I'll Give You My Heart
Chapter 1
"I'm sorry, but there's nothing else we can do. He needs a heart transplant," a male voice said. Few people stood in the room. A man with a patch over one eye, a beautiful woman sobbing softly, a stern man with him arm around the woman, the man who had been speaking, and a younger man, along with a boy in a starch white bed.
"Are there any available donors?" the man consoling the woman asks.
"Yes, there is one, but there's just one problem," the first voice answers, then whispers something into the other man's ear.
"Oh, I see."
"Perhaps you can meet him. He's an orphan and, seeing as he has no guardian, lives here. He wants to do it, but he also wants to be sure whoever he gives it to deserve it."
"Alright then, we'll meet him." The man turns to the man with the eye patch and says, "Kakashi, stay here and watch over him. Itachi," the youngest of the adults, though still with the looks of a teenager, "come with us." With that, the couple, the doctor, and the couple's eldest son, Itachi, left to meet this other boy, leaving their own in care of the Godfather, Kakashi.
Later on, a male nurse with a scar stepped into the room, holding a boy by the hand.
"Oh, hello," he said. He has a scar across the bridge of his nose, no doubt from a bizarre accident. The boy, hiding behind him, has blond spiky hair and nervous blue eyes. "You must be Kakashi," he said to the grey-haired man with the eye patch.
"Yes, and you are…?" He smiled at the scarred man, admiring him for some unknown reason.
"Ah, I'm Iruka and this," he said, motioning to the rather shy boy, "is Naruto."
"Is he sleeping?" Naruto asks. Since he came into the room, Naruto's eyes have been locked on the boy in the bed, looking him over and worrying if he was even breathing, but further study showed he was.
"I don't think so. He's just pretending," Kakashi said, with his visible eye turned into an upside-down 'U'. The boy on the bed glared slightly, and then opened his eyes to see a blank white ceiling. Turning his head slightly, his gaze fell onto the blond boy and his beautiful blue eyes that lit up when they met.
Somewhat hesitantly, Naruto walked over to the boy in the bed and said, "Hi, I'm Naruto!" The boy looked away, which Naruto didn't like, so he gently forces him to turn back. "What's your name?"
"None of your business," the boy replied in an irritated voice. He didn't appreciate physical contact of any kind.
"Actually, it is, so tell me," Naruto demanded. The boy glared, his black eyes piercing blue, but not with as much intensity as with others.
"Sasuke," the boy muttered. Naruto let go of him and smiled a bit.
"Nice to meet you," he said, then under his breath, "that wasn't so hard, was it, you little stuck-up prick?"
"What was that?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Well, you two seem to be getting along alright," Kakashi said. "Iruka, what do you say we leave these two alone and I treat you to some tea."
Iruka, startled and blushing slightly, asked how Kakashi knew he drank tea. Kakashi merely pointed to the empty cups with tea bags in the trash. "But how do you know they're mine?"
"This isn't the first tie you've been in this room, nor is it the first time you brought him here," he said, pointing to Naruto, who in turn looked away. "Come on, my treat." Iruka nodded after a few minutes and they left the two boys alone.
After a long time of silence, Sasuke finally said, "you've been here before?" Naruto stiffly nodded. "I've never seen you."
"I made sure you were always asleep before I came. I didn't want you to see me," he said softly.
"Then why are you here now?" Silence swept over them once more as Naruto silently refused to answer the question.
"Come on, I want to show you something!" Naruto exclaimed suddenly and pulled on Sasuke's arm for him to follow, though careful to not hurt him. Sasuke, wearing a simple hospital gown (a wrap around with boxers, so nothing showed) was forced to run and keep up with an overly excited blond.
"Where are you taking me?" Sasuke demanded as they dashed around another corner.
"You'll see!" Naruto called without bothering to turn and look at the boy attached to the pale wrist he held so tightly.
Racing up several flights of stairs, they reached the roof of the building and ended up outside, looking out at the city of Konoha.
"See?" Naruto said, trying to catch his breath. Once he clamed down he said, "I've been over every inch of this hospital and this is the best spot. I come here whenever I want to think, but don't tell anyone or else everyone will come up here and it won't be a secret anymore." As Naruto spoke, he looked out into the view. It was getting to be evening. Slight orange and pinks painted the sky, making it that much more beautiful. "I wanted you to see it, so if you ever want to escape for a while, you have a place to go." Sasuke, unable to say anything, nodded, and then joined Naruto at gazing into the horizon.
"Thanks," he said after a few minutes. Naruto looked at him from the corner of his eye for a second, and then smiled.
"No problem." They sat near the edge of the building and watched the sky until the sun sank below the horizon and after all the lights came on in buildings and the sky was almost as dark as Sasuke's eyes. "You should get back. They must be worried by now." Sasuke nodded and stood, then held his hand out for the blond to take.
"Stay with me," he said, his eyes looking away and his cheeks a dusty rose color. Naruto blushed slightly. He understood not wanting to be alone, but for someone who never says what he wants or shows what he feels to ask you to keep them company gave him the urge to laugh, which was an urge Naruto couldn't completely suppress. "Shut up, never mind."
"N-No!" Naruto chuckled, "it's not that! It's just kind of funny. I mean, you of all people asking for company! I've been watching you since we were little kids and you've always pushed people away. We have nothing in common and you don't like meeting new people, yet you're asking me to stay with you. Me! I tough you'd hate me!"
"You've been watching me?" Sasuke, imaging Naruto spying on him doing things, felt his eye begin to twitch.
"EH! Not like that! Only when you've been here! Which is pretty often. What's wrong with you anyway?"
Sasuke shrugged. "I don't know. All I know is that I need a new heart. Why are you here?"
