Chapter 8: Divorce Bells (Couture, Divorce and Doom and Groom)
"He forgot his wallet?" asked Cynthia with an annoyed face.
"Yes" responded Naruto and took a sip of his coffee. "What's so strange about that? He just sometimes forget it."
The girl almost choked. "Sometimes? As in more than once? Oh no, no, no. I do not like this man!" she started saying in a more louder voice.
"Cynthia, stop it. He's really sweet! He brought me jelly beans when we met after school today!"
"Jelly beans? What kind of a cheap man is that?"
"Could you stop?" Naruto was starting to get annoyed with his best friend. Yes, Kakashi didn't buy him fucking jewelry or expensive gifts; but it was these 'cheap' things that made it more real; Kakashi remembered how much Naruto loved jelly beans and the blond knew the man didn't have a lot of money, so he didn't mind paying for their meals. "So he isn't perfect, big deal. But the more time I spend with him, the more I like him."
"Whatever" Cynthia waved her hand and took a sip of her beverage.
"Hey guys!" yelled Alyssa as she was making her way over to her two best friends.
"Hey, A."
"So, what are we talking about?" she asked and sat down.
"Naruto's new boyfriend" smirked Cynthia.
"He's not my boyfriend! I think…"
"Oh please. That thing you did with him, that you told me about; that's something boyfriends do, or whores."
"Or Alyssa…" said Naruto.
"Hey!" shouted the mentioned girl. "What are even talking about?"
"See you guys later! Love you!" smiled Naruto and walked into the building where his and his parents' apartment was. He took the elevator up and opened the front door. "I'm home!"
"I just said what's true!" shouted Minato.
"So did I!" shouted Kushina.
Why were his parents shouting?
The blond slowly walked into the living room and saw his parents standing in front of each other with angry expressions.
"It's not my fault you're an ugly drunk!" shouted Naruto's father at his mother.
"Well I'd rather be an ugly drunk than being ugly in general!" shouted Naruto's mother.
"What's going on?" asked the young blond with a confused expression.
"Naruto!" both of his parents said in unison.
"Oh, nothing! Me and your mother are just having a silly fight. Everything's okay!" Minato laughed sheepishly.
"A silly fight? God!" his mother raged and walked into the kitchen.
"Are you sure? You two seemed pretty angry…"
"It's okay, really. Just go to your room" Minato smiled. "Everything's fine. I promise."
The younger blond nodded unsurely and walked into his bedroom. He threw his bag on the floor and threw himself on the bed, pulling his cellphone out of his pocket. He opened his phonebook and started texting Cynthia.
'omfg the weirdest things just happened'
'?'
'I came home and my parents were fighting and when I asked my dad what's going on he just said everything's fine lol as if'
'did you hear what they were fighting about?'
'well my dad called my mom and ugly drunk and my mom said that she rather be an ugly drunk than ugly in general… wtf?'
'OMFG AHAHAHAHAHA'
'…not helping…'
'sorry but your mom's funny. Anyway, they probably just had a fight. A lot of couples do'
'true but I don't remember ever seeing my parents fight. EVER'
'well there's always a first time for everything'
Was Cynthia right? Were his parents just having a stupid fight over nothing? It could be, but something just seemed so weird. His parents never fought, no matter what…
"Ugh! I don't have time for this!" said Naruto to himself and threw the blanket over himself.
Winter. It was the last, and also the first, season of the year. The snow came to end a year and to start a new one. And that snow decided to finally come to Woodbroke as well.
Kakashi was making his way back to his apartment when he felt something touch his cheek. "Huh?" he looked up and saw tiny white flakes slowly coming down from the sky, meeting the ground at the end of their journey.
He entered his apartment and locked the door. He immediately smelled something sweet in the air. He went into the kitchen and saw Naruto cooking some tea. "Naruto? What are you doing here?"
"Hi, 'Kashi. Oh I just needed to get away from my parents for a while. And I missed you" he answered with a smile and continued with making their drinks.
"Why? Is everything okay at home?" he asked and put the bought groceries on the table.
"I don't know…" responded the blond with a different voice; it was darker and serious. "My parents were in the middle of a fight when I came home. I've never seen them fight before…"
"I see… Well I wouldn't worry too much about it. Everyone fights now and then. It's normal."
