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Bridges by Broods


Colours

3 - Bridges


If I didn't kill it

Would you still say you needed me?

Guess I walked right into it

Guess I made it too easy


5:00 p.m

April 28th, xxx1

Naruto was sitting on a stool pushed against the kitchen island, his head supported by his hands. "They have the weirdest liking to tomatoes." He tried to come up with what he could make that Sasuke would like. "The don't really prefer sweets but I don't think they'd mind eating a dark chocolate moose." Kill two birds with one stone by making something Sasuke would like and making dessert.

"You know you can tell me their name." Kushina looked back at her son, while slowly stirring the food in the pot on the stove in front of her.

"Blah, blah, no, wait till the family arrives." Then Naruto got up to walk toward his mother. He was sort of scared. Was this a bad thing? Should he have told her? What if she caused a commotion and kicked them out?

No, no, no.

Why is this so hard?

"I- I'll start making the dessert then." Naruto walked to the fridge to take out his ingredients.

"Well, alright then."

7:30 p.m.

April 29th, xxx1

Naruto shoved the Moose into the fridge and ran up the stairs towards his washroom to take a quick shower, cooking made you smell bad which was weird since food smelt so good.

After showering he rushed out of the washroom, changed as fast as he would. He looked into the mirror and picked at his hair trying to fix it up, tame it down.

The bell rang when Naruto was at the top of the stairs. He raced down as fast as he could but his mum was already opening the door. He stood behind her hopelessly.

"Ah, you're so pretty, ya know!" Kushina shot her hands forward to catch Mikoto's. She held them up with hers. This was her very first reaction after opening the door.

Sasuke shot a direct 'What the fuck' look towards Naruto. Naruto looked away. His mom was such an embarrassment.

Mikoto looked Kushina in confusion. "Thank… you?"

"Don't be shy, come on in!" The ginger pushed the door open further.

Itachi was clearly amused and Fugaku didn't seem as disinterested as he normally did. Sasuke on the other hand just rolled his eyes at what the idiot had done. Understanding that Naruto hadn't gained enough balls to spill squat.

"M-ma, that's not, ah… my..." Naruto looked at Sasuke for help, but he just shrugged. Naruto glared at him. 'Fucking bastard.'

"What is it, honey?"

"Well you see, my soulmate's that one." Naruto pointed at Sasuke, like he was accusing him of crime.

Kushina turned the colour of her hair and backed away from Mikoto. "Oh, no! Then you must be his sister? I'm so sorry!"

"No, mother." Mikoto corrected.

"You look so young!" Kushina skin turned redder by the second.

"Kushina you're embarrassing yourself." Minato said as he walked in. The man looked towards the Uchiha family and introduced himself. "I'm Minato, Naruto's father and that's Kushina, my wife. Excuse her, she's too honest."

"I think that's a great quality to have." Mikoto smiled. "You look really young too."

"Woah, thank you." Kushina grinned, slightly flustered.

Naruto was just watching silently in shock. His parents didn't even give the smallest reaction. "You're such an idiot, I said it wouldn't make difference." Chills went down Naruto's spine, not expecting Sasuke to be so close to him in a matter of seconds.

He stepped back. "Don't do that!" He clenched onto the cloth on top of his heart area.

"You're too dramatic." Sasuke looked up and saw that both of their families had quietened down and were watching them quietly bicker amongst themselves.

Kushina swooned. "You too are just adorable!"

"Ma!" Naruto whined, slightly embarrassed. "What's adorable about talking?"

"Ah, young love." Mikoto joined in, laughing quietly.

9:30 p.m.

April 29th, xxx1

Dinner went by in a quiet murmur. Minato and Fugaku talked politics. Mikoto and Kushina shared recipes. Naruto and Itachi teased Sasuke to the best of their abilities.

They had finished eating dinner and cleaning up.

Sasuke walked beside Naruto as he led the raven to his room. "Kurama loves my room and he won't leave. I hope you don't mind." Naruto always sent picture of his beloved pet to Sasuke and rambled about how perfect his dog was.

"No, I don't have anything against dogs."

"He's a bit aggressive towards bastards though."

Sasuke laughed mockingly. "Funny."

Naruto opened his room and Kurama started barking in delight. "Come here, boy." Kurama climbed up on Naruto. Two paws on the ground and two on his owner's chest. Naruto ran his hand on top of his dog's head. "Isn't he precious?" He looked at Sasuke, daring him to disagree.

"Sure," Kurama then noticed Sasuke standing behind Naruto and started growling. He got off of Naruto and leaned low. He obviously didn't have a liking to Sasuke.

