Chapter 7
"Here. One for the road," Suigetsu said. He leaned forward, his hand wrapping in Sasuke's hair as he pushed his lips against his. Sasuke leaned back his head back slightly as the boy pushed his tongue into his mouth.
Sasuke closed his eyes and fought back a moan as Suigetsu's hand migrated south. Pulling away as he felt the boy fumbled with the button of his jeans.
"Sorry dude but I gotta go. Kakashi's going to be pissed. I'll be lucky if he doesn't send me to rehab."
"That sucks," Suigetsu said, pulling away. "Wait before you go," he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small baggy. Inside Sasuke could see few small colorful pills. "These should last you a little while. You can pay me back some other time."
"Thanks, I don't know what I'd do without you right now," Sasuke said as he put the baggy in his pocket.
"No problem, give me a call if you need anything."
"Alright," Sasuke climbed from the car. It was already close to one in the morning but all the lights were on in Kakashi's house. 'Course this didn't surprise Sasuke, but he had been hoping to be able to skin in unnoticed. He lifted a hand in the air in farewell, hearing as Suigetsu pulled away.
Sasuke sighed, not unhappily as he crossed the lawn, stumbling every few steps as his vision blurred and shifted.
"Fuck!" He swore loudly as his foot caught on the bottom porch step, sending him to his knees on the hard concrete steps. He looked up as he heard several loud barks accompanied by the clatter of claws on hardwood come from in the house.
Why the hell is there a dog here? Sasuke thought to himself as he sat back and inspected his knees. One was bleeding, his jeans torn. The other looked fine, though he knew there would be a nasty bruise there later.
"Damn it," Sasuke swore. He reached down attempting to wipe the blood away but he only succeeded in smearing about. He made an annoyed noise as he wiped the blood from his hands, rubbing it into his now ruined jeans.
"Sasuke?" He looked up, his eyes narrowing against the light that streamed from the door. He blinked a few times until he eyes focused on the figure, Naruto. He opened his mouth to say something but before he could Kyuubi trotted forward, pushing her head in his chest.
"Get the fuc-"
"Sasuke." He looked up to see Kakashi standing beside Naruto.
"I'm so glad your back Sasuke! We were so worried!" Naruto said, sounding relieved. He walked forward, somewhat uncertainly, until he stood beside Sasuke, a smile on his face.
"Where were you, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked, watching him closely.
Sasuke shrugged, "no where." He stood and walked into the house, pushing his way past Kakashi, Kyuubi at his side as always.
"And where's no where?"
"Hell if I should know," Sasuke said as he entered the kitchen. Behind him he could hear Kakashi and Naruto follow him in. He opened the refrigerator, squinting his eyes and peering inside. He was dying of thirst but nothing caught his eye. At least until he spotted the bottle of vodka towards the back. He reached in, clumsily fishing it out.
Kakashi sighed.
Sasuke turned his back, pulling the cap off the bottle and lifting it to his mouth. But before he could have even one drop the bottle was pulled from his hands. He turned, glaring up at Kakashi, who stood beside him, the vodka in his hand.
"You're twitching."
"So?" Sasuke snapped, trying to turn and walk away.
"Do you have anything on you?" Kakashi asked, reaching out and grabbing him by the arm.
"Get the fuck off me," Sasuke shouted, yanking his arm from the mans grip. "No I don't have anything because someone took the money from my stash!" He glowered angrily up at him. Across the kitchen Naruto stood, looking slightly nervous now that Sasuke had raised his voice.
"I never said I wouldn't give it back to you. It's still your money. But if you want to buy anything I have to buy it for you. That way you don't blow all your money on drugs again."
"That's my fucking money, asshole. Give it back!"
"No," Kakashi stared evenly down at him.
Sasuke gnashed his teeth, his hands curling into fists.
"Sasuke you need to calm down. It'd be a shame to send you away to that rehab center when you've finally made friends here." His eyes flicked to Naruto.
It took a moment for Sasuke to register what Kakashi was getting at. "That jackass isn't my friend! I said I never wanted to see his face again but you keep bringing him around!"
"Naruto was worried about you."
"Like hell he was! All he wants to do is rub it in my face how much better he is than me!" Sasuke's eyes flicked over to Naruto and to his surprise saw a hurt look cross the boys face.
