A new chapter :) I wrote this one pretty quickly :P. Well then, enjoy =)
A week later
I didn't get much sleep this night. To be honest I didn't get much sleep since I've started living with Naruto and it's his entire fault. I had another dream about him this night. God, I think that I'm going crazy. All that I can do is think about him. My whole head is filled with Naruto. This is even worse than in high school. I think that I will really have to accept the fact that the feelings for Naruto are still present. Or did being with Sakura make me so desperate after all. I quickly shake my head and look up when I see that the door of Naruto's bedroom opened.
"Good morning, Sasuke. How did you sleep?" he asks me and slowly goes into the kitchen. Then he pours water into a cup and puts it onto the stove. He is making coffee! I would kill for some coffee right now!
I sit onto the couch. Every inch of my body hurts. Naruto was right; this couch is going to kill me. But this is still better than sharing the bed with Naruto.
"I slept well. How was your night?" I mutter and then I put my hand behind my neck. "Shit, my neck is killing me"
"I slept like a baby" says Naruto and starts giggling like a school girl. "It is your fault, Sasuke. You are too stubborn. If you could tell your big brain to shut up for once in a while you could sleep perfectly fine. Like I said, I don't mind sharing the bed with you"
"Oh, just shut up" I say annoyed. God, he can be such a fool sometimes. What the hell is wrong with me that I fell for Naruto? Yes, he is a complete imbecile and sometimes I would just want to strangle him, but… I also like that side of him. I really am fucked up, aren't I?
The water starts boiling so Naruto puts the coffee in. Immediately the fragrance of fresh cooked coffee starts spreading through apartment.
"Would you like some coffee?" Naruto finally asks and I'm immediately up. In response I nod like an excited puppy, which has just gotten a new toy. Naruto chuckles, but doesn't say anything. Then he brings two mugs and pours the coffee into them. I sit down on the chair and take a big sip of coffee. Ah, I never knew that drinking coffee could feel so good!
"Is it good?" Naruto asks me. I open my eyes and look at him. Those big, blue eyes are looking at me, waiting for my response. With difficulty I look away and I slowly nod.
"Yes, it's good" I say weakly and smile awkwardly. I wish that I could control my body when I'm talking with him! My heart is going to jump out of my chest!
In these weeks that I've been living with Naruto I noticed that he had changed a lot. He isn't as hyper as he usually was. I am really that he calmed down a little bit. I wonder if Hinata is the one, who taught Naruto how to behave. Oh yes! Where was Hinata anyway? She didn't come to Naruto's place. I haven't even hear him mention her. And I know that he didn't go to visit her. It's not that I'm complaining. I'm quite happy actually. But still, it feels weird.
"What's the matter?" asks Naruto, who must've noticed that I was thinking.
"Nothing really. I'm just thinking about Sakura" I lie.
"Oh" says Naruto and looks down. "Will you go visit her today?"
I have to bite into my lower lip to keep myself from laughing. Even if somebody gave my all the money of the world, I wouldn't go back to her place. Our place, it doesn't really matter anyway. I went to get my stuff a few days ago; because I knew that she wouldn't be home. She went to visit her mother and that was the perfect chance.
"Of course not. Are you crazy?"
"Well you'll have to visit her someday. I mean, you two are still married and-"
"Don't worry. Soon, we'll get the divorce. Do you want me to leave, or what?" I ask him and send him an angry and confused look.
"N-No!" says Naruto quickly. I frown and take another sip of my coffee. Huh?! So he actually likes my company after all. I want to ask Naruto about Hinata, but I don't know if this was the right time to ask him such questions. It was still too early.
"Does Sakura want children?" asks Naruto suddenly.
"Yes, she did mention a few times that she would like to start a family with me, but I told her many times that I wouldn't be the unlucky guy, who will get her pregnant. I would like to have kids, but not with her. Why do you ask? Does Hinata want children?" I ask him.
"We would both like children, but it's… It's a little bit more complicated in our case" he says and looks down. He looks really sad. By seeing that he is serious, I know that the thing has to be serious too. Just for a second he looks like he wants to talk about it.
"What do you mean by complicated?"
"It's a long story and I don't have enough time to explain it to you. I don't want to be late for work" says Naruto. I can tell that he is lying to me again.
"Naruto, you can talk about it with me, you know" I say gently. He quickly shakes his head and just as he is about to get up, I automatically grab his wrist. Then, I quickly release it. Fuck! Sasuke, get a hold of yourself!
