Author's Note: Well this is my first step in not being a crappy writer. All forms of reviews are welcome.
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When Sasuke met Naruto, Sasuke was extremely excited. Finally after his early years of life he would get a friend. He really didn't have friends; he was home-schooled and was restricted from having fun. His father had said that when he grew up, he would have to take over the company all because his ass of a brother refused, to be the heir of the company, strongly.
"Sasuke! Father wants to see you, now." Sasuke's ass of a brother, Itachi, said as he scratched his back while walking through the doorframe of Sasuke's room and leaning on it.
"Forget it! Tell the bastard to leave me alone!" The tiny raven said as he pouted and crossed his arms angrily. Itachi crossed his arms and looked down at his adorable brother.
"Sasuke, don't say that. Father says he has a surprise for you." The older Uchiha said as he uncrossed his arms and bent down to Sasuke's height.
"Humph!" Sasuke grunted as he stamped his foot on the ground and looked away from his brother.
"Come one, Sasuke! Do it for me?"
"…"
"I'll give you some cookies later…"
"…"
"Please, Sasuke?! I'm begging you! I'll do whatever you want!"
"…Promise to play with me later!"
"Sasuke, you know I can't!"
"Then you can forget it! I'm not going to see Daddy-bastard!"
"Okay! Okay, fine, I'll play with you later!"
"Pinky promise?" Sasuke said cutely as he held out his hand with all of the fingers curled except for his pinky.
"Yes, yes!" Itachi groaned as he grabbed Sasuke's pinky and crossed it with his. The older Uchiha got up from his position on the floor and sifted through Sasuke's closet. The younger Uchiha padded his way behind Itachi and raised a brow.
"What the heck are you doing?" He said with his hands on his small hips. Itachi pulled out a full suit and showed it to Sasuke.
"Here, Sasuke, wear this." Itachi said as he shoved the clothes into his brother's tiny arms. Sasuke looked at the outfit with distaste.
"Eww, are you crazy? I'm not wearing this!" Sasuke said as he threw the outfit onto the ground and crossed his arms angrily.
"Fine, Sasuke, then I won't play with you later." Itachi said slyly and grinned at the younger. Sasuke pouted but picked up the clothes nonetheless and stomped angrily into his bathroom that was attached to his room. Itachi chuckled and left the room with his hands shoved into his pockets.
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"Sasuke! There you are! Hurry up and come here." Sasuke's bastard of a father said as he used his hand to usher Sasuke closer.
"Yes, father." The tiny raven said as he walked closer to his father with his head held high and his back straight making his father nod at him with an approving glance. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at his father when he turned away. He listened in on the conversation that his father was having with his adult friend.
"…but he's just a prototype so I don't know if he can function right." The adult friend said as he moved his hands to express what he was talking about.
"And this is where Sasuke comes in?" Fugaku said as he gestured to the tiny Sasuke whose big round eyes were staring up at the two.
"Yes, I can test with Sasuke to see if the prototype would be a success."
"Right. So if I do this and the prototype is a success then I would get half the profits in the future?"
"Yes. Here let me show you some of the other prototypes…"
Sasuke became bored and decided to walk around laboratory. Walking around and watching the tall adults write on their clipboards and look at these weird charts and other abnormal things, Sasuke didn't notice the pipe trailing across the ground until he tripped over it and fell on his hands.
His eyes began to water and his bottom lip began to quiver as he was about to wail but then a pale hand was thrust into his face and he looked up through his watery eyes.
"Are you okay?" A warm voice said above him as he looked up to see a sunny smile and blue eyes. Sasuke sniffled and grabbed the hand that was offered. Surprisingly the hand was warm and gentle unlike the cold and hard looking laboratory.
The person lifted the small raven up and Sasuke wiped his eyes and sniffed loudly. He looked at the person in front of him who still had the warm smile on his face and noticed that the person was his size, if not a little bit more delicate. He pouted when he realized that the person had lifted him up easily making him look like a wimpy crybaby.
