Only You
By: Wildwolfr13
Ch.2
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"I'm Naruto, what's your name?" the boy with blue eyes questioned.
Sasuke openly stared. 'There's actually someone out here!' he thought, hope blossoming in his chest. 'I still have a chance to find mother!'
"Hello, anybody home? Are you deaf?" Naruto rudely inquired. Sasuke abruptly broke out of his brooding and glared at the careless insult, forgetting the fact that he was supposed to get help from this stranger.
"Shut up, you baka." Sasuke snapped.
"What! You ungrateful teme! And was going to let you stay at my apartment for one night too! Fine, freeze your butt off, you hobo!"
"Are you so blind that you mistake a citizen for a hobo? You're more idiotic than you look!" growled Sasuke.
"Then what are you doing just sitting there! I was trying to help too!"
"I have a home dobe. I'm just a little lost." Sasuke admitted grudgingly.
"A little lost?" Naruto snorted. "It looked like you were ready to die-"
"Where's the restaurant Onigiri?" Sasuke rudely interrupted after remembering the reason why he was here.
"Why you! Don't interrupt me, teme!"
"Were you talking? That's too bad." Sasuke smugly stated. "Now tell me where the restaurant Onigiri is, then go and do whatever pathetic chore you were doing."
"I'm not telling! Die out here for all I care!" Naruto huffed and walked off.
Sasuke's eyes widened. That dobe wasn't leaving him here, was he?
"Wait, you usurantonkachi! Tell me where the restaurant Onigiri is!" Sasuke demanded as he ran to catch up.
"Screw you!" Naruto replied, and he ran off. "Seeya!"
Sasuke growled. 'Why that insolent…' He had to sprint to catch up to Naruto, who was by all means a very fast runner. It was no longer cold, and he ran for about 2 blocks until he caught up.
"Is running away the only thing you're good at?" Sasuke insulted, trying to distract him.
"You actually caught up to me?" asked Naruto incredulously, for once ignoring the insult. He then grinned. "Pretty good, but can you catch up to this?" He sprinted off, now serious.
'This can't be happening!' Sasuke thought. 'And I thought I was good at running!'
"Wait!" he called at Naruto's disappearing back. 'Ok, that's it.' Sasuke fumed. He put on a burst of speed, using all of the energy he had left. He then proceeded to tackle Naruto, whose body slammed into the snow, hard. Naruto let out a groan.
"What did you do that for!" Naruto screeched.
"You said to catch up." said Sasuke with a superior smirk.
"Teme! You didn't have to tackle me!"
"Just tell me where the restaurant Onigiri is, moron, and I'll leave you alone!"
"I only know one ramen restaurant called Ichiraku! Plus, all stores are closed right now, bakayaro!"
"What?" Sasuke paused, then internally hit himself and groaned. 'I forgot that stores have business hours! Where the hell am I supposed to stay for the night? I don't have any money…Maybe I should've taken this idiot's suggestion to sleep over one night. But I'd rather sleep in the streets than bear with this moron for a whole night.' He shuddered as he imagined his eardrums bleeding from Naruto's incessant chattering and hollering.
Naruto, seeing Sasuke's mind occupied, shoved Sasuke off of him and got up, brushing snow off his thin coat.
"The snowfall's getting worse." he absentmindedly observed, waking Sasuke from his own little world once again. 'Dobe's right,' he observed. 'If I sleep out here I might freeze to death.' He toyed with the idea of what death would be better, him turning into a human icicle, or him lying on the floor, bleeding a copious amount of blood from his ears. He smiled wryly at the amusing concept. 'This guy sure loves to space out' Naruto thought.
"Oi, teme, what are you going to do now?" said Naruto loudly. "You're really a hobo, huh?"
Sasuke glared at the annoying boy, then sighed. If he didn't want to freeze, he needed to get him a place to stay.
"I'm not a hobo, baka, but I need a place to stay for the night." Sasuke squeezed out, trying to be as polite as he could to this idiot.
"Yeah right, excuses, excuses." said Naruto, grinning as he held the upper hand. "You could have said please, but you owe me a cup of ramen. I'm not as bad as to let a person freeze to death!" he loudly proclaimed. That said, he marched off, saying "Come on, it's getting cold again."
Sasuke got up and grudgingly followed. About 30 minutes later, he stood in a snowy, abandoned alley with Naruto.
"Where's your house already!" snapped Sasuke, who was weary and cold.
"Ehehheh…Um…"
"Don't tell me we're lost." he asked in a brain-dead voice.
"Well, you see…"
"You can't find your own house! What kind of moronic human being doesn't know where his HOUSE is?"
"That's not it!" said Naruto defensively. "This alley just doesn't look familiar!"
"IT LOOKS FAMILIAR TO ME!" Sasuke roared, realizing something. "WE JUST WENT PAST THIS ALLEY FIVE TIMES!"
"It's not all MY fault! You should have told me that we passed this alley five times!"
"I was tired, and I actually thought that you would lead me correctly! Naruto, you idiot of idiots! Dobe! Find your way, NOW!"
"TEME! Don't yell at me! I'm the one letting you stay over! It's all your fault that I got lost and- HEY!" Naruto pointed at an apartment building 50 meters away. "I found it! I told you I wasn't lost, Sasuke-teme!" said Naruto gleefully, bounding over to his apartment building.
Sasuke, tired and ready to plop down and snooze, monotonously followed Naruto, ignoring his constant "I told you so"'s and "I was right and you were wrong"'s. He then dragged his lead-like feet across Naruto's floor, fell unceremoniously on the couch, and fell into a deep slumber as soon as he hit the soft plushiness of the couch.
Naruto, who was also tired, but not as much as Sasuke, took a nice, hot shower, threw a blanket over Sasuke, then fell asleep on his bed.
Sasuke, not knowing that his future was closely intertwined with the reckless blonde's, slept a peaceful and dreamless sleep, hoping that he would see his mother tomorrow, and that his reunion with his mother would come very soon. Sadly, that day was more far away than he would ever hope, but that didn't exactly mean that he wouldn't enjoy the time he spent away from her. Quite the opposite, actually.
Was that any good? Is it still too short? Did I make any mistakes? I would appreciate opinions and helpful tips. Thanks!