Dobe.

Naruto; Aw, are you mad cuz you're not the seme?

Sasuke; Shut up!

Ciiah; Oh dear...