Title: A House That's Not A Home

Author's Note: Hey guys, guess who's updating before New Years?! Hahaha~ Anyhow, more from me at the end. Enjoy!

Pairing: SasuNaru/NaruSasu

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: AU, Smut, OoC, naughty-things

Summary: Sasuke comes home to stumble upon a boy on his doorstep who ends up living in his apartment and exchanging sex for rent.

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Disclaimer: Doesn't own Naru or Sasu! Naruto belongs to Kishi-sensei~

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Naruto was still asleep when he got up the next morning, and Sasuke dithered over whether or not he should get him up for breakfast. In the end, he left a note on the coffee table and leftovers in the fridge, letting Naruto sleep for a little longer after he left.

Work was hectic that day, and he didn't really think about the fragile boy he'd left on his couch until he was on the train home that evening. He wondered where he'd come from, why he'd been in such a sorry state, if he was still there. Maybe he was one of those runaways, and Sasuke had made a huge mistake leaving him alone in his house. Now that he'd had his fill of food and water, Naruto would easily have regained enough strength to poach all his valuables, run away and sell them for money.

By the time he reached his apartment, fiddling the key into the lock, Sasuke had almost managed to totally convince himself that Naruto would be gone, along with a few of Sasuke's more expensive belongings.

He was so sure of his assumption that when Naruto strolled out of the kitchen and greeted him as he walked through the door that Sasuke practically leapt a foot in the air and screamed.

"Sorry. Did I startle you?" Naruto looked like he was trying to suppress laughter. "I hope you didn't forget I was here, Sasu."

"Oh, no, I..."Sasuke began, then trailed off, frowning. "How do you know my nickname?"

Naruto smiled and settled down on his makeshift couch-bed.

"I went through your stuff while you were gone," he said, then seeing Sasuke's blood pressure visibly rise, hurried to add, "I'm kidding. The man on the phone last night called you that. I thought it was cute."

"Oh…"

"And it's more familiar. I mean, if I'm going to be living with you, I can't keep calling you Uchiha-san, can I?"

Naruto sounded so casual that Sasuke found himself nodding before he'd actually processed what Naruto had said.

"Hold on. What?" For a moment, he wasn't sure he'd heard him correctly. "Who's living with who?"

Now it was Naruto's turned to look shocked. "Wait, you're not going to kick me out, are you? I have nowhere to go. It's okay if I live here too, right?"

Sasuke couldn't believe what he was hearing. Not even the most self-entitled person he'd ever come across – and there had been quite a few, since he worked the phones at the office – would invite themselves to live in his house with him when he didn't even know them. How could this guy think that it was okay?

And yet, when he put it that way, Sasuke wasn't really sure if he could kick him out. If he'd left Naruto the way he was yesterday, he would've starved to didn't know where he'd come from, or what had happened to him, but his conscience wouldn't allow him to send Naruto back to it. The only problem was, he hadn't been planning on a new roommate. In fact, Sasuke had never had, nor intended to have, a roommate of any sort. He was happy in his apartment on his own, could afford the rent on his own, had the perfect amount of space for living on his own. He certainly didn't need this Naruto guy coming in and turning his life upside down. He probably would have turned him away at the door if he hadn't managed to hit his pity buttons.

"I don't have a home," Naruto told him, and though he didn't look homeless – beautiful, silky hair, clear, clean complexion, fashionable clothes, trimmed nails –Sasuke could tell he wasn't lying.

There was something about the way Naruto spoke, with a transparent sincerity, that just screamed that he was being honest. He couldn't have been homeless for long, but somehow, Sasuke couldn't bring himself to doubt him.

"Of course, I don't expect to live here without compensating you," Naruto said, as though that somehow made it all okay. "But I don't have a job or much money or anything, so I'll pay rent in special favours until I find work. I'm sure that's fine, isn't it."

It wasn't a question, and so Sasuke couldn't help saying yes. He wanted to kick himself for allowing this stranger to so easily blow into his life like a hurricane, but by the end of the evening Naruto had manage to settle in so comfortably that it was like he'd been living there for months. As they ate dinner together, Sasuke made a mental note to use all his contacts and energy to find this guy a job and home as soon as possible, so he could start turning everything the right way up again.

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A/N: ...And end chapter! Yes, It's short. Yes, there isn't much going on but development. I know guys, you're expecting a lot more but I'm going at a nice, steady pace with this story so, patience is a virtue and what not. If you want your smexy-time fix here, you're just going to have to wait for it and beg. Or, you can go check out my older stories. Either way, up to you! Don't forget to send me some love! Review or hit the muffin button! Oh, and Happy New Year!~

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