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To Resist Love
Chapter 1: Surprises
The telephone rang. The signal was heard all over the office and the guy in the room sighed. It must be the ten-thousand time this day. The blond guy spun around in his chair and took the telephone in his right hand.
"Hello, Naruto here."
"I pick you up tonight, 8 o'clock. Wear something nice."
Naruto knew who it was exactly and didn't need a presentation. He could almost see the black-haired man in front of him, holding his mobile in his left pale hand.
"It seems that you have something really nice in your head," Naruto said and draw small figures with an ink-pencil on a blank paper. It looked like figures that a six year old kid had paint; Naruto had always been bad at painting.
"See you later then… I'm working late so we won't meet up till we're on the re… I mean the meeting-place."
"Seems good to me, the longer you wait the more…"
"I have to go now, Naruto." The man sighed, but on a positive way. The positive sigh Naruto loved to hear.
"Love you." Naruto painted a heart on the paper. Then he accidentally drew a black, evil line in the middle of the heart. "Fuck!" Naruto said, a little too loud. He heard another sigh, and this sigh could describe in words. 'You're so clumsy, Naruto.'
"Love you too, Naruto. You know it."
Naruto put down the phone when the other had ended the call. How is it possible to love someone so much?
He gazed out through the big windows. It was three big ones and it took over a whole wall. The view was amazing and you could see the entire city through those windows. To the left there were two bookcases and they were followed by one big white sofa. Then the door came.
Once upon a time a man walked through it, a pale black-haired man. It was definitely love at first sight.
Six months later Naruto sat in this room and thought of the love he felt for that man. Could it be so simple to find the love? Just wait some years and then the love wandered through a door and there it was?
To the right of the door there was a big flower bouquet on a table. The red roses concealed the table, but Naruto saw it because he knew that it was there. On one rose there was a little card, those small cards that you often see in a flower shop on the desk. It stood ten words there: 'Thank you for the moving, I love you, my Sunshine.'
Naruto's boyfriend didn't talk as much as he, but the words and the paintings he put down on papers were more worth the words you say. It was just indescribable.
On the walls in their house it hung a lot of paintings. And that meant a lot. Two dozens of them were with Naruto on, and Naruto's favourite was the one that hung over the fireplace. It was them, in the sun, standing in the ocean. They were on their first vacation together and it was then the love had blossomed. It was then they had said what they felt.
On the walls in the office it hung diplomas. On one of them it stood "for the best business-man". It was three and a half years ago, when he had been the boss for one year. The company had gone really well that year; everyone said that it was because of him. One thing he remembered from that year was that he waited on the love. He was lonely then, but not now.
"Things have changed," he said loud to himself. He took a look at the clock that hung on the right wall.
Four o'clock. The week was finally at an end. He stood up, turned off the computer and took his jacket from the chair. He walked toward the door and opened. Then the blond boy looked up. He gazed out through the windows. The birds flied in the wind and enjoyed the sunshine. Naruto walked out from the office, smiling, and closed the door.
"See you tomorrow," he said to his secretary.
"Yes, good-bye," Sakura answered. She waved and looked down at the computer again. Naruto walked toward the elevator. Finally he was going home. But, he remembered, he was going home to change and then leave again. He didn't have time to do anything else. What was the plan?
The elevator doors opened and Naruto walked toward the big glass doors. The sun dazzled him when he was outside the big building. He waved at a taxi that drove to him. Naruto sat in the car and told the driver where he wanted to go. He straightened the black tie and pulled his fingers through the blond hair.
The doorbell rang. Naruto ran from the bedroom and took a quick look in the mirror. The orange shirt fit him perfect and the black tie made him content.
He opened the door and a man in a suit stood in front of him. But it wasn't the right person; instead there was a tall man in a suit.
"Are you Naruto Uzumaki?"
"Yes, that's me," Naruto answered.
"I'll drive you to the meeting-place. Please come with me."
Naruto thought that this was a little weird but he couldn't stop looking on the limousine that stood parked on the driveway. It's not everyday when you have a ride in a limousine. He took his jacket and locked the door. He followed the tall man to the limousine. The driver opened it and Naruto stepped inside. It was getting dark outside and it was a little cold. Naruto froze but he got warm as soon he was in the car. It laid a red rose on the seat and Naruto took it in his hands and he felt the smell of it. The smells captured him, it smelt like love.
The car started to drive away from the house and after a couple of minutes, maybe ten, it slowed down and finally stopped. Naruto looked out through the right window and saw the big city in front of him. There was a street, which was empty tonight. There was a pair of big glass doors too and above them a sign with the name 'Two hearts'. It was the best restaurant in Konoha.
Naruto walked out from the car and straightened the tie. He was still holding the rose in his hand. The driver pointed his finger to the glass doors and walked in to the car again. He left Naruto on the street. Naruto walked towards the doors, a woman opened it for him. The inside of the restaurant was silent and romantic. There were candles everywhere and red roses of course. There weren't so many people in the restaurant so more than half of the tables were without people.
