Title: Magic 8 Ball
By chibi-ruroun
Warning: shonen-ai (boy love) don't like it, don't read it.
Pairing: Sasunaru
Disclaimer: Naruto is owned by Kishimoto-san
"Argh! Dammit, stupid bush!" A passerby could hear loud swearing coming from within the bushes, but there was no passerby, as it was raining hard. Finally, Sasuke's hand hit something hard and a little muddy. Grimacing, Sasuke picked it up and allowed a grin of triumph to grace his face for a fleeting moment. Then it was gone and Sasuke looked downright angry. He wasn't really angry, of course, just very worried about Naruto. 'He's probably still sitting on Yondaime's head…pouting. I wonder if I should go and invite him over to my house…to make sure he get dried up right, that's all. I bet he doesn't have good heater at his beaten down old apartment…'
Then an idea occurred to him as his eyes were drawn to the black ball in his hand.
"Hey, I could use…" Sasuke quickly shook his head and thought. 'Naruto's making me do weird things again…' But after a moment of fighting with his Inner self, Sasuke complied and softly asked the question.
"Should I ask Naruto over to my house to make sure he isn't sick?"
The survivor of the Uchiha clan would appear extremely comical right now to anyone that was still lurking about outside, but there was no one. His expression was of a serious concentration, with a twist in his brow as he tried to copy what Naruto had did hours ago before Naruto had ran away.
Turning the ball around, Sasuke took a quick glance at the screen and smiled.
"I guess that's that, then…" He carefully tucked the ball into his pouch after cleaning the ball's surface.
No one had witnessed the fast moving blur heading toward the Hokage Mountain from the rainy weather.
At the Hokage Mountain
Naruto was curled up tightly, hugging his knees to his chest, rocking back and forth and mumbling incoherent speech as he cried. He disregarded the gloomy weather around him, the pouring rain, and the lack of body heat he had in his body. Somewhere in the back of his mind he had wondered would he get sick because he'd stayed out in the rain all night. But he knew that he rarely got sick because of what he held inside his body.
Naruto was so drowned in the painful feeling in his chest and the burning in his eyes and the aching in his heart that he failed to detect a person's appearance. That "person" would be Sasuke, who was watching Naruto anxiously. He was uncertain now as to whether or not he should announce his own presence to the sobbing blonde. 'He's probably mad at me…maybe he'll be madder if I appear…maybe I should wait until he's cried himself to sleep?'
He took out the ball in his pouch once more and whispered the question before rotating the black ball. Then he read the message.
REPLY HAZY TRY AGAIN
Sasuke gritted his teeth and asked the question again.
ASK AGAIN LATER
Frustrated, he tried again. He glanced worriedly at Naruto as he asked the ball the same question once more.
CONCENTRATE AND ASK AGAIN
Sasuke was ready to pull his hair out. He was so mad!
"Stupid ball…just answer the damn question."
Shake. Shake. Shake.
BETTER NOT TELL YOU NOW
At this, Sasuke growled loudly, forgetting that he should be quiet if he didn't want Naruto to know that he was there. Unfortunately, Naruto had stopped crying as much and had heard a growl from somewhere behind him in the trees.
'Huh?' Naruto looked back and saw Sasuke baring his teeth at a black ball…
"S-Sasuke? W-Wha're y-you…d-doing (hiccup) here?" Naruto rubbed his eyes hastily to get rid of his tears. 'If teme asked I'll say it's the rain…'
Sasuke cussed silently at himself for being discovered. 'Oh well, so much for that, stupid ball…' He huffed angrily and stuffed the irritating black sphere back into his pouch. He sighed and jumped down from above, knowing that it was futile trying to hide from Naruto anymore.
"Why are you crying, Naruto?" Sasuke blurted out directly. Naruto appeared sad for a moment, and then his eyes lit up with unsuppressed rage. Sasuke almost took a step back at the amount of pain and anger swirling in Naruto's beautiful cerulean orbs. Sasuke found himself speechless.
"What do you care…(hiccup) y-you're just like the other. You're always treating everyone as if they aren't good enough for you and you always turn S-sakura-chan away from dates like it's nothing at all. It h-hurts her every single (hiccup) time and yet you still refuse her! I know I would never do that to her…And you always acted so s-smug and great in front of her and make me look (hiccup) bad and…and…you always call me names…Dobe this and dobe that…You hate me and would not notice if anything were to happen to me…so stop pretending that you cared!" Naruto shouted at Sasuke, his whole body shaking, from both the chilliness and fury. He was tired and cold and hungry. His heart was aching and his mouth blurted out random insults because he felt too hurt to care. That was, until Naruto lifted his eyes to meet Sasuke's stormy gaze. Sasuke found his voice and he was livid. How dare he…
"...You think that I wouldn't care that something were to happen to you! You think that I want to hurt Sakura?...You don't know what you're saying. What do you think I'm doing here for, in the middle of the rain? I could be at home training or sleeping if I did care less about you…I could be at other places so I'd be dry and warm if I had not cared. Do you even know why the hell I'm here? I don't even know why the heck I am doing here anymore? Why the hell am I here asking you why you'd shed your tears?"
Sasuke looked very bad right now. The rain had washed away the hair jell and the black locks clung sloppily to the side of his countenance. His navy shirt was soaked thoroughly and so is his white…or now muddied…pants. Sasuke knew he looked pathetic right now, but he didn't care. Naruto had insulted him and wronged him in every way that Sasuke thought a person could be wronged and he felt extremely hurt. Sasuke by himself is a hard person to understand; a hurt and maimed Uchiha is an even harder human being to comprehend…
"You know what: forget what I'd said. I'm just a stuck up Uchiha after all…I don't know what came over me. Go back to your self-pity crying. I'm leaving." Without waiting for a reply, Sasuke disappeared among the trees.
Naruto was left standing there with an outstretched hand and his mouth opened but no sound. Slowly, Naruto closed his mouth and dragged himself back to his own apartment, his eyes staring at the ground the whole way.
A/N: Please review! Free cupcakes for previous reviewers! Yay!
Chibi (me): Guess what?
Naruto: (dumbly but adorably) what?
Sasuke: (hit Naruto over head) Dobe!
Naruto: (rubbing his head) owie…mou, you're so mean, Sasuke-chan
Sasuke: (turning slightly pink) well, you're being stupid. It's the authoress's birthday tomorrow, dumbass!
Chibi: Oh, Sasuke's blushing! Yay! Now I can cross off one thing from my birthday list!
Naruto: (pouts) what about me? What can I give you?
Chibi: (evil glint in her eyes) I want Naru-chan to belong to me forever!
Naruto: (open mouth to agree) –
Sasuke: (interrupt) NO #&&$ way! Naruto's mine! sharingan swirling dangerously
Chibi: (backing away slowly, hands in front) ok, ok…(mumbling)that possessive uchiha is so troublesome…
Shikamaru: Hey don't steal my line…(muttering) troublesome woman…