"Yeah…"
Naruto turned off the stove and poured the hot water into the two mugs. The water immediately started taking on a dark red color because of the tea bags. He picked up the hot mugs and walked into the living room, placing them on the small coffee table. He took a seat on the couch and waited for Kakashi to return from the kitchen.
After putting away the groceries, Kakashi took a seat next to Naruto and placed his arm around him, pulling him closer. He rested his head on top of Naruto's head, while the blond rested his head against Kakashi chest. "How's your day been otherwise?"
"Eh… We had a math test today… I'll probably fail" the blond said without much life in his voice.
"What? Didn't you study?" Kakashi asked in a way that made him sound like a worried parent.
"No" the blond responded in a monotone voice.
"And why not?"
"I don't know… I'm just tired and I've never been good at math. I'm good at chemistry, biology, English, German and so on; but not math."
And he truly was tired. Of life. You see, everyone expected Naruto to be this happy and hyper person all the time, always bringing sunshine into your life. But in reality, he wasn't just that. He was a normal human being who had problems as well. He couldn't always be there for everyone. He sometimes needed somebody to be there for him!
He loved his two best friends but sometimes he needed a break from them. With Kakashi it was completely different. He could be himself. He didn't have to be happy all the time or put on a fake smile. He could be the real Naruto.
"Sweetie…" Kakashi started with a soft voice while tilting Naruto's head up gently. "Promise you'll try harder. I know you're doing your best, and being a teenager sucks sometimes, but this is your future we're talking about. I know you're smart enough to finish that school with just A+'s."
"I know, I know… but the only future I care about is the one where I'm kissing you" he smiled and kissed Kakashi slowly.
"Oh Naruto… that's something I can't make happen" he thought. Naruto opened his mouth and let Kakashi enter with his tongue. The older male started exploring the already well known mouth with his tongue.
"Mmm… Kakashi" moaned the blond and shifted over, sitting onto Kakashi's lap, wrapping his arms around his lover's neck. He then broke the kiss apart and started kissing Kakashi's neck, gently biting it every now and then.
"Agh… Na-Naruto…"
"Mmmm… I'm hungry" Naruto said and stood up. He walked over into the kitchen, leaving behind a confused boyfriend.
Kakashi just sat there wide a confused face. "What just happened?"
The silver haired man joined the blond in the kitchen. He was going through his fridge. "Why did you stop kissing me?"
"I said I'm hungry."
The older male huffed and took a seat at the table. Naruto could only chuckle to that. "How about we go on a date? I know this really cute café. You'll love it!"
"Hmm…" the blond started thinking. "Okay! But I'm paying!"
"Oh no! Not this time! You're always paying. Let me do it this time."
"But-"
Naruto couldn't even finish his sentence as his pair of lips was hit by Kakashi's own. The older male broke the kiss up after a few seconds. "No but's. I only want one 'butt' and that's yours" winked Kakashi and smacked Naruto over his ass. Naruto just blushed and followed Kakashi out of their apartment.
With Naruto's car and Kakashi's directions, they soon came to a café called "The Dog & Fox Café". It was a very lovely café. It had a vintage theme, with vintage chairs and tables, cups and plates and so on. Even the waiter's all wore very vintage looking clothes. It reminded of a beautiful Parisian café in the 1950's, with soft music playing in the background, people walking around, admiring the sights. Naruto soon snapped back into reality when Kakashi gently took his hand, intertwining it with his own fingers. He smiled at his older boyfriend and they walked in.
Once they were seated, a waiter, in an outfit similar to a butler, came to them with a smile. "Hello! And welcome to the Dog and Fox Café! My name is Masashi and I will be at your service for you entire stay here! Would you like to order yet? And can I offer some cherry tea and a muffin for the both of you? It's on the house!" he said, all while keeping a sincere and genuine voice.
Kakashi was delighted with man's positive attitude. Naruto, on the other hand, was slightly crept out; he wasn't used that his waiters smiled like they just smoked a jar of pot. Oh well, guess he'll have to get used to it. "Um… Tea sounds good."
"Yes, tea. And can you then bring us some fruit roulade?" Kakashi asked with a smile.
"Of course! Coming right up, sirs!" the man grinned and walked away, leaving the couple alone.
"Well that was… disturbing" Naruto confessed.
Kakashi just laughed at that and put a hand over Naruto's, looking him directly into the eyes and giving him a dreamy smile. "I'm so happy I can spend time with you."
