Warnings:

This is a Yaoi Fanfiction (love between two men) so if you don't like please don't read.

Contains use of strong words (insults), explicit sexual scenes, a sad love story, high-level tawdriness

You are warned... LOL

Chapter 1: Undeniable truths

Time... If the time has given me the opportunity to change things, probably I had done it... But on second thought, I will not change any of the moments I spent with him, they were the purest and honest, that I ever had in my life.

Haven't I introduced myself yet? It's true, my name is Sasuke Uchiha.

Don't you understand what I'm saying? I suppose then, I must start from the beginning...

I remember that by that time, I had recently finished university, and as my family wanted, I did it with the best marks of my generation and with the highest awards. My father then put me to work with him as his heir, in the successful security company he directed.

Everything in my future seemed promising, but my attitude was far from being the one of someone who seems to have it all.

Inside, I felt depressed. Everything I did was just to please my father, and I never really gave me the time to decide what I really wanted to do with my life. In my mind, I felt that something didn't fit, it was like I was missing something, and I couldn't put my finger on it.

But I was wrong, what I needed wasn't "something", what would change those feelings, and fill that void, was a person...

When I met Naruto Uzumaki, he called my attention immediately, but not for the reasons you would think. He was a waiter and I an entrepreneur, we lived in different worlds. At first sight, we were totally opposite: he was cheerful; sociable, and flashy, while I was sullen; introvert; and sober. It was for that precise reason, that our first interaction, was reduced, to only shouts and insults.

Nevertheless, there was something about him that obsessed me, could be our social differences? No, there was something else... at that moment I didn't know it, but it was all about him; his personality, his joy, and how he looked at life. The truth is, I've never met anyone like him...

Soon we began a relationship. My family opposed firmly, after all, it is difficult to accept a relationship involving two men. Despite his criticisms and threats, I didn't care, I was in love and that, was the only completely real that I had ever had until that moment.

With Naruto, we went to live together, and I felt as if I had at last reached harmony. Our personalities were so opposite that it occurred a strange phenomenon, it was as if our defects were compensated and we could both reach a balance, in our temperament and in our lives.

Five years passed, and our relationship was stronger than ever, until, something began to change...

For some time now, I began to notice some strange behaviors in Naruto. He was distant and quiet, everything contrary to what was his essence. He rarely gets out of the house and spent most of his time lying on his bed with the light off.

I also noticed other changes, a more alarming ones. He trembled most of the time, he began to lose weight, his movements became slow and he often retired to the bathroom to vomit, remaining locked in the room for hours. When this happened, Naruto tried to hide or minimize it, but there was no point, I realized everything.

I tried to talk to him to know what was wrong, but all I got was evasions. Not being able to accept a situation like this, I tried everything that was within my reach, in order to get to the heart of the matter: I tried to be empathetic, to confront him, to raise his spirit, to provoke him; But all was in vain, I got no response. It was as if suddenly the depression had seized him, consuming him little by little, without letting me do anything about it.

One day, when I got to our house, I parked near the entrance, and I found Naruto coming out to the front door. He didn't notice my presence, and he went on his way. When I looked at him, his attitude was the one of a restless person, he hesitated as he walked and looked around nervously.

It may have been a hunch, concern, or simple curiosity, but the fact is that I decided to follow him.

I chased him in the car, careful not to be seen, and when Naruto reached his destination, I was greatly surprised to see him enter the building of a medical center.

"What was happening? I suspected Naruto wasn't in a good health, but to the point of going in secret? Why not tell me? I don't have a good feeling about this ... "

I waited in the car, this time I would face him and I would not take no for an answer, this had already gone too far. I was going to force him to tell me the truth, even if I had to get the words out, one by one.

When Naruto finally come out, I got out of the car and faced him outside the building, there in the middle of the sidewalk.

"Naruto!" I shouted in the distance to get his attention.

He turned his head in my direction and when he noticed my presence, his eyes widened in surprise. Through his face, I could see a parade of emotions that were projected consecutively, first the guilt, then wariness and finally rage.

"What are you doing here?" He said defensively.

"That's what I should ask to you! All this time, I've been worrying like crazy about you, asking you to go to the doctor, and see those strange discomforts you've suffered lately, but every time I did it, I received a negative answer from you and now I happen to find you here! I do not understand why you didn't tell me anything"

"Were you following me?"

"Yes! I was following you, but because I care about you, Naruto. Apparently, today, our communication is almost nil, so I was forced to find out what was happening, by my own means"

I sighed in that moment to calm myself and then I continue in a calmer tone.

