Better Love
I am so sorry for the long wait! I started to actually PLAN (Oh my god! :O) the story line, but nothing is ever set in stone with me so I kept debating in my head what to do and eventually I actually almost forgot to write out what I had! I'm not the brightest person in the world, now am I?
I have no idea what to write for the authors note at the moment. Derp :P
I started writing this around from 6:30 – 8:40 PM. I didn't check the time and I'm adding this in at 6:36 AM (June 28/29, I'm guessing. The same day I last posted on this story) as well as ACTUALLY starting the chapter now. XD
A thank you to;
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Thank you all~!
Disclaimer; I still don't own Naruto; I only read and write fanfics. I don't even watch it anymore and I've never read it, let alone own it.
Now that that's all done, let's carry on with the story.
Chapter 4
About two hours had passed and Sasuke hadn't heard from the blond. It began to worry him.
The young raven got up from his spot on the couch walking to the room and opened the door to find the room empty. He sighed. 'Should've known this would happen, Sasuke.' He thought to himself as he looked over to the open window and lightly waving black and blue curtains. Pulling them shut and then collecting the dishes the raven thought of where Naruto must have gone, and couldn't help but be grateful he lived on the first floor.
A few minutes passed of walking around and Sasuke saw the bright orange-blond hair. Just as always the boy had gone to the neighborhood park where the two played together when they were younger. The raven walked over to the crying boy and sighed quietly to himself. The blond was on the same swing wasting his tears on the same elder raven once again.
Sasuke gently placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder and asked "You okay?" When the blond caught sight of his childhood friend, he immediately lunged forward onto his knees wrapping his arms around the other's waist and clung to the raven as though his life depended on it.
This shocked Sasuke, due to the fact that usually the blond only looked up, wiped his tears away, and smiled jumping up from the swing so that Sasuke wouldn't worry. Though this time, Naruto seemed as if he couldn't, as though if he tried to stop the tears he would explode and die.
A few moments went by of the awkwardness until Sasuke returned the hug. Naruto just clung tighter, yet somehow Sasuke didn't get hurt by this. The only reason he was hurt at all was because Naruto loved Itachi more, no matter how many tears the elder raven made him shed.
He always returned to the elder Uchiha, leaving Sasuke all alone.
While thinking of this the raven unconsciously gripped onto the back of Naruto's shirt tighter. The next thing the raven knew, through the haze of all the thoughts, the tears, and the hug, Naruto pulled Sasuke down onto his knees like him and wrapped his arms around the raven's shoulders.
It somehow turned into the feeling of Naruto comforting Sasuke rather than Sasuke comforting Naruto. 'How is it even possible to comfort someone without knowing why you're comforting them?' The raven thought this to himself, he didn't know but he didn't question it any further. Sasuke wrapped his arms around the blond and they stayed like that for at least half-an-hour.
Itachi
After Naruto left Itachi was ticked-off. Mainly because the reason why Deidara even did that with him was because Itachi told him that himself and Naruto were broken up. A few hours passed and Itachi got mad, he knew that the blond usually would have come home by now not remembering anything.
Letting out an annoyed sound the elder raven made up his mind to go to Sasuke's and collect his blond. After all, Itachi knew that whenever something bad happened between himself and Naruto, the blond would go crying to Sasuke and come back as though nothing had happened.
As Itachi walked towards his younger brother's house he managed to catch a glimpse of somebody in the neighborhood park, in fact two somebody's. The two looked familiar. One had bright blond hair and the other had hair that resembled the elder ravens.
Itachi knew immediately.
The elder raven made his way to the two boys quickly, annoyance evident in his face. Sasuke noticed his elder brother approaching since he was headed towards them the way Sasuke was looking. Shivers were sent down the younger ravens spin which caused Naruto to back away only to see a glimpse of fear in his best friend's eye. The blond turned around to see none other than his lover Itachi, whom was glaring at Sasuke at the moment.
Naruto froze in place not knowing what to do, because all he knew was that when he saw Sasuke he felt safe, as though what had happened now happened before. When he saw Itachi, his own beloved, he was scared and didn't want to jump into the elder raven's arms like he used to.
