A/N: They will be leaving Paris and going to London now. London will be based off of my week long experience there. My only regret, not visiting Jack the Ripper's hunting grounds. I ran out of time and no one else wanted to go. My vote didn't count for that one.
Chapter 5
Naruto woke up by getting blinded by sunlight shining in through the window. He heard water running and remembered he wasn't in his own room. Naruto sat up and looked around scratching the back of his head. He stood up and walked over to where the toilet was thanking whoever designed this room to separate the toilet from the shower.
Naruto got out of the toilet just as Sasuke came out of the shower.
"Morning…" Naruto grumbled out.
"Hm, I was under the impression it was at least midday." Sasuke said while rummaging around through his suitcase.
"Seriously?!"
"Yes. You sleep like the dead. On top of that you have to be the most unpleasant person to share a bed with."
"Wait-why?"
"Because you kicked me off of the bed. You also snore loud. Oh and you stole all the blankets and then kicked them off."
Naruto nodded his head slowly. That must be why Sakura insisted of such a huge bed once they started sleeping together.
"Sorry" The blonde apologized while scratching the back of his head nervously.
"It's fine. I'm used to my son kicking me in the face when he sleeps over."
"You sleep in the same bed as your son."
"Yes. It requires less walking to get him if he wakes up crying."
"That… makes sense."
Naruto never had never been around a small child much before, but if he were to have kids he would probably do that too.
"How old is you kid by the way."
"Almost one."
"Aw, he must be cute."
Sasuke looked back over his shoulder. His son was pretty cute, no surprise there.
"He's got his mom's hair color but it got my shape. He has brown eyes and pale skin."
"Sounds adorable. I can see you two walking around singing 'London Bridge is falling down' together."
Sasuke shook his head. Almost one year olds could barely talk let alone sing. And Sasuke would not be singing anything to his son. He let him listen to Mozart and that was good enough.
"Right. So what is your plan for the day Mr. Well Rested?" Sasuke asked while sliding his boxers on underneath his towel.
"I don't know. Probably pack my stuff up. Supposed to leave tomorrow. Not much else I really want to do here." Naruto stated in a bored tone.
"Why are you leaving so soon?"
"Because I was under the impression I'd have to be going back to work soon. Instead I get to go job hunting."
Sasuke wasn't the kind of person to do spur of the moment ideas. Ever. But around Naruto they seemed to form and develop rather quickly.
"Why not come to London with me tomorrow instead?"
Naruto's eye immediately shot over to meet Sasuke's who was buttoning his jeans.
"Are you serious?"
"I don't joke. You'll like London, I promise. And if you don't, I will buy you a first class ticket back home for the first available flight. It's not like I work much anyway so I could be your own little tour guide. Maybe you can even meet my son and his crazy mother."
Naruto was really torn. London was on his bucket list of places to go. But, he didn't really know Sasuke and he didn't want to impose much.
"I'd love to, but I don't want to be a bother. I really should get back home."
Sasuke felt like he was fighting an uphill battle while chain smoking cigarettes. "It's no trouble Dobe. Besides, it would provide me with entertainment for the next few days. You can stay at my place. Or a hotel. Whichever works. We can go and explore and do whatever you want. You don't have a deadline to be home by now, so why not. You're on vacation and it was your idea to just have fun." Sasuke challenged.
"Fine. But you're paying for my ticket home if it sucks." Naruto said with a smile.
"Perfect. It's all settled." Sasuke said with a smile.
"I should go and say something to Neji and Gaara so they don't freak out when I'm not on the plane tomorrow. Although, I can't imagine either of them panicking. They'd probably just be more alert than normal."
Naruto slid on his clothes from the day before and grabbed all his things from Sasuke's room and walked to the other side of the building into his room. He went ahead and took a shower and selected an outfit from his suitcase. He dialed Neji's room number and informed him of the change in plans and as to why.
"You are just going to follow some stranger back to a country your not familiar with just because…" Neji asked incredulously.
"Yeah. I don't see why not. I'll e-mail you just so you know I haven't died.
"I can't say this surprises me, but Naruto are you sure this is a wise decision?"
Neji was always the more worried type having basically raised Hinata he unconsciously over-worried about others.
"I will be fine, give Hinata and my awesome Godchild my love for me. I'll give you their souvenirs today so you can take them back, k?"
"Alright. Just be sure to e-mail me and keep me updated."
Naruto hung up the phone knowing damn well Neji had been about to hang up on him.
After grabbing his presents to his favorite pair of lesbians to his favorite pair of gay's, and seeing more of Gaara than he particularly wanted to, he decided to go and harass Sasuke a bit.
After banging on the door, Sasuke opened it with a glare and Naruto saw he was on the phone.
The blonde mouthed 'Sorry' and entered the room. Naruto saw Sasuke's laptop open and on the bed so he crawled onto the bed and over to the laptop picking it up and placing it on his lap. He signed onto his Facebook account and damn near smiled with glee noticing all the attention the pictures had gotten. Ino Yamanaka was one of the commenters which definitely meant Sakura had seen them. Naturally her comment was,"He is f*cking gorgeous! Send him my way!"
