I Know You Better Than You Think I Do
Summary: To Naruto, Sasuke was everything. To bad losing everything was just a hit by a car away. Now that Sasuke has almost no memory of his previous life, can the two wedded lovers come to terms with the fact that the old Sasuke won't be coming back? NaruSasu
Warnings: Yaoi, boyxboy, temporary one-sided love, fake love, nudity, maybe future lemon, memory loss, OOC-ness (For a reason), drama, blah, blah, blah. That seems to be the main stuff. May add more later.
Disclaimer: You know, the little thing I always forget to put in my FANFICTIONS? I don't own Naruto, geniuses. This is also not a true story, jut FYI.
I apollogize, no grammar/spell check. If you notice anything, please inform me so I can fix it. Not Beta-ed, but since when did I have a beta reader?
If Sasuke says something and it's written like so: "Insert quote here" He is saying something that either he had said or Naruto had told him in the past.
A/n: Yeah, so I totally just came out of the closet to my Step mom and Dad. o.0
Shit's going down over here.
EDIT: I took out my 'Mary Sue' since everyone hated that. Replaced her with Hinata. There goes that part of my story.
Sometimes I hate my readers.
I love you!
"Yeah, of course he's fine."
"No, I mean… is he fine?"
"Yes, he's fine. I don't care whether or not he has his memories, I'm going to love him anyway I have him, Sakura." Said girl sighed at the blond's response. "Hey, the doctor said there may be a chance of him getting his memories back."
"I know, Naruto. But… he probably won't. You know what the doctor said-"
"I don't care what the doctor said." Naruto, ignoring the contradiction of his statements, lowered his voice even more, almost silent but still talking into the phone, "Look, I'm just trying to look on the bright side. I'm not sure how much longer I can last, Sakura. He's kind of… strange. But I'll manage."
"That's not like you, Naruto. You sure you're alright?"
"I'm fine, Sakura!" Naruto raised his voice. Becoming self-conscious, he looked over towards his raven haired lover currently balled up on the couch. Naruto sighed, making his way into their room.
"Well, you sure as hell don't sound fine to me."
"Sakura, I'm fine. This is Sasuke we're talking about. He's a little more… I don't know. Innocent? Naïve? And it just… I don't know, I just kind of want him back."
"Naruto, I thought you said you'd love him anyway you had hi-"
"And I do, Sakura! Oh, god, I do! I just…" Naruto heard the television turn on, the volume turn up. The blond sighed. "I've got to go, I think Sasuke can hear me."
"Wait- Naruto!"
"What?"
"You want me to come over? I could get off of work early and the-"
"No, Sakura. As I said before, I can manage." Silence enveloped the two, only static over the phone being transferred between them.
"Okay, Naruto." Sakura lowered her voice on her end. "You know I love you both very much." Naruto sighed for the nth time that day.
"I know. Bye." Naruto hung up and sighed yet again. It seemed to have become almost as frequent as his breathing. Naruto opened the door to their room, shutting it quietly behind him. He crept up to the couch, his arms wrapping around the raven's shoulders when he got there. The man tensed in his arms, a sharp intake of breath signaling his nervousness. Naruto sighed, kissing the man's ear. Sasuke started trembling slightly. Naruto grew concerned.
"Sasuke? Are you alright?" The boy remained silent. "Sasuke, are you crying?"
"I'm s-sorry… I'm just… Oh god, I'm so confused." Sasuke wrapped his arms more tightly
around his knees, tightening the ball he was currently wrapped in. "And I know you're not h-happy... I'm just... I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault, Sasuke, really-"
"I'm not saying it's my fault. I'm just saying that I'm sorry."
"Sasuke, you don't have to be sorry. I'm fine-"
"I don't know what's going on, or what's happened, I don't know a lot of things. I'm sorry, but I'm a little stressed out right now. So, for fuck's sake, could you at least thank me for even considering being sorry for you? Because, seriously? I just shouldn't give a shit if you're going to treat me like I shouldn't know what's going on, alright?"
Naruto was silent.
"Excuse me."
Naruto walked back into their bedroom, his cell phone in his hand. He brought it up to his ear, sighing.
"Hey, Sakura? Could you still come over?"
"Hey, Sasuke..." Sakura said quietly, approaching the man.
"Hello."
"I brought you something to eat." Sakura presented him with a tomato. Sasuke looked at it from his current seat on the couch.
