It's Complicated

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Naruto Shippuden but if I did i'd be the yaoi-est person alive.

Chapter 7: The Letter

In Naruto's hand held a letter. The envelope was an aqua-green color, closely resembling the color of his eyes. There was a orange fox sticker holding the envelope closed and concealing it's contents.

A few minutes prior Naruto had opened his locker and was going to pick up his things before heading to the bus to go home but he was stopped by a letter taped to the inside of the locker door. He hesitantly took the letter off the door and removed the clear tape.

"What's that?" Sasuke's voice could be heard next to him. Naruto had forgotten that their lockers were right next to each other.

"Uh.. A letter." Naruto held up the letter dumbly not knowing how else to describe it.

"I can see that, Dobe, but whats' in it?"

"I dunno." Naruto stated perplexed. His tan fingers ran along the elegant and swirly calibri that was written on the front of the letter. It read:

To Naruto-kun,

From Anonymous

"Hm. Looks like you got an admirer." Sasuke smirked.

"W-what?!" Naruto's eyes went wide and the many distinct shades of blue in his eyes made themselves known. There were many things that swirled in the magnificent blue orbs. Curiosity, flattery, happiness, fear. Each could be read clearly by the Uchiha. The raven was good at reading people. When living in the notorious Uchiha household with many stotic, non-caring men, you had to learn how to have a conversation with your eyes. This, Sasuke could do.

"W-who could like..me..?" The blond asked softly in such a manner that it broke the raven's heart. There was so much sorrow in the last word. So much fear, so many nights of crying alone, so much regret.

"Well I do." Sasuke stated boldly. "You don't seem like a bad person and you haven't given me any reason not to like you."

Naruto's eyes widened at such a bold statement but found contentment in it. Someone liked him. Someone wanted to be his friend. And the blond didn't even have to chase him! The raven chased the blond! The blond didn't have to be used! The raven truly wanted him as a companion! Tears stung the corner of the blond's eyes and Sasuke put on a concerned face.

"I'm okay, I'm okay." Naruto brushed away his worries but only to add to them. "I'm just not used to people being this nice to me is all. It made me really happy to hear you say that." Naruto gave Sasuke a big, foxy smile and it both built up and melted the raven's heart. But a dark question entered his mind.

'How could someone make Naruto so insecure that he'd be moved to tears by a single compliment?'

There was so many things about the blond that the raven was itching to know and would find out.

"Wanna hang out?" Sasuke asked without realizing. He was about to cover his mouth animatedly in a very un-uchiha-like manner but shielded the urge.

"Uh.. right now?"

"Hn."

"..Where?"

"I was thinkin my house or somethin but if you have somewhere in particular in mind we can go somewhere else."

It's not that the blond didn't trust the raven, but he was still wary of other people. He trusted people too easily, too much, and that's what had him in so much pain this past summer. He didn't want that to happen again.

"Your house sounds nice. Just.. I don't like public places very much."

"It's cool, I feel the same." Although for a very different reason.

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"Get on."

"But..."

"C'mon dobe, don't be a scaredy cat." Sasuke's typical smirk etched onto his face as Naruto stared in fear of the mechanical vehicle in front of him. Motorcycle. A motorcycle. He was going to ride on the back of the motorcycle. Ehh..

Naruto was pulled onto the motorcycle by the hand.

"Wrap your arms around my stomach." Sasuke commanded.

When Naruto did nothing Sasuke hung his head and sighed.

"Look, if you're that scared I'll go slow okay?" Sasuke asked softly, surprisingly affectionate.

Slowly and tentatively, small arms wrapped themselves around the raven's torso and a small body leaned into him. This made the raven smile and he patted the small hands that were interlocked at the fingers with his own hand.

"Hold on tight. If I'm going too fast let me know."

A small 'okay' could be heard over his shoulder and they went along their way.

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"See, that wasn't so bad was it?" Sasuke asked amused as he watched Naruto stumble off the bike on shaky legs.

Naruto couldn't form words so he just shook his head. Sasuke held out a hand and Naruto eyed it before taking it. Sasuke led them up the walkway to the large house presented to the duo.

"You able to walk okay, now?" Sasuke asked once they made it to the front door of the building.

"Yeah."

They let go of each other's hands and they both felt a small sense of sadness at the loss of warmth.

