Chapter 8: Never run away
(A/N: Ah yes, we have finally come to the conclusion of this story. I'm sorry to say that this is the last chapter and I apologize profusely for having it delayed. I appreciate everyone who took the time from their very busy lives to read this fic and really thank you guys for that. And I thank you guys for the nice reviews and support. Although this fic has come to a conclusion, I hope you enjoy this last chapter. I will be resuming my other fic "Three bedrooms, Two bathrooms, and One Dog", so please look forward to that. Thanks!)
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Sasuke felt the rough lips around his. Despite the roughness, the lips felt like Naru's. It was the same shape, the same feel, the same form. Sasuke felt as if he was kissing Naru. He kissed back, consumed by the feeling of Naru's lips around his. His eyelids slowly began to close…..
Then, reality hit him. Sasuke opened his eyes as it widened. He quickly pushed off Naruto, as his arm immediately went to his lips. He looked at Naruto with a confused face. It was probably natural for Naruto to have the same lip form as Naru, but…. Why did Naruto do that?
Naruto's face turned red as he looks to the side. He couldn't face Sasuke. It was too embarrassing, but he had to release the anger in him. Naruto felt as if he had a growing hatred towards Naru, although she was a nonexistent person.
Sasuke continued to stare at Naruto, as he was quite speechless at what happened a few minutes ago. It was just awhile the two were happily eating ramen as their day supposedly ended up to this. Sasuke didn't know how to react, he just stared at the other boy who began to fidget and twitch his feet.
"I'm sorry." Naruto hastily said as he ran away. Sasuke watched astonish as he only saw the back of Naruto going further and further away from him.
Naruto cursed under his breath. He resorted to running once more. He couldn't help the feelings that were kept inside of him. He ran to his house as he threw himself on his bed. He felt his pillow drench in his soft warm tears as he began to cry. Naruto was quite furious with himself, but he also felt quite sad.
He curled up under his blanket as he regretted the deed he committed. He would never be able to face Sasuke again.
That was not a good thing.
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Sasuke slowly dragged himself to school. He really didn't know how he felt. It was only a day since the incident happened and he still didn't know how he felt towards it. He didn't know what to say when he would face Naruto.
Sasuke stopped in front of the classroom door. He hesitated whether or not to enter. Well, it wasn't like the two of them were going to be alone in the classroom. Sasuke shook his head and slid open the classroom door as he stole a peek at the area where Naruto sat. Surprisingly, Naruto wasn't there. Sasuke shrugged as he took his seat. It wasn't his problem if Naruto came to school or not, but for some reason it bothered him.
The day continued on as Sasuke noticed that Naruto didn't come to school at all. He shook his head numerous times to stay in focus during class time, but he couldn't help moving his head towards Naruto's seat.
"Why didn't you come to school?" Sasuke asked softly to himself. "Idiot…."
School finally came to an end as Sasuke packed his bag and got ready to leave. Then he was stopped by Iruka-sensei.
"Ah, Sasuke-kun, hold on for a sec," Iruka-sensei walked up to him as he had a stack of papers in his hand.
Sasuke stare at the teacher as his eyes shifted down to the stack of papers.
"Can you give these papers to Naruto? Since he did miss class today, it wouldn't help him to review using these worksheets," Iruka-sensei handed the stack to him.
Sasuke looked down at the stack of papers in his hand. He slowly nodded as he left the classroom door. He wondered why from all people he was chosen to hand these papers to Naruto. It meant that he would have to go over to Naruto's place and be stuck in such an awkward position. Sasuke shrugged. It didn't matter; he was only going to his place as a classmate.
Sasuke walked down the street as he slowly approached Naruto's door. He hesitated whether to knock. Sasuke lifted his fist as it touched the door, then he quickly pulled his fist away. He began to walk away, but stopped in the middle, as he walked back to Naruto's door. It was better if he got this over with.
Sasuke hastily knocked the door once as the papers in his hand crumpled up a bit under his clenched fist. There was no reaction from the other side. Sasuke decided to give another knock. There was still no response. Sasuke then began knocking a trail of knocks, but ended up with the same result. He really didn't want to go home with the papers in his hand. He had to fulfill Iruka-sensei's request.
