TITLE: Drowning in the Darkness

WARNINGS: Abuse, Sexual content, AU, Drugs, Rape, OOC

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto though I own this story created by my daydreaming mind!

SUMMARY: When Naruto discovers that his husband lies and cheats on him, he decides to stay calm about it but as he meets a dangerous friend from his childhood he can't continue to ignore that he is diving into darkness by himself.

Chapter 4

When Naruto was done with buying groceries, he went straight home and saw there something he wasn't expecting to. There, on the couch, sat Sasuke watching T.V with a slightly tired look on his face. He thought that Sasuke should have been at work during that time or maybe elsewhere. "So what are you doing home that early? Usually you wouldn't bring your sorry ass here until midnight," Naruto knew that the last statement sounded somehow rude and really impolite but the bastard deserved it after the fit he threw in the morning.

For Sasuke, it was another story; he was thinking about the reasons so as to why the usually kind Naruto was acting so weirdly. Sasuke looked at Naruto who by now entered the kitchen and started arranging the groceries he bought. "Why being so hostile?"

Here, Naruto stopped what he was doing and glared at Sasuke who in turn was looking curiously at him. "I'm not, just that I'm not used to seeing you at this time," it took all the patience Naruto had in him not to go over to his husband and punch him in the face. He had already decided that he would ignore their problem until he finds a proper solution. He also started to remember all those times they had a small conflict; he would always be the impatient one and make the first move to make up whatever they started. But now it would be different because the problem was bigger, so he would be patient and keep it inside.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was also having thoughts about how different the dobe became in such a small time, now that he thought it over again, it wasn't that long ago that they were a great couple, passing most of their time together. Sasuke knew that he was the one who brought about the changes by actually changing himself first. He remembered that he distanced himself from his husband by passing most of his time at work but that wasn't on purpose, the worst he has done on purpose was cheating on the dobe. Somewhere at the back of his mind, he thought that maybe he could try to make it all better. "Actually I have a reason for being here earlier than usual, I wanted us to talk,"

"Aren't we talking now? Besides I wanted to start preparing for my trip with Deidara and your brother," Naruto didn't want to talk with Sasuke; he had other things to do, like starting to pack. "By the way are you coming with us? Or do you have some other business to attend to,"

"Trying to change the subject? Anyways, I'm not going, I don't want more work to be accumulated. But I still persist that we should talk," Sasuke understood what his husband was trying to do and he wasn't having any of that, he wanted to talk and maybe try to find a resolution to their problem.

"Look teme, I don't want to talk right now. I've come from a long way and I'm too tired, please," Perhaps it was the truth or just a lie to escape the talk about things he wasn't even guilty of, but Naruto knew he didn't want to hear about it.

Sasuke looked at his husband and realized that the dobe did look tired so he decided to drop it, "Fine, if you don't want to talk now we'll do it later."

For one moment, Naruto felt like he made a mistake; that he should have accepted to talk to Sasuke, but he quickly dismissed the feeling and climbed upstairs to take a shower.

Some days later

Deidara sat down on the couch with his husband while the later was typing on his laptop. Itachi looked at his husband, stopped typing and set the laptop on the table nearby, "So Dei, are you ready? We're setting off tomorrow, remember?" Itachi smirked at Deidara, knowing that the other could be forgetful sometimes.

"Hey, you know that it's an important trip for me. So obviously, I'd remember about it," Deidara punched Itachi on the arm playfully and the other chuckled at the gesture, "Also, I think Naruto needs it just as much as I do. He's been stressed lately, I could see that. It's even more of an advantage that Sasuke isn't coming with us. Don't you agree?"

"I really don't know but do you think it's better to run away from the problems they have instead of trying to solve them now? I think it would have been best if they solved it and then came with us tomorrow. But that's just my opinion," Itachi thought it would have been better for the two young idiots to have a serious talk. He didn't think that the 3 weeks Naruto shall pass away from Sasuke would do any good nor did he think that Sasuke not coming with them was a good factor.

"No, you're wrong. Naruto needs time away from Sasuke before deciding what to do with whatever it is that they have ,whether it's cheating or another problem," Deidara knew that he just had an approximate idea of their problem but he also knew that time always helps in making decisions.

"Don't you think that they should first discuss the problem before any decisions come out of it?" Itachi thought somehow oppositely of Deidara; he thought that decisions were not to be taken before discussing the problem and running away doesn't help at all. But that's not all of it, he also felt like when they were going to come back, they would come back to a situation that would make them regret what they were about to do.

"Please, just understand I want Naruto to come back when he feels he has relaxed and then face all the trouble," Deidara looked at Itachi with pleading eyes, even though he knew Naruto was coming with them, he would prefer it to happen when Itachi has fully agreed with his way.

"Fine, have it your way." 'I really hope we won't regret this decision' Itachi sighed loudly and pulled Deidara into his arms.

Meanwhile, Naruto woke up on the couch and saw the T.V was on. He looked around and wondered how he fell asleep on the couch. Then he started remembering how these days were tiresome for him; he had been running away from Sasuke, literally. He slept in a different room and waited until Sasuke went to work to wake or pretend waking up. He looked back at the T.V and something caught his eyes that moment; it was a report showing a young girl who at most was aged 17 and had killed herself just because her parents kept her away from drugs in a rehab centerdue to her being an addict to drugs. She also wrote a last letter apparently addressed to her parents in which she wrote that she could no longer live without the drugs and excused herself for being such a bad daughter. He felt a little shiver run across his spine; it wasn't the first time he heard of drug addiction but something about this time told him that he should be concerned. He sighed, turned off the T.V and went upstairs to take a nap.