Ino was in a committed relationship… but went stupid when really hot guys walked by. Luckily Choji, her boyfriend, didn't care so long as no touching happened. But, she could look and drool till her heart was content.
"Finally!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"What?" Naruto asked looking up
"My friend Suigetsu called. Karin had spotted the photos online and apparently went berserk. Kind of like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde status. Anyway, he was so courteous to give me a detailed account on the terror she brought upon London."
"Your son will be scarred for life with parents like you two. A gay dad and a psycho mom. By the way is her name spell K-A-R-I-N."
"No. It's spelled S-A-T-A-N or D-E-V-I-L and sometimes even P-S-Y-C-H-O-B-I-T-"
"I get it. She liked the photos of you by yourself."
"She would. She probably photo shopped you out of the other ones and put herself there instead."
"She's that crazy."
"Yes. You're in for a real treat should you run into her. Pay no mind to her or take anything she says to heart."
"I won't. I don't get butthurt easily."
"That's good to know for the future." Sasuke said suggestively.
Naruto recognized the tone… but it took a few moments for it to sink it.
"HENTAI! Bastard! Who said you'd be on top anyway."
"Simple. I don't bottom."
"Your such a girl though. You and your fashionista crap."
"Just because I have better style doesn't make me the bottom. And speaking of style, what the hell are you wearing."
"Shut up and if you even think about touching my froggy shirt your dead."
Sasuke made a mental note to burn that shirt first chance it became available. It was creepy as hell.
"did you pack your things?"
"No…" Naruto said trailing off. Naruto noticed Sasuke stuff was all packed and immaculate save for one outfit laying on the chair for tomorrow and what he was wearing.
"I'll help you, come on." Sasuke said while grabbing his room key. Naruto got up with a groan and followed Sasuke to the door and the two of them walked over to Naruto's room. Naruto opened the door and Sasuke saw clothes everywhere.
"Seriously. You're in Paris what, not even four days and you destroyed the room?"
Naruto shrugged and started gathering all his things and placing them on the bed. He watched as Sasuke started to put his clothes into two piles.
"What are you doing Teme?
"Sorting your clothes."
"For what?"
"Clothing that will be at the bottom of a river very soon and clothing you're allowed to wear."
Naruto watched in awe as Sasuke continued his little project and Naruto noted one pile was definitely smaller.
"Which pile do I get to keep?" Naruto asked sarcastically.
"That one." Sasuke said pointed to the smaller of the two.
"Look, we don't need to get rid of my clothes. They are fine."
A knock at the door sounded through the room and Naruto went over opening it revealing Gaara.
Gaara walked in and eyed Sasuke and then the clothes.
"Naruto would you care to explain why your friends are better dressed than you."
"Correction, I am better dressed than my friends."
Gaara kept a poker face while looking at Naruto and then back at the clothing.
"Are you getting rid of those." Gaara asked quietly while pointing at the bigger stack.
"Yes." Sasuke said sharply.
"Naruto, could you please go and inform Neji I am annoyed with him." Gaara said quietly.
Naruto stared at his friend confused. He never could understand why Gaara used him as a messenger. Couldn't he just tell Neji on his own?
"Why, what happened this time?"
"He refused to cuddle last night because it was too warm."
Naruto just gave Sasuke a slight wave before walking out of his room. Gaara walked over to the bigger pile of clothing and pilfered though it before nodding and picking the pile up and walking out of the room with them. Sasuke watched and went back to folding the acceptable wardrobe pieces Naruto owned and packing all the new clothes he had bought yesterday. He allowed Naruto to keep a few signature pieces like a faded Orange shirt; but if it was neon, torn to pieces, gaudy or didn't have a good fit anymore it had gone. By the looks of it Naruto hadn't bothered to buy any new clothing since high school.
"Alright Gaara, Neji knows." Naruto announced as he re-entered the room. "Where is Gaara and where the hell are my clothes?!" Naruto screeched while looking around the room for them.
"Well, Gaara is gone and so are the clothes." Sasuke said stating the obvious.
Naruto looked like he would explode at any second, "I had those since high school! They hold a lot of sentimental value!"
Sasuke chose not to comment.
Naruto walked over to the window and looked down at the Statue of Liberty and began wondering if he should go home. That's when he saw a little tiny head of red hair holding what looked like a huge bundle making his way over to the river.
"Oh hell no! He better not!" Naruto watched in horror as one of his best friends tossed the clothing over the side and let them fall into the water below.
"That little bastard." Naruto growled. He wouldn't hit Gaara. Oh no. You couldn't win a fight against that guy. No you had to approach things a different way with Gaara. Next time he saw that little petite redhead he was getting smothered in hugs and kisses in public. Naruto would get punched but Gaara would be thoroughly embarrassed and his feathers would be ruffled.
"You owe me an entire wardrobe." Naruto stated calmly.
"I will be happy to provide one. Have you ever once looked at yourself in the mirror while wearing any of those?"
Naruto straightened up. That answer would be a mostly no.