Sai walked down the parking lot to the hospital lobby, intending to meet his boyfriend. After the meeting with Sasuke, he decided to have a talk with Naruto immediately. How should he start? What should he say? He hadn't thought about that part yet. He clicked his tongue and scanned the lobby to find someone he knew. He found the woman and smiled as he approached her.

"Ino, where's Naruto?"

"Sai? Come, follow me."

Sai did as he was told and walked to wherever Ino led him to. When they walked past the elevator, Sai knitted his eyebrows in confusion.

"What's with the elevator?" Sai asked, curios. For all he knew, Naruto's room was on the third floor. Were they going to use the stairs?

"Nah… He has been spending most of the time at the cafeteria."

Sai made a face. What's with the Dickless? Did he have something troubling him?

Sai bumped onto Ino's back when the woman stopped abruptly. "That's him." Ino informed.

Sai raised his eyebrow. "What do you think he is thinking right now?"

Ino shrugged. "No idea. I've asked him before but he refused to answer. Why don't you ask him? Maybe he would answer when you ask?"

Sai nodded. "Thanks, woman."

Ino rolled her eyes and left the pale man.

Sai watched his doctor from the entrance. The Dickless was still on his white coat, hiding his face with the palms of his hands, with elbows were prompted up on the table supporting the head. Sai eventually made his way to sit across the blonde man.

"Naruto."

Naruto, who recognized the voice calling his name, took a deep breath. "I told you to take same rests, didn't I?"

"There is something I want to tell you."

"Is that too important for you to come here instead of just from phone call?" Naruto scolded, but he still refused to move from his earlier position.

"Then, where's your phone?" Sai asked, which succeeded in making Naruto raising his head. "Holy shit, what the hell?" To say that Sai wasn't shock was an understatement. There were bags under those blue eyes and the normally tan man was now pale. The blue eyes were bloodshot.

"I left my phone in my room." Naruto admitted.

Sai deep sighed, pitied the man in front of him. "You ordered me to rest when you should be the one to take some."

"Have you eaten, Sai?" Naruto asked breaking the topic, ignoring Sai's comment.

Sai nodded and asked him the same question. "What about you?"

Naruto nodded back.

"I'm sorry…" Naruto said sincerely. "I haven't gotten my sleep as much as I needed it. No matter how much force I put to close my eyes to sleep, I just can't shut down my mind. Not to mention those weird dreams I keep getting." Naruto finished with a groan.

Sai scoffed. "Now that you mention it. What kind of dream you keep getting?" The pale man was curious, as he crossed his arms around his chest. Naruto had promised back in Berlin that he would tell, but yesterday night when he came to his apartment, the guy still refused to.

Naruto let his neck twisted backward so he was facing the ceiling with eyes closed. "I keep dreaming- no. I keep having this nightmare. It was so clear of the scene that night I hit the tree to avoid hitting you. There was this voice yelling my name… I just couldn't name who the voice belongs to, because it wasn't yours. That's the depressing part. I also have this weird dream where I was in the middle of nowhere, clearly inside a dim room. There was this voice, not sure if it's the same voice with my nightmare before, but this voice kept telling me to get out of the room. When I asked who was he, the person didn't reply. The depressing part was I couldn't get out of that depressing place." Naruto groaned as he tried pulling his blonde hair out of his head.

"Don't do that."

Naruto stopped and went back to his first position, hiding his face. "I can't stop thinking about the dream. I have been having sleepless nights recently. This has never happened before. So why now?"

"Do you want to know why?" Sai provided.

This made Naruto raising his face from his hands to look at Sai pleadingly. "Did you know?"

Sai nodded. "You know too well that you are amnesia, right?"

Naruto nodded vigorously.

Sai smirked. "What do you think the idea that Sasuke Uchiha was the one who triggered you for having those dreams?"

Naruto knitted his eyebrows together. "What do you mean?"

"I notice, you know. Ever since that encountered with the Uchiha, the bags under your eyes had started to darkened."