"Why a tomato?"
"B-because... it's your favourite..." Sakura mumbled, fumbling with it in her hands.
"Oh." Sasuke seemed to consider before getting up and taking the tomato, biting into it. "Hm... I have a good taste in food." Sasuke said after swallowing, walking into the kitchen. Sakura sighed.
"See what I mean?" Naruto asked Sakura, walking to his friend's side.
"Well, he certaintly is different... but that's whatever. I'm sure you can warm up to him."
"But that's the point, I don't want to warm up to him. I want Sasuke." Naruto whined.
"Naruto, you have got to be a man about this. I can't even begin to imagine how he feels. And, besides, what happened to what you said earlier?"
"Oh, shut the fuck up. I know, I know. This is... hard, I guess, because-"
"You didn't think that you'd have to try?"
"I get it, I get it. Look, I'll try talking to him."
"Good. Oh, and, Naruto? Don't throw yourself at him if you don't want to give him the scare of his life." Sakura exited the house.
Throwing me to the dogs, are we? Naruto thought as he entered the kitchen. Sasuke was sitting in a chair, zoned out. Naruto contemplated his choices; stay silent and let him think, or see what was on his mind.
"Hey, Sasuke."
Sasuke jumped before turning towards him.
"Sorry for scaring you..." Naruto moved to sit in the chair beside Sasuke. "Whatcha thinking about?" Sasuke eyed him suspiciously. "I'm just a curious guy."
"I can tell."
...
"Are you just going to leave it at that?"
"Yes." Naruto sighed at the reply.
"You could try to be a little nicer towards me."
"You could try to be a little conciderate. Sorry I look like Sasuke, but I'm not. No kissing or touching me, you scare the shit out of me when you do that."
"You know what, fine. Be a dick, I'm not putting up with it right now." Naruto stood up, grabbing his jacket from off of the counter where he had left it earlier. "Fuck you." Naruto yelled over his shoulder as he slammed the door to the house shut.
Naruto sighed, wrapping his jacket closer to him. That bastard. Naruto just couldn't put up with his adittude at the moment. Naruto walked down the street, the cold January air biting at his face. Why did this have to happen to him? Why couldn't some other person get hit by that damn pick up? But, no, Sasuke just had to be crossing the street when that damn drunkard had been driving down the road. And then, when Naruto arrived after, the ambulance's sirens wailing... no, Naruto wasn't a coward. He just wasn't the smartest. He never had been much of a thinker, and now it clawed at his concience, thinking about his damn mistake. Why had he done that? He could've, oh, he didn't know, say goodybye? Say I love you? Have another, what, five minutes with him? Tears stung at Naruto's eyes as he took a right turn. Oh, what he would give for another five minutes with Sasuke. But he was scared. Naruto cursed fear. Damn fear. Damn it all to hell.
Naruto crossed the street, hoping that some car would hit him and then he, too, would lose his memories. But when his right foot landed on the cement of the sidewalk, he cursed his luck. Or, his lack therof. Would it be luck if he had been hit by a car? He wasn't quite sure. Naruto angrily walked on. Fuck this, fuck everything. Fuck his luck, fuck fear, fuck nothing, fuck everything... Naruto stopped. Everything. Wasn't that taboo? No, no. Now he was gone. Sasuke was gone. Everything was gone. And why? Well, he wasn't sure. God got bored? Re-runs of all of the Bones episodes he had already seen? Naruto looked around. There was no one on the road, the street, no houses around, but a dock next to him. The small lake was apparently frozen over, one girl on the ice. She skated over and stopped in front of the dock.
"H-hello, sir, are you alright?" She asked.
"Uh, yeah. Everything's fine." Naruto laughed. "Oh wow, this is all so fucked up."
Naruto approached the woman. She seemed younger than him, maybe around 15 or 16.
"H-h-hello..." She greeted again, slowly skating towards the blond. Her long black hair swwayed behind her with the wind.
"Nothing much, I'm just... well, I'm pissed." Naruto said, stepping down on the ice. "I don't have any skates, sorry."
"Oh, y-you're going t-to talk t-to me?" She blushed as the man stepped down.
"So, what's your name?"
"Hinata H-Hyuuga." Naruto raised an eyebrow at her.
"You related to Neji?"
"Y-You know N-Neji?" She asked shyly. "Are you h-his friend?"
"We talk." Naruto said.
"W-what's your n-name?"
