Lose Yourself ｜ Sasunaru

Chapter 3

Yu [86] - Henneysee

Naruto wasn't at school for the next few days due to having to prepare and attend his parents funeral but when he did arrive, he wished he was back at Gaara's house curled up in bed. Everyone was practically staring at him with looks of pity as he walked by them. He hated it.

His friends seemed to notice and glared at the other students, they immediately looked away only because the Uchiha glare was the scariest glare.

It wasn't the same either. Sure, Kiba was his usual energetic self and Sasuke was his usual bastard self but without Naruto's usual self, it wasn't the same. There was no one to get Kiba going the way Naruto did. No one to get Sasuke in a good mood the way Naruto did. Naruto was practically turning into Shikamaru. The blond always had his head down on the desk, staring off into space. There were many times where they had to gently slap him or wave their hands in front of his face to get his attention.

"Hey Naruto?" Kiba waved his hand in front of the blond to get his attention. Naruto said nothing, he only turned his head to the brunette and waited for him to continue. "Want me to find you a date so you could join us on our quadruple date?" he asked, trying to brighten his mood. He had totally forgotten about the fact Naruto was already in love with someone. Naruto frowned deeply and turned his head downward to rest in his arms sadly.

Gaara gave Kiba a "what the fuck" look before smacking him upside the head.

"Thanks for the offer Kiba but I'm fine. I'd rather stay with Tsunade," he replied, trying to put them at ease for the stupid mistake Kiba had made. Over the time he spent away from school, he had also moved into Tsunade's house.

"A-Alright," Kiba stuttered nervously, feeling bad for bringing it up.

Sure enough, later that day while his friend's went on their quadruple date, Naruto stayed at Tsunade's place alone. Tsunade was doing her usual volunteering at the hospital she used to work at. She quit her job at the hospital for personal reasons that she never told but most assumed it was because her boyfriend died while under her care. So she decided to get a job as a principal due to Jiraiya's convincing.

The blond sighed to himself as he scrolled through Instagram in search of something to do. When he found nothing, he went to Snapchat to see what people were doing. He couldn't help but frown deeply as he watched Sakura's and Sasuke's Snapchat story. Sakura appeared happy and Sasuke was just his usual asshole self but just the thought of them together made his heart ache.

Sure, Sasuke never said he'd become her boyfriend, he only said that he'd go out on a date with her. That's not the same thing as dating. Unless Sasuke asked her out then Naruto definitely stood no chance.

Eventually, Naruto got sick of seeing people happy and having fun so he turned his phone off. He just lie there staring at the ceiling for awhile before dozed off to sleep. Sometime while he was asleep, Tsunade had got back home and he had received a few messages from Gaara, Sasuke and Hinata.

The blond groaned as he arose from his sleep, opening his eyes tiredly before grabbing his phone. He opened up his phone to the messages, opening up Gaara's first.

Gaara: The date went fairly well but I don't think I'll be doing that again [6:34pm]

Naruto: How come? [6:42pm]

The blond's eyes scanned the chat for a moment before opening up the next message from Sasuke:

Sasuke: I'll admit, the date wasn't bad but I don't think I'll be going out with Sakura again. She's way too clinging for my liking [6:39pm]