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Stupid Naruto, with his stupid cute little face and his stupid tic. His stupid dream to become Hokage and his stupid love for ramen. Why was everything about Naruto stupid?
More importantly..
Why couldn't he be in love with Sakura? Sure she was annoying sometimes, but it was normal to date her, since she was already in love with him and all. But Sasuke's heart didn't beat as much around her as it did with Naruto, and his face didn't turn hot, and he certainly didn't feel the sudden urge to punch someone in the face.
Yeah, something was wrong with him.
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Sasuke sat on a wooden bench, slumped over. He was kicking a loose pebble back and forth over the pavement.
"Well kid, it sounds like your in love."
Sasuke had made the mistake of venting to Kakashi about his...dilemma, and now he had to deal with the annoyance of watching his sensei hold that little orange book and diagnose him like some kind of therapist.
"No I'm not." The reply came out before he could stop it, and it sounded more like he was telling himself than Kakashi.
Kakashi peered over the book, staring at Kakashi with that singular eye, which somehow held so much emotion. Sasuke could practically see the amusement in his sensei's gaze.
"Yes you are." Kakashi sensei finally said after just staring at Sasuke for a moment.
Sasuke struggled not to roll his eyes. He chose to stay silent, returning his gaze to his feet. He hated feeling like he didn't know things, especially when it came to something that involved him. More importantly, he hated that he hated it, it made him feel like a child.
He felt a steady warmth suddenly land on his shoulder. He glanced up, seeing Kakashi, now closer, staring at him with mock sympathy (or Sasuke just assumes it's mocking).
"It's okay, y'know." Kakashi said randomly.
"What is?"
"Liking someone of the same gender. Its okay." Sasuke could tell Kakashi was smiling when he said those words, because his eye started crinkling at the corners.
"So? I don't care." Sasuke grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Hm." Kakashi hummed, moving his hand from Sasuke's shoulder, only to ruffle the Uchiha's hair instead, to which Sasuke grimaced and swatted the hand away. "Welp, whatever floats your boat kid. If you need any more advice with your crush, you know where to find me.. hopefully."
Sasuke wanted to lash out, to say that it wasn't a crush, but when he looked up, Kakashi was gone. He grumbled something about how stupid this whole thing was under his breath, his gaze settling on the sky.
The orange of the sun reminded him of Naruto's beaming grin.
Okay, maybe he did have a bit of a crush.