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Soup's On	By : OfFansAndFlames Category: Naruto AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1793 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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So I'm way behind on aff.net. I've posted a lot more chapters on other websites, so I'm going to gradually update over the week until I catch up. :) So I'm going all the way up to Chapter 5, and next Sunday I'll post Chapter 6.
Anyhow, enjoy! :)

Sasuke went about his weekdays in his normal practice. It was routine, dull. His suspension had just ended this Monday, which he was rather regretful of. Classmates whispered as he roamed through the halls, some staring discreetly (and others not so discreetly). He ignored them.
This particular afternoon, he sat at his school's lunch table with a small group of his friends. The cafeteria was loud and smelled strongly of pizza. Kabuto, a senior who had only been held back about three years, sat at the head of the table. Suigetsu sat towards Sasuke's left, with Karin's arm tangled around Suigetsu's left side. Suigetsu's bleach blond hair offered a harsh juxtaposition against Karin's brilliant shade of red, her brown eyes framed by some thickly rimmed black glasses. Juugo, the school's linebacker, sat on the opposite side. He had obviously gone through puberty very early, with bulky muscles and a height far above anyone else in their group.
"And I seriously fucked the guy up… Like he was cryin' and shit, but I was like, 'Hey, if you touch my girl, I will fucking break your jaw, got that?'"
Sasuke took a bite of his apple, paying Suigetsu's boasting no mind.
"And he called Karin a slut! Which she is, but still."
Karin punched Suigetsu's bicep, addressing him loudly and angrily, "I'm not a slut! I'm liberated."
Suigetsu disregarded the girl, pushing her arm out of the way.
"Shut up, slut!"
Karin's hand thudded upside Suigetsu's head.
"Stop it! Sasuke, make her stop! She'll listen to you."
Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Apparently you made that gangbanger cry. Fending for yourself now should be no problem."
Suigetsu raised his brows, regarding Sasuke dryly.
"What, you want me to hit her?"
Karin actually looked nervous.
"Hit Karin, and you'll be the one crying," Juugo spoke up gruffly.
Suigetsu swatted at Juugo dismissively.
"Don't get your panties in a bunch. I'm not hittin' my fuckin' woman."
Kabuto interrupted.
"Will you all kindly shut the hell up? We need to talk some business."
Kabuto leaned forward slightly, lowering his voice.
"So, Sasori jacked his parents' meds. We got full bottles of Xanax, Valium, and Vicodin, just to name a few. He's looking to make some cash, but he needs some distributors. He said he'd give us half the profit."
"Hell yeah! I could use some spare change," Suigetsu agreed with a smirk.
"So," Kabuto began again, eyeing the other four students, "Are we all in?"
Sasuke interjected, "I'm out. I don't want to end up in juvie, and as you know, I'm on thin ice."
Kabuto chuckled, as if he were talking to a toddler who had just said something cute.
"Stop being such a tool."
"I don't need your approval, Kabuto."
Kabuto stared at Sasuke critically, their eyes locking. Sasuke stared back, and neither blinked. It annoyed Sasuke that Kabuto would even try to pressure him into something like that. He did not like being manipulated. Kabuto then leaned back with a twisted smile on his lips.
"Alright. Your loss, Uchiha."
"Aw, come on Sasuke!" Karin petitioned. "Let's do it together! Besides, you have a lot of power over the females here, if you know what I mean."
Karin gazed over at Sasuke flirtatiously, much to Suigetsu's disapproval.
"You heard my answer."
Juugo grumbled, "Give it a rest. He said he doesn't want to do it."
Karin huffed.
"Well fine."
The bell rang as Sasuke attempted to remind himself why he put up with these people. It was nice to have at least someone around, even if they were poor influences. And they'd had good times, he reasoned. It was just days like these when he wondered why he even bothered having friends to begin with.
For the most part, the rest of the week was as monotonous as ever. He crammed for a few tests, which he thought he did pretty well on. The one departure from routine was Wednesday night, when his brother took him out to Applebee's.
It was rare that Itachi had much time to spend with Sasuke. Whenever Itachi did have spare time, Sasuke restrained himself from approaching his brother too often so as not to become a pest. Thus, the outing had been the highlight of Sasuke's entire week. Itachi ordered a beer and cheeseburger, while Sasuke ordered a club sandwich. Itachi let Sasuke try his drink, which was a rather luxurious pilsner. And for perhaps the first time this week, Sasuke had given a balls out, deeply resonating laugh.
However, that night, he stayed up until sunlight studying for his third midterm this week. He knew that if he'd told Itachi that he had so much to do, Itachi would have never agreed to the outing. Thus, when he arrived at the soup kitchen on Thursday night, he had a conspicuously hoarse voice and shadows under his eyes.
This time, Sasuke was serving the main entree: a pasta dish with garlic bread. As expected, Naruto approached him again for his meal.
"Hi, Sasuke. You look like shit."
"Nice to see you too," Sasuke's voice cracked as he eyed Naruto sarcastically.
