Hanahaki Disease ||NaruSasu||

Chapter Two

Chapter Two:
[Sasuke's P.O.V]
I was sitting in class trying to take notes but it's hard when your best friend and crush is right next to you distracting you from doing so. Yes, I, Uchiha Sasuke, am in love with my best friend, Uzumaki Naruto. I remember when we first met. We were very little and I was picking flowers for my kaa-chan. I was grabbing the same one and we ended up grabbing hands. I turned a bright red on cheeks and pulled my hand away instantly. He chuckles and lets me take the flower. He took the flower next to it and we both walked to our mother's. We gave them the flowers and they were very pleased. Ever since then, Naruto and I were never apart. He and I grew up together and were never without each other. Slowly getting into middle school, I found out I was gay and had a crush on my best friend. To this day, I still love him, but he doesn't love me.
"Sasuke-kun? Are you okay?" Sakura-san says and I shrug my shoulders. She's the only girl that knows about my crush on that knucklehead. The other person who knows that I'm bisexual and like Naruto is Neji-san. We grew close after he told me he liked me. We tried dating but it just never worked because I liked Naruto. We're still friends though and we are still close as ever. They supports me 100% and Sakura is the only girl I ever talk to really. "It's about Naruto-kun isn't it?"
"Yeah. I just, I can't tell him about my crush on him. It will ruin our friendship."
"I wouldn't do it either. You heard didn't you?" She says and I shake my head no. We round the corner and I stopped once I saw with my own eyes. There was my Naruto kissing Hinata. They pulled away and I turned around.
"Sasuke-kun! Sasuke wait up!" Sakura yells and I hear her running after me. I ran outside and into the forest we have in the back of our school. Naruto, Sakura, and I all built a treehouse in these woods and I'm the only one that still goes there. That is my designative hiding spot and the only one who knows that I go hide here is Sakura. I climbed up the ladder and climbed into the hideout. I curled up into a ball and let the tears run down my face. I hear the floor door open and close. I felt a pair of arms around me and someone running their fingers through my hair. Sakura-san. I snuggled into her arms and cried softly.
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Sakura and I walked back into the school and walked into class. We might have been late, but our sensei was Kakashi Sensei. As long as we had a valid reason as to why we were late, we'd be fine. We knocked onto the door and the kid near the door opened it to let us in. I walked to my seat next to Neji-san and sat down while Sakura explained to Kakashi what happened. Soon I had a note passed to me and I opened it.
Where did you go? Are you okay? Your hair's a mess and your eyes are red and puffy. Plus your cheeks have tear stains down them.
I knew it was Naruto because of the handwriting. I didn't want to do anything but I knew if I didn't, he'd figure out something is definitely wrong.
Just somewhere. I'm fine, don't worry about me.
I passed down the note to Naruto and he opened it. He frowned but nodded. Class went on and Neji-san kept giving me worried looks. Sakura-san sat next to me and kept rubbing my back softly. We had a bit of class time to ourselves and Neji-san pulled me to the side.
"Sasuke-kun, what's wrong?" He asks me and I sigh. The bell rang and I picked up my bag along with Neji's and handing it to him.
"We'll talk during our lunch period. Sakura-san is gonna be with us if that's okay with you." I say and we walk out of class.
"Yeah that's fine. I'll meet you by the door. We can go out for lunch." Neji said and I nodded with a small soft smile.
"Sasuke! Wait up." I sigh and slow down a bit. Neji-san gave me a quick hug and I blushed a bit. He chuckled and winked at me. He ran off to his class and Naruto caught up. We walked to class together in silence and boy, was it awkward.
"I'm sorry you had to see that. And, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Hinata either. I didn't want to make it a big deal but it is now." He says scratching the back of his head.
"It's cool. I don't really care. It's not like I like her or anything." I say and break on the inside having to say that. He smiled and chuckled.
"That's true. Don't you like Sakura-chan?" He says and I start to laugh a little bit.
"You're kidding right?" I say and he shakes his head. "Sakura-san and I are just friends. We would never date each other. We love each other like brother and sister."
"Oh, well I figured since you guys hang out so much, you'd start dating soon." He continued and I chuckled.
"No, we don't see each other that way." I explain and walk into the classroom with Naruto following me. I sit in my assigned seat and wait for Sakura-san to come in. Once she did, I motioned for her to sit with me and she made her way over to me. The bell rang and class soon began.
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It was around lunch time and I was about to meet Neji-san when I heard my name being called. I turned around to see Naruto and Hinata. I sighed but put on a fake smile quickly.
"What do you need Naruto-kun?" I asked softly.
"Well I was gonna ask if you wanted to jo-" He began but was cut off by Neji-san calling me over.
"Sasuke babe, aren't you coming with me? Oh, hey Naruto-kun." He says and wraps his arm around me. I blush but snuggle into his side. I knew what he was doing. He was pretending to be my boyfriend to get me out of this situation. We do this a lot and at this rate, we don't need to text each other anymore about our situation. We can just tell when we need a way out of it.
"Sasuke babe? What? You guys can't be dating." He says and looks upset.
