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“There's a guy standing outside our door with packed bags, referring to you. Do you know anything about this?” I had some difficulties to control my voice. I was too upset. This time Naruto really had gone too far.

He was cowering beside his bed after I rudely had kicked him out of it. Hangover or not, he definitely deserved every punishment I was able to give him right now. He blinked insecurely and apparently tried to get his brain together. Not that he had much of it anyway, that moron.

With a painful look he massaged his forehead and temple but it didn't seem to help him regain his memory about his latest bender.

“His name his Sai.”, I added with a freezing voice.

Suddenly Naruto's eyes widened. “Ghost-guy? He's really here?”

“Seems a bell has rung.”

“So it wasn't all a dream.”, Naruto muttered.

“What do you mean, 'a dream'? There's a very real guy standing in front of our door and it seems he wants to move in here.”

“Uh, that...”

“Yeah, that, I'm all ears for your explanation.”

“Jeez, Sasuke, don't make such a fuss, it's just for a couple of weeks.” He tried to stand up, but had to sit on the bed instead, holding his head and grimacing. After the binge he had performed yesterday, one Aspirin wasn't far enough to fully recover his health, of course.

“What do you mean 'a couple of weeks'?” I made an attempt to grab for his shirt, but he dodged me.

“Stop it, it wasn't my fault!”, he cried, curling up into a ball and kicking with his feet in the air to keep me away, this coward. “I just followed the principal's advise to be helpful towards our fellow students.”

“So you really invited him in?” I fumed.

“Uhm.. I... think so?” He peeked at me and relaxed a bit when he saw I made no further attempt to attack him. Then he scratched his head and smiled at me as if he still hadn't found all his marbles ...if there ever had been any, that is. “It's somehow foggy. All I remember is, Shikamaru... Choji... Shino... Kiba... and me drinking together... having fun.. ah, and well, this guy joining later somehow... he treated us to some drinks... blabbering a lot... something about being an... exchange student... from abroad or so... having problems with his dorm...”

“And so you generously put him up ...to our room.”

“Uhm... seems so?” He still had no clue.

I was near to explode.

“This time you really overdid yourself, idiot!”

“Don't shout, please.” He made a painful face and lifted up his hands showing his palms in a smoothing gesture.

“Shout?” I crudely grabbed his arm and pulled him up. “You'll go over there now and explain him friendly, that it all was a misunderstanding. Or I'll do far more to you than just shout.”

“But that's impossible, he... he...”

“What?” Naruto really got on my nerves. He still hid something and I wanted to know urgently what it was.

“Oi, Sasuke, Naruto, open the door! I can't stand here all night holding the tatami mat.”, Shikamaru shouted from outside. My eyes widened in disbelief.

“What the...?” I let go of Naruto and rushed to the door. When I opened it, Shikamaru stared directly into my eyes.

“Naruto didn't tell you, did he?” Bulls eye, this smart ass! I forced myself to show an indifferent look.

“Of course he did. He just left out some details. So you'll move in too?” Couldn't admit anything was out of my control here. Not in front of Shikamaru. This guy was sharp and apparently Naruto had told him something about our little 'contest'.

“Ha-ha, very funny Uchiha. No need to rub it in. I lost the bet and have to help moving now.”

Bet? Whatever... at least Naruto hadn't invited in more people. I was slightly relieved.

“So, do you mind...?” Shikamaru stared at me.

“What?”

“...letting us in?” Right, I still blocked the way in contradiction to what I stated seconds before. My body just acted out of instinct, I guess, since I didn't want that suspicious, pale guy to make even one step over my door sill. But I had to play along for the moment, if I didn't want to lose my face. Shikamaru mustered me in his inconspicuous manner while his mind probably worked at full blast, working out theories about what had happened between Naruto and me.

I swung open the door.

“Just help yourself.” I turned my back on them and walked towards the living-room as if I couldn't care less what they would do.

“Oi, don't you intend helping?”

“No.”

“Really, this guy never changes.” Shikamaru sighed and brought in some items. “Annoying like hell. What a drag.”

“Sorry for intruding.” The white guy rattled down the usual cliché before entering the room with his 2 bags. He still showed his unreal smile as if this was a funny situation. It really pissed me off! Couldn't stand this asshole from the very first moment I saw him.

