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Chapter Five

by Houseki 2 reviews

meet more of Sasuke's friends

Category: Naruto - Rating: R - Genres: Drama, Humor - Characters: Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Tenten - Warnings: [?] - Published: 2006-08-13 - Updated: 2006-08-14 - 3097 words - Complete

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A/N: Well, I guess my little side-fic didn't get through to somebody on here..they decided to rate all my chapters badly, and then leave NO review. Do what you want man, I know my story is good..I have it up in 3 other places and people like it... go see a doctor to get whatever is up your ass removed. Don't take it out on someone who enjoys writing something for their fans. Here's the point, you rate, review and make your point. Don't be a bitch and hide behind an annonymous rate.

To everyone else who at least likes this...freakin rate it if you like it, and review. This is the only site that is being a pain in my ass with this. And I LIKED this site.

Enjoy.

Disclaimer: Do not own Naruto....yep, that's it this time. Oh, Harry Potter...yeah, the blanket is back :3 I'm just going to make that a constant disclaimer, same for Naruto so I don't always have to write that out haha ...Mountain Dew, and mm we'll just start with those three for now being a constant disclaimer of NO OWNERSHIP. ^__^

Enjoy!

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Sunday I worked with my usual closers. For some reason, Sundays just /sucked/! For a day where we actually got out early, it just was ten times more stressful than any other day. It was nice to get out before the moon was up, though.

I went in at noon, and found TenTen, the Head Team Lead, in the office.

"Hey TenTen," I greeted as I put my things under the desk, tying my apron around my waist.

"Hey." She turned around from the computer, rubbing her face and gave me a look of death.

"Bad day?"

"Always."

I chuckled. "What's left on the list?"

She handed me the list and I scanned it over as she listed off the things I should skip over and what things were more important to do.

As she talked I took a seat in the other office chair. "So is that party still on next week?" I asked.

"Ah yeah. Have you decided all that you want?" she asked, taking out a pen and paper.

I blushed a little as she handed me the book so I could point out what I wanted and we could add up how much I owed her. I pointed out three things that looked interesting.

TenTen and a few other female Leads were having one of those "exotic adult" parties. Unfortunately, men were not allowed to join. Not even the gay ones. So, TenTen gave me a book to look through a week ago. I was actually quite interested in testing out some of these products.

"It's a shame you can't join us," she said, pulling a stray hair behind her ear. "For one, you would be able to see these things and test some of 'em out. Two, it would just be a hoot to have you there!" She winked at me. She's such a goof.

"Yeah, trying some of these would be nice. Especially the ones I'm getting. I would like to smell them before I purchase, but I guess I'll just have to risk it," I sighed.

"Yeah, well anyway, I'll make sure to get you your things as soon as I can." She opened her mouth to continue, but two calls for assistance out on the floor were made so we sighed and took leave of the office.

TenTen is one of my more favorite coworkers. There's only a few who I really get along with. Most of the guys actually get on my nerves, so I stick with the female staff more so than not. To them, the girls, I'm the "gay best friend". I always laugh when they call me that.

I went about my work for the first couple hours, running this way and that. Naruto and the other closer showed around 3.
Earlier I had counted down a few drawers for them, so I tossed Naruto on first, so I could have him on the floor at the end of the night when it'd be much more crazy.

The night progressed with the usual catastrophes. And it didn't help that Naruto was being his usual smartass-self.

Once it started getting close to closing time, I closed down all but two drawers (one for my cashier, and one for emergencies). I then gave my mid-shift guy one of the scanners to start scanning the small animals. Every Sunday we count the animals we have in stock, and total them into the system so we know how many to order for the week.

My list of duties for the night was to clean my reptile tanks, so I gave myself enough time to hit some of the more neglected tanks. Then, once I was done cleaning, I could count the tank I had finished before moving on to the next tank.

Of course, things started off well. But then I started getting pulled in different directions helping customers. I asked my other closer to clean the Ball Python cage for me, to help me out some, and he looked at me like I was on crack.

"Are you serious?" he asked.

"Don't I look serious?" I asked, face set as stone.

"Just reach in there?"

"Yes, move them all to one side of the cage, clean the empty side, add new bedding, then move them onto the clean side, and then work on that side. It's simple," I finished with an exasperated sigh.

I was standing right next to him, working on the large Corn snake tank, watching him from the corner of my eye. He would attempt to stick his hand in there to move one over, but he'd fling his hand back before he got close enough to touch one.

"Need help?"

"Uhh, yeah," he chuckled nervously.

I rolled my eyes and walked over, reaching in and grabbing a handful of the pythons and moved them over. Then went back in for the strays. And stop. Now that took... 3.4 seconds to accomplish. Amazing. I glanced back up at him and gave him a pathetic smirk. Him being the pathetic one. Not the smirk. The smirk was a trademark.

