"I want to try and understand your reasons." Sakura was at his desk, leaning against it but Sasuke's gaze drifted to Naruto hoping to get caught staring just to see his expression. He wanted Naruto to be jealous but he wouldn't get his hopes up too much. Naruto was not like most people, he was broken just like Sasuke, but in a different way.
"Understand what?" he asked still not looking at her.
"Why you cut your wrists? It wasn't on a whim, I know that." Her hand reached his, making him look at her hand that rest on top of his.
"Why?" Snatching his hand away he let it rest on his knee, away from her reach but she didn't seem to mind the gesture, or if she did she didn't show it.
"Because I love you." There was a moment of silence between them and he took the opportunity to look at Naruto again. "My feelings for you haven't changed since you showed me the scar. I also didn't tell anyone. Naruto saw too though…" Her gaze moved to the blonde too and for a brief moment he met the blue eyes. "Why did you let him see?"
"He already knew."
"Does he also know why?"
"Why do you care what he knows? I thought you wanted to know why I did it."
"I do. It's just that…you two are not even close and he knows but Ino, Karin and I don't." Not even close….the words rang in Sasuke's ears over and over again like an echo. If she knew what they had done, what they had been through…and yet he felt that she was right. Naruto's heart didn't belong to him in spite of everything they did, it was trapped in his past. What they did was just to mend their wounds in the only way they knew how which wasn't destructive. But it was alright, it was more than he ever had after his family's death.
"What will you do after you know?"
"I'll try to help you, of course. I know you don't have a family anymore and it must be hard…"
"What if I told you I was gay?" Her green eyes looked at him confused but then her expression softened.
"Are you trying to make me go away? It won't work. You need to talk to someone and I want to be here for you."
"Talking doesn't make the nightmares go away and besides…you ran away when you saw the cuts." Standing up, he left the room to go to the bathroom. He didn't want to let Sakura know about his life. She already knew that his family was dead, the whole school did, and he was alright with that as long as that was all that they knew. One of the reasons why he moved so far away from his home was to make sure that he started anew in a place where people didn't know that his family was murdered and that his brother was the murderer. He broke contact with his cousins and other relatives and only told Kakashi, a family friend, of his plans.
There was a knock on the door and he hoped it was Naruto but Naruto never knocked on the boy's bathroom door.
"I really meant that, Sasuke. Can't you give me a chance?" Sakura's voice came from the other side and he let out a sigh.
Opening the door he faced her for what he hoped to be the last time that day.
"I watched them die and I dream that day at night." He said before he left her speechless in the middle of the hallway. It wasn't entirely true since Naruto had managed to keep the nightmares away lately but it wasn't a lie either. It was more than she needed to know.
"Maybe I can distract you if you accept to date me. I really love you, Sasuke." He stopped in his tracks and turning around to face her once again he gave her a blank look.
"My heart belongs to someone else though."
"It doesn't look like she makes you happy, though." She cried exasperated and her emerald green eyes became blurred with warm tears that ruined her makeup.
She had not believed him when he told her that he was gay, Sasuke noticed, but he wouldn't press on that matter. "But I still can't love you."
As he entered the classroom once again, Sasuke noticed that Naruto was gone so he grabbed his bag and left once again to look for the blonde. He didn't feel like staying in class after all this anyway.
He found Naruto on the roof some time later, sitting on the rail and looking downwards at the concrete paved yard bellow and his heart skipped a bit as he was reminded of the day when Naruto tried to jump from the bridge and end his life. Had nothing changed in their lives at all since then? Was he not able to make a difference in Naruto's life at all?
He wrapped his hands around the blonde's waist and rested his head on Naruto's back, enjoying the warmth of the blonde's body.
"Why don't you give her a chance?" Naruto asked still not looking at Sasuke. "She loves you and might actually make you happy."
"She can't make me happy."
"I can't either. Maybe you would be better off without whatever is going on between us."
"I'm happy with whatever I have going on with you."
"But you are still trapped in your past. You can't be happy that way."
"You know what the difference between us is? I'm only trapped in my past at night, in my nightmares but you still belong to him although he is already dead."
Naruto turned around and Sasuke let go of him so that he could get down from the rail. "I never belonged to him."
"You always did. He scarred your mind more than your body."
"I'm free now…." Naruto yelled "you said it yourself…" then added softly.
