The time his eyes landed on the person Itachi had instructed him to look at, his heart seemed to stop beating he had trouble breathing. It gave him a good one minute to gain his ability to move. He stood up so quickly, he heard his bone cracked. Everything seemed to be in slow motion, other than him, nothing seemed to exist. Nothing really mattered anymore.

When Sasuke was only a few inches away from him, he yanked the person's hand and held him in a tight embrace. He buried his face in the crook of the person's neck, savoring the moment. The scent... The warmth...

"Oh, God... You have no idea how I miss you so much, Naruto..."

Naruto Namikaze, the love of his life... The person he was holding right now. He was hugging him so tight he was scared that if he let go, Naruto would vanish.

"I'm sorry, Naruto... I'm sorry..." He chanted those words like they were mantra so Naruto would never leave him again like he did that night. "Oh God..." Sasuke couldn't contain himself anymore. Was it a dream?

Through blurry vision, he felt something strange. Naruto was not responding to anything he did. So he whispered, "Naruto?"

"What the hell?"

Sasuke stepped back to see what's going on? It wasn't Naruto's voice. Perhaps he was seeing things? He raised his hand to touch the tanned cheek but failed when Naruto was jerked away to the left. Just then he realized that Naruto was not alone.

"Who the hell are you?" A pale guy with a fake smile asked, holding the still immobilized Naruto in a protective manner. A strange feeling swam inside Sasuke at the display.

"Naruto?" Sasuke whispered in a hopeful tone as he moved his vision away from the pale guy to Naruto, hoping that Naruto could answer.

"Who are you?" That moment that raspy voice reached Sasuke's ears, for a brief moment it soothed Sasuke's world but at the same time, the words destroyed Sasuke's it into pieces.

"What do you mean, Naruto?" Sasuke secretly thanked Itachi inwardly when he asked Sasuke's unsaid question. He seemed to have a hard time speaking this time. It was too much for him, his heart ached.

"What does it look like?" The pale guy answered. "Naruto doesn't know you guys, so please don't pretend to know him."

"I-" All eyes were on Naruto now when he held his head with eyes closed, hissing. He seemed to be in so much pain, he fell on his knees.

Sasuke went to his knees immediately and was about to touch Naruto when his hand got slapped away. Sasuke was forced to look at the pale guy again this time.

"Stop it." The fake smile was gone now it was changed into a menacing look. Sasuke watched as the pale guy helped Naruto to stand up. Sasuke couldn't stand seeing all of this. It was too much. What's happening?

When the two was up, the fake smile was back to the pale guy's face. "I'd like to say thank you so much for ruining our date night." The guy finished his speech with raising his middle finger up to Sasuke before the Uchiha brothers watched them left the place.

"Date night? I ruined their date night?" Sasuke murmured which didn't go unheard by Itachi.

It was a lie if Itachi wasn't as shocked as Sasuke.

~o0o~

Naruto woke up with a major headache.

"Damn it!" He cursed in a whisper. His head stung like a bitch!

What happened? Naruto thought as he scanned the room. He was in his own room, alone. Where's Sai? He thought that they were supposed to be somewhere? He tried to dig his memories. He remembered today that he woke up around noon since his alarm didn't go off. It was his day off and he remembered that he would have a date with his boyfriend, Sai, at the coffee shop they went around two weeks ago. He had likened the shop and begged Sai to go there again. So around three pm, Sai picked him up and the two went to the Konoha Coffee Shop in Yokohama.

He knitted his eyebrows together in confusion. Who was that guy? He remembered when he was about to enter the shop, he was yanked in a tight embrace from a stranger yet something was familiar he couldn't fathom it. Was it the perfume? The face? The guy almost looked like Sai! But he was slightly different.

Naruto was a black belt Judo. Any day a stranger did any skin contact with him, he would definitely kick their ass. But today, he was immobile. The stranger was saying sorry so many times like the word was a mantra.

Through his neck.

He shuddered.

"Who are you?" Those were the only words he was able to say. Even looking at the guy was confusing to him.

It was the first time in his life after losing his memory that something strange, right after the unknown guy called his name. There were scenes he didn't recognize being played in his head, and suddenly his head hurt and he fell when he couldn't take it anymore. He lost consciousness after that.

Now here he was all alone.

Where is Sai? Where is Kakashi? Great. When I need them they are not around. Now, where's my phone? Naruto said inwardly. When he felt pain striking again with too many moves, he gave up. He dropped his head to his pillow instead while staring at the ceiling.

He was a man who got curious easily when he didn't know some things. He would do anything to discover it. The more you know, the better. So, who was the guy earlier? There was no mistaking it. He triggered his past memories. He must be someone from his erased memories. He must be apart of his past. No one called him by his first name if they weren't closed enough.

The thought gave him goosebumps. He never got a headache from anyone like this, ever, since he lost his memories. Even Kakashi didn't have this much of an effect.
If that guy was someone from his past, how come he didn't know about this? Kakashi never mentioned this guy. Well, maybe Kakashi didn't do that just like any of his friends until he himself asked Kakashi about it. He would try asking when he had the chance.

The silence is frustrating! Where is Sai? Naruto thought, pissed. Just then, his door cracked open to reveal the said guy.

"Are you okay?" Naruto knitted his eyebrows upon seeing Sai's expression. It was rare to see the artist with such expression of pure concern, it reached his voice.

