On The Contrary

Chapter 5

Sasuke sat anxiously in his brother's car as Itachi drove him to school. He tapped on the door handle in no rhythmic pattern, causing Itachi to cast annoyed glances at him.

"What's got you so worked up that you need to annoy me with your lack of musical talent?" Itachi questioned after another minute of Sasuke's tapping.

Sasuke turned to face Itachi and shrugged. "I'm not worked up. I just need to turn in some paperwork regarding my classes."

Itachi snorted. "You don't need to lie to me, little brother. I just want that irritating noise to stop and I was simply giving you a way to vent."

Sasuke sighed. "It's just, I-" He stopped and looked down at his lap. "I fucked up. And, I don't know what to do about it."

Itachi raised an eyebrow at him then glanced back at the road. "Did you maybe want to elaborate on that?"

Sasuke grumbled. "I ruined a friendship, a few years back and I never realized but, I'm thinking I want it to be more than a friendship."

Itachi hummed in understanding. "I see, so its about love. Just tell him how you feel, if its about that little blonde friend of yours that you use to hang out with, I doubt you'll have too much trouble."

Sasuke turned to look at him in surprise. "How did you know it was about a guy? Let alone Naruto?"

"Ah, that was his name." Itachi nodded and then smirked at him. "Please, it's so obvious that you had feelings for him, even long ago."

Sasuke crossed his arms and huffed, turning away from him. "Well, what should I do about it?"

"Be honest. That's all you can do." Itachi stated, matter-of-factly. "From what I remember he didn't have a mean bone in his body. You'll do fine."

Sasuke uncrossed his arms and sighed lightly. "I hope you're right."

They drove in silence the rest of the way to the high school. Itachi dropped Sasuke off in front of the school building, where they saw Naruto sitting on the bottom step that led to the entrance of the building.

"Bye Itachi." Sasuke said, slamming the car door as he left, causing Naruto to look up at the noise. Sasuke turned to face him, and Naruto stood up quickly. "Hey."

"Hey." Naruto stood in place, waiting for Sasuke to say something. When Sasuke made no move to say anything, Naruto coughed to break the silence. "Uh, I guess you're wondering why I asked you here, huh?" He rubbed the back of his head, a nervous habit of his.

Sasuke gave a slight shrug. "Whether or not you asked to talk with you, I have something I need to say. I needed to say this long ago, but, you know me better than anyone and how my pride gets in the way."

Naruto snorted. "That's for damn sure." He mumbled.

"Look, for what happened all those years ago, I know I can't take back the pain I've caused you. I know I can't take back the humiliation that it also caused I know I can't take back those words." Sasuke looked deeply into Naruto's eyes, letting his guard down and showing Naruto his emotions. "But I am truly and deeply sorry. I never wanted to lose you as a friend, and I was scared."

Naruto was shocked. "Sasuke, I-"

Sasuke shook his head. "Naruto, please listen to me!" He closed his eyes tightly and took a deep breath. "After what I did, I took some time to think. I, I didn't want to believe it, but after going only a few days without talking to you, I realized I loved you back."

Naruto choked back a gasp. He knew that Hinata would never lie to him, but he still couldn't believe her when she told him what Sasuke said yesterday. But now, hearing the words coming out of Sasuke's own mouth, he wanted him to repeat it over and over.

"It wasn't until I heard from Hinata the other day, that I never told you because I assumed you would've hated me for what I did, or think I was playing a cruel prank on you or something. I didn't want you to feel like that." Sasuke opened his eyes and at the shocked look on Naruto's face, he turned away. "I just needed to get all this off my chest, Naruto."

Naruto stayed silent, studying Sasuke's face carefully.

Sasuke looked at him, anxious. "Naruto?"

Naruto gave him a small smile. "I'm glad you finally showed some emotion to me, you bastard." His smile grew wider. "I've missed you, Sasuke."

Sasuke gave him a small smile, turning away. "I've missed you too, dobe." He turned back to him, a smirk on his face.

Naruto took a step closer to Sasuke, and Sasuke blinked down at him. "I've been wanting to do this for over two years." He went on his tip-toes and gave a quick peck on Sasuke's lips.

A small tinge of pink colored Sasuke's cheek as Naruto took a small step back from him, smiling at him. "That's it?" Sasuke's embarrassment soon faded and he was once again smirking at Naruto. "I was hoping for a little more." He took a step towards Naruto, grabbed his hands, pulled him to his chest and kissed him passionately.

"Aw, Hinata," A voice whined behind the two teens who were now full blown making out. "Look what you did?"

The two boys stopped and stepped away from each other to see a pouting Kiba standing next to a smiling Hinata. "Now Naruto's gonna ignore me forever and only be making out with duck butt over there!"

Hinata giggled and Sasuke gave him a glare. Naruto smiled widely at him before trotting up next to him and throwing his arm around Kiba's shoulder. "Don't worry dog-breath, I always got time for you!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and held out his hand to Naruto. "Let's walk to class together."

Naruto took Sasuke's hand with a smile, and they walked into the school together behind Hinata and Kiba. "I love you, Sasuke." Naruto whispered.

Sasuke glanced down at him. "I love you too, Naruto."