"That's what I thought when I saw the news but I was wrong. His teachings, his twisted love is still all you know. Why can't you see that I love you? Not like him but like one should really love someone? Why can't you get over the fact that I'm a guy?"
"I did get over the fact that you are a guy but I can't get over the fact that I can't give you all you need. You deserve better and maybe Sakura can give you that."
"Do you really want her to? Wouldn't you feel anything if I started dating her?"
Naruto didn't answer right away. He wanted to say that he wouldn't but that would be a lie since he knew he would. If Sasuke dated Sakura then he would be out of Naruto's reach for good and then…his life would be empty again, meaningless and haunted by him. What was the meaning of life anyway? Was he meant to be someone's toy or was there more to it?
"I would…but then I would be selfish. I can't do that." Sasuke grabbed his wrist so tight that it hurt and Naruto was surprised but didn't flinch. The pain was nothing new.
"I want you to be and I don't want you to have any doubts anymore." Sasuke's obsidian eyes pierced Naruto's blue ones and all he could see was an empty endless void and sadness. The void that had always been there and he didn't seem to be good enough to fill it no matter how hard he tried.
Tears watered the scarred cheeks and Naruto whipped them with the back of his sleeve. "Sometimes I wonder if he can see me from wherever he is…if he knows what I've done…what we have done. I can even see his expression of disgust and hear him say 'no son of mine is gay, you need to be punished' and then I wonder if I'm not just using you to get back at him."
"Why do you still give him so much power over you even in death?"
"I can't get rid of him no matter what I do and mother can't either. I visited her and although he is dead she said that it doesn't feel like he is." Sasuke let go of Naruto's wrist and leaned against the rail. "I'm a monster, aren't I? I need you so much and yet all I do is to use you."
"I never thought of you as a monster." Sasuke tried to keep his blank expression but deep down he was overwhelmed with emotions. Ever since his family died, Naruto had been the only one who ever stirred his interest and emotions and he had been intrigued by the blonde who had so much power over him but he never expected things to be so complicated between them. Was there a happily ever after in life like there was in the movies or was it all just a lie meant for a weak audience who couldn't take reality the way it was? "It hurts though…to be used like that. I would have never allowed it if I knew earlier." He grabbed his bag from the floor, where he left it earlier and left the crying blonde behind.
It was finally Friday and Sasuke had not spoken to Naruto since that day on the roof. The blonde was on his mind though but he felt that they both needed some space, at least he did.
Sakura had come back again and again trying to make him to open up to her assuming that his nightmares distracted him and urging him to talk about them. He would not share that with anyone else, his run to Konoha would be useless if he did and he didn't want to tell her what was really distracting him either.
"Will you stop trying to make me talk about my nightmares if I take you on a date?" He asked her when he got tired of avoiding her. She looked at him surprised and smiled a bright smile. It was so easy for him to make her happy but why was it so hard to make Naruto happy?
"Will you pick me up?" she asked, her smile never fading.
"Yes. I'll take you to lunch tomorrow."
"You should really try talking about your problems though. If you don't want to tell me, fine but you need help. I hate seeing you like this."
When he got home, Sasuke felt tired, emotionally tired more than physically. Falling on his bed he looked at the ceiling wondering what he got himself into. Where did that date idea come from anyway? He didn't like Sakura, not even as a friend and he never looked forward to her company and yet he asked her. Was it to shut her up? Deep down he knew that the real reason was to distract himself from Naruto and to prevent his falling again.
A knock on the door brought him back from his thoughts and he dragged his feet to the door not looking forward to any company.
Naruto was standing in front of his door with a guilty expression on his face and Sasuke made room for him to come in then closed the door. There was a brief moment of silence before Naruto spoke.
"I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you but that's all I did." Raising his eyes from the ground he looked at Sasuke and his expression changed to concern. The one standing in front of him was not the Sasuke he knew. The Sasuke he knew was composed, confident and with a blank expression that Naruto could never read. He had always worn his Greek god mask perfectly but now he looked tired, worn out, broken. "Are you alright?" Was the first thing he could say after seeing his friend like that but Sasuke didn't answer and why would he when the answer was so obvious? "I really want us to work, Sasuke. I do need you more than I like to admit."
Heading into the kitchen, the raven started to make some coffee. It was more a distraction from Naruto's blue eyes that he wasn't ready to face yet. "Tea?" He asked the blonde who had silently followed him into the kitchen.
