Hey everyone! I feel like it's been forever since I updated this but finally here it is! Lots of personal stuff has been going on and the chapters for my stories may come out a little slow but I'm going to try my best!

Anyways, without further ado here is the next chapter of Muted Love

stormed out of the Uchiha's mansion, hurt by Sasuke's words. He walked to his car before shaking the idea, thinking that a walk will be better to clear his head instead of driving.

He made his way down the driveway and to the street, walking down until he reached the main road.

"Stupid, bastard." Naruto muttered out loud to himself as he walked on down the sidewalk. "Fucking, stupid, good-looking bastard!" He pinched the bridge of his nose as he fell the familiar sting of tears.

"It's not worth it, he doesn't deserve my tears." Naruto thought to himself as he let out a long breath, turning his head to the sky. "Why am I letting his words affect me so much? I've been called so much worse!" The tears that he was trying to hold back, finally fell from his eyes and he quickly wiped at them.

All of a sudden, he ran into someone. He wiped at his eyes once more. "Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention to where I was-" When he finally stopped wiping his eyes, he could see Sai was the person he ran into, a large smile on his face. "Sai? What are you doing here?"

"I can ask you the same thing." He carefully looked over the blonde. His eyes were red, and his cheeks stained with tear trails. "What's wrong?"

Naruto was surprised by the question but then changed his expression to one of indifference. "Why does something have to be wrong?"

"Because it looks like you were crying." He gave him a skeptical look. "Does it have anything to do with Sasuke?"

Naruto turned his head away at the name. He knew himself, and knew that it was easy to see what he was feeling. "So what if it does? Why do you give a fuck anyways!?"

"It's okay to be upset, but don't lash out at me." Sai scolded with a mildly amused expression. "Come on, I'll treat you to dinner and you can vent it all out."

Naruto studied Sai carefully before giving him a nod and a small smile.

Sai walked over to him and threw his arm around Naruto's neck. He guided them in the direction where Naruto waa going. "Still love Ichiraku's?"

"Of course I do!" He exclaimed happily.

Sai led them down the streets until they reached a small building, built in between two giant skyscrapers. He opened the door for the blonde before leading him to an empty table.

When the waitress approached, he took the liberty of ordering for himself and Naruto as well as some sake.

"You still remember my favorite dish?" Naruto asked, surprised.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" Sai gave him a confused smile.

"Because of the fact that you cheated on me." He glared at the raven haired man.

"Naruto, about all th-"

Naruto quickly interrupted. "Look, I don't want to talk about that tonight. It's just going to end in an argument anyways. Tell me how you got good at reading people?"

"Well I'm a therapist. An art one, mind you, but still a therapist. So I had to learn or else I'd be a pretty shitty therapist, wouldn't I?" He laughed.

Naruto smiled sincerely before reaching out and patting his hand. "I'm glad you're doing well."

"Thanks." Sai looked down at Naruto's hand, which let go almost immediately, then at his face. "So, now tell me what's wrong."

Naruto sat back in his seat and stared at the table. "We got in an argument. I said something that I regretted and then he said something back. Then I left."

"What was said?"

"I told him he needed to get over his parents death. But like I said, I regretted instantly, and I told him too. And then he called me orphan trash."

Sai frowned at him and leaned forward on the table. "Why did you guys start arguing in the first place?"

Naruto blushed. "Because of y-" His sentence was cut short when the sound of his ringtone went off. He pulled it out of his pocket. "Speak of the devil." He was about to answer the call when Sai snatched the phone out of his hand and hit end call. "Sai?! What the fuck?!"

Sai shook his head. "You don't need to go to his every beck and call."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Actually, I do. It's literally my job."

"I'm sure he'll be fine." Sai waved him off. "I'll keep this until after dinner. You need to do what's right for you and I don't think going back to him while you're this upset is good for you."

Naruto groaned holding his head in his hands. "I just don't want to get fired!"

"You won't be. And if they really want to fire you, I'll shoulder the blame." Sai smiled at him.

Naruto sat back in his seat, crossing his arms over his chest. "Fine."

Sai's smile grew wider. "Good." His smile disappeared and he looked at Naruto seriously. "But I do really wanna talk about, us. And exactly what happened."

The waitress arrived at that moment and they thanked the her nd waited for her to leave.

Naruto let out a sigh. "I just don't want to fight. And I feel like no matter what you say, cheating on me is not going to be justified."

"I'm not going to justify it, and I know what I did was wrong. I was young, had no clue how to read people and their emotions, and didn't even have control over my emotions."

Naruto stayed silent, slowly pushing his food around with his fork.

Sai gave him a sad smile. "I'm pretty sure I really did love you, but at that time, I had no idea what love was. And the thought of being away from you while I went to college, hurt me so much. I wanted you to hurt too. So I cheated on you."

Naruto felt himself tense up at Sai's words and he clenched his fists. "You wanted to hurt me? Are you fucking kidding me?!"

"Hey, calm down." Sai tried to hush him, looking around at the people who we're starting to stare and gave them sheepish smiles. "Like I said, I was young and had no idea how to deal with it all. But if I could go back and change everything, I would."

