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The house was silent. And Sasuke was used to it being this way, but somehow it was too silent. This silence was awkward and tense despite them being in totally different parts of the house. Sasuke had needed to use the bathroom after a while of straining his eyes on the TV, and ended up staying there longer than he needed. He just stood in front of the mirror watching himself in confusion. All this had become so damn weird. He couldn't really wrap his head around what was happening.
It took a little while, but Sasuke finally decided to go back out into the living room. When he got there he was surprised to find it empty. Filled with worry that this man, a stranger was roaming his house, Sasuke went looking for him. He checked the kitchen first, but there was no sign of anyone's presence other than his own. Afterwards he went up stairs and checked all the bedrooms, even his own. The worry plopped in Sasuke's stomach like a hoard of flies as he kept looking, but couldn't find Naruto.
So he went and checked the first floor once more. He walked around and through the foyer, the kitchen the halls, the bathroom, but found no one. The only room left was his study. Originally he had ruled that out because he had always kept that door closed and locked to keep Itachi from poking his nose into his things. Despite knowing this, he went down and checked the study. As he approached, he realized the door was open.
Naruto jumped up high in the air, almost dropping the picture frame he held when Sasuke slammed the door fully open. He trembled in the sight of this older man who glared with an intensity that made him want to cower away. Sasuke felt a kind of satisfaction fill his chest at this. Despite the obvious fear and nervousness that oozed from Naruto like sweat, he began to stand up a bit more confidently. His hands were still tense and he continued to gnaw at his lips, but still felt a sliver of confidence as they stared at one another in silence.
"What are doing in here?" Sasuke demanded, breaking the silence that has been made between the two since what felt like so long ago.
Naruto sighed, but wasted no time in trying to justify his being there. "Th-the door was open and I just-" He groaned softly, fiddling with the frame in his hands. "-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have just come in here and just started –ugh, I'm sorry."
Sasuke snorted at the apology. He went further into the room, snatched the picture away from Naruto, and then huffing.
"The door was open you said?" He asked, his voice softer than it was before. Naruto nodded his head slightly in response. Sasuke glanced back at him and sighed.
The previous night, before Naruto had tipped over the nightstand Sasuke had been roaming the study. He must have left the door open.
Sasuke shook his head. Figures.
Once more a silence overtook as Sasuke raised the picture to look at it. Sasuke scoffed. He could almost laugh at this ordeal. Of course Naruto would have picked up the photo of him and his family standing in front of their old home. The one they lived in before Sasuke decided to move out and they later deciding to move out to places further into the city.
It was so absolutely cliché.
"Is that your family?" Sasuke smirked at the question.
So damn cliché.
"Yes." He managed to say without laughing in bitter amusement. Naruto had only seemed to nod his head in response before an awkward silence filled the room.
"You look a lot like your mother." Naruto decided to comment after a while of just standing there. Sasuke pressed his lips together as he stared into his mother's image. He hummed quietly, only slightly acknowledging what was said as he placed the frame back in its rightful place.
"That would only make sense." Sasuke replied, the sarcasm just dripping from his tongue. Naruto's eyes seemed to harden for a second before softening again as the intensity of the air began to settle a little deeper.
It was quiet again as they stood not next to, but just a near each other, just close enough. While Sasuke opted to stare at his desk, Naruto chose the ground to be his point of rest. After a few moments of this endless silence, Sasuke was just about ready to kick Naruto out of his study and not allow him back in as long as he stayed in his house, but Naruto interrupted him by asking another question.
"How old were you in that picture?"
Sasuke was surprised at the question but answered none the less.
"Seventeen." He said, looking on to the picture that held memories of a not so wild youth. Granted there were times when he went out and about with one to a few people of his social group, but there weren't as many as other's had. His main priority had always been school, but that didn't mean his libido was never taken accounted for.
"And that was how long ago?" His voice was a bit quieter this time. Not so much that Sasuke couldn't hear him, just a subtle difference.
Sasuke's breathing was slow and calm despite the odd feeling in his stomach that came from the inquires of the picture. He suddenly felt too open…too public for some odd reason. But in spite of this odd mix of feelings he answered.
"Five years." He replied, his voice just as quiet as Naruto's had been. "What's with all the questions?" He found himself asking.
Naruto simply shrugged his shoulders. "I figured that if I had to stay with you for a few days then I should at least get to know you a bit."
