When Naruto woke he found the room dark, the stars out in the sky. He sat up and was surprised to not feel a warm body in the bed with him. Suddenly he remembered the ordeals from the day and cursed under his breath, having wasted the first day.
Naruto got up to use the bathroom and stopped in surprise, on his sofa was a sleeping Sasuke. Naruto hesitantly moved closer to the other prince and crouched to look at him, wondering what was going on in his head, what Sasuke wanted. Naruto sighed softly and moved to get up from his crouching position when suddenly the brunettes eyes opened.
"I- uh- I was going to... Hi." Naruto stammered out awkwardly, feeling embarrassment flush through him. He was watching Sasuke sleep, which is weird.
"Hi." Sasuke said, sitting up, and stretching. "What were you...?" The question sat between them, not needing to be finished.
"Bathroom. I'm uh- going to the bathroom." Naruto said quickly and pointed to the bathroom. Sasuke just looked at the blonde for a moment before nodding. Naruto taking the response as an okay and awkwardly moving around the sofa to go back to the bathroom.
When he came back to the room he found Sasuke sitting in the window, in Naruto's favorite spot.
"Hey." Sasuke said, turning to the blonde. Naruto just looked for a moment, caught up in the beauty that was Sasuke. The moon reflected softly on ivory skin, black hair seeming somehow darker, black eyes unreadable.
"H-hey..." Naruto said weakly, forcing his head to turn away, to not blatantly stare.
"I... Want to be clear." Sasuke started, getting Narutos attention, "Although we both hate Itachi, that's not why I'm here. I'm here because you deserve the right to have your kingdom safe. You don't have to like me, but I want that for you. You endured much of what I did, but you had a goal. And maybe I'm being selfish, but I don't want him to ruin both of us."
Naruto looked at Sasuke, studying him and thinking. Although it again sounded genuine, it was still all so hard to believe. Naruto just nodded his head and said thank you, unsure of how else to respond.
"Maybe, I was wrong before. I can tell now though, you are the stronger prince. I have some catching up to do." Sasuke said as he turned and looked out the window, and Naruto thought he saw pink flush the other man's cheeks.
"I told you I was." Naruto mocked, letting out a chuckle, trying to ease the uncomfortable atmosphere. He looked back to the brunette and found their eyes locked again, Naruto felt again like there was some connection between them. But he was still too raw, feeling like he needed to pull away to protect himself.
"I'm going to... I need some fresh air." Naruto said and gestured to the door. Sasuke watched him as the blonde began to put on shoes and simply nodded.
"I'm not holding you hostage." Sasuke said simply and then got up and Naruto saw the brunette retreat to the bathroom.
Naruto left the room, feeling like he was spinning and couldn't figure out where he was going to land. So much was happening and he had been played so much he couldn't figure out up from down, much less who to trust. He found himself wandering around the palace until he found a perch that looked over some of the kingdom, the moon illuminating the houses and buildings that seemed so far away.
If nothing else, this was his grounding, his home, what he stood for and what brought him strength. Part of him felt eased just to see it, to physically see what gave him strength and to think of the people he fought for. Naruto breathed deeply and tried to focus on this, trying to let the events effects on him go. It would be hard but he didn't want to let it hold him down. He was not going to give up, he never would.
Naruto focused on this and heard footsteps approaching, but when he opened his eyes he found the person to be closer than he expected. Itachi walked up the blonde, Naruto too shocked for a moment to move away.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked when he regained his composure, anger filling him again. But Itachi still just approached, his expression unreadable.
Itachi reaches out to touch the blondes hair but his hand was slapped away. Anger quickly crossed his features and Naruto found himself on his back.
"When did you do it? You slept and avoided me to fuck my brother?" Itachi asked, pinning the blonde down, his eyes red and face frightening.
"Wha- No. Get off m-"
"When did you do it?!" Itachi shouted down at the blonde, who was trying to free himself out of the elders grip.
"I didn't! Let me go!" Naruto shouted back and pushed against the Uchiha, gaining some leverage but getting pinned again quickly.
"You whored yourself to him as well, hm? He's as weak as you, why would he fight for you? You seduced him!" Itachi said and Naruto felt lips on his, Itachi initiating a rough kiss. Naruto bit on the other man's lip and took the shock to move away, but was still stopped before escaping.
"Itachi!" A voice shouted, somewhere further away. Naruto felt the man on top of him stiffen suddenly, then turn back to see Fugaku.
"Get off her." Fugaku pronounced every word sternly. Itachi moved away but Naruto stayed on the floor a moment longer, afraid of both of the men around him.
"Why would you act so shamefully? Leave. I am sending you home tomorrow." Fugaku said, and Naruto got up, seeing Itachis hands form fists before moving past his father. The blonde and king stood in silence, until Naruto broke it, thanking the king.
"You still have 2 days. Don't think this has changed my mind." Fugaku said before turning and leaving. Naruto watched the figure leave and let out a shaky breath, at least the elder brother would be gone by tomorrow and his attacks would be guaranteed to stop.
Naruto made his way back to his room and found Sasuke outside of it, when their eyes met Sasuke quickly approached.
"He attacked you. Are you okay? I have your maid coming to heal you." Sasuke said, inspecting the blonde.
Naruto felt emotions rise again to the surface and before he could stop it, tears came welling up in his eyes. He found himself crying, and after a moment felt arms wrapping hesitantly around him.
"I'm sorry. I wasn't there." Sasuke whispered and Naruto moved his hands from his face to Sasukes shirt. He needed the hug more than he realized and he let a lot of his pent up feelings fall free through his tears. Anger, betrayal, sadness, disgust, all of it, came rising to the surface and poured out of him.
When he stopped crying and only had occasional hitched breaths he pulled back, not wanting to look up at the brunette, feeling embarrassed at his fit. Sasuke let him go but asked again gently, "Are you hurt?"
Naruto just shook his head no and heard Sasuke dismiss Sakura. Oh great, more people had seen him crying. But his body felt spent at releasing all the feelings he had been holding in.
"I want to go to bed." Naruto mumbled, still not looking up. Sasuke nodded and put his hand on the blondes back, guiding them into the room. Naruto felt Sasuke take off his shoes and coat, which he was thankful for, not wanting to put anymore effort into anything at the moment. The blonde crawled into bed and the brunette kneeled beside it, making eye contact for the first time.
They looked at each other for a while before Naruto closed his eyes, wanting to just go to sleep, too spent to talk about anything anymore.