Hide. And. Seek.

"Where are we? What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to fall,
Crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling.
Spin me round again and rub my eyes.
This can't be happening.
When busy streets a mess with people
would stop to hold their heads heavy."

Shaky rough fingers tried with all their might to keep hold of the leather steering wheel in an attempt to get their destination as quickly as possible. Empty numb blue eyes stare at the road in a daze almost blacking out completely once. Naruto somehow manages to pull into his parking space. He gathers all of his belongings into his arms pathetically then fares to open his car door and roll out of the Jeep. The blond barely has his jeans on unzipped and unbuttoned with his underwear in his arms. He limps up his stoop then his shaky hands accomplish getting the door open with some struggle and a few obscenities. Once inside the abused blond, with long swollen and still bleeding red marks on his back, pulls himself up the stairs holding onto the railing. Naruto could feel the tears starting to swell up in the bottom of his stomach; he tried desperately to keep them down. He steps out of his jeans then pours himself into his tub and turns on the water as hot as it will go without burning him. Not that being burned would matter that much at this point. As Naruto starts to scrub himself all the memories start to flood back into his mind and the tears he desperately fought off started to pour from his eyes as his body shook with sobs.

"I have been watching you closer than you so pathetically thought..."

Naruto jerked feeling the whip on his back with a loud tearful yelp.

"I know everything about you…"

The broken blond scrubbed himself even harder grinding his teeth, still feeling the evil older man inside him. He could still hear echoes of the evil voice in his ear.

"If you tell anyone I will murder your precious lover boy…remember…I know everything about you…I can anything I want to know about anyone…especially my dove's betrothed…"

Once Naruto was dry, he crawled into bed and let a false sense of security wash over him so that he could fall asleep.

**

Blue eyes snap open with tremendous amounts of paralyzing fear in them. Naruto sits up as his eyes fly open and he screams. His eyes dart around quickly and realize it was only a dream. Naruto lets out a shaky breath gripping onto his blanket. Slowly the reality starts to sink in. The blond starts to realize it were not a dream; it was a real life nightmare. He knew from being raised by a doctor he should probably go to a hospital. However, if he wanted to keep Sasuke safe he didn't have much of a choice. Naruto was then paralyzed with the fear of not knowing what to do. How could he possibly hide this? How could he possibly go on like everything was normal? For being a person who had already gone thought so much pain to be with Sasuke, how could he possibly continue this abuse for the rest of the year? Could he seek solace in Sky without reaping the repercussions? Would he even be able to get out of bed today?

"If you can't keep our little dirty secret…I'll have to kill you and lover boy…"

Naruto shakes his head starting to cry already. He forces himself out of bed and begins dressing himself with no sense of direction. He told himself he could just cry all of the emotion out of him he could possibly pass as normal for the rest of the day. Naruto puts on a tight black t-shirt then a yellow color scheme plaid short-sleeve button up over it. He was going to keep his shirt on no matter how hot or sweaty he got. After slipping on a pair of loose jeans Naruto gathers up everything he wore yesterday and takes it downstairs with him. He walks into his kitchen and throws the clothing on the wood then throws a lit match on top of everything. The blond sits down with a cup of strong coffee watching the fire. He rubs his eyes sufficiently having cried all the emotion out of him his blond eyes now sternly stare at the destruction of evidence.

Naruto sat there thinking over a plan in his head for quite some time before his phone ringing pulled him out of his trance. He picks it up after taking a deep breath, "Yeah?"

"Do you have any idea how late you are?!" Madison's voice was on the other end. "My father is getting agitated and very suspicious!"

Naruto jerks a bit when she says 'father', "Yeah I woke up late…I should really use an alarm clock! I'm on my way out."

"You better be! We have lots to work on!" the young lady then hangs up before giving Naruto a chance to say anything.

The blond walks to his front door and grabs his keys. He rolls his shoulders and pops his neck. His blue stern eyes stare at the door for a moment mentally putting on his new armor he would need to survive and to protect the ones he loved.

