Disclaimer : I live to write the fanfic, not the original story, because if I am, all the hot boys will be mine.
Summary : "Are you sure about this?" the blonde man stared straight to the raven. "Just give me the money, then you can do whatever you want to me afterwards. I'll be yours, from head to toe." Naruto's family caught in huge debts, in order to pay it, he sold himself to a rich Uchiha. Yaoi, SasuNaru.
Chapter 1 : Tiny Bits of Happiness
"Oi, Naruto! You done already?" shouted a black haired teen.
The blonde who was running toward the café entrance, stopped, and turns his body around to face Kiba, "Yeah! I made a promise to my brothers and sisters that I'll play with them as soon as I'm done with work!" he said, grinning widely, before he started to sprint again in the opposite direction.
When the glass door opened, he rushed out, but another person came, and as result, they bumped onto each other. The blonde's nose hit the man's firm chest, and he rubbed it gently while bowing his body apologetically, "I'm so sorry, sir! I was in a hurry." He said, without looking up to see what the man look like.
He dashed again, passing the man's side. Chirei, Yuurei, Ichiro, Kazuna, and Yuki were waiting for me, I gotta hurry! He thought, not caring for anything else.
The man he bumped to, watched the blonde as he runs across the busy streets and then disappeared within the crowd. He caressed his chest where the blonde teen struck him, and when he intended to enter the café, a hand tapped his shoulder.
He turned his body to found a silver haired man in black formal suit and wearing a turtle mask, stood behind him with his only visible eye curved upward. "It looks like I'm not late, right, Sasuke?" he said in cheery voice, the raven man shrugged his shoulder, and the silver haired man's hand fell down in process.
"You're late by ten minutes." He said in icy tone, checking his watch.
"Aww, you don't have to be so strict! Please spare me this time!" the man whined, but the raven man ignored him and entered the café.
After the two of them seated in a comfortable spot, the raven haired man glanced at the streets where the blonde who bumped him, disappeared a while ago. That boy must be working here, he thought, somewhat taken a slight interest toward the blonde boy.
The manager of the café, a man named Genma, approaches their table. "Welcome, Uchiha-sama, what would you like to drink?" He asked politely. The Uchiha spared a glance at him, before replying;
"As usual, a cup of plain black coffee, without sugar." He said simply.
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The blonde took a seat on a wooden bench at the side of the park. He was tired. His brothers and sisters had made him ran around so many times, that he felt his knees started to hurt. He watched as the children playing in the playground.
Chirei and Yuurei are identical twin brothers, both of them had the same emerald green hair, the same amethyst eyes, the same pale skin, and the same height and figure, they are nine years old. It is so hard to tell them apart, but somehow Naruto was able to. They were building a sand castle together.
Ichiro is the oldest, he is turning twelve this year, he has spiky strawberry blond hair, his eyes were chocolate-colored, his skin was tan like Naruto, he is quite tall and slender and he wears a glasses. He acts as the big brother in their group, and it often helped Naruto. He was pushing the swings the other two were on.
Kazuna is a pretty ten year old girl with long pale blond hair, her eyes were deep green, and her skin was milky and flawless. She was playing on the swings with the youngest child, Yuki.
Yuki is the youngest of four others, she turned five year old this year. Like her name, she has snowy white hair, her eyes as black as coal, and her skin was also pale. She is small, but has two adorable pink chubby cheeks, she is a shy girl and really attached to the oldest blonde.
All of them are orphans.
They were left by their parents at the front door of the orphanage Naruto was raised in. The owner of the orphanage is a kind man named Iruka Umino, he gladly accept all of them and raised them up until now, so to Naruto, they are like siblings who suffered the same fate as his.
"Naruto-nii-chan! Shouted snowy haired girl, she ran toward the sitting blonde with her tiny legs. The blonde smiled at her, and outstretch his arms to greet her. She smiled sweetly as she tried to reach the blonde's hand. But suddenly her feet stumbled on a small rock, but before she fell, the blonde fetched her small body, and took her high up in the air.
"Now, Yuki, you must be more careful, you almost gave me a heart attack!" the blonde joked, swinging her around in the air, the little girl giggling happily.
