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No Important A/N
.::. Chapter Four .::.
That Night
"Get rid of it Mikoto! It's going to tear everything apart." Fagaku roared after dinner. Mikoto grimaced. Itachi stayed silent.
"But…Fagaku-kun…Naruto-chan doesn't mean to…be what he is." She whispered, her confidence from last time gone. Fagaku snorted and got to his feet, stomping to the door.
"Either get rid of it, or I will." He snarled, throwing the door open and leaving.
Itachi watched as his mother buried her head in her hands. He stood and walked to the door, opening it. "I'll do it Kaa-san. He'll be gone by morning." He told her.
"Just don't hurt him, please." "Of course not." He assured, leaving.
.::. N/S .::.
5 Years Later
"Kono bakabakashi dobe!" (1)
"Kono teme!" (2)
"Stop you two. Sasuke-kun, just ignore him. Naruto is doing it only to spite you." Haruno Sakura sighed, tired of the two's useless fighting.
Hatake Kakashi shook his head, also tired.
"Go home, get some rest, and for goodness sake, cool off." He instructed, disappearing. Sakura said good-bye and took her leave, not wanting to be around either of the two boys at the moment.
Blue eyes burned angrily into onyx then Naruto, now 12-years-old like his other teammates, stalked off away from Sasuke.
'I hate you.' ran through both of their heads.
.::. N/S .::.
'Damn I don't want to do this.'
Naruto sighed and watched his breath form a small cloud in front of his lips. Geese it was cold! This yarou (3) had better still be up.
He hopped silently up the steps to Sasuke's door. The apartment was dark. He growled and banged on it. No answer. Figured.
Naruto let out a frustrated growl and jumped to the roof. 'If you won't answer the door, maybe you'll wake up to the annoyance on your roof.' He thought, sitting down hard on the roof. He'd let the teme think that he'd gone, then bang on the roof until Sasuke woke and came to him.
"What the hell do you want dobe?"
Naruto jumped and glared over his shoulder. Sasuke glowered down at him.
Naruto sighed and looked down, towards the dark village. "Sorry…for today I mean." He muttered. Sasuke snorted and sat beside him. "Whatever. It doesn't matter." He said. Naruto nodded and stood to leave, walking to the edge of the roof. He hesitated.
"Sasuke…" "What?" Naruto sighed and rubbed his arms against the sudden cold wind. He gazed at the stars.
"Why do you hate me too…?" he whispered. Shaking his head he said louder, "Never mind. Nothing." And jumped to the ground. Sasuke stood and watched him start walking away. He blew out a breath; it was getting colder.
"Naruto." He called. The blonde stopped and looked back at him. Sasuke beckoned him back. Naruto hesitated before running and jumping back onto the roof. He looked at the Uchiha.
"Yeah?" Sasuke shrugged and dug into his pocket for his key. "Your side of town's power is gone. It's getting colder by the minuet." He jumped down and unlocked the door, looking up to Naruto.
"You can stay with me tonight. I don't need a sick teammate getting in my way tomorrow. C'mon." Naruto opened his mouth but for once nothing left it. He came down and followed Sasuke inside.
The dark-haired boy hit the light's on and walked to the kitchen. Naruto looked around.
"Don't just stand there. Shut the door and sit down." Naruto obeyed and Sasuke came back out with two bowls. He handed one to him and sat in another chair. Naruto looked at him, then the food.
Ramen.
"You eat ramen?!" he asked incredulously. Sasuke smirked. "And? I never said I didn't like it. I just don't eat it as much as you do." Naruto laughed and dug in.
They sat in comfortable silence as they ate, and when they finished Sasuke sighed and looked at his hands. Naruto was getting the last noodle when he decided to speak.
"I don't hate you Naruto."
Naruto looked up and his sky eyes hardened. "Yeah right." He snorted, looking away. Sasuke rubbed a weary hand over his face.
"Naruto, just listen to me for once." He sighed. "Why should I?! Don't you think I remember just as well, if not better, than you do about living with you when we were kids?" he growled and stood, looking at the guilt-faced Uchiha.
"You showed me what a family was when you took me in. I found out what it might have been like to have a mother, a brother. Then I go to sleep in a warm house and wake up so far away from you I'm not even sure I'm still in Konaha! How do you think that felt, huh? And when I finally find my way back to the Academy, I expect to see you and talk and laugh like we had, but instead you ignore me and act just like everyone else. Do you even realize how hurt I was?!"
Sasuke looked up at him. "I know. I saw you were hurt. But you've got to understand. Back then, one of the most important things to me was please my father. He told me to stay away from you. Believe me, I woke up and freaked out when you weren't there. I asked my mom but she couldn't answer. Itachi wouldn't. Then my dad told me you were gone and that I wasn't allowed to associate with you at all anymore. He ordered me away. I couldn't disobey him."
Naruto stared at him and whispered, "But after they were gone Sasuke…even then you stayed away." Sasuke glanced away. "I thought about you, thought about trying to explain. But then I felt I was still disobeying my father even though he was gone. I just couldn't go against him, especially then."
Naruto's fists unclenched and he fell back onto the couch, a tired look in his eyes. He was silent then nodded slowly, as though unsure why he was.
"I don't hate you Naruto. Not like everyone else hates you. Not like I hate Itachi. I hate you like I would a rival…maybe a brotherly hate. But I've never hated you like my father did." Naruto looked up at him and found a way to smile. "Good. I'm glad. I'm not sure I could take it if you really hated me." Sasuke gave him a genuine smile like he'd used to as a child.
"Yeah. Well, get some sleep. We've still got training tomorrow." "Okay." They fixed him a makeshift bed on the sofa and Sasuke left, cutting the light off on his way out.
The Uchiha lay awake, staring at the moon through the window, waiting for sleep to come calling. He thought over the night's events and sighed. It felt good to get that off his chest, though he doubted if he'd ever be able to change his attitude towards the blonde now after all that time.
He closed his eyes slowly and was almost fully asleep when soft footsteps padded across his floor. He smiled and pat the side of the bed.
"Ii kara. (4) I don't mind." He said.
"…Ii no? (5)" came the Fox's timid reply. Sasuke smiled again.
"Hai." He answered.
The footsteps resumed and a weight pulled the side of the bed down. The blonde lay down carefully, still hesitant. Sasuke made a soft snort and put his arm around his shoulders, pulling him closer in the comforting gesture.
Naruto sighed softly and tucked his head under Sasuke's chin. Sasuke rested his chin comfortably and heard Naruto whisper drowsily, "G'night Sasuke." He smiled as his eyes slipped closed and murmured back, "Good-night Naru-chan…"
Well it is finished. ((Tear)) Cute ending though I guess. Fluff...hehe. 8P
(1) Kono bakabakashi dobe--You stupid dumbass
(2) Kono teme--You asshole
(3) Yarou--Bastard
(4) Ii kara--It's okay
(5) Ii no--Is it okay?
I thank everyone who stuck with me and reviewed--THANK YOU! XD
Now, you guys tell me...Do you think this is a SasuNaru/NaruSasu fic, or just a friendship thing? My friend said when she read it it hinted at yaoi a bit, but didn't come fully out and say it. What do you think? Yaoi or no? 8P I await your answers! XD
-- Miah-Chan