"Me too" Naruto smiled back.
Their date continued normally, most of which was spend looking at each other, blushing, laughing, exchanging funny stories and enjoying in the delicious food and drinks. They both wished it could always be like that, and Naruto might've even counted on that; if only he knew Kakashi's medical condition. Kakashi tried to push away the thoughts about it and he succeeded.
Kushina and Minato Uzumaki one day made plans for a dinner party with their close friends Natalia and Chuck Vecinno. And that day was today.
Kushina spent most of her afternoon making the food; from chopping up fresh vegetables, from baking the meat to picking up the finest wine. And being the great wine taster she is, she only picked the best.
Minato spent most of his afternoon avoiding his wife. You see, Kushina and Minato were having a rough time lately. Lately being the past 5 years. They fought over everything. But they never let their son find out because they loved him dearly and didn't want him to worry about it. But unfortunately for them, they slipped and their son picked up on something. Their fighting was even more frequent now and it wouldn't last long until the dam would flood.
"So, Minato, what are your future plans? Are you working on any new books?"
Kushina snorted and decided to butt in. "Oh yes, he's currently working on a new book! Or as I like to call it 'Stay at home all day and do absolutely nothing'."
Natalia looked at her husband and looked back at her plate, swallowing down the food in her mouth. "Kushina! This blueberry sauce is delicious! What is your secret?"
"Well first-" the woman started but was interrupted when Minato spoke up.
"May I remind you, the plan was always for you to keep working at your hospital until I wrote all of the books I made deals for" Minato said while looking at Kushina with a hypocritical smile.
"Please, Kushina, tell us that secret of the sauce. I'd love to hear it" Chuck awkwardly said while taking a sip of his wine, obviously trying to stir the conversation into a different direction. "Is it cinnamon? And if it isn't, can we talk about cinnamon?"
"But you changed the plan" the blond man started, "you were the one who wanted to keep working at your stupid hospital. You don't even like your boss!"
"Well excuse me for building a successful career while you were daydreaming and writing 500 words per week!"
"500 words per week? Ah yes! Of course! No wonder I finished a 700 page book in less than a year! No wonder it won 4 awards too!" Minato said.
"700 pages in less than a year?" Natalia asked. "That sounds hard! How was it like?!" she now as well tried to stir the conversation into another direction; a more safe one.
Minato took a sip of his wine and spoke up. "Well, consider what I'm going through right now; it was like walking on a beach."
Everything got even more awkward then. Kushina looked like she was about to go for a knife into the kitchen and kill her husband, hiding his body in a faraway forest. Natalia looked like she needed more wine and her husband wasn't far from that.
"So… Kushina, do you have any hobbies?" asked Chuck. "It's been such a long time since we've all been together. You must have picked up on something new! You were always the hobby girl!"
"Ask him" she said in a monotone voice while finishing her glass of wine.
"Excuse me?" asked the man.
"We've been together for almost 20 years. I'd love to see him name 1 thing I'm passionate about!" the red haired woman stated while smirking at her husband.
"Hmmm…" her husband started thinking. "Let's see… Being a bitch?"
That knife would probably be coming any minute.
"You're not happy unless you have something to complain about."
"Ugh!" the woman groaned. "Why do I even bother? It's like talking to a wall! But even a wall would say more smart things than you!"
"Would it also pay for your medical school after your 'bakery' went downhill?"
"See?" Kushina pointed at Natalia. "This is just what we've talked about!"
"You talked to her about our problems?" Minato asked.
"You talked to her about your problems?" Chuck asked.
"Natalia said I should tell you how I feel. Well here is how I feel; I WANT A DIVORCE!" the woman yelled standing up. She threw her napkin on the plate and walked out of the room.
"Oh really?!" shouted Minato after her. "I'm happy to grant your wish!" Minato also threw his napkin on the plate and followed his soon to be ex-wife into the other room.
"And you didn't want to come" said Chuck while still eating his food.
His wife, Natalia, just looked like she saw a person growing three heads. She was speechless. She soon wouldn't be the only one.
Sorry it took a while to get this out! I'm just all over the place with everything so I have no idea how updates will be. But things look positive for a few stories, so who knows.
Also, it's 3:20am as I'm writing this so sorry if there are any mistakes. I will go over it tomorrow and try to fix them.
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