DISCLAIMER : I do not own Naruto. All the characters were created by Masashi Kishimoto.
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When I first wrote this story, I wanted this to be Narusasu. But along the way, I figured that this should be Sasunarusasu. This means that there will be both SASUNARU and NARUSASU.
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Here's the next chapter, enjoy!
Chapter 9: I'm Your Friend
Flashback
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"Did you just freaking left Sakura ran off like that?" asked Kiba to Ino.
"Of course not!" gasped the long-haired blonde. "I was just about to go to her after making sure Naruto is under control. But then suddenly they were called by Hatake. You see, me and Sakura created this plan in case this happened." said Ino with a cheeky expression.
Shikamaru yawned and looked at Ino with a bored expression. "Thought so. That was unnecessary." Ino pouted at the black-haired man.
Choji gobbled another donut and stuffed it into his mouth. "But, what's wrong with Sakura?"
Ino sighed at that question. "Oh Choji, I thought it was obvious? She was jealous of Naruto! She couldn't stand it if she sees Naruto and Sasuke together." she paused for a moment to take her cell phone and snapped a quick selfie of herself. "Seriously! She can't let go of Sasuke! I told her to move on but she just..can't! So I said to her that she needs to sort her feelings first before explaining things to Naruto. It's somehow better if she avoids Naruto until either of them are sure about their own feelings. I don't want them to fight, and just now it's quite obvious that Naruto was slowly moving on from Sakura to Sasuke."
"You were head over heels to Sasuke a few years ago," said Shikamaru flatly.
"Ugh, yeah yeah, I know that. But after I heard that he's actually gay, I just tried to gave up on it. But Sakura, she just can't accept the fact that Sasuke isn't interested in her. Guys, smile! I wanna use this cute flower crown filter," said Ino as she adjusted the phone so everyone can fit in the frame.
She smiled cutely and posed with a peace sign, while Kiba grinned to the camera with a thumbs up. Choji tried to smile with a mouthful of chocolate donut, and Shikamaru just stare flatly at the screen.
"Aw, you guys are sooo cute! Let me post that first," squaled Ino while she typed something as a caption. Then, she stood up and waved her goodbye. "I have to go and fetch Sakura! She's in the toilet now. Byeee!"
As Ino walked to the door, Kiba looked at Shikamaru and asked him. "What does she mean by a plan made by her and Sakura?"
Shikamaru sipped his coffee. "So if they see Naruto inside the canteen, Sakura would run away while Ino distracts Naruto with the coupon. It's pretty stupid and unnecessary."
Kiba laughed a little and scratched his head. "The heck was that."
Choji wiped his mouth and tapped his belly. "Ahh.. That was some nice donuts! Okay, anyone wants some udon?"
Kiba stared at the man. "Choji, you just ate those donuts all by yourself. You seriously want to eat again!?"
"That was my appetizer."
The brunette laughed at the man. "Man, Choji! You're amazing. Fine, go eat some more!"
Shikamaru smirked at that statement. Choji stood up and walked to the counter to order some udon.
"Yo, Shikamaru," said Kiba. "So, when will those two boys get together?"
"Depends on their stubbornness, actually." said the black-haired man. "If they just followed their feelings, then I can give it about less than a month. In a few days, Naruto would ask us about his feelings to the Uchiha."
Kiba nodded in agreement. "That idiot was the dense one though. Let's just wait. Sometimes, I couldn't stop myself to scold Naruto for being a blind idiot. But I followed your plan, to let Naruto come to us first."
Shikamaru drank the rest of his coffee and put the cup aside. "We'll see."
THREE DAYS LATER..
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It was a very bright morning, but Naruto's head was flat on his desk. The Uzumaki was not a fan of paperworks. Well, all he did in the Homicide Division was paperworks now. He needed to sort some datas and give it to the perverted inspector. The man said they need to learn all the cases that happened in town. He cringed at some of the files. There were gruesome murders in town, huh. He just wrote some details in his notebook to submit to the perverted inspector. As he rested his head on the table, he tilted his head to made his chin support it, to look at the man across him. Uchiha Sasuke was sitting on his desk with a cup of coffee in his left hand.