"Yeah." Filling the kettle with fresh water he put it on the stove then took his time to grab a cup, the tea and sugar. "Sasuke please say something." Naruto was growing concerned and impatient.
"What do you want me to say? I don't want to say something that I'm going to regret later. I already did that."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm taking Sakura on a date tomorrow." Sasuke would have liked to see Naruto's expression but he was too afraid to look so he pretended to be busy with his coffee.
"So that's why she was so happy… Well, I guess a new start would be good for you." There was a bit of sadness in the blonde's voice but Sasuke couldn't tell whether it was because he liked Sakura or because Sasuke was dating someone else. He didn't dare believe it was the second not even after all they had been through.
"It's not a start. I just wanted her to shut up and leave me alone and that's what came out of my mouth without my consent." He was about to break even more but he would not allow himself to.
Naruto wrapped his arms around his waist and any other time Sasuke would have enjoyed that but this time he became stiff. "What's wrong, Sasuke? Tell me…"
"I wish I knew. I always thought I was ok with the way we were although I was in love with you but I guess at some point that changed. I don't want you to feel guilty about anything though, I don't blame you."
Although Sasuke said that he didn't blame Naruto and that he shouldn't feel guilty the blonde still did. He wished that he could give Sasuke oblivion but that didn't work for the raven, only sleeping pills and pain did. And if Sasuke needed pain to feel better, in this condition he might take it too far and that scared Naruto more than anything.
"I'll stay here tonight and tomorrow we can do homework together before your date."
The water in the kettle was boiling and Sasuke removed Naruto's arms to get busy once again. When he gave Naruto the cup of tea the only distraction he had left was his own cup of coffee which was hardly enough. He thought how he felt about Naruto's offer. Under normal circumstances he would be happy but now…
"You don't have to. I told you before that I don't want your pity."
"I don't pity you, I'm just concerned…."
"You don't have to be. I'm not going to kill myself just because I have a date with Sakura tomorrow."
"I want to though. I don't want to go home to his ghost."
"His ghost is only in your head and it will follow you everywhere for as long as you let it to."
"You can distract me from it though."
"Not for too long though." Sasuke sat down at the table and slowly sipped his coffee.
"I'm fucked up, aren't I? I can't even get away from him when he's dead."
"You just need to move on, take what's in front of you and look into the future."
Naruto let out a sigh and finishing his tea he stood up and took the empty cup to the sink.
"I'll cook dinner. What do you want?" Sasuke looked at him slightly confused.
"You can cook?" Naruto turned to give him an angry look although he wasn't that angry, as a matter of fact he was rather amused.
"I think I can manage to fix something without burning the house down." Sasuke let a chuckle escape his lips and Naruto laughed.
"I made you laugh!" He was happy that he managed to change Sasuke's mood and make him feel better.
"I didn't laugh."
"Yes you did."
"No I didn't."
"Fine, whatever. So what do want for dinner?"
"Surprise me with your skills." Sasuke smirked and Naruto grinned.
"You're on."
Naruto went to open the fridge and see what Sasuke had in the kitchen that he could use and Sasuke watched him move around, opening cupboards and the pantry.
"You're awfully quiet." Naruto broke the silence as he took some stuff out of the pantry.
"I was just thinking."
"What about?"
"You…"
"Me?" Naruto asked confused.
"Are you mad at me for taking Sakura on a date tomorrow?"
"I wouldn't be here if I was."
"Do you still like her?" Naruto put the knife that he was using to cut the fish on the counter and turned to face Sasuke.
"I think I'm getting over her. It's not like I have a chance with her anyway. She loves you."
"So this is not going to change things between us?"
"Your date tomorrow? No." Sasuke nodded pleased with Naruto's answer.
"Do you need any help?"
"You can cut the potatoes if you want."
Naruto finished washing the dishes after dinner and went to Sasuke's room. The raven laid on his bed with his headphones on so Naruto decided to just lie beside him. Sasuke stopped the music and took the headphones off then turned to Naruto who was looking at the ceiling lost in thoughts.
His hand reached the blonde's and squeezed it slightly before his muscles relaxed once again.