Naruto was silent.

"Naruto, look. I won't have much time left-"

"Please don't talk about it. I don't have the mood too-"

"Please, listen to me. It's the truth and let's face it like a real man."

Naruto looked away.

Sai sighed. "I won't have much time left. You know that I love you too much, and to tell you the truth, seeing you cry every time your patient died pains me. It hurts so much here." Sai said as he held his white shirt where his heart located.

Sai watched as Naruto worried his bottom lip before he continued. "I know that you already knew about this Sasuke Uchiha."

"How did you-l"

"Gaara texted me after your meeting with him. He also said that you have asked Kakashi first but he refused to spill the beans."

Naruto looked at Sai expectantly.

"There is no denying it that he is part of your past memories."

"What are you implying to?"

"What I am saying is, I am begging you to make up with him."

"What the-"

"Let me finish first. Please don't interrupt. If I am done, you then can complain. But hear me out first."

Naruto could only stare at Sai before he agreed with a nod.

"Good. Now listen. Long story short, I am gonna die, and that's the fact. You know damn well that I love you. For me, it's so hard to imagine the image of you crying there alone when my time come. I want someone to comfort you, to replace me. And the only person I could think of was Sasuke. Kakashi is another story. If he knew about my condition, even if I am already dead, he would still hunt my corpse down and kill me again and again for making you cried. You might not know this side of Kakashi, but when it comes to your safety he will do anything. When something goes wrong, he will fix it. Did you know the reason why he changed your surname from Namikaze to Uzumaki?"

Naruto shook his head.

"The reason is so Sasuke can't track you down. Why I knew this? Just look at how Sasuke held you that day back at the coffee shop. No need rocket science to guess that."

"So, what you are saying is that you are giving me to him? Are you nuts?" Naruto was now growling. What the guy was thinking? Did the cancer has taken its toll on his brain?

Sai shook his head. "It's lucky if I can last for six months. For that time being, I want to have you for six days. Sasuke can have a day with you, for every week. I also plan on asking Tsunade to make you my private doctor."

"That's not gonna happen." Naruto scoffed and then he shook his head, refusing the man. This guy was sick! No sane person wanted to share boyfriend, right?

"I know it's crazy but the circumstance is different, Naruto. If I didn't have this fucking cancer in the first place, I swear to god that I would fight tooth and nails to keep you for myself. I don't care about your past with him. But this is different. Please understand."

There was silent before Naruto whispered. "I'm sorry. I just… I don't know. Don't you feel jealous? I mean-"

"Of course I do. But what is there I have to do? I told you that I love you too much, and I don't want you to be alone when my time come."

"…"

"Please Naruto…"

"You met him, don't you?"

Sai nodded. "I don't have any option."

"Did he threaten you?" Naruto asked suspicious.

"No! I did this on my own. Please Naruto."

Naruto was hesitated before he eventually gave up. "I don't know Sai. I will think about this first."

"Don't you want to know about your past with him?" Damn, it's too difficult to coax Naruto.

Naruto shrugged.

Sai sighed and nodded. "I will give you two days to think about it through. I will also meet Tsunade after. Please consider this. If you agree, your schedule with him will be on every Thursday, which will be three days from now on."

"You seem that you have been thinking about this for too long."

"I have calculated everything. Just two things I want to ask you before I leave."

"What is it?"

"Fiirst, don't ever let Kakashi knew about all of these, including my condition. Second, I want to be cremated."

Naruto didn't know what to feel.

~o0o~

Reading a newspaper with a cup of black coffee in the morning was a habit for a certain president of a certain company. Flipping the papers, Itachi's favorite was the business section. He smirked as he sipped his black coffee before reading the section. Reading newspaper in the morning with a cup of black coffee was the best thing to anticipate every day especially when his company was on the headline making profits for the beloved country. He felt so proud of himself.