It was so not Naruto's manner to drink. He sometimes went out with friends, sure, but he never had come home wasted like this. And never before he had brought along another man...

“I'm off again, guys.” Shikamaru took his leave. I guess he didn't want to become involved. Smart move, like always. This guy was lazy like hell or at least he made it seem so. Couldn't say I was unhappy about him leaving though I still had to have a word with him.

Naruto staggered out of the bedroom to join us.

“Hey, Shikamaru, where are you going?!”, he complained. “Come in and let's have some tea, pal.”

“Sorry, but I have a date with a hot babe.” Shikamaru turned and winked at us.

“Don't let your girlfriend find out about it.”, I said dryly.

“Temari isn't my girlfriend.” He shrugged. “We're just study-partners, that's all.”

“If you say so...”

“Hey, don't start rumors, Uchiha, you never know who'll be next.” He stared at me sharply. Shit, I was so busted! But luckily Shikamaru usually wasn't giving a damn about such things and moreover he was discreet... at least I hoped so... I watched Shikamaru's back while he danced away mimicking a tango. I really hoped so...

“Where can I store my things?”, the pale guy broke into my thoughts. I noticed Naruto standing beside him and trying to keep his balance, almost touching him.

“How about you store them in your a...”

“AH...Ahahaha!” Naruto cut me off me in panic. “Sasuke means he's so happy to have some other company than me now, he doesn't know what to say. Right, Sasuke?” I snorted scornfully but Naruto just continued his stupid blabbering. As if that would help bettering this absurd situation one bit.

“You're also studying diligently, isn't it so, Sai-kun?” He patted on the eerie guy's shoulder and it seriously made my blood boil. How could Naruto be so oblivious, so trusting? It was like putting his head down a hungry snake's throat.

The pale guy bowed slightly.

“You're too kind, Naruto-kun. I'm just trying to catch up with you best I can.”

“Really? Can't be that hard.” My tone was dry.

Naruto looked kind of shocked due to my words. If not for our 'guest', he'd surely have started a fight with me. I wished this Sai-guy would just disintegrate.

“What are you studying anyway, Sai-kun? Naruto...” I glared at him, “...forgot to tell me.”

“I'm having the pleasure of studying art on this University.”

“Art?” This was quite a surprise. I studied business, Naruto political science, Shikamaru law, Choji agriculture and Kiba... well, he was Kiba..., Naruto and I knew him from ever since. So we all more or less met via business lectures as crossover. How come this white-skinned freak got in contact with the bunch?

“That a job you can built a future on?” I tried to sound as rudely as I could. Maybe he'd give up then on the idea of moving in and instead took his leave. Naruto stared at me in despair.

“I hope so.” Pale guy wasn't so easily to scare off, it seemed. He put up his fake smile again. “Beside that, I'm attending business lectures to work out proper marketing strategies.”

Aha, there it was, the missing link. Funny I never before got aware of that creep.

“I see.” Yes, indeed, suddenly everything made sense. These secret gazes he sometimes shot at Naruto, when he thought he was unwatched, his faked over-politeness, his invisibility... he must have planned that coup all along, waiting for a proper moment to strike. I grit my teeth. Don't think you'll have any chance, bastard! I won't let Naruto out of my eyes ...or you.

“At least you'll have the pleasure to experience the term 'bankrupt' in real life then.” I smiled.

“Oh, how funny, Sasuke-kun, I just thought this may possibly happen to all of us.” He hadn't lost a second to counter.

“Just speak for yourself, loser.” Narrowing my eyes, I moved a step forward towards him.

“AHAHAHA!” Naruto let out a cramped laughter and placed himself between us. “Sasuke's joking, joking! Why don't we just forget about the honorifics, guys? You can call me Naruto and I'll call you Sai, ok?”

“You're too kind, Naruto.” The guy smiled at him and then looked at me in curious expectation.

“As I said, just speak for yourselves, losers.”

“Sasuke! That's no way to welcome our guest. Show some manners.” He tended to the creep.

“Don't listen to Sasuke, it's just the bliss of the moment he can't digest.”

