Authors Note:

Yay everyone this is my new story, hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer:

I do not own Naruto, nor do I own any of his friends, enemies, or the people he's never met.

Warning:

Not entirely sure yet whether or not this story is gonna be 'riskaaay' so I've rated it M just in case. Nothing to worry about in the first chapters though...

Chapter One: A Confession.

A short blonde boy with an orange rucksack dawdled up the stairs and through the front doors of KonohaCollege. He passed the main office, ignoring the disapproving looks he received from the office ladies. He turned left and walked along a hallway of glass display cases, the achievements and faces of previous students of KonohaCollege peering out at him. The boy laughed at their serious expressions and waved at them. Reaching the Social Studies corridor he smiled to himself as the emptiness. Twenty five minutes ago, the corridor would have been filled with students, jostling each other and fighting and chatting, all giving a collective sigh once the bell rang for first period. The blonde boy adjusted the straps of his rucksack, not quickening his pace.

He arrived at his destination: Room 6b. Seeing through the small rectangular window in the door that class was already well underway the boy grinned.

"Late!" the blonde heard the moment he opened the door. "Late again, Uzumaki!"

"Eh-heheh…" the boy laughed sheepishly, scratching the back of his head as he did so.

The teacher, a pale man by the name of Orochimaru Sannin, sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose between his thumb and index finger. "Just take a seat Naruto." He said.

"Sorry, sir," Naruto said, making his way to the back of the class, grinning at his classmates. "I forgot it was Monday."

"Gah, I hate Social Studies!" Naruto complained to his friends as they made their way to their second period classes.

"You might like it more if you weren't always testing Mr. Sannin's patience." said a black-haired boy much taller than Naruto.

"Yeah, Nar," The boy on the other side of the blonde agreed. "You could spend your time actually listening, rather than thinking up ways to annoy him."

Naruto frowned. "I don't do that." He said pouting at his friends.

"Whatever you say, idiot." The boy with black hair turned gracefully into his classroom, not bothering to say goodbye.

"Ugh, Kiba, what's up with Sasuke?" Naruto asked the brown-haired boy still walking alongside him.

"What do you mean?" Kiba looked at Naruto, his eyes questioning.

"He's not usually so… cold towards me…" the blonde said, stopping with Kiba at the brunette's locker.

Kiba smirked. "Cold?"

"Ugh forget it. Let's just get to class."

"Don't you want to get your books?" Kiba pointed down the hall in the direction of Naruto's locker.

Naruto laughed. "Nah, I don't use them anyway. No point."

"Right." Kiba muttered, following the short blonde to their next class.

The mad rush outside as the bell rang for interval was Sasuke's least favourite part of school, not that he had a favourite part. Everyone pushing and shoving each other, looking for their friends in the tidal wave of students scrambling to get out into the sun: it wasn't a fun time for the anti-social raven-haired teen. Sasuke absolutely hated being touched by the swarm of people so he always waited at least five minutes in his class before venturing out into the madness.

Exiting from his English class Sasuke was pleased to see that the majority of the school had already gone outside. He made his way to his locker, taking large strides with his long slender legs. After he put away his English books and retrieved the books he needed for third and fourth period Sasuke glided outside.

"Sasuke! Sasuke!" Naruto waved liked a maniac as Sasuke neared their table. Only Kiba was there as of yet.

"Why are you so cheerful all the time?" the raven asked, setting his dark blue backpack on the table.

"Not everyone. Has to be. Depressed and emo. Sasuke." Kiba said, alternating words between chewing his sandwich.

"Hn." Sasuke replied, sitting beside Naruto and opening his bag.

"Sasuke!" an even more annoying voice than Naruto's cut through the warm spring air. Ino. Sasuke scowled.

"Give it a break, Ino." A girl with pink hair said, walking up beside Ino.

"Hey Naruto." Sakura said, sitting to the left of Kiba. "Mr. Sannin was in a terrible mood second period. He kept yelling at us for really stupid things." The pink-haired girl narrowed her eyes at the blonde. "I'm guessing you were being a little bitch again." Sakura leaned forward and hit Naruto on the top of his head. "THINK ABOUT OTHERS, NARUTO!" she screamed before calming down and retrieving an apple from her bag.

Ino went to sit beside Sasuke, but he moved his bag from the table top to beside him. She scowled and sat on the right of Kiba.

"Awwah yeaah!" Kiba grinned stupidly, putting his arms around the two girls either side of him. "The chicks dig me." He said.

"Ugh get off, mutt." Ino spat out, shrugging away from the shaggy-haired boy. Sakura smiled awkwardly and gently removed his arm.

