Naruto's eyes
fluttered open. When his vision was shocked with streaming sunshine,
he shut them tight again. Rolling over to block the light, he was 1)
shocked to have a wave of pain flow throughout him and 2) surprised
to roll into something warm and soft.
One eye opened to examine
the thing wrapped around him. The memory of the night before washed
over him. He groaned and painfully shifted to face the sleeping
Sasuke. He smiled, remembering how many times he had woken up in a
situation oh so similar to this.
"Hey." He said
softly, moving sasuke's hair of his face. The boy's eyes slowly
opened, a confused look placing itself on his features.
"Naruto…?"
he glanced around his surroundings. His mind began to turn and he too
regained the memory of the night before. He blushed. "You feeling
okay?" he asked quietly.
"Hah." Naruto said, laughing lightly. "I don't know, I might be sore for a week or two."
Sasuke's blush
deepened and an awkward silence settled about the room. "So,"
Naruto ventured uncertainly. "Are we a couple again now?"
Sasuke
looked away. "I don't know…"
Naruto sat up,
furious. "What do you mean 'I don't know' Sasuke! What the
fuck! Are you telling me that last night meant NOTHING! I knew it!
I knew you were just looking for a convenient fuck! You USED me,
Sasuke. I can't believe you fucking USED me!" Ignoring the pain,
he threw up the covers and stomped into the bathroom, hoping to take
a calming shower.
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Naruto slammed the door
of the bathroom open, a towel around his waist. Unfortunately, the
shower hadn't helped a bit.
Sasuke, who had been standing
outside of the door, grabbed his wrist.
"Naruto, I" he
began
"Just save it, Sasuke." Naruto growled. "I'm not in
the mood for any of your bullshit." He wrenched his arm from
sasuke's grasp. "Now just get out of my way so I can get dressed
and leave, ya pervert." He mumbled.
Sasuke stepped to the side and watched dejectedly as his lover began to pick his clothes up off the floor."
"I'm…sorry."
He said. Naruto stopped dead in his tracks
"You're what?"
Out of all the years Naruto had known Sasuke, he had never once heard
Sasuke apologize to anyone without sarcasm in his tone.
"I'm sorry."
Naruto wasn't about to give up that easy though.
"Sorry for
what 'sasuke-chan'?" he asked, sickeningly sweet.
"I'm sorry for not
being good enough." He said
"What?" Naruto asked
"I'm
sorry I wasn't enough to satisfy you. That is why you left with
Itachi, isn't it? Because I wasn't doing a good enough job of
being a lover? I know I'm not romantic, and I know I'm not good
at communicating, but I always thought that didn't bother you. I'm
sorry that it did. And if you would just stay, I promise I'll make
an effort to be better." He said
"No Sasuke, I didn't leave
because you weren't good! I left because…because…" Naruto
didn't really know why he had left.
Sasuke lowered his head,
shadowing his eyes with his hair. His fists clenched and he
shuddered. "So it's true." He said. "You didn't leave
because I wasn't good. You left because Itachi was better."
