Okay, so this story has been sitting open and unfinished on my computer for like three months. So I'm hoping that by posting it, I'll be motivated to actually finish it. It'll probably get updated once a week if you're lucky. Sorry. Anyway, i hope you enjoy anyway.
WARNING: Yaoi, Lemons, OOC, fast paced.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto.
"Look there's a homeless guy on that bench." "Really? Ha, look at those clothes. He's so dirty." "Yeah. I think I can smell him from here." "He's not moving." "Is he even breathing?" "Maybe he's dead" "Ew. We should call the police or something to tell them that there's a dead homeless guy in the park." "Dare me to go touch him?" "You'd probably get a disease or something." "I'll just poke him with a stick or something." "Okay, I dare you to go poke him."
'Those kids are so loud. What are they talking about? Why are there kids in my room anyway? Ow, something is poking me.'
"Oh shit, he moved." "Are you sure?" "Yeah, I think he was just sleeping." "Well, wake him up then. He shouldn't be sleeping in the park, he's smelling the place up."
'Stop it. Ugh, my head is pounding. Who keeps poking me? This isn't how Kakashi normally wakes me. Who's in my room?'
"Hey you kids! Leave that guy alone!"
"Oh shit, lets get out of here."
'What's going on? Someone is picking me up.'
"Hey, man, you shouldn't be out here on this bench. Winter is just around the corner, you could get pneumonia." Sasuke opened his eyes to see a man with bright blue eyes looking down at him. He could barely see some blonde spikes sticking out from underneath the hood of his jacket.
'That's right. I ran away, I fell asleep at a park. This guy is saying something but I can't hear him. He has a nice smile. He seems nice. I wonder if he'll mind me falling asleep again.' And soon everything was black.
Sasuke blinked slowly and took in his surroundings. His head was throbbing, he had probably gotten a cold from sleeping outside. He found himself in a small but warm bed in a small, under furnished bedroom with a kitchenette attached. Sasuke slowly sat up and found he had been stripped down to his underwear. Sasuke blushed at the thought of some stranger undressing him and blushed even more when he realized it was probably the attractive blonde man from the night before who had undressed him. Sasuke jumped as the door was suddenly opened.
"Ah, you're awake." The blonde man smiled. The man had a towel wrapped around his head and wore a long shaggy orange robe.
"You're the guy who picked me up last night." Sasuke said. The man laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, you shouldn't be sleeping in the park. So I just brought you home with me." The man said.
"You usually let strangers into your home?" Sasuke asked with a smirk.
"What kind of person would I be to let some poor guy sleep on the streets? I have a heart, you know." The blonde said.
"Okay." Sasuke said with a chuckle. "What's your name? I ought to know the name of my savior."
"Uzumaki Naruto." The blonde introduced. "You?"
"Sasuke." Sasuke answered.
"Just Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"Just Sasuke." Sasuke nodded. Naruto smiled and shrugged.
"Well, Just Sasuke, you can take a shower if you want. I was going to wash your clothes, but those rags couldn't be salvaged so you'll have to make due with borrowing my clothes until you can get some more." Naruto smiled. Sasuke nodded. Naruto went to his dressed and opened a drawer. "I didn't really get a good look at your size last night. How big are you? You're kinda thin but I guess you're pretty tall as well." He mumbled as he dug through his drawers occasionally pulling clothes out but shaking his head and putting them back. "These should fit." Naruto said holding up a pair of dark blue pants and a white shirt.
"Thanks." Sasuke mumbled and went into the bathroom. The bathroom was also small with just a toilet and a sink and a shower barely big enough for one person. Sasuke sighed deciding that a tiny shower was better than the freezing fountain he had been using previously. Sasuke took a long and hot shower, thankful for properly being able to get the last two weeks of dirt off of him. When he finished he got out and got dressed and left the bathroom while toweling his hair. Naruto had changed into sweats and was sitting on his bed with the towel still wrapped around his head and watching TV.
"Feel better?" Naruto smiled.
"Yeah, thanks." Sasuke nodded. Naruto held up a bowl of potato chips.
"Want some? You're probably really hungry, but this is all I got right now." Naruto said. Sasuke sat down and took a few chips. He was starving actually.
"Why are you being so nice to a stranger?" Sasuke asked.
"Is it weird?" Naruto asked looking over at him.
"I don't know. Do people normally act like this to people they find sleeping on a park bench?" Sasuke asked. Naruto shrugged.
"I guess not. People nowadays don't really care about helping others. Guess I am kinda weird." Naruto laughed. Sasuke smiled softly and nodded. They watched the TV in slience for a few minutes. "I'm not really trying to pry or anything, but why were you sleeping on that bench? You're not on the run or anything, are you?"
"I guess I kind of am. I ran away from home." Sasuke answered.
"Family problems?" Naruto asked.
"Not much of a family. Just problems with the people I live with." Sasuke said. Naruto frowned.
"I wish I could have a family. I would definitely treasure them." Naruto said.
"You don't have a family?" Sasuke asked. Naruto smiled and shook his head.
"Nope. Mom and dad gave me up when I was born. But I guess I understand why." Naruto said. Sasuke's heart clenched slightly. He couldn't understand how the boy could smile about being abandoned and even say he understood it.
"That's so sad." Sasuke said.
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"Parents shouldn't just give up their children. That's just stupid." Sasuke said. Naruto laughed.
"I guess. You're the first person to say that though." Naruto said. Sasuke still couldn't understand. He was about to say something when there was a loud bang and rattle from the vents before the air turned off. "Oh damn, the heater died again."
