Chapter 3. yay! Thanks for all my reviews so far. :)
Lightning flashed brightly and thunder roared. The small boy screamed and cried harder. He pressed his back further against the wall and pull his knees against his chest while burying his face in his legs. He was cold and wet and scared and no one was there. It all started when he was playing with Sasuke. They hadn't done anything wrong. Sasuke kissed him like he always did and Mikoto screamed. Neither boy really understood what was going on but first Mikoto started yelling then Fugaku came in and started yelling. Fugaku had grabbed Naruto's arm tightly and lifted him off the floor as he pulled the small boy towards him. A hard slap came to the side of his face and Naruto cried out in pain as another slap came. Sasuke started screaming and it was all too loud for Naruto to even understand what any of them were saying. A third slap came and then he was literally thrown out of the room into the hallway.
"Get the hell out of here." Fugaku growled dangerously. Naruto was terrified and he just ran. He went outside and sat in the garden where he and Sasuke always played. Naruto didn't understand what he had done wrong. Naruto sat there and cried. His arm already had a bruise from Fugaku's grip. Naruto almost felt like Fugaku was trying to break his arm or something. His face stung and his head was pounding. Naruto reached under his shirt and pulled out a long silver chain with the ring Sasuke had given him on it. They had been married for almost a year at that point. Naruto held tightly onto the ring.
"Sasuke will make me feel better." Naruto told himself. He didn't know how long he sat out there before it started raining. At first it was okay. It was just dark and cold but Naruto told himself he was okay. When it started raining harder and the freezing drops started to sting his skin when they hit him Naruto decided that he should go inside. Except all of the doors were locked. Naruto started to panic slightly and started crying. He shook the doors and started banging on them, but no one came. When lightning flashed and thunder rumbled above him Naruto screamed. There weren't any porches or awnings on the house and Naruto wasn't brave enough to go to the gazebo all the was across the garden. The garden was about 50 yards long and seemed even longer to the terrified five year old. Naruto found a small slightly covered area under one of the windows so he sat there and cried.
The lightning and thunder only seemed to get worse and Naruto kept crying and telling himself that Sasuke would come find him and then he would be safe. But Sasuke hadn't come yet. Naruto gripped his ring tightly, he could feel the edges of the stone pressing into his palm hard enough to maybe cut into his flesh. Naruto had had a terrible day. First he gets yelled at for no good reason and then Fugaku hurt him and then he got locked outside in the thunderstorm. The wind stared picking up and it felt like it was slicing Naruto's exposed arms and cheeks and legs. Naruto curled up more into himself trying to protect himself from the freezing and stinging wind and rain.
"Sasuke." Naruto screamed out as he started crying loudly and painfully. All he wanted was for Sasuke to come save him and to get away from the storm. Thunder and lighting crashed louder and louder. Suddenly there was a flash of light and a boom and Naruto looked up just in time to see lightning hit a tree not even ten feet away from him. Naruto screamed out again. "Sasuke!" Naruto cried.
"Naruto? Naruto where are you?" Sasuke's voice came from somewhere. Naruto looked up frantically searching through the rain to see Sasuke.
"Sasuke!" Naruto screamed again when he couldn't see Sasuke.
"Naruto? Where are you? Tell me where you are!" Sasuke yelled back.
"I'm over by the window!" Naruto said. It definitely wasn't any help, but to a five year old who was terrified beyond reason, it was a very good description of where he was. There was more lightning and thunder. Naruto screamed again.
"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled. Naruto could hear splashed as Sasuke ran up to him. He felt Sasuke's arms wrap around him. Naruto immediately held onto Sasuke and started crying. "Let's get inside." Sasuke said pulling Naruto up to his feet and then walking in through one of the servant entrances. There was a crash of thunder and Naruto collapsed, screaming and crying. Sasuke sat down and pulled Naruto into his lap and held the crying and shaking boy.
"I knew you'd save me." Naruto said softly, pressing his face into Sasuke's chest. There was a flash of lightning and Naruto screamed pressing further into Sasuke's chest and crying harder.
