Beta: HeartSNS
"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."
BLINDFOLD
Chapter 05: Leon
After coming out of the bedroom, Naruto headed to downstairs to make a drink. It was dark and quiet at this hour of night; Naruto rubbed his eyes and looked at the wall clock. It was 3 in the morning. He let out a frustrated sigh, gulped half of his drink and looked at the clear liquid. He clenched his teeth painfully; he was already regretting what he did to Sasuke.
Sasuke's limp and lifeless body flashed in his mind and he whimpered inwardly. He gulped the remaining liquid in the glass and then walked to the large glass wall and looked out. What was the difference between him and those people? They hated him and did that to him but he loved Sasuke and still hurt him like that. Wasn't he even worse than them?
Naruto looked at the beautiful night view with a pained face; he wasn't the same person as before. He wasn't the person whom Sasuke loved so dearly. He was just a hollow person now and what he did to Sasuke could lead to his destruction too. Naruto bit his lips furiously, 'WHY? WHY? WHY? Why did this have to happen to me? Why do I have to lose everything?'
He lost his sanity a long time ago. His innocence, his smile, his love, his mother, his childhood and his freedom; everything was snatched away from him! And when he saw Sasuke today, he couldn't stop himself from embracing him! He wanted to just forget everything if only just for a while! He wanted to live in the past once more. He just wanted to feel that old warmth of Sasuke, he wanted to inhale his fresh and clean scent instead of blood and gunpowder. He wanted to feel ALIVE.
He wanted to breathe, he wanted to taste the freedom, he wanted to feel the warmth of a human, and he wanted to feel his heart beating with excitement. Naruto looked at his reflection, dead eyes with a stoic face which held no expressions. He touched his reflection. Who was this person? Eyes appear dead, was it him? He looked like a corpse with such a lifeless expression. He trembled slightly and stumbled away. He hated mirrors because they showed him that he was no longer alive.
He turned his back and tried to calm down, taking a wine bottle out of the cabinet and gulping down the liquid. It burnt his throat but he kept drinking trying to focus on the bittersweet taste and burning.
His thoughts came back to Sasuke, when he saw him sitting on the bed, he just wanted to hide in Sasuke's arms and cry hard, he wanted to tell him everything; he wanted Sasuke to tell him that he still loved Naruto as much as Naruto loved him. But it wasn't possible! He wasn't a teenager! Hell he wasn't himself anymore! He was just a broken person, shattered in so many pieces that he himself could no longer remember his past self.
When Sasuke stumbled away from him, something snapped in him. He came back into bitter reality. Sasuke was no longer his lover, he was no longer the Naruto Sasuke loved. It was all in past and with this, realization hit him again! Sasuke no longer loved him, he wasn't the Naruto anymore. He was a rising politician, CEO of the biggest electronics company of Japan and a blood thirsty Leon of the underworld. He was everything but no longer Naruto Uzumaki, he was a Namikaze!
He sighed miserably. He knew he had to let go of Sasuke once he knew who pulled this stunt to harm Sasuke. He didn't have any leads about Itachi or his wife either. He needed to figure out soon who knew about Sasuke, find that person, finish him so Sasuke and his family could go back to their lives. He kept drinking and the bottle was empty when he heard Kurama's voice.
"Boss."
Naruto turned to Kurama. Kurama looked at Naruto, mysterious piercing blue cold eyes, his unbuttoned shirt showing his beautiful lean yet muscular tan body and damp golden locks, with the moonlight he looked like a lion. Fierce, strong and dangerously beautiful… For him Naruto was more like a little brother but he knew Naruto was no longer the same person. Kurama just held back and looked at that person from afar with an ache in his heart for being so helpless when he needed him.
Naruto took long strides and in a flash he was in front of Kurama with his cold eyes calculating him. Kurama felt his throat going dry when Naruto asked in his usual calm tone, "You hit him?" It wasn't a question and Kurama felt he couldn't breathe.
