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The principle's office smells like stale incense, making Sasuke's nose itch, his father sits in the chair beside him pinching his nose and sighing at Sasuke's latest trick, it wa sa harmless prank on the schools french teacher's office, a simple foamy situation quickly turned into a slippery and wet disaster.
Mrs Boux was not impressed to say the least to find her computer crashed from the foam and her suade chair and velvet curtains to have been ruined, Sasuke thought the colour her face turned was hilarious and well worth the stupid prank, apparently he and his friends were the only ones to find amusement in it however and that's led him to... well...
"EXPELLED"
"Principle Whistle, surely you can give my son, one last shot?" His father practically begs, Sasuke has completely lost interest at this point, he knew this was coming, sure he'll miss his friends but in all honesty he HATED boarding school, he was sick and tired of them, the snotty brain-rot kids with far too much trust fund money to know what to do with, Sasuke was tired of all of it.
"Sasuke, don't you have anything to say to your principle and teacher?"
Sasuke shrugs, no he didn't, he thought the prank was funny and thinks Mr Whistle is a stuck up pratt, he believes keeping silent for now is better for everybody.
"Sasuke has already been given one too many Chances Mr Uchiha, we're out of options here, I'm afraid we will not be sending on a good recommendation for him, your son needs a good beating of manners into him, if you ask me" Sasuke tunes the conversation out, staring out the window, its a warm sunny day considering it was February the sky is a sparkling blue and there's a tree perched outside, Sasuke sighs as a blue tit lands on one of the thin branches, he chuckles inwardly at the name of the bird wondering what perve could've decided to name a bird that.
Before long he's being lifted out of his seat and dragged down the hall by his father to his dorm room, he opens it and gets shoved inside with his father demanding he pack and be ready to leave by the end of the day.
Sasuke looks around at the room and huffs while grabbing a plastic box that already has his hoodies in and he begins stuffing more clothes into it.
Before he knew it he was packed and his father had the last box of stuff taken to the truck out front, he walked through the hallways, and most people would feel like they're doing a walk of shame, but not Sasuke, no the kids at this school worshiped him, they're cheering him on as he wanders the hallways, holding out their hands for high fives or fist bumps, Sasuke is smirking as he walks through the roudy lads and once he gets outside they're all following him, his friends up front of the crowd also smirking, he gives them each a one armed bro hug and chuckles, "Don't miss me too much, and keep up the mess"
"Well someone's got to carry on your legacy right bro?" Sasuke smirks and steps back lifting his hands up and bowing, as roars and cheers echo around the front lawn, god is he glad to get the fuck outta here.
He gets into the car and buckles in, paying his father no mind as he drives off down the road.
"Okay so what wrong with this one?" Sasuke looks at his dad bored of this conversation "This one? Father they're all same, all filled with the same snotty bratty kids in itchy ill fitting uniform, I hate them all" He crosses his arms and slides down in his chair irritated by this conversation already.
"Sasuke that was your third school in 2 years! You need stability." His father sighs looking at the road ahead.
"So that's why I've decided, to give you one last chance-"
"Father I beg I don't want to go to another snobby boarding school"
"You're not going to boarding school, none will take you if you have a bad reference, no I'm sending you to public school, but and I mean this Sasuke, if you so much as get even a threat of expulsion, I can assure you that will be it for my patience, you will be sent to the marine corps, maybe that will straighten you out" Sasuke looks over to his father with wide eyes.
"What? Marine corps?!"
His father shrugs "If you don't like it, actually try at this next school"
Sasuke sinks further and huffs, marine corps really? What a threat that is.
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They pull into the driveway of his child hood home, still standing tall, big and a little obnoxious in Sasuke's opinion, as he's getting out of the car and helping the staff to remove his bags his mother comes out dressed in a long brown silk robe, with a strappy silk top and silk bottoms all to match with a pair of fluffy slippers on her well manicured feet, she has her arms opened wide as she pulls him into a tight hug "Oh my baby is home!" She's got such a tight grip on his neck he wonders if she'll ever let him go.