Sasuke took a key from his pocket and unlocked the door with it before swinging the door wide open and allowed the blond to go in first.

"Wow.." The blond whispered in awe. "This place is huge.."

"Hehe, that's everyone's reaction." Sasuke chuckled a bit before gesturing with his finger for the blond to follow.

They walked down the main corridor and came up to the main stairway. They made it halfway up when Naruto noticed a large portrait at the top of the steps and asked,

"Who are they?" Naruto pointed to the picture in question.

Sasuke's eyes turned a little hazy and answered in a low tone.

"My family. The old guy is my dad, the woman holding onto him is my mom. And the guy next to me is my brother."

Naruto could sense something amiss.

"Are they at work?"

"Always." Sasuke answered bitterly.

Naruto left it at that.

Once they made it to the top of the steps Naruto felt a little winded.

'Damn...these steps put the school to shame..' Naruto mentally joked.

"You want a tour or do you just want to chill in my room?"

"Your room is fine."

Sasuke nodded in agreement. He didn't like giving tours but he would if the blond wanted one. Who would want to give a tour of a near vacant house? His parents were practically never home because they cherished work more than their kids and Itachi was always hanging with his friends and ignoring Sasuke's existence.

They took a left and went down ANOTHER long hallway and Sasuke pointed to the doors at the end of the hall. "The room at the very end is my room, the one across from it is the bathroom, and the one next to mine is my study."

Naruto nodded at the explanation and burned the rooms into his memory. The last thing he wanted to do was burden the raven with him not remembering directions.

Naruto followed Sasuke into his bedroom and the blond couldn't help but feel sad at the empty feel of the place. It looked barely lived in.

The raven stood awkwardly in the center of the room while the blond did the same near the doorway.

"I don't invite people over so sorry if things don't meet to your appeal."

"N-no it's fine! I don't go to people's houses so this is a bit weird for me.."

Sasuke flopped onto his bed and looked at the blond inquisitively. Naruto jittered nervously under the gaze.

"Want to play truth or dare?" Sasuke asked out of nowhere and Naruto sweat-dropped.

"Uh...sure.."

"I got an app for it on my phone that I never use and since were both antisocial weirdos, we can just use it. Unless you want to do things ourselves."

"The app is fine."

"Hn."

Naruto still stood at the entrance and was unsure as to what to do in someone else's house.

"You wanna sit?" Sasuke asked knowingly. He knew how nervous the blond was and understood it completely. He was feeling the same because the raven never really had a friend before and so this was a new experience for him too.

Naruto took a seat on the floor in front of Sasuke. The blond didn't want to be rude and sit on the raven's expensive looking bed. The raven took the silence between them as a sign to get started and to break the ice between the two of them.

"Ready to play?" Sasuke had the game up and loaded and was surprisingly eager to play. He had never had reason to play with someone before. Naruto nodded in acceptance.

Sasuke imputed he and Naruto's names and the game chose one of them at random to begin.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

'Naruto' it read.

"You're up. Truth or dare?"

"Truth." Sasuke clicked truth and a question popped up. Literally.

Pop.

'Is it true that you currently have a crush on someone? If so, who?'

"Wow, that's weak." Sasuke said in disappointment. He looked to Naruto expectantly. "Well, do you?"

"Nope." Naruto stated plainly.

Sasuke's turn. Dare. Pop.

'Take off your shirt and have someone draw a face on your torso.'

Naruto had trouble containing his giggle and Sasuke sighed. At least the blond was enjoying this one.

Sasuke pulled off his shirt to reveal perfectly chiseled abs. Naruto stared innocently, wishing that he could develop abs. No matter how much the blond tried, all he got was a lean torso. He just assumed that his body wasn't meant to be ripped.

"Now wheres' a marker?" Sasuke mumbled to himself in contemplation. He dug around in his desk and pulled out a Sharpie with an 'Aha!'. He tossed the writing material to the blond and said blond scrambled to catch it. Sasuke sat on the edge of his bed and beckoned for the blond to come closer.

"Okay, draw on me." Naruto gave a mischievous grin and Sasuke felt himself shiver just a bit. Damn foxy blonds..

Naruto crawled over to the raven and sat on his knees in front of Sasuke which made matters worse.

'Don't jump him, don't jump him, don't jump him.' The Uchiha repeated in a mantra.

