The 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 [SasuNaru]

Ｃｈｅｍｉｓｔｒｙ

"Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other."
― Darnell Lamont Walker

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Here he would remain laying in his empty bathtub fully clothed and listening to the radio. He missed two days of school citing leg pains, but he knew the real reason why. Sasuke, he thought sadly. Ever since that night the kiss plagued his mind.

Boom boom boom!

His foster father's sudden appearance made him go into a coughing fit.

"Just so you know you have two choices A.) You're going to school today or B.) we are going to the doctor?" His foster father's muffled drawl came from the other side of the bathroom door, causing Naruto to jump. He was in the bathroom smoking a joint and blowing the smoke out of the bathroom window.

"You hear me?" Jiraiya's voice grew louder.

"Yes," He managed through bouts of coughing.

"So, what's it going to be?"

He sighed, "I'll go..."

"Good, and I'll take you."

"What?"

"Oh yeah, and if you even think of skipping school, I will sit in every one of your classes, clad in tidy, flip-flops, and a fanning pack." Naruto did not take Jiraiya's threats lightly. This man worked sixteen-hour shifts in the coal mines. He was not the type for idle threats when his life was in danger every minute, he was in those damn mines.

Swiftly, Naruto climbed out of the bathtub flushing away the last of the evidence. He took a quick glance in the mirror only to see bloodshot eyes staring back at him.

Shiiit.

There was another thrashing on the bathroom door.

"Hurry up will ya!"

"Alright-alright I'm comin' you old fart," He quickly turned the facet thinking if he splashed water on his face, it would help sober him up.

He opened the bathroom door meeting Jiraiya's close-set gaze his long ashen hair wild.

"I'm not dress code." He was wearing his tattered orange sweats pants and hoody and a wrinkled black shirt.

"Too late to change we gotta leave now." Naruto already missed twenty minutes of his first period.

"Err... Fine!" He made his way to the garage his foster dad following behind him. They both climbed into Jiraiya's station wagon. As soon as he started the engine, he pulled out some cologne tossing it at Naruto, "here you smell like a damn Shunk."

Naruto chuckled at that, "Sorry."

Jiraiya huffed shaking his head he didn't want Naruto to see his amusement. This coal miner was no new fool he knew what the blonde was doing, hell he was an adult in the 70's he knew that smell.

"Whatever happened just know I'm here if you need to talk."

He turned to look at Naruto who just grinned and snickered at him. "Aww."

Jiraiya rolled his eyes leaning over to bop the blonde on the back of his head.

"Ow."

"Damn pothead," He griped.

They pulled up to the school entrance, it was empty as his priors were already in class.

Naruto went to step out of the car but was brought to a pause by his foster dad's foreboding words. "Oh, and Naru' don't make me come up here." The blonde slammed the door sticking his tongue out as his foster dad pulled off as soon as Naruto saw the brake lights come on, "Oh shit," he ran into the school building.