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WARNINGS: Spoilers for Naruto chapter 590
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I would be busy drawing Naruto and Sasuke having some hot sex in the actual manga, not writing FANfictions.
Summary: After the war ends, Naruto brings Sasuke back to Konoha. But what happens when the Uchiha lost his will to live? NaruSasu
"Sasuke!"
He could hear his voice but everything was getting darker. His eyes closed as he took deep breaths – he was covered in blood. He didn't know if it was his anymore, he couldn't worry about anything at the moment. Maybe… he was going to meet his family again? Itachi, he wanted to see his brother so bad. Was he proud of him now? The words kept repeating themselves in his head – I will love you forever.
He heard him calling his name but it was too late now.
"When will he wake up?"
"Naruto, he almost died. If you hadn't used the kyuubi mode to bring him here, he wouldn't have made it. Be patient." Tsunade was trying to be patient herself since she knew what the blond was going through but it was hard to not lose her temper since Naruto kept asking questions nonstop.
"He'll be ok… Right?" there was a bit of hesitancy in his voice, the Hokage could sense.
"Yeah," she gave him a smile "he'll be ok".
The blond tried to find in her eyes any sign that she was lying but didn't find any, sighing relieved. Now he just needed to wait for the raven to wake up. It was hard for him to wait, but he had waited for many years, he could wait some hours. He guessed so.
Four hours passed and nothing. Shizune didn't let him get in Sasuke's room but he didn't get why. He brought the Uchiha back, why couldn't he be with him? Kakashi passed there to give him ramen and he was thankful since his stomach was growling. He hadn't eaten since he got to the hospital. Tsunade kept crossing with him since the hospital was crowded because of the war and she needed to take care of a lot of patients. She seemed a little stressed out so the blond stopped asking questions everytime she appeared. The Hokage got tired of looking at the blonde's expectant yet sad eyes when the clock read 6pm.
"Naruto, we built a good apartment for you and you should use it, y'know? Go rest, brat. He'll still be here tomorrow" she said trying to be as gentle as possible.
"So will I. But I don't want to leave, what if he wakes up tonight?" he raised his head to look at her.
"Brat, like I said Sasuke's recovering slowly. He won't-"
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune interrupted her.
She turned around surprised "Yes?"
"H-he woke up!"
Naruto's eyes went wide and before the Hokage could say something, he ran towards the raven's room, opening the door quickly before glancing inside. And there he was.
Sitting on his bed, with his bangs covering he face, there he was. Uchiha Sasuke. The one guy he had chased for almost four years. He was there, in front of him. Naruto felt his eyes watering.
"Sasuke" he managed to say.
The raven looked up; his bangs letting his eyes show, looking at the blond. He didn't know what to say. He felt weak and his body hurt. No, everything hurt. He didn't know why he was awake. Did the blond save him? He turned his looks at the hands resting on his lap. He felt tired. He wanted to say something but couldn't find words. What was he supposed to say? "Thank you"? "Sorry"? Both? He didn't know anymore. Everything felt empty. He was in Konoha, the village he wanted to destroy not even a week ago. It didn't matter anymore. He realized nothing would take his pain away and there was no reason to inflect the same pain in other people. He wanted to die. There was nothing left for him anymore. His whole clan, his brother, even the Uchiha compound were gone.
He sensed someone approaching and slowly raised his head to meet with the Hokage's eyes.
"You seem pretty weak, Uchiha. But I'm surprised you woke up this early" she said with her arms crossed.
"Why am I here?" he managed to say hating the way his voice came out.
Naruto was staring at him, afraid of coming closer. The raven seemed so tired it hurt to look at him but the blonde couldn't take his eyes off the other boy.
"You and Naruto defeated Tobi. Congratulations, you're a hero now. However, you almost died and he had to carry you here" she answered, and Sasuke directed his attention to the blonde.
"You carried me all the way till here?" his voice wasn't as loud as he wanted it to be but it could be heard. The other approached him "Yeah…" he answered, scratching the back of his head "It was nothing, really".
"How are you feeling, Uchiha?" Tsunade proceeded.
"I don't know…" he simply replied, turning his attention back to his hands as if they were the most interesting things in the world.
The Hokage nodded "Alright, I'll let you two have some time alone. I'll come back tomorrow to do some exams." she said before getting up and heading to the door "Oh, and Uchiha…" she turned around smiling "Welcome back".
The raven couldn't find words as the doctor got out of his room. Naruto said nothing but sat on the end of the Uchiha's bed "Thank you" the blond said out of nowhere, confusing the other.
"For what?"
"If it wasn't for you… I don't know if I would be able to defeat that masked guy alone. So thank you" he explained, turned his face to the other with his famous grin on its place.
"What's wrong with you?" the raven snapped.
"Huh?"
"I-I almost killed you before that, I-I…" he couldn't say anymore, he didn't know what was fine to say. He watched the blond frown before his smile was back "But you didn't".
The raven looked down once again. Naruto sighed "I didn't bring you back to see you like this".
"What do you want me to do?"
"I don't know… But I'm happy" he smiled "I'm glad you're here".
End of Prologue