Digest, that's right, how much I'd like to gorge that unhealthily looking guy in one piece and digest him to the pile of shit he really was. Seriously, this poor imitation of a vampire evoked the worst in me. I didn't trust this guy one bit.

“Come on, Sai, I'll show you where you can store some of your stuff.” Naruto tried to calm the waves and pulled the white-skinned freak away to the closet in our bedroom. I followed them.

“I think, if I just take out some of my old clothes I don't wear anymore, you can store your own here.”, Naruto blabbered on, fumbling the clothes in the closet while I watched everything warily.

“Don't touch my things, dobe!” I reminded him.

“Dobe? What does that mean?” The white guy really seemed to be from abroad. At least this part of his story wasn't made up.

“Ah, it's another term for...uhm, erh... being part of the number one students.” While Sai was still curiously inspecting the closet, Naruto poked his tongue out at me. I raised an eyebrow and my fist, so he flinched and swiftly turned away. Sai looked up.

“Oh, that's marvelous, Naruto. I admire your sense of hard work. In that case, I can call Sasuke-kun dobe too, right?” Again that eerie smile. He did that on purpose!

“Don't you dare!” I was about to pulverize this white abomination and throw his remains into the sea. Not that there would be too many parts left after I was done with him.

“Ah, I have an idea!” Naruto panicked. “Why don't you just leave your things here and go eat some ramen, Sai? My treat. Meanwhile Sasuke and I can discuss which things we'll sort out of our wardrobe to create some space for you.” Naruto dragged a very unwillingly seeming Sai to the door while I prepared internally for our little 'discussion'.

“But I...”, the freak tried to protest.

“No, no, it's really no problem.” Naruto put up a broad smile showing all his teeth. “Just tell Teuchi-san to add it to my bill, ok?”

“You're not coming with me?”

“No, no, I have to discuss this properly with Sasuke, sorry!”

Naruto shoved the creep outside and threw the door right into his disappointed face which I noticed with satisfaction.

“Sooo... I think we have to sort out some more things than just clothes, Naruto-kun.”

He looked at me anxiously and I couldn't wait to lambast him. Yes, now that we finally were alone, I definitely wanted to do cruel things to him...

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“There's a guy standing outside our door with packed bags, referring to you. Do you know anything about this?” I had some difficulties to control my voice. I was too upset. This time Naruto really had gone too far.

He was cowering beside his bed after I rudely had kicked him out of it. Hangover or not, he definitely deserved every punishment I was able to give him right now. He blinked insecurely and apparently tried to get his brain together. Not that he had much of it anyway, that moron.

With a painful look he massaged his forehead and temple but it didn't seem to help him regain his memory about his latest bender.

“His name his Sai.”, I added with a freezing voice.

Suddenly Naruto's eyes widened. “Ghost-guy? He's really here?”

“Seems a bell has rung.”

“So it wasn't all a dream.”, Naruto muttered.

“What do you mean, 'a dream'? There's a very real guy standing in front of our door and it seems he wants to move in here.”

“Uh, that...”

“Yeah, that, I'm all ears for your explanation.”

“Jeez, Sasuke, don't make such a fuss, it's just for a couple of weeks.” He tried to stand up, but had to sit on the bed instead, holding his head and grimacing. After the binge he had performed yesterday, one Aspirin wasn't far enough to fully recover his health, of course.

“What do you mean 'a couple of weeks'?” I made an attempt to grab for his shirt, but he dodged me.

“Stop it, it wasn't my fault!”, he cried, curling up into a ball and kicking with his feet in the air to keep me away, this coward. “I just followed the principal's advise to be helpful towards our fellow students.”

“So you really invited him in?” I fumed.

“Uhm.. I... think so?” He peeked at me and relaxed a bit when he saw I made no further attempt to attack him. Then he scratched his head and smiled at me as if he still hadn't found all his marbles ...if there ever had been any, that is. “It's somehow foggy. All I remember is, Shikamaru... Choji... Shino... Kiba... and me drinking together... having fun.. ah, and well, this guy joining later somehow... he treated us to some drinks... blabbering a lot... something about being an... exchange student... from abroad or so... having problems with his dorm...”

“And so you generously put him up ...to our room.”

“Uhm... seems so?” He still had no clue.

I was near to explode.