"No, boy, calm down." He walked in front of Kurama and stumbled over to his drawers, pulling out a dog treat. "C'mon Kurama. Come here, who wants a treat? You do! C'mon!" Kurama was still glaring at Sasuke. He pounced. "Kurama!" Naruto shouted.

Sasuke's reflexes kicked in and he managed to dodge Kurama. This lead to Sasuke and the dog both being pulled out of the room.

"Kurama, what are you doing?" Naruto rushed after them and pushed Sasuke into his roo. He closed the door. Slowly shuffling up to his pet he tried to calm him down.

Itachi walked out of the washroom, just a towel on his head and wearing black and white pyjamas.

He looked at Kurama and Naruto.

What the hell was happening?

"Naruto?" The blond looked up at his name being called and Kurama turned around too. The dog instantly calmed down and walked towards Itachi. Kurama walked around him, like a cat not the furious beast he acted to be a minute ago.

Itachi kneeled down and petted the affectionate dog. The long haired man looked at Naruto and caught the treat the blond threw at him. Feeding Kurama, Itachi got up and walked away with the dog.

Naruto was confused.

What the hell?

He shrugged and opened the door his room. Sasuke was sitting on the blond's bed. Taking in all the things around him. Sasuke looked up at Naruto. "Baseball and basketball, huh?" He said referring to the picture from his games and trophies displayed on a shelf.

"Yeah, those were the mains but I enjoyed Soccer the best. I was really bad at it though." He laughed. "What sports did you play?"

Sasuke looked at Naruto with a blank gaze. What was he supposed to say? 'Oh, ya know, I used to run from wild dogs, do deadly courses and be put in dangerous situation and the only thing that would get me out alive would be my best efforts?' "Just personal fitness." He replied instead.

"How boring."

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

5:45 p.m.

April 30th, xxx1

The party was hosted at a hotel Ino's family owned. The guests had arrived. A good handful of people collected in a spacious party room. A bar at the side, few treats and pizza. There was a little dance floor and a station to just play games at.

Everyone was dressed casually. It was a simple gathering, a couple of friends from High school that were meeting again, all wanting to see their friend's soulmate.

Ino was talking to a couple of friends when Naruto walked in through the doors.

There was a boy next to him that she didn't recognize. He was talking quietly to Naruto. Naruto laughed in return.

The blonde excused herself to walk towards the boy, the one turning all heads.

Sasuke raised his eyebrow at Naruto as he spoke. "That's a lot of people."

"Yeah, looks like the word's spread out to people from high school too."

"You still keep in touch?"

"I guess, I dunno know. All of my friends have always been important, ya know?" Naruto paused and laughed. "Is that weird?"

"I dunno, I was homeschooled, remember?"

Naruto shrugged and turned his head towards the people that were looking at them. His eyes lit up as he ran towards Ino. Reaching her, he hugged her.

"Ino! This is amazing! You got so many people to come!

Ino laughed. "This is such a big deal! Many of us just wanted to see who the lucky one was. Of course there was also the fact that this girl could be horrible." She leaned in close. "She could be a perdidit, ya know?"

In the soulmate world a 'perdidit' was an attached person that chose the path of infidelity.

Naruto barked out laughing. He turned around and called for Sasuke. "I don't think this bastard would be able to cheat on me anytime soon. He barely even know's how to interact with people." Naruto laughed harder.

Sasuke scowled, putting one hand on top of Naruto's head, ruffling his hair. "Don't be an idiot."

Ino looked at them silently, smiling. "Oh, so a boy, huh? and all this time I was teasing you about a girl." She slightly snickered. "I actually feel a bit like shit."

"Nah, I confused him for being a girl the first time we met." Naruto grinned.

"Not what I meant, but that's hilarious because he definitely looks much more built than you do." She winked at Sasuke. He didn't make any sort of reaction.

"Hey, back off honey. That one's mine." Naruto and Ino doubled over.

Sasuke looked at them like they were idiots, but they were probably laughing over some inside joke.

Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"I bet other people want to see you too. I'll let you get on with that." Ino smiled.

"Alright but you owe me a round of Karaoke so I can beat your ass."

"In your dreams, blondie."

"Don't talk to yourself out loud."

Yet again Sasuke looked around awkwardly as he was left out of their little joke.

7:42 p.m.

April 30th, xxx1

Sasuke walked out to the back of the building, into an alley, to light up a cigarette. Lighting it up and holding it in his right hand as he signed.

Naruto had taken him around a plenty lot and he was bit exhausted. He didn't really think there would be so many people out to judge him. He was worn out from all the interactions.