I walked back over to my tank and was talking aimlessly to customers about Hermit Crabs. Ugly ass things. Why people like them is beyond me. They wanted to set one up, so I discussed with them the cost and maintenance, all while cleaning my tank out.

They then asked if I could point the things out to them once I was finished, so I quickly finished the last of it up and went to help, glancing back at the other guy who was still trying to get the bedding out, looking a bit terrified of a moving snake.

"Let it bite you," I grinned.

"Seriously?" he asked. A look of horror crossed his face.

"Yeah, once you get bit, you'll have no fear over them anymore," I said, walking away with my customers.

Unfortunately, he didn't get bit, he had to take off to help some customers soon after.

While helping one family with the Hermit Crabs, another butted in, gaining information on them as well. I ended up sending both families home with roughly $150 worth of supplies for their $5 Hermit Crabs. All in a day's work I tell ya.

Although, that second family decided they wanted a snake as well. My precious animal counts and cage cleaning was being taken away. Sounds familiar. They finally left spending well over $300 for the Hermit Crab and a Ball Python. Ahh, no bitching from the boss with that as my last sale.

But, I still had the last of the animal counts and drawers to do! Plus that Ball Python cage still wasn't complete!

Naruto was on top of a few things: getting trash from the registers and office, grabbing carts once the last of the customers were out, and he and the other closer grabbed the scanners to finish the last of the animals while I counted down the drawers.

I asked him to finish the Ball Python cage, or for any of them to do so, and he said he'd try. I continued with my counting and about ten minutes later he came back in.

"Umm, I can't clean those cages. They're striking at me before I put my hand in there," he said, looking quite pathetic.

"What about..." I started.

"If you want him using those tongs to get the snakes out of the way, I'd advise in not letting him take on the responsibility," he said with a grin.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine! Leave it. I'll get it when I'm done. Go, face!" I turned back to counting and rushed to finish all the paperwork as quickly as possible.

Once I was done I walked back to the cage and moved any stray snakes back to one side, finished cleaning out the side that had been started, then dumped new bedding in. I then reached down and grabbed another clump of snakes and moved them over, again catching any who were not curled into the others. Then swiftly cleaned out that side and put in the fresh bedding. I sighed when I was finished. Not a single one attempted to bite me, and it took me a whopping five minutes to complete the task. These guys were hopeless.

After cleaning up the reptile area, I started roaming the store, hitting any areas that usually are bad. One aisle being particularly bad, I called to the boys to come hither. Yes, I said, "Hey boys, come hither!" And they did.

"What's up?" Naruto asked.

"Who did this aisle?" I crossed my arms and waited for an answer.

Naruto spoke up, "He did, but I went back over it." He actually looked proud over it.

"Re-do it." There was no room for argument in my tone. And they knew that. They began walking through the aisle finding things they had both missed. Many times they thought the aisle looked perfect, but I'd stand there waiting for one of them to find what was still out of place. I'm a hard ass, I know. But, the boss wanted the store perfect. So that made me want the store perfect. And that should make them want the store perfect too. But, these newbies are just not catching on. Basically, they have yet to fear the wrath of our boss. And its scary. Well, he at least made me shift uncomfortably once or twice.

Eight hit, and that annoying ringtone started going off again. I looked sharply at Naruto as he started to dig his cell out.

He shrugged at me as he opened it. He said a few words to Hinata and hung up. "She wanted to know if we were going to get out soon."

"I didn't ask," I said coldly. I noticed more and more how cold I got when that phone rang. I am beginning to wonder about myself. "We'll be out as soon as the store looks good."

"Store looks fine to me," Naruto chirped.

"It's not." I said, walking away from the aisle we were all currently standing in.

Both boys sighed behind me and continued to follow me throughout the store until I called it a night.

The three of us grabbed our belongings, I set the alarm, they opened the doors, they closed the doors, I locked the doors. We walked to our cars, said our goodbyes, and found out when we each worked next before getting in.

By the time I set myself and my car up for the drive home, all that was left in the parking lot was my car... and Naruto's.

I cocked my head to the side, making it fall partially out the window so I could talk to him. "What's goin' on?"

"Nothing. She was just making plans for tomorrow."

"Not what I was asking about," I said coolly.

"Oh."

We sat in silence for a bit.

"Well, IM me later or something. I'm heading home," I said, tired of the game.

He nodded and we said bye before we left the parking lot.

I went home and did my usual nightly business: dropped my stuff on the dining room table, checked the caller ID, talked to Shika, saw what he was doing, went into my room and stripped to my boxers and a wife-beater, grabbed something to eat, watched some TV, and then headed into my room for the night.

