Mine again
Chapter 3
Naruto sighed. He was currently spending his lunch break in the cafe at work, drinking a cup of coffee, thinking things over. It had been a week now since his and Sasuke's 'reunion', and the Uchiha hadn't taken it so well…
"-Sasuke, I have a boyfriend"
'What…?'
Sasuke felt his blood turn cold, while his fragile heart shattered. Each tiny broken piece cut him inside till he was numb. Naruto…was with someone… loved someone… who wasn't him. All those lonely nights spent, wishing and waiting to be brought back together, was for nothing?
"How long?" he asked, speaking low so his voice wouldn't break and betray him by letting out just how much he was hurt. "How long have you been with him?"
Naruto looked away from Sasuke, unable to meet his eyes. "2 years, he was one of the people I met after we broke up"
Sasuke looked down, his bangs covering his eyes. '2 years' he wanted to shout. He wanted to smash and break things, shout at his love for starting over without him, then beg the blond to please, stay with him instead. But he could never do that.
Naruto looked at his ex, while he may have moved on, hurting him, although unintentionally, made him feel guilty. After all, the Uchiha was once his best friend also. If anything, he wanted that friendship back at least.
"Sasuke, I know this isn't what you want to hear, but, I'm happy with my relationship. I'm sorry I don't feel the way I used to, if you would be okay with it though, I would like for us to be friends again. Just like before"
The word 'happy' echoed in Sasuke's mind. He had said many times he would do anything to make the blond happy, but did that mean to never be with him again?
"Sasuke?" Naruto reached out to touch the Uchiha, only to pull back as he looked up, a mask of indifference on his face, yet he could still see the sadness in his eyes.
"Your office is to the right of this one. There are files on your desk that need to be typed up and corrected, before being sent to me. You will also take my calls; tell whoever it is that for today I am busy, or unavailable. If I need anything else, I'll send for you" Sitting down at his chair, he spun round to look out the window, away from the blond.
Naruto sighed. 'I guess I'm being dismissed' "Yes, Uchiha-san. Right away" He had almost made it out of the room when Sasuke spoke up one more time.
"Another thing, don't call me Uchiha-san, everyone but you can. I wish for you to just call me Sasuke." 'This way, I can pretend you still care'
"Of course…Sasuke-san"
With that, Naruto left. Leaving Sasuke alone in his office, as he tried to figure out, what he could or should do next?
Since then, while Sasuke still sent him looks every time they were in the same room, seeming to be debating something, he would only act professional around him. On occasion he would see the other go to say something, but then change his mind and walk away. It made Naruto both happy and sad, that Sasuke was leaving his relationship alone, but it was at the cost of a chance of any sort of friendship between the two of them. He had managed to make a few friends at work, but they wouldn't have the same memories.
Looking down at his now cold drink, Naruto was about to head back to finish of his work, when said friends came over and joined him. There was Kiba Inuzuka, who had brown shaggy hair, brown eyes, with skin a darker shade than his own. He also had a pair of triangles on his cheeks. Next to him was Shikamaru Nara, a man with hair that reminded him of a pineapple, from the way it was tied up. He had dark eyes that looked bored and tired, yet wise at the same time. They were good, decent guys and he could see the three of them sticking together for a long time. The only down side? Just like everyone, they were curious about one thing...
"So, how things with you and the boss going?" Kiba added a wink at the end as he grind, mentally laughing at the glare sent to him by the blond.
"For the last time... we aren't together, despite what he might have said before, what others have told you, us two, are the past. I got a boyfriend already, okay." Naruto sighed, this was getting old fast.
Kiba put his hands up in mock surrender, laughing. "Okay calm down, just kidding. I mean- hang on, when you say past? You mean you were together? It's hard to imagine you with him, I mean your total opposites, he's a dick and you're not"
Naruto smiled softly, something that caught Shikamaru's eye. "He may be a prick, but he can be really sweet. He just doesn't want everyone to see that, only his precious people." A small blush rose on his cheeks as he remembered how Sasuke had treated him.
"Hahaha, Uchiha? Sweet? Damn hell must have frozen" Kiba laughed hard, his stomach hurting because of it.
Naruto folded his arms, looking slightly annoyed. "Is it so bad he has a more decent side to him?"
