Hello Everybody,
This is a new story.
Itachi died 2 months before he decided to rebuild their family home.
Sasuke: 25 years old
Naruto: 20 years old
Itachi: was 5 years older than Sasuke
Itasai: is an OC obviously and is 7 years old now.
Pairing: SasuNaru
Past Pairing was SasuSaku
I hope you all enjoy the chapter.
Sasuke Uchiha, a twenty-five year old man, living in his family home. All his family members passed away aside from his nephew. Just recently he lost his older brother; his brother was the closest person to him that he decided to give Sasuke full custody of his son. Problem was that Sasuke shut down after his death, so his ex-girlfriend started taking care of his nephew at her house. He wanted his nephew back but he realized he was in a shitty position. His house needed work; he barely had time to do any of the housework. So he set himself to find a building construction worker that knows how to work with everything. So that is what led him into posting a construction ad online and in the newspaper to see if someone would come and help. He so far only got one immediate call and didn't expect the person to show up immediately in the morning the next day and for him to be so young.
"So, is the position still available?" The perky blonde said.
"Yes it is, but…" Sasuke was saying but the blonde started talking again.
"Thank god, I thought I came all the way down here for nothing. My name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said sighing in relief while holding his backpack then reaching out his hand to shake Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke just looked at his hand with mild disgust but the blonde didn't deter, he was quite determined to be respectful.
"Aren't you a bit young to be doing this?" Sasuke asked ignoring the hand.
"I am twenty years old about to be twenty-one in October but I have been doing this my whole life. Shouldn't you have got all this information yesterday when we talked on the phone that way I didn't come all the way here if you didn't want me?" Naruto questioned slightly irritated putting his hand to his side.
"Yeah I should of and next time I will. Have a good day," Sasuke said turning away from Naruto irritated with himself because he should have got all the information yesterday and he knew Naruto was right.
"Wait, I need this job. At least give me a chance to prove my skills. I know you will like my work just give me a chance." Naruto pleaded.
Sasuke didn't know whether it was the fact that he turned back to see the pleading blonde's eyes or the fact that he just didn't want to search anymore that he decided to give Naruto a chance.
"Fine, but it will be a weekly trial to see if you're really as good as you say you are." Sasuke said as he turned back to his house again opening the door to walk in his house.
"YES! Believe it, I won't disappoint." Naruto said getting out of his bad mood right away.
"If I don't like your work during this weekly trial you won't get your pay." Sasuke said.
"That's fine; because I am sure you will like my work." Naruto said confidently.
Sasuke just grunted in response.
"This weekly trial will still add room and board right?" Naruto asked as he followed Sasuke up the stairs.
"Yes, I am showing you to your room right now. I hope you know how to cook for yourself because I won't be cooking for you." Sasuke said because he himself didn't know how to cook.
"Great," Naruto said not really caring he had to make his meals and started to look around amazed by the beautiful poorly taken care of architecture.
"This house is absolutely beautiful. I never been in a house with the original architecture. It must be a family home through generations." Naruto said touching a wall in amazement.
The house was built in colonial time.
"It was built in 1600s is what my mom told me when I was a kid. No one but me has lived here for years." Sasuke said as he waited for Naruto to continue follow him.
Sasuke wasn't going to lie to the teen and the teen did seem to be interested.
"I wish I lived in a house like this when I was a kid." Naruto said reminiscent as he started to follow Sasuke again.
"Come on," Sasuke said getting impatient.
Naruto was pulled out of his daze looking at the walls turning to the man and shaking his head to get him moving again. Sasuke continued to move through the five bedroom house.
"So what do you want me to start with first?" Naruto asked then held his hand up. "Hang on; let me guess you want me to work on a bathroom first." Naruto guessed.
The guess was right so it shocked Sasuke that he stopped.
"Yes I do, how did you guess that?" Sasuke asked.