For some reason, Naruto wanted to stay in Sasuke's embrace rather than Itachi's.
Itachi noticed the glimpse of regret in Naruto's eye at seeing him. Becoming slightly angry the elder raven pulled his blond away from Sasuke wrapping his arms around him, yet only managing to make the boy stiffen and shiver slightly from the embrace. It was odd, because usually this would make Naruto loosen, and calm himself.
'It's all Sasuke's fault! He's the one who broke it… It has to be him!' Sasuke noticed the anger in Itachi's eyes when he glared at the younger raven, who decided not to get killed today, stood up, and spoke.
"I found him passed out in the middle of town, so I took him to my home, fed him, let him rest, and he left through my window for whatever reason. I then started looking for him out of worry, found him here crying and decided to comfort him until you came to take him back."
Sasuke watched Itachi nod, lift Naruto's head up, and kiss his forehead. Naruto just accepted it and calmed in Itachi's arms. The younger raven's anger built up and he decided to speak a bit more.
"Although, I'd imagine that the reason he's crying is because of something you did, is it not Itachi? I mean after all the other times he's cried because of you I wouldn't be surprised."
Sasuke smirk inwardly seeing Naruto stiffen in the elder raven's arms again and almost start pulling away. Itachi noticed as well and spoke up.
"What are you going on about Sasuke? There's nothing I've done wrong," Itachi followed that statement with a slightly nervous laugh. The blond noticed and pulled away from Itachi's grasp.
"What are you talking about?" Naruto turned to Sasuke. "What did he do wrong?" The tone in his voice wasn't an angry one, but a curious one.
"You didn't tell me about this time, but you have told me about many others. In fact he's been causing you to cry for almost over a year now."
Itachi turned to Sasuke, anger obvious in his eyes and voice; "Sasuke! Stop it!"
Naruto interrupted; "No!" He turned back to Sasuke and took a step towards him. "What did he do?"
"He's been cheating on you almost every three days for over a year-and-a-half. This is the first time though that you came back to me a day later after he cheated. I'm guessing he cheated again."
"I haven't cheated, Sasuke stop these lies!"
"I've walked in on you cheating on him with Naruto before!"
"Lies!"
Naruto butt in again; "I'm not listening to you Itachi, so shut up!"
They all heard the sound of something hitting skin. Through the shock of what just happened it took both of the Uchiha siblings a moment to figure out just what had happened.
A few moments passed and they both realized and Itachi spoke first; "D-…Naruto… Di-did you just…-"
"Yes."
Naruto, for the first time had slapped Itachi clear across the face.
Chapter 4 End
I AM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT!
I'm finishing this at 7:41 PM (July 4, happy late Canada Day and happy 4th of July! Two celebrations I didn't celebrate at all this year cause I got sick :P)
I can't believe myself! DERP. I could NOT think of what to write for the life of me! ;-;
I suck… I suck so much…
Also I forgot to put this into my Better Love Chapters! D: Gahhhh! (I added in this part at 10:51 PM when I realized. DX)
Thank you for being patient and stuff, my apologies yet again.
I have no idea what to write for the next chapter now… But I'm going to post a new story soon for OHSCH (Ouran High School Host Club) which I've had in my head for months, so the first chapter is SUPER long. I think I'll be able to post it either today, tomorrow, or the next day. So if you're a fan, look for it! It's called "The New Host". So far the first chapter is almost done and it has over 2,800 words and it says the chapter is worth 7 pages, almost 8 XD.
Anyhow, that wasn't advertisement of one of my new stories at all! :P
Once again, I am so sorry for the long wait I hope you can forgive me. I still can't think of what to write for 'Striped Soul' either so forgive me for that as well if you can.
I'll try to post soon, but like I said I have no idea what to write so the next chapter will probably be posted pretty late and perhaps written slightly half-assed.
I feel like the end to this chapter was half-assed itself…;-; *sigh*
Any ways, I hope this is enough for a little while…?
~See you soon~
~Kaze~