"You know, when he was alive the only thing I thought about was how to spite him, how to prove to him that I can make my own life and turn out a normal, decent person with my own rules. I ended up far from where I thought I would be, far from the person I would be proud to be. And I can't help but wonder where did it all go wrong?"
"Things go wrong all the time Naruto but you need to try to make them right, try to be happy. Let him see you happy."
Naruto let out a small, sad laughter. "That would definitely spite him."
"Then show him a happy Naruto."
Naruto turned to Sasuke and looked into the dark abyss in his eyes and after a moment that seemed an eternity his hand reached Sasuke's cheek. "What about the happy Sasuke?"
"That comes with happy Naruto. Get that first and you'll get the second."
"Is it that easy to scare the demons away?"
"They're demons of the past, Naruto. They're not here, only their memory is."
Sasuke couldn't help but notice the amount of effort that Sakura had made to look pretty on their date. Too bad it was all going to waste because he was not impressed.
He took her to a nice restaurant, not too eccentric or expensive but with a pleasant atmosphere and good food at a decent price. Nothing romantic though. He didn't want to give her the wrong impression.
"I'm glad we're doing this, Sasuke." She said as she fiddled with her glass filled with a nonalcoholic cocktail. "I want to get to know you better. You've been so distant in school, so enigmatic… Don't get me wrong, it's not all bad and many girls love that at a man but in order to have a healthy relationship people need to know each other better, don't you think?"
"Sakura, I only want to use this opportunity to make you understand once and for all that I'm not interested." He said with a tired voice as he flipped the menu. He was getting tired of explain this to her. "I didn't lie to you when I said I was gay."
"Alright. So then is there someone you're interested in?"
"Yes."
"Are you dating him?"
"No."
"Why?"
"It's complicated."
"I have plenty of time to listen to your explanation."
Once de decided what he was going to order he closed the menu and put it on the table. "I don't think I have to explain it to you." He was rude but he wasn't trying to be nice, just trying to make certain things clear for her once and for all.
"Maybe it's complicated because you don't click."
He raised an eyebrow at her in a questioning manner. "Click?"
A waiter came to take their order and after they told him their choices he left taking the menus with him.
"Yes" she resumed their previous conversation "maybe you don't match, he's not good for you."
"Maybe, but I still love him."
"Don't you think you are wasting your time with him? You need to move on and try to be happy."
"And you think I should do that with you?"
"I would like that but if you're gay…" After an awkward moment in which she fiddles with her glass some more she asked "Do I know him?"
"That is something you don't need to know."
"Why are you so mean, Sasuke? I'm just trying to get to know you better."
"How do I know you won't try to use that information to make someone miserable?"
"I wouldn't do that. Is that the kind of person you think I am?"
He didn't answer her but the look he gave her was a clear 'yes'.
"Don't get used to this Sakura." He warned her.
"How did it go?" Naruto asked when Sasuke entered the apartment. Naruto had stayed just like he said he would and waited patiently for him to come back from his date with Sakura.
"She's persistent and annoying but at least I think I made some things clear for her this time." Sasuke said as he took off his shoes and coat then hung his coat in the closet beside the door.
"Now what?" Naruto asked.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked confused.
"Where do we stand, Sasuke? I need to know."
Sasuke grabbed his hand and dragged him to the bedroom pushing him on the bed. Naruto almost expected Sasuke to straddle him and kiss him but instead Sasuke moved to a drawer from which he picked some clothes to change in.
"I need to know that too, dobe and I want to make it clear as fast as possible, once and for all." He proceeded to undress and although he had his back at Naruto he could feel the other's gaze on him. It felt good to have that effect on the blonde.
Naruto watched him undress and bit his lip. He couldn't help but be disappointed that Sasuke didn't make a move on him but maybe it was for the best. They needed to set things straight between them. Up until then they had been fooling around, giving into their needs and using each other but that wasn't enough anymore. They had no one else in their lives, nowhere to turn to and no one to trust, just each other.
He wanted to say the words but his feelings were messed up and confusing and the last thing he wanted was to hurt Sasuke more. Sasuke needed to hear them but not if Naruto didn't mean them.
'I love you.' The words sound like an echo in Naruto's mind vibrating in never ending ripples. He wasn't foreign to them. He had heard them countless times from him and from Sasuke but what did they mean? Did they reflect his feelings for Sasuke or what he felt was just need and lust?
