junai (純粋な愛)- Japanese short-cut word referring to stories of pure love. The actual word is junsui na ai.

Therefore, this is pure love and bad romance….

Junai Bad Romance

Chapter I

I have been dreaming…again…at least I think that I have been dreaming lately. It has to be a dream.

Uchiha Sasuke slowly blinked his eyes open from sleep. His room was still dark, getting up from his bed he had to wonder why that was. He looked around and then jumped a bit in his bed when he remembered that there was a black plastic bag covering his window. Do to the fact that it was black, it made his room become extremely dark, as if it was still night. Kicking off his blankets, he rushed out of bed to look for his alarm clock. It was not until he dropped down to his knees to feel under the bed that he felt it. "Ouch" He said.

He shook his head thinking that this was stupid. He needed light, walking over to where he knew the light was he stumbled on a couple of things. "Sasuke?" he heard his mother call from the other side of the door and then it opened. The light streamed in and Sasuke had to narrow his eyes at the light that was coming in so suddenly.

"Mom," He said, "What time is it?"

"Huh, oh, it's about time you got up" she said with a happy smile "I heard your brother betting with his friends that you were not going to get up on time, and even removed your alarm clock, but he's asleep right now, you must hurry now, before he decides to get up"

"That stupid idiot" Sasuke said, and turned on his lights. His mother shrugged and left as he got some clothes and a towel and rushed for the bathroom. It was still free, he managed to get in and bathe. By the time, he was ready in nice clean clothes and eating breakfast, his older brother came down stairs properly dressed in his work clothes and a frown on his face. Sasuke smirked "Spoiled plans nii-san?" Itachi glared at him.

"You know, I was going to make five hundred dollars easy, all you had to do was sleep in" Sasuke glared back.

"Yeah, in case you haven't realized, I'm a morning person." Itachi shrugged and closed his eyes, as he took a sip of tea.

"I guess you are," he said after a while. Sasuke licked his lips as he ate his cereal and tilted his head to the side. It was happening again. He must be dreaming, but ever since he turned seventeen, he had started to see his older brother in a much different way. He was not sure what kind of way yet, but his insides seem to twist up in a very painful way. It felt as though his stomach was fluttering and it made it hard for him to look his brother in the eyes. "So, what are you going to do after school today?"

"Huh" Sasuke said as he set his spoon back into his bowl "I…nothing. I do not think so. Depends if Naruto wants to go do something" Sasuke watched as he noticed his brother's usually hard to read face frown. It was odd, was he imagining that he could actually see his older brother frown when his facial expression seemed to change so little, so rarely, or maybe not change at all.

"I still don't like that kid…" Itachi commented.

"I know, if a person is not up to your weird standards, you never like anyone" Sasuke muttered and glared sideways. That was when he noticed that his mom was walking out the door. Ever since their father had died, for some weird reason since he was such a healthy person. Their mother had been out working to support herself. Itachi had also recently graduated from a university and had started working. Sasuke was in his first year at the university with a part time job, and that got them by well.

It was strange though, in his dead bed. Fugaku, his dad, had told him always do what makes you happy. It was different from anything he had always told him. Then he added 'don't do anything stupid and understand what is happening, what you are doing, before you even decide to commit and also screw your brother! He is a' Then he had gone on a coughing fit and his mother had ushered him out of the room. His brother had already talked to their father earlier and was looking angry and displeased about something. Well, then again when was his brother ever happy after talking to their deceased father?

"Hey boys" Their mother called "I'm going to work, hurry and get to where you need to. I love you," She said waiting for them to respond to her and with that was out the door.

"Do you think mother looks happier now that dad is dead?" Sasuke decided to ask.

"Probably, there is no way to know what she's thinking"

"True" Sasuke jumped suddenly startling Itachi. "Crap, I have to go fast, we have a test today on math" With that he rushed out the door, grabbing his bag and shoes on the way. Itachi watched where his little brother had been a while ago. Then got up and decided to head to work.