"Whenever I and my gramps used to redo people's houses it was always the bathroom first and it is the one thing that can be easily fixed if someone messes up on it. So I knew you would want that first." Naruto said as he looked around.
"You guessed on a whim. Not bad," Sasuke said as he continued walking.
Sasuke didn't expect much from the blonde so when Naruto deduced all that from the first meeting and experience he had it surprised him.
Naruto was sure about one thing about Sasuke and it was that Sasuke never complimented people it just wasn't in his nature. So he smiled hearing what Sasuke said. As Naruto was dazed by the architect of the house he didn't realize Sasuke already stopped.
"Here is where you will be staying." Sasuke said breaking Naruto out of his daze moving aside.
Naruto broke out of his daze and smiled as he saw the room. It wasn't huge but it wasn't small. It was of decent size for someone who never had a room before. It has a small closet, a bed, dresser, and the view from the windows showed the backyard.
"Thanks, this is perfect. Of course I will do this room too. The floor boards are god awful and the closet doors are hanging off. The ceiling needs some fixing and this room can use some painting. It could also use some new windows before winter starts." Naruto said as he set his bag on the bed then started walking around touching on everything.
Sasuke just watched as the blonde walked around the room. He didn't care really what it needed just knew the whole house accept his room needed work.
"Oh and these windows need new frames. Good thing I am here." Naruto said turning to Sasuke with a smile on his face.
"Okay, come on I will show you to the bathroom that you will be fixing." Sasuke said as he turned toward the hallway.
Naruto rushed after him. Naruto was ready to work he never actually worked by himself and his grandfather was the one who saw the ad to begin with. If Naruto was honest he never went to school like a regular teen he got home schooled his whole life by his grandpa. He didn't really mind because at least his grandpa cared about his studies. But his grandpa still taught him everything he knows today. From hammering a nail in plywood to fixing electrical wires.
"We're here." Sasuke said opening the door.
Naruto went into the bathroom excited until he saw the state of the bathroom.
"What is living in here? The toilet has mold producing in it. Please tell me you don't use this bathroom." Naruto said freaked out at the bathrooms state.
The bathroom was really let go. There was mold everywhere on the walls, the window was crusted in, the tiles needed to be replaced, the toilet had fucking mold or some type of creature living in it, the sink needed to be replaced, and the walls were peeling off.
"This place is awful and if you expect me to do this you aren't allowed over here until I finish with everything in here." Naruto said not sparing a glance at Sasuke.
"That's fine I don't come to this bathroom anyway." Sasuke said in an irritated tone that made Naruto look at him.
"Okay I will be getting started now then." Naruto said with a sigh.
He couldn't blame the guy for what happened to the house. This is a big house for one person to be living in by themselves anyway.
"Hn," Sasuke grunted walking away.
Sasuke had to call Sakura anyway about his nephew.
"Now what should I start with?" Naruto questioned himself as he looked around.
Naruto then came up with an idea that he really had to get Sasuke to get the big garbage truck so his garbage didn't end up outside.
"That can wait," Naruto said out loud as he took off his white shirt and walked back to his room to get his headband and set his shirt down.
When he walked back to the bathroom he thought it would be best to call his grandpa about his arrival and what the state of the bathroom alone looked like.
"What's up brat?" Jiraiya, Naruto's grandpa asked.
They were face chatting with each so Jiraiya could see part of the bathroom.
"What the hell are you standing in?" Jiraiya asked.
"This is one of his bathrooms. It looks like hell doesn't it? Wait… let me show you the toilet." Naruto said showing him the toilet.
"What the hell is that? Did he put animals down it?" Jiraiya questioned.
"I know, it's bad but what you're seeing isn't shit compared to seeing it in person." Naruto said.
"I bet kid, what are you planning to start with first?" Jiraiya asked.
"I was considering doing the toilet first but I didn't see a big garbage container to throw things away so I decided to do the walls and window first. It would be good to open the window and see if there's mold under the peeling wall. I want to paint a color I feel he will like." Naruto said.
