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[peachmusesa]

@suck-my-tomato / continued.

“Where are we going again?” Sasuke questioned from the bathroom as he was fixing up the final touches to his look, music ringing loud throughout Karin’s home from all the speakers she had set up. It was either about to be their typical night at a club or he was about to follow her to work for her one shift. Either way, it was always a good time. Upon exiting the bathroom, Sasuke was greeted by absolutely no one in the main living space which gave him a clue that she went to her room to get ready. He was very familiar with the layout of her place, and felt rather comfortable helping himself to one of the White Claws from her fridge before heading to see what she was up to. 

“So…We still going out?” He asked casually as he opened the can, seeing that she was no longer getting ready but now just relaxing on her bed with her ‘going out’ hair and makeup done but her outfit still the pajamas she was in when he first got her. Her answer was not what he expected and the Uchiha arched a brow at it but then slowly started to nod his head in agreement. “Put that your name is like.. Jessica or something basic.” He plopped himself down on the bed next to her, sitting on the edge where he can continue to drink but still offer her some guidance. “Jessica. 26 years old, a vet tech or some shit.”

Watching her fill in the bio, he wondered how many girls he matched with were doing the same thing that she was doing now and if his own Tinder account had been laughed at like they were about to do. That was a concern for another day though. “Your photos are too good to use, lets just google someone else’s.” He chimed in the second he saw her going to her camera roll.

" i dunno, " she says. she doesn't really feel like getting out and doing anything but she's half dressed anyways. she swings into the kitchen on the way into her room to grab a bottle of wine (red, always red wine), before moving towards her bedroom while he fixes himself up in the bathroom. not that he really had too, he was pretty as it is, the bastard that he was. she wished she looked as good as him without effort. he enters, and she glances up at him and swings a leg over hers, before she pats the bed space next to her and proposes her idea. " or we could do like karen. like with an 'e' instead of an 'i'. it's not the same but like -- " her hand waves in the air, " it's a generic white name. " she inputs the data - switching out the jessica for karen. puts herself down as a nurse -- guys love nurses. it's the costume. granted - she's not a nurse technically, but well this is a fake tinder profile anyways. " aw you think i'm hot, sasuke? that's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me. let me get it on recording next time to shove into sui's face. ohmygod what if we find suigetsu on here. the bastard i bet we will. " while she rants about him -- she does as he says and googles 'random white girl' into google. " should i go for blonde or brunette? what do guys like better ? "

[notasliceoflife]

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He had in deed been thinking about it. It had felt like the other was distancing himself from him. He could pinpoint the reason why, of course. It was not a big secret. But he had not been able to say anything. But now it seemed almost as if they were too far apart now. Sasuke was almost avoiding him, and he didn't enjoy that. He had come to the conclusion he had to say something "You are?" The Hyuga had questioned, a hint of doubt for what the other had said in his tone.

"Then how come you are pulling away from me, if I am?" Neji asked, looking a little confused. He let out a sigh, turning his eyes to one side for a moment as he quietly thought to himself over it. But again he looked back to the Uchiha, watching them scrolling there phone most of the afternoon, he certainly knew that today was the day. But as Sasuke had put his phone down he dully watched the other with lavender tinted white eyes, listening to Sasuke talking, intently. He didn't say anything, just glanced to Sasuke's hand as it was held out to quiet him, before looking again to Sasuke's face. Though he soon looked to Sasuke's phone as the other spoke of catching up on all the time they missed since that night in the alley "Sasuke..." Neji had started gently, though quieted when Sasuke had again went on.

Nodding then "I understand. But..." He reached out toward the others phone, placing his hand over it "You seem distracted whenever we are together. Almost like you aren't even here...I miss us hanging out together." He explained pulling his hand away, frowning slightly "I forgive you...I know that's never going to take away the memories. But-- Is it eating you alive, still? Even at this moment?" He tilt his head a little bit, cold white eyes clearly assessing, trying to make sense of Sasuke's reasoning here "I feel father from you than we have ever been, right now. --I worry you might be pushing me away, unconsciously."

[shikkotsunin]

@suck-my-tomato​ -- ;

Already, it had been two years since then. Since the Hyuuga’s own scandal had been forced into the open and resolved through her collaborating with Hinata she’d grown immeasurably close with the heiress, to the point of loving her like a sister. As Hinata had been aware of Sakura’s unrequited feelings for Sasuke, carefully had she broken the news of them becoming an item, and again when the news of their engagement broken even within the village. Though it had been received oddly, people’s idea of Sasuke was changing, many seeing Hinata as his quiet salvation. Sakura hadn’t felt jealous, possessive, or entitled to Sasuke’s feelings; just a crushing sense of defeat knowing she had a toddling daughter by him being looked after in Magome by her parents.