"Naruto, we promised to take care and trust each other. Did you forget it? Do you remember that promise? You know I love you, so please trust me again, I'm asking you, tell me what's going on"

What happened next took me by surprise: I watched as his face contracted, and then he acquired an expression of deep anguish. He then, placed his face on my shoulder to hide it from my sight and began to move his chest in a series of irregular convulsions.

"Sasuke... I do not want to hurt you," he said after a moment.

"Naruto, you hurt me more if you hide to me, what's going on. Whatever happens to you, I want to live it with you, by your side. Whatever you tell me, I can handle it, come on, please trust me"

Naruto then lifted his face from my shoulder and looked straight at me. His eyes were swollen and red, but his gaze was that of someone determined.

"I... I'm sick, I've known for a month, but I couldn't accept it, I really didn't want to believe it. It's cancer... In the stomach... A really aggressive one... The doctors told me there's nothing to do, it's inoperable and incurable"

"Cancer... Inoperable... Incurable... It took me a moment to process that new information. My mind rummaged in my memories searching for the meaning and logic of those words, and then the weight of what Naruto was saying, hit me in the face, like a train passing over me."

"I'm sorry Sasuke!" I heard Naruto say. "I didn't want to hide it from you, I was scared, I never wanted to hurt you, my intention was to spare you from all of this..."

I was silent, knowing he watched worriedly each of my movement. The blood migrated from my face leaving me a pale color, and Naruto's voice was heard farther than normal, giving the conversation an unreal feeling.

"But... this can't be true... maybe it's a joke?" No, of course not, Naruto would not joke about something like that... Then maybe is a mistake... Yes! That's it..." I thought to myself.

Making a superhuman effort, I managed to recover; And despite my dry throat, my mouth accomplish to articulate words again.

"Naruto, tell me ... are you sure? Medical exams, always have some percentage of failure, they aren't entirely accurate"

"Yes, I've done all the medical tests, even more than once, and they all give the same result"

At that moment, my mind was trapped, that comment had killed all hope that this situation was nothing more than a gross lie, that was one of those moments, where life makes you confirm and face what you desperately want to deny.

I brought a hand to my mouth to cover it up and suddenly I realized that it was hard for me to breathe. I felt a pang of pain in my chest, and my feet, which were firmly nailed to the floor, failed at my own weight, losing for a moment their own stability.

"Sasuke, are you okay? Please tell me something..." Naruto told me desperately.

Naruto frightened, shook my arm, and then I lifted my eyes, looking at one of the most desolate looks that had gone through his features; Never in all our time together, I had seen him so afflicted. It made me react, getting me out of my reverie. I told myself, that this wasn't the time to collapse, I was not the real affected in this situation, but Naruto. I had to stay strong for him.

"Yes, I'm fine... don't worry," I replied more calmly.

Then, I stared at him insecurely, running my fingers through my hair in an anxious gesture. The truth is, I had no idea what to do next... What should I tell him? How should I act? I wanted to find the right words to comfort him, but I didn't know what those words were; I wanted to show him security and at the same time tell him that everything was going to be okay, but I didn't dare, I didn't know if it would be like that.

He sensed my hesitation, and then put his hand on my shoulder affectionately, giving me a little squeeze, to let me know that he was there for me.

At that moment I felt like an idiot "I am the one who should be comforting him, not the other way around" I thought to my inner self. "To hell with this!" I said then. I decided that if my mind refused to find answers, I would allow my body to speak instead of my words.

I reached my hand around his neck, bringing my cheek closer to his, and then I linked my fingers with his, touching his skin in a soft caress. We stood for a long time in that same position, feeling the sound of our breathing and the movement of our chests. The tears began to come out of our eyes and were joined as they fall down our cheeks, sliding in a slow and quiet rhythm.

The sky was covered, in that moment, with black clouds, and thick drops of water permeated our clothes.

"Let's go home," I finally said.

Afterward, we headed to our home, with the feeling of being the only inhabitants of this land, despite walking through crowded streets. Our step was uncertain and defeated, but not once did we let go of our hands, clutching as if it were one.

When I later remembered that journey, I would recall it as a dreamlike and unreal journey, yet the warmth of that hand would remain forever engraved in my memory, and far from the anguish I was perceiving, that sensation would overshadow the others, erasing all the sadness.

Don't ask me how, but I knew that Naruto perceived that same warmth, and I was sure that our feelings were connected. I felt calm then, thinking that even if it was only for that moment, we could forget...

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