I crawled in bed, positioned my pillows to prop me up, and got on my computer. I already had an IM from Naruto.

Uzu: U there?

iheartpot: am now


He didn't respond back so I figured he went to bed. I started checking my usual sites when he finally IMed back.

Uzu: what u doin?

iheartpot: just messin on comp. you?

Uzu: being bored

iheartpot: you do that a lot

Uzu: heh i guess i do

Uzu: what you doin?

iheartpot: same thing i was doing 2 minutes ago /:)

Uzu: sounds like fun

iheartpot: mm it is


Here we go 'round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, here we go 'round the mulberry bush, so early in the morning!

So, this is going no where basically.

iheartpot: come over?

Uzu: ok, call you when I'm near

iheartpot: talk to you then, bye

Uzu: bye


Why do I keep doing this to myself? It was already 12:30, and I'd probably end up zonking out within a few hours.

I kept myself busy until he arrived by talking to my other best friend, Kakashi Hatake, on IM. Shika, Kakashi, and me are really good friends. If you'd see us individually, you wouldn't think we'd fit. But when we're together, we're a force to be reckoned with. We take down our walls, our masks, our hair. Whatever. We are just comfortable with each other. Have lots of things in common. We have good times. Unfortunately, Kakashi is married and lives a state away, so we don't get to have our usual good times like we used to. Kakashi's got a real cutie, I-pop. Well, at least that's what we called him. His name is Iruka, and he and Kakashi were made for each other.

hentairocks: so, konohamaru decided that instead of drawing on paper, he would try the wall. help mommy and daddy "dek-ate" ;))

iheartpot: you sure got your hands full :p

hentairocks: better believe it. so, naruto is coming over again?

iheartpot: mm yeah. i don't know why he likes hanging with me. I don't find myself that entertaining... not unless I'm with you guys ^__~

hentairocks: hai hai... shrugs dude, i dunno maybe he likes you?

iheartpot: rolls eyes he's straight... AND has a kid on the way, highly unlikely dood

hentairocks: stranger things have happened. plus, he'd have good reason to go for you. come on, you are Sasuke Uchiha :))

iheartpot: oh shut up :p

iheartpot: hey he's calling so i might be back later, if not, i'll talk to you tomorrow hugs

hentairocks: k have fun ^__~ hugs


I picked up the phone and talked to Naruto while he drove over to the house. We chit-chatted about nothing in particular, and he was soon outside. I told him to come around back so we could try sneaking him in so as not to wake Shika by the barking dogs.

It kind of worked. After we hung up and he was half way to my room, the dogs finally realized that someone else was in the house. We pretty much booked it into my room and shut the door, bringing one of the two monsters in with us. But, she sleeps in my room with me so it was only natural.

I hopped back in bed and let him do his thing with the dog to calm her down. He then pulled his shoes off and climbed in next to me. He laid back just watching me mess around on the computer, doing nothing really.

Bored with the silence I laid back beside him. "So what's up?"

"Not a whole lot, you?" he looked down at me grinning.

I rolled my eyes (I swear they're going to get stuck up there one of these times), and sighed audibly.

"What?" he asked, eyebrows furrowing.

"Nothing. Just, nothing."

"Hey now, don't start something and don't finish. You were gonna say something," he pried.

And he was right, I was going to say something. I don't really know what I was going to say. But it wasn't relevant enough to say, so I didn't say it. Or something.

He kept looking at me with that questioning look on his face, so I rolled over, and laid my head on his chest, threw my arm over his waist. He then looked down at me with a raised brow, so I shrugged and he was content with that answer so he rested back, placing his hands on my arm and upper back.

We began to have a soft conversation about this and that, and then he started. He started poking. He started poking at my sides. He started poking at my sides and making me laugh. Oh did I want to kill him.

He really got into tickling me once I started laughing. I had squirmed to where I was on my back and he leaned over me tickling my sides. After about 3 minutes of non-stop tickling and laughter, my laughs died down to nothingness.

He stared at me, and started tickling my sides again, but getting no reaction. My tickle spot, ran out. Or something. He sighed in defeat and rolled back over.

I hmphed in victory... victory of what, I'm really not sure, but indeed I hmphed.

After a few minutes of silence I leaned down and pulled my Harry blanket up over me and wiggled around until I got more comfortable in my pillows.

"Cold?"

"Mm, always." I always said I was born cold-blooded. I cannot stay warm to save my life. Shika is like a furnace, so I go to him when I'm really cold. Otherwise, you'll tend to find me with a blanket tossed over me.

He shifted himself lower, to where he was at my level, then scooted over some to give me some of his body heat. To top it off, he put his arm under me and turned me towards him. I couldn't help but smile at the sweet gesture.

Soon enough, the two of us were out cold.

TBC...
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