Title : Goodbye, My Love
WARNING : Boy's Love, Drama, Character Death, A lot of cursing
Pairings : NaruSasu, One-Sided SaiNaru, One-Sided ItaNaru
Summary : A few months after Naruto had Sasuke's child, Naruto is plagued with an incurable disease but keeps it a secret from everyone else. The only one who knows is Sai. And Naruto intends to keep it that way. Because with the way things are, Naruto prefers that Sasuke doesn't know anything, even while Sasuke cheats on Naruto restlessly.
[A/N : Hope it's sad enough for you people out there; also, I don't intend for this to bring back any bad memories of my dear readers, just a little story that I was inspired to write.]
Stepping outside of the hospital, Naruto only hoped that no one saw or heard of his visit to the Doctor's.
"Naruto, I am afraid that you are diagnosed with Heart Disease. And at the moment, we are unable to find a cure. I am regretfully sorry."
An ache resounded in his heart as he remembered the Doctor's words. He didn't want anyone to know, especially Sasuke. With their newborn already entering its first stage of life, Naruto felt that it was more important to pamper the two with his love while he still breathed life.
"Naruto?"
He cringed at the sound of his name. He recognized the voice even without lifting his head, but now did not seem to be a good time, for Sai always noticed the little sloppy hints that Naruto always tended to give out.
"What are you doing out in this cold weather?"
"Sai."
"Hmm? What's this? Are you perhaps with child again?" Sai had to grin at the thought, but it instantly came crashing down on him when Naruto looked up with a tiny, troubled smile plastered across his face.
"No, it's..." Before he could tell Sai, an image of all of his friends' happy faces dawned upon him, shutting him up.
"What's wrong, Naruto?" Sai urged on, propping Naruto's face up with his finger tips.
"I...I can't tell you." Naruto averted his eyes in shame of almost letting the truth out.
"Tell me, I promise I won't tell anyone."
And with just that one look, Naruto's mask fell as he pushed onto Sai for a hug.
Sai looked helplessly at the top of Naruto's head, yet did not hesitate to hug the blonde back fiercely.
"Is it Sasuke?" he asked angrily. Tch. He'd kill the bastard already if Naruto wasn't there to stop him, and because of the fact that they both already had a kid.
"...Nnnn…."
"What was that?"
He felt Naruto's head shake quickly.
"...I'm...nosed with…ease..."
"What?"
"I'm diagnosed with Heart Disease."
The sentence sent chills down Sai's spine.
Who would of ever thought that Naruto, the kid who was always smiling, would get Heart Disease?
"How long do you have left?"
"Two months, three at the most."
Sai gave a small serious look as he dragged Naruto over to his black cadillac.
"I'll give you a ride back home. You can tell me there in private"
"Wait!"
"What?"
"If I tell you everything...promise me you won't tell anyone. And make sure…..to keep it from Sasuke as well." His eyes filled with worry and unease.
Naruto's face stood firm and serious.
Sai looked over at Naruto, and with understanding eyes, he gave a curt nod, and they were on their way to the Uchiha mansion.
"Hey, Babe, where were you?" was the first greeting Sasuke's given Naruto in over a week, glancing up at Sai only to give him a glare that only the Uchiha's seemed to be capable of.
"Oh...umm...Sai decided to take me to Sakura's house so that we could go watch a movie together, isn't that right, Sai?"
"Yes, and we went to look at baby products for little Kyu-chan too."
"...I see...Well, come on in, you two, Itachi just came back with Kyu."
"Ok," Naruto allowed himself a little smile before ushering Sai inside.
Sai would be lying to himself if he said that the mansion wasn't eye-catching. The floor consisted of smooth, sandy tinted wood, the stairs of polished obsidian stones, the walls covered in pale wallpaper that did not contain even a spot of dirt, while the house held interiors of high quality furnitures.
Sai's attention snapped back to Naruto when he heard the blonde addressing a greeting to Sasuke's older brother, Itachi, who was sitting on the black fur couch.
"Hey, Itachi!"
"Hey yourself, Naru." Itachi cooed, showing his open affection for his brother-in-law and wrapped an arm around Naruto's skinny waist as he closed in for an intimate hug. How Naruto ever went through child labor with his small and fragile body, Itachi would never know.
"Itachi!" A certain other Uchiha growled.
"I was just fooling around, Little Brother."
"WHY, YOU B-"
"Sasuke!"
Sasuke shut up instantly.
"If I ever hear you say a bad word, or even attempt to say one, you know what's going to happen, don't you?"
"And Itachi," Naruto yanked the older Uchiha by the ear playfully, "Stop teasing Sasuke, you know he can't take jokes."
"Yes, Naru-Chan~"
"Good! I don't want you guys swearing around my baby," Naruto said as he picked up the warm bundle of joy with care.
"Sai, can you come with me?"
A distant "Yes" came from the dark haired male as they've already started walking down the hall.
The two Uchiha's gave each other a questioning look but decided that it was probably nothing.
Through the remaining silence, Sasuke was the first to break it with a question.
"Aren't you going home already?" Though Sasuke stated more than question, an eyebrow twitching showed his slight anger at having his older brother in his house.
"My dear younger brother, is that the proper way to talk to your older brother who gave you this mansion and takes care of your kid whenever he has the time?"
"Shut up, you're the one who decided to give this mansion to us. And about the thing where you take care of my kid? Well, you're being paid, aren't you? Now GET THE HELL OUT!"
As if in reply to Sasuke's outrage, a small wailing cry broke out through the house. The echo of footsteps grew larger as seconds past by. A hand whipped out of no where and hit Sasuke's head. Hard.
"Oh?" Itachi had to smirk at this, knowing full well that Sasuke was the one at fault here.
"Sasuke, just because you guys don't have a good relationship doesn't mean that you can treat Itachi without respect. He gave us this nice mansion and even offered to take care of our kid for free without pay. What do you have to say for yourself?"
(A/N : Sasuke says that Itachi is getting paid because Naruto could not acknowledge the idea of NOT paying Itachi for his kindness.)
Sasuke just looked away sulking, hating that Naruto was always taking Itachi's side, and NOT his.
"I'm sorry for my husband's rude behavior Itachi, I don't know what we'd do without you."
"It's fine, Naruto. I think it's about time I go anyway. I'll be back tomorrow to come pick up little Kyu-chan. Bye~" Itachi grazed Naruto's cheek with a small peck as Naruto stood by the doorway, seeing the older Uchiha off.
Instead of losing his cool, Sasuke just slammed the door with his long arm reaching over Naruto's shoulder.
Naruto flinched when Sasuke's head suddenly dropped down onto the space between his neck and shoulder, nuzzling the blonde for attention.
"What's wrong?" Naruto spoke softly as he lifted his hand to pet the Raven's head.
"You're mine, right?"
The question surprised Naruto so it took him a while to reply.
"Of course, you teme." Naruto quietly whispered back with eyes closed, not wanting to imagine what Sasuke did every other day. "Now get off, I have to run some plans over with Sai."
Scowling, the Raven snuck in a kiss, attempting to divert Naruto's attention away from Sai.
Naruto immediately fell into the kiss, but gently pushed Sasuke away as if to remind himself about Sai.
"Can you make dinner tonight, Love?"
Naruto grinned at the taller male, knowing that he couldn't refuse.
Giving Naruto a look that said anything except no as proof, he nodded seldomly and proceeded to the kitchen.
A/N: I'm still debating on how this story will develop...