It was a lie.

There was no test.

Sasuke just could not stand the idea of staying in the same house as his older brother, alone together. It made his start feeling things that he should not even be feeling and it made him squirm and feel uncomfortable. It was hard to say that it was real, the way he was seeing his brother now.

He casually walked to class, remembering the dream he had the night before. What had it been, it was soft and warm. It was safe and reassuring, but it was hard to tell exactly what had been happening in the dream. Probably it was the best for him to not know.

Smack

"SASUKE!"

"Ouch, Dobe!"

Naruto had pounced on him again, making both of them to fall down in the floor. Naruto on the other hand was shaking from excitement from head to toe. "Guess what, guess what! Guess what!" Sasuke smacked him off of him and stood up.

"What?" Sasuke snapped.

"Come on Teme, you have to guess. I swear not even you can ruin my happy mood today" Sasuke tilted his head at this. The dobe had never looked so….idiotic before. His eyes were glittering like only a girls would, and he was bouncing up and down, just like a girl would. Had something strange just happened?

"You had …sex?" Sasuke asked, since he remembered that this was the way Sakura, Tenten, Ino, and even Hinata had acted when they had lost their virginity, to their 'true loves' amazingly, they all still had their boyfriends. Moreover, they were all in happy relationships with them…still.

"No you idiot! I'm not loose like a girl," Naruto bawled out angrily and Sasuke glared.

"Look who is the idiot running around thinking people are psychic and can just read your mind?" Sasuke snapped making Naruto stop bouncing and pout.

"You are mean and rotten Teme, you don't have any love in your heart!" Naruto huffed "Anyway, Gaara asked me out, he actually asked me out" Sasuke was glaring and Naruto stopped to glare at him as well.

"That's it?" Sasuke asked.

"What the hell do you mean that's it!" Naruto yelled loudly. He was displeased with his friend's lack of enthusiasm. He wanted Sasuke to be excited for him, but then again what was he expecting with a friend who did not feel a thing. Who was an ice prince with something shoved up his ass. Who had never had a crush, and who didn't seem to care about anyone but himself, the egocentric fool. Naruto narrowed his eyes and then said out of nowhere, "We need to find you some love!"

"What" Sasuke said, backing away as Naruto came closer to him with that look on his face. The one that Sasuke had learned could not be any good and his life was about to change, if it was for the worse or the best, you could never tell. It was like gambling your life with the blond dope.

"L" Naruto emphasized "O" He curved his lips "V" He bit his lip "E" he snapped his teeth making Sasuke scowl deeply and want to punch him. "Come on Sasuke, I have never heard of anyone you like, I always tell you who I like, we're best friends almost brothers, spill the beans!"

"I don't like anyone" Sasuke quickly answered.

"LIE!"

"How would you know, you're not me!"

"I know cause in fourth grade is when you leave childhood behind and start noticing boys around a little better" Naruto got all bubbly and Sasuke made a face.

"Boys?" He asked in, where did you grow up? Boys do not notice other boys, they start noticing girls! "Don't you mean girls?"

"No way!" Naruto yelled.

"Says the guy who had a crush on Sakura in fourth grade," Sasuke smirked as he counted off. "Fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade and then you finally confessed there and she rejected you but you still" Sasuke shook his head. "You liked her for ninth grade, tenth grade, and then you met Gaara, I guess Sakura went down the toilet from there, but you still liked her for a long time"

"Oh man Sasuke, opening old wounds, you have hurt me deep" Naruto placed a hand over his chest and fell dramatically onto his knees "I never want to remember how bad that unrequited love was, no one should have to go through that"

"Come on Naruto, it was all in your head" Sasuke said, looking the side and then turned back to the blond who was still grinning, and was that glitter flying around him making him sparkle? "We have to go to class, you know"

"Yeah, I know" Naruto said "Let's go Sasuke my friend"

Sasuke had to glare at Naruto as he practically floated alongside him. It was unnerving to Sasuke, he was not used to seeing Naruto like this. The blond boy was always happy, no matter what as long as he also got his ramen, but the way he was so happy right now spoke volumes of how he was…in love. As he called it. Personally Sasuke had no idea what love is and what it could do to someone, no one had ever made him look as foolish and dopey happy as Naruto looked right now. Maybe because he never had someone to make him feel in such a way…or that he could freely act this way. To him, some matter were just serious.