"What are you doing?" asks Naruto, confused.
"I-… Nothing, forget it" I say and sit back down. "Well, go to work. I don't want to distract you anymore"
"You are not distracting me" says Naruto and rolls his eyes. "What about you? Don't you think that it's time that you get a new job?"
"Yes, I know, I know! I will get it, alright? Just not yet. God, you sound just like Sakura right now" I say and empty my mug.
Naruto rolls his eyes, but doesn't say anything. He goes into his bedroom and he soon returns from in dressed into a suit. "Well then, I'll get going. I think that tonight I will end work a bit earlier, so we can do something afterwards" he says.
"Yes, it'll be great!" I say.
"Well then, goodbye"
"Bye"
When Naruto leaves me alone in his apartment, I let out a loud sigh. This is going to be a long day! I could go out, but I am just too lazy to do it. However, what should I do in Naruto's apartment?! I could watch TV! I quickly make my way to the couch that I hate from the bottom of my heart. I sit on it and open the TV. I am just praying that something good is on TV right now!
'I love you, Rosaura. I love you form the bottom of my heart. You are the woman of my dreams! You don't know how long I wanted to do this' says a male voice, which is coming from the TV and the man kisses the brunette.
'Oh, Mateo, I love you too. But we can't be together. Our families are so different. You are rich, but I am just a poor maid' says the girl and starts crying.
'Don't worry. As long as I'll be with you, everything is going to be alright. Trust me, I'm going to protect you… always, my Rosaura' says Mateo and hugs his love.
I roll my eyes. These soap operas are making me nauseous. All that they can do is confess their love for each other and cry! Oh, come on Mateo! Just do Rosaura then please move on with your life? If you stay with her, she will destroy you!
Sakura loves shit like this. I had to watch many soap operas with her. Then a disgusting picture comes into my mind, of me and Sakura holding hands and promising the eternal love to each other. I can feel my body shiver and I quickly get rid of this image from my mind. I am hungry! I quickly go to fridge and make myself a sandwich. I quickly eat it and then a bottle of beer out of the fridge. Soon I return back to TV and I change a program.
On the next program, there are also soap operas. I roll my eyes and lazily turn the TV channel. On the next channel, a guy is cooking a chicken. This is what Sakura should watch and learn how to cook! I change the channel. However, I soon discover that there's nothing interesting on the TV. I roll my eyes once again and I close the TV. What should I do? Should I go out after all?! No, because knowing my luck, I would definitely run into Sakura.
Then a great, but extremely childish idea comes into my mind. I could snoop around Naruto's place and maybe find something interesting. Yes, I know that the idea is childish; you don't have to tell me. But I am desperate! I rub my palms together and quickly stand up. Where should I start first?
My first stop is Naruto's living room. I go through all wardrobes and bookcases, but I don't find anything interesting, just some boring books about politics and economy. Who would have thought that Naruto is into this kind of boring stuff? I shake my head in disappointment. Maybe I'm going to have more luck in Naruto's bedroom!
I quickly step inside Naruto's bedroom. In the first bookcase I find even more of those boring and useless books. I sigh and then I find his computer. Bingo! I just know it that I will find something interesting on Naruto's computer. I open the computer and just pray that he doesn't have it protected with password. To my luck, he doesn't have the password. What an idiot! I sit down, rub my palms together and start searching through Naruto's computer. First I go through his files. Most of it is just boring stuff from his work. Then I open his pictures. I find more pictures from his wedding. And I am very surprised to find the pictures from my wedding as well. I frown. Why does he need pictures from my wedding?! And I also notice that he took awful lot of pictures of me. That makes me feel a bit awkward.
However, I still didn't find anything interesting. I open the internet searcher, hoping that I will find something interesting. Maybe Naruto has interesting websites on his favorite website list. I wasn't mistaken! I click on the list of his favorite websites and a porn site opens. However, this isn't just any kind of porn site; it is a gay porn site. It takes a few seconds for me to realize what just happened. I quickly close the internet and just blankly stare at computer screen. Is Naruto… gay? No, he is married! Then, why…?
