A.N:/Light warning of mention of Suicide, though its just the word use, nothing else.
Naruto met Shukaku a few blocks away from the restaurant they were meant to meet the couple in. The blonde had spent last night thinking about the redhead, going over each conversation and wondering why the redhead had tattooed the kanji for love in bright red letters on his forehead.
"Good morning, Shukaku-san!" The blonde brightly greeted, when they finally met up. Naruto was dressed in a button down orange shirt with a black jacket and black trousers, finishing it off with orange converse.
Shukaku was dressed in a crimson button down shirt with a long, beige jacket and trousers, as well as that beige gourd from yesterday, finishing it off with crimson combat boots and those familiar dark sunglasses.
"...Good morning, Kyuubi-san." The redhead quietly greeted with a slight bow of his head.
"I wonder if people really can fall out of love...was it love to begin with?"Naruto softly asked, looking down at the ground.
"Perhaps not." Shukaku replied.
Naruto put on his fox mask once more to hide his face then they went inside the restaurant which was empty except for some staff, a couple at a table and their lawyers.
The raven got up as soon as she saw them, she had short black hair framing her tanned face with light brown eyes and a knee length black dress that showed off her slim figure.
"Shukaku, Kyuubi?" She asked brightly, moving to hug both of them but the redhead stepped away.
" is a bit shy." Naruto stepped in, giving his charming smile "Thank you for inviting us today."
"Thank you for coming! Oh wow...you two are much younger than I had expected." She giggled and led them toward the table.
"Now Shukaku...this is what greed looks like. I gave this man the best of my years, even helped him pay for his school so that he could start his career...and how does he repay me? By leaving me for someone younger!" The raven said.
"Barbara, you know it's not like that...why don't you tell these two how you are always demanding more from me?! How nothing is ever good enough, if anything, you are the greedy one!" The bald man said with a scowl on his face.
"Oh that's rich coming from you, Tom. I gave you everything! I've always encouraged you to be the best that you can be but apparently you don't even have the balls to do that...Daddy always told me that I'd regret marrying you, that you were a good for nothing!" Barbara replied with a roll of her eyes.
"See what I have to deal with?! She's always insulting me like this and acting like the victim!" Tom snapped, glaring at the woman.
"...Why did the two of you get married in the first place since you hate each other?"Shukaku asked quietly.
Both of them looked shocked at the question "Because I loved her...I still love her. Barbara has always been very confident and demanding, she always knows what she wants and when she wants it, even when we met in high school. But these past few years she's been acting cruel...as if no matter what I do it's not good enough and all that's been left in my heart is an emptiness and a bad taste in my mouth."
"Is that what falling out of love is?" Shukaku asked, staring at both of them.
"I've never hated you, Tom...I've always loved the fact that you would set goals and try to reach them. I love your kindness and that temper of yours...but after I lost...after that happened it feels like things changed between us, you wouldn't even touch me and then you found yourself that young girl! I felt like I was being thrown away. I am broken goods, that's what it felt like you were telling me." Barbara replied, tears falling down her tanned cheek.
"Emptiness...anger..a bad taste, yes perhaps that's what falling out of love is." She softly added.
"...Were you two ever really in love to begin with?" Naruto softly asked, looking down at the floor "Shouldn't you be fighting for her instead of letting her go? And you...shouldn't you be fighting for him?"
Tom frowned "What would you know, blondie? Things aren't always so simple. I'll always love you Barbara...but I can't be with you anymore, not like that...not as lovers. Thank you for everything you've done for me but I don't want to wake up one day and hate you."
Barbara sobbed and stood up "I'll kill myself Tom...I'll kill myself if you really do divorce me!" She shouted.
"Don't you ever say that! Do you know how lucky you are to be alive...to at least have the person you love still be alive and well?!"Naruto suddenly snapped, glaring at Barbara "At least you are both healthy...and still alive, why would you want to give that away?" His voice sounded choked up.
"...Kyuubi?" Barbara asked surprised, then frowned "What would you know about loving someone that much?" She snapped, glaring at him.
"Barbara!" Tom scolded.
"No, I want to know! What would you know about loving someone so much that it literally kills you to see them with someone else? You don't..do you?" She huffed at him with a roll of her eyes, wiping away her tears.
