Broken

Chapter 17: Vulnerable

When school came back in session for Naruto, he was walking to the building when his phone vibrated in his hoodie pocket. Pulling it out, the blond stared at the text message that Itachi sent him.

Have fun!

Yeah sure, Naruto thought with a sigh as he thanked the Uchiha for the text. All he could think about was Chemistry class with his ex lover. Hopefully Hinata was about to talk to some of the people in his class. Hopefully.

As he drew closer to the high school building, he noticed the familiar classic challenger that was parked in the lot with all the other cars. So Madara gave the car to Sasuke for giving him up and getting together with a girl that he didn't even know. Shaking his head, feeling some of the blond locks hitting his forehead, he tried to get rid of the thoughts of his past love. He had Itachi so he didn't have to worry about Sasuke anymore.

Walking into the lunchroom, he noticed Hinata and Gaara with Sai right away since Sai was paler then Itachi and the Uchiha's. Strolling up to them, the Uzumaki noticed his ex standing with them and from the way Hinata and Gaara were holding each other back, they were ready to go off on him.

"Hinata-chan! Gaara-kun!" Naruto called as he waved, picking up the pace to get to his friends. Once he was, the sapphire eyed senior stood next to Hinata who was leaning on Gaara. Hopefully they didn't bring up anything that mentioned Itachi and their date. He posted something about it on the social network he stumbled upon – all his friends were also on it.

"Good morning Uzumaki. Hope you had a good two days." Gaara greeted as Hinata smiled at him.

"I did. It was fun, let's just leave it at that." Naruto said, noticing the clock was close to the time they were suppose to head to first period classes.

When the bell rang, Naruto followed everyone else to their lockers but noticed a few stares on him. Shrugging them off, he stopped at his locker to get his things for his government class.

By the time lunch came around, Naruto was kinda grateful for it. He ate a light breakfast and he was regretting it by the time art came around. He had no energy to argue with Akasuna-sensei but he did fall asleep, earning water to be dumped on him.

"What happened to you Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked, the first people to notice the wet blond who flopped down, inching his chair closer to Hinata since Sasuke was still sitting with them.

"Akasuna-sensei dumped water on me since I fell asleep in class. I knew I should have grabbed a pop tart or something else." Naruto mumbled to himself toward the end as he put his things on the table.

"So what did you do for your vacation?" Sai asked, his question directed toward Naruto who jumped slightly at the question.

"I went with Hinata and Gaara to a beach house, well I can't forget Itachi being there." Naruto answered.

"For how long?" Sai replied with another question as he shifted in his seat to get comfortable.

Everyone but Naruto noticed the glare that was coming from the Uchiha at the table. Gaara was tense, ready to grab the Uchiha that was about ready to pounce on his ex lover.

"Five days then I stayed home for a day. The last day I went on a date to the zoo." Naruto answered, seeing the shifty gaze that was coming from the ink artist.

"With chicken butt?" He asked.

"Nope. I went with Itachi. It was fun; I enjoyed myself." Naruto answered, feeling something push on his cheek harshly, pushing him out of his chair. Collecting himself off the ground and holding his cheek, he stared at the ebony eyed teen who was glaring at him.