"Are you Naruto Uzumaki?" A man in tuxedo appeared. He had a white towel in his armpit.
"Yes, that's me," Naruto answered and realized that he always answered with the same words.
"Then follow me." Naruto followed the man and saw his boyfriend sitting at a table. The man walked away when his job was done. Naruto's boyfriend looked up and waited on the kiss he would get on the mouth.
"Finally you're here," Sai said and got a kiss on the mouth. Tonight he had chosen his purple shirt with a pair of black pants and a black jacket.
"I thought I couldn't endure the hours of waiting." Naruto sat on the chair and laid the rose on the table.
"How was your day then, Sunshine?" Sai hold the menu in his hands. His black eyes read the text but his ears focused on Naruto's voice.
"Fine, but it was a little boring. I had too much paperwork to deal with. What about yours?" Naruto said.
"I got a call today," Sai said and put down the menu on the table. "It was the famous artist, Deidara." Naruto lifted his eyebrows in surprise. Deidara was a really famous artist.
"What did he want?"
"I can't believe it yet, Naruto. He wanted to see my paintings in Iwagakure!" Sai smiled big and the happiness spread all over his face.
"No way, that's incredible!" Naruto stood up and gave Sai a big hug. "I always knew that something big was going to happen." He pulled his hand over Sai's head and played with the short hair. This big news was what Sai wanted, and needed.
Naruto sat on his chair again and looked at the waiter who came. Sai and Naruto ordered some delicious food and the waiter walked away again. Ten minutes later he came back and served them the food.
"Thanks for the fast delivery," Naruto said and took his fork in his left hand.
"Well, we don't have so many customers today. That's what you guys ordered." The waiter walked away for the second time and Naruto and Sai began to eat.
"Did you really fix that too?" Naruto asked after he swallowed.
"Yes. For us," Sai said and raised his champagne. Naruto raised his glass too.
"For us."
The sound of two glasses that clinked heard around the big room. A band stood on the scene and started to play some classic music. The violin's sound made the mood romantic. The song that came from the singer made the two persons look deep in each others eyes.
"Sai…" Naruto said and took his boyfriend's hand in his. The skin was pale, almost white, like a paper.
The eyes were black, like ink, and the lips were like sand.
"Naruto, you remember this day for three years ago?"
"Yes, the day when the accident happened. The fourteenth July."
"I haven't thanked you enough for the help you gave me." Sai smiled and looked down at the rose that lay on the table.
"You don't need to thank me," Naruto said. "After everything you have done for me you don't need to "pay back"."
"If you say so, my Sunshine. But at least I can do this..." Sai said and grabbed something in his pocket. Naruto looked curiously at him. After three seconds he understood what was happening.
"Naruto, do you want to live the rest of your beautiful life with me?" Sai hold a little, black box in his hands. Inside the box there was a golden ring with a blue sapphire. Naruto smiled, this was a dream. It couldn't be true. Then he remembered that Sai asked a question and he awakened again.
"Yes." Naruto stood up and crouched beside Sai.
"Well, we have to do this in the opposite way," Sai said and laughed at the little joke he had just said.
"It will be perfect," Naruto mumbled and looked at Sai who took the ring in his hand and took Naruto's hand in the other. He put the ring on Naruto's left hands ring finger. Then the two persons kissed each other.
Flashback
Naruto woke up. He opened his eyes and lifted his right arm and laid it on the double bed's right side. Sai was gone. Maybe he stood downstairs and painted. Naruto heard the raindrops that dripped on the roof. He stood up and walked towards the windows and took away the curtains. The sky was crying. Naruto walked toward the stairs and walked down. He did almost fall on the last step but hold the handrail in his left hand. Like Sai had told him. Naruto admitted that he was clumsy. He took a fast look at the right side were the paint-room was. But Sai wasn't there. He looked everywhere in the house and looked at last in the kitchen. A post-it tag laid on the dinner-table.
"I'm in the store and buy ink," Naruto mumbled for himself when he read the text. Then the phone rang. Naruto sighed.
"Naruto and Sai's," Naruto answered.
"Hello, I'm calling from the hospital." Naruto stood still and didn't move, he did almost forget to breath. He could feel the coldness from the phone and it reached his hand. Something wasn't like it should be.
"What has happened?"
"Your boyfriend has been in an accident. Sai."
Naruto dropped the phone. It smashed on the floor and so did Naruto. He hit his head in the nearest chair. He tried to reach a chair and grabbed it, but he lost his grab and the result was a fallen chair and a fallen boy.
"Fuck," Naruto said and felt on his head. A nice swelling was appearing. He stood up and raised the chair. Then he took up the phone and laid the broken thing on the table. He ran up to the bedroom and changed clothes at the same time as his stomach talked in a hungrily way. He fixed his hair a little, which was the same thing as to take away the hairs that was hiding the blue eyes. He ran down again but this time to the hallway. He took his car-, and house key and closed the door behind him, then he walked out to the gray day. But it didn't rain now. He hid one of the keys under the carpet after he locked the door, and stamped on the carpet so the bump was well hidden. He walked toward the garage and opened the carport. In the darkness he could barely see a car but walked toward it. Sai didn't let Naruto to take the car usually; Naruto was a danger for the traffic. But it was an emergency now and no one could drive him to the hospital. He opened the door and sat in the driver seat. Put in the key and started the car. He drove out from the garage and left the gray house behind him.