"This is human greed." Shukaku simply stared, seeming to be staring at Barbara.
The raven widened her eyes then moved to slap Shukaku but Naruto stopped her, holding a small wrist in his much larger one "Don't you dare touch him." The blonde's voice had lowered and came out cold, staring at the woman with cold, cerulean blue eyes.
"Do you know why your husband is truly leaving you for someone else? Because you are acting selfishly...because you can't seem to think about anyone else but yourself and frankly I am surprised anyone can even put up with you." The blonde coldly said, holding on tighter to the smaller wrist before letting it go. "We are done here, let's go Shukaku."
The redhead looked at the blonde in surprise, shock at the change in personality but nodded.
"Fine! You want me to sign those stupid divorce papers?! Fine! Do whatever you want, Tom!" Barbara snapped, quickly signing the papers and then roughly bumped into the redhead and stormed out.
The smaller male fell from the force of the impact, his dark sunglasses falling off as well.
"Shukaku….are you okay?!" Naruto asked worriedly, moving to go and help him up then stopped and stared at the pupiless green eyes, they looked like two glass bottles. The shock seemed to last only a second or two before he quickly put the dark sunglasses on the redhead's face once more "Are you okay, Shukaku-san?" Voice still sounded worried, as if nothing had happened between them.
"...Wow that's freaky." Tom mumbled then shook his head "Thank you both for your help, I thought she would never sign those papers."
Naruto frowned as the redhead got up, declining his help. "He's not freaky at all, he's Shukaku." Naruto coldly said, then huffed "Let's go, Shukaku-san."
The blonde stormed out, running a hand through his blonde hair and cursing.
"...Kyuubi-san?" The redhead quietly asked.
The blonde stared at the redhead and shook his head, taking off his mask "Sorry that you had to see me like that...it's just...it's just that people shouldn't take death lightly, you know?"
"But the only reason we exist is to die." Shukaku stated matter of factly.
"Not like that! Not by suicide!" Naruto snapped then looked down "Sorry...it's a sore topic for me...sorry, Shukaku-san."
"Don't apologize to me." The redhead replied "...I should apologize to you."
"Huh...why?" The blonde asked confused, his anger seeming to be gone all of a sudden.
"I startled you earlier." The redhead replied "...With my freaky eyes."
The blonde stared in shock then shook his head "Freaky eyes? Don't ever call yourself a freak in front of me, got it?! So what if your eyes are...somewhat unique, that makes them special, it's nothing to be ashamed of!" The blonde passionately replied " Besides, I think they are quite beautiful. They are like a porcelain doll...you are like a really beautiful porcelain doll!" The blonde realized what he said and felt his face turn red "Ah...probably not good to compare you again to a porcelain doll."
There was silence for a minute or two and then a snort "Only you would call me that, Kyuubi-san."
"...Naruto, My name is Naruto Uzumaki, believe it!" The blonde grinned "We are friends so you should probably know my real name, huh?"
"We are...friends?" The redhead asked, sounding a bit surprised.
"Yes, of course we are!" The blonde brightly replied.
"...You are the first friend I've ever had." The redhead quietly said. "...My name is Gaara."
"First friend? I highly doubt that. It's nice to officially meet you, Gaara-san!" The blonde brightly said "Mind if we get out of here?"
"...I actually need to go. Thank you for today, Uzumaki-san."The redhead replied.
"Call me Naruto, we are friends, remember?" The blonde said, trying not to sulk too much at the fact that their time together has come to an end "Oh...alright, I won't keep you from whatever you need to do."
"...Perhaps we could see each other another time?" The redhead asked, looking away, cheeks red.
Naruto grinned and nodded "Yeah...Yeah, I'd love that, believe it!" The blonde excitedly said "Let me know when you want to meet up again and we'll make it happen!"
"Hai...I will see you next time, Naruto-kun. Goodbye." The redhead gave a slight bow and walked away.
"Not goodbye...but a see you later." Naruto softly replied, watching the retreating figure.
A.N:/ Gaara is so precious and needs to be protected at all cost. Next chapter will have a bit of NaruSasu at the end. As always please Read, Review and Fave/Follow! I appreciate it.