swimming against the current
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Sasuke doesn't have much interest in other people, so he chooses the biggest slacker in class as his lab partner in the hopes that he'll let him do all the work with minimal interaction. Biggest, best mistake of his life.
“Oh, no,” groaned Sasuke, face-down on his bed. Naruto was sitting on the floor playing League with his laptop in a tank-top with his high-tops on. He had a plug-in mouse he used for particularly strenuous games, and it was clicking away fit to give Sasuke a tension headache.
“What’s ‘oh no?’” asked Naruto, craning his neck to see Sasuke. On screen his little character blew up.
“Are we friends?” said Sasuke. “No, don’t say anything. We’re friends. I made a friend. Oh, fuck me, Itachi’s going to have a field day.”Series
- Part 1 of swimming against the current
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Naruto and Sasuke in the first half of their senior year.
“Damn, that sucks,” said Sai, staring at his phone. “You’ll get ‘em next time.”
“I feel like you’re not being sympathetic to my plight,” said Naruto, from the bunk bed below him.
“He’s not paying attention,” said Kiba from across the room, on the bottom bunk of another bunk bed. Lee was above him. “Actually, none of us want to listen to this.”
“Um, I had to listen to him when he was wailing about Ino.”
“I don’t know what to tell you,” said Kiba. “Just ask him? If you really wanna do that? God, ew, I hate this discussion.”
“You guys are so useless.”
“Hey, man,” said Lee. “No one’s gonna suck it for ya.”
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- Part 2 of swimming against the current
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Naruto wins a hockey game and a bet. Sasuke wins in other ways.
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- Part 3 of swimming against the current
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“No way,” hissed Sasuke into his phone. “The flu? I’m going to kill you. Stay home, I’ll be there in two hours.”
Naruto sniffled miserably. Sasuke winced at the sound and held the phone away from his ear. “I’ll infect you,” warned Naruto. “And no speeding.”
“I got my flu shot and I can pay off the cops,” said Sasuke.Series
- Part 4 of swimming against the current
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getting better (at fighting the future) by GODZILLA90095
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
08 Aug 2025
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Sasuke was six months out of college when he realized that he’d wasted his whole life working towards the wrong career path and he was totally screwed.
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- Part 5 of swimming against the current