Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me no matter how much I beg.
Summary: Welcome to Hokage Mental Institute for the insane, home of Uzumaki Naruto. Enter Uchiha Sasuke, an angry teenager in need of a new therapy class. But what's really wrong with Naruto? And how does Sasuke help? Yaoi, SasuNaru, KakaIru.
Other: "Talking" / 'Thoughts' / Writing / Flashback/dream /Shukaku / Kyuubi
Pairings: SasuNaru, KakaIru
Where is my mind?
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Wonderwall
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And maybe… you're gonna be the one that saves me… And after all, you're my wonderwall.
"Bored, bored, bored," Naruto chanted, staring at the ceiling of his room. "Bored, bored, bored…"
Shut up…
"Ha! How do you like it!?" Naruto jeered before catching himself. "Wait! You don't exist!"
Don't start that again. Just give it up.
"Never!" Naruto snapped. He continued his chant, staring up at the ceiling. He was all alone, since the doctors weren't taking any chances with Gaara. The redhead was dragged from one doctor to another, each sure they know the cause of his 'illness.'
We're not an illness!
"You're not real is what you are," Naruto growled. "Now leave me alone!"
Moron…
"Baka!"
Usuratonkachi
"Teme!"
"Dobe…"
"Hey! Don't call me th…" Naruto trailed off as he realized the insult had been spoken out loud. Sitting up, he stared at the open door, too shocked to insult the raven standing there.
"S-Sasuke?" He said. "What are you doing here?"
Sasuke ignored him, crossing to Gaara's bed, sitting on it.
"I'm here to visit you, obviously," he said dryly. "You seriously can't be that dense, dobe."
"Don't call me that, teme!" Naruto shouted, leaping to his feet and pointing at the raven. Sasuke shifted until he was stretched out on Gaara's bed comfortably. Naruto glared at him, not liking his non-responsiveness.
"Sit down," Sasuke muttered. To Naruto and Sasuke's surprise, the blonde did just that.
"Still don't know why you're here, teme," Naruto mumbled, hiding a grin.
'I have a visitor!' He thought excitedly. 'Sure it's the teme, but still! A visitor!'
"Tell me about your family, dobe," Sasuke commanded from the bed, his eyes closed. Naruto huffed, settling himself back onto his bed.
"I already told you, teme," he growled. "My father was a scientist. He worked with Gaara's dad. Until they both died that is…"
"Anything else?" Sasuke asked in a bored tone. Naruto glared at him.
"Excuse me if my family history isn't as interesting as yours, teme!" Naruto snapped. Calming down before he said something stupid, Naruto took a deep breath, ready to ask a bold question. "Do you hate Weird Flower Guy?"
Sasuke's eyes flew open, staring up at the ceiling.
'Why the fuck would he ask that!?'
"I-It's just, I don't have any siblings," Naruto mumbled. "T-The closest I've got is Gaara… I love him like a brother, we even call each other brother, but I don't know what it's actually like to have a real brother…"
Naruto cut of his rambling and stared at the ground. Sasuke smirked mentally.
'So this 'Gaara' isn't his lover…' he thought. 'Good…'
"Look," Naruto began. "You don't have to ans-"
"Yes," Sasuke answered simply. "I hate him. With all my heart."
Naruto took in a deep breath, staring over at the raven. Sasuke kept his eyes locked on the ceiling.
"But he's crazy…" Naruto whispered. "Crazy people can't help themselves…"
"Would you kill a whole family?" Sasuke asked coldly. Naruto looked down sadly.
"No…" he mumbled. Sasuke nodded in satisfaction.
"Crazy people still have some control," he said. "Like you."
"Why did he leave you alive?" Naruto asked cautiously. "Just you and Tobi…"
Sasuke was silent for a minute as he contemplated whether or not to tell the blonde.
"I don't know why he left Tobi alive," he said at last. "But he said he slaughtered the whole family for me… he said it was all for me…"
Naruto gaped at the raven.
"W-What?" He cried. "Why would he kill your whole family and claim it's for you!?"
"Fucked if I know," Sasuke growled, closing his eyes again. "I'm not crazy."
"Well I am," Naruto muttered. "And I still don't know…"
They fell into a comfortable silence, both of them thinking. Naruto's thoughts lingered on Weird Flower Guy, while Sasuke's centered on the blonde. He had never told anyone else so much about his past, except Kakashi.