"Sakura…" Naruto pouted, rubbing the top of his head "I'm sorry…"

"Damn right you are." She said, taking a bite of her apple. Sasuke smirked. He was also angry at Naruto for being an idiot in class.

Naruto ate his lunch in silence, seemingly deep in thought: quite unusual for him.

"What's next period, Sasuke?" the blonde piped up.

"We both have math."

"Aww nooo!" Naruto whined. "I'm not going."

Sasuke frowned at his small friend. "Yes you are."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Idiot."

"Bastard."

Sasuke sighed. "Naruto you can't just come late and skip class all the time."

Naruto sat up, trying to look taller. "What's stopping me?" Sasuke sighed again.

Kiba, Sakura and Ino were completely oblivious to Naruto and Sasuke's conversation, as they themselves were deep in a discussion; about who had the prettiest eyes.

"Kiba it can't be you. You're a boy." Ino said.

"Thanks for pointing that out. But boys can have pretty eyes too."

"Yeah, Ino!" Sakura agreed. "Just look at Naruto's eyes, they're the prettiest eyes I've ever seen."

The three teens looked at Naruto. Naruto and Sasuke were glaring daggers at each other.

"Naruto."

"Huh?" Naruto looked over to Kiba. The three sitting opposite Naruto and Sasuke gasped.

"It's true."

"So pretty."

Naruto looked at them weirdly, Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Your eyes, Naruto." Sakura explained. "They're super pretty."

Naruto blinked. "Uh… Thanks…" He said.

Kiba and the two girls' conversation started up after that, leaving Sasuke and Naruto to theirs.

"Skip with me." Naruto said.

Sasuke looked beside him at the blonde. "What?"

"Skip with me." Naruto repeated.

The bell rang at this moment, and every student's smiles dropped from their faces simultaneously.

"C'mon Sasuke!" Naruto pleaded as Sasuke stood.

"No." Sasuke said to his friend. Naruto's eyes were sad, but he grinned.

"Your loss." The blonde said, grabbing his rucksack and making his way in the opposite direction of the school building. Sasuke sighed, yet again. I'm going to regret this, Sasuke thought as he picked up his bag and followed after Naruto.

"Hey Sasuke!" Kiba yelled after them "Where you guys going?!"

Sasuke shrugged, and Kiba got the message.

Shoving his hands into his pockets, Sasuke strode after Naruto.

"Where are we going, idiot?" the raven growled.

"Awwah Sasuke! You came!" the shorter boy hugged Sasuke, grinning stupidly.

"Yeah, yeah. I came. Now tell me where we're going." He huffed.

"No need to be so grouchy, bastard." Naruto punched the tall boy affectionately. "You hungry?" He asked.

Sasuke sighed.

"I cannot believe you." Sasuke shook his head. "We just had interval, and you managed to eat all that."

"I get hungry." Naruto smiled, rubbing his full stomach. He yawned, feeling a little sleepy from eating so much. "I must be growing!" He exclaimed.

Sasuke smiled and ruffled Naruto's hair. "In your dreams, shorty." He chuckled.

"I'm NOT short!" Naruto yelled. "You're just freakishly tall!"

Sasuke smiled at his petite little friend. "Yes, that is true." He nodded. "But you are exceptionally short."

Naruto's face went red. "BASTARD!" he yelled, almost jumping over the table to strangle Sasuke.

"So… we won't be going back there again…" Sasuke said, noting Naruto's blush.

"Sorry…" the blonde said, awkwardly scratching the back of his head: his go-to action for when he'd done something wrong.

"Doesn't bother me. All they sell is Ramen, after all. But you really shouldn't yell such things in public places… Or anywhere for that matter…"

"Mmn…" Naruto nodded. "I get angry pretty quickly…"

"Short fuse, yes." Sasuke agreed.

The pair walked along in silence, ignoring the looks from people noticing their school uniforms. They walked all through town, and along the riverside to the Konoha Fire gardens.

"Sasuke…" Naruto said quietly.

"Mmn."

"You're my best friend…"

"I know."

"So I can tell you anything, right?" Naruto asked, suddenly feeling really scared.

Sasuke looked sideways at him, taking in his expression. "Of course." He replied.

"I think…" Naruto took a deep breath. "I think I might be…" He couldn't get it out.

"You might be what?" Sasuke asked softly, sensing his friend's unease.

"IthinkImightbegay." Naruto blurted out, squeezing his eyes shut and lowering his head, not wanting Sasuke to see his blush, nor see Sasuke's reaction.

"Okay." Sasuke said, stopping beside Naruto, who'd also stopped. Slowly the shorter boy opened his eyes and looked up at Sasuke.

"Okay?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah. Okay."

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