The door next to the wall Sasuke was leaning on opened up. Sasuke's eyes wander to see who was exiting. He wasn't shocked to see who it was, after all he had indirectly invited him out.

"Ah, Uchiha, to think it would be you of all people."

"Nara,"

"Don't be so formal, sheesh." He extended his hand and Sasuke took out his pack of cigarettes, silently telling him to help himself. "Seem like you know me very well."

"Worked with you for a while. Can't be helped."

Shikamaru shrugged. He stood beside Sasuke. He put the butt of the cigarette in his mouth and took out a clean polished silver zippo lighter out of pocket. They stood in silence for a while for it to be broken as Sasuke spoke out, quietly. "He was a good man." He sent his condolences. He was referring to Shikamaru's department head. The two were very close. Sasuke wasn't able to at the time.

"Yeah," Shikamaru smiled bitterly. "That's beside the point right now, though. I heard you found your soulmate."

"Never thought we'd be mutuals, though." Sasuke took another puff of smoke. "What about you?" He changed the subject.

"Found her, been married for a year now." He tipped of the ashes.

"Congrats." And they fell into another silence.

"Listen up." Sasuke was a bit surprised at how serious Shikamaru's voice was as it cut into the air. "About Naruto. It's none of my business and I'd rather not be involved with your love life, or whatever but know that Naruto and you have many, many mutuals. You'd be surprised. Tsunade's like a second mother to him. The simplest scratch on him will send many people out on your ass."

Sasuke looked to the side, at shikamaru, and gave him a look of utter annoyance. He was irritated because he couldn't believe he'd been doubted by the one person who knew the extent of his work. The raven tossed his death stick to the ground and stepped on it, extinguishing the end. "I wouldn't even think of it."

"Don't let your name brand him, Sasuke." Shikamaru's voice was hard. harsh.

'You don't think, I know that already?'

Walking back into the building again he rubbed his eyes, they were a bit dry. He made his way over to the bar. He asked for a beer and started drinking.

Finishing his bottle he asked for another.

"Mind if I sit here?"

Sasuke looked up and saw a pinked haired girl. He shrugged. He didn't really care. Throwing his head back he took another big gulp from his bottle.

"That's your second."

"It's beer." What was this girl's problems.

"True, but you seems smart enough to not use anything stronger. What's upsetting you?"

"It's just two beers."

The girl reached out for his left hand but Sasuke jerked back and glared. What the hell was this girl doing? Didn't she already know that he was already connected? To a 'precious' high school buddy, or some shit.

"Ah, Sakura!"

"Naruto!" The pinkette was relieved to see Naruto had interrupted them when he had. This had gotten a bit awkward. "You met Sasuke already? I couldn't find you at all and Sasuke walked away." He looked towards Sasuke. "Sorry, I got you into this."

Sasuke shrugged walking up to Naruto, leaving Sakura in the stool beside his previously occupied one. "Whatever."

Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Go on then, introduce us!" Sakura said- excited, maybe they could meet again and then she could approach the matter appropriately. When Sasuke wasn't foggy from the alcohol. She could tell herself that.

"This guy here…" Naruto's eyes slowly turned to Sasuke. "He's my soulmate." He grinned.

Sakura blushed, clearly embarrassed. "I'm so sorry! I tried to, ya know, ah-"

Naruto cut her off laughing. "I know, it's a bit weird, you wouldn't think two guys would end up in a situation like this."

"I suppose not," Sakura was still flustered and ashamed. "I feel like an idiot." She laughed.

3:30 p.m.

May 1st, xxx1

Naruto and Sasuke had been 'dating' for almost two months now, yet this was their first date.

They had decided to catch a movie, have take out and just spend the rest of the day in each other's company.

Reaching up, Naruto stretched as he yawned. The credits were rolling down the screen. Sasuke got up, picking up the trash and started walking through the row of chairs. It wasn't really crowded. Which was weird since it was probably the popular horror movie 'Annabelle' that they had just watched. Maybe it was the fact that it was about one in the afternoon, After all people would enjoy a horror at night.

They didn't really mind though. It was dark inside the theater, no matter what time of the day. It was a good movie. Sasuke wasn't really into movies and he didn't keep up with the latest gossips and trends. He didn't even know the movie existed until Naruto had recommended it. Apparently, he had already watched it with a couple of friends.

"Watching it in colour would probably make it so much cooler." He had said and dragged him over. Sasuke supposed it was pretty refreshing to experience different atmospheres with his new sight so he hadn't complained at all..

The both of them exited the building and sauntered towards the blond's car. Starting up the car, Naruto asked Sasuke what he would want to eat.

