Silence

By: Itachi Silverwolf

Laughter is heard. Between the drinking and the clowning the blonde was confused. At least he thought he was confused until his mind goes blank. The hands at his waistline had him fumbling for words and nervous. "Stop that, I'm not going to do anything. Except..." The blonde can feel himself pulled closer. Naruto stares at the members of Taka a moment. None of them were in a position to stop Sasuke. The darker haired teen had brought the blonde close enough to eliminate the space between them. He wasn't concerned with the other teen's skill on the dance floor. Naruto stutters some as he feels teeth against his lip. Laughter before he can taste cinnamon gum a second time. The blonde would end up swallowing it that night with the Uchiha finding it amusing.

Naruto wakes in tears. In the darkness he feels his cousin's arm along his shoulder. "Karin?" The hand over his eyes and the light coming on answers the question. "I'm sorry." As the redhead moves her hand she looks at Naruto a moment.

"You miss him." Not a question a statement. The pain is written plainly across the blonde's face. Naruto's expression shows he's puzzled. "You called out to him." Naruto lowers his head some. "Don't do that. But look I can't stay here and pamper you all night. There someone I can call for you?" Naruto shakes his head. "Not even someone from your old band?" Naruto shakes his head again. "I have a concert."

The blonde nods some. "I'll be okay." Karin nods some. "Nagato should be back around real soon." Once again the redhead nods. She didn't know if that was true. After a few moments of Naruto calming down some she disappears. Naruto is left staring around the empty room. Why had he decided for a double room tonight knowing he and Karin had different schedules?

"Sasuke!" The call would not be answered. The raven teen was dead. Even Naruto knew that. "Why did you leave me?" Questioning the silence again. There was a glance around. Alone for the night. Naruto reaches for the remote. The television flickers within seconds as the blonde tries to find sleep once again.

Sleep won't come. The sound of the door opening makes Naruto jump from the bed. Nagato soon stands in sight. "I didn't mean to wake you." Naruto shakes his head. The older cousin hadn't woke him. A dream had. "Well I thought you'd like company for the night." Naruto blinks some as Nagato moves out from in front of the blonde.

Shikamaru!" The blonde smirks a very brief moment. The other teen ends up lazily perched along Naruto's bed. "When did he..." Nagato shrugs before the teen could finish the obvious answer. The blonde looks back towards his bed with a sigh. Nagato disappears to the other bedroom in silence. He'd sleep where Karin had once slept. The blonde waits to be pulled back to his own bed by the other teen. "So when did you?"

"Your cousin called. Said you could use some company." Naruto watches Shikamaru some. "You still with..." The other teen nods. Naruto wasn't surprised by that answer. "You don't have to worry about me." Shikamaru's hand wraps around the blonde's arms just below his elbow moving the sleeve.

"I don't." Naruto shakes his head. Shikamaru sighs some. "You've tried to kill yourself twice Naruto. You're lucky that it didn't leak to the public." Another sigh. "I actually thought you'd like to be at our wedding." Naruto's eyes go a bit wide. "What? I had to marry her sometime."

The blonde nods. He'd actually expected Shikamaru to be married already. "Naruto, I actually can't stay all night. She's waiting for me." the blonde sighs. "I'm not planning on leaving you alone with your cousin though." Naruto blinks. He didn't understand the point of that statement.

The knock at the door has the blonde jumping to answer it. Instead he ends up closer to the bed than Shikamaru. The raven teen is the one to open the door. "Nagato knows so don't freak out." Naruto cants his head some as a russet haired teen stands in sight. "Temari's youngest brother. He stays awake a lot. You two can at least get to know each other until after my date."

Gaara stares silently around. "Naruto, this is Gaara. Gaara he's..." The teen moves past Shikamaru towards Naruto quietly. He offers a hand. Naruto blinks a moment before shaking hands with the other teen. Shikamaru nods. "Well... you two have fun."

Naruto looks at Gaara. "I was trying to sleep again." The other teen shrugs. They both end up along Naruto's bed staring at the television. Cobalt eyes start to fall closed as Nagato ends up making himself comfortable along the couch in the room.

A/N: Okay, I'll let people put in their votes for who Naruto will end up paired with. After all this isn't a pairing yet.