Sasuke crossed his arms as he pouted and closed his eyes making the blonde beside him tilt his head to the side and look at him confusedly.
"What's wrong?" He asked and Sasuke opened one eye to peek at him but then ended up closing it again while sniffing loudly and grunting lightly.
"Nothing." He said quietly, dismissing the blonde. The blonde's eyebrows frowned and he swung his hands lightly back and forth.
"Hey, hey! What's your name?" The blonde said excitedly. Sasuke opened his eyes and let his arms fall to his side.
"Sasuke." He said bluntly and then raised an eyebrow. The blonde looked at him confusedly again but then realization struck him.
"Oh! My name's Naruto!" The blonde exclaimed loudly making the raven wince. The boy sure can yell.
Sasuke saw out of the corner of his eye that his father was coming and he didn't want his father to see his new friend and decided to hide behind one of the big machines. He grabbed the surprised blonde by the hand when he heard his father in earshot distance and tugged the blonde's hand as he hid behind one of the machines.
He put one finger up to his lips making the sign to be quiet. Naruto seemed to understand as he nodded his head and bent down with his hands hanging limply in between his legs. Sasuke followed his action and waited for his father to move away before moving out behind the machine.
The thought of his father seeing his new friend, Naruto, made him depressed. He knew that his father would probably make sure that Sasuke couldn't see his friend anymore since he hadn't had any friends.
Sasuke remembered when he was outside playing around with a ball as his bodyguard watched him closely. His ball had rolled across the street but his bodyguard didn't see him run across the street since he was on the phone.
Sasuke chased after the ball and didn't see the oncoming car. He bent down in the middle of the street to pick up his fallen ball when he heard the screeching of tires. He looked up after picking up his ball and stood frozen in shock.
Upon hearing the screeching tires, his bodyguard looked towards and did a double take. He dropped his cell phone fully prepared on saving Sasuke but some kid beat him to it. Sasuke was grabbed around the middle by some thin but strong arms and he was roughly pushed onto the ground after he seemed to fly through the air.
"Are you okay?" A breathless voice asked above and he looked up. The sudden sweat that developed on his forehead pasted his bangs on his face as he looked up at the boy blindly. The boy was tall and probably a couple of years older than him. Sasuke looked down and blushed deeply for looking so foolish. The older boy above him chuckled and ruffled Sasuke's hair.
"Sasuke-sama!" His bodyguard yelled as he ran across the street. Both boys looked up at the man and the older boy helped Sasuke up to his feet. The panting bodyguard checked for any scratches and bruises knowing that if Sasuke had one then he would be fired.
Surprisingly there was a scratch on him but a few on the older boy instead. Sasuke's bodyguard wrapped a strong and firm around the boy's shoulders as he eyed the Sasuke's savior warily.
"…Thank you." He said to the hero and the boy shook his head saying he was no hero and he just done what another person would've done. His bodyguard sent the boy a curt nod and led Sasuke across the street and back into his house.
The next day, the boy had mysteriously moved out of his house and Sasuke sat by the window everyday hoping to see the older boy but never did. Sasuke wasn't let out of the house after what happened that day and his bodyguard was fired but was replaced with a new one.
Sasuke snapped out of his reminisces and looked in front of him. Naruto was gone. Sasuke panicked and stood up quickly regretting that he did, in a few seconds he felt the feeling of tiny ants running back and forth beneath his skin as he understood that his legs had fallen asleep.
He stomped his feet hard trying to get the blood flowing through them again. After the feeling began to dull he stepped out from behind the machine and looked around. He flattened his hair and sneezed loudly from the dust that had fallen from his hair.
"Sasuke! Come here!" His father shouted from across the room. He sighed and started towards his father, fully set on searching for Naruto after his father had spoken to him. After two steps he seemed to have frozen right in his tracks because right next to his father and his adult friend was Naruto who had a dazzling smile and laughed every now and then.