"I dunno," He simply replied.

"Such a bore."

"Don't be annoying."

"You're the one being annoying." Naruto grinned. Sasuke hummed in response. "Well, alright how about we have some pizza, I know this really good place downtown, and then walk around? I have a few places I'd love to show you." Naruto offered.

"Alright."

Naruto looked at Sasuke, unsure. "If you don't agree-

"No, I'm looking forward to it."

"We do have the house for ourselves tonight..."

"I know."

"We could always, go there to eat and stuff."

"Coming out here would be a sort of waste, wouldn't it then?"

"I suppose." Naruto signed.

"Don't worry, I want to know more about you and this seems like the best way."

"Alright." Naruto said confidently.

Naruto started the engine and drove.

The drive from his house to the Cinema had taken them a good ten minutes. The movie was about an hour and a half and it had started at two p.m. That meant it was around three forty. As you could probably tell, Naruto was a bit nervous. He wanted to calculate everything and make it a good date. He had planned everything out to the last detail. Sasuke would be leaving tomorrow afternoon so he wanted to make the best of it.

Driving east, Naruto entered a busy street, close to a highway. What would normally make out to be about a good twelve minute drive, if the traffic was good, turned into a twenty minute one. Once arriving he was lucky enough to find a parking spot… he had waited for a guy to pull out while his blinker indicated the spot was his, he fought for it, but same thing.

They got out of the car.

Sasuke looked around. It wooked like a pretty suspicious area.

"I know, I know. Doesn't look like something you would brag about but this place has the most unforgettable pizza." He cracked a smile and Sasuke rolled his eyes. It was a pun. The place was literally called 'Unforgettable Pizza.'

They ordered a simple, three topping medium sized pizza and decided not to eat inside. Naruto had called ahead and they only had to wait a minute or two. It was bit crowded. When they got back to the car they realised there was no near by parks or anything of the sort where they could eat.

"How about we eat in the back of the car together?" Naruto suggested.

It might be bit cramped but Sasuke didn't know any other way to go with the situation so he shrugged. "Sure,"

They popped the front seat as far as they could from the back seats and put the pizza box on top of the armrest in between the connected seats. The faced each other, crossed legged. It wasn't uncomfortable and they did have some, little, space to themselves.

Naruto's could feel Sasuke's breath. It was minty, he could still smell a bit of the buttery popcorn but it wasn't as strong as the mint.

Naruto nervously opened the pizza box up, his eyes still on Sasuke's. The raven scooted back, thinking he was invading too much of his soulmates space.

Each of them took out their first slice of thin crusted pizza and bit into it.

The little lunch had gone by with small talk and a few awkward bumps and touches. They ignored them innocently. Though their hearts pounded difficulty for a few seconds. There was tension that was ignored because they weren't sure if it was okay to get rid of it. Also, the back of a cramped car didn't seem like the best place to make out- at least for the first time anyway.

Afterwards Naruto had rushed to throw away the trash and ran back to slide in front of the wheel again.

"Of to my University, it is then. I'm kind of excited." the blond admitted, his blue eyes twinkling.

"What do you want to show me there?" Sasuke asked out of curiosity.

"I actually don't know. I already forced you to meet too many of my friends so I won't do that today." The blond chuckled as he heard the nearly inaudible sigh of relief from Sasuke.

It would take half an hour to get to his university, but of course the time of the day would never allow that.

"Sasuke, let's play twenty questions." Naruto tried to fill in the silence.

"Why?"

"To get to know each other better."

"Alright, I guess."

"You can go first."

Sasuke leaned back in his seat more comfortably, shifting a bit to adjust himself. "Why did you take up Cardiology?"

"I dunno, really. The heart was just fascinating. What about you? Do you like dealing with business?" They were slowly moving forward, in a traffic jam.

Sasuke groaned internally. What was he supposed to say? 'Oh, yeah. Killing is joy.' and smile? "No real reason behind it, the business has been running for a while in my family."

"Must be a lot of pressure." Naruto got a shrug in response.

Sasuke hummed thinking about another question to ask. He thought he knew Naruto so well already. They were talking all the time about the anything and everything. Sasuke turned to Naruto and asked. "Where did you get Kurama?"

"He was supposed to be one of these special dogs in a program my dad's superior at the time was going to run. My dad's an officer, by the way. Turns out the guy wasn't really into sniffing out the drugs and help the community or whatever. He was finding the drugs and selling them for his own benefits. Kurama was one of the best, ya know. After the guy was busted, dad took over and we helped all the dogs find a home. No one would take him in though. I don't understand why. I got really attached to him and suggested we could take him in. Mum was a bit against it at first but they're probably more closer than we are." Naruto told his story in glee. "I was like eighteen when we took him in, I think"

"I wasn't expecting a story like that."

