This is for Red Hill. Happy Birthday! Thank you xSlashable for Beta-ing.

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They stepped inside his house. The two of them, not just him alone. This was the first time in years that he wasn't coming home alone. Now he had to share his home. The genius ninja still remembered how and what unfortunately he couldn't say the same thing about his companion.

He was staring at things as if they were the most amazing things in the world. A butterfly was beautiful, a flower smelled nice and a tree was 'wow'. The person that could remember everything, also known as Sasuke, knew why he had to take care of him even though he didn't want to. But of course he had no choice. Kakashi had to go on a mission and Sakura said that her mother wouldn't like Naruto in their house because of his behaviour. They all knew that the clumsy blonde was not really polite and calm, but the opposite of it. Because Sasuke had no parents that would tell him that it was not an option, he was the one stuck with the idiot. The blonde was not going to thank him for it later. If that happened to Sasuke, he wouldn't thank him either.

Sasuke sighed and walked further into his house with Naruto right behind him. Just like a shadow following him around.

Sasuke turned around and Naruto almost bumped into him and gasped.

"I'm sorry" he apologized uncomfortably.

This was not like Naruto at all.

"What did you say?" Sasuke asked to be sure.

"I'm sorry" he whispered and Sasuke wondered if Naruto was afraid of him. He decided to ignore it and motioned for Naruto to follow him. He let him into the guest room. Sasuke looked at the blonde and noticed that he wasn't staring at something intently anymore.

"This is going to be your room so make yourself at home" Sasuke said and Naruto put his stuff on the bed.

"I'll be in the living room if you need anything" Sasuke went on and walked away.

Naruto kept staring at the floor. When Sasuke was really gone, he sat on the bed.

Sasuke sighed. This was harder than he thought. He had to talk and explain which he didn't like, but he did it for a friend and rival so he had to. There was no one else going to do it, because he also had no parents just like Sasuke. He heard no noise. He was quiet, which was not like Naruto. He was supposed to be loud.

Sasuke sat down with his legs crossed and started to meditate. It was calming and it helped him not to think about the situation. Breathing in and out. He heard nothing except birds chirping outside. Than he did hear a noise coming from the guest room. He opened his eyes and thought that this was not right. He couldn't concentrate.

Sasuke stood up and walked towards said room. His footsteps echoed through the house just like they had always done when he was alone.

Sasuke opened the door and saw Naruto desperately trying to fix something that he had dropped. He looked up when he saw Sasuke standing in the doorway. Fear was visible in his eyes and he backed away leaving the 'thing' broken on the floor. Sasuke stepped closer while Naruto was only stepping back until his back was pressed against the wall. Sasuke noticed it again, bit didn't do anything.

He saw that it was a tiny blue white plate that had been broken. It didn't really matter much to him because he hadn't used it. His grandfather would have been very angry because a lot of early Uchiha's had eaten from that plate. Sasuke didn't carry on the tradition. He thought that it was not important just like his father, Fugaku, who also didn't care about the stupid plate.

The blonde was still staring at him in fear wondering if he was going to punish him. Their eyes met, but Naruto looked away searching an escape. It was weird to see Naruto like this. Sasuke just gathered the shattered glass pieces and walked away with them.

A few seconds later, he came back. Naruto was now sitting on the bed, but as soon as he saw Sasuke, he shot away to the far end of the bed. This was just not right. It seemed like every moment the 'real' Naruto would appear and say that he was just joking. He would go home and make fun of Sasuke the next day. They would be friends and rivals, but that wasn't going to happen because you can't turn back time. The doctors hat told that with some help and in a familiar environment that everything would be fine.

"I'll be in the garden if you need me" Sasuke said softly and left the quiet blonde alone.