Private Lessons (SasuNaru) ☑

Chapter 2

The next day, Naruto went to school in a bad mood, even his friends thought it was strange. He didn't say a word about the tutoring he was supposed to have with Uchiha Sasuke, it was too humiliating for him.

After the last class of the day, Naruto went in the classroom Iruka-sensei had booked for their tutoring sessions. The room smelled like it had been freshly cleaned. Sasuke was already seated at a table at the back, next to a window, books displayed on the table in front of him. He looked up from the books when Naruto sat on the chair of the row before. He crossed his arms over his chest, glaring at Sasuke with disdain in his eyes. They remained like this, watching each other for several minutes.

Then Sasuke finally sighed and finally remarked: "Look, the sooner we begin, the sooner we finish this... So would you please stop glaring at me and start studying?"

"Aren't you mad about this situation? You could have refused... You have your track club activities right?"

"I don't like this but Umino-sensei said I don't have the choice, so... And I can train for the club on the weekends, don't worry." Sasuke replied calmly. "Now please come seat here and let's start."

Naruto pouted but did as he was bid; Sasuke had left a space for a chair right next to the window so he sat there.

"So I prepared a sort of test to see where you're at in all the subjects, I will see what to help you with once you're done."

Strangely, Naruto didn't argue and did the tests. Sasuke revised them and was speechless by the results.

"How could you even pass the entry test for this high school? This is terrible..." He finally said, perplex.

"Hey shut up! I DID study to pass the entry tests but this high school is so high-leveled, I'm not really..."

"Then why come here in the first place?"

"I...wanted to be with my friends from junior high school...Most of them came here." Naruto admitted, lowering his head.

Sasuke stared at Naruto, not believing what he just heard.

"Well, since you did pass the entry exams, there is still hope I guess..." He said.

It was Naruto's turn to stare at the black-haired boy, but seeing the seriousness in Sasuke's eyes, he just looked away and whispered: "Whatever..."

The next day, Sasuke came to the tutoring session with a study plan for Naruto.

They started studying right away and Naruto learned quickly that Sasuke had pretty peculiar way of teaching: Every time the blond boy had a wrong answer, Sasuke would smack him on the back the head.

"Hey! What's wrong with you dude?!" Naruto yelled after the first blow.

"I'll do that every time you get a wrong answer." Sasuke answered.

"W-Why the hell would you do that?"

"Maybe this way the correct answer will enter faster in your brain." Sasuke replied with a wicked grin on his face.

"The fuck!" Naruto barked; but he continued the studying nonetheless.

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As strict as this method was, it seemed to work efficiently on Naruto. They spent 2 hours a day alone together and were getting more used to one another. As a matter of fact, they even found common points, such as their love for athletics.

The 2 boys had known each other for a long time, as they lived in the same neighborhood. They had gone to primary school and junior high school together, but had never been friends due to their (apparent) complete opposite characters. And they both were part of the athletics club in junior high, both as sprinters.