Then an idea hit him. Sasuke opened the door and to his relief it was open. He decided to leave the papers on Naruto's table and leave. As Sasuke took a step into the messy house, he heard vast coughing in the other room. He slowly peered in the other room, as he noticed Naruto curled up in a ball.
"Naruto?" Sasuke stepped into the room, as Naruto constantly let out hoarse coughs as he began to shiver. Sasuke walked up to the boy as he noticed Naruto's face covered in huge masses of sweat. He calmly placed his hand over Naruto's head, as in the next second he grabbed the blanket on Naruto's floor.
"You idiot!" Sasuke cried out as he gently covered Naruto's shivering body with the blanket. "What kind of a stupid idiot sleeps without a blanket?"
"Sasuke…." Naruto's eyes were shut as if he were dreaming. He continued to cough as grabbed onto Sasuke's sleeve.
Sasuke expression softened a bit, as he gently pushed Naruto's hand off. He walked into the kitchen as he found an isolated rag. He quickly grabbed a bucket as he filled it with ice cold water. Then he placed the rag in the bucket as it absorbed the liquid. Sasuke quickly squeezed out the contents as he rushed in Naruto's room. He gently wiped off the sweat as Naruto continued to cough rather rashly.
Naruto seemed to be asleep. Sasuke walked back into the kitchen as he leaned on the kitchen wall. What was he doing? He just came to deliver papers and now he found him sick in bed. Was it his fault? But then again, Sasuke never really did anything wrong….
Sasuke sighed as he looked around Naruto's kitchen. He decided to cook some porridge, but apparently Naruto didn't have any rice or a rice cooker. Sasuke took one last glance at Naruto as he began to run to house and use his own utensils.
Sasuke opened the door to his house as he dashed into the kitchen. He took out his rice pot as he filled it with rice to some extent. He then washed the rice thoroughly as he placed it into the rice cooker. He waited impatiently for the twenty minutes to go by. As soon as the rice cooker reached twenty, Sasuke quickly opened the rice cooker as he dumped huge piles of rice into a pot full of water. He began to stir rapidly as the rice turned into mush.
He hoped that Naruto was still asleep. As the rice porridge was ready, Sasuke quickly washed leek as he rapidly sliced them. He spread them over the porridge as he wrapped the porridge in a container. He grabbed his bottle of soy sauce, a bowl, and a spoon as he dashed out of his house. He ran down to Naruto's place once more, as he ran into Naruto's room. But to his surprise, Naruto was gone.
Sasuke quickly placed the porridge aside as he began to look for Naruto. "That idiot. Where the hell are you?"
Sasuke looked all over Naruto's house, but he couldn't find him anywhere. Sasuke cursed under his breath as he walked out into Naruto's backyard to cool off the steam. Then he noticed someone on a tire swing.
"Naruto." Sasuke watched as the boy swung on the tire silently. Naruto's mind seemed to wander off as it was preoccupied by a squirrel nibbling on an acorn.
Naruto didn't seem to notice the other boy. His mind was just blank as he looked quite depressed. His grip on the swing tightened as tears began to form from his eyes. He didn't actually know why he was crying, but it seemed to be the right mood to cry. Then he felt a flick upon his head.
"Ow….." Naruto went back to reality as he rubbed his head. "Who did that?"
Naruto turned his head as it faced Sasuke's. His eyes widened at the sight of the other boy. "Sasuke…."
"You're a true moron, you know that, right?" Sasuke said sharply. "Get your ass back into bed, before I kick it."
Naruto didn't know what to do. He was quite alarmed seeing the other boy in front of him. Although he was afraid that he would never be able to face Sasuke again, but he was happy. He remembered that he had a dream that Sasuke was taking care of him, or was it reality?
However, Naruto didn't budge. He felt uncomfortable from the incident that happened a few days ago. He wondered how Sasuke could act so normal, but probably Sasuke was trying to ignore it.
"Sasuke…." Naruto wanted to bring up the subject. "I'm sorry about what happened."
Sasuke didn't say anything. He didn't know what to say.
