Everything felt fuzzy, my limbs were half-numb, my eyes heavy, I was exhausted.

"Naruto."

The voice was soft. Almost timid like it was scared to have said my name.

"Naruto, wake up."

It registered. Sasuke.

"Yeah?" I said drowsily, slowly rising from my bed into a sitting position. I rubbed my eyes and let them adjust to the low light in our dorm.

"I shut the blinds but it's 2 o'clock in the afternoon Naruto. " Sasuke said softly.

"Aw shit." I replied and rubbed my eyes once again.

I had always been known to sleep in but this had to have been a new record. I usually never got past 1:30. I looked up at the raven and smiled, taking in his pale skin and thin lips. It was nice to have something so beautiful to look at in the mornings.

He smiled back at me and moved quietly to his desk, straightening things up before classes began.

"Are you ready for tomorrow?" I asked. We hadn't talked about our schedules much so I didn't know if we shared any classes but I hoped we did. It would make adjusting easier. I don't know what to call Sasuke, but if I had to find a word I would call him my friend.

"Yeah." He paused and added, "Can I see your schedule?" He asked timidly, again.

I nodded and got up and went to my desk to find my schedule. When I did I handed it to him rubbing the back of my head hoping he wouldn't laugh.

"We have psychology with Itachi together, math, science, history, and art." He said with a smile.

"That's 5 out of 7 classes together!" I blurted, not being able to contain my excitement.

Sasuke just looked at me and smiled, I guess he knew that having him there was just better overall and would help me out a lot.

I don't really know how to explain the feeling of joy I get from having someone there, like an anchor. I always had Tsunada but it was different. That was motherly love, motherly encouragement. That's expected. From what I've read from books, parents are always supposed to support you and encourage you and congratulate you even if what you did was only miniscule. But friend support was much different. They weren't required to tell you they were proud of you or that you were going to succeed. They meant it from their heart and that warmed mine. To go from always being told you were nothing by your peers to good jobs and you've got this, was a complete 180. It felt good. Sasuke and Itachi made me feel good about me. They showed me kindness when they didn't have to, when I almost lost hope on trying to get that support. To get friends. I appreciated them so much and I don't think they know that. I owed them that same support now. I owed them my best when it comes to friendship and kindness as well.

I am so glad I met them.

"Naruto? Are you zoning out again?" Sasuke laughed.

I began to laugh as well and smiled at him, rubbing the back of my head nervously as I always did when I felt embarrassed.

"Don't worry little fox, it's cute." Sasuke reassured.

I blushed slightly and murmured thanks. Before things got even worse I hastily made my way away from the raven and into the shower feeling the water wash away my anxieties about tomorrow and really, the rest of the year.

When I was done with my shower routine I realized how hungry I was. I rubbed my tummy hoping that would ease the growls and wrapped my towel around my waist, picking up my clothes and exiting the bathroom. I tossed my dirty clothes into the hamper and made my way towards my closet. I grabbed the first outfit I saw and realized it was another tank top but this time a pair of dark wash jeans and my old beat up vans. I slipped them on quickly, making sure I put on deodorant and grabbed my keys, my phone, and Sasuke.

"Where are we going Naruto?" Sasuke pondered.

"Food, where else?" I retorted, laughing while I locked the door behind us.

We made our way down the stairs and out to the main courtyard.

I rubbed my stomach again, feeling my hunger rise. My immediate thought was sushi. I grabbed Sasuke's wrist again and headed to the downtown area right behind the school. Tsunada had taken me on a little tour of the area a couple days ago and I thought this would be the perfect time to check some of the restaurants out.

We entered one of the smaller places. Smaller business's to me always felt more homey and the food always seemed to be better.

We were seated by a pretty brunette with long legs and jet black eyes, kinda like Sasuke's but not as thrilling. She took our drink order and we stared at the menu, ordering two huge rolls when she came back with our drinks.

"Where'd you find this place?" Sasuke asked, looking around and taking in all the small details about the place.

"Tsunada showed me the other day. She said this was the place to go for all the college kids." I responded, taking another piece of sushi and placing it into my mouth.

"It's nice and the food is good." Sasuke breathed, taking in the homeyness of the place.

"It's good you two found this place." Itachi's voice hummed.

I looked up abruptly and saw the tall man dressed in a jet black suit with a red tie tied loosely around his neck. He swung his hips in my direction and I scooted over quickly allowing him to fill the space next to me in the booth.

"Hi Itachi." Sasuke said dryly, obviously not thrilled to see him.

"Hello little brother and Naruto." He turned towards me as he said my name. His warm, sweet breath washing over me. I took in his scent and a shiver went down my back. He smelled like sweet vanilla and his breath matched. I unknowingly scooted closer to him, taking in his warm scent yet again.

Sasuke coughed and my eyes snapped open, no longer entranced by his scent. I just then realized how close I was to Itachi. My leg pressed to his while the other one was slowly creeping on top of his lap. My head was nuzzled into his neck and my hand was on the other side of his neck pulling him closer to me.

I unwrapped myself from him laughing awkwardly and sat as far as way as I could from the professor.

"Why'd you have to ruin it Sasuke?" Itachi hissed.

"Hn." Sasuke muttered and turned his head in disgust.

"Im so so so so so sorry Itachi, sometimes my senses just spazz out and go on overload mode and just control my body and sorry that was wow okay sorry." I stammered as I felt the blood rush to my face. Talk about an embarrassing moment.

"No worries little fox." Itachi purred and ruffled my hair.

Just as quickly as he came, he left.

After Itachi's departure, Sasuke and I didn't really talk much so we just paid the bill and left, making our way back to our dorm and quietly doing our own thing. It kinda hurt to be ignored, even though I had only known him for such little of a time. I organized the last bit of school stuff and then made my way to bed, forcing tears I felt coming back into my eyes and drifted to sleep.