Before Sasuke knew it, they were in class. Naruto was bouncing in his seat, and their other friends were looking at him like he was crazy. "What are you so happy about?" Asked Sai, as he smiled, secretly in unnerved him that Naruto could even be this happy. He always had to ruin the blonds good mode.

"It's a" Naruto winked "Secret"

"Really now," Said Sai, feeling apprehensive and turned to Sasuke. "Do you know what it is he is so happy about?"

"I have no idea," Sasuke said. Shikamaru lifted up his head and raised a brow, but it was obvious that he knew what was going on as well. He just had learned to not make any of his smart comments anymore, personal request of Naruto. Besides that, it was a pain in the ass to have to explain how he managed to find everything out.

"Fine, don't tell"

"Good going" Sakura said as she came over and placed her bag down "there is no way Naruto would want you to burst up his happy bubble" She tilted her head to the side.

"So, how was your date with Lee?" Sai asked, "I know that you guys were kicked out of the restaurant you went to, I have to wonder why"

"Where the hell did you hear such a lie?" Sakura screeched out.

"Ino"

"THAT BITCH!"

"Sakura please, it's morning" Sasuke rubbed his ears. She turned her glare to him.

"Come on Sasuke, you are the only one who complains about me speaking, if it were up to you, you'd tell the whole world to shut up"

"That would be nice," Sasuke said, then he added, "We are in the university now, you'd think you'd be more grownup" Sakura rolled her eyes and Naruto ruffled Sasuke's hair up "Ah," Sasuke shoved his hand away.

"Sasuke, I have to say that out of all of us you've been the most grown up, you need to cut loose and act like a kid once in a while" To this Sakura had to agree as she nodded her head. She had once had a crush on Sasuke, but he was so unreachable. It was hard to even meet his eyes at time, but she was still slightly fond of Sasuke. That is why she kept a distance between then, so her feeling for him will completely vanish and there is no chance for them to develop.

"You know Sasuke, there is going to be a fair soon, we can all go together!" Sakura then turned to Shikamaru "That was a hint to you lazy Nara, Ino will be expecting you to ask her out"

"A step or so ahead of you Sakura" Shikamaru said as he showed that he already had his and Ino's ticket. There was still two weeks to go before the fair, and everyone already started to get their tickets to not make line on the day of the fair.

"NO FUCKING WAY!" she roared. Everyone around shushed her, making her blush in embarrassment and then crossed her arms.

"Whatever" Sai said, getting everyone attention "I'm getting bored of all of this, all the guys I like are all taken, bad luck for me" He leaned back on his chair.

"Hey!" Sakura said with that girly glitter in her eyes "Why don't you and Sasuke go together!" She squealed at the idea. Sasuke closed his eyes, no one was sure if Sasuke was gay or he was straight but he was not about to argue it with a girl, who was also a Yaoi fan girl. Then again, what girl was not one of those freaky fan girls…oh yeah; the ones who had a straight head on and did not watch anime.

"There is no way," Sai said crossing his arms. If there was one person he did not have any interests in, it was Sasuke "he is not my type, and I doubt that he is gay"

"Really?" Sakura said and turned to Sasuke. "So, who do you like Sasuke, you've never mentioned a girl before, so couldn't be a boy?"