Before he can move a fist comes down on his head and he stumbles a little disorientated "OW" He yells looking at his mothers now angry face "You idiot, I can't believe you got expelled from yet another school, and now? Now we have to send you to public school?!" She looks like she might break out into tears at any second and Sasuke cringes, he hates upsetting his mother, mainly because it's so hard to do so, she really does spoil him and his older brother but pleasing father often feels impossible, you expect to disappoint him but mother you don't.
"Okay c'mon inside now, I'm just preparing dinner, please go and unpack and freshen up, your brother will be home soon" He stops in his tracks "Itachi will be here?" His mother nods and he smiles, He hadn't seen Itachi in ages it felt like.
While his older brother, Itachi, drove him insane with how perfect he was, he also couldn't help but admire him, he had finished his only boarding school with straight A's and as valedictorian, he had been captain of the lacrosse team too, he was the definition of a once in a lifetime genius and prodigy, he is currently attending law school to follow in their father's foot steps and become a well renowned lawyer who will eventually take over their father's law firm. He could hate his brother but honestly he was grateful to him, he saw how exhausting it was being in Itachi's shoes and honestly he knew he could never even come close to his bother so why worry about it? He also knew being jealous was pointless too, he loved his brother and admired him but he never wanted to be him.
He enters his bedroom with a few bags in hand and places them down, his room looks exactly as it did when he left for boarding school after summer, two of the walls were a dark purple while the other two were a cream colour, Sasuke's favourite colour was purple, he's loved it since he was a little boy, his double bed sat in the middle of the room with freshly made sheets and a pair of home clothes sat on the bedding at the end of the bed with a new pair of slippers to match.
He quickly enters his en-suite to shower the day away and once out changes and decides he'd better get to unpacking, usually he wouldn't bother as he'd come home for a few days and then get on the road again to enroll at a new boarding school, but a she would be attending public school form now on he figured unpacking would be the least of his problems.
Halfway through unpacking as he's folding a pair of slacks to put into his draws he hears the front door close and his Mother calls to him to come downstairs for dinner.
He smiles knowing it was Itachi who walked through the door and rushes down wanting to see his beloved brother.
Taking a seat at the table to the left of his father who is sat at the head of the table, his mother places a dish of rice, fish and kimchi on the table in the centre, Sasuke smiles as his brother sits down to his left at the other end of the table to his father while his mother sits across from him.
Itachi smiles at Sasuke before speaking "Little bro, what did you do this time to get you kicked out of school hmm?" He questions immediately and Sasuke huffs and pouts like a child and looks away from him "Who says I did anything wrong?" Itachi chuckles and Sasuke looks over seeing a smirk on his face "Sure cause you're a teachers dream" Sasuke pouts further and sinks into his chair.
"Itachi stop teasing your brother"
"No, no maybe this will teach Sasuke that if you don't respect others, they won't respect you." His father tries to turn everything into a teaching point and Sasuke rolls his eyes at the comment.
"No but seriously what did you do?" Itachi asks and Sasuke smirks "Well, i got some foam that expands when the temperature rise, placed it in different areas of our french teachers office and let it do it's thing when she turned the heating on, Itachi you should've seen the colour her face turned" Sasuke is speaking through his giggle and Itachi is smirking fondly at his brother, trying to hide his humor of the situation.
"That's enough, Sasuke I told you this was your last chance, and Itachi you shouldn't be encouraging" Their father hits his fist against the table shutting them both up.
They eat the rest of the meal in silence and his mother and Itachi collect the dishes and take them into the kitchen while Sasuke waits for his father to speak "Sasuke, please go upstairs to bed, you enroll at your new school on Monday between now and then I want you to go to the school tomorrow to collect your books and your timetable for your classes, I have then signed you up for a job at the golf club waiting tables on the weekends-"
"Father really?!"
"Don't interrupt, this is exactly what I'm talking about Sasuke, you have no manners, you have no prospects, I want you to start showing some initiative, take some responsibility for yourself and your future."
Sasuke sighs the weight of what has happened finally comes crashing down on him, his dad really is serious about this.
"You are dismissed"
Sasuke gets up and goes upstairs.
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Not long after while he's watching a discovery channel programe about bees, which is surprisingly fascinating he gets a light knock on his door.
"Knock, knock" Itachi peeks round the door and smirks at his little brother.