"And why not?" I ask sternly.
"Because you're both guys! Guys are to date girls and girls are to date guys. A guy can't date a guy, that's just gross." He explains and I start to break.
"Well guess what Naruto?! We're in the twenty first century! No one cares anymore! So if you don't like it, then you can leave my life!" I say and grab Neji-san's hand. I drag him out of the school and to my house. Once we got there, he hugged me tightly as I cried into his chest.
"He's homophobic! I can't believe it Neji-san! Why?!" I cry out and sob into his chest more.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun. I'm so sorry. He doesn't deserve you. You deserve so much better." He says softly to me and rubs my back. He pulls away and wipes my tears away. "How about we go eat? Let's just get your mind off it, yeah?"
I nodded and we walked out of my house. We walked to the cafe near the school and when we did, I felt the tears coming back. Naruto and Hinata. Neji-san whispered to me to ignore them and we will get it to go and eat at the school. I nodded and ordered my food along with Neji-san ordering his. We waited and heard someone walking up to us.
"Neji-neesan?" We turned around and saw Hinata and Naruto standing there.
"Yes Hinata-sama?" Neji-san says holding my hand and squeezing it.
"Can I talk to you alone?" She says and he nods. I turn to him and he gives me a look saying that I'll be okay. They walk away leaving Naruto and I on our own. I felt his gaze on me as I waited for our food.
"S-Sasuke-kun..?" He says and that broke my heart hearing him stutter and call me that name.
"Don't. I don't want to hear it. You don't accept me for who I am so I won't listen to your excuse." I say and grab our food and drinks.
"But Sasuke-" He starts but I cut him off.
"No, Naruto. I'm done. I'm gay and if you don't like it, then we can't be friends. Just leave me alone." I say and start walking away.
"Sasuke wait! I-I need you back. You're my best friend and without you, I don't have anything." He says.
"Should've thought about it before you decided to say that to me. To think I actually liked you." I say and mumble the last part to myself.
"W-What?" He says and I just walk away. He kept calling my name but I ignored him. I grabbed Neji's hand and we walk out of the cafe. We walked back into the school and met with Sakura-san at our table. I handed her her food and we ate in silence. She could sense I was not happy and let me be. We ate and soon the bell rang. We finished up and walked to our next class. Well, I walked Sakura-san to her class and I went into the library. During my off period, I help the librarians with shelving books back into its original place. I walked in and she greeted me with a warm smile.
"Afternoon Sasuke-san. Already here to help?" She says
"Yes ma'am. Sakura-san and I walked up here pretty quickly today. She said she needed help so she wanted to get in early for some help." I say and put my stuff down behind the desk.
"Well, I'm glad to see that you're here early. We have quite a stack today. Would you like some help?" She asks
"No thanks. You seem to be a bit busy. I can do it myself." I say with a smile. I grab a few books from the stack and began putting them away. I heard the door open but was too busy putting books away. I turned around and bumped into someone and fell on the floor. I picked up the books and looked up to apologize to who I bumped into. My dark onyx eyes were met with bright blue eyes and I stood up. I turned around to continue shelving but he grabbed my arm to stop me.
"You like me?" Naruto says and I stay still.
"Of course not. Why would I like you when I have Neji-san?"
"I know you guys aren't dating. It's obvious."
"I don't like you! I never have!" I whisper yell to him.
"You said it yourself! You like me!" He whisper yelled back to me.
"Okay. So what, I like you?! Hell, I don't like you, I love you!" I yell and look away from him. He stays silent for a bit before I felt myself being hit in the back of my head.
"I don't like you. I will never like you. Hell, I'll never love you! I hate you actually!" He says and I stiffen up. I get up and look at him with tears threatening to spill.
"Thanks for letting me know. Now if you don't mind, I'd appreciate if you just left me alone forever. Pretend we were never friends. Pretend I don't exist. Just stay out of my life." I say and walk away to the front desk. I looked at the librarian who nodded and I mumbled a soft sorry. She told me it was okay and to go clean myself up. I walk out of the library leaving Naruto still there in shock at what I had even said to him. I walked to the loft area we have and saw Gaara-san. I walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and noticed my state. He didn't have to say anything. He pulled me into a hug and I buried my face in his shoulder. I cried so hard and just kept a tight grip on him.
"I'm going to give him a piece of my mind for what he did to you." He mumbles and I pull away.
"No! Please don't. That will just make matters worse. Just leave him be. I'll be okay. I promise." I say and he sighs. He nods and the bell rings. I go to where Sakura-san's class is and I wait for her. She walks out and saw my tear stains.
"Oh no. What happened now?" She asks and we walk down to the front doors to leave. Normally, we'd wait for Neji-san but today, I just wanted to go home.
"H-He said he doesn't love me. He said he hates me! I lost my best friend and the one person I love!" I say and burst into tears. She hugs me gently and rubs my back. We walk to my house and Sakura-san stays till my mother came home. She left and I was alone in my room to sulk in my own pain. I lay down and cry myself to sleep skipping dinner completely.
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Kitsu💕