I Want To Love You

Chapter One

I Want To Love You

Sasuke Uchiha sighed as he sat down in his Chemistry class. Thank god this is the last period of the day he thought as he put his books down and opened up his notebook. He was happy that no one sat next to him and wouldn’t see his drawings. He started sketching a picture of himself. He drew in his dark, black hair and his dark eyes, but instead of the scowl he normally wore he drew a smile. His eyes didn’t look so full of pain and sadness; instead, they were full of life and happiness. He wished that the picture was the real him. He looked up at his teacher who was speaking about polyatomics and nomenclature and surveyed the room. The raven was glad that it was a big class, he hated to be noticed and stand out. He grew up in a small town where everyone knew everyone, and he was well-known for being the top of his class. He always said he hated the attention, but he couldn’t help but be a little flattered. Everything changed though during his high school years. He still remained top of his class, and everyone liked him, but his entire family was killed one night by a serial killer that was on the loose.

Not only was the incident traumatizing, but because of being in a small town, the news spread to everyone. He fell into a deep depression and everyone tried to cheer him up, but their attempts made him push everyone further away; he didn’t want to be pitied. He didn’t want to live in that town anymore, so as soon as he graduated he moved far away. He now went to a college where no one knew him, and no one really attempted to get to know him. It was lonely, but it wasn’t all bad. At least he didn’t have to worry about someone he loved getting taken away from him again, or have to worry about friends giving up on him or leaving.

Everyday was the same, until today that is. As Sasuke continued to tune out his Chemistry teacher’s lecture, he heard a knock on the door. Knock knock. The teacher said something along the lines of, “Oh god, what now?” and went to answer the door. “Yeah, what do ya want?” he said to the intruder. There was a pause, and then the teacher replied, “Well, about time you found your way here! Class is more than half over!” He then led the stranger into the class.

Sasuke glanced up to see a boy dressed in bright orange. As Sasuke studied the new student he realized that he was the exact opposite of him. This boy had nice, tan skin and a toned body. Whereas Sasuke on the other hand was as pale as a ghost and wasn’t all that muscular. The boy wore bright colors that stuck out like a sore thumb, while sasuke dressed in dark blue or black and blended in with the crowd. And as soon as the boy introduced himself, Sasuke also found out that his personality was also the exact opposite.

“Why don’t you introduce yourself?” the teacher suggested. The boy grinned big and scratched the back of his head, “I’m Naruto Uzumaki, and don’t forget it!” he exclaimed loudly. Well, he sure knows how to make a first impression thought Sasuke. “Shut up and just sit down, loser!” a kid named Kiba shouted at Naruto. “It’s nice to see you too, Kiba!” he replied. Naruto glanced around the room, most of the seats were full. There were a few empty seats in the back, where a guy sat by himself. He didn't feel comfortable with sitting too far in the back so he decided to pick a seat toward to middle of the class.

Sasuke watched as Naruto took the seat in front of him, which was next to !. “Alright, I’ve done enough talking for today. Here’s the homework for tonight.” the teacher said as he passed out a worksheet. Instead of dismissing us early like any normal teacher, ours decided that ‘you can start working on it here and ask me if you have any questions until the hour is up’. Sasuke glanced at the paper and quickly finished in less than five minutes. It honestly wasn’t that hard, and every time someone raised their hand to ask a question about one of the problems Sasuke rolled his eyes. Sasuke put his finished homework in his folder and went back to sketching his picture.

“Hey, Kiba, do you know how to do this crap?” Naruto asked. Kiba shook his head, “I actually have no idea.” He admitted. “Wow, some help you are!” Naruto replied.

“What?! Don’t even give me that! You can’t even do it yourself!”

“So? I just transferred to this class today! I’m a good three weeks behind!”

“Well, why don’t you just ask someone else?”

“I don’t know anyone else!”

Kiba glanced behind him at Sasuke, who was already done with his work. “Why don’t you ask that guy? He seems to know what he’s doing” Kiba suggested. “Hey, um, do you know how to do this?” Naruto asked Sasuke. This guy doesn’t even have manners, he didn’t even ask me my name! Sasuke thought. “No, sorry.” Sasuke replied, although he wasn’t very sorry at all. He didn’t really want to deal with this idiot. “Oh, sorry for bothering you.” Naruto replied sadly.

Sasuke normally blew everyone off, so why did he feel so bad for blowing this kid off? Sasuke thought about things for a minute. Maybe I could use a friend… he thought. And what better way than to start tutoring the kid? “Hey, actually, I might be able to help you.” Sasuke said when Naruto started to turn away. “Really?” The blonde’s eyes lit up. “Sure, just come by my apartment around 4” Sasuke said and gave Naruto his address. Little did he know he might regret giving the blonde a chance.