With a slight grunt Naruto stood, grabbing a different top and pants. After glancing over at Sasuke to make sure he still had his eyes closed, Naruto pulled his pants off quickly, sliding the new ones on before pulling his top off.
Sasuke heard the rustling of cloth and opened his eyes. Looking over at Naruto, his black eyes widened as he saw the blonde just tugging his pants on. As the blonde's top came off, Sasuke's wide eyes narrowed at the sight of cuts and scars crisscrossing his back, cuts and scars that weren't there last time.
'Where the fuck did those come from!?' Sasuke thought. 'Who the fuck did that!?'
Naruto settled the top over himself, turning around. Sasuke was still lying with his eyes closed. Naruto quickly climbed into his bed, snuggling into the covers, watching the raven curiously. Sasuke opened his eyes, turning to look at the blonde.
"Shouldn't Gaara be here?" He asked. Naruto shook his head, sorrow creeping into his eyes.
"He's not always here," he mumbled. "Sometimes it's just me…alone…"
Sasuke grunted his eyes still locked on the blonde.
"Alone… isolated…" he muttered. Naruto looked at him confused. "I know that feeling…"
Naruto nodded, shivering despite his coverings.
"I hate being alone…" he whispered. Naruto closed his eyes, shuttering the bright blue orbs. Sasuke stared at the small window, noting that it was still daylight outside.
'Kid has weird sleeping patterns…'
Despite everything, Sasuke found his own eyes sliding shut. His last view was of the dobe, curled up on his side looking helpless, his golden hair splayed over the pillow.
0-o-0-o-0
Sasuke smiled down at the blonde who was lying with his head in the raven's lap. Stroking the soft hair, Sasuke was rewarded with a smile.
"Naruto," he whispered. He relished the feeling of the name on his tongue, it was the first time he had said it. "Are you comfortable?"
The blonde smiled up at him, his blue eyes sparkling.
"You always worry over me, teme!" He complained in an obviously happy voice. "As long as I'm with you, I'm happy!"
"Good," Sasuke murmured. "All I want is for you to be happy."
Suddenly, the color drained from Naruto's face. He looked up at Sasuke with wide eyes filled with pain.
"I-I don't want to be alone…" he whispered. "Please! I don't want to be alone again!"
Sasuke frowned, holding Naruto's head still.
"You're not alone, Naruto," he said soothingly. "I'm here…"
"Mother!" Naruto cried out. "Don't leave me! Father! Dad! Daddy!"
"Naruto!" Sasuke snapped, gripping his head tight. "Snap out of it!"
"Sasuke…" Naruto whispered, his eyes looking straight through the raven. "Alone like poor Sasuke…"
0-o-0-o-0
Sasuke's eyes snapped open, staring at the ceiling of the room. It took the raven a moment to work out where he was, but a cry from the side drew his attention.
Naruto was thrashing about in his bed, face scrunched up.
"No…" the blonde cried. "I don't want to be alone… alone again…"
Sasuke rose silently, padding over to the blonde. Naruto continued to cry out for his parents, Gaara, Iruka and even Sasuke himself. Sasuke reached out and gripped the blonde's shoulder hesitantly. To his surprise, Naruto quieted immediately, a peaceful expression drifting over his features.
Sasuke sighed, releasing the blonde reluctantly and turning back to Gaara's bed. As soon as he turned away from the blonde, Naruto's whimpering started up again. Sasuke turned back to him, placing a hand on the blonde's shoulder again. Naruto was silent. Sasuke removed the hand. Noise. Hand on, silence. Hand off, noise.
With a resigned sigh, Sasuke sat on the edge of the bed, hand resting on the blonde. Naruto sighed in relief, before rolling away to the other side of the small bed. Sasuke eyed the spot the blonde left behind; it was practically inviting him to lie in it. With another sigh, Sasuke slipped into the bed, pulling the covers over himself. Almost immediately, Naruto rolled over onto Sasuke, lying on the raven's chest. Sasuke felt his face heat up as the blonde giggled lightly in his sleep, nuzzling the raven's chest. Sasuke awkwardly wrapped his arms around the kitsune, surprised at how natural it felt to have the blonde in his arms. After thinking for a moment, the raven held the blonde tighter, nuzzling the shock of blonde hair before him.
'I won't let you be alone anymore…'
0-o-0-o-0
"There you go Gaara!" Lee chirped, getting no response as usual from the redhead. "I will see you tomorrow!"
