Yea! Chapter 12. I just found out one of my friends write on fiction press, that makes me so happy, I'm the only person (that I know) that knows about this kind of stuff, so I'm very happy to now have someone else to talk to about it.
Chapter 12: Give me good reason
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Naruto sat up, laying his legs straight out. He touched his lips with his fingers, slowly tracing the outline of his lower lip. It finally clicked that he had kissed Sai not Sasuke.
He clenched his fist, nails digging in. He pressed them deep enough to leave indents on his palms. He punched the floor angrily wishing he could take it back. He felt so stupid for doing what he did.
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Kiba sat on the couch and watched as Sai exited only to see a confused Sasuke enter seconds later.
"Kiba," Sasuke said, sounding as stoic as ever. His eyes bore into the boy sending shivers down his spine. "Naruto's up stairs," the dog boy said all too happy to rid himself of the glaring Sasuke.
"Thanks," was all the Uchiha said in return.
He walked heavily up the stairs giving Naruto as much notice as possible that he was coming. He wasn't sure why he was doing that but he could honestly say he didn't care. He was pissed off; he had every right to be, didn't he?
He just saw a guy that could be after his stepson; leave the house where his stepson was staying at, with barely any parental supervision. Wasn't that right enough to be angry?
These kinds of thoughts made Sasuke rethink his position with Naruto. If he yelled at him, it might be for no reason and that might make things more complicated than what they already are. But, if he just did nothing he would never find out the truth as to why Sai had been there.
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Naruto's eyes widen as he heard footsteps approaching loud and quickly up the stairs. He stood up, quickly, fixing his pants. He took a huge intake of breath getting ready to kick Sai's ass for tricking him. His head was thrown back, mouth open ready to scream something obscene, but it quickly changed into yelling Sasuke's name as the older male made his way through the small frame of the doorway.
The blonde quickly ran over to him, smile on his face. He jumped up throwing his arms around the other male's neck. Naruto was very happy to see Sasuke that he just ran without thinking.
He nuzzled his head between Sasuke's own and his shoulder kissing the pale skin lightly. He was just so happy to see the real Sasuke and not someone who just reminded him of Sasuke.
The Uchiha stood frozen, had Naruto missed him that much?
After the small kisses stopped he could feel the warm tears, Naruto was crying. "Why are you crying?" Sasuke tried his best to sound sympathetic but the words came out harsh than what he had intended.
Naruto blushed not wanting to state his real reason out loud. "No reason, can we just go home?"
"Hn. Whatever let's go."
Sasuke never noticed the small indents that were on Naruto's palm and Naruto was later thankful about that. He didn't want Sasuke to see the nail marks where he had pushed them so deeply into his frail skin causing them to leave small marks.
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They were halfway home when Sasuke decided to bring up what happened with the boy's mother.
"Naruto."
"Heh, yeah what is it Sasuke?"
"I need to talk to you about your mother."
Naruto's eyes instantly dimmed and his face turned about three shades lighter. He had felt anxiety about seeing his mother when they had first gotten into the car, but then he felt more relaxed as he let the hum of the engine lullaby him into a trance like state. But, once again the anxiety was back with a vengeance. "What about her?"
"Earlier today she was being evaluated for her mental health."
"What?! Why?! How?!"
Sasuke blinked a coupled of times completely surprised at the tone he found in Naruto's voice. He sounded angry, hurt, and confused all at the same time.
"I asked her to go get help…I had to coax her some but at least she agreed to it." Sasuke let out a small chuckled which caused Naruto to sneer in disgust. Naruto than let out a distressed cry as he banged his fist against the glove compartment. "Why?! Why would you do that Sasuke?!"
Tears started to pour from his eyes; he couldn't understand why Sasuke would do something like this. He was supposed protect his mother and make her happy, not tell her she's crazy and try to put her in the loony bin.