"I'm sorry to make you worry." He was truly feeling guilty. He didn't like that expression on anyone. It was depressing to see.

"Hey, that rhymes." Sai deadpanned as he approached Naruto on the bed. He had the tendency to choose that moment to joke. Naruto almost got a pillow and throw it at Sai if he weren't holding a tray in hands.

"You are lucky, Sai. Or else this pillow is on your face by now." Naruto smirked.

Sai smiled as he put the tray on a nightstand beside Naruto. There were two pills and a glass of water. "But seriously, joke aside. Are you okay?" The concerned look was back on Sai's face.

Naruto smiled sweetly. "I'm okay now because you are here."

"Dickless, stop with your flirting." Sai said sarcastically but he still couldn't hide the blush.

Naruto snorted but smiled after that. "My head is still hurt, honestly."

Sai nodded. He didn't like seeing Naruto like this. He took the pills on the tray and gave it to Naruto along with the water. "These should help."

Naruto smirked. "You are getting better with these." He complimented as he made himself into a sitting position, getting the medicines and the glass from Sai's hand.

Sai shrugged. "You are a doctor. I should know a thing or two about medicines by now." He stated as a matter of fact.

Naruto nodded before downing his medicines in one go. "Thanks." He said as he gave the empty glass back to Sai.

"You should rest now," Sai said as he put the glass back on a tray. He made sure to make Naruto lay on the bed with a blanket on before he stood up with a tray in hands.

"Thanks." Naruto smiled through half-lidded eyes, feeling sleepy already.

Sai smiled back. "I will take my leave then. Call me if you need anything."

"I don't even know where my phone is." Now his eyes were closed.

"I put it in the drawer."

"Okay."

"I love you," Sai whispered as he pecked tan forehead before he moved to the door and closed it behind ever so slowly as to prevent from making an unnecessary sound.

Naruto smiled and drifted off to sleep.

"Sasuke..."

~o0o~

Sai put the tray in the kitchen before he left the apartment. He couldn't stop thinking about what had happened a few hours ago. He was wondering why they knew Naruto?

Who didn't know the famous Uchiha Brothers? They were practically all over the business magazines. He remembered when he was in university, the older sibling, Uchiha Itachi, went to their seminar and had a speech. He had seen the older Uchiha up close and he was so handsome. He never saw the younger one directly not until today. He admitted the two brothers were handsome. Hell, they were gorgeous.

Kakashi was secretive about Naruto's past. What could possibly happen? No need rocket science to know that Naruto and the younger Uchiha had a history together to share such intimate gesture like that. He wanted to know so bad, he had to ask Kakashi about this. He nodded and left the building.

It was already dark so he jogged to his car in the parking lot. When he did that, his head stung and his nose burnt. He entered his car and locked it. Something was wrong. He put his fingers up his nose when he felt something warm coming out. With another hand he switched the lights on and suspected the substance on his fingers he touched his nose earlier. It was red.

"Oh shit."

~o0o~

"What happened that night?" Sasuke murmured. "How can he ask who I am?"

"Breathe, Sasuke..."

"Did he hate me that much he refused to acknowledge me?"

"Sasuke."

"What!" Sasuke snapped as he looked at Itachi. "...the hell?" He continued when he scanned the room. "How can I...?"

"Be in your room?" Itachi finished Sasuke's question. "Are you that foolish?"

Sasuke ignored Itachi's remark. That didn't matter where he be and how. "Itachi, can you please leave me alone for now?"

"Don't expect me to let you be after all these times of what had happened. Don't do stupid things. Don't even think about it." Itachi warned.

Sasuke shook his head, barely holding together. "I won't. I promise."

"That's what you said before."

"There's no point of suicide with all these redemptions I went through." Sasuke reasoned.

That convinced Itachi. Itachi nodded. "I won't leave you alone yet until we figure things out. I will take the guest room."

Sasuke nodded.

Itachi was about to close the door when he spoke. "Sasuke?" When Sasuke raised his head to look at his brother, Itachi continued. "We will ask Kakashi about this so I beg you to stay alive, okay?" Itachi closed the door behind after Sasuke snorted with eyes rolled.

Sasuke waited until the sound of Itachi's foot disappeared, he climbed to his bed and cried silently. He was barely holding back before. There was something painful somewhere inside his chest. The feeling he hadn't felt for years now was back. He hit his chest repeatedly in hope he could subside the pain.

It was hard enough to know that the love of his life, Naruto, was still alive or not. He never knew that this could happen. He never dreamt of all of these to happen. He didn't know that Naruto's birthday that night could lead such future. If he were to regret one thing, it was that night.

Naruto had no clue about him. There could be two reasons. One, Naruto could be ignoring him just because he loathed him. Two, which was the worst scenario ever, Naruto could be amnesia. He must hit his head hard. Which meant that he could possibly get himself in a car accident.

What happened that night?

Sasuke was hyperventilating by now. The thought of Naruto having a new man broke his heart into pieces. He had mix feelings he couldn't hold anymore.

It was joy, Naruto was alive. He was still breathing the same air as him.

It was confusion, Naruto either faked to not acknowledge him or having amnesia and wondering what happened that night.

It was jealousy, Naruto had a new man.

In the end, he lost consciousness.

TBC

Edited: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 04.00 PM (JST)