“This time you really overdid yourself, idiot!”

“Don't shout, please.” He made a painful face and lifted up his hands showing his palms in a smoothing gesture.

“Shout?” I crudely grabbed his arm and pulled him up. “You'll go over there now and explain him friendly, that it all was a misunderstanding. Or I'll do far more to you than just shout.”

“But that's impossible, he... he...”

“What?” Naruto really got on my nerves. He still hid something and I wanted to know urgently what it was.

“Oi, Sasuke, Naruto, open the door! I can't stand here all night holding the tatami mat.”, Shikamaru shouted from outside. My eyes widened in disbelief.

“What the...?” I let go of Naruto and rushed to the door. When I opened it, Shikamaru stared directly into my eyes.

“Naruto didn't tell you, did he?” Bulls eye, this smart ass! I forced myself to show an indifferent look.

“Of course he did. He just left out some details. So you'll move in too?” Couldn't admit anything was out of my control here. Not in front of Shikamaru. This guy was sharp and apparently Naruto had told him something about our little 'contest'.

“Ha-ha, very funny Uchiha. No need to rub it in. I lost the bet and have to help moving now.”

Bet? Whatever... at least Naruto hadn't invited in more people. I was slightly relieved.

“So, do you mind...?” Shikamaru stared at me.

“What?”

“...letting us in?” Right, I still blocked the way in contradiction to what I stated seconds before. My body just acted out of instinct, I guess, since I didn't want that suspicious, pale guy to make even one step over my door sill. But I had to play along for the moment, if I didn't want to lose my face. Shikamaru mustered me in his inconspicuous manner while his mind probably worked at full blast, working out theories about what had happened between Naruto and me.

I swung open the door.

“Just help yourself.” I turned my back on them and walked towards the living-room as if I couldn't care less what they would do.

“Oi, don't you intend helping?”

“No.”

“Really, this guy never changes.” Shikamaru sighed and brought in some items. “Annoying like hell. What a drag.”

“Sorry for intruding.” The white guy rattled down the usual cliché before entering the room with his 2 bags. He still showed his unreal smile as if this was a funny situation. It really pissed me off! Couldn't stand this asshole from the very first moment I saw him.

It was so not Naruto's manner to drink. He sometimes went out with friends, sure, but he never had come home wasted like this. And never before he had brought along another man...

“I'm off again, guys.” Shikamaru took his leave. I guess he didn't want to become involved. Smart move, like always. This guy was lazy like hell or at least he made it seem so. Couldn't say I was unhappy about him leaving though I still had to have a word with him.

Naruto staggered out of the bedroom to join us.

“Hey, Shikamaru, where are you going?!”, he complained. “Come in and let's have some tea, pal.”

“Sorry, but I have a date with a hot babe.” Shikamaru turned and winked at us.

“Don't let your girlfriend find out about it.”, I said dryly.

“Temari isn't my girlfriend.” He shrugged. “We're just study-partners, that's all.”

“If you say so...”

“Hey, don't start rumors, Uchiha, you never know who'll be next.” He stared at me sharply. Shit, I was so busted! But luckily Shikamaru usually wasn't giving a damn about such things and moreover he was discreet... at least I hoped so... I watched Shikamaru's back while he danced away mimicking a tango. I really hoped so...

“Where can I store my things?”, the pale guy broke into my thoughts. I noticed Naruto standing beside him and trying to keep his balance, almost touching him.

“How about you store them in your a...”

“AH...Ahahaha!” Naruto cut me off me in panic. “Sasuke means he's so happy to have some other company than me now, he doesn't know what to say. Right, Sasuke?” I snorted scornfully but Naruto just continued his stupid blabbering. As if that would help bettering this absurd situation one bit.

“You're also studying diligently, isn't it so, Sai-kun?” He patted on the eerie guy's shoulder and it seriously made my blood boil. How could Naruto be so oblivious, so trusting? It was like putting his head down a hungry snake's throat.

The pale guy bowed slightly.

“You're too kind, Naruto-kun. I'm just trying to catch up with you best I can.”

“Really? Can't be that hard.” My tone was dry.

Naruto looked kind of shocked due to my words. If not for our 'guest', he'd surely have started a fight with me. I wished this Sai-guy would just disintegrate.