"Are you getting sick?"
He handed another diner his meal as Naruto stepped out of the way.
"No. And don't say that, or you'll scare the diners."
Naruto shook his head.
"Dude, I don't think they care. It's free eats."
Sasuke forked a meal over to the next denizen. Naruto left Sasuke to his job, promising to approach him after the rush had died down. At that point, he sauntered up to Sasuke, the same spacey smile on his lips as usual.
"So, what sort of week did you have?"
"Dull. Midterms."
Sasuke handed out a roll to one of the final lingering diners.
"Ah..."
Naruto glanced at Sasuke expectantly, and Sasuke cast him a questioning look.
"Aren't you gonna ask me how my week was?"
Sasuke reluctantly engaged the boy with a roll of the eyes.
"If you insist. How was your week?"
Naruto grinned back at him, taking a roll from Sasuke and handing it to a toddler who had decided to camp out by Naruto's feet.
"Dull, but they're almost always dull. A nice old lady did give me a ten dollar bill the other day. I'm not sure what day it was. I tend to forget stuff like that."
Sasuke coughed, wondering why Naruto would have wanted to be asked a question he had such a boring response to.
"Props."
Naruto grinned.
"Yup! It fed me all week."
"Hm."
He thought, momentarily, about what it would be like to only have ten dollars for a week's supply of food. No wonder Naruto was so thin. The kitchen closed, and all of the diners left with the exception of Naruto. The blond walked behind the counter, washing his hands and working on some of the dishes.
"Naruto..."
"Yeah?"
Sasuke watched the soap bubbles percolate upwards as he rubbed the bottom of a bowl. He didn't know why he was bothering to say what he was going to say.
"Why don't you just...turn yourself in? You're under eighteen, so the state's legally required to house you."
Sasuke cleared his throat, wondering if he was getting sick after all. Naruto shook his head.
"And end up in foster care again? Nuh uh. Been there, done that."
Sasuke perked a brow at Naruto, his tone skeptical and distanced.
"I have trouble believing that foster care could be any worse than this."
The blond frowned.
"That's because you've never been in foster care."
Sasuke refused to believe this. He'd known several people who had been in foster care, and while it wasn't exactly sunshine and roses, it seemed one hell of a lot better than a street corner. In fact, Sasuke had almost ended up there himself. But if Naruto insisted on putting himself through this, that was his own prerogative. Why did he even care?
"Whatever."
Naruto looked like he was ready to argue with Sasuke, visibly frustrated. However, he refrained himself. There was a tense silence as the two boys scrubbed adjacent tables. Sasuke didn't mind this, but Naruto was disturbed by it. His agitation with Sasuke died off quickly. The boy frequently opened his mouth to speak, but for once, he didn't know what to say.
"So... How long are you gonna work in the kitchen?"
"I have about six weeks left if I keep getting trash duty."
Naruto looked discouraged.
"I won't see you after that, will I?"
Sasuke snickered, cocking his head towards Naruto teasingly.
"Why? Got a crush on me?"
Naruto laughed.
"As if. You really are arrogant."
"Thought we'd established that."
"Feh. But you didn't answer my question."
Naruto shimmied his rag down the table top, stopping his movements temporarily to study Sasuke, who didn't falter.
"...Probably not."
Naruto seemed to all but sink into himself. Sasuke almost felt guilty about it, but then again, what was he supposed to do? Lie? They were a part of different worlds. There was no reason their paths would cross again.
"I guess I can't blame you," Naruto trailed. "You know... Considering."
Sasuke knit his brows, fully catching Naruto's implication. He wanted to say that it wasn't that, but to a large extent, it was. He had his doubts about hanging out with anyone new, let alone a homeless guy he met just a few weeks ago in a soup kitchen. Naruto was, after all, a bum. He passed them on his way to the bus stop almost every day, turning a blind eye as they requested some change or started mumbling disjointed nonsense. Still, Naruto wasn't like that. He was just Naruto.
"I'm not...ruling it out completely."
"Really?"
Naruto's attitude rebounded quickly, causing Sasuke to wonder if he was only leading Naruto on.
"I didn't say it would happen," he clarified, trying to manage any false hopes blossoming in the kid's head.
"But there's a chance?"
"I guess? We haven't exactly known each other that long."
"Right, right."
Naruto was smiling awkwardly. At that moment, he seemed very lonely to Sasuke. Sasuke's ringtone sounded - the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir."
"Hey Itachi... Alright, I'll be out... No, I don't mind McDonald's. ...Let's have this conversation in the car. Right, see you."
"Was that your brother?"
"Yeah," Sasuke answered, his tone distracted as he gathered his possessions.
"Does he always pick you up?"
"I have to go, Naruto."
He turned away, walking briskly towards the doors. Naruto called out after him.
"Okay. Well, see you next week then. Try not to miss me too much."
"That's my line."
"Bye, dickass."
Sasuke smirked at the rather cumbersome insult and walked out the door.
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