The next moment Naruto punched his face so hard that he went flying onto the glass table breaking it into pieces. Kurama let a hiss pass his clenched teeth as he could feel the broken glass piercing into his skin. Naruto just stared at him with coldness and strode towards him, "Don't ever touch what's mine Kurama or I will break all the joints in your fingers."
Kurama got up like nothing happened and just bowed his head. "Please forgive me Master."
Naruto didn't even acknowledge him and just stared at the broken glass and blood, "Now you have made such a mess. Call the maid to clear this mess and bring the medical box."
Kurama flinched on the word 'maid' and tried to say calmly, "Boss, I'll clean the mess right away."
Naruto stared at him, "Call the maid, this is what she is paid for and just bring me the medical box...now go!"
Kurama pursed his lips together and sighed inwardly, here it comes.
He rang the bell of the intercom and spoke, "Come down stairs." He sighed. Naruto took a seat on the couch looking at the water with a stoic expression. Kurama just shook his head and went into the swim change room by the wine counter. He took the medical box out of the cabinet and when he came out of the room he saw Hinata standing near the pool facing Naruto wearing a nightgown. He dragged his feet to Naruto's side.
Naruto looked at him coldly and said bitterly, "Well what do we have here Kurama? Would you mind explaining?"
"Boss... actually…" Kurama felt a lump in his throat and Hinata cut him off. "It was my idea. I told him not to tell you," Hinata said while fidgeting like a teenager girl and closing the distance between her and Naruto and sitting beside him.
Naruto narrowed his eyebrows and gestured Kurama to come near. Kurama walked and took a seat on couch, handed Naruto the medical box and sat there stiffly.
"Why?" Naruto asked Hinata in a cold voice while opening the medical box.
Hinata played with the hem of her gown and responded, "I wanted to meet the person you took so much trouble for. After Ino-san died you never took any interest in anyone so I wanted to meet the person."
Naruto nodded while tending to Kurama's wounds. "Then after meeting him, you should have returned. It doesn't suit your status to be here working as a mere maid," Naruto said.
Hinata tugged a strand of her hair behind her ear timidly and said again, "Are you mad that I'm working as a maid or because I'm here close to him?"
Naruto clenched his teeth. He finished cleaning Kurama's wounds, bandaged him and turned to Hinata, "Well it's both. If your father were to know what you are doing here it will create problems for me and second, I don't trust anyone other than Kurama to be near Sasuke."
Kurama got up, took the medical box and swiftly returned to the change room. Hinata's beautiful face distorted, "You are saying you don't trust your fiancée but trust a mere servant?"
"Kurama isn't just a mere servant! He is a part of the family and you are not my fiancée, I never agreed to that," Naruto said bitterly. Kurama stayed inside the change room but he could clearly hear them.
"But you need a wife to support you politically and also as a Yakuza too. You'll have to marry eventually. Why not me then?" Hinata asked desperately.
Naruto just sighed inwardly 'this isn't going anywhere', "We will talk about this later Hinata for now get up and pack your belongings. We are leaving in 15 minutes."
Hinata pursed her lips and got up fuming. When she was up Kurama came out of the room.
"I'm sorry Boss but mistress..."
Naruto cut Kurama off. "It's OK. I know she is what she looks like. It's not your fault but bring that maid back I assigned and take care of Sasuke. Also update me about every single and minor information related to Sasuke's brother."
Kurama nodded,"Boss about that…" Kurama proceeded to tell Naruto what his men told him yesterday and Naruto frowned. Just then he heard Hinata call from upstairs, "I'm ready."
Naruto nodded to Kurama, "I want you to confirm it and be quick about this." Kurama nodded and they went upstairs.
After Naruto left Kurama came back into Sasuke bedroom, thick smells hit his nostrils and he felt blush creeping on his cheeks but he composed himself. Kurama removed Sasuke's bondings and fixed his kimono before leaving the room to allow Sasuke to tend to himself when he woke.
TBC...