"I shall as well celebrate my accomplishment." Itachi murmured to nobody but himself as he flipped to another page. Itachi put down the newspaper when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Good mor-" Itachi couldn't finish his greeting and choked instead upon seeing his little brother.

Sasuke was smiling absent mindedly.

Sasuke just woke up because he thought that it was about time before he left for work. First thing he always did in the morning was to do his business in the toilet, except brushing his teeth. Why? After that, there was breakfast on the second place. The reason he refused to brush his teeth before eating his breakfast was because that he didn't like it when the taste of the toothpaste ruined the taste of the foods. He preferred to eat his breakfast first then brush his teeth, not the other way around. He didn't like it when he was about to go to his office and his mouth smelled like anything other than toothpaste.

Sasuke was on his own world that morning that was why he was smiling. Why he was smiling? That was what Itachi was wondering.

The reason behind that smile was that he was woken up not by his alarm, but a text message. It's not what it was from, but what was inside. It was a text from Sai, saying that Naruto would meet him at twelve to eat lunch together, and that meant that Naruto had agreed to meet Sasuke to make up what they had left on one particular night. Sasuke wondered how Sai managed to make Naruto agreed to this. Never mind. He got to meet Naruto and that was what mattered.

He was still on his own world until he heard someone choking, his smile was shattered to a frown. He then was snapped back to reality when he realized that he wasn't alone and there the devil reincarnation whom claimed himself as his beloved brother, was sitting on one of the kitchen stools with a face as red as his favorite tomato. The devil himself was choking to death. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Please don't ruin my rare beautiful day." He said as he made his way to the kitchen to make breakfast. He raised his right brow and scoffed when he landed his eyes on the kitchen table.

"You made breakfast." It wasn't a question. Sasuke shrugged and went to get two bowls from the cupboard, one for steamed rice and the other for the soup.

"Hn." …was the only respond Itachi gave after he regained his composure by downing a glass of water.

Sasuke stopped in front of the rice cooker with his back facing the devil. "What."

"…It's just…" Itachi seemed to think. "Never mind…" Itachi chose to shut up.

Or not.

Itachi smirked while Sasuke's back was still facing him. He coughed to himself and changed his facial expression to an innocent angel. "So…" He started. He now knew what to say.

Sasuke in the other hand after he got his steamed rice into his bowl from the rice-cooker, he closed it and sighed. "Seriously, Itachi… Do I have to report every single time as to what I am up to?" He already knew Itachi in a heartbeat.

Itachi crossed his arms with eyes closed. "Well, after your rampages few years ago, and your recent "cooking in the bathroom", then yes, you have to." Itachi air quoted the "cooking in the bathroom" to emphasize the meaning.

Sasuke sighed as he put his breakfast which consisted of a bowl of steamed rice, miso soup, bacon, and a cup of green tea, which of course Itachi had prepared before. The Devil surprisingly knew how to cook. He sat across where Itachi was and rolled his eyes as he looked his brother's serious face, which looked nothing other than a pure demon.

"… I'm your sweet, older brother after all…" Itachi continued as he shrugged.

Sasuke scoffed. "Ah, Itachi... You just knew me so well that I hate sweet." Sasuke smiled sweetly, which Itachi knew that it was Sasuke's way of mocking him. In an instant the smile disappeared from the younger Uchiha.

Itachi's right eyebrow twitched painfully.

Sasuke sighed. "Please Itachi… I will tell you but not now."

Itachi eventually stopped asking after he rolled his eyes. "Promise me you will tell me everything next time."

"Promise is bound to be broken."

"Sasuke…"

Sasuke rolled his eyes for the nth time that morning before he cut his chopsticks into two. "Itadakimasu."

Itachi sighed for being ignored.

"Oh, and by the way, I will be taking my day off today. I have things to take care of."

Itachi eyed his little brother suspiciously. "Don't tell me you are going to cook in the bathroom again."

Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "Why would I?"

Itachi shrugged as he eyed the knife Sasuke was using to cut the bacon in half. "Can't believe you with sharp things anymore…"

Sasuke chose to smirk and devour his foods.