'Ah…I don't get it!' He stopped pounding on the glove department when Sasuke let go of the steering wheel, grabbing one his hands instead.
The rest of the ride Naruto glared out the window not looking too happy while Sasuke glanced at him every chance he got. He would have never predicted Naruto would react this way. He thought he would only be a little upset and would get over it after a minute of thinking how it would be for the better.
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There was no sign of Naruto's mother as they pulled into the driveway. All the lights were off with the exception of the soft glow of the porch light. Little moths danced around it sending large shadows over the lawn.
Sasuke turned the car off getting out and heading for the house, Naruto still sat in the car refusing to get out. He didn't feel happy, his heart was sinking and it was sinking fast.
"Naruto! Get out!" Sasuke hollered from the small wooden porch, he was ready to go in but it was apparent Naruto wasn't. He sighed once more as he leaned against one the wooden post that was made up the porch.
"Nah uh!" The determined blonde locked his door, buckled his seatbelt and tried to glare Sasuke to death (which wasn't working).
Sasuke sighed before he calmly walked over to the passenger side of the car; he dug in his pants pocket and smiled when he found the keys. He unlocked the door quickly before Naruto had a chance to realize he had unlocked it and then flung it wide open.
He leaned over the blonde quickly unbuckling the seatbelt that held him there, ignoring the hits and yells that came from him. Naruto shoved Sasuke, using all his might, but to no prevail. He even tried banging his fist on his back while yelling curses, but still Sasuke managed to get him out.
Picking him up bridal style, he carried Naruto to the door, trying his best not to drop the struggling boy on his way there. Sasuke sweat dropped when he got to the door, how was he suppose to open it? If he put Naruto down he was sure the boy would run away and to where, Sasuke could only guess.
Sasuke stopped to look down on the blonde boy when he noticed that he had stopped squirming. Naruto sat in his arms, eyes closed tightly, breathing shallow.
"Naruto what's wrong?!" Sasuke had never before heard himself sound so worry. He shook the boy lightly trying to get any response before rushing him to the hospital.
"Huh, It's nothing; I've just got a headache. Can we just go inside?" His voice sounded hoarse and dry when he spoke making Sasuke's face wrinkle with concern.
He hated how Naruto always said things would be okay, that things always work out in the end. Sasuke thought for a moment and just figured that's how Naruto always stayed so optimistic. But, Sasuke did find a flaw in Naruto's logic; this was real life, not some stupid made up story. (an: but it is!!!)
He raised one eyebrow as he gently set the lower half of Naruto down. Sasuke kept a firm grip around his shoulders, in case he tried to escape, as he reached in his pocket once again to pull out the keys.
The keys jingled and chimed as Sasuke pulled them out of his pocket. The house key was a small silver key with a couple of digits on either side of it.
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(A little earlier today)
When she had first walked into the hospital to keep her appointment she was a little scared, but the more she thought about it the more she calmed down, she had nothing to worry about. She wasn't crazy there was nothing wrong with her.
'All I have to do is answer the questions like they want me to and I'll be alright,' she thought as she giggled quietly.
She was quite happy with herself for thinking of such a good plan; she would have to celebrate a little. 'Oh! I know I'll go out for a bit. I can't even remember the last time Sasuke took me out.' The last thought upset her a tad but the feeling quickly washed away as her waiting came to an end and her name was called.
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"Thank you once Mrs.Uzumaki, tell Sasuke we'll call you sometime next week with the results," said the receptions as Naruto's mother walked out of automatic door.
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(Back to regular time)
Sasuke unlocked the door, letting an exhausted Naruto in.
Naruto flopped belly down, on the couch, his right leg hanging off, dangling onto the floor. Naruto instantly fell asleep.
Sasuke was in the kitchen making grits even though it was pretty late for those. In any case Naruto loved them, and the Uchiha was hoping that they would get him back on the blonde's good side.
The Uchiha couldn't help but notice the little red blinking light of the answering machine. He sighed as he made his way over and pushed the button.