“What are you studying anyway, Sai-kun? Naruto...” I glared at him, “...forgot to tell me.”

“I'm having the pleasure of studying art on this University.”

“Art?” This was quite a surprise. I studied business, Naruto political science, Shikamaru law, Choji agriculture and Kiba... well, he was Kiba..., Naruto and I knew him from ever since. So we all more or less met via business lectures as crossover. How come this white-skinned freak got in contact with the bunch?

“That a job you can built a future on?” I tried to sound as rudely as I could. Maybe he'd give up then on the idea of moving in and instead took his leave. Naruto stared at me in despair.

“I hope so.” Pale guy wasn't so easily to scare off, it seemed. He put up his fake smile again. “Beside that, I'm attending business lectures to work out proper marketing strategies.”

Aha, there it was, the missing link. Funny I never before got aware of that creep.

“I see.” Yes, indeed, suddenly everything made sense. These secret gazes he sometimes shot at Naruto, when he thought he was unwatched, his faked over-politeness, his invisibility... he must have planned that coup all along, waiting for a proper moment to strike. I grit my teeth. Don't think you'll have any chance, bastard! I won't let Naruto out of my eyes ...or you.

“At least you'll have the pleasure to experience the term 'bankrupt' in real life then.” I smiled.

“Oh, how funny, Sasuke-kun, I just thought this may possibly happen to all of us.” He hadn't lost a second to counter.

“Just speak for yourself, loser.” Narrowing my eyes, I moved a step forward towards him.

“AHAHAHA!” Naruto let out a cramped laughter and placed himself between us. “Sasuke's joking, joking! Why don't we just forget about the honorifics, guys? You can call me Naruto and I'll call you Sai, ok?”

“You're too kind, Naruto.” The guy smiled at him and then looked at me in curious expectation.

“As I said, just speak for yourselves, losers.”

“Sasuke! That's no way to welcome our guest. Show some manners.” He tended to the creep.

“Don't listen to Sasuke, it's just the bliss of the moment he can't digest.”

Digest, that's right, how much I'd like to gorge that unhealthily looking guy in one piece and digest him to the pile of shit he really was. Seriously, this poor imitation of a vampire evoked the worst in me. I didn't trust this guy one bit.

“Come on, Sai, I'll show you where you can store some of your stuff.” Naruto tried to calm the waves and pulled the white-skinned freak away to the closet in our bedroom. I followed them.

“I think, if I just take out some of my old clothes I don't wear anymore, you can store your own here.”, Naruto blabbered on, fumbling the clothes in the closet while I watched everything warily.

“Don't touch my things, dobe!” I reminded him.

“Dobe? What does that mean?” The white guy really seemed to be from abroad. At least this part of his story wasn't made up.

“Ah, it's another term for...uhm, erh... being part of the number one students.” While Sai was still curiously inspecting the closet, Naruto poked his tongue out at me. I raised an eyebrow and my fist, so he flinched and swiftly turned away. Sai looked up.

“Oh, that's marvelous, Naruto. I admire your sense of hard work. In that case, I can call Sasuke-kun dobe too, right?” Again that eerie smile. He did that on purpose!

“Don't you dare!” I was about to pulverize this white abomination and throw his remains into the sea. Not that there would be too many parts left after I was done with him.

“Ah, I have an idea!” Naruto panicked. “Why don't you just leave your things here and go eat some ramen, Sai? My treat. Meanwhile Sasuke and I can discuss which things we'll sort out of our wardrobe to create some space for you.” Naruto dragged a very unwillingly seeming Sai to the door while I prepared internally for our little 'discussion'.

“But I...”, the freak tried to protest.

“No, no, it's really no problem.” Naruto put up a broad smile showing all his teeth. “Just tell Teuchi-san to add it to my bill, ok?”

“You're not coming with me?”

“No, no, I have to discuss this properly with Sasuke, sorry!”

Naruto shoved the creep outside and threw the door right into his disappointed face which I noticed with satisfaction.

“Sooo... I think we have to sort out some more things than just clothes, Naruto-kun.”

He looked at me anxiously and I couldn't wait to lambast him. Yes, now that we finally were alone, I definitely wanted to do cruel things to him...