"My mom died in child birth and my dad never showed up. No one knew who they were. After a few months, no one had shown up and they couldn't put me in a foster home because no one knows if my father's alive or not, so they kept me here." He chuckled, somewhat forcefully, "I've never even been past the hospital's parking lit."
Sasuke looked at him in disbelief. "You've never been past the parking lot?!" Naruto shook his head, surprised by the raven's explosion. "Well, when I get out of here, I'm taking you with me. I mean, what kind of idiot hasn't even been pas a parking lot?"
"Hey! Jerk," Naruto said, unable to resist smiling as he nudged Sasuke. Sasuke, deciding to have some fun, nudged him back, and before long, they were rolling around on the floor, nudging and…tickling each other. "Ha ha! Ah! S-Stop!"
"No chance!" Well, somehow in this little scrap, Sasuke pinned Naruto. The victorious raven sat on him and held the blonde's hands to the ground. Sasuke was teasing Naruto by nibbling at his ears, then tickled the blond senseless as he held his wrists above is head, still jokingly nipping at him.
"Ah! Q-Quit it!" Naruto said as he laughed. He tried to roll them over, but Sasuke wouldn't let him. "You, you're mean!"
"Ngh," Sasuke started, nipping and licking at Naruto's jaw line, "and you're stupid, so we're even."
"N-No chance! I'm going to kick your ass for this!" All his threats were diminished by his laughter. Sasuke noted just how ticklish the blond is to use in future times.
After about another half hour of tickling torture, Sasuke and Naruto went back inside to be greeted by a fuming brunette (Iruka) and a chuckling grey-haired man, (Kakashi).
"Where have you two been?!" Iruka shrieked as he looked over the two disheveled boys before him.
"Chill out, Iruka-sensei! We were just hanging out and lost track of time is all," Naruto said, trying to calm him one-and-only teacher/doctor/parental figure. Iruka, not sure what to say, sighed heavily.
"Just, go to bed," he said and pointed toward the room. The two boys scurried of in that direction as Kakashi laughed.
"So, what do you think they were up to?" he asked.
"I don't even want to know."
The next morning, Sasuke woke up with a slumbering blond in his pale, skinny arms and smiled slightly. 'He looks so peaceful,' he thought, 'I just want to kiss him and…wait, what the hell am I thinking! He's a boy! Damn it, first I got all playful with him and now I want to do things and…oh god. No. No! DON'T YOU DARE GET HARD DOWN THERE! You…OU TRAITOR! Of course now you work! Great, my first erection and it's to a boy. Oh god…I'm gay. Well, that sucks.' Ah, the inner most thoughts of Sasuke when thinking of Naruto. (Shut up, you all know it's true!) Anyway, none of Sasuke's thoughts showed. In fact, if anyone had walked in they would have seen a blank expression on his face.
Naruto, blissfully unaware of Sasuke's thoughts, stirred slightly in his sleep, causing the raven to blush a bit. The blond nuzzled into Sasuke's neck, which Sasuke (though he wished he didn't) liked.
"Nhm," Naruto mumbled in his sleep. Sasuke, swallowing his urges, gently shook the blond awake. "…uh?"
"You're on me," Sasuke said in a monotone voice, trying to sound irritated and ignoring the little voice saying 'No! Don't make him move! Hold him! Kiss him!' but, of course, Sasuke didn't.
"Oh," Naruto began, taking him a minute to comprehend where he was and what Sasuke was saying, "sorry." He went to move, but Sasuke stopped him. "Hm?"
"Uh…" 'What the hell are you doing? Let go of him! LET GO!'
"Um…" The two boys were lying in the hospital bed; Naruto is in Sasuke's arms, which hold him tightly, even against the raven's conscious will. Their noses are only about three inches apart. Their eyes locked in an unsure gaze. Knocks on the door break the awkward silence as Kakashi sticks his head through the door.
"Oh, good, you're awake," he said with a smile. He then pushed open the door and he and Iruka walked in with two trays of food. "Breakfast time!" Eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice, milk, and fruit was set before the boys. "Eat up. You'll need the energy for all your exams today." And they did. The normally chatty Iruka, though, remained silent the whole time. He was scared of what might happen, and of what inevitably would.
Once they were done, Naruto and Sasuke went on to examination room after examination room, (though Sasuke believed Naruto was following and doing them too was for fun.) During one of the tests, Iruka couldn't remain stoic any longer.
"It's not right!" he said to no one in particular, but seeing as Kakashi is the only other one in the waiting area, he faced him and continued speaking. "This shouldn't even be legal! How can they do this?"
"Iruka, it's his choice," Kakashi said to try and calm the fuming brunette, even though he felt the same way.
"But it's not! They told him he had to do it, when he was seven. The only thing he can do is choose who gets it, but it's still not his choice to give."
Kakashi thought about it for a minute, and then asks, "So he doesn't want to?"
"Well, he…I'm not sure." Iruka sighed and sat on a nearby chair. Kakashi doesn't move from his spot leaning against the wall, merely watched him in sympathy. He hasn't known Naruto long, but likes him, mostly because Sasuke cares for him, even if the young Uchiha doesn't realize it yet. "Naruto told me he wants to help people and that if this helps, he'll do it, but I think the reason he's doing this so easily is because he doesn't realize what he's missing. Do you know they don't even let him past the parking lit? The boy's never even felt grass! It's inhumane what they're doing to him!"
"I agree with you, but it's still up to Naruto. No matter what they say, it's up to him."
"But no one knows him, he has no parents-"
"We now him, and that's enough. If he doesn't want to do it, they can't force him." After a few minutes, Iruka nodded and seemed to relax a bit. No more discussions about the boys arose and an air of tension remained, but nothing came about. Naruto was safe as long as he wanted to be. The only question is, does he?