"Nii-chan, what's a healt attack?" she asked innocently, the blonde laughed.
He brought her face close to his, and rubbed their noses together. "It means, Yuki has made me surprised!"
"Is that good?" she asked again, but the blonde just smiled at her.
"Yuki! Are you okay!?" shouted a sweet voice, it was Kazuna's. She headed toward the two of them with worried looks on her face. Behind her, the twin walking slowly toward them hand to hand, and Ichiro's mother-hen mode was activated.
"Oh my God, Yuki! You almost made my heart stop!" shouted Ichiro, he pulled her little sister into a tight hug. Kazuna too, joined him, and it turned to a group hug. Man… Ichiro hang around Iruka way too much… the oldest blonde thought.
"Stop it, Ichi-nii and Kazu-nee you two…" Chirei said,
"…are embarrassing us!" and Yuurei concluded, and the two of them snickered evilly. The blonde punched their heads with his fists lightly, the two twins turned and glared at their oldest brother.
"Naru-nii, what are you…" Chirei starts,
"…hitting us for!?" Yuurei finishes the sentence again. The blonde snorted at them, slightly annoyed.
"Can you two stop talking one sentence separately? It's giving me a headache…" the blonde massaging his temples tiredly, and the twins shot daggers at him.
"But we love to…"
"…confuse you, because…"
"It was the funniest thing we have ever seen!!" the two of them said together, and ran away from the fuming blonde, giggling happily.
"Ah! Chirei, Yuurei! Don't go too far, you two might get lost!" shouted the worried Ichiro, he left Yuki in Kazuna's care, and then ran after his twin brothers.
The blonde sighed deeply, but smiled a real smile at them. He laughed when the twins tried to burry Ichiro with sands, then Kazuna approached them with angry shouts, while Yuki stared at them innocently in Naruto's arms. They may have no parents, or their parents abandoned them, but they are happy. All of them happy because they have each other, someone to hold on to, and a place to return to, called 'home'.
But that 'home' would soon be taken away from them.
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A brunette man with a long scar running along his nose side to side, has been reading the letter he received this morning for the tenth times already. He clenched his fists on the round dining table, he let the letter slipped to the floor. Both of his hands clenched his head frustratingly, how can he tell the children about this
His body stiffened when he heard happy giggles and laughs coming from outside the house, he tried to regain his composure, and wore his usual warm smile. He goes to the front door to greet his children, while the letter was completely neglected on the floor.
"Iruka! We're home!" the blonde shouted, banging the door loudly with one hand, while the other hugging Yuki's hip. The hyperactive twins were bothering Ichiro again, while Kazuna tried to stop their pranks.
The door was finally opened by the smiling brunette, the twins rushed in first after saying; "Hello, Iruka-tousan!" together. Ichiro tried to scold at them, but failed miserably because the twins completely ignored him. Naruto handed Yuki to Kazuna's, since the little girl has fallen asleep.
Then Naruto turned his body to face the brunette, while grinning widely. The brunette gave him a forced smile, "So, how was your day?" he asked, trying to relax his nerves.
"It's fine! I got the manager let me go early, and I took the children to the playground park. They were happy, though the twins played pranks on Ichiro again, but it was a totally awesome day!" the blonde said cheerfully, but that made it harder for the brunette to tell them.
The blonde suddenly noticed the brunette's restless behavior; he looks like something was bothering him. "Iruka? What's wrong? You look nervous…" asked the blonde, he grew more suspicious when the Iruka started fidgeting.
"N-nothing's wrong! H-hahaha… by the way, I want to see what the children are up to, bye!" and the brunette quickly dashed in, then gone upstairs to the children's room. The blonde stared blankly at the spot he was standing before. That's weird… he thought, while scratching the back of his head.
Then the awkward tension broke by his growling stomach, "Ah, I'm hungry… look after the kids was a tough job, it took a lot of energy. I wonder if Iruka keep some instant ramen at the kitchen?"