"I told you this was a stupid idea." Naruto crossed his arms over his chest. "I didn't want this to turn into an argument." He shook his head and looked at Sai with disbelief. "How could you not even think that I would be hurting too?"

"You just always had this cool demeanor to yourself. I thought I cared more than you did about our relationship."

"Fucking bullshit." Naruto muttered.

The two were silent, Naruto angrily eating his food while Sai watched him, unsure of what to say.

"I'm truly sorry, Naruto." Sai gave him a desperate look and reached over to place his hand on the blonde's arm. Naruto glanced at his hand before turning his attention to Sai, continuing his eating. "For everything I've done in the past. Sleeping with Gar-"

"Don't." Naruto stopped him. "Just, save it for another day. Please."

Sai watched him carefully. "Let me make it up to you, for ruining the night."

Naruto looked back up from his food, an eyebrow raised in question.

"Let me buy you a couple drinks." Sai finally started to eat, Naruto's plate already half gone.

"I told you I'm not like that anymore. I don't want to be that person anymore."

"I'm not asking you to get fucked up, Naruto. Just a couple drinks so we can end this night on a happy note." Sai could see the look of unsure on Naruto's face and he took the chance to persuade him. "Then afterwards, we can go straight back to the Uchiha's. We won't be there for more than an hour or two. Or we can stay as long as you want."

Naruto let out a sigh. "Sure, I guess. I don't have my dad's ID though. It's back in my car."

"Don't worry about it," Sai smiled brightly at him, happy the blonde accepted his offer. "I made some connections."

Naruto pushed his empty plate away with a snort. "Connections? How did you make connections while living in Suna for three years?"

Sai laughed sheepishly. "A conversation for another day."

Naruto stared at him for a moment until something clicked in his head and he narrowed his eyes. "Oh. Gaara."

"Yeah." Sai looked down at his own plate, only a few bites eaten. "You ready to go?"

"That's it?" Naruto stared at the plate.

"Do you want it?"

"Nope." Naruto got out of his seat, casually putting his hands in his jeans pocket.

Sai went up and paid the check and soon the two of them walked through downtown Konoha. He led them down a dimly lit alleyway, the muffled sounds of heavy bass reverberating throughout the alley.

There was a big, muscular guy dressed in a black suit standing next to a door. Sai led Naruto to the guy.

"Sai. Sai Yamanaka." Sai said to the guy.

The man looked down at him then at Naruto. "And blondie?"

"He's my plus one."

The man chuckled before lifting up the rope to allow them to pass. "I don't think Gaara's gonna like that."

They passed him and entered the building.

"Gaara?" Naruto hissed through clenched teeth. "You're really trying to get me to beat the shit out of you, aren't you?" Naruto shook his head, sucking his teeth. "You didn't tell me he was going to be here."

Sai gave him a shrug and a sheepish smile. "He's not normally here. The guy is probably just gonna report it back to him."

Sai led them to the bar, gently pushing Naruto onto a stool. "Let me get two rum and cokes."

Naruto glared up at him. "Who said I wanted that?"

Sai smirked down at him. "Cause that's what you always get."

"Yeah. If I wanna get fucked up."

The bartender placed the drinks in front of them and Naruto was quick to throwback the drink, immediately asking for another one. Sai raised an eyebrow. "I thought you didn't want to get fucked up."

Naruto shook his head as the bartender brought his second drink and waited for the blonde to wave him off. "I don't know, with the way this day's been going, I would need to get fucked up. Especially if Gaar-"

"Sai. Naruto." A deep voice said from behind them.

Naruto threw back his second drink, flagging down the bartender once again "Speak of the motherfucking devil and he shall appear." He could tell his words beginning to slur and he mentally cursed himself for being a lightweight.

"Long time no see, Gaara." Sai raised his drink to the redhead who nodded in response.

"Not going to even face me, Naruto." Gaara smirked down at the blonde who was now clenching onto his third drink like a lifeline.

"I know what shit looks like. I don't need to turn around to see it again." Naruto scoffed. He took a sip and shook his head. "I knew I should've just turned back and gone to that stupid bastards place."

Gaara raised a nonexistent eyebrow. "A new love already, Naruto? Should I get ready to meet him?"

Naruto stood up quickly and spun around to face the taller man. His vision blurred and he swayed. "You stay the fuck away from him!" He pointed a finger up at the redhead.

From out of nowhere, two figures appeared next to Gaara, a taller guy, dressed in all black with a purple design tattooed on his face. The other, a girl, her hair pulled into four pigtails and wearing a short purple cocktail dress. The two quickly pulled out switchblades seemingly from nowhere. Gaara held up one hand, a sinister smirk on his face. "Stand down, Temari, Kankuro. Don't you remember our little Naruto?"

Temari and Kankuro relaxed their stances and hid away their blades.

"Come on, Gaara, we don't want any trouble tonight." Sai pleaded.

Gaara turned his glare to Sai. "Maybe you shouldn't bring your stupid little bitches to my club then."

