AN: Hey there guys! This is my new story. I think it's going to be a bit longer than 'One week' which is nearly finished. But this one came to me whilst I was in a lecture. Hope you like it! I think my writing style has changed slightly also... and unfortunately I don't own Naruto.

"I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of."

-Michel de Montaigne

After hiding the bag within a large bush he set off running towards the street. The rain was falling more heavily now and was making his jeans and top stick to his skin uncomfortably.

Panting as he reached the top of the street he began walking as he continued down. 24, 26, 28...30 this is it, number 30. Turning down the path that led to the red door he wiped his hands on the back of his black jeans, God I hope I got all the blood off. Shaking his head he attempted to rid his raven lock of some of the rain water that had soaked him; he then raised his hand and knocked on the door three times.

He waited a few minutes before he raised his hand to knock again, only mid knock did the door open, revealing a sleepy looking blonde who was wearing grey sleep pants that hung loosely on his tan hips.

"Err... Can I help you?" He asked whilst rubbing one of his eyes and stifling a yawn...

"Yeah, I'm here about the room that's up to let." The raven said whilst running his fingers through his hair once more.

"...Okay... You do know that it's half past two in the morning right?" The blonde questioned whilst looking at his watch.

"Half two?... really?" The raven gasped. Oh god think of something think of something...

"I was sure it was earlier than that... God I'm sorry, I've only just moved here and they've done nothing but mess me about constantly! They've lost my bags, the planes were delayed, that was cancelled, this was altered and the amount of terminal changes I endured... god if I never see another airport again it'll be too late."

The raven just stared at the blonde for a few seconds who in turn was just staring at the raven...

"Oh God! Tell me about it! They once sent my bags to the wrong place! I mean the other end of the freaking country and I had to wait days to get them back and I had to pay for the shipping!"

The raven smirked.

"Well you better come in then. I'll make you a hot drink. God you're soaked. And I'll see if I can find you some clean clothes and then you can take a shower to warm up too" The blonde stepped back and allowed Sasuke in.

"Thank you, you're too kind" he said wiping his feet on the mat.

"Not at all! Oh I'm Naruto by the way, Naruto Uzumaki"

"Sasuke, Sasuke Uchiha."

Shutting the door Naruto led him to the small but modern kitchen at the end of the hall. He turned on the light, filled up the kettle and turned it on and then turned and smiled at Sasuke.

"It shouldn't be too long" He reached down in to one of the cupboards and pulled out a black mug. He stuck a tea bag in the mug before looking at Sasuke again. "Oh I'll go see if I've got anything that'll fit you. Milk is in the fridge and sugar is in that pot there." He pointed towards a little silver pot before leaving the room.

Sasuke made no effort to move, he had neither sugar nor milk in his tea, it tasted perfectly fine on its own. He sat down on one of the stools near the breakfast bar and ran his hands through his hair once more God what am I doing? I'm only pulling Naruto in to mess that I didn't want to be in the first place. He took this moment to look at his hands, now he was in the light he could see that he had managed to get all the blood off. That would have been a tricky situation to get out off if the blonde had seen that. At that moment Naruto made his way back in to the room.

"Here" He smiled as he passed Sasuke two towels and a pair of black sleeping pants. "I'll show you to the bathroom, I hope the sleep pants fit you, there my ex's. He was probably as tall as you."

Sasuke followed the blonde back down the hall and then up the stairs. The first door was ajar and looked a pale orange colour.

"Oh that's my room" Naruto said as he continued down the landing the cuffs of his sleep pants brushing against the laminate flooring.

"And this will be your room" He pointed at the door next to his own.

"Which by process of elimination leaves this to be the bathroom...? I think..." He laughed.

Sasuke smirked, Naruto turned and smiled at him.

"Erm well, we'll sort rent and paper work out later, maybe when you look like you've slept a little! Are you hungry or anything?"

Sasuke was about to respond when his tummy gurgled loudly. Naruto smirked and bent down to eye level with Sasuke's tummy.

"I take that as a yes then grumbly tumbly!" He said in baby voice. He stopped himself and stood back up.

"Sorry... that was a bit weird. I promise you'll get used to me. Anything you don't like to eat?"

"Not really, but don't go to any trouble."

"No trouble at all I make a mean cheese and ham toastie. Now get a shower and warm up, you'll catch your death." and with that Naruto set off back down the landing.

Smiling slightly Sasuke went in to the bathroom, it was brightly lit, a large white bath tub in one corner and a shower in the opposite corner. Shutting the door and taking off his shirt and jeans he laid them on the radiator to dry. He was going to have to go in to town tomorrow and buy an entire new wardrobe, oh and then make it look like he already owned them. Brilliant plan Sasuke, you idiot! Lost them on the plane? And then you went and gave him your real name! How stupid could you actually be? He walked past a mirror as he went to go get in the shower, and his eyes were drawn to the tattoo on his shoulder.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid Sasuke. You shouldn't have trusted him again." His hand gripped his shoulder as he stepped in to the shower and turned it on.