Naruto hated these paperworks, but Sasuke was different, though. The raven was very preoccupied on his work. He even looked even more focused than usual. Sasuke would bring a ton of files and put it on his desk, and he spent his days flipping through the pages. Sometimes the files weren't even from the Homicide Division. One of it was from Arson, he guessed. That file was always on his desk.
Naruto memorised every detail that the raven did. The man would sometimes stop, and wrote something inside his notebook. He always had his glasses on too, which made him ten times more good looking than usual. The Uchiha burrowed his eyebrows and put his hand over his mouth.
This time, the man stopped flipping the pages, took off his glasses and covered his face with his palm. Seeing the action, Naruto raised his head from the table to observe the man in a better view. He pretended to sip his mug, but he actually finished his coffee a few minutes ago. The bastard was clearly stressed. Was it because of the pictures of dead bodies? Nah. He didn't think that the raven would get stressed over that. He burrowed his eyebrows together to think about it. Is the man alright? The blonde scratched his head. He had to make the raven talk to him. The man could burst into flames if he kept everything all to himself like that.
Naruto stiffened as he saw what the raven did just now. Sasuke dropped a tear to one of the paper. Oh, yeah, he noticed that. The man rolled his head up and sniffed his nose. He picked up some tissue and walked calmly to the door. Concerned about the man's well being, Naruto followed Sasuke.
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The man was inside the bathroom. Naruto stepped in, and saw the man washing his face on the sink. Naruto leaned against the wall and crossed his arms before speaking up to the raven.
"You okay, teme?"
Sasuke stood still for a few second while bending to the sink, then he wiped his face with a paper towel and stood up to look at the mirror.
"Hn."
"You don't look okay."
The raven gripped the sink and looked at Naruto's sky blue eyes.
"Stop meddling with my issue." he burrowed his eyebrows.
"Talk to me, teme. I can ease your problems. You've been stressing on something in this three days."
Sasuke walked towards the exit, but Naruto crossed his arms and blocked it with his body so Sasuke couldn't get out. The man squinted his eyes and pushed Naruto, but the man didn't buldge an inch.
"Move."
"No."
"Move!"
"I will if you tell me what's bothering your mind."
"No, dammit! Just move and let me out!" the raven was almost growling.
"No."
"Why are you so persistent!?" grunted the raven in anger. Naruto just stared back at the pair of onyx eyes. Sasuke's anger was rising now. "Leave. Me. Alone." Sasuke spat the words like acid to the blonde's face.
"Bastard, you can talk to me!" said Naruto as he gritted his teeth. "I'm your friend! I want to help you! And that's what friends do to each other!"
Sasuke's expression turned a layer darker.
"Friend, huh?"
Naruto stared at him in confusion. "Yeah! Even if we fight all the time, you're still my best friend, Sasuke!"
Sasuke suddenly laughed, and it sounded cynical. He leaned to the wall and rested his head there.
"Best friends…?"
And a split moment later, Naruto felt himself fell to the ground, thanks to the raven's punch to his jaw. He was out in the hallway now.
"Teme! What was that for!?" spat Naruto while he grunted in pain. That really hurt!
Sasuke kneeled to the ground to held Naruto's body with his legs. When he almost punched Naruto for the second time, he stopped his fist right in front of the blonde's face. Naruto stared at the man's face. The raven was closing his eyes and his fist was shaking. He looked..so hurt. As if he couldn't hurt Naruto even if he wanted to.
At that moment, Sasuke broked down to tears. He was suddenly crying. Naruto sat up slowly, and traced his fingers to Sasuke's jaw.
"Teme...?" said Naruto as he slowly hugged the raven. Sasuke's tears sounded painful to him. It felt like someone was stabbing the blonde's heart with knife for a thousand times.
"I-I'm..sorry.." Sasuke was struggling to speak.
Naruto hugged him once more and helped the man to stand up. He looked at the hallway, thankfully it was empty. The raven needs some privacy right now. So, he opened the door to the janitor's closet and dragged Sasuke in slowly in his arms. He sat down with the man. The raven was now clutching to Naruto's shoulders. He started to slow down his cries after a while. Naruto rubbed his back and held him close.