It made sense, really. Outside of coming from circumstances that made them kindred spirits, Hinata was the ideal woman. Sweet and kind, but still formidable as a kunoichi, on top of being the heiress of the Hyuuga clan where Sasuke was head of the Uchiha, having come from its own noble line before the massacre. Had things been okay in the end, it was likely they would’ve wound up together, anyways. In comparison, Sakura was a civilian who had depended on the instruction of people from prominent and storied clans to become better than dirt.

“I don’t think I have to give the shovel talk, do I? I already have a feeling you’ll treat Hinata-chan well, Sasuke-kun,” Sakura said with a smile, however forced it might’ve been.

[chidorikiller]

       “You know, there are laws against loitering, Mr. Uchiha,” the gravity-haired police officer came up beside his former student, arms crossed, a sad smile on his face. He eyed the cigarettes on the ground. “--And littering.” He went to lean against the wall Sasuke was reclining against, hiding his concern with his mask. Kakashi had trained Sasuke back when the latter had been training at the martial arts dojo Kakashi worked at -- as a second job. Then when Sasuke’s parents had died, well, everything had gone downhill. // @suck-my-tomato​

[temporkarus]

       Some days were just slow and boring. Today was just one of those days. She’d already taken care of any of her side jobs and with so few customers in the shop, she was starting to wander into the realm of things she really shouldn’t be doing on the clock. Oh, well. She’s been here long enough to get away with it. Besides, not like the owners are here or that they have working security cameras.

       So, Sakura is going to do what any other bored worker might do. Paint her nails. She’ll just do one hand at a time. She’s deft enough to handle things one handed while it dries.

{ @suck-my-tomato asked for modern Sakura! }

[capteinoblivious2-archived]

@suck-my-tomato​ | the sound of your bow

Volleyball practicey was a breeze. The more often they trained, the better they became. Quite obviously. His days also went rather well. Sasuke’s popularity was still high, but he managed to keep himself at bay and ignore it. Sasuke probably ignored the blond as well and overall it was better this way. Sometimes they’d bump into another in the hall or in the gym, but Naruto tried to be civil. Sometimes he apologised and sometimes he didn’t, it depended on his mood. Either way, it just seemed a lot calmer and Naruto was feeling good about that. He decided to not give a damn about the raven, although the blond would feel incredibly angry whenever their eyes met. He really thought he was someone super special, huh? Every now and then when Naruto looked out of the window, he could see other guys approaching Sasuke ( word travelled very quickly through this school and the raven had brought it upon himself ) but for one reason or another they all left with sad faces. Sasuke was that unreachable hot guy everyone wanted, but the raven wanted nobody. That was at least what Naruto made of it.

Their last match for the high school tournament of their prefecture was successfull and Naruto was in a good mood, hence he decided to attend archery practice. He had skipped 2 weeks in a row and thought he had to make up for those times, but he should have never come all the way to the club ever again as cerulean orbs spotted the raven on the soft wooden ground. The girls were quietly cheering him on, while the guys simply watched him. He knew he shouldn’t---he really shouldn’t---but Naruto’s eyes didn’t leave Sasuke’s frame, his graceful stance, hand tugging on the string to his cheek before he let the arrow fly, hitting that red dot everyone wanted to hit at one time or another. He could feel the wind rushing through his hair, lips pressed into a thin line as the sound of the bow still echoed in his ears. “Huh...”

Before Naruto could say anything, the coach came over to greet him, handed him his bow, saying he had kept it well these 2 weeks. The blond certainly wasn’t their ace, but he almost always went to their team matches and filled in the 5th spot. But maybe they didn’t need him anymore, if the raven were to become their ace. The blond clutched his fist tightly, feeling this bitter aftertaste on his tongue. He knew Sasuke was much better, much more superior to him and while he could feel the anger, he could also see himself admiring the other boy. ‘ Nothing wrong with knowing someone is better ‘  his dad had said one time and maybe, maybe that was true.

[notasliceoflife]

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He had liked her, but not like that. Not in the way he could see Sasuke might be thinking he would have liked Tenten. Was Tenten interesting, good looking, and attractive? Of course she was. He was aware of these things. But that did not mean he had a magnetism with her. For him it was just a talk with one he had known for so many years now. Neji and Tenten had hung out recently, after a decently long amount of time apart. So she had taken advantage of it and took many pictures. Which Neji had thought would be nice to show Sasuke. Clearly he thought wrong, it would seem. At the comment on the ice skating pictures he nodded, giving a solemn look "Yes. It was fun. I don't usually get to hang out with the others that often." He glanced down briefly. Though not wanting to let Sasuke see how much he might have hurt him he looked back up, keeping the emotions displayed on his face looking entirely neutral "Do you go ice skating?" Neji then asked.