He felt his muscles relax slightly as he turned up the heat. It was nice for the raven to finally have chance to just stop. He'd done nothing but what felt like run for the past 3 hours. All because of stupid Itachi! I can't believe I let him talk me in to one last job, God I've destroyed everything...

Naruto was currently trying to scrape the cheese off the toastie machine. Great that's the last time I ever let Kiba use ANYTHING of mine. Finally succeeding he placed the sandwiches in and Naruto made his way to the living room and turned on the television. Might as well turn this on if we're going to be up for a bit. Leaving the living room he headed back down the hall to the kitchen and turned the kettle back on, he got himself a mug out and stuck a tea bag in and a large serving of milk.

"Are you having tea with your milk Naruto?" Sasuke smirked as he entered the kitchen after watching how much milk Naruto had poured in his mug.

"Ah shut up! At least I'm not boring and.." At this point Naruto turned around to be confronted with the sight of Sasuke and a light blush dusted his face Stop it! You've only just met the guy!

"And what? Completely lose your train of thought?"

"Shut up!" Naruto coughed awkwardly and placed the milk back in the fridge.

"So what is it you do Sasuke? And what exactly brings you here?"

"I'm looking for work actually. I used to work as a teacher in London. But things got to be a little too much of 'working to live instead of living to work' kind of thing. So I decided I'd move to somewhere a little smaller and try again really"

"A teacher? Really? Now... here is the important question... What do you teach?" Naruto smirked as he plated up the toasties.

"It depends Naruto what do you teach?"

"How did you know I teach?" He glanced towards Sasuke smiling

"Only teachers ever place importance in what other people teach." Sasuke smirked

"That's kinda deep Sasuke..."

"Oh and of course I can see a pile of work behind you that has been marked"

"Ah not so deep!" Naruto laughed. "Alright then Mr Uchiha" Naruto lent over the table so that he was quite close to Sasuke's face "what do you think I do?"

"Well, due to the copy of Candide ou l'Optimisme in the bathroom. Plus the tattoo around your wrist I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark at... French?"

"Ahhh very good" Naruto mock bowed "but I shall be more impressed if you can tell me what it says..." and with that Naruto held out his right arm where the words 'Si c'est ici le meilleur des mondes possibles, que sont donc les autres?' delicate ran around his wrist.

"Oo a tough one" Sasuke took Naruto's wrist and became to gently turn it, reading the tattoo in full, but not before noticing how soft the skin was nor the faint blush that lit Naruto's nose and cheeks once more Hmm, he rather is really cute. This could be nice living here after all.

After a few minutes Sasuke smirked and looked up at the blonde

"Now then Naruto 'If this is the best of possible worlds, what are the others?'"

Naruto smiled. "Very, very impressive Sasuke, I give you an A."

"Thank you very much sir" And with that Sasuke raised Naruto's hand and placed a kiss on the back. Naruto once again flushed a gentle pink.

"And now Naruto the same question to you"

Naruto gazed at Sasuke whilst pulling his lip between his teeth... whilst making 'humm'-ing noises every now and then.

"It's defiantly something to do with language otherwise you wouldn't have understood my tattoo nor the book just then, so you either studied it as a side to your main subject or it is actually your own subject... okay I think..." At this point Naruto circled around the table and walked around Sasuke as is surveying him only then to spot the tattoo above his waist band on his back that read 'There are more things in heaven and earth' Naruto smiled.

A Shakespeare quote as a tattoo surely an English teacher?

"Well Sasuke '"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'" Naruto gently ran his fingers across the tattoo. "And with that in mind...English literature"

"Nice try but no cigar. Maths..."

"Maths?" Naruto repeated "You're a maths teacher?"

"Yeah" Sasuke replied "Maths... What's wrong with a been a maths teacher"

"Really? You mean there are things right with been a maths teacher..."

"HEY... Nah I'm kidding, English literature was right. Mind you you're kinda offensive towards maths teacher don't you think?"

"Yeah I never liked mine that is why... Hang on... You Basted! That was so mean!"

"No, ma jolie" Naruto once again blushed "You are an idiot for believing me!"

Naruto laughed and the pair made their way through to the front room with their tea and toasties to where the telly was still playing.

"Breaking news a London bank was earlier robbed by the group known only as 'A', the thieves made off with over 14 million pounds, one security guard was shot and pronounced dead on the scene"

Naruto gasped "Oh god how awful, that poor man and oh god and his poor family."

"Yeah" Sasuke agreed "It's awful"

They continued watching until a photo of the man appeared and Sasuke once again saw eye to eye with the man he had held little over four hours ago as he died.

AN: I hope my French was right... It's been a while since I've done it!

The book Sasuke is on about is a novel that is one of the most famous in French literature. It's a bit like Shakespeare but obviously a French equivalent. Ma jolie means my pretty. I think... like I said a long time since I've done French.

Si c'est ici le meilleur des mondes possibles, que sont donc les autres?' means pretty much what Sasuke says 'If this is the best of possible worlds, what are the others? this is actually a quote from the book mentioned earlier Candide ou l'Optimisme too.

And Sasuke's tattoo is one of my favourite lines from 'Hamlet' Shakespeare obviously. Anyway new chapter soon once I've made sure it's all ready. Ciao.