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VII

Secret? He said secret, right? If I want to know, all I have to do is just do this whole packet thing, right? Wait, but what if it's a secret I already know?

"The secret is, you're gay!" Ugh, could that be it? It's Sasuke, of course it would be something like that.

No... It could be: "Sakura and I broke up, jump into my arms, I'm actually 100% gay, babe." No, too cheesy and unreal.

Hm, what could it be? Looking down at the papers before me, I frowned. Freaking chemistry. Only chemistry would mix numbers, letters and stupid symbols.

Ugh.

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"Hey, is this a trick?" Bored out of my mind, I walked downstairs to find Sasuke and Iruka sitting down in the living room as they watched some documentary, the nerds.

"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked, keeping his eyes glued to the TV as he threw a piece of popcorn up in the air. "Don't tell me the reason you didn't do it was because you were thinking about that?"

I frowned, watching the airborne​ popcorn land directly on the side of his mouth and onto the carpet. "Actually, no. I finished." I lifted the paper up so he could see it. He made a gesture to walk over next to him, and me, being me, I ran and jumped directly on top of him, sitting on his lap. He looked at me weird. "What? I slipped." I shrugged, giving him a full on innocent smile as I got my butt off his lap and onto the cushion. Iruka laughed, turning the TV off as he got up to leave to his room.

"Naruto?" Sasuke asked, turning the papers over to see more of my messy work. "How did you do this?"

"I don't know, stuff happened, the magic worked, hey listen, don't ever torture me with chemistry ever again. I prefer the other type of chemistry." I checked my nails as he kept checking the pages.

"There is no other type of chemistry." He said to himself, eyes engrossed on the packet.

"Yes there is. For example, the chemistry between us." I threw in an exaggerated wink as he chuckled to himself.

"Forget it Naruto." He sighed, "Why can't you be like this at school?"

"What. You mean I actually got all the answers right?" I asked, completely sad that he ignored my flirting attempt, again.

"Perhaps, why?" I asked, shrugging as he handed the packet back to me. Sasuke stood up from his seat and walked over to the kitchen table where his school bag and Iruka's suitcase sat on top. He pulled out a folder and walked back over towards me. "More work?" I groaned as he pushed a paper in front of me.

"Shut up." He said, "Write a three page essay on... I don't know, anything." He ordered, his eyes glued to my hand as I picked up a pencil. He looked so hopeful as I slowly brought my hand down. Something in his eyes twinkled as I pressed the tip of the pencil on the paper. Then... he lost it as I brought the pencil up to scratch the back of my head. "I don't wanna do it." I blurted, smirking as disappointment took over his features. "You still owe me that secret."

Sasuke sighed, letting his head drop between his hands. "I can tell you after you're done."

"Nope, I did the packet, now you owe me a secret. Otherwise I'm done for today." I smirked.

Sasuke groaned, "Fine. The secret is..." He leaned in closer, catching me by surprise since he was so close. I could feel his breathing on my ear. "The secret is..."

Come on, already!

"Nothing. It's a secret, therefore I can't tell you." He scoffed.

"Sasuke, you bastard!" I groaned. "That's not fair! You tricked me! You.. you used me!" I yelled dramatically, making Sasuke roll his eyes as he sat back and laughed at my obviously talented acting skills.

"Come on, Naruto. Try harder and maybe then I'll tell you." He said, "For now, do what I said. Write the essay."

"No."

"Naruto."

"I won't do it."

"I'll give you a hug if you do." He bribed.

"As tempting as that sounds, I don't want it." I pouted.

"Fine, what do you want?"

"Break up with Sakura and I'll gladly write a ten page essay." I opened an eye to look over at him as he laughed. "I'm serious. I'll join your stupid nerd club, too."

He laughed even harder. "Come on, Naruto. Be serious for once."

"I am!" I groaned as he kept laughing. "Fine, I'll do it if you give me a kiss." Iruka passed by and laughed along, shaking his head as he headed for the closet by the stairs.

Sasuke wiped a tear off his eyes and composed himself, still chuckling but a bit more composed. "Fine, deal."