After twenty minutes Naruto arrived to the hospital. He almost ran to the reception and didn't care about the humans that stood in his way. He hadn't time to say 'excuse me' or 'sorry'. He must see Sai, and that meant soon.
"Where's Sai?" Naruto asked, almost aggressive. Aggressive like he needed to fight for Sai's survival. The nurse seemed to knew Naruto and Sai were.
"He's in room thirty-four on the third floor. But I don't know if you can see him right now. Maybe you should sit down and relax a little bit…" A little, short woman sat on a chair behind an old computer. Her brown eyes looked at Naruto.
"I must know how he is," Naruto interrupted the woman. "I don't care if I'm not okay." Then he headed to the elevators. The corridor was empty and luckily the elevators were empty too. Naruto pushed on the button and the doors opened and answered with a sound that sounded like a doorbell. He walked inside the elevator and felt that he was moving upward.
The doorbell sounded again and the doors opened. Two doctors came in and Naruto walked out from the elevator. He looked around and did just see gray, long corridors with two plants and some chairs. Naruto looked at the nearest door, number twelve. He took the right way and looked at another door, and the luck was with him again because the door had the number thirteen. All the rooms were empty in this corridor but when he was at the door with the number thirty the rooms wasn't empty anymore. An old lady lay in a bed and she was sweating, maybe she had pain. An alarm started to peep. Three staff came to a door in the near and ran inside. But it wasn't the room Naruto was looking after. He walked four meters and stopped. Looked at the doors sign, it was the door. Naruto took a deep breath and walked inside the room. Without to close the door, he walked toward the bed. He looked at Sai who was whiter so his skin was almost turned into a gray colour. His eyes were closed and the hands lay beside his body. The black hair surrounded the head. Naruto played with the hair and caressed Sai's cheek. Sai's chest rose every time he took a breath but then the regular breaths stopped. Sai opened his eyes and looked around. He looked at Naruto.
"Where am I?" he asked confused.
"You're at the hospital," Naruto answered and took a chair that stood behind him. He pulled it closer to the bed and sat on it. He took Sai's hand and warmed it because it was cold.
"Oh," Sai said and sighed. "It hurts."
"What hurts?" Naruto asked and looked at Sai's face that was turned into a painful and confused expression.
"I don't know really, maybe it doesn't hurt." Sai moved one of his hands and felt on his forehead. He had a deep wound there and he moved the hand as soon as he felt the pain crawl under it.
"You don't know if it hurts or not?" Naruto asked confused.
"No, I don't feel anything."
"Well, it's good that you don't feel pain anyway," Naruto said happily and smiled. Sai answered with one of his amazing smiles that always made Naruto weak in his legs.
Then he heard someone that came in to the room. He turned around in the chair and saw a doctor standing in the doorway. She had two blond ponytails that lay on the shoulders and like all the other doctors, she had a white rock. A smiling was appearing, like all people do when they meets a new person.
"Hello, I'm Tsunade. I suppose you are Naruto Uzumaki?" Tsunade and Naruto shook hands.
"That's me."
"I'm glad that you arrived so soon, so I can tell both of you what's happened just one time." Tsunade walked toward the bed and stood near the windows. She held a journal in her hands and she looked at once seriously.
"A car crash can be very dangerous for the whole body. If you don't crack your head you will crack something else. In this case, the spinal crack. Completely. We tried to fix the most of the damage and that mean we bandaged your back hard so the spinal can be fixed a little and don't heal on the wrong way. When the spinal cord breaks completely you can have an injury that is called Spinal Cord Injury, SCI. It can cause many things and one of them is paralysis." Tsunade caught her breath and waited for the two persons to understand what she had told them.
"And that's what I got," Sai mumbled. His black eyes got sad and his hands held the blanket hard. "That's why I don't feel anything in my legs."
"Yes." The three persons got quiet.
"Can you give us some minutes for ourselves?" Naruto asked when he saw how near Sai was for an explosion.
"Of course," Tsunade said and closed the door behind her. The room got quiet and the two people tried to understand everything.
"I can't believe this is happening," Sai said and broke the silence. He looked out through the windows and let the afternoon sun warm his face.
"I can't believe it either." Naruto changed the way he sat. Let the hands lie on the knees.
"But we have too. After all, our lives are changed now." Sai looked at Naruto. "We have to change everything. We have to move for an example."
"Yes, except your job." Naruto found some optimism.
"You will be with me, right?" Sai got worried.
"Of course I will, I love you." Naruto stood up and gave Sai a kiss on the forehead. "I will be with you for ever and ever."