"Well, now is not the time for you to sit quietly here. You have an engagement in less than 30 minutes, and people are frantically looking for you at this moment. You can't be late in your own house, can ya?" Naruto said with a sincere smile, his eyes gradually smiling as his grin turned wider as he spoke.
However, those sentences were like a mist of breeze to Sasuke's ears. Another thing was quick to distract his entire attention. A distraction that surprised even himself, making it unbearable not to mention right away.
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"Naruto, you used my perfume, didn't you?" asked Sasuke with a low voice.
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Hearing that, Naruto was visibly startled. He didn't expect Sasuke to find his hidden deed in a moment like that. Naruto started to have a bubbling panic, since he knew Sasuke didn't particularly like it when his own belongings were touched, let alone used by other people.
"E..eh... ahh..., I, I… Didn't mean to do it, really, the perfume is on your tab—ehh?" Naruto stuttered while scratching his not-itchy scalp, but his testimony was put into a stop due to an unexpected response he got in return.
Sasuke smiled. Yes, Sasuke was smiling with his gaze still on him. A very subtle one, but still visible nonetheless. Throughout the day and several days before, Sasuke was often seen with an absentminded look, even his smiles were mostly forced. Unlike this time, which was a simple arc on his lips yet it performed honesty so well and without having any effort whatsoever.
And Naruto didn't have the faintest idea that he was the reason of that particular sincere smile on the Uchiha's cold face.
The nuance was quiet for a handful of seconds, until Naruto followed suit. Not long after his smile widened into his signature grin.
To be able to witness pure joy from the blonde was somehow warming Sasuke's frozen heart evenmore. He felt enchanted by the young male's charm. And he felt grateful for the last chance to actually feel the typical comfort with Naruto before his passage of life drifted astray from his own choice.
Drop by drop of translucent fluid began to fall onto the face of the earth. It wouldn't take long for the rain to dominate the sky.
Naruto who was the first to realize the drizzle outside then exclaimed, "Woaa! Sasuke, it's raining! We gotta hurry up before it gets bad! C'mon!" In that instant he proceeded to grab Sasuke's left arm and pull him hastily, albeit not harshly. Sasuke's right hand moved on reflex to reach for his forgotten suit dangling on the window sill, and followed Naruto, who was being clumsy at the moment.
Sasuke looked longingly at Naruto's back with a pained smile.
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'Let the clouds overcast my heart, as long as that rainbow never ceases from your eyes. I'm willing to let you go for the sake of your happiness, Naruto.'
