Full Summary: Sasuke's life is perfect right? He has a caring brother and a best friend who would do anything for him (a.k.a. Naruto). WRONG! VERY WRONG! Just one kiss turned things upside down. And when Sasuke turns to his dearly beloved brother for advice, things got worse.
Best Friends
"Bye, aniki," Sasuke bid goodbye with his brother and headed out the door.
"Good luck on the first day of school! And don't forget to make new friends!" Itachi called out to Sasuke before he walks out the door.
He makes it sound like I'm starting out as a freshman. I'm in 11th grade already.
Sasuke got into his car and drove toward Naruto's house to pick him up. During the long drive, he thought back about how his brother used to be.
When Sasuke was still in middle school, Itachi was a cold and silent person. The two brothers don't exchange more than ten words a day. This was caused by the death of their parents because since they didn't have any other close relatives, Itachi had to start managing his family's business at the age of seventeen. Itachi had to keep up with school as well as work, which left him no time to play with his little brother.
Sasuke thought that maybe it'll change once his aniki graduated from high school. However, things got worse because then Itachi could go on business trips that he couldn't go on when he was still in school. Like a domino effect, Sasuke started to get quiet and started secluding himself from his friends. Of course, that is until one day, when the sun finally hits his dark, lonely corner, and leads both him and his brother toward each other.
"Morning, Sasuke-teme! Did the bed bugs bother you last night?" Sasuke's blond friend greeted.
"I slept well last night, thanks to you," Sasuke replied with a playful smug tone.
"Thanks to me? How?" Naruto asked, confused. Then after a few seconds, he asked with a low, bedroom voice, "Or maybe you dreamt of me. Did ya have dirty dreams of me, Sasuke-kun?"
Sasuke suppressed the shudder caused by Naruto's tone. He always hated it whenever Naruto used that tone, but somewhere deep within, he knew he found it very pleasurable.
"Tch. Dreaming of you is the last thing I want to do. Let alone dreaming dirty things related to you," Sasuke retorted.
"OK! I believe ya," Naruto said apologetically while he gets into the car and put on his seatbelt. "Geez, I wonder if you're especially short-tempered or if it's in the Uchiha blood."
"Short-tempered is at least better than being a dead-last," Sasuke said in his once again smug tone.
"Well at least a dead-last is better than a bastard!" Naruto yelled directly into Sasuke's ear.
"Geez dobe. Are you trying to make me deaf?" the raven-haired teen said as he rubbed his sore ear.
"Hmph!" The blond crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked away. Then, after a minute, he peaked back at Sasuke and noticed that the dark-haired boy was still clutching his ear. "Are you alright?" Naruto scooted a little closer to take a look at the ear.
"If my eardrums were blown, I hold you responsible."
The car stopped and the backseat door opened. At this point, Naruto was leaning in very close to Sasuke's face (only two inches of distance). Kiba entered the car and immediately noticed the very compromising scene played out in front of him.
Kiba whistled and teased, "If you two are going to make out, at least do it before you get here."
Naruto quickly pulled away, startled by the sudden appearance of his friend and his remark. "Sh- shut up Kiba! I was just checking his ear."
Sasuke decided to not intervene in this conversation because he had the feeling that anything he'll say will end up being used against him later on by Kiba.
"Say something, Uchiha!" Naruto demanded, obviously quite pissed off by Kiba's smug look.
"Sorry, Naruto. I have the right to remain silent, because anything I say will be used against me later," Sasuke recited the line that policemen always say to the criminal after they were arrested.
Kiba cracked up at the carefully recited phrase while Naruto huffed and crossed his arms in front of his chest.
Great friends I have, Sasuke thought as he parked his car in the school's parking lot.
By the time they entered the school, Naruto had already forgotten about being angry at Sasuke for not backing him up earlier. Of course Kiba hasn't forgotten about the incident but decided to let it go for now so he could use it against them later.
The three were walking down a hall on the first floor, heading towards their class on the second floor, when they were rudely interrupted by Sasuke's two most famous fan girls.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Sasuke-kun!" the two fan girls exclaimed.
Sasuke tensed for a moment before turning around with his usual smug look while Kiba and Naruto snickered secretly with their backs turned to the girls.
"Hello, Ino-san and Sakura-san," Sasuke greeted as politely as he could without exposing too much of his annoyance and fear.
"How are you today, Sasuke-kun?" the blonde asked.
"So-so. How about you, Ino-san?"
"My day couldn't get any better!" the addressed girl replied honestly because usually, the nonchalant prince of the school doesn't talk much to anyone other than his best friends, Naruto and Kiba.
"Sasuke-kun, did you hear about the new coffee shop downtown called Chakra? I heard they have excellent cappuccino. Do you want to go there with me tomorrow and check it out?" asked the pink-haired girl of the two.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sakura-san, but I'm busy tomorrow," Sasuke replied, putting up his hands in a resisting manner.
"How about Friday?"
"How about Saturady with me?" asked Ino as she competed with Sakura.
The two girls kept asking Sasuke, first about the Chakra coffee shop, and then to a restaurant and then the carnival. Kiba and Naruto have been listening to the conversation and still had their backs toward the ongoing pestering. Their snickering had grown into full melodious laughter.
After a few minutes, they recovered from their laughing hysteria and turned around. Naruto eyed Kiba and silently signaled him to help Sasuke out since they both felt sorry for the raven-haired teen by now.
"Hey, Sakura-san," Naruto pulled Sakura a bit to the side and whispered to her.
"What is it, Naruto? You're interrupting my conversation with Sasuke-kun!" the pink-head said, annoyed.
"You can pick up your conversation with him any other day, but I bet you couldn't find free pictures of him half-naked any other day," Naruto lied smoothly.
Sakura gasped and looked at Naruto with pleading eyes, "Tell me more about this!"
"Well, keep this to yourself 'cuz you know how those crazy fan girls of Sasuke will be killing you to get those pictures," Naruto paused and waited for Sakura to nod before continuing. "Well, I saw a guy up on the third floor secretly handing out pictures of Sasuke half-naked. You better hurry or he'll give them all away."
Sakura didn't even say another word and sped down the hall to the stairs.
.:While Naruto was talking to Sakura:.
Kiba snuck up on Ino from behind and whispered into her ears discreetly, "I heard someone had a lock of Sasuke's hair."
The boy immediately caught the blonde's attention and she pulled him to the side then asked, "Where? When? Who?"
"Well, keep this to yourself 'cuz you know those fan girls would kill for this," Kiba pretended to look around to make sure nobody was eavesdropping. "I heard that a senior who actually got to visit Sasuke's house got his hands on Sasuke's loose strands of hair. Last I heard, he was at the south lawn. You better hurry so you won't be late for class."
With that information obtained, Ino zipped down the hallway and headed to the other side of the school.
"We're good!" Naruto and Kiba exclaimed as they exchanged thumbs up. Even though Sasuke didn't express his gratitude, his friends knew that he was deeply grateful for always bailing him out whenever he needed them the most.
Sasuke: Why did I have to be scared of those stupid fan girls?
Me: If you weren't scared of them then how would I been able to show how valuable your friendship with Naruto and Kiba was.
Kiba & Naruto: So you used us!
Me: It was a mutual situation. I benefited as much as you guys did. For me, I got my point across. For you two, you guys proved to be very good friends!
Kiba: Che! Who would buy that pathetic excuse?
Naruto: Cool! I proved to be a good friend to Sasuke. Another step toward winning Sasuke's heart! YOSH!