Sasuke rolls his eyes but smiles "Come in"
He rushes in and hops on the bed beside Sasuke, smiling at him then looking at the show and nodding in approval "I saw this the other day, very interesting" Sasuke nods and not bothering to look at him.
"He's right y'know?" Sasuke huffs and rolls his eyes.
"Urgh not you too Itachi!"
"He only gets so angry with you because he can see what you could be Sas" Sasuke stands up and picks up his controllers swapping to the ps5 screensaver "No he's hard on me because he wants me to be YOU" He pokes Itachi in the shoulder passing him the second controller. Itachi now rolls his eyes "That's not true Sas"
"Oh yeh okay" He huffs out in response.
"Sas, just promise me you'll try and play by his rules this time? He's serious y'know he will send you to the marines if you're not careful" Sasuke had a feeling a part of it was jsut a threat but now with the look in Itachi's eyes he's not so sure "Seriously Sas, I can see he's at the end of his tether, play nice okay?"
Sasuke sighs and falls back against his cushions "Fine, fine, I'll try"
"Okay good, now what we playing?"
The conversation is quickly forgotten as they begin playing together, shoving and yelling at one another as the day turns to night and Sasuke can't help but feel like the heavy weight lifts a little when his brother is around.
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The next day he follows his fathers orders, gets up early and heads to Konoha high, the public school he'll be attending to collect all the things he'll need.
The halls were empty when he arrived meaning all of the students must have been in class so he was able to slip through the halls unnoticed, he arrives at the office and is told by a pudgy woman with purple hair to take a seat, he wanders over to the seating area but his attention is caught by a shelf of trophies and certificates and pictures to go along side them, he looks over them all seeing a cheer-leading team standing in a pyramid shape, a football team knelt on the grass with what looks like a coach in the middle, a tennis team all holding their rackets in the air and a swim team have all won medals and trophies, he smiles, 'good to know they have lots of support for sports teams here'.
"Sasuke Uchiha...?"
He turns and see's an older gentleman stood in the doorway of the principles office with a scar across his nose, aside form that the man is giving him a soft smile where his eyes are crinkling in the corners, Sasuke gets a very comforting vibe already.
"Oh, hi, I'm Iruka senseii, please follow me and take a seat"
Sasuke follows him into the principles office and takes a seat, this office was nothing like what his previous head masters had where they had dark old fashioned offices with lots of dark wood and leather chairs this office held a certain amount of brightness, the big windows and light wood helped brighten the place up and the chairs were just simple cushioned chairs but Sasuke couldn't help but feel more comfortable in this office with the smiling principle than he'd ever felt before.
"So Sasuke, was it? It's nice to meet you, your father tells me you've only attended boarding schools before this one, is there a reaosn you've transitioned to public school now?" Sasuke freezes up, oh another teaching point embarrass Sasuke by making him tell the principle of his delinquancy in his other schools 'nice on Father' he thinks to himself.
"Ermm, well Iruka senseii, I'm just looking to turn a new leaf, try something new, see what public school has to offer me" he shrugs hoping the principle buys it, while he gives him a piercing side eye he doesn't question Sasuke further and he deflates.
"Okayyy, well anything you're interested in? I might be able to point you in the right direction, we have many clubs and activities that all students can get involved in"
"Erm actually sir, I saw there was a football team outside?"
"Oh yes our pride and joy of the school, alongside the cheer squad, trials for the team begin again for the new season in a couple of weeks I can suggest you sign up and see if you could make the cut, but be aware the competition is lethal, have you played much sport?" He seems excited by Sasuke's interest and Sasuke smirks "Erm yeh some I used to play a lot at my other schools i got involved in all sorts of extra curricular activities" Okay so that may have been a bit of a stretch and a white lie but Sasuke thinks if he wants a fresh slate then he deserves to stretch the truth a little.
"Oh fantastic, well I think you're going to be just fine here Sasuke, here are your books and your timetable, there is no uniform but we do have a dress code of no branded t-shirts or graphic tees with inappropriate images on them, I look forward to seeing you on Monday Sasuke"
They both stand up and shake each-others hands and Sasuke takes the things Iruka senseii hands him and he walks out of the office.
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