"So you are being observant about him to see what he will like?" Jiraiya asked as he started picking at something under his nails.
"Well yeah, I have to be extra observant with this guy especially because he doesn't think I will succeed because my age." Naruto huffed.
"Really?" Jiraiya asked shocked.
Naruto just nodded his head.
"Then get at it boy and prove him wrong. Call me when you're done." Jiraiya said.
"Okay perv be safe." Naruto said with a fond smile.
"Be safe brat." Jiraiya said and hung up.
Naruto put his headphones on and started listening to his music and peeling the wall noticing no mold was under it which is good he could paint right away.
"Now for the window." Naruto said.
Naruto's phone beeped off he looked at the text message from his grandpa and it said to make sure he checks the pipes didn't have mold also.
Sasuke was currently downstairs with Sakura his ex-girlfriend.
"I'm worried about you Sasuke. It's been two months since your brother passed and all you have been doing is work. Your nephew wants to live with you. He keeps asking me when you're going to come and get him and quite frankly I ran out of excuses. I love him and you, Sasuke but he doesn't want me nor do you." Sakura said with a sad expression.
"Thank you Sakura I appreciate all you have been doing for me but just give me a bit more time. I am getting the house fixed then he can come live with me." Sasuke said.
Sasuke felt bad, he knew he was taking advantage of his ex by doing this but he couldn't take care of his nephew properly in this type of environment. She was doing all this thinking she had a chance to be with him again when she didn't and Sasuke knew it.
"Sasuke…" Sakura started.
"DAMN IT!" Naruto screamed.
"Who was that?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke just stood up to see what was going on just hoping his house wasn't fucked up but before he got to the stairs Naruto ran down the steps.
"No need to worry. Everything is being handled. Can you by chance show me to the water lines so I can shut it off?" Naruto asked shaking water out of his hair but pushed his headband back on his head.
For Sasuke this was the first time he got a good look at the blonde. Naruto was well defined with muscle. His eyes shined just like his golden blonde hair.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked breaking Sasuke out of his daze.
"This is Naruto the construction worker that will be working here as long as he doesn't fuck up my house." Sasuke said.
"Hey chill out bastard it's not like I planned on lifting your sink and toilet to check for mold today but it had to be done. Now show me where the water lines are so I can turn them off." Naruto said.
Sasuke was shocked to be called a bastard but couldn't help but be amused by the blonde.
"Well you could have asked before you did it." Sasuke said smirking at the blonde as he led the way.
Sakura stood there shocked.
"You said you never go in there and with the way it looked I didn't know water still came out of the pipes." Naruto said as he followed Sasuke out the house to the water line in the backyard.
"Oh my lord this poor yard. What happened? Proper grooming is in order. Oh yeah and by the way do you think you can get a big garbage container so I can throw things out?" Naruto asked as he turned the water line off.
"Sure, anything else?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah so about the bathroom it should be done by the end of the week probably sooner but I am going to need supplies." Naruto said standing up.
"I can get you whatever you need just get it done." Sasuke said as he started walking back to the house with Naruto following him.
'Once I get done with the bathroom I am so doing the yard. Poor yard.' Naruto thought.
Naruto walked into the house after Sasuke so he didn't see Sakura again. But before he could go back up the stairs Sasuke called him back.
"Anything you need to throw away throw into the backyard until tomorrow when the container gets here." Sasuke said.
"Okay," Naruto said as he ran up then ran back down. "Uchiha, I need garbage bags." Naruto called over to him.
Naruto didn't hear anything at first until Sasuke came from another hall and handed him a box.
"Thanks," Naruto said running upstairs again.
"He's your worker?" Sakura asked astonished.
"Yeah," was all Sasuke said.
"Is he even a licensed worker?" Sakura questioned.
"I didn't check. But this is just a trial so it doesn't really matter." Sasuke said as he listened for Naruto to hear him talking to himself walk down the stairs.