Naruto hummed. "Yeah, well, how old are you Sasuke?"

"I think I just turned twenty-three."

"Just?" Naruto raised his brow, looking at him for a second then throwing his attention back onto the road. What the hell did he mean…I think?

"Yeah, July twenty-third."

"That was almost a year ago." Naruto looked at Sasuke. He chalked the matter off as Sasuke being a weirdo. He was at a red light, so he risked it. They had never really brought up their age or anything before, even though they talked almost every day over the phone. It just never really mattered.

"Thanks, what about you?"

"Birthday's October tenth and I'm going to be twenty-one." He answered to both questions keeping it balanced. "Sasuke, how do you… how do you feel about us right now? I know this is a weird question but-"

"No, I understand. I just- I think I'm just as confused as you are." He dodged a bullet…?

Naruto shook his head and continued driving.

"You said you lived in Mississauga, right? Ever think about moving back?" The words seemed to just escape him without his consent.

"Yeah, actually I'm planning on settling down by September in either Mississauga or Toronto. I got transferred to UofT, I'll be starting in the fall term." Naruto glanced at Sasuke from the corner of his eye, just to see how Sasuke would react to that.

He didn't have a reaction really, or he was just good at hiding it.

"Congrats." Sasuke said with a smile.

"Thanks," The blond smiled. "Alright what about… music?"

"I dunno,"

"I'm not going to judge you."

"I really don't care about music all that much to be honest. I listen to whatever is good."

"Hipster." Naruto snorted.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "You said you wouldn't judge me."

Naruto grinned. "But I wasn't."

6:30 p.m.

May 1st, xxx1

"I can't believe I only have one term left at this school." Naruto reminisced. The blond had just finished giving his soulmate a tour around the campus. The two of them were having a chatty dinner at one of the restaurants on the campus.

"How was it?"

"It was incredible. I got to do a lot here. I met a lot of amazing people."

"I bet." Sasuke said. "Are you ready to move on?"

"With open arms. I'm excited." Naruto looked at Sasuke, a grin plastered on his face. "I'm not going to say I'm not scared though. I'm getting little butterflies. It's just that so many good things are happening. I'm really happy. This past month's been awesome. Thanks, Sasuke."

"I didn't do anything."

"That's not what I think." The blond smiled sincerely.

Naruto looked at his watch and his eyes widened. "We gotta go. It's like six thirty."

"Where?" Sasuke questioned.

"You'll find out when we get there."

7:45 p.m.

May 1st, xxx1

Naruto had been driving for just over an hour when they had pulled up into a parking space. He got out fast and rushed Sasuke to hurry up. Locking the car he ran, calling out for Sasuke to follow. "We don't don't have much time, C'mon." Sasuke caught up to Naruto who looked down at his watch again. It was just about eight o'clock. That was perfect.

They reached the pier. Naruto stopped and looked up at the sky he saw pink clouds and a darker sky.

"We can walk from here." He said, coming to a stop.

Sasuke nodded.

Naruto kept on looking up at the sky. Sasuke did the same. The clouds turned darker and darker. The sky doing the same. Soon the clouds drifted off and all you could see was a clear dark sky with millions and billions of stars dotted everywhere.

Sasuke was awed by the sight. So many stars in the night sky. That wasn't possible to see anywhere in Ontario region they lived in. Too many lights and pollution.

This view was stunning.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Sasuke nodded as he turned to Naruto. "Here hold this." Without thinking Sasuke offered his hand and Naruto entangled his fingers in between Sasuke's and smiled up at him. "Thanks."

Sasuke couldn't help but smile at him too, rolling his eye.

Naruto's hands were a bit rough, Sasuke knew his were too. The blond's were warm even though the night winds were cold.

This simple touch felt… so complicated. Their hearts were pounding in their chest, smiling for what seemed like no reason and just feeling so comfortable despite all the flutter in their stomachs.

Then the night burst up with colours as northern lights lit up. Green and purple dancing along the night sky as Naruto's eyes widened. This wasn't something he had planned but he couldn't complain.

They sat down in the dock. Hands still intertwined. Naruto looked down at the ocean which was just a few centimeter away from their feet. It rippled as the winds picked up. the nights lights reflecting into it. Naruto rested his head on Sasuke's shoulder and lossed up. Sasuke tipped his head on top of his soulmate.

Sasuke shivered. Only thing is, he knew it wasn't from the cold winds.