Chapter Four
Naruto and Sasuke walk into the building holding hands. No one pays them any mind but neither of them would have cared either way. They go up to the front desk and Naruto says they're here to see Tsunade and asks where they should go. The man behind the desk tells them to hold on a moment while he contacts her.
After a brief transaction they're directed where to go. Naruto nods and thanks him before leading Sasuke away. As they get closer to Tsunade's office Sasuke grows tenser and Naruto squeezes Sasuke's hand reassuringly. Sasuke smiles at him nervously but gratefully.
Naruto's about to open the door before Sasuke swats his hand. Naruto looks over at Sasuke in surprise and confusion but all he gets is a scowl. Then Sasuke reaches out a hand and knocks on the door. Naruto blinks a few times and then smiles in amusement. They hear a female voice on the other side call them in and this time Sasuke lets Naruto open the door. The two of them step inside and close the door behind them.
"Yo, Tsunade, nice to meet you." Naruto says. "I'm-
"Naruto, right? I can tell it's you from the lack of respect." Tsunade says.
"Eheheh, yeah that's me." Naruto agrees shamelessly.
"Well, at least you admit it." Tsunade sighs. "That means you must be Sasuke."
"Yes, it's nice to meet you Ms. Tsunade." Sasuke says.
"It's nice to meet you too. Well then, shall we get started?" Tsunade asks.
Tsunade has noticed that they're holding hands when they walked in. Now she sees Naruto turn to Sasuke, silently asking if he's okay or if he should stall. Tsunade smiles, he may be disrespectful but clearly he's kind hearted. She has a feeling that despite the fact that she's sure she'll find him annoying that she's going to like the kid.
Then there's Sasuke. He's respectful and proper, which is a pretty big contrast. Actually, now that she thinks about it they even look like opposites. She's curious as to what brought them together but doesn't ask. Somehow, however, she has a feeling Sasuke's going to annoy her too, oh well.
"Let's get this over with." Sasuke sighs.
Naruto watches Sasuke a moment longer before turning to look over at Tsunade and nods his head in agreement. Tsunade nods back to the both of them. They spend the next couple of hours going over things. Tsunade ends up being rather glad that Naruto went through the trouble to plan for them to do this together.
On the one occasion when Naruto left to go to the washroom and the two were left alone together Sasuke got all tense and became impossible to work with. It became glaringly obvious at that point how much of a difference Naruto makes.
"Alright, I think that's enough for today." Tsunade says. "When would you like to meet up again?"
"Any time is fine by me." Sasuke says but Tsunade doubts it and by the look on Naruto's face she'd say she's right.
"Ah… how about a couple days from now," Naruto asks uncertainly, "Does that sound good?"
Sasuke nods his head in the affirmative and leans in a bit towards Naruto, who smiles and relaxes in relief. Tsunade smiles at the two of them, it appears that a couple of days will be fine so she sets about planning a time for them to meet up. Sasuke doesn't offer anything again and Naruto asks when would be convenient. Tsunade has to admit that for all Sasuke's manners Naruto's the more helpful one out of the two of them. Tsunade suggests for them to meet up at two in the afternoon. Naruto glances over at Sasuke again before agreeing to the time.
"I'll see you in a couple of days then." Tsunade says.
"You bet! See ya around, Tsunade!" Naruto calls.
"Bye." Sasuke says.
With that said Sasuke begins to lead Naruto out of there this time, Naruto waving enthusiastically at Tsunade until they're out the door. Tsunade shakes her head in bemusement at Naruto and smiles. He must be good for Sasuke, Tsunade's sure of that and is happy for them.
Tsunade wonders what attracts the blonde to Sasuke though, he doesn't seem like the type of guy that would suit an eccentric guy like Naruto. Well, he knows Sasuke far better than she ever will. Either way, she's happy they have each other.
Naruto's about to suggest that they go out to eat but then realizes that's not what Sasuke needs right now. He will want to relax, which is not going to happen in public. Naruto grins and says that once they get home he'll make a nice meal for the two of them.
Sasuke smiles at him gratefully and nods his head. They quickly make their way home and as Sasuke sits at the table and rests his head on it, he watches Naruto set to work on making them dinner, a ramen free promised meal. Sasuke smiles at that and closes his eyes but then he hears Naruto leaving the kitchen and sits up and frowns.
"Where are you going?" Sasuke asks.
"I'm just gonna grab a few things." Naruto calls back to him. "Stay there, I'll be back in a sec."
