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Rain.
If he hated one thing in the world, it would be rain.
The fact was, it had been raining the whole day – making his mood far beyond his usual enthusiastic, persistent and cheerful one. Aside from the mood changing, making it seem as if he was PMSing the whole time, everything seemed to be affected by the water that fell down from the sky. Trees and their leaves, flowers, soil and such would be sagged with water, being unable to progress the quick flowing of the pure water. It seemed as if they were drowning due to the fluent streaming of the see-through liquid.
Even the people surrounding him seemed to be disliking the rain, too. In fact, they were hiding from it, as if it was a dangerous thing and if it touched you, even if it simply slid down your elbow, you'd be a goner.
He silently passed them with his head hung, watching how his feet dug into the soft sand, which was now starting to become rather muddy. His back was slightly bend, his hands were digging deeply into his pocket and his pace was rather slow, oh yes – he was deeply affected by this sudden change of weather. He had been longing to train to become stronger than Sasuke and would've done so immediately after he got out of the hospital. In fact, he had been released less than a hour or so and it had been raining ever since the sun let it beams shine through the dark sky and sleep-deprived clouds, making the sky more evil with it's reddish and black glow.
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Naruto sighed deeply as he turned his key in the lock, opening the door with a swing and closing it with a loud bang. 'Tss,' he muttered, 'Stupid weather'.
He quickly undid his shoes, throwing them shamelessly beside the door entrance near the doormat. They were completely covered with mud, causing the mud to immediately make it's own trail to the wooden floor.
'Geez', Naruto sighed as he rubbed the back of his neck, trying to figure out what do next. He really had been hoping to train for the day and he didn't feel like going back into that dreadful rain again. Another heavy sigh released itself from the blonde-haired young man.
He released himself from the orange and black jacket that had been pressed tightly against his skin ever since he came out of the hospital, with it's weight being doubled, he tossed it shamelessly upon a chair. He walked to his bed and let himself fall down onto it – his face now facing the window, with his gaze fixed at it – watching how the rain danced outside against every object it could find and touch. Suddenly, among all the other victims, one stood out – a boy.
Naruto grinned to himself as he watched how Sai quickly made his way through the rain, who was trying to find a good place to shelter.
To be honest, he never really liked Sai that much – he was the outsider, he was the one who was trying to replace Sasuke, and failed horribly. He could never stand, or even replace him, in Sasuke's footsteps, nor did he even try to. His behavior was strange, too - even for guy like Naruto. Though, even if Sai hadn't been completely able to replace Sasuke, he had shown how impressive he could be and how well ROOT trained it's peers – after all, there hadn't been a thing Sai couldn't handle.
Naruto sighed to himself and opened the window, giving the rain the opportunity to find and dance against new objects; such as Naruto himself. 'Sai!', Naruto shouted out in the dark sky.
Sai immediately looked up from hopping from one place to another, his right hand placed upon his forehead, shielding his eyes from the hard wind and rain, 'Hmm? Naruto?'
What is he doing..?
'Sai!,' Naruto paused and bit his bottom lip, being unsure how to put it, 'Why won't you come in until the weather clears up?'
Sai smiled one of his unique ones, Naruto wasn't even sure whether it was a fake one or a real one for once, 'It's not needed. Thank you'.
Naruto pouted his lips, 'Come on! Don't make me get you!'
Sai scratched the back of his skull, sweat started to form on his napes as he felt rather unpleasant by the threat, 'They say that you should never put down an offer from a friend.. maybe, it's not that bad after all'. Sai looked up, smiled again and waved, 'Sure!'
Naruto smiled in response, his sky-light blue eyes twinkling as he closed his window.
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Sai knocked upon Naruto's door and the door immediately swung open, showing a grinning idiot that was Naruto, 'Nice, weather, huh?'
Sai smiled back in response, seeing as he thought this was the only proper response, 'Well, I've experienced better'.
Naruto stepped aside to let Sai in, but Sai didn't budge. Naruto peeked over the ledge of his door, an eyebrow raised, 'You can come in'.
Sai smiled again as he followed Naruto's gestures, 'You should take your shoes off'. Sai nodded, took them off and placed his shoes beside Naruto's after Naruto pointed where.
Oh, boy – how did I get into this?
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A few minutes later, Sai was sitting on Naruto's bed, seeing as the young man lacked a TV or even a couch. Naruto came back from his bathroom, holding a towel in one hand and a spare of his clothes in the other, 'You wouldn't mind the colors, would you?'
Sai's face was now blank, 'Not at all,' -praise them after they do something very kind for you-, 'That's very nice of you, Naruto'. A fake smile appeared.
Naruto smiled in response and gave Sai the clothes and the towel. In return, he grabbed Sai's clothes and started to fold them neatly, he would put them in the washer later on as the machine was already working busy.
Being so alone for many years had taught him many things, including doing the laundry.
Naruto couldn't help but stare at how Sai put the spare clothes on, he didn't even seem to care or was even the slightest bit upset that he was half naked in front of his teammate.
After Sai had put the clothes on, Naruto's eyes slowly stopped it's gazing towards the slightly older young man's chest and followed it's trail back to his face.
There, he found out Sai had been watching him – an interesting and curious look was written all over his face, his head was slightly crooked. 'Is there something wrong?'
Naruto closed his mouth, his cheeks turning a darker shade of red as sweat started to form and drip on and down his face, 'No, no – of course not!', he protested, hands high up in the air and crazily shifting through it, causing Sai's clothes to fly through the air and fall on top of the shoes.
'Gomen', Naruto muttered as he grabbed the clothes and immediately went to the bathroom. He watched his self-reflection in the mirror, his hands on each side of his face, pressing it tightly together.
What the hell is going on? What's happening to me?
Sai, completely baffled by the whole event, got up on his feet and started to walk to the bathroom, 'Are you all right? Have I done something wrong?', he paused as Naruto remained silent, 'Should I leave?', he said as he crooked his head, oblivious and misunderstanding.
'N-n-no!', Naruto stumbled over his own words, 'I'm fine'. He pressed his face ever tighter together, causing him to look like a huge deformed fish with big ol' lips. Fuck.All of the sudden, Sai stood in the entrance, leaning rather carelessly against the doorframe, 'You sure?,' Sai hesitated, afraid of saying wrong things, especially since Naruto was someone who could easily get upset, 'I mean; You don't look so well'.
Naruto eyes grew wider as it took him off guard, his hands immediately released his face of the tight grip. He turned to Sai, shifting a hand quickly through thin air, sweat beginning to form on his face yet again, 'What do you mean? I couldn't be better!'
Sai smiled and closed their distance, invading Naruto's personal space and poked his cheek, 'That doesn't look good – I think you may have been pressing it too tightly'. Naruto's eyes slid from the finger, to his hand, to his arm and eventually, to his face. Sai raised a single eyebrow as he observed the young man's reaction.
Naruto suddenly leaned in and brushed his lips softly against Sai's lips, causing Sai to first protest, eyes widened, but after a while, he gave in, his eyes closing as Naruto deepened the kiss.
Not training for the day and being inside had it's upsides too, after all.
A/N:
I don't think I came close to the mentioned subject, but hey, I tried.. Yeah.. anyway, I hope you enjoyed the story!
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The next subject will be 'outsides', anyone suggestions? Pairings you prefer, perhaps?