SasuNaru
Locked up with You
Discalimer: I do not own Naruto
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Naruto woke up the next morning on his own in Sasuke's bed. He looked up at the ceiling, the night's events playing in his head. The kiss. He was laid there was no expression on his face for a good five to ten minutes before he heard anything.
"Naruto?"
He looked across to Kiba's bunk where the brunet was sitting up giving the blond a strange look. "Are you okay?"
He paused. "Sure."
Naruto sat up with Kiba, climbing down the ladder and stripping, pulling on fresh clothing from his box. He heard Kiba next to him, doing the same.
"You know what time it is?" Naruto asked with a flat voice.
"About half ten," Kiba replied with more enthusiasm. "I'm off for breakfast. I'll see you later."
Naruto nodded his head silently.
When he turned round to look at Sasuke's bed, he saw his own next to it, cold and un-slept in, yet covers strewn about.
He left the room.
Most people were still in the lunch hall, finishing off breakfast. Neji and Gaara were sat at the same table as usual, Kiba joining them with a plate of food. Haku was sitting with some of the other patients, and Sasuke was in the corner, untouched food and a drawing in front of him. Naruto moved onto get his food.
When he sat at the table, Neji had vanished and Karin called Kiba over, leaving Naruto and Gaara at the table on their own. Naruto ate in silence while Gaara read. Naruto pushed his plate away as it emptied, laying his chin on his palm and looking over to the corner of the room.
"What was that…" he thought back to the kiss, face softening slightly.
"You're talking out loud again," Gaara noted.
Naruto jumped out his skin at the redhead's voice. "Ah, really? S-sorry…"
Gaara looked up, putting his book against the table. "What's bothering you?"
"Yesterday…" Naruto started after a moments pause, looking back over to the dark haired male in the corner of the room. "We kissed."
Onyx eyes looked up and met with blue. The turned back to the paper and a pale hand flipped it over, starting a new drawing.
Gaara turned back to Naruto. "You and Sasuke."
"Yeah."
"I wonder why you both fell silent," Gaara noted, not sounding surprised. "Why is it bothering you so much?"
Naruto sighed, laying his head on the table. "I just don't know what to make of it."
"Have you asked him about it?" Gaara asked, already knowing the answer. Naruto shook his head. "Maybe you should. Go over there now and sit with him."
The blond buried his face in his arms. "I don't know what to say."
Sighing in irritation, Gaara snapped his book closed and stood, getting Naruto's attention. "How about 'hi, how are you'?"
The blond watched his friend leave the hall before looking over to the object of his thoughts. Finally gathering up some courage, the blond stood and slowly made his walk across the room, sitting opposite the other in a matter of seconds. The walk felt like hours.
"Hey, Sasuke," Naruto greeted. "What's up?"
The boy didn't look up. "Hold on, let me finish this."
Naruto looked over to the muffin on Sasuke's plate before looking back to the boy.
"Yes, you can have it."
"Thank you, Sasuke-teme!" Naruto said, taking the item of food and starting to munch on it.
While watching Sasuke draw, Naruto started to doubt his memory. What if he imagined it? Dreamt it? How would that sound to Sasuke? The boy was still focused on the paper in front of him.
"What's up?" Sasuke asked finally, putting his pencil down and turning to the blond. Tanned cheeks heated up. "Still thinking about last night?"
"What was that?" Naruto asked. "That…"
"Kiss," Sasuke replied. Naruto nodded. "I have a fiancé."
The blond faulted. "Then why…"
Sasuke looked down at the piece of paper. Naruto finally took interest in it. There was a picture of a woman with no eyes, and a zipper for a mouth. She hands were tangled in her hair, which was messy and all over the place. The lines were thick. Sasuke flipped over the paper as if to hide the picture. On the other side was a picture of Naruto with his large grin and bright eyes.
Sasuke crumpled the paper up and threw it at Naruto's head. "Leave me to think."
"Sasuke, you can't just-"
"Leave me to think!" Sasuke bawled standing and leaving the room. Naruto blacked out.
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"Naruto?" a feminine voice called. "Naruto? Are you okay, Naruto?"
The blue eyes fluttered open, wincing at the light. He saw a pink haired female hovering over him, green eyes soft with worry.
"Sakura?" he asked. "What happened?"
"You attacked Sasuke…" she said. "He said he said something he shouldn't have, and you suddenly attacked him."
Naruto sat up, holding his head and cringing with the pain of a headache.
"You hit your head pretty hard."
"What were we talking about?" Naruto asked. "I don't remember."
Sasuke emerged into his view. "Last night."
Naruto frowned. "What about last night?"
Sakura looked to Sasuke. "He's forgotten it."
"Hit his head that hard, huh?" Sasuke scoffed. "I don't want leave today."
"Sasuke, you promised me earlier today you'd come."
Naruto grinned brightly. "You should come Sasuke!"
The dark haired boy paused before nodding.
