A/N: An introductory for something in my head, I wanna see how this is going, just wanted to start something new. Hope you enjoy.
"You should take a break from stalking him, you know."
Suigetsu nonchalantly suggested, leaning on the wall to his right, with a document tucked neatly under his armpit, holding a latte to sip. He made sure to make a vulgar slurp, keeping his eyes on the diligently working clickety-clack of keyboard buttons stopped, the silence speaking louder than words.
Sasuke closed his eyes tightly, ceased his nimble fingers from typing his reply to his anonymous friend. Why anonymous? Sasuke was...
In the nicest way possible, an antisocial, scumbag. Which is partly why he was annoyed with Suigetsu for interrupting him, but it does much deeper than that. Irritation did not build so quickly inside Sasuke if it was was just Suigetsu bothering him, it was more his company that abraded his patience.
Sasuke just hated people. Simple as that.
To a certain extent, it wasn't Sasuke's fault that the passing by people he had encountered throughout his life were dishonest and vain. High school especially, was the worst time for this.
Gossip, peer pressure, backstabbing, lies, and reputations were the foundation of high school life, it didn't interest Sasuke very much; he just didn't want to have anything to do with them or their mental games.
It was too troublesome to care for that, which oddly made him sound like Shikamaru almost.
How his anonymous friend was involved was because of Sasuke's guidance councilor. Kakashi, who was both Sasuke's teacher and adoptive father, sent him down to guidance to fix his anti-social attitude. Unwillingly, he was forced to write to an anonymous pen pal. He fucking hated the idea.
He even made sure to say "Fuck." when he rejected the idea.
Don't get him wrong, it took over a month to convince Sasuke to attempt writing a letter to some random student that could have been some creepy old man. The school assured the program that offered pen pals was tight in security, but Sasuke didn't put much faith in anyone who wasn't him.
But Sasuke was not impossible to pressure. Kakashi made damn sure Sasuke would say yes by asking Itachi Uchiha to give a hand. To save the details, his older brother had played hundreds of mind games with Sasuke until finally, the brunette gave in.
The beginning letters from him were downright rude and short. Straight to the point.
His thoughts on writing letters were that they were cliche and a huge giveaway for low self-esteem. What surprised him, was that the reply was filled with angry swears, shattering his initial opinion of letters.
In fact, the letter itself was about 27 pages long, filled with creative cusses and insults, it even made the ice-prince smile.
The one responsible for making him smile was Naruto. Last names were kept secret, it was an unspoken rule.
Eventually, both began to warm up to each other, and before it was even foreseeable, they had grown close despite never meeting each other. Both had difficulty making friends, Sasuke willingly avoided friends, his friend...
Was ostracized in his school, which was the reason why Naruto wanted to write a letter to someone who would give him a chance.
The reasons why Sasuke hated being around others, they were all too self-interested, too shallow when it came to friends and each other. All far too untrustworthy. Naruto was Sasuke's best friend, even in the adult world, away from the social lives of school.
The letters were important to Sasuke, because overtime, Sasuke had grown to develop uncomfortable feelings. He went through a period of angst days, weeks, until finally he forced himself to come to terms with his odd fluttering feeling in his chest when he thought or read letters from Naruto. He ignored it. At least he tried, when he began to want to meet his faceless friend. Sasuke Uchiha wanted to meet someone.
He wanted to socialize. Itachi, followed his duty of being observant and patience, confronted Sasuke about it. Denial was the defense mechanism that switched on when Itachi asked: "Perhaps you've become close?"
To any other person, the question seemed harmless. However, Sasuke was not just anyone, and neither was Itachi, so normal rules did not apply to either of them. Eventually, Sasuke sat down, pondered days on end of his feelings, soon to realize; He was fucking in love.
It wasn't some misinterpreted reading of emotions, Sasuke had begun to feel these emotions three years into writing the letters, an additional year to realize he was in love, fresh out of university.
But he refused to ever tell a word of this when asked if he was interested in someone.
Suigetsu however was a colleague from university and had found out about the letters when they were dorm mates. Sasuke was beyond furious.
Seeing the soft secret of Sasuke's Suigetsu thought Sasuke was a little human, and followed Sasuke everywhere, his brother wasn't any help either. In fact, Itachi invited Suigetsu to be part of their company because he wanted Sasuke to at least have someone resembling a 'friend'.
Thus is the reason why Suigetsu gets away with teasing and annoying Sasuke, Suigetsu had the power to tell anyone about Sasuke's pen pal, and Sasuke liked the idea of a secret friend through letter, it made it seem like the letters were his and only his, that no one could invade their relationship.
Sasuke was known as a heartless working machine in the office, always in meetings, and working, but not to Suigetsu nor his brother. Because they knew of the letters, Sasuke wanted to keep a certain reputation, that he was hardened on the outside and inside.
Due to transfers and meetings around the country, they both switched to email to make it easier. They never thought of phone nor skype because they both didn't want to destroy the charm of their relationship, they didn't want to screw anything up by meeting each other now. It was a bit intimidating when they thought of the possibility.
To Sasuke's displeasure, Naruto apparently discovered plentiful of friends at university. That didn't mean Sasuke was alone , he had 'friends' which were people Sasuke simply found tolerable enough. Such as Gaara, Shikamaru, Neji, Juugo, and sometimes Suigetsu.
At the present moment, Sugetsu was fucking pissing him off.
Holding his breath to bundle his built up frustrations, he exhaled heavily, feeling elevated of the irritation he kept inside. Soot eyes looked up to Suigetsu with a heavy glare.
Suigetsu finished his late and aimed for the trashcan four feet away.
He missed, still tasting the milky coffee reside on the middle of his tongue, a bit too watery for his liking though.
"Suigetsu, did you need anything?" Asked Sasuke, harshly accusing him wordlessly with his biting tone. "You can't simply walk in and waste my time working."
The annoying man smiled a toothy grin, his teeth naturally pointer than average.
"Well I came by cause Mr Sabaku called, something about...uh..." Suigetsu suddenly shifted his weight back on his feet, no longer leaning on the wall, looking through papers in the document he had, his eyes furrowed in concentration.
Sasuke was not pleased when time was wasted, especially when he was replying to Naruto.
"Suigetsu." His voice dropped, heavy, and angry, but still calm. Eyes narrowed angrily like a predator.
"Ah! Right!" Suigetsu jumped up slightly, an immature habit of celebration. Suigetsu faced Sasuke once more.
"Mr. Sabaku, otherwise known as Gaara, has faxed some valuable info. He had finally been able to strike a compromise with Minato Namikaze, we have his company supporting our latest project."
Settling himself nicely, he sat up to face Suigetsu, his eyes serious and chin tilted slightly up.
"And? Who will be arriving as a representative? I doubt Minato would have enough time to come down here since he's sending someone here. Gaara does realize I won't accept a representative that can't qualify for our project?"
"Of course, it's someone better!"
Sasuke raised his eyebrow, lifting a leg to rest on his left one, sitting back, doubting Suigetsu's words.
Sasuke grew impatient. "Who is it." he demanded.
Suigetsu grinned wider, as if he had a funny joke to tell.
"Well... His full name is Uzumaki, Na-"
"First names are unnecessary during business, if he's worth anything I will ask for his name, if not, I'll fire him immediately. The last name is only a necessity for manners." Sasuke calmly corrected.
Suigetsu rolled his eyes, knowing his boss would regret this.
"Fine, but he's coming tomorrow."
Little did Sasuke know the games and puzzles life had for him.