"Fuck off, Gaara." Naruto sat back down, finishing off his third drink.

The redhead scoffed once at Naruto before giving Sai a dark grin. "Drinks for you two are on me tonight." He looked towards the bartender, making sure he heard. Once he got a nod in confirmation, he looked back at Sai. "Tell me later how your night went." He snapped his fingers and walked away, Kankuro and Temari following obediently.

Naruto reached for the fourth glass before Sai's hand stopped him. He gave the raven haired man a glare. "Give me back my drink." His words we're slow and the anger he wanted to portray was lost behind a slurred and drunken accent.

"Maybe you should slow down a bit." Sai moved his hand up to Naruto's elbow, slowly, trailing a finger lightly over his skin, causing the blonde to let out a shiver.

"Don't wanna." Naruto muttered, easily melting into Sai's touch.

"Just for a minute." Sai whispered into his ear and then gave it a quick nip.

Naruto giggled at the feeling and Sai smiled warmly at him. "That tickles." The blonde pouted, eyeing his drink that Sai was still holding onto.

"I know." Sai began to place light kisses against Naruto's neck. Naruto stretched out his neck, allowing Sai more access to his skin.

Naruto let out a small moan when Sai bit him at his collarbone. "Sai, d-" He stopped mid-sentence and pushed Sai away. "No. No! I'm not doing this with you! Especially not here when that asshole can be watching from anywhere."

Sai leaned closer to Naruto, one hand dangerously high on his thigh. "Well then, let's get out of here and go somewhere else." He leaned even closer, pressing his lips against the blonde's.

Naruto glared and pushed Sai away. "No! What don't you fucking understand? I'm not going to have sex with you!"

Sai glared back at Naruto. "Come on, don't be like that! I can clearly see that you want this too!"

Naruto looked down at his lap and looked away, a blush on his face. "J-just because it feels good, doesn't mean I want it."

Sai smirked. "Don't lie to yourself, you want it." He quickly attacked his mouth and Naruto tried in vain to push him away. He squirmed in the raven's grip, only to whimper in pain when Sai held him.

He squeezed his eyes shut, a tear trailing from his eye. Suddenly, Sai's grip was gone and the same with his mouth. He slowly opened one eye to see what was happening, only to widen both eyes in surprise.

In front of him was an angry Sasuke on top of Sai. He was relentlessly punching him in the face, showing no mercy.

"Come with me, Naruto." Naruto looked up and to his side to see Itachi, his hand outstretched. Naruto nodded once and took the older Uchiha's hand. "Sasuke, knock it off. We don't need to cause a scene."

Sasuke paused in his assault, giving Sai an opportunity to fight back only for Sasuke to give him one swift punch to the temple, rendering him unconscious. He stood up, rubbing his bruised knuckle.

The three of them began to walk out of the club. As Naruto was reaching the exit, he noticed Gaara leaning against the wall near the door. He did his best to glare at the redhead, but his smirk just grew wider.

"Sasuke. Sit in the back with Naruto. Make sure he's okay." Itachi commanded as he got into the car.

The car ride was silent. Naruto sat behind Itachi, feeling ashamed that he was caught acting drunk by the two Uchiha's. He gave a quick glance towards Sasuke who was staring out the window, looking pissed.

Shortly they reached the Uchiha mansion. Itachi helped Naruto out of the backseat and they walked to the front door.

"Sasuke, please put Naruto to bed." Itachi said as soon as they walked in.

Sasuke gave a single nod and unwrapped Naruto's arm from Itachi and wrapped it around his own neck.

"Are you going to fire me?" Naruto asked, his voice small and filled with fear.

"We'll talk in the morning, Naruto." He said no more and walked into the kitchen.

Sasuke slowly guided them to Naruto's room and brought him to the bed.

"Sasuke, you're the best." Naruto muttered as he sat on the bed, not letting go of Sasuke's arm. "I really, really like you." He gives a tug on the unsuspecting Uchiha's arm, causing him to fall forward. Naruto catches him and tries to give him a messy kiss.

Sasuke pushed himself off Naruto and wiped at his mouth with the back of his hand. 'You're drunk, idiot. And I'm not going to take advantage of you like that.'

Naruto doesn't say anything for a minute, just staring at the raven. He then smiles. "You're so sweet, Sasuke."

Sasuke rolled his eyes and watched as the blonde fell to the bed. He watched him until he thought the blonde fell asleep. As he was about to turn around, Naruto sat up.

"You know Sasuke, I would love to hear your voice one day, I bet it's beautiful."

Sasuke felt himself blush. 'Shut up, Naruto. Go to bed.'

Naruto giggled before lying down. "I love you, Sasuke!" He closed his eyes and soon enough, snoring began to be heard.

Sasuke watched him once again, a small smile gracing his face. 'I think I might love you too.' He left the room and headed into his own bedroom to go to bed.

So, what did you guys think? To be honest with you guys, this wasn't originally how I planned for things to go with Sai but you know how plot bunnies just leap into your head so of course I had to make it happen!

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