"Hello Sasuke, Hello Naruto. I miss you guys." Her voice sounded happy and Sasuke could only imagine the smile she must have faked while saying it. He was about to turn away and just ignore the call, but then heard little cries which made him stay there.
"I'm very sorry to say this, but I won't be returning home for the remained of the week. I just feel that this isn't the right time, and I think we all need our space right now." He could her voice was getting more sincere and it also sounded as if she was about to sob.
"Sasuke I love you. And, Naruto, my darling baby boy… I love you too." This time Sasuke could hear the tears poring from her eyes as she sobbed into the phone. Sasuke didn't know what to make of this, what did all this mean?
He hit the save button, he was going to let Naruto listen to it, but when, he was still undecided.
Time passed by making it much later. The top parts of the window which had no curtains let the moonlight in letting it dance across the floor, giving everything it touched a luminous air.
Sasuke shook Naruto in an attempt to wake the blonde boy up, so he could go eat, but he just flipped over, mouth open snoring. The moon light hit him making his tan skin glow a pale auburn, his lips also shined in this light making them look even more supple than before.
Naruto's mouth opened and closed slowly as his brow frowned. "S-Sasuke," he muttered while still sleeping.
Sasuke leaned closer, tilling his head, to the sleeping boy hoping he would be able to hear what Naruto would say next.
The boy's warm breath evenly made its way across Sasuke's cheek as he leaned in even further. Still, nothing came from the boy's mouth but soft breathing.
Sasuke than tilled his head back to its normal position. He was now looking Naruto straight in the face. His eyes gently fluttered closed as he leaned in completely, and tenderly kissed the boy that laid there. He waited a few seconds to see if his sleeping uke would wake up, but to his surprise, Naruto didn't.
Instead Naruto's snoring only grew louder.
He pulled away, slowly, not know why Naruto held this certain power over him. Every time he was near the boy all he wanted to do was pull him close and ravish him.
Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and stroke it gently.
Sasuke's hands were hard and rough while Naruto's were soft and smooth.
While he stroked the boy's hand, one of his fingers brushed passed a wound. He picked the hand up easily, as to not wake the blonde, and examined his palm. There were indents deeply engraved in his them.
Sasuke eyes harden the more he looked at the tiny wounds. The only good thing Sasuke saw from this was that they were fading, and that they would soon to be rid of their existence.
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Sai had called Kiba, even thought they lived right next door to each other. He asked him for Naruto's phone number. Kiba agreed not thinking too much of it at the time but now that he thought back on it, he now figured it wasn't such a good idea.
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Sai let out a small giggle as he looked at the little slip of paper that laid in his hands.
He had called Kiba not to long ago and was thankful that he cooperated with his demands. It didn't take a genius to tell that Naruto didn't like him.
'I think I'll have some fun with Naruto tomorrow,' he thought, laying the number by his cell phone.
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Sasuke squeezed his eyes shut as the annoying ring of the alarm clock went off. He had climbed upstairs after kissing Naruto goodnight. 'I wonder if he's still mad at me?'
He threw off the covers, practically jumping out of bed, and ran down the stairs to find Naruto still asleep, in the same position, on the couch.
His eyes soften as he approached Naruto, the boy was starting to toss and turn, singling that he would be up soon.
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"Naruto! Hurry up or you'll be late!" Sasuke hollered for the boy, hoping all his rushing would working.
Naruto grumpily made his way down the stairs, his steps heavy and hard. "I don't want to go to school today, I'm still tired," he yawned as his steps then became that of a lazy person.
"Naruto, you know I can't allow that… unless you give me a good reason," said Sasuke, his voice showing that he would not be easily persuaded.
Yes! It's done! Hopefully all the little plot devices I planted in the story will go off soon (I can only hope) Well hoped you liked it, I tried to make this one longer than the others.
Like I said before any questions/confusion I'll try my best to answer.
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