Stitching the Gaps

Junior's Seat

Seat belt clipped on across chest and waist. Side and rear mirrors adjusted to a proper view. Hands firmly gripped onto the stirring wheel.

"It's not your fault." The pale skin teen ignored the man with his hair tied into a ponytail next to him. Pressing the breaks to shift the stick to drive, the gray compact minivan rolled out the driveway then down the streets. Sharp but ease turns were made here and there until a red light came by. The two Uchiha siblings sat there in their own thoughts. Well, the younger one that is. The elder brother smiled to himself.

"It's definitely not your fault." A twitch from his eye gave off a reaction that Itachi wanted. Seeing his brother like this made him feel alive. Like his little brother deserve this treatment. He does since Itachi caught him muttering about a certain someone. Eavesdropping was never good because a Uchiha would do whatever with that information to break someone down with revenge or regret.

Since Sasuke didn't want to do his part in choirs during the summer and their mother cussed them out, Itachi was stuck picking up right behind him. Therefore, Itachi hearing his brother saying how he fucked this girl from a party around two weeks after the beginning of school, he took the chance to get under Sasuke's nerves.

The light switched to green. Sasuke drove up ahead until he made it to Itachi's college. Itachi ended up switching to Konoha University since it's closer to his now new place with Ayame. They decided it was time being close to the family. Also, those years as a college freshman and sophomore was a full ride to attend to Kumo University. Money was a bit tight so the two ended up back in Konoha for their junior semester. Parking the car in front of the building, Itachi sat there. Reaching for his baby bro's hand on the stick, Itachi opened his mouth.

"Well, have fun at school screwing pink headed girls."

Itachi ended up on the curve laughing on his back. The compact minivan zoomed down the road. Itachi dust himself off while getting up. He shook his head and walked towards his first class.

After dropping his brother off, Sasuke picked up Ino and Naruto at Naruto's place. The two sat in the back, still drowsy. Ino cuddled against her boyfriend as she shut her eyes to get at least more than five minutes of snooze. Naruto stared out the window, not bothering to say anything. Knowing his close friend, tension grew in the car. This bothered the Uchiha as much as it bothered the Namikaze. Neither of them said anything anyway.

By the time they made it to school, Naruto and Ino passed by Sasuke with a 'thanks' and entered the building. Sasuke didn't follow them until someone brushed his arm. He looked down to see pink hair and green emerald eyes sparkling. She wrapped her arms around his arm as they walked in the building.

Far to the left of the halls was her. Immediately, his breathe hitched from her appearance. Ever since the beginning of junior year, Sasuke haven't seen her around as often. Only in the mornings he would be able to see her. It's rare to see small Hinata through the halls of tall people.

Sakura been around Sasuke's side lately. Something had to hit her head to act like nothing happened this summer. Ino and Sakura are tight as ever. Naruto talks to Sakura sometimes but he couldn't be around her more than ten minutes. He's still hurt from sophomore year incident. No one don't blame him.

"Would you stop clinging onto me." Sasuke struggled her off. Sakura let go of him. She then started to rumble about something. Suddenly Karin and some other girls came by chatting to Sakura. The Uchiha zone them out of my mind and kept on walking towards my locker for this semester.

"Hinata, Neji said you have his math text book." The brunette slyly came by helping her gather her books while she placed some of them back in the locker. By the looks of it, Hinata spend her time getting closer with her neighbor and other people beside the certain Uchiha.