I quickly shake my head and close the computer. There needs to be a logical explanation why would Naruto have a gay porn website among his favorite sites. I know that I should stop with my searching, but something is telling me to take a look into his wardrobe with clothes. I open it and start searching. It doesn't take me a long time to find a big box. I put it onto the floor and start thinking if I should open it or not. Maybe there are just some boring documents in it, right? I open the box and nothing could prepare me for what I find in it. The first thing that I pull out of the box are pink, fluffy cuffs. Cuffs? Why would Naruto need cuffs? And then it just gets more bizarre. The next thing that I find is a black whip. And then I pull out a huge amount of gay porn magazines.
I just sit there, with those magazines in my hands. What the fuck? What the fuck has just happened?! I quickly put all the things into the box and quickly put the box where I found it. Then I go into the kitchen and empty the beer bottle, which I opened not too long time ago. I sit onto a chair, while my brain tries to process all the information that they received.
Who is Naruto? I don't even know him! I take a deep breath and I try to calm myself down. This means that Naruto is… gay, right? It doesn't bother me at all. It makes me happy actually, but-. Does Hinata know who she married? Maybe she married Naruto because she felt sorry for him, just like I felt sorry for Sakura. Or maybe Hinata knew? And this is the reason why they aren't living together. I just know it.
What should I do? I can't just ask him about it, because he will get angry, because I was going through his stuff without his permission. Maybe I could just ask him, without being too obvious. Oh this would be a fun conversation: 'Hey, Naruto. I just want to ask you something. The thing about not living with Hinata and you also mentioned that she is no fun in bed… Do you sometimes fool around with others? Not just girls, but guys too…?'
Oh, nice move Sasuke Uchiha! Just go and ask him this. I guess that the best thing to do is to be quiet about it. Maybe he will tell me. That's for the best. It's better to not stick my nose into his private life. He can do whatever he wants! And then something else comes into my mind! Naruto was the one who asked me to live with him, right? And he has a lot of my pictures on his computer. What if this was some kind of his plan to get into my pants? No, no! Now I am just being paranoid.
Naruto invited me to stay with him because he is a nice soul and he felt sorry for me. God, I need to find something else to keep myself occupied until Naruto comes home. But what if Naruto really is gay? This is a good thing, right? Maybe I could confess him my feelings. I sigh and go into the living room. No, I can't just confess to him. I don't know even if I really do like him. Shit, why does life have to be complicated?!
What should I do next? Maybe listen to some music? I nod to myself and go to Naruto's CD player. I start looking for a good CD. Let's see what Naruto listens to. I am not even surprised to find Cher's and Madonna's CDs. They aren't that bad, but not my cup of tea. God, does he have to have such a terrible taste in music?! Just as I was ready to give up I find an old CD of 50 cent. I've never liked him too much, but right now, I am desperate. I put the CD into the CD player. I go into the kitchen for another beer and then I sit down on the couch. I open the beer and slowly start drinking it. I close my eyes. This is the life! No annoying Sakura, who would preach me about how bad drinking beer is.
However, after an hour passes, I get bored again. I close the CD player and roll my eyes. I am hungry! However, I am just too lazy to cook myself anything. Naruto said that he would come earlier from work today, right?
I look at the clock. It's already 3 pm and Naruto is late! Where the hell is he?! He should be home by now! I am starving! Maybe he went to visit Hinata. When it's 4 pm, he finally comes back home.
"Naruto, where the hell were you? You said that you would be earlier, right? Do you know how boring it is here without you? And I am starving!" I say annoyed.
"I'm sorry, but I had something to do in my work. It is my bosses' secretary's fault, sorry. And about the food, you could cook something"
He is right. "Y-Yeah, but I wanted to wait for you. It's kind of silly eating lunch alone" I lie.
"Ah, I see. Well, I have to disappoint you, Sasuke, but I already ate at work" he says and that idiotic smile comes back onto his mouth. I didn't miss it at all!
"Excuse me?! Why didn't you tell me that, huh? And here I was just like an idiot waiting for you. If I knew that you would eat at lunch I would go eat alone. Naruto, you can be really stupid sometimes!" I say angrily. I can be really annoying when I'm hungry!
"Don't overreact, Sasuke. You didn't cook yourself anything because you were too lazy to do it. And you didn't go out to eat, because you didn't have enough money" says Naruto simply.
That's not it! I have money, but I just don't like eating alone. Especially not outside. It makes me feel really stupid. It's not that eating with Naruto would make me feel any better, since he eats like a pig. But hey, it's better than eating alone.
