Chapter 35 (crawling... To... Finish...line)
Sasuke sat at home going over work related documents and found his son, Lumos and the still unnamed kitten were all fabulous paper shredders. Sasuke cracked his fingers envying his dog Nox who was asleep in the dog bed Naruto had bought. Sasuke was reviewing everything and approving or denying things business related. Apparently Ino was amazing at keeping everyone in line. Naruto had been making a conscious effort to communicate with his mother and Sasuke's mother and coordinate wedding planning. Sasuke on the other hand, alienated himself away from most things wedding. He had already done his share so everyone would look nice. Other than that he was going to be surprised.
Sasuke cracked his knuckles and cleaned up around the house. His mind was completely plagued with thoughts and he was over worked. He was feeling it. Stress knots everywhere. Naruto hadn't been doing much cleaning at all. Naruto was mostly meeting with wedding coordinators even though they had a few months to get everything done, they all acted the same. Now, now and now. Naruto was getting bombarded with phone calls and scheduling appointments for wedding stuff he didn't have time to do his day job leaving Sasuke to pick up all the slack. All in all. One little thing going from would send the already wound up Uchiha on a damn rampage.
Sasuke used his lunch break to start laundry, take care of Hiruzen and do the normal amount of cleaning to keep the house presentable.
*bzzzzzzz* *bzzzzzzz*
Sasuke pulled his phone out to see a text message from Naruto-not even a damn phone call.
It read, "clean up the house. Wedding coordinator coming over."
Sasuke mentally shouted fuck no before tossing his phone off to the side.
Sasuke looked at his work pile on the table and just shook his head. He cleaned up the rest of the house, finished the laundry, folded and put everything away and got Hiruzen and himself cleaned up.
He heard Naruto come in and run up the stairs to their bedroom and shut the door.
"Welcome home Naruto. Hope you had a wonderful day." Sasuke said to no one.
He set up an appetizer tray consisting of cheese, salami and crackers and grabbed some red wine and glasses setting them up in their living room. Sasuke sat hunched over with his hands joined waiting for the door bell which went off relatively quickly.
Sasuke walked downstairs and opened the door to see what he assumed was a man, but due to the mountain of binders and boxes he was holding the top half of his body was blocked.
Sasuke looked at the man in pity and took half of the load so he could see a man with blonde slicked back hair and blue eyes, though not as striking as Naruto's.
The man smiled brilliant and walked up the stairs setting everything down on the floor and Sasuke followed him.
"So, you must be Sasuke the other groom! It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is Carson!" The slightly feminine man said shooting a hand forward.
"Yes, and you must be the wedding planner."
"Well, event planner. But I will make your event a dream come true any way!" The man chimed.
Sasuke took a seat and Carson followed his lead. Sasuke opened the bottle of wine and poured some into all three glasses carefully before setting the bottle down.
Naruto came downstairs finally in an Oxford shirt and blazer. Sasuke shook his head at Naruto who plopped down on the sofa in between them forcing Sasuke to slide over.
"Well then, let's get started!" The man practically squealed with delight.
Wasn't this supposed to come as a surprise for Sasuke?
"So, I've spoken with your mother Sasuke and she game me some themes she liked now it's down too what you would like. I've brought samples and ideas for you too look at. So, here's the theme binder your mom liked. " Carson said handing Naruto the first binder.
"Classic Hollywood... Traditional... Beach... Forest and Grand." Naruto said flipped through the book.
"Classic Hollywood would be cool..." Naruto commented imagining a James Bond-esq kind of feel.
Sasuke shook his head dismissing the vintage glamour look. It didn't suit them.
"What do you think about traditional?" Naruto asked glancing over to Sasuke.
"We're anything but traditional." Sasuke said making a valid point.
"Well, how about a forest, nature wedding. It could be fun? I like the beach idea too." Naruto said flipping through the book.
"I want an intimate romantic wedding Naruto. I want you to show up and us to be married. No over the top things." Sasuke said a little annoyed.
"The beach can be intimate-"
"I know lovely venues for any wedding and I can make any of these romantic and intimate." Carson supplied.
Naruto nodded his head triumphantly.
"Fine. Pick anything and everything you want." Sasuke said throwing his hands up and walking off.
"He can be dramatic." Naruto said with a tight smile.
Sasuke went into his office where he'd moved all his work stuff and just started to work completely drowning out anything going on in the house. Namely the two loud giggling blondes. Hiruzen was in his room down the hall giggling.
A few hours passed when Naruto came upstairs and gave him a glare.