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"I remember it, you know," Naruto said, sitting next to Sasuke in the church. Sakura was at the back, silent and aware. Sasuke was used to her being there now, listening to everything and monitoring him. An invasion of privacy, as far as he was concerned. A safety net, as Naruto seemed to call her.
"Last night."
"What I said today?" Sasuke asked, not looking up. His eyes were trained on the cross in the centre of the mantle at the front. Naruto was looking at the pale boy.
"Yeah."
Sasuke sighed and leant back. "I'm sorry. I should never have let it happen, I just-"
"Don't apologize," Naruto interrupted. "You didn't do anything wrong."
There was a pause.
"Do you really..." Naruto fumbled with his words. "I mean, what you said earlier, is it..."
"True?"
"Yeah."
Sasuke sighed. "It was."
There was another pause.
"What happened?" Naruto asked. "If you don't mind me asking..."
"She left."
"Did you love her?"
Sasuke looked up at the announcement of the innocent question, meeting pure blue eyes. As pure as the soul that was captivating him. He remembered what Naruto had done. Been drove to do. How could someone so innocent have let that happen?
"I don't know," Sasuke admitted, voice cracking slightly. "I just don't know anything anymore.
Naruto shifted uncomfortably. "I've never...you know, been close enough to anyone to feel anything more than a light friendship," he admitted. "At primary school, yeah, but that was a long time ago."
"Your mum?" Sasuke questioned, thinking back to the picture. "What happened to her?"
"She died at birth. My dad-" Naruto bit his lip. "Off'ed himself, I guess. He was depressed I heard. Then my teacher took over my care, because the person my dad left me to couldn't."
"That guy you write to."
"Yeah. Him."
Silence fell against their ears again, slowly getting thicker with the moments as thoughts swirled in the heads of three people.
"I didn't love her."
Naruto looked up quickly at the dark haired male.
"I was marrying her because it was expected of me to marry a woman, and I couldn't bring myself to tell my family I was gay. So I met her, and made a deal with her that I would look after her and give her anything she wanted if she would marry me. She was a whore who didn't have much in the world, so took up the offer quickly."
The two sat in silence, and Naruto rested his head on Sasuke's shoulder. "I don't understand any of this. It's just one big confusing mess."
Sasuke scoffed, resting his own head on Naruto's. "The world is one big confusing mess. At least here we have nurses to figure it out for us."
Naruto chuckled, relaxing against the other. "What now?"
"You two, it's time to go back to the ward," called Sakura. She stood next to the door, a soft look on her face. The boys got up, though Sasuke held Naruto back.
"Wait a minute."
Naruto watched as the older boy walked to the makeshift alter, bowing on his knees for ten painfully silent seconds before walking over to where the blond was. "Now we just go with it."
Naruto grinned.
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Sakura was sat opposite Shikamaru, a pained look on her face. They were sat in a little coffee shop, Sakura with her fingers wrapped around her mug to keep her fingers warm, Shikamaru occasionally taking sips of his tea. They were waiting for Ino and Chouji before they ordered anything to snack on. Shikamaru hadn't lit a cigarette, as his co-worker was clearly upset. He didn't want smoke to agitate her anymore.
"Sakura," he started. "What's got you so tense today?"
"It's just…" she left out a long breath through her nose. "I still haven't got a full grip on Sasuke's depression. I know there's something we've been overlooking, and I can't help but think what."
Shikamaru looked into those jade green eyes that were staring thoughtfully into the milky brown substance she was meant to be drinking. "Maybe he's lonely."
Sakura nodded, a small smile gracing her lips. "He and Naruto get on well."
"They do," Shikamaru agreed. "We're fortunate to have Naruto come in so suddenly. It may have caused a few bumps, but things get worse before they get better, right?"
"How 'worse' can something get though…" Sakura muttered, shutting her eyes. "I need a break."
"Maybe you should rotate."
Looking up, she seemed horrified by the thought. "I couldn't, not now. I'm so close to figuring it out! It's like it's sat under my nose, and it's covered up so I can't tell what it is."
Shikamaru hummed quietly in understanding as he heard the sound of the door opening sound, seeing Ino and Chouji enter the shop and spot them.
"I once heard that loss of religion can cause depression."
Sakura frowned, but didn't comment as their best friends joined them. Shikamaru didn't overlook the questioning looks she gave him as he greeted the two.
She thought of the kneeling at the alter that Sasuke had done that day. Maybe the answer was move obvious than she was giving it credit for.
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Kivea: no, this is not going to become a lecturing 'all praise God' story, but after all the help I've got from praying to get over writer's blocks and such, I feel like I owe something to my God. Religious themes will be in the story, but it's not a religious story itself.
Just making sure we all knew that :D
So…uh, I figured now I've finished my big project, I would take up two of my stories again. Both being Naruto fanfiction, because I miss it so much. So yeah. R+R?
Inspiration for this chapter (and probably the rest of the story): Bright Eyes, Arc of Time and Ship in a Bottle
Ja ne ~
Kivea
"The clouds?"
"Yes. Shikamaru liked to watch the clouds."
"Ah, I see…what's so interesting?"
"Imagining what's up there."