"I don't like eating alone" I repeat. "Look, even though you already ate, can you please go out with me. I mean, I really am hungry and you don't have to eat anything. But if you'd like to eat, I'm going to pay for it. Just come with me to keep me company". God, I am practically begging Naruto. I can't believe that I am begging him. I really must be desperate.
"Of course I'll go with you. I am starving! I haven't eaten today yet. Thank you, Sasuke. I didn't think that I'd get a free lunch today!" says Naruto and starts laughing like a retarded person.
"B-But you said that you ate-"
"No, I was just fooling around. And now, I'm getting a free lunch" says Naruto, who is looking like a small child, who has just gotten a new puppy.
"Imbecile" I mutter. Why did I even say that I would pay him a meal? I just dug my own grave, didn't I? And now I must pay the consequences for my own stupidity. But the thing is that I don't have a lot of money left. I am completely broke and now I must pay him a meal? I know how much Naruto and this is what scares me!
"Is everything okay?" asks Naruto.
"Yes, I am okay. Just promise me one thing; can you please not eat a lot? I mean, I am almost broke and knowing how much you eat-"
"But I don't eat a lot" defends Naruto himself.
I look at Naruto as if he was an alien. Is he feeling alright? Of course he eats a lot! And now he started laughing again! Jesus, please help me! I am going to slap him so hard. Okay, Sasuke just relax! Calm down, you can do it. Breathe in, breath out… Yes just like this! Now, if I would say that I don't want to pay him a meal, he would call me a selfish bastard, I know this much. And I don't want to listen to his comments.
"Yes, yes, just keep telling yourself this" I say quietly, but he hears me.
"Hey! You are the one who offered to take me out to eat, so stop complaining! Now let's go, I'm starving"
I want to wipe that smile from Naruto's lips. At this moment I don't feel any attraction for Naruto! I let out a loud sigh and then I say: "I know, I know. Now let's go, before I change my mind!"
"Okay. But it's not my fault that you are in a bad mood"
No, of course not!
"What would you like to order?" asks a cute waitress in the restaurant.
Naruto wants to speak, but I am faster than him. "We would both want the today's lunch. And for the drink, please bring two beers"
"Come right up" she says and then blushed when I look right into her eyes. I still got it! I still know how to flirt with girls. The waitress really is cute and I keep watching her until she disappears into the kitchen. Maybe after out meal, I could ask her for her number and we could meet sometime! Then I turn around to face Naruto. To my surprise he looks really gloomy.
"Naruto?" I ask carefully.
"Uh, yes?" he jumps as I start talking.
"How was work?"
"It was really boring, as usual. I had to put some files in order. And there were a lot of these files. Around five big piles of files. And just as I put them into an alphabetical order, some annoying secretary bumped into me and they fell on the floor. And guess whose fault was it? The boss yelled at me. I swear, this Kakashi guy is such an idiot. And of course I had to re-do the whole work. And this is why I was so late" says Naruto. "How about you? Did you go out?"
"No, I spent the day in house"
"Did you have fun? What did you do?"
Oh, I had loads of fun, Naruto. If you only knew what I found in your house. I quickly shake my head. "I was just watching TV and I drank some beer. It was a pretty boring day. The last two hours were the worst. I was waiting for you… I was worried" I say, not really paying too much attention to what I was saying.
"You were worried? Why?" he asks me.
I can feel those blue eyes piercing right into my heart. Shit! "Did I say that I was worried?" I say and start laughing nervously. "No, you misunderstood me. I thought that you went to Hinata's"
"Ah, I see. No I didn't"
"Naruto, can I ask you something?" I ask him. I need to know about his marriage. Something wasn't right.
"W-What?"
"Why don't you and Hinata live together? Why don't you go to visit her? I mean, you love her right? And you are married, so…" I start.
Naruto lowers his head. He looks nervous and I frown. I shouldn't have asked him about his private life. You Sasuke Uchiha are an idiot!
"Me and Hinata aren't exactly married" finally says Naruto, still avoiding making an eye contact with me. "I mean we did get married, but we are married only on paper. In reality, not so much as you can see. She is my best friend. But that's it. I know that you are going to ask why, but I can't answer you that right now. Sorry. Let's just say that it's complicated. I don't want to talk about it". Naruto's voice is so small that I can hardly hear him talking.
I nod. I think I know what was the reason for Naruto's marriage. It has to do something with what I found in his apartment earlier this day.