Naruto uncapped the marker with his teeth and got started. He drew circles around Sasuke's nipples and poked a dot in the middle for eyes and made Sasuke jumped in surprise. Naruto chuckled at this and continued his drawing. He drew eyelashes on the eyes and made the collarbone the eyebrows. He drew a large nose midway down Sasuke's torso and made a mouth at the belly button as though the face was making an 'O' with the mouth. Once he was done adding the small, minor details Naruto sat back and viewed his masterpiece.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Naruto was rolling on the floor laughing, his eyes watering. Sasuke laughed at Naruto's spectacle and went for the bathroom to see the damage. Once inside he made a gruntled laughing noise.

"Why'd you draw a puckered face?! (:3 - kinda like that but with more of an 'o' shape) " Sasuke couldn't contain the laughter and was on the tiled floor wheezing for air. Meanwhile, Naruto was hugging the door frame of Sasuke's bedroom like a lifeline and was laughing like crazy while watching the Uchiha laugh himself sick.

Once they had finally caught their breath they were both back in Sasuke's room and ready for another round of truth or dare.

"Okay dobe, your turn. Truth or dare?"

"Hm...Truth."

"C'mon don't be a pansy."

"Hey, guys talking about themselves is like the biggest dare possible."

"Like guys not wanting to talk about their emotions?"

"Yup."

"True enough..."

Click. Pop.

'Out of everyone in the room, who would you date and why?'

Naruto turned pink at this.

"U-uh...well...since you're the only one here I guess it has to be you.."

"You sound so disappointed." Sasuke chuckled which made Naruto flush more.

"C'mon dobe, tell me why." The raven fluttered his eyelashes exaggeratedly.

"I...I guess cuz...you make me feel happy inside?" The meaningfulness of the answer hit Sasuke deep. It wasn't really a question, but a statement. The raven made Naruto feel happy and in turn this made Sasuke feel happy. Sasuke smiles sweetly.

"Good enough reason as any."

Truth. Pop.

'Do you like someone? Why do you like them? Be specific.'

"Goddamn, why do all the truths have to be love related?" Sasuke whined.

"Oh C'mon Sasuke-chan, tell me about your crush." Naruto joked in a fangirlish voice.

"Oh, you really want to know?" Sasuke asked with a hint of mischief in his words.

"Sure, lay it on me." Naruto giggled. They had really let go and were being themselves and they felt completely open with one another.

"Well, first off, yes I do have a crush on someone. Second, why? Well.." Sasuke's eyes became distant, as if he were reliving a wonderful moment. "My special someone has captivated me since I laid eyes on them. Love at first sight I guess."

"So girly." LOL.

"Oh shaddup.. Speaking of love, have you read the letter yet?"

"No actually. I had forgotten about it." Naruto pulled the letter from his bag and looked at it sadly with a small smile on his face.

"Whats wrong?" Sasuke asked.

"Just.. I don't think that this person would still like me if they actually got to know me." Naruto gently peeled the fox sticker off and stuck it on the back of the envelope in means of conserving the cute sticker. He opened the envelope and pulled out a baby-blue piece of notebook paper. Naruto assumed the letter to be from a girl and wanted to scrap it because of his sexuality but he decided not to out of respect. Naruto opened the evenly folded piece of paper and read it's contents. The words were written tinily and filled the page.

Dear Naruto-kun,

Hello, I know this must be a bit strange but I want you to know that I like you. But I also want you to know that I am a guy. I don't know if you're sickened by this fact or not or whether you're homophobic, but my feelings are true. I fell in love with you the first time that I saw you. You seemed like a loner but you were still radiant in your own way. I saw you in the library this morning but I couldn't find the courage to talk to you. My fear is that if you saw me that you'd be driven away by the stories and rumors that tend to follow me.. I hope that you don't mind my letters because I plan on sending more in the future. Just wanted to give a quick hello and maybe in the next letter I may give a brief introduction.

Talk to you soon,

Anonymous

As Naruto read the letter a smile slowly grew on his face. The person who wrote the letter seemed so awkward and it was adorable! He couldn't wait to get more of them!

"Hehe, you can tell the writer is nervous." Naruto stated happily and his smile only grew bigger.

"Yeah, they sure were." Sasuke mumbled inaudibly.