On The Contrary

Chapter 2

Naruto finally caught up to Kiba after about five minutes of aimlessly running through the halls. He found him in the cafeteria sitting next to his girlfriend, Hinata and Naruto's second best friend, Sai.

"Kiba you dick! Why didn't you wait for me?" Naruto glared as he stomped over to the table and placed his fists on his hip.

"Hey dude!" Kiba smiled up at him sheepishly. "I was scared Principle Tsunade was behind me. I didn't want to get caught on the first day of school."

Naruto rolled his eyes and sat down next to Sai, causing Sai to scoot over on the bench. "You know she sleeps in till first period is over. She was probably sleep talking or something."

Sai blinked owlishly at Naruto. "What did you two do this time?"

Kiba smirked at Sai. "Let's just say, we rewallpapered her office. With our faces."

Naruto laughed loudly and took out his cellphone. "Here's what the end result is!"

Hinata and Sai leaned in closer to see Naruto and Kiba standing next to a sleeping Tsunade in a room covered in their faces.

Hinata shook her head. "You two are way too much."

"What even took you so long to get here?" Kiba asked Naruto. "Last I checked you were right behind me."

Naruto stared down at the table. "I ran into Sasuke."

Hinata and Kiba both winced and gave him apologetic looks. Sai looked at the two and then Naruto in confusion. "Who?"

"Naruto's worst enemy." Kiba said with a glare.

"And the love of my life." Naruto sighed and held his head in his hand.

"You still like him?" Hinata asked with a sad smile.

Naruto nodded solemnly at her.

"What happened that makes him your worst enemy?" Sai looked at Naruto with concern.

Kiba cleared his throat loudly. "It all started back in freshman y- Oof!" He quickly closed his mouth as Naruto kicked him from underneath the table.

"Shut your mouth, dog-breath. If anyone's gonna tell this story, it's me. At least I know what actually happened." Naruto gave Kiba a glare.

Kiba winced and rubbed at his leg. "I know what happened too."

Naruto rolled his eyes at Kiba's whining tone. "But at least when I tell it, I'm not gonna sound like a wimp."

"Yeah, but-"

"Kiba, babe," Hinata quickly covered Kiba's mouth with her hand. "Just let Naruto tell the story. Please."

Kiba pouted and crossed his arms over his chest. "Fine."

"So, as Kiba first said, it happened in freshman year." Naruto started out. "At the time, me and Sasuke were best friends, even better then how me and Kiba are now.

"Sasuke wanted to follow in his older brother's footsteps and become the class president and being popular and all that stuff. But being friends with a kid like me, it was going to be hard for Sasuke, or at least that's what the teachers told him. He said to me, they thought I would let you get away with more pranks. So he told me that he wasn't going to give up our friendship over something stupid as class president. He still ran of course, though.

"About a week before elections, I told Sasuke I was gay and that I had a crush on him." Naruto paused here, staring at his lap. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I tried to kiss him and I knew I went to far, but I didn't care, I had to let him know. He pushed me away and walked away from me without saying a word and I went home crying that night.

"The next day, I came into school and the halls were empty. Literally nobody in sight. I thought I accidently came to school on a weekend or something. But when I reached the cafeteria, practically everyone was there and Sasuke was in the middle of it, standing on a table, crossing his arms and glaring, until he saw me.

"He called me over to the table and I got up and stood next to him, I was nervous as hell cause I had no idea what was going on, but Sasuke's done spontaneous stuff like this before without telling me. But nothing like that day.

"He outed me in front of the whole school, saying how I was a disgrace and that if he knew that I liked him, he would've never been friends with me in the first place. I was humiliated and the whole time, he was just smirking at me." Naruto shook his head as his voice started to waver. "In the end, he got what he wanted. He became class president and the teachers had nothing against it anymore. And I pretty much became the laughing stock of the school."

Sai frowned at him. "And you still like this kid?"

Naruto nodded in shame. "I can't help it. We've been friends since kindergarten and the Sasuke I know still has a place in my heart. Which is why I'm just waiting for that apology."

Kiba growled at him. "You're never going to get it. He's a stuck up asshole who only ever gave a shit about himself. Find yourself a new guy, or something."

Sai gave him an empty smile. "You can fawn after me, Naruto. I'll be there for you."

Hinata, Naruto and Kiba stared at Sai in mixed looks of disgust, awe and terror.

Kiba was the first to break the silence. "Naruto, Sai is just as bad. Or worse. Pick someone else."

Naruto laughed at Sai's frown. "Nothing against you, Sai. I just don't like you like that."

Hinata stood up from the table. "Well, let's get going. The bell will ring soon and we know Tsunade will be calling your names shortly after."

Kiba and Naruto chuckled and followed suit with Sai trailing behind.