Ownership as stated on the first chapter. I think Karen is quite out of character in this chapter since she used to be Ino (and before that it was Karen). It's kind of awkward since I haven't gotten my friend to beta read it. I hope it's good!
File 2: Getting Settled
The lock on the door clicked and the door opened, admitting Sasuke and Naruto. The former fiddled with the keys till they came out of the lock then walked into his studio flat. The later followed suit, though much more tense. In his hands, he tightly held an old backpack partially filled with clothes and other necessities that Naruto had picked up at his house right before coming here.
"Oh, you can put you can come in, you know," the raven said, making his way to the kitchen to make some drinks.
"Ah, yea," Naruto stuttered, only just noticing that he was still standing in the door way. He stepped in. "Sorry to disturb," he muttered as he closed the door behind him and twitched one of the locks into place.
He turned and found that Sasuke had returned from the kitchen and was now holding two steaming cups of tea. He held one out to the blonde.
"Thank you."
The two stood in silence.
"So, uh," Naruto started, "where should I put my stuff?" At this, Sasuke looked around his small apartment, considering the question. Where should he put his stuff? He wondered.
"Um, you can put it where you like," he said in the end. Naruto nodded and dropped his bag next the the couch that sat in the middle of the room. The room itself housed few personal belongings, including a couch, a table, a few chairs, and an open kitchen. Naruto saw no bed in the room.
"Where do you sleep?" Naruto said suddenly, accidentally letting his thoughts slip out.
"I usually sleep on the couch," the raven replied. And where's Naruto going to sleep? He suddenly thought. The couch was taken. We could both sleep on the couch, said a small voice in Sasuke's head. What the hell? No way! He cheecks reddened and he turned away so that the blonde would not see it. He wished he could go to another room, but that was the problem with a studio flat. There was only one room.
Hoping that the blush had died down, Sasuke turned back. He found that the blonde was now sitting on the couch, hunched forward, his face obscured.
"You're investigating the crash right, Sasuke," he said.
"Yeah."
"You're going to want to know what happened in detail, aren't you?"
Sasuke was surprised by this question. In fact it sounded more like an order than a request. And either way, he had no idea of how to answer it. He shrugged.
"You're the only witness, so I supose it'll be a must." The blonde nodded and Sasuke noticed that his shoulders were shaking under his jacket.
Worried, Sasuke dropped down in front of him, trying to see his face. He put a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Oy! You okay?" Sasuke said, his voice strained with concern. Slightly surprised at this, Naruto looked up. There were tears streaming down his face.
"Oh, god," Sasuke whispered, pulling the blonde's head into his chest while using his other hand to pat Naruto's back. Shaking hands clung to Sasuke's shirt as sobs racked through Naruto's body.
"It's okay. It's okay," the raven whispered, rubbing the blonde's back.
After a while, the sobs died down and only the only movements from the blonde's body was the beat of his heart. Gently, Sasuke tilted his head to find that Naruto had fallen asleep. There were still a few lines of worry on his face, but on the whole, his face looked the picture of peaceful sleep.
Sasuke sighed inwardly and lowered Naruto to the couch, laying him long ways. He then took up a blanket from a chair and lay it out over the blonde. Then, standing, he walked over to his bag and withdrew some of the files inside it. He walked back to the the couch and sat down in front of it, his back against the foot of the sofa. He flipped open the file and started reading.
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A knock at the door woke the sleeping raven.Sasuke rubbed his eyes and looked around. He was half slumped at the foot of the couch with papers spilling all around him. The door bell rang again and Sasuke cursed under his breath, not wanting to wake Naruto who was still sleeping on the couch, and got up to answer the door.
With unmeasurable experience, Sasuke flicked the locks on the door and twisted the handle, opening it. Outside was an out of breath Hinata, clasping a stack of papers to her chest while holding more in the bag that hung off her arm.
"What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked the girl. She looked shocked at this abrupt question, then looked down, blushing.
"I came here to bring Naruto the school work he missed." Hinata shuffled her feet, deliberating whether she should ask or not. She decided she would. "Can I come in?"
"Huh," came out of Sasuke's mouth before he could stop it. "Ah, sure," he said quickly, opening the door bigger so that she could come in. Arg, can't she just leave the stuff and go? He thought irritably. The raven was always cranky when rudely awakened from a nap. He shut the door, without locking it, and turned back to Hinata.
"You're Naruto's classmate right?" Sasuke asked.