This was it. His father had found out about his new friend and was about to tell him that he was sending his friend away. His chest clenched painfully as he imagined the lonely filled days again and the days he would sit by the window watching other kids on his street gather and play games.
He ran towards the group a little more faster and desperate than he anticipated that he had slid a few inches more when he had tried to stop. He glanced at Naruto and Naruto's smile lessened into a softer and warm smile directed towards him. Sasuke felt his palms get sweaty and his heart speed up but then he turned his attention back to his father and looked up at him.
"Yes, father?" He said as his voice cracked lightly. His father turned to look at him and then at Naruto.
"Sasuke this is Naruto—" His father had started.
"We've already met." Sasuke couldn't help blurting out. Now he was just waiting for the fateful blow that would curse his existence into solitude.
"Sasuke, it's not nice to interrupt. Yes, Naruto is going to be staying with us, okay? I don't know how long he will be staying with us. Is that okay with you, Sasuke?" His father had said but he really didn't care about Sasuke's answer since Naruto was going to stay with them no matter what.
In Sasuke's mind, he couldn't comprehend anything his father just said. He said Naruto was going to stay with them and that meant that Sasuke wouldn't be left alone. He would have Naruto to play with and live with. He would never be bored again and he wouldn't spend days sitting by the window. Instead he would make up his own games with Naruto and play only with Naruto.
"Sasuke, Naruto is not your average person. Naruto is…not really human." His father tried to find the right words.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked as he tilted his head to the side confusedly. He vaguely saw Naruto follow another adult from the corner of his eye. He strayed off as his eyes followed Naruto but then snapped back to his father.
"Well, Naruto...is a robot. Naruto is a machine. He could break and then you would never see him again." His father said as he ended the sentence in a chiding tone. Sasuke almost jumped out of his skin at the thought of breaking Naruto and then spending his days alone again. He nodded his head enthusiastically even though he didn't know what his father meant.
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"So Naruto, this is where you'll be staying." Fugaku said as he dropped Naruto's little suitcase in the doorway. Naruto poked his head in through the doorway but then got a little braver and stepped inside the room. It felt warm and gentle. Naruto checked all over the place, looking up, looking down, and even checking the dirt in the plant's flower pot.
It had amazed him that this was a real real home; the only home he had ever been in was the laboratory. The people there were nice and loving enough but it wasn't exactly what Naruto was looking for but this new place with this family was what he wanted.
He grabbed hold of his suitcase and walked farther into the room as he listened to the varied footsteps of the people behind him. He stood awkwardly in front of them until he caught the head of the house and then looked back down at his suitcase making the oldest Uchiha shout in shock and then apologize to Naruto.
"Naruto, you'll be staying in Sasuke's room, okay? Sasuke, show Naruto up to you room so he can put down his stuff." Fugaku said and then lead Itachi into the kitchen, no doubt to cook dinner.
"Okay, father." Sasuke said unable to withhold his eagerness thus making his father raise an eyebrow. Sasuke smiled nervously but nonetheless grabbed Naruto's hand and tugged him up to his room, already thinking up games that they both can play and only them.
Once Sasuke reached the top step he was panting, not only because he was excited but also because he tugged another body up the stairs. Naruto wasn't out of breath or tired, instead he was looking around curiously. He set his suitcase down and left the panting Sasuke to poke his head through the doorway of the bathroom.
It seemed cozy, something that Naruto couldn't wait to get used to. He was about to check out a different room but then his hand was suddenly grabbed by an equally warm hand.
"Hey, I'll give you a tour later, okay?" Sasuke said as he tried to control his jealousy of Naruto paying attention to something other than him. Naruto looked up at Sasuke's face then back down to their joined hands and then back at Sasuke's face where he nodded his head eagerly and smiled.
Sasuke smiled back and let go of Naruto's hand only to quickly wipe it on his pants and then take hold of his hand again. He ran over to Naruto's suitcase and picked it up with his free hand making Naruto raise an eyebrow but smiled his thanks nonetheless.