~o0o~

Sasuke Uchiha usually wore black crisp suite. It was rare to see him in a casual outfit. It was almost impossible to see the man in anything other than that suit. Last time he wore something casual was years ago when he was in college. After that, suit was all he wore when most of his time he spent at his office.

Oh, not really. He forgot about the outfits he wore when going out to the blind dates.

He was clad in a casual outfit. He was wearing blue navy shirt with black jeans and black leather jacket with blue navy converse. Today he had put some efforts on this special occasion. If not because of today that he would be meeting with Naruto, he wouldn't go as far as go shopping for the outfits this morning.

He was sitting on a bench under a tree to protect him from the sun. The sun was too hot for his liking but lucky him that the wind was comforting.

This morning, when Sai informed him that Naruto had agreed on meeting him, Sai had attached Naruto's contact for him to call just in case. He was about to text Naruto if they would meet today or not, but the blonde man was faster than him.

Sasuke smiled remembering the text message. Naruto had asked about where to meet. Sasuke had sent him the direction, and he was at there now. Sasuke first wanted to show Naruto the high school they went together. Sasuke also brought a photo album to show Naruto their memories in the high school together.

He waited and waited and eventually he grew impatient. It seemed like forever! Was Naruto late? He knew that the Dobe was sucked when it came to dividing his time. Sasuke smirked bitterly as it reminded him of when they were together years ago. He shook his head to dispel that thoughts. Or perhaps he was a little bit too early? To confirm his thinking, he raised his jacket's sleeve up a little to check his watch and it showed him five minutes to ten. He sighed. He was the one who came too early. They had agreed on meeting at ten so they could spend as much time as possible for the day, or it was more for his part. Didn't matter.

Just when he thought of that, a black car pulled up next to his car few meters away from where he sat at the bench. He stared at the car supporting his indifferent expression. The sweet engine of the black sport car still roaring. He watched carefully as there was a pause before the door of the passenger's seat opened and a black leather boots appeared as it could be seen touching the dirt.

Sasuke held his breath when Naruto stood up and closed the door. He stepped back and the car left, probably it was Sai who drove him there.

"Holy shit…" Sasuke breathed in at the view. There Naruto was standing few meters away from him next to where he parked his car. The sun was shining on the golden hair it was angelic. Looking from his hair down, Sasuke was a little disappointed that he couldn't see those blue eyes, but it wasn't bad either with that shades. Naruto pulled it off too well. He was like a model straight out from a magazine. Not to mention that tanned skin. It was exotic. Down to those plump lips and to the outfit he was wearing. He was wearing a white v-neck tee shirt, a washout denim jeans and black boots up to the middle before his knees. He was also wearing gold watch.

If people didn't know Naruto, they would guess him as a model, not a doctor.

Naruto was putting on a show when he walked toward him. The wind was blowing the gold strands and the sun was shining, and for a moment he thought that he was in heaven.

"Hey."

Sasuke cleared his throat. "Hey."

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting. How's your wrists?" Naruto asked and the smirk didn't go unnoticed by Sasuke. Was Naruto mocking him?

"I can't tell if you are sincerely asking my wellbeing out of concern or was just mocking."

Naruto shrugged. "Both I guess." He took a seat on the bench beside Sasuke as he took his shades off and hooked it on the v-line of his shirt.

"Hn." Sasuke was cool outside but inside he was dying. The person he missed so much was sitting beside him. He eyed the man on his left from the corner of his eyes. The man was carefree sitting on the bench with his long legs sprawling carelessly on the dirt floor, right tan hand was on the handrail and the other was on top of his lap.

"You will be using your car for today and you have to drive me home." It was a statement.

Sasuke nodded. "My pleasure." He meant it.

Sasuke looked at Naruto when the man looked at him with a sweet smile. The smile was contagious he saw the blonde gasped. He knitted his eyebrows in confusion. "What?" Why did the smile go too fast from Naruto?