"Are you happy you acted like a child Sasuke? Wedding planning is done." Naruto said annoyed.
Sasuke ignored his and started packing papers away and putting them into boxes.
"Hey. I'm talking to you." Naruto said stepping into the room and he jabbed Sasuke in the arm.
"Did you pick out everything you wanted?" Sasuke asked quietly. He picked up the now full box and set it over by the door where a few others were stacked up.
"Yeah. He's going to start getting the orders started and he reserved the venue with zero help from you. You haven't done anything!" Naruto yelled.
"I picked out our tuxedos and the rest of the attire." Sasuke said typing away on the computer.
"Wow, ok, correction. You did one fucking thing. One thing. I did the rest of it." Naruto said crossing his arms.
Sasuke stood up straight and glared at Naruto hard. "We agreed on that from the beginning." The Uchiha bit out.
"Yeah, but you haven't been doing fucking anything. I've been doing everything! You're being fucking useless." Naruto shouted.
"You know what Naruto. I think we should spent some time apart. We obviously aren't seeing things on the same page. So I'm going to pack a suitcase, pack Hiruzen a bag, pack all those boxes filled with tons of materials for work, half of which was yours to do and we will talk in a few days." Sasuke said bumping shoulders with Naruto and going into his room starting to pull stuff out of drawers.
"No. You're not going anywhere. We are going to talk." Naruto insisted.
"Naruto, you're pissing me off a lot more than I'd like to admit. So please, back off." Sasuke pleaded.
"No, we're engaged. We are going to talk like grown adults." Naruto shouted again. Sasuke pulled a duffel bag from the closet and packed his the bag only to be met with a punch to the face.
Sasuke held his hand to his face and grabbed his bag walking straight out the door to his car and sped out.
Naruto covered his mouth with his hands in pure shock. He just hit the man he loved. He didn't mean too. He was frustrated and angry. And now Sasuke was gone.
Naruto punched the wall and walked off into his room to calm down. He felt stressed. His phone went off every few minutes with some new proposal or offer from some company and it was overwhelming. Sasuke mom would be tying everything together. The only thing Naruto and Sasuke would have to do is make a list of people.
Naruto got up and found Hiruzen asleep on the floor and h set the child in his bed and walked into the office and opened the top of those boxes and saw that they were indeed all work-related and they didn't seem very fun...
Sasuke got a hotel room close to the mall and threw his stuff down on the floor and laid down on the bed. He hadn't even bothered to turn on the lights. His phone was off and the room was completely silent. Sasuke just focused on breathing exercises before he just fell asleep.
Naruto on the other hand was wide awake biting his nails. He picked up the phone and dialed for his future mother in law.
"Naruto? If everything alright-"
"Sasuke just left. He packed a duffel bag and just left. What do I do?" Naruto said uneasily.
"Well what happened?" She asked straightening up.
"He just over reacted and threw a huge fit then stormed out." Naruto explained his version.
Mikoto grimaced. She knew Sasuke probably didn't over react theatrically. But it wasn't beneath him to blow things out of proportions.
"Just wait for him to calm down and come home. He will come back Naruto. Don't worry. Just go to sleep." She said reassuringly and said her good-byes.
Naruto fiddled around and decided to call his mom.
"Hello." She answered seemingly busy.
"Hi mom..." Naruto said lethargically.
"What did he do." She said immediately pissed off.
Minato felt his wife begin to ruffle her feathers before snatching the phone from her and hold her away.
"Naruto what happened? No twisting words. Just straight forward." Minato asked.
"Sasuke upped and left. We got in a fight." Naruto explained.
"About what?" Minato pressed.
"Stuff..."
"Naruto. You will not be getting sympathy from us if you did the wrong thing. If you can talk to your father like a grown man maybe you shouldn't get married." Minato said annoyed because Kushina was fighting him for the phone.
"He hasn't been helping at all with any of the wedding stuff. I've done everything except for choose the attire we wear. He did that."
"Then he didn't not do anything."
"That's what he said. It doesn't fucking count. One thing versus everything."
"Naruto, while you've been planning away, have you been working?"
"No-"
"Have you been cooking?"
"No-"
"Cleaning?"
"No!"
"Then who is doing it Naruto? The baby? The pets? Or is Sasuke taking care of all the things he would normally do and then your responsibilities to boot."
Naruto went quiet.