Sasuke nodded his head, having found truth in his words. His main worry this whole time was the fact that this man had been a stranger, but it wasn't like he had done anything to fix that.
"Since you make such a good point, how old are you?"
Now it was Naruto's turn to be surprised it seemed. But what did he expect? That he could go and ask about Sasuke's life and Sasuke wouldn't do the same? He could scoff at the notion.
"Eh -um… I… I'm Eighteen years old." Naruto replied. His voice was a bit jittery, but that was probably because he assumed he wouldn't ask any questions.
Sasuke nodded his head at the answer. He felt a bit of sympathy run through him. It was kind of sad to see someone so young have to be on the streets. But Sasuke supposed there were younger out there.
"S-so you're…twenty-two?" Naruto suddenly asked. Sasuke turned his head the moment he heard Naruto speak. A thought crossed his mind that he wanted to voice. Luckily Sasuke immediately realized doing so probably wouldn't be a good idea. Regardless it seemed like Naruto knew exactly what he was thinking.
"Just because I'm eighteen and homeless doesn't mean I can't count." He immediately scolded. Sasuke winced a bit at the sudden volume of his voice, and mentally cursed himself for allowing his feelings show on his face. "I did graduate high school you know."
Sasuke nodded his head, turning away nervously before realizing what he had just said. "You graduated high school?" He asked. Naruto himself seemed to realize what he admitted and crossed his arms over his chest, closing himself off. "Last summer?"
Naruto let out a deep sigh. After maybe a minute or so he nodded his head. "Yeah."
As the seconds passed by Sasuke began to feel a strong sense of curiosity sprout in the pit of his stomach. He found Naruto interesting in some odd sense and couldn't help wanting to know more.
"What school?"
Naruto seemed a little hesitant to answer the questions. Only God knows why, he had begun to turn away as if he regretted beginning this whole "get to know each other" thing, but he answered either way.
"Hidden Sand High."
Sasuke nodded his head. Hidden Sand was an okay school from what he's heard. It was in Suna, which was south of Konoha and was quite a distance away at that. It would usually take almost maybe 7 to 8 hours, there and back. It made Sasuke wonder how Naruto ended up all the way over here.
"How did you get all the way over here from Suna?" He asked. Naruto didn't seem to want to answer for a few seconds, and Sasuke was preparing to not receive one, but then Naruto cleared his throat.
"I uh, had been staying here with some guys." He replied quietly, "Obviously that didn't work out very well." He mumbled afterwards. He probably didn't intend for Sasuke to hear, but he did.
"Where are your parents?"
Of all the things Sasuke asked today, this question seemed to be the most bothersome to Naruto. His body almost immediately tensed up and the urge to stay quiet seemed most evident as the time passed and the silence continued. After some time Sasuke decided to put this game of 20 questions aside and leave Naruto be for the rest of the day, but it was then that his reservations were put to away and once again chose to answer.
"I don't know." That was all Sasuke got. Usually, he would leave these kind of things at that. It was clear that the other party did not like this topic, but that only made Sasuke more curious. So now that he had something, he wanted more.
"What do you mean you don't know?" He asked. Naruto shrugged his shoulders tiredly. "You don't know where they are?" Sasuke continued to pester, which, again was totally unlike him.
Naruto chuckled, and before Sasuke could question his sanity, he spoke. "I don't even know if they're alive."
Sasuke nodded silently
And that was when he decided to stop. That was the end of the conversation. He wasn't going to continue it and he was pretty damn sure Naruto didn't want to either. So once again a silence overtook them and neither one of them bothered to even fill it.
The day continued on quietly. It was like Sasuke didn't even have someone else in his house. They barely interacted at all. The only time they did was when Sasuke asked Naruto if he wanted to eat lunch and he nodded his head happily before latching back onto his reservations, and when Sasuke offered him a chance so use the shower, even going as far as so lend him some clothing while he was at it. Sasuke was trying to say the least.
That was only a few minutes ago and Sasuke was sitting in his room reading over documents for work. He would usually be doing this kind of thing in his study, but he for some reason wanted to be able to hear when Naruto got out of the shower. Not in a creepy way of course. He just…wanted to be there? Even Sasuke had absolutely no clue as to why he was doing this. It wasn't like he actually believed that Naruto would steal something… for whatever reason, but he was already here and there was no point in going down to the study after already getting settled. If asked –which he doubted- he could just say he simply felt like being in his room. Easy-peasy.