He tugged Naruto forward making Naruto stumble and nearly fall but Sasuke steadied him. Sasuke stood in front of his room and pushed the door open with his foot and set Naruto's suitcase upon his bed. He let go of Naruto's hand to prepare room for Naruto's clothes in his closet.
After his hand was let go, Naruto took a look around the room with his hands clasped behind his back. He tested the bed with his hand, it was soft and big but Naruto didn't sleep on beds, he would have to get used to that. Naruto took a look in Sasuke's closet pulling out some clothes to look at them; his closet was a walk-in, amazing Naruto with the space and all of the clothes, he hadn't really brought a lot of clothes maybe a week's worth.
He saw another room that light was pouring out of and he pressed one of his hands against the wood, lightly pushing it open. He blinked his eyes trying to get used to the sudden light and then looked in amazement at the space and elegancy that the bathroom was.
He stepped out of the bathroom and caught sight of the computer in between Sasuke's two windows. He bent over looking for the right outlet and pulled a plug out of his neck which he then pulled revealing a length of cord. He plugged the plug into the right socket in Sasuke's computer and stood there patiently while watching Sasuke.
After Sasuke had made room for Naruto's clothes and put them away neatly he had turned and stopped in his tracks as he saw Naruto's eyes flash with thousands of codes.
"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked out of nowhere shocking Naruto out of his daydream.
"What?" He asked and then unplugged the plug and let it go. The cord made this whirring noise like it was being wound-up and the cord went back into his neck and a square of skin closed over it.
"What were you just doing, with my computer?" Sasuke asked again as he stepped closer.
"I was recharging." Naruto stated as he sat down tentatively on Sasuke's bed. Sasuke looked confused for a second but then pointed at a wall outlet.
"Why not just plug it into a wall outlet?" Sasuke said as he plopped down next to Naruto and then lay back staring at the ceiling. Naruto looked down at him and Sasuke suddenly felt a dip in the bed making him look over only to blush when he saw Naruto's face an inch away from his.
"Because I'll blow a circuit if I plug it directly into a plug." Naruto said as he stared up at the ceiling. Sasuke grunted in the back of his throat as his hand inched towards Naruto's hand. Naruto's squeaked when he felt Sasuke's suddenly cold hand wrapped around his warm one.
Naruto looked at Sasuke and Sasuke smiled back awkwardly as he played with their fingers. A knock at the door made Sasuke let go of Naruto's hand and bolt up while Naruto stayed in his position and let his hand fall limply. Naruto couldn't stop the feeling of wanting and missing the feel and coolness of Sasuke's hand on his.
"It's time for dinner!" Itachi shouted through the door and the pair could hear Itachi's pounded steps as he ran down the stairs.
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When Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, and Fugaku were at the dinner table, all they could do was stare. They stared as Naruto almost engulfed everything. Naruto stopped midway and looked at them with his mouth open.
"I'm sorry! Am I eating too much? It's just that I've never really eaten anything when I was in the lab…" Naruto trailed off as he put his half-eaten bowl down and resigned himself to sitting quietly and patiently but couldn't stop that hungry look in his eyes.
By the time they came to their senses, Naruto was almost berating himself for imposing too much.
"No, no! It's okay! We've just never seen anyone eat that fast and that much. Aren't you afraid you're going to gain weight?" Itachi said as he started on his meal. Naruto picked his bowl back up and started to eat again with controlled precise steps.
"Not really. Since I'm a machine, I can't really gain weight unless I get upgraded. And I really think that real food is amazing." Naruto said with a thoughtful look on his face. Sasuke sat there a bit steamed when he noticed that Naruto wasn't really spending anytime with him.
Sasuke was about to start talking when his bastard of a father started before him.
"So Naruto, what was it like in the lab?" Fugaku said as he chewed on a piece of meat. Naruto swallowed and codes passed through his eyes.
"It was lonely and cold, but the people were really nice. It wasn't as homey as this place was. I was the first prototype made and I had to wait a long while before they started making new ones. When they did, they weren't my age, they were a lot older." Naruto said with a sigh but then smiled cheerfully nonetheless and rubbed his flat belly.