"Sasu-"
"No! I'm tired of hearing your fucking shit! Just leave me the fuck alone!" With that Sasuke stomped from the room. As he reached the stairs he noticed Kyuubi was once again trotting beside him. For some reason he couldn't comprehend at the moment this made him angry.
"Get the fuck away from me, fucking flea bag!" He shouted, swinging and catching the dog in the ribs. Kyuubi yelped and leapt backwards as Sasuke kicked out again.
"Sasuke!" Kakashi said loudly, looking shocked.
"Kyuubi!" Naruto called, hurrying forward. He bumped into several things but finally made it to where Kyuubi stood, watching Sasuke with her round eyes.
Sasuke opened his mouth to speak again but stopped when Naruto looked in his general direction, looking slightly angry and hurt as he stroked the dogs head soothingly. Sasuke flinched back slightly, taken aback by the look on the boys face. Why the hell was he making a face like that when yesterday he was trying his hardest to make Sasuke hate him? This kid didn't make any sense!
Sasuke clenched his fists and climbed the stairs, slamming his bedroom door shut behind him. Frustrated he ran his fingers through his hair, sliding to the floor with his back to the door.
God damn it, he cursed to himself. He wished he could call Suigetsu back; the boy would have no problem with him spending the night at his place. But he would already be back home by now, all the way across town. Sasuke couldn't make him drive all the way back out and get him, not after he had give Sasuke the drugs he did.
Sasuke let out an angry growl, his thoughts traveling back to Naruto. Why the hell had he looked so hurt when he had said that he wasn't his friend? He was the one trying to make Sasuke hate him, wasn't he?
He sighed in frustration, pulling his legs up and resting his forehead on his knees. He could hear Kakashi speaking downstairs but the sound was so muffled that he couldn't make out what the man as saying. Sasuke had no doubts in his mind though that it was about him. It was always about him. About what he'd done, or what he'd said or what he was going to do.
Sasuke hated it. Why couldn't they just let him live his own life how he wanted to? How was it any of their business what he did? They didn't understand how it felt to be him. They had no idea what he had gone through, what was making him try so hard to run away from his past.
Unwillingly Sasuke felt his thoughts being pulled to the past. He remembered time when he was a child. Playing in the park with his friends. Itachi giving him a piggy back ride home. Itachi reading him stories. Itachi talking to him, the two of them smiling and laughing together.
Unconsciously his body began to tremble as he thought of his brother. He clutched his head in his hands and squeezed his eyes shut. He could see it like it was yesterday. The images from that night nine years ago were burned so deeply in his mind that he could never forget.
Sasuke didn't notice the tears streaming from his eyes. His body shook with fear as the events of that night played over and over in his head.
***
"You look like shit."
"Fuck off," Sasuke groaned, as he stumbled into the kitchen, his voice rough. Sitting down he let his head fall with a thud against the kitchen table.
He hadn't gotten any sleep that night. The thought of his brother had kept him from sleeping at all.
"Want something to eat?" Kakashi asked as he reached into the refrigerator.
"Mmmm…" Sasuke groaned.
"I'll take that as a yes."
Sasuke sat up with another groan as he heard sizzling coming from the stove. He ran his fingers through his still damp hair, massaging his temple. He had a killer head ache. Hopefully though it would be gone as soon as the ecstasy he had taken minute ago took effect.
Until then though he was screwed. He closed his eyes and lay his head back down on the table Kakashi cooked. He was on the edge of sleep when Kakashi loudly seat a plate down before him.
With a moan Sasuke sat up, his vision blurred for a moment. He blinked until his eyes focused.
As he picked up his fork Kakashi sat down across the table from him, watching him closely. Sasuke tried his best to ignore him as he ate; he wasn't in the mood to start an argument. After a few minutes of this he began to get annoyed.
"What?" He snapped.
Kakashi watched him evenly. "You were quite an ass last night."
Sasuke huffed, turning his eyes back to his food.
"I think you own Naruto and apology."
"Wh-"
Sasuke stopped as Kakashi lifted a hand. "You really hurt his feels last night. Naruto's the kind of person who wants to be friends with everyone. He's very upset right now so I think you should apologize."
"He was the one being an ass the other day!" Sasuke said defensively.
"You know Sasuke. You're not the only one who's had a hard life around here. Other people have problems too," Kakashi said. He stood and carried his plate to the sink before walking from the room. Leaving Sasuke to think about what he had said.