That made Sasuke curious to what the blonde was doing so he got up from his seat and walked to the stairs to see Naruto carrying the toilet down the stairs. Sasuke was honestly shocked about how easy it looked for Naruto carrying the toilet. Sakura was watching on the side of Sasuke.
"Uchiha, lead the way to the back door so I can set this down." Naruto said as he got to the bottom stair.
Sasuke didn't wait or say anything just led the way to the door.
"That thing is a monster. I hope the other bathrooms aren't this bad." Naruto grumbled making Sasuke smirk at the blonde having to struggle in his bathroom.
"Do you even have a construction license to be doing any of this?" Sakura suddenly asked at the door.
"Yeah I do, got it two years ago as a matter of fact." Naruto said with a cocky smile.
"Really?" Sasuke inquired raising an eyebrow.
"Yup, got it on my eighteenth birthday. Do you want to see it?" Naruto said with a cocky smirk looking directly at Sasuke.
"Its fine, we don't need to see it." Sasuke said glaring at Sakura for speaking for him.
"I will be off then." Naruto said walking past Sasuke and Sakura.
"That boy was quite rude." Sakura huffed.
"I don't care as long as he get the job done." Sasuke said walking back in the house.
"So do you want me to bring Itasai here tonight or are you coming over for dinner?" Sakura asked.
"Can we just not eat dinner together tonight? I don't want him here with a guy I barely know and I don't want to leave this guy here by himself." Sasuke said sitting down.
"But Sasuke you know he looks forward to his dinners with you." Sakura said sadly pouting.
"Fine, can Naruto come to your house with me?" Sasuke asked.
"If it will get you to come, yes." Sakura said reluctantly.
"Okay, we will be there around seven." Sasuke said standing to take her to the door.
"You're going somewhere around seven?" Naruto asked as he walked with garbage bags down the stairs.
"You're coming with me." Sasuke said closing and locking the door.
"Fine with me," Naruto said shrugging his shoulders and heading to the back.
Sasuke followed out of curiosity, he wants to know why Naruto didn't question why he had to go with complete strangers.
"Why don't you ask, why?" Sasuke asked as he made it to the door as Naruto was setting the garbage down.
Naruto shrugged and entered the house again with Sasuke following him. "I'm sure you have your reasons who am I to question them." Naruto said leaving Sasuke dumbfounded.
Naruto wasn't really curious seeing as this was his first day and Sasuke didn't seem like the guy to trust people right away so he didn't question it. Sasuke actually found himself more accepting to the fact that the blonde was around seeing as Naruto wasn't nosy.
"Can I use a shower that isn't destroyed currently?" Naruto said coming back downstairs where Sasuke was in the living room reading a book.
"Sure the bathroom down here." Sasuke said standing up setting his book on the chair he was sitting on.
This was the first time Naruto got a better look at the house to finally notice it didn't have any type of memorable pictures on the walls, everything was plain. The couches and dining room was dusty aside from one spot. There were a few holes in the walls and chips at the end of the walls. Naruto felt bad because you could tell the house was let go. The dining room the boards were loose and he would have to nail them down and buff the floor, there was also walls with holes in them, along with everything seeming dusty. There was one thing Naruto was starting to notice around the whole house was a fan symbol on the walls, like it was representation of the Uchiha family. The hallway between the kitchen and the bathroom on the main floor was not bad seeing as it was the only thing that seemed clean, without dust. When Sasuke showed him where the bathroom was he walked in and frowned immediately.
"Seriously Uchiha?" Naruto said popping his head out the bathroom.
"Call me Sasuke, what's the problem with it now?" Sasuke asked.
"Well the only good thing about this bathroom is the shower. Not to crush your bubble but how am I supposed to use the bathroom?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Naruto was dumbfounded by what the Uchiha just did. Was he supposed to use the bathroom outside? Before he could call out to Sasuke, Sasuke was back with a towel.