"Naruto."
"Naruto..."
"Uzumaki." Naruto stated.
"Oh, I'm n-not sure I've h-heard your name b-before..." She replied. The brunette skated gracefully beside the blond. "Wha-what's bothering y-you?"
"Huh?" Naruto asked.
"Well, you seemed b-bothered...You said that 'this is all so m-messed up'." She replied, her dark green eyes questioning his cerulean ones.
"Uh... my uh... my husband... he got hit by a car. And he doesn't... uh... remember much."
"Really?" Hinata asked. "That's unf-fortunate."
"Yeah."
"H-how long have you guys been married?"
"What?"
"How long have you been m-married?"
"Uh... ten years now." Naruto replied.
"W-what's his name?"
"Who's?"
"What's his name? Your husband's?"
"Oh... Sasuke."
"W-why aren't you with him right now?"
"I got pissed off at him."
"W-why?"
"He told me to be considerate and stop kissing him because it weirded him out."
"Y-you shouldn't be m-mad..."
"And why not?" Naruto asked.
"W-well, it must b-be starnge for h-him... a stranger s-says they've b-ben married for ten years a-and tries t-to kiss him... it would b-be scary..."
"Uh-huh..." Naruto said slowly, catching up to the teen.
"S-So, how long was he a-at the hospital?" Hinata asked.
"How long? Um... four, five months?"
"W-were you w-with him all the t-time?"
"Uh... no."
"No?" She asked incrediously.
"No."
"Why not?Wouldn't l-lovers do that?"
"I was... I was scared."
"Scared?"
"Yeah, I guess I just... I just wanted to remember him how he was, becuase I was certain that he was going to die on us. I didn't want to remember him as the lifeless body on the hospital bed. I wanted... you know, our last moment together was nothing special. I just asked him to go get something from the grocery store. He said sure, I love you, and he smiled. And then he left. I wanted to remember him like that."
"You still should h-have stayed wi-with him..." Hinata whispered.
"Why am I telling you all of this...?" Naruto asked.
"I-I don't kn-know..."
"Stress. That's probably it. I'm not going crazy, just stress." Naruto muttered to himself.
"A-are you g-goin to apollog-gize?"
"For what?"
"F-for getting m-mad at him f-for no reaso-on?"
"...I guess."
Naruto climbed onto the dock when they passed it. "Oh, hey, Hinata?"
"Hm?" She asked.
"Thanks, I really needed to talk."
"Oh, y-your we-welcome." She squeaked.
Naruto watched her retreating form until the fog had completely enveloped her.
Naruto examined his surroundings. He came up with an exact location...
...lost.
Naruto sighed, turning around to walk off. He'd just have to see what life threw at him next.
"Where the fuck have you been?"
"Hello to you to, love." Naruto sighed, shrugging his coat off.
"It's been three fucking hours!" Sasuke squealed at him.
"And why do you fucking care?" Naruto yelled back.
"Because I kind of missed you." Sasuke said, looking down. Naruto sighed.
"I've been lost. Now, you can't do this to me, alright?"
"Do what?" Sasuke asked.
"This! You can't yell at me for being affectionate one minute-"
"Three hours ago."
"-and then go on saying you missed me! God, you're so hard to get!" Naruto sighed. "It's like you're 15 again."
"Yeah? And how old am I?"
"29, Sasuke."
"And you knew me back when I was fifteen?" Sasuke questioned.
"Yes, Sasuke. I've been married to you for ten years. I know you better than you think I do."
Sasuke was silent before breathing an almost silent 'oh'.
"Sasuke, I'm sorry I got mad."
"I'm sorry I did, too. I'm just... this is hard, and I'm sorry. I was taking my stress out on you and that's not fair."
"Sasuke, it's fine."
"No it's not-"
"It's fine, Sasuke. Everything is fine. And sorry in advance."
"Sor-" Sasuke was cut off by lips on his. Warm, soft lips to be exact. Sasuke's eyes widened considerably.
"I love you." Naruto breathed against his lips.
And then proceeded to lock himself in their room and cry.
A/n: Ta-daa! That took a while, and I apollogize. I just, with finals and A-Kon 23, there was a lot to do.
Thank you chick-lady that I sat next to before the Hetalia Q&A panel last day of A-Kon 23 for reading Oh! For the Love of Math! And loving it. If you're reading this, I just wanted to thank you for reading this (I did suggest it after all lolol).
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