"Are you ready to talk?" as Naruto broke the hug and offered his handkerchief to the raven.
After slowing down his tears, he wiped his face with the handkerchief.
"Naruto.. It's.. A very long story."
Naruto smiled at him and brushed the raven's bangs.
"I'll listen."
"I.. Naruto.. Did you know.. What happened to my family?"
"I did. They died in a fire..right?"
Sasuke nodded and sniffed again. "Yes.. I.. I wanted to check their data.. Their file.. But it seemed that they didn't found out anything else."
Naruto raised his eyebrow. "Anything?"
Sasuke sighed and took a deep breath. "I was sure, they were killed. It was not an accident." said the man as he shook his head. "But they decided to leave the case just like that. I couldn't find any more evidence in the files. But after looking at the pictures of the crime scene again.. my family's dead body.. suddenly I just.."
"That's pretty messed up.. Should we reopen the case?"
"No. It will draw attention to the person or group who murdered my family. And right now I just.. I missed my brother, so much. I think he can handle this more than I do. His corpse.. I saw the pictures again.. Naruto it was burnt so bad I barely recognise him." the raven drew another breath.
The tanned man nodded in empathy. "I bet you two were close. I.. I don't know my family, Sasuke.. so I can't know exactly how you feel.. But—"
"It's okay, Naruto." said the raven. "I..actually felt better. After talking to you."
The blonde smiled to the man. "See, told ya."
"Naruto, I'm sorry..about earlier. Does it hurt?"
"It's fine. Don't worry!" said Naruto with a grin.
The Uchiha replied the smile. "Naruto.. Do you really think we are friends?"
Naruto stare at the man. "Yes. I am serious when I said that..heh."
"And what does that mean to you?"
The blonde stare blankly at the man for a moment. Eh?
"Well.. Uh.. Y'know we did our job together, right? So I feel like we're connected now.. Like friends!"
Sasuke stood up at the very small space, and Naruto followed his action. Before the blonde could speak, the raven pressed his lips to the man's. It was sweet and tender. Naruto subconsciously closed his eyelids as he felt like flying to the clouds. Sasuke pushed him to the wall as they were sliding their tongues together. Naruto grunted at the feeling being pushed to a wall, but damn the kiss felt heavenly. Suddenly Sasuke ended it abruptly, and he stared at Naruto's eyes while he clutched to the blonde's hem.
"You better think about this whole 'friend' thing again."
Sasuke left the small space to wash his face again, while Naruto was staring at the closed door in front of him with an empty expression.
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What just happened?
He sat down again, and burrowed his face to his palm. He needed to think.
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Sasuke was already sitting on his desk when Naruto returned from the janitor closet. Looking very dazed and confused, the blonde sat down and stare blankly at the papers in front of him. Sasuke, on the other hand, was doing perfectly fine, as if nothing ever happened. Naruto closed his eyes for a moment. This bastard.. no. It couldn't.. Was it possible? He knew he was attracted to the raven, but more than that? He needed to talk to someone. Shikamaru? or Kiba? Or maybe both of them?
A call from Sasuke's desk phone woke Naruto up from his daydreaming.
"Yes, this is Uchiha from the Homicide Division."
After hearing a somewhat panic tone from the other side of the line, Sasuke widened his eyes.
"Okay. Yes. We will be there soon." said Sasuke before ending the call. He looked at Naruto that was staring at him with the dumbest expression.
"Oi, idiot." Naruto stared back at the man. "Call Kakashi. We have to go." Sasuke stood up and grabbed some of his things.
"What happened?" asked the blonde.
Sasuke turned his body so it faced Naruto. "A woman was found hanging dead in her bedroom. Her daughter made the call. Go fetch Kakashi so we can go immediately."
Naruto widened his eyes to the news, and ran out of the room to inform the inspector about the new case.
The next chapter : Their first murder case!?
There was it! They kissed again! What will happen to the two of them?
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