Painless (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 1

-Zuko's POV-

I was a panting mess. I hate my life. I hate my life so much. My legs where getting tired and I was getting crumbs all over my ninja outfit. I ironed it last night and now it was going to have some wrinkles on it. I shoved the rest of the slice of toast in my mouth and kicked the academy doors open and practically flew to my classroom. I made it with time to spare. I examined my attire and sighed. Yup. There where little crumbs all over my clothes. I quickly dusted myself off and heard a bunch of fan girl screams. My head jerked up and I saw a bunch of irrelevant girls flock around me with hearts in their eyes. Some drooled. I scrunched up my face in distaste and shoved past them. I walked over to my normal seat with Kiba and Shino.

"Good morning Zuko!" Chouji said with enthusiasm. He wasn't looking at me though. He was sorta busy inhaling a box of doughnuts.

"G'morning." I responded as I thunked down in my seat with a huff.

"As popular as ever, I see." Shikamaru snickered.

"Stuff it." I snarled.

"Want my milk?" Shino asked in a silent voice.

"This is why Shino is my favorite child." I stated as I gratefully took the carton from my bug enthusiast of a friend. Suddenly the shrieking picked up again. I knew what that was about. I glanced over at where Naruto sat every day to see him there. He was actually on time today. I saw him roll his eyes. Sasuke had entered the room in his normal silence.

"Want to invite Naruto to sit with us?" Kiba asked me. I nodded my head and he gave me his canine smile. "Then go ahead and ask. He would be overjoyed to talk to someone." I shrugged.

"I'll ask in a little bit." I said as I turned back to observe. I've only been in the academy for half of the school year. I was a pretty average student. I liked to learn new techniques but we mainly studied scenarios in this class. Like, if your enemy was 3 meters away from you, and you where in a 5 foot tree ,what is the angle of elevation you would throw your kunai at? I didn't listen too much in class and I wasn't one to study. From what I've gathered about the dynamic of the class, most of the girls, excluding Hinata, where nuts. The guys where pretty chill but some where bullies. I watched as Sasuke went over to sit near Naruto. Naruto started getting mad and yelled at Sasuke. Sasuke lets his fans defend him. The fan girls go too far. A usual day. I sigh and get up. The entire room goes silent. I make eye contact with both Naruto and Sasuke.

"Where are you going Zuko?" Shikamaru asked sounding bored. I ignored him and walked right up to Naruto.

"Er... yes?" he stuttered.

"Come sit with us." I said grabbing him by the shirt sleeve and forcing myself past the girls. I brought him to the table and sat back down. Everyone looked at us. I looked up at Naruto and saw him standing there shocked.

"Well? Aren't you gonna sit?" I asked. He seemed to snap out of it and pulled up a chair up next to me. The room eventually went back to its loud clamoring. I decided to lean against my chair and close my eyes. I let my face relax. I usually had a resting scowl on my face with my eyebrows furrowed.

"Wh- Whats your name?" a shy voice asked. I opened one eye to see that Naruto had asked me.

"My name is Zuko Kimitoru.  A pleasure to make your acquaintance Naruto." I sat up and shook his tan hand.

"Stop frowning Zuko, you're making him uncomfortable." Shikamaru said monotone.

"Oh sorry." I said as I tried to unfurrow my eyebrows with my fingers. Naruto tried stifling a grin.

"I'm not bothered. Its actually quite cute." he said. My brain snapped at the word "cute". Shino and Chouji immediately restrained me and covered my mouth.

"Er Naruto, please never call Zuko cute." Kiba said nervously.

"Why? He is cute."

"He has a beauty complex. If you call him cute he'll throw a tantrum. If your gonna call him anything, call him macho or tough" Kiba offered. Naruto nodded his head in understanding.

"Hey Zuko, I thought you looked really cool and macho earlier when you offered me a seat with you guys." Naruto said with a large smile. I calmed down. The guys let go of me and let me sit down in my seat. I couldn't help but smile.

"Thanks." I said with a close-eyed smile. When I opened my eyes again I saw Naruto's cheeks where red. I grabbed him by the neck. And pulled him towards me. He seemed to get even redder. I pressed my forehead against his by instinct. He did feel a little hot.

"Hey dude, I think you might be sick." I said. The fan girls started freaking our for some reason. I looked over to that half of the room and made instant eye contact with Sasuke. He stared me right in the eyes. I eventually had to look away when I felt Naruto falling. I looked down and saw him on the floor with steam coming from his head. Iruka sensei took this moment to walk in. He saw Naruto passed out on the ground and decided to have me carry him to the nurses office. What an exciting morning.