"Here," Sasuke said walking away.
Naruto just thanked him and went into the bathroom.
"How am I supposed to live like this before the bathrooms get fixed?" Naruto asked himself out loud. "Going to have to live with it I guess." Naruto said shrugging his shoulders and taking off his clothes.
Naruto took a fast shower not just because he wasn't comfortable in a bad bathroom, but because spiders kept coming out of the holes in the bathroom. By the time he was done he ran out the bathroom quickly and made it to his room in a flash.
"Oh my god that was awful." Naruto said stressed out from just that alone.
He sat on his bed thinking about what he could do to not go into that bathroom again. Being in construction isn't exactly a clean job but that wasn't the problem he just couldn't do spiders.
"I think I might have to bathe outside with the hose. It's not like I haven't done that before." Naruto whispered with a smile as he leaned back.
Naruto dried off and put on a different pair of pants and a plain black t shirt. When he walked out the room he noticed it was about to be turning six o'clock and he still hasn't checked out the whole house so he decided to ask Sasuke to give him a tour.
"Sasuke?" Naruto called out to have Sasuke pop up behind him.
"Yes?" Sasuke said making Naruto jump out his skin.
"Can I get a tour of the whole house so I know what I am getting myself into?" Naruto asked.
"Sure," Sasuke said moving around Naruto to go downstairs.
Naruto immediately followed leading him all the way to the back of the house by the basement.
"I don't have anything downstairs but I should let you know it's flooded in the basement and there are spiders everywhere." Sasuke said.
Naruto opened the door and was shocked to see the water was almost to the top of the bottom stairs. Like dear god what happened.
"This is appalling, let's go to a different room." Naruto said.
Naruto closed the door and walked away. Sasuke raised an amused eyebrow but he pulled Naruto toward a bedroom.
The first bedroom Naruto was taken to had broken floor boards everywhere the windows needed to be replaced and the closet door had a couple holes in it. Then Naruto noticed there was another door that seemed to be blocked off by the old bed that was in the room.
"Where does that go to?" Naruto asked gesturing to the door with his head.
"That goes to the other room down here. It's been blocked off since I was a kid." Sasuke answered.
"Would you mind me unblocking it?" Naruto said.
"I don't care, that is if you last." Sasuke said and moved to exit the room.
They went to the next room to find it in just about the same shape aside not having holes in the closet door. The walls were better in this room and only one window needed to be replaced. But the floor boards needed to all be replaced.
'Maybe I should add carpet to this house.' Naruto thought. 'Grey would be good.' Naruto thought as he followed Sasuke to the kitchen area.
Naruto walked through the kitchen several times as he took the garbage out but never stopped to look at it. The kitchen was probably in the best shape so far in the house. A couple cabinets needed to be screwed back on and a tile or two needed to be repasted to the floor and it could use a new paint job but otherwise it didn't seem to have major problems that Naruto could see. Naruto was glad for that. That didn't mean he didn't have to check the pipes though. There was dust everywhere though but that was easily fixable.
"You saw the dining room and living room earlier which are through that door or you can go through that hallway to get to them. But either way we got to get going." Sasuke said walking to the other door in the kitchen that led to the garage.
"Okay," Naruto said following.
As he got a look at the garage it seemed perfectly fine aside from a few holes in the roof. Naruto caught the glimpse of a nice pickup truck that he knew his grandfather would love. But they got into a Buick Lacrosse. Naruto liked these cars but didn't really say anything because he didn't really know what to say. What was he supposed to say to someone that was taking him to some girl's house for dinner when they just met today?
"My nephew is here with my ex so don't talk too much about the construction you're doing at my house. Just say we're friends." Sasuke said not sure why he was even bothering.
As they pulled into a parking spot by a garage Naruto could tell this was a three bedroom house.
"Uncle Sasuke!" the seven year old came running out the house.
Sasuke picked the boy up immediately with a gentle smile that made Naruto smile too.