"Wow! That was good!" He exclaimed then stretched his back. He sat there perfectly still as he watched them eat the rest of their meal. Not Sasuke, Fugaku, or Itachi had the courage to ask Naruto more about his life in the lab and continued to eat the rest of their meal in awkward silence.
When dinner was done, Sasuke took Naruto by the hand and led him back up to their now shared room with Itachi right behind them. Naruto stood there in the middle of the room awkwardly while Itachi leaned against the doorframe and Sasuke ran around the room getting prepared for bed.
When he saw Naruto standing in the middle of the room looking confused he stopped and took him by the hand.
"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked concerned. Naruto was about to answer but Itachi beat him to it.
"Naruto, you don't have any sleepwear do you? You can borrow one of mine if you like?" Itachi said as he smiled gently. Naruto smiled brightly and nodded his head eagerly. Sasuke glared at Itachi as Naruto pulled him along to follow Itachi.
And that's how the Uchiha sibling rivalry had begun. No, not really. Sasuke was pissed off, but coming from a cute little kid was more of adorable than scary, that Itachi was slowly getting closer to Naruto and spending his time with Naruto. Naruto was his friend; Itachi had his own friends since he was actually allowed out of the house.
Itachi had given Naruto one of his own pajamas and Naruto was about to change right in front of them until both of them blushed and shouted 'No!'. Naruto tilted his head and looked confused as he explained that this was how he changed his clothes in the lab and that he didn't sleep on a bed but instead slept inside a tank full of liquid without clothes.
Itachi then explained to Naruto that real people don't change in front of others and Naruto seemed to understand as Itachi pushed him towards the bathroom closing it behind Naruto after the blonde went in.
When Naruto got out of the bathroom, Sasuke and Itachi were already changed and were waiting patiently for him to come out. Itachi's pajamas were a little big on him as the shirt showed a little bit more collarbone than usual and the pants were baggy and loose as they kept falling down to his thighs.
Naruto had to constantly pull the pants back up but that didn't help much when he kept on stepping on the pant leggings. Itachi had ushered both the younger boy into the bathroom making sure that they both had brushed their teeth and washed their faces before going to bed.
Sasuke had uttered a goodnight to Itachi and Naruto opted to the same. Itachi had muttered a good night to both of them before closing his bedroom door behind him. Sasuke and Naruto heard the click of the door being locked before they had went into Sasuke's room and done the same. Sasuke gestured for Naruto to get on the bed and Naruto climbed up the bed testing it out before fully laying his body on it.
Sasuke climbed in after him and pulled the many covers over the both of them as he had clasped his hand with Naruto's to keep warm. He shut of the light and listened to Naruto's breathing waiting for sleep to take him but before that had happened Naruto had started talking.
"Hey Sasuke? Are you awake?" Came the voice of Naruto's quiet voice.
"Yeah."
"I was wondering…"
"Yeah?"
"Do you have a mom?"
"She's dead." Sasuke stated bluntly as his body was rigid.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Naruto said as he squeezed Sasuke's hand tighter.
"Hn."
"Hey Sasuke?"
"Yeah?"
"I-I love you, Sasuke." Naruto had stated timidly and Sasuke smiled as he turned to face him.
"I—" Sasuke had started but found himself not being able to say the other two words. Sasuke knew that the word 'love' was for family members and as of today Naruto was a family member but why couldn't he say it?
When Sasuke had tried to say it, it just sounded wrong. Sasuke was bothered by the fact but wouldn't let Naruto know; instead he wound an arm around Naruto's shoulder and pushed his forehead against the blonde's.
"Go to sleep, Naruto." Sasuke said before closing his eyes and drifting off. Naruto hummed in the back of his throat and fell in to sleep soon afterwards.
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Author's Note: How's that for my first chapter? Reviews are needed.
Mihashi Ren-kun