He needed more time to figure things out but he had no more. Sasuke was breaking apart in front of him…
Sasuke had finished changing and was leaning against the wall with his hands folded over his chest, waiting.
Naruto's gaze moved from Sasuke's feet up to his chest and then his eyes and stayed there as if looking for the answer to his question which had been there all along. Not breaking eye contact he stood up and went to Sasuke, his hand cupping the pale cheek. Sasuke didn't pull back and was grateful for that.
"I've never felt about anyone the way I feel about you. Does that mean that I love you too?" Sasuke's expression became softer when he saw how confused Naruto was.
"Don't leave me. Ever." Sasuke stressed out the last word and carefully watched Naruto's expression.
Naruto thought about Sasuke's demand for a moment but didn't find anything wrong with it. "I won't. We'll be together even in death."
Sasuke pushed him on the other side of the room and he fell on the bed when he lost his balance then was straddled and long, pale finger wrapped around his neck. The touch was firm but not uncomfortable, just enough to make him unable to move his head and when Sasuke brought their lips together he was on fire. Their lower parts touched and Naruto suddenly hated the soft fabric that was denying him Sasuke's warmth. One of his hands reached Sasuke's hair and his finger brushed the black bangs while the other went on Sasuke's back, lifting his shirt and tracing the spine.
As sudden as it all began Sasuke broke the kiss and his hand left Naruto's neck. The blonde already hated the lack of contact and gave Sasuke a puzzled look.
"You won't take those words back, will you?" Sasuke asked and he shook his head. "Do you want me to stop now?" he shook his head again and Sasuke didn't need anything else to attack his neck, sucking and licking at random places and Naruto moved his head backwards to give him better access.
"I want you." Sasuke whispered in his ear making him shiver.
"Then take your clothes off." Naruto discarded his clothes in a pile on the floor as soon as Sasuke was off of him, hungry for more warm contact.
When Sasuke straddled him again, pinning him on the bed and immobilizing his arms his heart was racing in his chest. Sasuke resumed where he left off and Naruto was once again on fire. His erection was touching Sasuke's and the raven's tongue was teasing his sensitive skin on the neck.
Letting go of his arms Sasuke left a few butterfly kisses on his chest until he reached his nipples. Naruto left a moan when Sasuke sucked gently.
"Stop teasing me." He managed to say trying to catch his breath.
"I'm not teasing you. I'm doing this right."
"Does this mean that we are dating now?" Sasuke sucked hard on the nipple then let it go.
"If you want."
"So then this would be our first time as boyfriends…" Naruto pointed out and the words felt right. He would like to date Sasuke, keep him sane and alive.
"It would. Close your eyes." Naruto did as he was told, waiting patiently for what was to come. His eyes snapped open when he felt Sasuke's tongue caressing the tip.
"Teme, you're driving me crazy." Sasuke took him into his mouth, stoking a few times and coating him in saliva.
"What do you know? And I'm not even a girl." Sasuke smirked and Naruto couldn't help but feel frustrated since Sasuke seemed to have fun at his expense.
"I wonder if you know how I feel right now." Naruto pouted.
"Sure I do. It's written all over your face." Sasuke slowly licked the length, his eyes never leaving Naruto's who bit his lip. "It's called lust."
"Are you done making fun of me?" Naruto asked irritated.
"I wasn't making fun of you, I was teasing you but I'm glad that for once you seem to see me and not Sakura or him."
Naruto's head went backwards when he felt Sasuke's warmth envelope him entirely. A warm hand grabbed his neck just under the chin, preventing him from moving his head as Sasuke worked him faster and faster. He was going insane, he wanted to move but not to escape and his hands wrapped around Sasuke's hand on his neck.
"Sasu..ke." he whimpered tightening the grip on the pale arm, his fingers leaving red marks. He was going to explode soon and just when he couldn't take it anymore Sasuke's grip also tightened around his neck.
It was soon over as he spilled in Sasuke's mouth and felt both relieved and sad when Sasuke's mouth left him but it was short lived when Sasuke's tongue teased his hole and two fingers penetrated him slowly.
"Sasuke…." He moaned.
"I love it when you call my name while you make those sounds."
Sasuke's mouth enveloped him once again while his fingers were stroking him deeper and deeper. He let a loud moan escape his lips when Sasuke touched a sensitive spot inside and he figured that Sasuke must have enjoyed that since he hit the same spot over and over, faster and faster as his mouth matched the rhythm of his fingers.