**

Sasuke hadn't spoken or even gotten a glance at his golden lover since Wednesday morning. He hands his tailored jacket to the butler while rejecting to take a golf cart over to the corral. He has on a grey tailored suite with a black button up dress shirt white suspenders and a white bow tie. Yes, Sasuke wears bow ties. He walks up to the fence of the corral with his hands in his pockets. His dark coal eyes find his secret lover. His dark eyebrows raise a bit finding him with a shirt on. "Odd…"

Naruto comes around the corner then his eyes fall on Sasuke and his heart almost jumps out of his chest. He almost falls off Cookie. The blond trots up next to Sasuke to stop.

How could I possibly have any sexual desires toward anything at a time like this?

"Didn't expect to see you here…"

Sasuke found his blonde's tone to be odd as if the blond was not pleased by his appearance, "I got out of work early enough…I feel like I haven't seen you in so long." the brunette smiles taking his hands out of his pockets to lean on the fence.

"That bow tie is almost a dead giveaway…" after a significant pause Naruto adds in a hushed tone, "but I still like it."

The raven burrows his eye brows questioningly, "What is wrong with you? Is everything ok?"

Naruto shakes his head mustering up a small fake smile, "I'm ok…I gotta get back to work I was late this morning" before Sasuke could reply the blond had trotted away.

"Something is up with that idiot…" The raven walks back to the front door to grab his jacket back. He gets in his car and drives off.

**

Naruto had once again been greeted in Cookie's stall by Mr. Gray. However, tonight he didn't get beat. He had been "awarded for good behavior". The blond is sitting in his Jeep in front of his home putting his black t-shirt back on before gathering his things. He gets out of his Jeep and limps up his stoop just as the night before. Naruto gets the door open with ease on this night. He throws his stuff on the table next to the door and flips the light on then screams bloody murder almost falling to the floor.

Sasuke is sitting in a chair on the other side of the couch facing the door with his arms crossed. His bow tie is loose and his first 2 buttons are unbuttoned. Naruto can see from his position food sitting out on his dining table. "You fucking scared the SHIT out of me, Sasuke! Fuck…"

Naruto clutches the front of his shirt leaning on the table next to him his blue eyes meet black and he can instantly tell Sasuke is pissed. "It's almost fucking 2 in the morning…where the FUCK…have you been?"

The smell of the food finally meets Naruto's sensitive nose and he follows the smell into the kitchen. Sasuke shakes his head and scoffs getting up to follow behind the other man. The brunette leans against the door frame watching Naruto sit down to eat, "Fucking answer me!"

"I got caught up in practicing, that's all!" The blond starts to dig into the Thai take out, "I got some bad news this morning, ok? That's why I am acting strange…."

The raven sits down across from him beginning to eat himself, "I see…what kind of news?"

Naruto sighs setting his utensils down his blue eyes staring down at his food, "My ex-boyfriend killed himself."

Sasuke almost chokes and quickly places his hand on Naruto's arm. Naruto quickly jerks away.

The two of them sit there in silence for a long moment Naruto's blue eyes still staring down opened wide.

The blond shakes his head and clears his throat, "It…it was horrible. His boyfriend left him and his father was going to send him to one of those brain washing camps…"

Sasuke goes back to eating, "I'm sorry…I can stay the night if you want…"

"You can't! You just can't…it is bad enough you're here now…you should eat and go home…but I'm grateful you offered…thank you." Naruto offers him a small fake smile.

Sasuke was caught off guard by his instant dismissal then slowly relaxes, "Alright…"

The two of them ate in silence the rest of the meal. When Sasuke was finally gone Naruto slid down his big red front door and cried himself to sleep.

"Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that it's all for the best? Because it is.
Mmm, what you say?
Mm, that it's just what we need? And you decided this.
Mmm what you say?
What did she say?"