Sasuke sighs but listens and places his head back down on the table and closes his eyes. Not long after he hears Naruto re-enter the kitchen and feels something being thrown over him. Sasuke blinks and sits up again. Looking at his shoulder he sees a blanket there and then he looks up at Naruto.
Sasuke sees him standing there grinning with a pillow in hand. Naruto sets it down where his head had been resting and pats it. Sasuke blinks at him a few more times and then offers him a small smile before placing his head back down on the pillow gratefully. He hears Naruto set back to work.
"Okay, I'm done!" Naruto proclaims an hour later.
"Hm?" Sasuke says looking up. "Oh, right, let me help."
"No, no, I've got it!" Naruto says. "Just move your pillow out of the way."
"Oh c'mon Naru, you made it all," Sasuke protests as he sets the pillow aside, "let me do a bit of the work."
"Nuh-uh, you just stay right there!" Naruto says. "The food is coming to you!"
Sasuke sighs and leans his head in his hand, watching as Naruto sets the table and puts the food on it. Sasuke pouts at him a little, wanting to help out. Naruto sees this and sighs while shaking his head at him and waves him over. Sasuke smiles and gets up and together they put everything on the table. Sasuke sits back down in his seat when they're done and Naruto sits across from him. Naruto grins at him and Sasuke smiles back at him.
"You really went all out today, huh?" Sasuke says looking at the assortment of food on the table. He's pretty sure there are all five of the food groups here.
"Eh, you think so?" Naruto asks looking at all the food on the table. "…Nah, this isn't all out. There would be more food than we could eat if I did that."
"If you say so." Sasuke says shaking his head in amusement.
Naruto grins and starts to grab food and put it on his plate. Sasuke does too after a moment. They both eat in a comfortable silence, simply enjoying each other's company. Naruto's eating at a fast rate but not as fast as they both know he can. Sasuke suspects it's for his sake, since he finds it disgusting and then will lose his appetite.
It isn't bad with his ramen since it's mainly just noodles but with meats, vegetables and what have you it just grosses him out. Besides, Naruto has eaten ramen like that since they were little kids, he had a long time to get used to it.
When Naruto's done he licks his lips and pats his stomach with a content sigh. Then Naruto moves his plate out of the way so he can set his head on his crossed arms and watch Sasuke. It used to disturb Sasuke how Naruto does that but Sasuke has gotten used to it by now so he ignores him and just continues eating. A little bit later Sasuke finishes as well and leans back in his chair. Naruto smiles at him and gets up and takes the dishes over to the sink to clean.
"I'll help with that." Sasuke says getting up.
"You don't have to." Naruto says, glancing back at him.
"You hate doing the dishes, Naruto." Sasuke says in exasperation.
"I'm being nice!" Naruto whines.
"Whatever, I'm still helping." Sasuke says.
"Have it your way." Naruto sighs.
Sasuke comes up beside Naruto and he hands a dish over to Sasuke to dry while he starts to wash a new one. For the next couple of minutes they wash and dry everything. Then they put all of it back in its proper place, mainly because Sasuke's a neat freak, otherwise Naruto would have put them away later. He probably would have washed them later too for that matter.
Either way, they're done now and Naruto turns to Sasuke with a grin. Sasuke comes up to Naruto and slips his arms around Naruto's waist and places his head on his shoulder. Naruto looks down at Sasuke in surprise, then smiles softly at him and wraps his arms around him. Sasuke nuzzles him and sighs contently while closing his eyes. Naruto kisses the top of Sasuke's head and then squeezes Sasuke gently while he watches him.
"Heheh, what's gotten into you all of a sudden?" Naruto asks.
"Nothing, you're the one who's trying to be all sweet all of a sudden." Sasuke says.
"What do you mean, 'all of a sudden'?" Naruto asks indignantly.
"I meant more than you already are." Sasuke laughs.
"That had better be what you meant! All of a sudden…" Naruto grumbles under his breath. "All of a sudden… I'm nice to him all the time."
"Seriously, Naruto? Get over it, I didn't mean it like that." Sasuke says in exasperation.
"But it's insulting." Naruto protests.
"I didn't mean it that way!" Sasuke yells.
"Okay, okay, sheesh no need to make me deaf." Naruto says.
"Would you just stop complaining?" Sasuke says agitatedly.
"Uh… right, anyway I have to go see the results of that DNA test tomorrow." Naruto says.
"Results? When did you go to get it tested?" Sasuke asks leaning away a bit.
"Well, I didn't, not really." Naruto says. "I just had the doc take my DNA for the test when I was in the hospital."
