Cherry Love
Naruto stared blankly out his bedroom window, for once ignoring the
intense mess that engulfed it. There was a cloud of gray looming over
Konoha, and it was raining extremely hard. Naruto furrowed his eyebrows
and looked away from the window, giving up his search. He then finally
looked upon the apartment of his, and sighed. It looked like a war had
erupted there. He got off his unmade bed, and listened to the squeak it
made.
When he got up, he walked over to the wall, where a wall calendar
hung by a rusty nail. 17th of August, it had said. Naruto cursed lowly
at himself, and wanted to kick the wall with anger, and fury.
He should have been back by now...
He thought, as thoughts raced through his head.
He was worried, and it showed, too. He thought quickly, picking up a dirty
shirt off of the ground. "Hmm... Maybe if I cleaned? Then he'd be happy."
He said to himself. He put the shirt into a white basket, and picked up certain
shirts from each lopsided pile throughout the apartment. He put those into the
basket. When he was done picking out the dirty clothes from the rest of the
clothes, he put the other clothes into a neat pile.
He looked in one of the closets, and searched for his ironing pad. He
pulled out the iron, and turned it on. He ironed each article of clothing
quickly, and moved on to clean the bathroom. When he walked into
the bathroom, it was a nasty sight. He started with the sinks, manually
cleaning the sinks, and the countertop. He organized the
toothpaste and toothbrushes into a small toothbrush holder.
He then cleaned the toilet with toilet cleaner.
While he cleaned the bathroom, a sound of keys jingled in the
lock. He was back. Naruto jumped up, and opened the door wide.
He looked out of his apartment, and there was a figure. Drenched
head to toe with rain water, it was Sasuke. Naruto was delighted,
and flung his arms around Sasuke's neck, before jumping back
from Sasuke's damp coat.
"Well, what have you been doing
while I was gone?" Sasuke asked, trying to take a peek into
the apartment. Naruto's face was red at once. "I-I've been
trying to clean for you, Sasuke!" He responded.
Sasuke walked into the apartment,
and looked around. Half of the apartment
was spotless. The other half, well the other
half was horrible. Sasuke looked toward Naruto.
"Well, it's the thought that counts, I guess." He chuckled, and Naruto laughed uneasily.
Sasuke suddenly pulled Naruto into a kiss. He kept his lips there for a few seconds.
When he pulled away, he said "Thank you, Naruto," and hugged Naruto.
Sasuke brought his bags in, and walked into the house again
with them. He chuckled as he spotted one of Naruto's shirts
laid flat on top of the living room couch. He glanced at Naruto.
"So, you used our couch as a drying rack? Nice…" Sasuke teased.
Naruto looked to the ground in embarrassment. "Well…Um…There
weren't many other places to put it." He tried to make an excuse.
Sasuke chuckled again, and this time he smiled. "Don't worry, just
teasing you." He calmed him down. Sasuke walked into the room,
and set his bags down on the opposite bed. He looked over at
Naruto's bed, and saw an empty bowl of ramen.
Maybe I should make him some… I haven't seen him
for a long time, really… Sasuke thought to himself.
He walked over to Naruto's bed, and picked up the empty
Styrofoam cup, walking out of the room with it. He peeked
out of the door, and spotted Naruto sitting on the couch, in
a positively bored fashion. "Hey, Naruto?" Sasuke called,
and Naruto heard and perked his head up. "Yeah, Sasuke?"
Sasuke smiled once again. "How about I make you a bowl
of your favorite Ramen?" He asked. Naruto's eyes widened.
"I-I-I'd love some!" His voice grew more enthusiastic.
Sasuke moved toward the couch and sat down. "Why don't
I make it after a half-hour of TV?" Naruto looked at him, and
nodded. "Sure thing!" He said. He moved closer to Sasuke, and
snuggled into him. "But where's the remote?" He asked. Sasuke
whipped it out from behind the couch when he asked. Naruto
blinked. "Sharingan again?" Sasuke laughed. "Nah, I just know
that you tend to let things fall behind the couch." Naruto smiled.