Gaara ignored him, entering his 'cage' as he liked to call it. His eyes flew straight to his brother, and he froze, blinking a couple of times.
Oh, hell no!
Naruto was lying in the arms of some black haired kid. The blonde was leaning on his chest; the brunette has his face buried in the blonde mop before him.
Get that bastard off Kitsune!
Gaara let his lips curl back in a silent snarl as he stalked over to his bed. He threw himself onto it, glaring at the two entwined teens.
Tanuki! Why aren't you doing anything!?
"Think, you moron," Gaara hissed. "What can you hear?"
Nothing! What does that have to do with anything!?
"Exactly!" Gaara snapped. "Nothing! Where the hell is Kyuubi!?"
Gaara only received silence as his answer. He continued to glare at the two, eyes mainly locked on the brunette.
'This must be Sasuke…' Gaara thought. 'But what is he doing here?'
Who gives a fuck!? He's corrupting our brother!
"I'll get him out of the picture," Gaara snarled. "Just you wait… that bastard will wish he never laid eyes on our brother…"
0-o-0-o-0
Shuffling, Naruto frowned at the foreign scent that was invading his nose, a mix of blueberries and mint.
'Mmm… that smells nice…' he thought. 'What is it?'
Opening bleary eyes he looked around. He realized he was in his bed, wrapped in someone's arms.
'Gaara…' he thought. 'Gaara returned…'
His eyes drifted across to where Sasuke had lain earlier, on Gaara's bed, and was shocked to see the owner of the bed glaring back at him.
"Gaara?" He whispered. The redhead didn't move. "Then who…?"
Sitting up, Naruto struggled out of the tight grip. To his shock, he saw Sasuke laying there, his eyes closed, arms wrapped tightly around Naruto's waist.
Naruto screamed.
Sasuke sat bolt upright, awoken by a scream.
"What?" He began, looking around for Naruto. The blonde was curled against the wall next to the bed, as far away as possible, staring at Sasuke with wide, horrified eyes. "What happened…?"
"Teme!" The blonde shrieked. "What were you doing in my bed!? With me in it!"
A snicker sounded from across the room and Sasuke turned, locking eyes with the pale redhead sitting there. In that instant, they both developed an instant hate for each other.
"Who are you?" Sasuke snarled, sitting up and shuffling in front of Naruto to block him from rushing across to the redhead.
"Teme!" Naruto shrieked behind him. "That's Gaara! Let me past!"
Sasuke moved out of the way, still slightly dazed. He snapped out of it when he saw Naruto climb into Gaara's lap, leaning against the older boy's chest, jealousy flaring up in the Uchiha. Gaara wrapped protective arms around the blonde, holding him close as he glared at Sasuke with a mix hate and smug satisfaction in his eyes.
"Why were you in Naruto's bed?" Gaara asked coldly, holding the blonde tighter. "Well?"
Sasuke ignored him, eyes locked on Naruto.
"Dobe?" He said softly. Naruto turned to look at him shyly, a blush on his face. "You were calling out in the night..."
Naruto blinked a couple of times, a frown flittering on his face.
"I was…?" He mumbled. Sasuke nodded. "Well… that's no excuse for climbing into bed with me!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes, trying to resist strangling the blonde or ripping him out of Gaara's arms and holding him tight.
"You baka," he growled. "You were calling out for me, saying you didn't want to be alone…"
'Stretching the truth never hurt…' Sasuke thought. 'Sure he called for his parent, Gaara and Iruka first… but they weren't there! I was!'
Naruto paled slightly.
"I've been alone…" Sasuke continued, squatting down in front of the blonde and ignoring Gaara. "I hate it… I didn't want to leave you alone…"
Naruto smiled slightly, looking down at the raven.
"T-Thank you…" he whispered.
"That's still no excuse," Gaara interrupted. "For climbing into bed with him and probably molesting him."
Naruto paled, eyes widening as he looked himself over. Sasuke glared up at Gaara as Naruto began to shriek again, Gaara returning the glare with equal hatred.
"Dobe," Sasuke sighed. "I didn't molest you… you see, whenever I moved away…"
Sasuke began his explanation, knowing that it would take a while due to the combination of Naruto's denseness and Gaara's incriminating interruptions.
Ok! It's 12.24 pm on Tuesday over here in Aus so I get to update!! Enjoy!