"…It was probably a nurse." Sasuke corrects. "Why didn't you tell me about it?"
"Oh, whatever, nurse doctor, same difference. Don't say anything against that." Naruto says. "Eh, no reason, it just didn't occur to me. Sorry, did you want me too? I just figured it didn't really matter when I went for it only the results that come from it."
"Of course I want to know!" Sasuke says.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to keep it from you." Naruto says frowning.
"I know, I just wish I'd known." Sasuke sighs.
"Well… nobody else knows either." Naruto offers.
Sasuke smiles and chuckles a little. He looks up at Naruto and kisses him on the cheek. Naruto blinks in surprise and Sasuke laughs at the expression on his face. Naruto frowns and tilts his head in confusion.
"What was that for?" Naruto asks curiously.
"For cheering me up." Sasuke says.
"Oh… okay!" Naruto says cheerfully. "Oh, so… did you want to come with me?"
"To get your results?" Sasuke asks. "Won't your dad be there?"
"Oh, you know, he didn't actually say," Naruto says, "but I guess he probably will be, huh?"
"Yes, I bet he will be." Sasuke says amusedly. "Text me the results though okay? I want to know how it turns out."
"Okay! If he is, I'll introduce you guys as soon as we get to know each other a bit!" Naruto proclaims happily.
"Yeah, I'd like that." Sasuke smiles.
"It's settled then!" Naruto says happily.
Naruto pulls out of the hug and takes Sasuke's hand instead and then leads him into the living room. He plops down onto the couch and spreads his arms open, with a grin on his face, in offering. Sasuke smiles at him in a slightly amused way before he sits down next to Naruto and leans against him. Naruto places an arm over Sasuke's shoulders. Then he dips his head down and kisses Sasuke's head while rubbing Sasuke's shoulder with his thumb. Sasuke lets out a soft sigh and closes his eyes contently, enjoying the feeling of Naruto's thumb caressing his shoulder and other affectionate actions he's receiving from Naruto.
Sasuke hears the TV being turned on and glances at it briefly before closing his eyes again. He and Naruto don't have a lot of shows in common and besides, he doesn't really feel like watching anything at the moment. Sasuke's happy with just being close to Naruto and snuggling with him always somehow lulls him into laziness. It irritates him sometimes since he doesn't particularly like being lazy but most of the time he's okay with it seeing as he enjoys it and all.
This time however he's getting sleepy too. He isn't sure why but decides it might have to do with the fact he's just eaten. Sasuke's only half-aware of the fact that he snuggles a bit closer to Naruto as he quickly ends up falling asleep.
"Hey Sasu-chan, you okay with this show?" Naruto asks.
He's been looking for something they can both watch but when Sasuke doesn't reply or smack him for the nickname Naruto looks over at him in confusion. That's when he realizes his adorable boyfriend is asleep. Naruto grins softly and changes his mind about watching TV and turns it off. He gets them into a laying position agonisingly slowly so as to ensure he does not disturb Sasuke's slumber.
Once he has accomplished this Naruto brings the hand he has wrapped around Sasuke up to his hair and gently brushes the loose strands behind his ear. Then he runs his fingers through his hair a few times before settling it at his waist. Sasuke moved in his sleep so his head is now resting on Naruto's chest and his arms are pressed close to him but still on Naruto's chest. He has also linked one of his legs with one of Naruto's. Blue eyes glow with happiness as he watches Sasuke and soon he's fallen asleep with him.
Sasuke wakes up to find himself curled up against Naruto on the couch. It takes him a moment to process the change in positions from when he fall asleep to now in his groggy state. When he does he blinks a few times in surprise and looks down at himself and sees he's tangled himself up with Naruto. Sasuke blushes a little and glances up at Naruto to discover he's asleep.
Sasuke smiles a little and closes his eyes, snuggling back into Naruto. He sighs softly and listens to the beating of his heart. He runs a hand over Naruto's chest, allowing his mind to supply an image for his hand's wandering. Sasuke can feel the strong, well-built body beside him and he likes it.
"Ah, so warm..." Sasuke murmurs to himself.
Just lying around like this with Naruto, it feels nice to Sasuke. He caresses Naruto's cheek and runs his fingers through the blonde locks. Sasuke hears him make a soft noise and Naruto shifts his head so it's leaning into Sasuke's touch. Sasuke smiles and yawns. He shuffles upward a bit and buries his nose in Naruto's neck. Sasuke rests his arm on Naruto's shoulder with his fingers still tangled in Naruto's hair. He fiddles with it a bit, until he falls back asleep.