"Hello, who are you?" Itasai asked looking at Naruto only to get whacked in the head by Sakura.
"Oww… Sakura." Itasai said.
"Talk properly. Hello to you both, Naruto." Sakura said.
"It's good to see you. And hello to you too little sir. My name is Naruto I work with your uncle we're somewhat friends." Naruto said with a small smile as he pondered lying to a kid.
"So… you're the one working with my uncle to fix the house?" Itasai asked.
"Okay let's go inside now." Sasuke said cutting off the conversation quickly pushing the boy toward the door.
As the night went on and dinner continued he realized the mistake he made by bringing the blonde to dinner with him. It was like Naruto was not able to lie at all because he was honest with every answer someone asked him. When Itasai asked him if he was the construction worker again and Naruto answered saying yes. The blonde was impeccable of lying and it frustrated Sasuke because he didn't know if it was intentional or he just didn't have a lying bone in his body. Sasuke and Naruto found the rest of the way home silent. Naruto was honestly ready to pass out and Sasuke was ready for a shower because he felt dirty.
When they got out the car Naruto basically threw himself upstairs.
"I will see you tomorrow. I'm worn out, night." Naruto said and made his way upstairs.
"Yeah night," Sasuke said noncommittally walking to the living room to read his story.
There was no point of going to his room because he wasn't going to be able to fall asleep until at least one or two in the morning. This is what has been happening since he started to take off of work. It irritated him but he couldn't help it.
When Naruto woke up he woke at the crack of dawn which was around five in the morning. He walked around the downstairs and decided he was going to do the back and front yard today seeing as he could tell Sasuke was sleeping. So instead of making noise in the house he decided to do it outside. He got on the clothes he had on yesterday since he didn't know when he was going to wash clothes again. He thought it would be best to not dirty all his clothes at once. He only had a few outfits with him seeing as he couldn't bring everything he had with him not that he had much but still he couldn't bring a lot. Naruto went to the back to check out the shed first to find out what was in it to find all the tools he needed and a possum in the shed along with a hole that leads to the yard Naruto ran away immediately not really feeling like getting bit by it.
"What am I going to do now?" Naruto asked himself as he stood on the porch far away from the shed.
The possum never left the shed but in all honesty he was scared to go back over there without a trap for the thing. Naruto decided he was going to look up an animal thing to see if they could catch the thing and then he would fix the hole so no more came in.
After an hour of calling places he finally got a man to come out in the early morning to catch the thing it was caught within thirty minutes so Naruto only had to pay the man fifty dollars thankfully because Naruto didn't really have much money at the moment.
"Now I can get in here." Naruto said as he went into the shed and pulled out the lawn mower that he had to fix before it started working for him.
Naruto put his headphones on and started mowing the lawn. He had his headband on and the same clothes from yesterday. The morning was relatively hot at the moment and Naruto wasn't sure how much longer he was going to last outside seeing as it was excruciating to be outside in the weather. It took about thirty minutes to mow the whole backyard aside from the garden that was still planting a few things but wasn't being taken care of. Naruto decided he would worry about that when he was done with the front yard being cut. When he was done with the front he came back to the garden and started working on rewiring around the vegetables so they could grow properly and no animals could get at them. The first thing he noticed were tomatoes being planted. He placed fresh soil in the garden, ripped the weeds around the garden and then went to watering it. Thankfully the hose was out so he could water the yard properly then walked to the front to water the lawn. When he was done he went back to the shed and started to patch the hole so no more animals would get in the shed again.
When he was done with that he started sorting out the tools he knew he would need and then started organizing the whole shed as he danced around. When he was finally done he decided it would be best to find something to eat so he went to the kitchen and looked through everything to find some eggs that were actually good and a pan that was dusty because Sasuke obviously doesn't come in here. After Naruto got done cooking and eating he noticed it was eleven and he didn't have anything to do so he just went back outside and laid on the backyard lawn cloud watching.
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