Naruto felt all the strength in his body leave him and his hands fell on the bed, his fingers wrapping around the fabric of the sheets.
He was at his limit again, worn out like a rag and he had done nothing for Sasuke. Guilt came over him but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't move.
"Sasuke, I'm gonna…" He tried to warn the raven but couldn't finish.
"Not yet." Sasuke left him hard as his lips moved to tease the nipples once again.
"The fuck, Sasuke?" The raven moved on top of him and gave him a questioning look. "Are you enjoying this?" Naruto tried to sound angry but couldn't do a good job at it.
"Yes."
"I'm going to explode."
"Fine." Positioning himself on top of Naruto, Sasuke took him in in one swift motion. His back bent in an ark as he let his head fall backwards, mouth slightly opened. It hurt but it was alright. Naruto was inside of him and it was alright. He embraced this pain. He spent a moment to just feel Naruto inside of him. Naruto was at his limit and Sasuke figured he would spill at the slightest movement and it was alright. He started to move slowly, savoring the feeling but soon he needed more contact so he grabbed Naruto's lips with his, kissing hungrily and the blonde did the same.
Naruto came inside of him and he stopped to give Naruto a break to catch his breath.
"Are you alright?" Naruto was panting hard but nodded.
"I can't believe I already came twice inside you."
"I can't believe you wanted to come inside me for once. You don't regret it, do you?" He asked a bit afraid of the answer but Naruto shook his head. He shifted a bit until Naruto was half way out and his hand reached the spot where Naruto was penetrating him. His fingers were soon covered in Naruto's fluids but he didn't mind.
"I only want this with you." He said as his fingers wrapped around Naruto "I only want you inside of me. Can you understand that?"
"Does that desire come with love?" Naruto asked.
"Yes." He licked Naruto's fluids from his fingers. "Can you also keep yourself only for me?"
"Yes." Sasuke kissed him again with passion. He was happy to hear those words coming from Naruto. This time there will be no regrets. "Can I feel you too inside of me?" Naruto asked breaking the kiss for a brief moment.
"I thought you'd never ask."
Naruto took Sasuke in his mouth as his fingers thrust him, hitting that sensitive spot, getting coated in his own cum and Sasuke's fingers went in his hair.
"You'll have to stop now if you don't want me to come in your mouth." Sasuke warned him.
"You tasted me and I want to taste you too." Naruto licked him clean, his tongue running over him and sending Sasuke over the edge then licked his fingers. Sucking the tip one more time, Naruto pulled back and straddling Sasuke he positioned himself slowly. He couldn't do it as fast as Sasuke and he couldn't bare the pain as well as Sasuke did but Sasuke wrapped his hands around the blonde's waist and waited patiently for him to be ready.
He let out a few moans as Sasuke slid deeper and deeper inside. The feeling was different than the first time but he didn't know why.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I was thinking that this seems different form last time. This time I can really feel you inside of me not just something inside me."
"Good."
Naruto started to move and his eyes closed as he focused on the feeling in his lower body. Warm fingers wrapped around him, stroking him gently in tandem with his own movement and soft lips sucked on a spot on his neck. This feeling was what he used to call pleasure but now it had a different name, Sasuke. The fingers, the lips the fluids spilling inside him, it was all Sasuke and it was overwhelming.
His mind drifted to him once again but he decided to listen to Sasuke and not give him the power.
'Look at me!' Nruto demanded, looking upwards at the man hovering above him. 'I have a man inside of me.' The man's face twisted in a scowl definitely disapproving. 'He's touching me and you know what? I like it. I like him. I like to feel him.'
His movement became faster and he let a moan as the sensitive spot inside was hit over and over again. He came in Sasuke's hand and Sasuke came inside him once again but he didn't stop.
'Look at me! I have survived and I can finally be happy. I have someone who accepts me the way I am although I'm not perfect. He's not perfect either but that's alright. We're broken but we're together.'
He collapsed on top of Sasuke, exhausted but content. 'You were perfect and had everything but what did you have? Neither mom nor I loved you.' The face screamed in anger, frustration and pain. He lost his control over his son. Everything that he had tried to teach his son had been in vain. Naruto smiled as his image in his head disappeared into the darkness and all that was left was Sasuke holding him tight.