But his question of the others jealousy the next moment had seemed to get the other males attention more. Neji glanced Sasuke over, the neutral expression remaining on his face as he took in the little actions Sasuke was making. The 'no' certainly a lie in contrast with the Uchiha's expression "Oh." The Hyuga simply just stared at the other in quiet then. Though Sasuke had relented in the next couple of moments, as we expected. Blinking, Neji lift his head up slightly, trying not to get too smug in his knowing the other so well. With their confession voice Neji exhaled sharply "You could have gone with us, I guess. Seems to have escaped me however to ask if you wanted to." Though with Sasuke's current state of mind these days, he should have taken up the responsibility, as the older party. To make Sasuke feel welcomed to come along. Maybe they could have invited others and made a day of it. Neji thought that would have been good for their group.

At the coldness Neji lowered his head back to normal height and just watched Sasuke for a long moment. He wasn't going to blame them. Clearly Sasuke had been having another hard day and he had just rubbed in the others face how much fun he was having, while Sasuke had been doing something that clearly wasn't making him happy today. Reaching out toward the tea he lift it up to his mouth and sucked from the straw, not giving in. The other could mope all they wanted "This show is a good pick, Sasuke. Is this what you've been watching over the weekend? What did you do this weekend?"

[notasliceoflife]

@suck-my-tomato​

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Having heard of recent agitated murmurings surrounding the Uchiha base of operations. Neji had decided, willingly, to continue to keep up routine. Despite having been beaten and shot, along with other injuries and threats to his life since the Uchiha had decided he would be their crux, for some reason or another. Neji continued to tempt fate. To test how far it could truly go to try and destroy him, probably. Treating this day as he normally would have treated it on any other occasion, despise the whispers, he went along with it. It would seem that the Hyuga had also not cared much if he lived or if he had died. Despite him being the best Hyuga in his generation. Though he had not gloated about this since he had been younger.  Hinata had been capable herself, in her own right, after all. Not the genius he had been built up to be. But as the Heiress. Watching his cousins as they went about life. Clearly blissful or uncaring to the predicament that surrounded them and their father. Which every branch member of the family had to carry on their own shoulders, to lesson burdens on the main houses.

Letting out a breath he started to make his way out of the compound only to be stopped when Hinata had decided to start a casual conversation with him for a little while. Neji carried on as usual, carrying on with his usual niceties and friendliness. At least as much as he was allowed to let himself. There had always been that coldness to his personality that would always linger around him, of course. He cleared his throat then and stepped away. Giving her one last goodbye for the third or so time in the last hour or so, trying to pull away from her. She frowned a bit before getting flustered about keeping someone else waiting. Then she turned and ran off. Neji exited the compound moments later, walking down the streets of the city toward the usual spot he would meet up with Sasuke for an evening, if the pair weren't going to meet up at the others apartment anyway. Glancing toward the sky, Neji let out a breath at how clear it was despite living in a city. Eventually he had turned the corner leading to the usual meet up spot.

Catching sight of the other male already having gotten there before him. As he finished turning the corner, the light of the moon shown along the gun Sasuke had pulled out and was now pointing at his chest. Neji paused, blinking in a bit of confusion, cold lavender tented white eyes falling onto the others form. Though he hadn't seemed shocked, not one bit. Letting out a breath then he spoke "Put the gun down." The Hyuga said as if speaking to a child who shouldn't be doing what they were currently doing. Though that was the exact situation as it had presented itself, wasn't it? Neji walked in closer to Sasuke, just a few steps as Sasuke paused to talk back to him " I know-" Neji butted in, glancing toward the ground, thinking for a moment a frown lightly pressed over his lips as he calculated out his next plan for a moment. Then continued to listen to the Uchiha's own reasoning with himself over the situation " I understand, Sasuke." He looked toward the other then " Yes, so they have gone so far as to force their youngest into something like this."

Neji walked a little closer then, taking his right hand and grabbing onto the shaft of the gun, jerking it and Sasuke closer to him as he pressed it toward his chest. With a small tilt of his head he smiled a little bit " So then do it. Shoot me, Sasuke. Right now. Don't hesitate. But if you could, could you avenge me, maybe? Does that seem silly to you?" He laughed a little bit then, glancing away " I give you permission to shoot me, right here, Sasuke. Exactly." He emphasized the spot on his chest by pressing the gun into it a bit more "Let them see me die, and then you are free." Looking toward Sasuke once more, Neji gave a slightly pointed look "Don't miss. If you miss. I'll kill you." A brief pause then, he let the silence soak in, the sounds that haunted the night soon take over before narrowing his eyes "Do it, now."