The slight sound of a door being opened brought Sasuke out of his thoughts and he had to control himself from looking out into the hall. It wasn't until he heard Naruto call for him, that he decided to actually go look outside.
Naruto was awkwardly peeking his head out into the hall when Sasuke came out of his room. And when he saw him, he quickly stepped back slightly into the bathroom so that only his eyes could be seen. Sasuke stared back at him with a curious look on his face as he went towards him, asking what he needed. Naruto's eyes moved in jerk-y motions as he tried to come up with a suitable answer.
"D-do you know where my clothes are?" He asked. Sasuke watched Naruto with a blank expression as he answered.
"I put them to wash, figured you wouldn't mind." Now that he thought about it, Sasuke should have known to ask for Naruto's permission before touching his things. He more than anyone knew the value of privacy and he clearly just invaded his.
Luckily Naruto didn't seem to mind. He only nodded his head thoughtfully and turned back in towards the bathroom. "Oh, no it's fine. Th-thank you." He stayed quiet only for a few seconds before continuing. "It's just that uh…I kind of need –um, so like…you know…"
After listening to his endless rambling for so long, Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Get to it please." He said impatiently. Naruto, obviously not having liked his tone of voice, glared at him and continued.
"I don't have any underwear." He deadpanned, with reddened cheeks.
Sasuke pursed his lips together in awkwardly. "Oh." This was sure beginning to be a predicament
Naruto nodded his head in return. "Yeah."
Sasuke stared at him. He didn't know what to do. On one hand he could give Naruto a pair of his underwear, which seemed gross and unsanitary. Or he could just have him wait until his clothes came out of the wash, which would lead to him having to essentially "rock out with his cock out". Either way, Sasuke had no clue what Naruto was packing down there, and both options would probably end in fire, so now it was just a matter of what he was willing to lose.
But before Sasuke could say anything, Naruto just sighed in exhaustion. "Whatever, do you mind?" He asked. Sasuke shook his head quickly, and as soon as he got the answer Naruto slammed the door shut.
Seems like the pants are the ones to go.
When he came back out a few minutes later Sasuke had to keep himself from looking down. He was quite confident that whatever was there would consist of a very visible outline of a penis.
Before Sasuke could quite literally kick himself for giving Naruto thin pants, said man thanked him for the clothing and went on his way. He watched him as he walked away, catching the way his blonde hair shined from the wash and how it bounced with his every step.
Quickly he shook his head as if to rid of his thoughts. This was all so very strange.
The moment the drier made it's usual ding, Sasuke was quick to retrieve Naruto's clothing. All he wanted now was for him to have some underwear on. The thought of some other man's genitals rubbing all over his pants somehow didn't sit right with him. Even if he had no intention of taking back the pants. It honestly just left an odd feeling in his stomach.
Sasuke took quick steps to the guest room where he figured Naruto would be hiding in attempt to, you know, hide his privates. When he got there he felt hesitation reside in himself, promptly keeping him from knocking on it. He didn't know where this hesitation came from. By nature he was very confident in everything he did. But as of late, that didn't seem very so.
Before Sasuke could push himself to raise his fist any further, the door opened. Naruto stood in front of him with an amused glint in his eyes as he looked onto Sasuke. They were both quiet as they gazed upon each other. Sasuke acting more awkwardly than the other. His behavior was starting to become quite worrisome.
"Um…here." Sasuke said, handing Naruto his clothing. Naruto offered Sasuke a small smile, thanking him as he received the clothes and then without another word, closed the door.
Sasuke stood at the door, stunned. After a few minutes of being frozen in place, he was able to find it in himself to move along. And so, stiffly, Sauske walked back to his own room. He felt a discomfort in his chest as he leaned into his closed bedroom door. With a slight groan he slid himself down into a sitting position. He wasn't sure what it was exactly. It just had something to do with that smile. It wasn't the first time he had felt something akin to this from seeing that smile. It happened that morning as well.
That smile.
There was something about it, but he couldn't figure what. There really shouldn't have been anything special about it.
But somehow it was.
It was special in the oddest of ways. In a way that Sasuke could barely even understand.
Could it be the happiness of giving? Of giving others happiness? Of seeing someone look grateful?
Whatever it was, Sasuke really didn't like it.
Tokyo Ghoul root A ending song makes me happy.
I'm not sure if this chapter is filler-like or not but whatever. I hoped you enjoyed it.
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