Shikamaru sensing the change in the blonds tone changed the topic. "I guess you would know best, wouldn't he Kiba. So how did you two end up together anyway?"
Naruto instantly calmed down, smiled, and then laughed at his thoughts. "Actually, we only met by accident. It was back in high school, I was just starting out while he was in his second year. I had gone to the wrong room and completely embarrassed myself, so I ran out only to crash into him. After that it seemed like we kept bumping into each other, literally."
"So what? You just decided to get it on?" Kiba asked
"Hell no" Naruto shook his head."Sasuke was the one who ended up asking me out, but I rejected him for ages. I wasn't really in to guys, but..."Shikamaru again noticed how Naruto's eye's shined with warmth as he talked about his ex "-In the end he got me to fall for him"
"I see. But you must be better off with your new guy. Otherwise you wouldn't be against people talking about you and the boss."
Naruto seemed a little shocked. "Huh? Oh yeah, I really like him you 'know. Things are going well between us."
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at the answer, even Kiba frowned. Shikamaru eyes flickered to something behind Naruto's shoulder, before he started talking. "You know if I didn't know better, I would say things aren't going well and that you still think of Uchiha. It's possible you might still care, even love him."
Naruto's jaw dropped. What? No. It wasn't like that. "HOW COULD YOU POISSIBLY SAY THAT!? Things are going fine and I don't love Sasuke!"
Shikamaru rested his head on his hand. "Then how come when you spoke about the Uchiha, your smile and eyes were much softer? You defended him against Kiba. You even blushed. Yet you acted as you normally would when talking about your current boyfriend."
Kiba who had been watching nodded along. "He's right; you acted like I do when I talk about my girl."
Naruto couldn't believe it. "N-no I-I um..."
"Naruto~" a voice spoke from behind him. He turned around only to come face to face with his boss. 'Shit. How long had he been standing there?'
"There are files that need to be sorted. Now."
"Y-yes. Right away."
Sasuke watched him go before turning towards the two still sitting down, and smirked at them. "Nara, Inuzuka, good job"
"No problem boss" Kiba gave him thumbs up. "He'll be back with you soon. Trust me; I wouldn't help you if I didn't think he liked you"
Shikamaru sighed. "Troublesome"
Naruto hurried around his office grabbing file after file, till he ended up carrying a mountain of them. He was just walking out when he bumped into something hard, resulting in him losing his balance, folders falling and his body heading for the floor. He closed his eyes and prepared for the pain, but opened them when moments later it didn't come.
Sasuke held onto Naruto where he had caught him, bringing him to his chest and looking down into his eyes. "You okay?" He asked softly.
Naruto could only nod. He was so close to the other; if he moved forward just a bit more, he would kiss- no! Bad thoughts, 'damn' he thought blushing, this is all Shikamaru's fault!
Sasuke's eyes took on a sudden predatory gleam as he noticed the light blush on Naruto's whiskered cheeks. "You know, Naru-Chan, I've been thinking about what you said before, and was trying to decide if I should let you be 'happy' with anyone else or not, then recently I heard the most interesting conversation . And you know what? I decided to go with what I thought was right. After all, an Uchiha always get's what an Uchiha wants"
Naruto pushed himself away from the others arms, and began to pick up the forgotten folders that were scattered on the ground. "W-what do you mean?"
Sasuke smirked, watching as Naruto tried to avoid eye contact. "I mean, I won you over before, I can do it again."
Naruto shoved the folders into Sasuke's hand, and, grabbed his things. "I, um, I have to go." He got in to the elevator, then just as it was closing, he heard Sasuke shout to him "Naruto, I'll make you love me again" then the doors closed, those words echoing in his mind. 'Fuck'
Entering his apartment he collapsed onto his couch. God he was exhausted. He couldn't believe the teme. How could he say something like that! Deciding to just forget it, he got up to start dinner when there was a knock at the door. 'Great'
He opened the door, ready to tell whoever it was to go away, when his blue eyes met silver eyes with hints of violet, right before his mouth was caught in a deep kiss. Wrapping his arms around his boyfriend's neck he moaned into the kiss, pulling away only when they needed air.
"I missed you Naruto"
Naruto smiled "Missed you to Neji"
To be continued