"It's alright. If you want to talk about it, just tell me." I say and smile. Naruto lifts his head and puts a weak smile onto his face. This expression doesn't suit Naruto at all! I prefer that annoying smile on his face! Without even thinking, I take Naruto's hand into my own and I intertwine our fingers. With my thumb I start caressing the back of Naruto's palm.
"Sasuke, what are you doing?" he asks me, with his eyes wide opened. I quickly release his hand from mine. I look away and try to calm down. I don't even want to know what Naruto is thinking about me right now. He probably thinks that I'm weird. I close my eyes and I wish that I could just disappear from the restaurant.
"Sasuke?" asks Naruto again and I open my eyes. He is smiling. I awkwardly smile back and now he is the one who takes my hand into his. I can feel how nervous I am. Naruto gently squeezes my hand. I want to remove my hand from his, but he doesn't allow me to do this. And then finally the waitress comes with our food. Perfect timing!
"Here you go gentlemen" says the waitress and starts putting down our food. I quickly remove my hand from Naruto's and try to get rid of the blush.
"T-Thank you" I say to her and try to smile.
She smiles back and then gives me a piece of paper on which there is a number written. It is her number! I know that I should be way happier than this for getting the girl's phone number, but all that I can think about now is what happened with Naruto. I smile and take the paper from her hands.
"Be sure to call me today" she says and then winks to me. I smile back. Then I awkwardly look at Naruto, who is already eating his food. God, he eats like a starving pig! Why did I fall for this guy again?!
"Can you try to eat like a human being?" I say annoyed. I'm not really sure why I'm feeling angry.
"I said that I was hungry, didn't I?" says Naruto with his mouth full. I look at Naruto closely. I am searching for any kind of emotion, which would show what just happened earlier. However, I find nothing. Naruto is just happily smiling and stuffing his face with the food on his plate. I just shake my head.
"Why don't you first your chew your food and then talk" I say and slowly start eating my food.
"Why are you in a bad mood? You know, it's not healthy for you if you eat angry" he says.
I roll my eyes. I had to listen to the same preaches when I was living with Sakura. Is he going to turn out to be the same as her? God, I hope not. I don't want move again!
"Shut up, Naruto" I say.
He just shrugs his shoulders and continues eating is silence. I can still feel his touch on my hand. I kept staring at the place where our hands were touching not too long ago. It felt nice when he touched me. I've never felt this way with Sakura. I sigh. Maybe Naruto feels the same way as I do? I look up again and I see that Naruto is carefully looking at me. I almost choke on my food.
"Why are you staring at me?" I ask. Is something wrong with my face?
Naruto smiles and shakes his head. "No special reason"
"Okay then" I say and quickly look away. The atmosphere between is very awkward, I can feel it. I can also tell that he is still looking at me. Why?! Does he fancy me as well? I decide that it's time to check if he feels the same way. I'll check by trying to make him feel jealous!
My eyes quickly find that attractive waitress and I wave at her. She giggles and winks back at me. I smile and then with the corner of my eye I look at Naruto. I can tell that he isn't too happy with me flirting with the waitress. I decide to go even further and I wave at waitress again. This time she comes to our table.
"What is your name?" I ask her.
"Yumi" she answers and then she blushes.
"That's a very beautiful name, Yumi" I say. "Can you please bring us the check. We've almost finished with our meal"
"And how did you like our food?"
"It was perfect. I can see that this restaurant is a very good one. The staff here is great too" I say and wink. God, this is so cheesy and I feel sick just by saying this. However, Yumi clearly likes my attention. She nods and quickly returns with the check. I pay for our meal and then when she is about to leave I give her another wink. There's no way I'm going to call this girl. Even though she is very pretty, she is the same as Sakura.
"Can you please stop this?" says Naruto. I finally look at him. He is angry and hurt.
"What's wrong?" I ask innocently.
He sends me an angry look. If looks could kill, this one would kill me for sure. "I can flirt with whoever I want. I'm not with Sakura anymore"
"It's not that" mutters Naruto.
"Then what?!"
"Nothing!" snaps Naruto and quickly gets onto his legs. "Let's go home! It's getting late"
I agree with him. Our way back to Naruto's apartment passes by in awkward silence and I can't stop asking myself what the hell has just happened.
I had so much fun while I was writing this chapter :P I hope that you'll all like it. Please do tell me what do you think xD
Thank you for your lovely comments =)