"Oh, that's how." He said, resuming his snuggle with Sasuke.
Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto then, and flicked the
TV on. They sat in comfort for a while. The two lovers barely
paid any attention whatsoever to the show, and even less
attention to the time. Sasuke jolted when he heard Naruto's
stomach growl at the same time his own growled.
"Well, I guess it's time for a late dinner… Whoops. I
guess we lost track of the time." Sasuke hopped up from
the couch, and took out a quick Ramen package. Naruto
eventually got up when the doorbell rang, and said "I'll
get it I guess…" And opened up the door. There were
four letters in a pile, and one package next to them.
Naruto picked them up, and examined them lazily.
He looked at who the letters were from: A bill, a
letter from their old master, one from Jiraiya, and
one from Hinata. Naruto then did a double take.
"A letter from Hinata? Oh s***." He said lowly,
and opened it at once. The handwriting was neat,
and it smelled faintly of flowers.
Dear Naruto,
Hi Naruto-kun. We haven't talked in a really long
time! And, well, I'd like to tell you something I've
always wanted to tell you. Naruto-kun, I've always
loved you from the bottom of my heart, and I always
watched you from afar. When we were younger,
I know I was really clumsy, and nothing like
the pretty Sakura, but I want you to know I
tried really hard to get this far. Well, I do know
you fell in love with Sasuke, but I just wanted
to tell you how I felt.
Well, I also have news! Kiba and I have
gotten together, and we're getting married
in October. I'd really like you to come,
and I hope I will see you there. We are
getting married in the church near the middle
of the town. Please come Naruto-kun, as I've
really wanted to talk to you again for so long!
Sincerely,
Hyuga Hinata
Naruto looked worriedly toward Sasuke, and
brought the other mail in, including the package.
He sighed as he looked over toward the letter again,
and looked over at Sasuke again. Naruto attempted
to focus his attention on other things, like the big
package the couple was sent. He looked who it was
for. It said in capital letters: 'FOR SASUKE'.
Naruto brought the package over to Sasuke, and
told him about how it had said 'FOR SASUKE.'
Sasuke just shrugged, and turned away from the
microwave for a moment. He opened the package,
and used scissors to cut the tape off. The box opened,
and Sasuke peeked his head in. A few seconds later, he
took his head out, and turned toward Naruto.
"It was from Sakura." Sasuke said lowly to Naruto,
who became curious. When he looked in, he saw
a lot of pink. Naruto sighed and looked back at Sasuke.
"Well, it wasn't very hard to tell, Sasuke. It was full of pink."
Sasuke sighed and rubbed his temples. "But that's what I
mean, Naruto! She won't just shut the hell up! She knows
I'm gay, but she doesn't want to give up!" He growled.
A beep went off from the microwave, and Sasuke yanked
the Ramen out, and slammed the door to the microwave.
Naruto jolted as the door slammed shut, and gulped.
He thought of what Sasuke might do once he found out
about Hinata's letter. I'm screwed. Naruto thought. He
looked at the folded letter in his hand, and sighed, giving
in.
"Look, Sasuke. I got one too. You don't have to beat
yourself up about it." Sasuke turned to Naruto. He didn't
look like he was in the mood. "You mean she sent you
one also? What a two-timer!" He fumed. Naruto panicked
as Sasuke fumed. "N-No Sasuke! It was from Hinata!"
Sasuke arched his brow.
"You mean the creepy stalker girl that watched you
all the time?" He asked. Naruto nodded. "She confessed
that she loved me back then. And she invited you and I
to her wedding," He answered.
Sasuke was relieved a little when he found out that Sakura
didn't send two letters. "Well, who's she marrying?" He asked,
and Naruto smiled to see Sasuke calm down. "She said she
was marrying Kiba." Naruto replied, with a laugh from
Sasuke. "You mean the crazy dog guy?" He asked, and
Naruto nodded.