"Ah, yes," Hinata said, "I'm in a few of his classes." She smiled contently as this last part, a faint blush coming on. Sasuke didn't like this. It's not like she has him all to himself, he thought venomously.
"Does he know you like him?" Sasuke said, hoping to burst her bubble. It worked. The girl went completely red and looked down, her purple locks obscuring her face.
"N-no," the girl stuttered. Hinata suddenly riffled in her bag and drew out a pile of papers, and long with the others she had been holding, she held out the huge stack to Sasuke. "P-please give these to Naruto. The due dates are written on them." She quickly scuttled to the door and opened it. "Thank you for allowing me in." Hinata then ran out the door.
"Oof!" said a female voice outside of the door. "Oh, it's you Hinata!" Sasuke opened the door and looked out at the two girls on the floor. The taller, red haired girl looked up. "OH! Hi Sasuke!"
"Karen, what the hell are you doing here?" Sasuke said scowling, of just about everyone in the station, Karen was one of the ones he hated the most. Her and everyone else. Except Naruto, said the small voice. Shut it.
"Kakashi wants you to come in. He says he found something out about the crash," Karen said helping Hinata up. The smaller girl flinched, but allowed herself to be pulled up.
"I do have a phone you know," replied Sasuke, still in a bad mood.
"It's off," Karen said smugly, jiggling her own phone. "I tried it."
Oh right, Sasuke thought. Crap.
"I guess you can't take a hint then, huh?" he retorted, blurting the first thing that came to mind. He then stalked back in, knowing that Karen would follow no matter when he did. He was right. But he hadn't counted on her dragging Hinata back with her. This was definitely not his day.
"Whah!" exclaimed Karen as she came in, looking around the place. "It hasn't changed at all!" She ran her hand over the table. Karen then exclaimed outloud again making Sasuke flinch.
"He's so cute!" the girl said as she looked at Naruto. "Just like a little cat, with those whiskers!"
"Shut up!" Sasuke hissed. "You'll wake him!" Hinata nodded vigorously.
"Fine," Karen said, changing the volume of her voice only slightly. "So are you coming down to the station or what?" Sasuke scratched the back of his head. He didn't really want to go. He'd rather stay at home and sleep. He'd been having allnighters far too often for his tastes.
"Will you leave me alone after that?" he asked, not expecting a truthful answer. Either way, he'd still end up having to go to the station, no matter what he did now.
"Maybe...," Karen said thoughtfully, still holding Hinata's wrist so that she was unable to scuttle away. "Only if you bring Naru-chan with you!"
"Wah?! No! He needs to sleep," Sasuke chided. And don't call him 'Naru-chan'! He could tell Hinata was thinking something along the same lines, her face was flushed with contained anger but Karen took no notice.
"No, it's alright," said a small voice from behind Sasuke. He looked around and found that Naruto had woken up and was now rubbing the sleep, and tears thought Sasuke, out of his eyes. "I'll come," Naruto said, with deep conviction. "I have to help out as much as I can."
"Naruto..."
"Great! We can take my car!" Karen said joyfully. She then turned and skipped out the door, still dragging Hinata with her. Sasuke sighed.
"That girl..." he said to himself and behind him Naruto laughed.
"Who is she?" Naruto asked. "That Karen person."
"Oh,"the raven replied, "she's just Kakashi's secretary.
"I see." Sasuke looked at Naruto. He seemed to be completely different from the Naruto that was crying just earlier, yet, now that he knew it was there, Sasuke could nearly see that other self lurking beneath the blonde's happy exterior. "What?" Naruto asked.
"Do you want a change of clothes? You're still wearing the ones that got soaked." Naruto looked down at himself.
"Yeah, you're right," he replied. "I suppose you want this back huh?" he added, twitching the police jacket Sasuke had put on him earlier that day.
"Oh, no. You can keep that," Sasuke said. The blondes face lit up instantly.
"Thanks!" Naruto then bounded off the couch and, grabbing his bag, he hastened to the bathroom to change. Sasuke smiled. Soon, Naruto threw open the door again. He was now wearing a polo shirt and jeans. And he was still wearing the jacket.
"C'mon," he said as he grabbed Sasuke's arm and led him to the door.
"Okay, okay," the raven said, picking up his keys. The two then walked out of the door, Sasuke locking the door behind them.
This second chapter went a bit fast I think since I want to get to the juicy part faster. Lol. I'll try to keep the chapters coming, but there's always school, althoug I do have a nice long holiday coming up, so there might be an update then.