The sound of paper rustling and steady fall of drizzling rain permeate the dimly lighted bedroom, all was peaceful as the wind outside had ceased long ago. Sasuke sat on his futon reading, flipping the pages occasionally, engrossed in his reading. He could not remember how long ago had he been this at pea-
"Ouch!"
The exclamation was followed faithfully by the usual string of colorful curses.
Sasuke leapt up from his seating position and ran into the bathroom, which was strangely unlocked, not caring at all about the privacy of the occupant.
What met his sight would have been very funny if the situation is not serious.
Naruto stood by the toilet window sill, carefully examining his left hand, which now looked like a porcupine back, as he continued muttering curses. Then his sight fell on his cactus plant which seemed to have lost a good amount of needle-like thorns.
"Baka…" Sasuke breathed as he retrieved a first aid kit from the medicine cabinet, walking hurriedly to the injured blond man. He delicately held the wounded hand and meticulously removed all of the thorns with a pair of tweezers, then dabbing the pin-pricks cuts with alcohol, the dark hair man proceeded to bandaged up the hand.
Naruto had wanted to protest at first, he did not like being treat like a child, however a death glare from the Uchiha have Naruto wisely make the decision to not utter a single word.
"Explain your foolishness," Sasuke stated, like a parent reprimanding a child.
"Well…I want to know whether your cactus is the same like Iruka nii-chan, with soft thorns. Iruka nii-chan said that a cactus well cared for will have no need to protect itself, therefore, it will feel furry instead of sharp and painful. I thought…the needles look kinda soft…so…" Naruto stammered under the fierce gaze, afraid of a certain emotion he could not identify in the eyes of the Uchiha. He had never felt so intimidated before.
"Didn't your parent teach you not to touch anything suspicious?"
"They did not have the chance to teach me."
"Ha…they must have abandoned you because you an idiot."
Silence pervaded…the calm before the storm.
"My parents did not abandon me! My mum died after my birth and my father died when I was three…they want me! I can only imagine what kind of parent you have to bring up such a rude person!"
"Don't you dare insult my parents, they are the most wonderful people on earth. They died before my very eyes when I am just six years old. They sacrificed their lives to protect me and my brother, so don't you dare to speak anything bad about them!"
As sudden as the anger had came, it vanished as quickly when empathy and understanding dawned upon them. They shared similar past…
At the exact same moment, they spoke.
"I'm sorry…"
"I'm sorry…"
It was then Sasuke realized that Naruto wore only a towel around his waist and was dripping wet when he just entered and now, the innocent towel lay on the ground showing a not very innocent view. Naruto flushed a deep red, hastily retied the towel around his waist.
Sasuke felt entranced as he stared at Naruto's lithe body and soft lips…he leaned forward…closer and closer to the tempting delicate pink flesh and was ready to press his lips onto Naruto's mouth…'Ring…Ring…Ring!"
Sasuke cursed mentally as he drew back and away from the surprised Naruto, smugly taking note of Naruto crestfallen face. He stomped to the living room ready to curse the person at the other end of the line to oblivion.
"What!" He snapped irritably into the receiver.
"Hi, Kakashi here, is Naruto there?"
"You still have the nerve to call here! Do you have a death wish Hatake?"
"Maybe I have...so Naruto is there, right?"
"Yes, I don't think the script was funny nor was the previous conversation. Do you really want to incur my wrath, if not explain or I will personally make sure that you will not be able to father anymore...."
"See, I am right Iruka-koi, they like each other since they are still together even though the storm had stopped a while ago."
"Who say I like that dobe!"
"Hmm… I thought I just heard the Nile in Egypt, so I guess they are right when they say denial isn't just another river in Egypt…very interesting...by the way ask Naruto to go to work tomorrow at the music studio and… "
Sasuke did not hear the rest of the sentence as he once again hanged up on Kakashi. That sneaky fellow, he made a mental note to torture that evil sliver hair man.
"So I guess I will be going ne…" A soft voice whispered.
The pale skin man then remembered that the storm had stopped, he looked out of the window and indeed the rain had ceased falling.
"I will go and pack now."
"Don't go!... I mean it is rather late now so…just stay the night here."
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it, by the way, Kakashi ask you to go to the music studio for work tomorrow."
From then on, Naruto and Sasuke appreciated storms very much, after all they now had a precious memory of it.
"Ohayo!" Naruto practically screamed as he greeted his band mates. He was late again, but he had a good excuse this time, he went home in the morning to change his clothing before heading for work, surely they won't be too angry…like that would happen.
Ino smiled sweetly at the blond man, a vibe throbbing at her temple, definitely not a good sign…
"You are late for five freaking hours! Do you know how much beauty sleep I had to sacrifice in the morning to get here on time?!"
Okay, maybe storms were not that nice after all.
A/N: Hi once again, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I will be going back to filming and recording now that the storm chaos had blown over.
Erm...I think the knife can be used to cut some ingredients like shreds of chicken to add to the ramen.
Thanks and please review!
