In Stereo ~ SasuNaru AU

Chapter 22

Sasuke kept spamming Naruto with messages.

Naruto, we have to talk sooner or
later
Please, I really don't know how it
got out
I am sorry.
It's my fault we weren't more careful.

Naruto ignored all the messages from everyone. He didn't reply to Sasuke or any of his friends. He didn't want to turn on the TV because they would already be all over the news. Naruto didn't want to face it, but he also didn't know what to do.

The time passed slowly as Naruto just laid on his couch, doing nothing but staring at the ceiling.

~

Sasuke became aggravated. He slammed his fist on the table, knowing that he had messed up big time and didn't know what to do about it.

"How could this happen?" he mumbled to himself.

"I don't know, man, but it's not my fault. You also totally screwed up your chances with Naruto; nice going," Suigetsu said with his mouthful.

"You don't need to remind me," Sasuke said angrily.

"So what are you going to do about it?"

"I don't know," Sasuke replied, running a hand through his hair.

"How did they even find out where we lived? Suigetsu asked,Whatever more publicity for me?

"God," Sauske muttered.

He didn't know what he was going to do about it. He sat at the table helplessly.

~

Over the next week, Naruto constantly did his best to avoid Sasuke. He didn't want any more people peeping into his life. He also stopped seeing most of his friends, knowing that one of them had betrayed them.

Sakura, on the other hand, was throwing herself at Sasuke any chance she got, walking with him to his classes, talking with him in homeroom, and walking with him home. She was convincing herself that he was into her when she really just pissed him off.

The following week, Sasuke just snapped.

"Can you just shut up for once? he snapped at her," and leave me alone?

Sasuke walked to the cafe and took his usual seat. Despite Naruto not talking to him, he still came to the cafe every day after school in hopes of just having a simple conversation with him.

"What can I get for you? Naruto asked him in a monotone voice.

"A moment of your time, please. I want to talk with you," Sasuke said.

"You have 5 minutes," Naruto said, sitting down.

"I am sorry; I didn't know this was going to happen, and I didn't tell anyone. I just want to keep seeing you. I can make a statement to the press about nothing between us, but we can be more careful this time. I swear."

"No, I'm sorry, but I just need some time to myself to think about it, but I think we should stop seeing each other. It's in both of our best interests," Naruto said, standing up and walking away.

"Shit," Sasuke cursed under his breath.

Sasuke wanted to fix this, but he had no clue how.

"Hey Sasuke."

Oh god, it's that pink-haired bitch again, Sasuke thought. She sat down across from him and began talking, but it seemed she was looking for something.

"What do you want?"

"To go on a date with you."

"No."

"But I have something that you might want."

Naruto came over, dropped off Sasuke's coffee, and said hi to Sakura before chatting with other customers.

"What is it? Spit it out," Sasuke snapped.

"You know those pictures and information about you and Naruto online? That was all me, so if you agree to date me, then I will stop releasing information to the press. You are also not allowed to speak to Naruto," Sakura said.

"You bitch," Sasuke muttered.

"So do we have a deal?"

"Fine," Sasuke said through his teeth," but I am only doing it for Naruto."