Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But one day Itachi will be mine!!!!!
Sasuke slammed open the door of his apartment. He quickly walked back out once he saw the sight on his couch. after a minute Kakashi came to the hallway, straightening his jacket. "Umm... Sasuke... Why don't you... Go to a movie! Yeah... Umm... Here's a couple yen, so go have fun." He put some yen in his hand and shut the door in his face.
Sasuke sighed and left the building. He stuck the money in his pocket and just walked a couple blocks down to the old playground. Everything was broken and rusted away. All that was left was a slide and a few swings. As he walked closer, he saw somebody sitting on one of the swings, looking down. He walked up to them and said, "Naruto?"
Naruto looked up and smiled at Sasuke. This time he had a black eye and was wearing a white t-shirt with three tears in it infront of his stomache that were probably made by a knife or sharp, slender object of some type. "Hey, Sasuke. How's it going?"
"What happened to you? You're wounded horribly!" Sasuke went up to him and looked at his black eye.
"Sasuke, sit down."
Sasuke did as he said and sat in the swing beside him. "Please, Naruto. Tell me what's going on!"
Naruto smiled at him and said, "Let's go do something. You have any yen?"
Sasuke pulled the yen out of his pocket and said, "Well, yeah. A little but-"
Before he could finish, Naruto grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him a few blocks.
"Where are we going?" Sasuke said, huffing.
"I don't know. Where do you want to go?"
"You mean you've been dragging me for blocks for no reason?"
Naruto ignored his question and said, "I know! Let's go get some icecream. I'm dying for something sweet."
"You need to go to the hospital. I can tell you're wounded in your stomache and you have a black eye that's swollen."
Naruto dragged him in the store and smiled at him laughing. "You're such a worrywart! What flavor do you want?"
"Worrywart? Nevermind. Uhh... Chocolate I guess."
Naruto looked at the man at the counter and said, "Make that two." He grabbed some of the yen and put it on the counter, taking the cones from the man. He handed Sasuke one of the cones and then went outside. There was a brick wall that had a hill on the other side. He sat on it and stared at the stars. "It's so pretty tonight, don't you think?"
Sasuke sat beside him and stared at him, "Naruto. Please tell me what happened."
"Sasuke... I'm leaving tomorrow. My dad and I are moving."
"What are you talking about? You can't leave! You just got here. It's only you third day of school ((I think I lost track)). Why are you moving?"
"Well, he's a little pissed that I was kissing another guy and he doesn't think I could really be gay and that it must just be you or something so... He's taking me away from you." Somehow. Naruto managed to smile and say all of this like it was no big deal.
"You mean that car was... Your dad?"
"Yeah. Tonight will be our night, ok? No worries, no crying, no fighting, just fun."
"Ok." Sasuke's heart was crushed to hear all this but tonight he wanted to forget the world and just be with Naruto. Besides, he knew that Kakashi's "friend" probably wouldn't leave until tomorrow morning. He smiled at Naruto and looked up at the sky too. "So you got adopted?"
"You could say that."
"What's your father like?"
"A bastard."
"Then why did you agree to the adoption?"
"He's all the family I have."
"He wasn't when the adoption was being filed."
"Yes he was."
"I don't get what your saying."
"I wasn't really adopted. I just went back to my family."
"But your dad's dead."
"It turns out a shot to the shoulder doesn't kill you."
"Y-y-you mean..."
"Yeah." Naruto turned and smiled at him. "He's trying to stop though. He's taking classes and he's stopped drinking and everything. Sometimes he just gets a little angry when I come home late or he sees me kissing a guy..."
"He's hurting you Naruto! He could kill you just like your mother."
"We said just fun, remember? Arguing isn't in my category of fun. I know! We can go to my favorite place. It's kinda far though so we'll take a cab." Naruto took his wrist again and dragged him to the streets, flagging down a cab. He pulled him in and told the taxi driver the address.
Sasuke put his hand on Naruto's shoulder and said, "Naruto. Please let me help you."
"Quiet. My dad doesn't exist and neither does school or anyone else but us. Come on, were here."
They got out of the cab and looked up at the building. "An old operahouse? Do they even use this thing?"
"Of course silly. We are in a rich neighborhood right now. They have stuff like this here. I get the best seats too. Really cheap, at that. Come with me." Naruto took Sasuke up the firescape on the side and went through a small window on the top of the building. They came into a small room filled with dust and costumes. across the room was a small door. They went through it and ended up at a small balcony on the ceiling that overlooked the stage. ((if you've seen the phantom of the opera, think about the part where he switches her mouthspray and says she's a toad. The little area at the ceiling that he's at is what this pretty much looks like. If you haven't seen it then... You're screwed. Use your imagination.))
"This place is so pretty. I love coming here and watching the plays. Everything is so perfect. It's like nothing can go wrong here."
"Yeah..."
"Hey Sasuke?"
"What is it?"
"Will you ever forget me?"
"Never!"
"Is that a promise?"
"Of course it is. How could you ever think I would forget you?"
"You have a million people that want you and it's not like I'm your boyfriend so how could you possibly remember me?"
"Naruto. Those people don't matter and about what you said at school today..."
"Forget it. Yeah I was hurt but I learned that I need to forget it. You're never going to want to show "us" in public so let's just stay friends, ok? It'll be easiest this way. Besides, it'll make my dad happy too."
Sasuke didn't say anything. He just sat down and watched the play.
I'm sorry it took so long to post and I know I didn't finish their "date" or whatever. Shocking, isn't it? I can't believe his father is still alive! And I wrote it. Please review. And sorry I can't get to your reviews right now. It's hard enough for me to be posting this chapter. I'll get them next chapter.
Thanks for reading!