The blonde went to the kitchen, and started to look around searching for a cup ramen in the wooden drawer above the kitchen counter. He silently squealed in delight when he found one on the top level, but it's too far to reach. The blonde frowned, and he tried to stand on his toes stubbornly, a bit more… a little more… when he almost got his finger reached the cup ramen, he jumped a bit, and it caused the ramen cup fell down.
"Damn." He murmured, the ramen fell under the dining table, so the blonde crawling on his knees to reach it. But when he's about to grab the cup ramen, his sapphire eyes caught another thing laid on the floor.
It was a sheet of paper.
Out of curiosity, Naruto picked it with the ramen, and stood up. Maybe it was Iruka's? He took a good look at it, and decided to read it a little. As his eyes went down and down, his eyebrows came together, and when he read the last paragraph, the ramen fell from his hand.
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Iruka has finished telling a bed time story for Yuki, and the other kids has fallen asleep too, even the hyperactive twins had grew tired and asleep while cuddle onto each other. The brunette yawned widely, he need to retire as well. He went outside the bedroom, and closed the door carefully so he wouldn't wake them.
When he entered his bedroom, the room was dark and he pushed the light switch on. He jumped surprised when he saw a glimpse of human shape wearing black sitting at the corner of his room. When he took a good look at it, his nerves calmed down. "Naruto, what are you doing here? You almost made my heart stop!"
The blonde merely stared straight to his eyes. Iruka gulped nervously, Naruto was serious, and he knew it. The blonde stood up, slowly approaching the stunned brunette with a letter he found in the kitchen in his hand.
"Iruka, what is this?" he demanded, and stop in front of the brunette.
Iruka looked at the paper Naruto was holding, it was the letter he received this morning. "Naruto where did you—oh, yes, the kitchen…" he finally remembered he left the paper in the kitchen.
"What is this, Iruka? This letter… is telling us to move from this house? Why? Don't we live just fine all these years? Why is this—it's too sudden. Explain this to me, Iruka!" he demanded, his voice somewhat harsh.
The brunette sighed deeply. "Naruto, let's talk about this with cool head, okay? Let's take a sit first." The blonde complied, and he sat on the blue carpet, while Iruka on the bed.
"Naruto… you're mature enough to know this matter, that's why I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't bring my heart to." He paused, and then looked straight to the blonde's sky-blue eyes.
"The one that send us money every month has stopped his donation, our orphanage is poor, Naruto. Without the donation money, we can't pay the living expanses and the land tax. We haven't paid the tax for a few months now… and so, they sent us a letter that warns us to move out from this house within one month. And… we also owed a huge amount of money to the bank, debt collectors will soon come to collect our stuff. There is nothing I could do about it…" the brunette drowned his frustrated face into his hands.
The blonde found himself dumbfounded. That means… if they have to move from this orphanage, all of them would be separated to other random orphanages, and after all those years they had spent together as family… will disappear?
No. The blonde teen thought. No, no, no, no, NO!! I won't let it happen!!
The blonde stood up suddenly, startling the brunette man. He furrowed his eyebrows while his eyes shut in anger. Then his eyes snapped open as he turned his gaze toward the brunette, "No, Iruka. I won't let it happen, I will not let them separate us. Not Yuki, not Ichiro, not Chirei and Yuurei, and not Kazuna. This orphanage is our home, you are our father, and the children are my siblings. I won't let them separate us, I just can't." he said in desperate voice.
He began walking toward the door, but before he left, he gave Iruka a last glance. "I will do anything to prevent it, I'll work myself to death if I had to." He said as he left the stunned brunette.
The blonde entered his room downstairs, his room was small, there are only a single bed, an old desk and chair, and a wooden drawer. But it's enough accommodation for him. He let himself fell on the bed, staring at the dark ceiling. How can I manage to make enough money on time? I have only one month to go…
He drowned his face in his palms, "…guess I have to work myself to death after all…" he murmured softly.
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To be continued…
I know the theme is so common now, Naruto being Sasuke's slave and all, but I just want to try it out since I've never tried that, and I want to write different kinds of genres. And therefore, this story was born!
Review, please!! Tell me your opinion whether you like this story or not, am I unoriginal?, or do you like the story line? Please tell me in your review!
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