"Again?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, the air and heater break down all the time and the building doesn't get enough funding to get a new system. I'll just get us some blankets." Naruto said as he got up. Sasuke gasped when he saw Naruto had a fox tail.
"You're a demon." Sasuke said. Naruto turned and looked at him.
"Oh, you didn't know?" Naruto asked. He smiled. "Yeah, I'm a fox demon." Naruto laughed as he took the towel off his head to reveal fox ears rather than human ears. Sasuke quickly stood up and moved towards the door. Naruto started to reach out towards him.
"Stay away from me." Sasuke said. Naruto held up his hands.
"Calm down, Sasuke." Naruto said calmly.
"Stay there. If you come any closer I'll scream." Sasuke said. Naruto started laughing. "I'm serious, you try anything I'll," Sasuke started.
"Where do you think you are, Sasuke?" Naruto asked still laughing.
"What?" Sasuke asked.
"This is a Demon Compound. If you call for help, more demons will come." Naruto said.
"W-What do you want from me?" Sasuke asked slightly panicked. Naruto started laughing again.
"I don't want anything. Just calm down." Naruto smiled. "Do you think I'm gonna eat you or something?" He realized with the terrified look on Sasuke's face the answer was probably yes. Naruto sighed. "Look, demons rarely eat people and domesticated demons don't eat people at all. That's why we live in the compound, so that we don't become wild. You don't have to worry. You're safer here than on the streets." Naruto said. Sasuke looked at Naruto warily.
"Why should I believe you?" Sasuke asked.
"If I wanted to eat you, do you really think you'd still be alive right now?" Naruto asked. Sasuke sighed and looked away. "Okay? So just sit back down." Naruto said as he grabbed some blankets and tossed one to Sasuke. Naruto got back on his bed and wrapped the blanket around him. Sasuke sat on the end of the bed. "Are humans really that scared of us?" Naruto asked.
"I've only ever heard bad things about demons." Sasuke answered.
"Story books are never a reliable source, you know." Naruto smiled at him.
"Then what's the truth about demons?" Sasuke asked.
"Who knows? All demons are different. We're not bad people but we have different instincts than humans. So if we're left to ourselves we can go wild. That's why the king set up the compound and special jobs for us. We just have to work and we get free housing and money for clothes and food and sometimes even personal items. It's not a glamorous life, but most demons would rather live here than in the wild." Naruto said.
"What kind of job do you have?" Sasuke asked. Naruto smiled.
"I work at the amusement park. I'm in a show with two other demons and four humans. It's really fun. We get to do a bunch of crazy stunts and acrobatic tricks." Naruto smiled. He gasped and looked over at Sasuke excitedly. "You should come help out. I mean you're a run away so it's not like you have anything better to do, right? We need a few people back stage to help."
"Sure I guess." Sasuke shrugged.
"It'll be really fun." Naruto smiled excitedly. "Tomorrow we have rehearsal and then I'll get paid and we can go get you some clothes." Naruto smiled. "Oh, but I will need to get some groceries." Sasuke nodded.
"Yeah, food is probably more important than clothes. You don't need to worry about me." Sasuke said. Naruto laughed and shook his head.
"Nonsense, you're my guest. Well, actually I guess you're my roommate now since you have nowhere else to go." Naruto smiled. Sasuke blinked.
"Why are you being so kind to me?" Sasuke asked.
"Should I stop?" Naruto smiled. Sasuke smiled and shook his head.
"No, it's nice." Sasuke said.
"What? You've never had anyone be nice to you?" Naruto asked.
"No, I have. But most of the people who are nice to me seem like they're only nice to me because they have to be." Sasuke said.
"That's sad." Naruto frowned. Sasuke shrugged.
"It's okay." Sasuke said. "I mean after 18 years I'm used to it." Naruto smiled and put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke leaned slightly into Naruto's touch. It really was one of the few times someone was genuinely kind to him, Kakashi was the only other person to treat him so kindly. Sasuke blinked and realized how tired he had become. "Hey, do you mind if I lay down?"
"Nah, go ahead." Naruto said getting up.
"Where are you going?" Sasuke asked.
"Well I only have the one bed and it's kind small so I'll just stay on the floor." Naruto said.
"I don't want to kick you out of your bed." Sasuke said getting up.
"It's fine. The floor's cold, you'd get sick. You take the bed, I'll be fine." Naruto smiled at him and sat on the floor, leaning back against the bed. Sasuke reached out and touched Naruto's ear. Naruto jumped slightly.
"Sorry, I scared you." Sasuke said. Naruto turned and looked back at him.
"It's fine." Naruto said.
"I just wanted to see what they felt like." Sasuke said. Naruto smiled and took Sasuke's hand and put it to one of his ears.
"What do they feel like?" Naruto asked.
"Soft." Sasuke said feeling Naruto's ears. Naruto moved away and smiled.
"You should probably rest." Naruto said softly. Sasuke nodded and slowly fell asleep. He woke up in the middle of the night to see Naruto curled up on the floor. Sasuke sighed and got up. He picked the blonde up and put him on the bed. "It's not big enough for two." Naruto said.
"You're freezing, you get no say." Sasuke said wrapping his blanket around Naruto and pulling the blonde closer.
"You keep asking me why I'm being nice to you, but you're being pretty nice to me too." Naruto said with a soft smile.
"Just repaying the favor." Sasuke mumbled softly. Naruto laughed softly and fell asleep.
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