"Because there is none" Sasuke said, in a nonchalant and simple voice. This made Sakura and Naruto pout; it was always the same story with Sasuke. Sai was curious now as was Shikamaru, whom could not figure the Uchiha out. No one had ever heard of Sasuke liking anyone, or even caring for anyone. Sasuke never spoke of no one in particular so it was hard to say that Sasuke even liked someone. The boy sometimes rarely talked, that it was impossible also to know anything from his private life.

"There must be someone! You are only human, it's normal that you'd be infatuated by someone even if it was just for their looks or smarts." Sakura said, slamming her hands on the desk.

"Well, I've never liked anyone" It was not a lie, and yet somehow It really was a lie.

"Come on Sasuke, we're your pals, you can tell us!" Naruto tried, to at least tell Sasuke he was free to speak of anything.

"I'll say one last time, for all of you to hear" Sasuke said in a serious voice that was so ice cold and hostile that it made them sit up straight, even Shikamaru who was resting his head on the desk. "I have never liked anyone, there is no one here that is worthy of my time, and what the hell does love have to do with anything? Love is meaningless to me" It was a breathless atmosphere after that. Naruto shook his head.

"Teme" he said, "there is no way, and you know love is not meaningless, if you love your family, love is different in many ways. But to not experience feelings for someone else, that you want to hold tight to your heart, that's painful" Sasuke arched an eyebrow.

"What the hell does that mean?"

Sakura sighed and then slammed her hand down on the desk, nearly cracking it. "Alright, listen up" She said, "My new mission in life is for Sasuke to fall in love, and that is all that matters. Sasuke, you are going to know how wonderful it is to be in love with someone and how awesome it is to fight to stay together!"

Sasuke frowned.

He did not get love, but he feared that he was way ahead of himself. To a point that even his friends would get scared to were his emotions might be flowing. He didn't know the first thing you felt to let you know that you were in love, but there was no way that Sakura or anyone was ever going to find someone for him to fall in love with. "That's impossible," Sasuke said, in a voice that was no longer cold or even sounded like him. "None of you would understand"

That was when the professor entered the classroom.

The class got silent, papers were taken out, and long strenuous amounts of notes were taken for the hour.

School was finally over for the day. Sasuke sighed as he got home and closed the door behind him, silently moving into the kitchen. There he saw his older brother's back, his hand raised to his ear with a phone there. He was talking in a low and serious voice.

Itachi looked so professional, so far away and so far out of Sasuke's reach. As he walked into the kitchen he passed by his brother, catching the scent of him. It made his heart tighten and it made him want to savor it, it made him want to hug his older brother tightly. That was one emotion that confused him and he kept himself from doing such a thing. Itachi continued talking, his voice like a low melody.

It made Sasuke fell a warm fuzzy feeling in his chest. It was odd, the way everything of his brother appealed to him…was this what they were talking about when you had a crush on a person? No, that could not be. That was his brother. To even think of it that way, it would be the worse way to put into terms what he was feeling. He needed to get a grip. He tried to swallow but he found his mouth dry and his hands shaky.

It was nothing right.

He moved to the refrigerator and took out a water bottle. It was going to be all right, there was nothing here to worry about, because there was truly nothing "Sasuke"

"Huh!" Sasuke was startled and threw his water bottle, hitting his older brother on the face. "Ah! Itachi, sorry, you startled me" Sasuke ran over to him and touched his face. His heart started to flutter then, the feeling tightening and suffocating him from the inside out. "I'm so sorry Itachi," He said once again as Itachi hissed.

"It's okay, why are you so jumpy anyway?" Sasuke shrugged, looking at his brother's eyes and feeling as though he was about to faint. Still, he did not. He just felt his knees go weak and he crumbled down to the ground "What's wrong with you"

"I…I have no idea" Sasuke said, his body shaking. What the hell was wrong with him?

Shades of blue, green, and white filled my vision, passions of oranges, yellows, and purples colored my heart…what was the feeling that filled my being…could this be…what they call…love? Or was it just a dream…

Umm, so what do you think?

Please review.