"Of course I'd save you." Sasuke said gently while rubbing Naruto's back. "I love you." Sasuke smiled. Thunder rumbled and Naruto cried harder. "Shh, don't cry Sunshine." Sasuke said softly. Naruto tried to stop crying but couldn't. Sasuke started humming softly as he rocked back and forth.
"What is that song?" Naruto asked softly.
"What?" Sasuke asked.
"I know that song." Naruto said still trying not to cry. There was a flash of lightning and he started crying again.
"I remember hearing your mother sing it to you when you were crying." Sasuke said. Naruto cried harder when there was a crash of thunder.
"Sing it." Naruto cried.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." Sasuke sang softly while rocking Naruto. Naruto seemed to be calming down so Sasuke kept singing. After another hour the storm and Naruto had calmed down. Sasuke leaned back to look at Naruto. The whole left side of Naruto's face was covered in a dark bruise. "Does it hurt?" Sasuke asked.
"A little." Naruto said softly. Sasuke gently kissed his cheek and Naruto smiled. There was a flash of lightning and Naruto started crying again.
"Don't cry. Sunshine doesn't cry." Sasuke said hugging Naruto.
"Why did your mommy and daddy get mad?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know." Sasuke said. "They said I couldn't kiss you any more." Naruto looked at Sasuke.
"Why?" Naruto said.
"They said that I shouldn't be kissing you. They said that it was wrong." Sasuke said. Naruto frowned deeply.
"Oh." Naruto said.
"But I'm not going to listen to them." Sasuke said. Naruto looked up at him. "I'm married to you, so I have to kiss you." Sasuke said. Naruto smiled a bit.
"But then you'll get in trouble." Naruto told him. "If you do not listen to them, then you will get in trouble."
"Then I'll just get into trouble." Sasuke said. "Don't worry, Sunshine. Sunshine should always be happy." Sasuke told him. Naruto smiled and nodded. Sasuke smiled as well. "Come on, lets go play." Sasuke said standing up and offering his hand to Naruto. Naruto smiled and took Sasuke's hand. They went back to the play room where they played with different toys. When the storm started again Naruto started crying again and couldn't calm down. Sasuke found a book as sat down in the big chair and pulled Naruto into his lap. Naruto sat sideways in Sasuke's lap leaning against Sasuke with his ear pressed to Sasuke's chest.
"What are we doing?" Naruto asked softly as lightning flashed. He whimpered and tried hard not to cry or scream when the thunder shook the windows.
"I'm going to read you a story." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded.
"Okay." Naruto said. Sasuke had started his tutoring lessons when he was five. Now, at seven, he was very smart. Out of everything he had to do at school, reading was his favorite. Sasuke opened the book.
"Once upon a time in a land far, far away there lived a young girl named Cinderella..." Sasuke started reading the story. By the time Sasuke had finished reading, Naruto was asleep even with the storm raging outside. Sasuke smiled and ran his fingers through Naruto's hair. He gently moved to get off of the chair without waking Naruto. He laid Naruto down on the chair and left the room. Even though he was still young, Sasuke wasn't an idiot. He knew that whatever was wrong with his relationship with Naruto meant that he had to hide it from everyone to protect Naruto. They would have to hide their marriage and be careful about what they say and do around other people and be careful of things they did even if it was only the two of them around because someone might come in and see them. Sasuke didn't know why his parents said his relationship was wrong, but he knew he needed to protect it from them even if it was.
okay a few notes.
1. the sunshine song. i know there are a few versions out there so don't leav a review saying 'you got the words wrong' i'm changing the words later so it doesn't even matter
2. i know that's not really the beginning of cinderella, but i put it there so you would know whih book Sasuke was reading because that story becomes Naruto's fav (for obvious reasons)
3. when sasuke describes sunshine ('sunshins should be happy' 'sunshine doesn't cry') he's describing the actual suh and not Naruto. Naruto gets compared to the sun and sunshine throughout the rest of the story and i just wanted to clear it up right now.
anyway, review please. :)