"I think I should be honest with you," Naruto slowly stood up as he let out soft coughs.
"Hmm?" Sasuke turned to face Naruto. "What are you talking about?"
Naruto placed his two fingers together in a jutsu position, as he quickly transformed into Naru.
Sasuke's eyes widened. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to embrace Naru, but finding out that Naru was actually Naruto, he really didn't know what to do.
Naruto quickly transformed back to himself, as his face turned red from the fever. "I'm sorry….Sasuke….I did it as revenge…..but I didn't know….that I would end up…..falling in love with you….."
Naruto slowly collapsed forward into Sasuke's arms.
"You idiot." Sasuke mumbled silently, as he looked down on Naruto with soft eyes. "You truly are an idiot."
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Naruto woke up, as he felt a bit better from the sleep. He looked to his right to see the wall. Then he looked to the left to see Sasuke. Sasuke slouched on a chair as he was asleep. Naruto noticed that it was the middle of the night and that they had school the next day. Then he smelled something good.
He noticed the pot of porridge on the table next to him. Naruto leaned over as he reached for the pot. His fingers slipped foolishly as it his the spoon, causing the spoon to fall. The spoon made contact with the ground as it released a huge unpleasant sound.
"You could have woken me up," Sasuke rubbed his eyes as snatched the spoon. He handed the spoon to Naruto, as he grabbed the pot. "Let me heat this."
Naruto watched the other boy take the pot, as he smiled warmly. Sasuke was taking care of him. Then he remembered what happened earlier. He revealed to Sasuke that he was Naru. He bit his lip wondering what his next move would be.
Sasuke came back a few minutes later with the heated porridge. He quickly ladled the porridge into the bowl as he sprinkled soy sauce on top. He grabbed the spoon from Naruto's hand as he dipped in a spoonful. "Open your mouth."
Naruto obediently opened his mouth as he felt the warm porridge in his mouth. He never knew that porridge could taste so good.
"Sasuke…." Naruto's face turned red. He wondered why Sasuke was being so nice.
"I guess your revenge worked Naruto." Sasuke began to scoop up another spoonful. "Are you satisfied?"
Naruto's face spread with guilt as he looked on his bed sheet. "Are you mad?"
"Furious."
Naruto's hand clenched on to his blanket even tighter as he couldn't face Sasuke.
"But. It was a nice experience." Sasuke gave Naruto a small smile.
Naruto began to loosen up, as he lifted his head to Sasuke.
"However I do find it quite ironic for you to end up falling in love with me," Sasuke smirked, which kind of irked Naruto for a sec.
"You are so conceited," Naruto cried out. Then he paused. "But I'm still in love with you…."
Sasuke pompous smirk turned into a warm smile. "I love Naru."
Naruto's face turned into a pout. "But I am Naru."
"I know you are, idiot." Sasuke leaned down his head as he placed a kiss on Naruto's lips. Naruto's eyes widened as they slowly began to close. He was consumed by the kiss as he hungrily kissed back to fulfill his satisfaction. "So, don't run away from me anymore, okay?"
"I won't run away." Naruto smiled.
Sasuke crawled onto the bed as he gently laid Naruto on his back. As he kneeled on top of the other boy, he began to suck on his neck, as Naruto ran his fingers in Sasuke's hair. Sasuke's lips found itself back on top of Naruto's, as he stopped abruptly.
"What's wrong Sasuke?" Naruto gasped for breath.
"Your sick, aren't you?"
"…."
"Shit!! What if I get sick?"
"You can't get sick by kissing!"
"Yes you can by exchanging saliva!"
"Sasuke, I'm not sick, I swear!!"
"…."
"Sasuke!" Naruto pouted.
"I'm getting off. Enjoy your rest."
"I'm not sick anymore! Kiss me!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO!"
"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!" Naruto grabbed Sasuke's head as he gave him a smack on the lips. Sasuke quickly reacted as he grabbed Naruto's shoulders to push him off. Naruto resisted as he aimed for Sasuke's lips once more.
It was going to be a long night.
(A/N: I hope you guys didn't find the ending too bland, but more importantly I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter. ^__^ Please leave a review. ^^)