"I-it's n-nothing." He spluttered.

Sasuke didn't want to make Naruto uncomfortable he didn't press the topic any further, he shrugged.

"S-so…" Naruto started by clearing his throat and sat upright. He made himself a little bit facing Sasuke, their knees meeting, to look the man in the eyes. "Why are we here?"

Sasuke nodded. "This is our high school. I just want to know if you remember any of this."

Naruto nodded acknowledging the information. "I honestly have no idea about it per se. Kakashi never mention about it and I never asked so…" Naruto sighed.

"What do you want to know?"

Naruto pondered for a moment before he answered. "Maybe you can tell me from the start of how we met until you know… Today. In exchange I will tell you how I have been after that night."

That sounded like a plan… But there's no way that he would tell Naruto everything. He should be careful. "Did Kakashi tell you anything about your past?"

"Aside from my parents, then no… Why?"

Sasuke nodded with the information. "There could be reason why he didn't tell you so I will just tell you the highlight. I am afraid if I tell you everything, I could mess up since I don't have any idea about your medical history."

"That's… reasonable." Naruto agreed. "Shoot."

"So… We knew each other since diapers. Our parents were friends since they were in high school. We attended school together in kindergarten. When we were about to enter elementary, you and your family had to move to German to continue the enterprise, hence we separated. We met again a day before high school exam entrance back at the coffee shop, the one in the Yokohama. Remember?"

Naruto nodded, Sasuke continued. "We went to school together, and on the graduation day, I confessed my feeling to you on the same spot as we are sitting right now."

"Oh." Naruto said and his cheeks darkened.

Sasuke smiled. "You accepted my feelings and that's when we started to live together. Long story short, it is safe to say that you disappeared and I couldn't track your whereabouts. And thus, I lost you for about seven years. And on those years there were no day I could go by without thinking about suicide."

Naruto was silent so Sasuke chose to continue. "That fateful day, you appeared again at that coffee shop. Of all the coffee shops in Japan you could be at, you were there. All I could think of that day when I see you was hugging you. My feet had their own mind for dragging me to you and held you in my arms. When my eyes landed on you, I seriously didn't think anything else other than you. It seemed like everything didn't exist but just you and I."

Sasuke paused when he watched Naruto casted his eyes somewhere while worrying his bottom lip.

"What do you think if you were on my shoes what would you do? You lost your lover all of a sudden and for seven years you had no idea where was he, and what he was up to. Just when he appeared, that significant person had no idea about you and you somehow were the cause of ruining his date because apparently your long-lost lover had a new man already."

"I'm sorry…"

Sasuke didn't realize that he was carried away so he stopped. "No, you shouldn't. I'm sorry I got carried away. It's not your fault. I don't mean to." For a moment Sasuke felt terrible to the man. "I'm sorry, Naruto. To tell you the truth, I am too sensitive when it comes to you. After the incident, I went to meet your guardian, Kakashi. He told me something which hurt me too much, I ended up at the hospital. Call it fate but I got admitted to where you work. I also heard that you are not in charge of surgery because you are not a surgeon but an oncologist… But you just happen to walk by."

"…"

Sasuke sighed. He had never talked this much to anybody, even to Itachi. "Anything else you want to know?"

"Do you know why I chose that one particular coffee shop?"

"Huh?"

Naruto shrugged. "I somehow knew that location. I was mindlessly driving to that place. I came before that day, and I was happy with doing so, I ended up coming back."

"That's…" Incredible?

"What's that, anyway?" Naruto cut off the subject and pointed at the black box Sasuke was holding.

"Oh." Sasuke undid the orange ribbon that was tied in a loose knot before he opened the black box to reveal something. "This is an album of us and the others when we were in high school." Sasuke finished and handed the black album to Naruto for him to see it to himself. Naruto said his thanks absent-mindedly and began to open the album.

TBC

Published: Monday, November 27th 2017 12.13 AM (JST)