Naruto turned, so he was lying on his back. Tears were running down his face. "Why…. Is my existence such a bad thing?" Sasuke's eyes widened. He hadn't expected Naruto to say something like that. "No, it isn't. She is just crazy. Stupid bitch." Naruto laughed quietly, and it was a genuine laugh. Sasuke decided that he liked the sound. He gave Naruto a weak smile. "No, really… why is it such a bad thing? She is right, you could just go to her place.. the jounins will have a hard way getting here in the morning, too. And the villagers will probably be mad if they find out that their precious Uchiha prodigy was harmed by the monster." While saying this, he sat up and pulled his knees up towards his chest and hugged them. Then he became quiet again. Sasuke's fury disappeared completely. The effect this boy had on him was amazing…. He went over and sat beside Naruto, and took his hand. "hey.. If I worried about not having enough stuff here, then I would've brought you somewhere else. I have no reason to leave you." He started to absently trace circles on naruto's hand. "I don't care when the jounins come here, they can stay away completely if you ask me.. Couldn't care less. And I wont let anyone harm you more. Understand? And that is all I am to them, the last of the Uchiha's. The boy who is their only hope of resurrection of the Uchiha clan. You, are the only one who sees the person underneath." He put his head on naruto's shoulder and closed his eyes. He had a hard time talking like this. "You are no monster. Not at all. Saying you are a monster would be the same as saying that I like pink. Completely retarded." Naruto smiled. "But the villagers…" "Are retarded, yes. Very." He lifted his head and put his chin on naruto's shoulder instead, facing him. "Wanna watch a movie?" Naruto smiled. This time for real. "Sure" Sasuke may have gotten up a little too quickly, but he didn't want Naruto to see the blush now covering his face. He went to the little cabinet beside the TV and opened it. "Wh-what do you want to watch?..." Naruto thought a little and replied. "Do you have the nightmare before Christmas?" Sasuke looked around for a while, but found the DVD. He had bought it after watching it on tv, he thought it was good. "I saw it at Iruka's place, once.. But only the beginning, 'till where jack sings the "what's this" song.. then he had to leave, and turned off the TV. I wanted to buy it but I couldn't afford a DVD, and I don't even own a television anyway." Sasuke put the DVD in the machine, grabbed the remote and turned back to Naruto. "Here, we can sit in the couch. " He helped Naruto to the couch, and went to his room to find some blankets and then to the kitchen to get some food. "Oi, dobe. What do you want to eat? " Before Naruto could answer, Sasuke spoke again. "no I don't have ramen. " "eeeh?! Seriously, what kind of person does not have ramen?" Sasuke could practically hear the boy pout, and smiled to himself. "I'm just kidding, usuratonkachi.. I have ramen, but you need to eat something else, to regain your strength… you lost a lot of blood, ya know.. " Naruto went quiet for a while but spoke again. "Then, do you have Sushi? It's healthy, right?" Sasuke went to the refrigerator. "Yearh, I have some. Hold on, I'll boil some water for tea, too." Naruto could hear Sasuke walking around in the kitchen and searching for stuff in the cabinets. He closed his eyes, pulled his knees to his chest again, and closed his eyes. For some reason, he imaginated how it would be like, if they lived together… he liked the idea. But of course, such a thing wouldn't happen… Sasuke went to the living room again, to ask Naruto what flavour tea he would like, but stopped up when he saw naruto's expression. He hadn't gotten to look closely at Naruto when he was asleep, but this might be close enough. His expression was completely calm, eyes closed and face calm. He looked older.. He didn't want to disturb, but Naruto opened his eyes and looked at him. how long has he been standing there? Naruto blushed a little. "Sasuke?.. what is it?..." "Ah, I wanted to know what flavour you wanted… for the tea" "You have strawberry?" "Yearh. I'll bring it in here with the sugar and milk.." Naruto leaned back and closed his eyes again, as the pleasant smell of strawberry tea began to fill the room.
After eating, which they decided to do before watching the movie, Sasuke put the dishes on the kitchen table, and went to put on the DVD. He was happy that Naruto had been able to eat just a little.
I
wonder when these bruises are gonna go away.. Naruto looked at his
bandages. They were kinda bloody… Sasuke probably hadn't changed
them since he put them on the first time. "Hey, Sasuke. Shouldn't
we change the bandages?" Sasuke looked at him. "Oh, yearh, but
you'll have to take a shower first.. we'll do that later or
tomorrow, your wounds aren't hurting that much anymore, are they?"
Naruto noticed that the small wounds on his arms were completely
healed, and a lot of the deeper cuts looked better, as well. He
traced them with a finger, but they didn't hurt. He also pressed
lightly on his chest. No pain there, either. He smiled. " No, they
don't. seems like Kyuubi finally got his ass in gear. Hehe. A bath
later sounds good. But could you lend me a shirt or something?" He
looked up, but was met with something fluffy and blue in his face.
"Use that." "Hey! There's no reason to throw it at me!"
Naruto struggled with the blanket until Sasuke removed it and put it
around his shoulders. "Watch out, these blankets have killed
before." He send Naruto something between a smirk and a smile.
Whatever it was, it made naruto's stomach feel weird. He felt like
jumping in joy for some reason. Before he even considerated to do so,
Sasuke turned off the lights, grabbed the remote and pressed "play
movie", and sat down beside Naruto.
At the point in the movie,
where the three little kids go out to kidnap "sandy claws",
Naruto was lying with his head in Sasuke's lap, and Sasuke was,
without really knowing, tracing circles on his back. Both really just
enjoying each others company. After a while, Naruto spoke.
"Sasuke?"
"Mhmm?"
"I'm tired…"
"Then
sleep."
Naruto turned, so he was lying on his back. "here?"
"anything wrong with it?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Naruto
smiled, and closed his eyes. Sasuke, not really knowing what to do
with his hand, laid it on naruto's stomach, and continued to watch
the movie, trying not to look at naruto's face.