"Exactly. Maybe you should apologize to him and stop acting like a brat. He's spoiled you and it's starting to change you. You are at fault here and as your father I am going to tell you like it is. You changed and if this keeps up he may walk away for good. Be more considerate of the man who literally handed you the entire world on a whim."
And with that Minato hung up the phone and turned it off placing it in his pocket.
"Kushina. Naruto is a grown man. Let him handle his own messes. Don't get involved."
Kushina stood there with a look of surprise. She had just been handled by her husband...
Naruto sat downstairs and played tug of war half heartedly with Lumos and stroked Nox atop of the head. He looked over at the kitten sleeping on the couch and felt dreadful. He looked at all the furniture that Sasuke had bought. The watch on his wrist. He thought of all the little adventures and presents that Sasuke had given him. The ring on his finger that was a symbol of how much this man loved him... And he wasn't reciprocating anything.
And what he picked for the wedding, was all over the top. It was romantic in a sense... But with Carson there making suggestions he may have forgotten the intimate and romantic idea.
He was ruining his own relationship. When did he become a bitch? Sasuke had been topping way to long.
Naruto was going to change this.
Sasuke woke up late in the morning and took the longest shower he had ever taken. He brushed his teeth and got dressed. He walked down to the diner and had breakfast before wandering the mall. He didn't really feel much like buying anything. He kind of felt like he'd just been sucker punched. Woman were batting their eyes and giggling at him. Before one of them could say anything he shot back with "I'm gay." And kept walking.
Naruto packed the dogs into their caged area and packed all the boxes into his car. He dress himself and zhiruzen and drove to work. His heart sank a bit not seeing Sasuke's car but unloaded the boxes with Kiba's help and brought them to where they needed to go.
The building was a heck of a lot nicer and the employees were all in line. It looked so professional and the atmosphere was a lot nicer. And the bastard had bought keurigs for every single floor. Naruto walked into his officer and sat down getting work done. He saw how much work Sasuke had caught him up on and immediately jumped back into it.
Sasuke was currently sitting in a realtors office. Why? Because he was bored and wanted to buy something. What better than a house? He wouldn't commit to anything unless it was perfect, but he was at least giving the girl a chance. When he passed her office by chance after leaving the mall she was being yelled at for being to nice and not pulling her weight. So here he was describing his dream home and the things Naruto would want included as well as good future aspects for Hiruzen and other children. He loved his house with Naruto. And they would keep it. But, they needed something a bit bigger if more kids were going to join the family down the line.
"Well, currently we don't have anything in the market that's available like that. But, I see a few properties that match your criteria are either sale pending, foreclosing or going to be put on the market. So when we have a variety I could call or email you." She said in a sweet but nervous voice as if Sasuke would be mad at her.
"That'd be wonderful. Also, I wouldn't mind a vacation home. Could you please look into it?" Sasuke said with a smirk and stood up to shake her hand.
"Same criteria?"
"Close as possible. If it's close to water I could give up the pool." Sasuke said before leaving his contact information and walking out.
That woman would be getting the commission of a lifetime and she had no clue.
Sasuke went back to his hotel room briefly before checking out once the couple on the other side of his wall introduced themselves as newlyweds. He wasn't interested in things that go bump all night if we wasn't the one causing the bumping. Sasuke grimaced and got in his car driving back to his house. Naruto's car wasn't home so he shrugged and brought his things inside. He walked in and froze upon seeing the paper towel roll torn to shreds in pieces all over the floor. He put his bag upstairs. He lakes back down and started sweepi the thoroughly shredded paper towel when Naruto came upstairs. He threw away the pieces away and Naruto's eyes narrowed down at the kitten that was attacking the broom.
"Shitty kitty. That is now your name." Naruto said darkly.
Sasuke gave him a look before bending down and swooping her up and scratching behind her ears.
"I thought she was mine to name."
"Not anymore. If it fits it sticks." Naruto said shaking his head.
He set Hiruzen down and gave Sasuke a kiss to the lips.
"I'm sorry. Please forgive me... I got wrapped up in my own little world. Next time it happens smack me upside the head. And never ever let me hit you. Even accidentally. Kick my ass if it happens again." Naruto said hugging Sasuke.
"You're forgiven. Next time you hit me I will tie you up and eat ramen in front of you for hours." Sasuke said and pressed a kiss to Naruto's forehead.
Hello Readers- My Fanfiction was down and not working for some reason on my device of choice so I had to resort to medieval methods. I do apologize for the month long wait. I have posted all three chapters and a one shot as an apology. I will try to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience. –DeathbyPanda 92 who is very sorry.