"Thank you for helping me in my classes," Naruto said once his first day of classes was over. The day would have been a lot harder for him if he didn't have Sasuke to help him. He didn't know half of the things that the people were saying because the private school seemed to be ahead of the public school that he used to go.
"Anything for you," Sasuke smiled. "Why don't you come over to my house and I'll help you with all the stuff that you missed. I'll have you caught up in no time."
"I don't want to be a bother," Naruto frowned.
"It's no bother," Sasuke said. "My parents won't be home and my brother doesn't care what friends I invite over."
"Okay," Naruto nodded finally.
"Good," Sasuke smiled and took Naruto's hand to pull him to a sleek black car that had been waiting for him. The two of them slipped into the car and sat in silence before Naruto finally spoke.
"Um," he said nervously. "I have a picture that I wanted to show you."
"Awesome," Sasuke sat up immediately. He thought it was going to be a lot harder to get Naruto to show him one of his pictures, but he wasn't going to say anything and have Naruto change his mind.
Naruto dug through his bag before pulling out an old looking sketchpad with loose-leaf papers hanging out of it. He opened to the very last page and held it against him. "You can only look at this one, though," he said.
"Alright," Sasuke nodded. "I promise to only look at that one."
Naruto nodded and then handed the book over to Sasuke who took it almost too quickly. What he saw on the other side made him smile. It was a picture of him and it was very good. He was looking forward with a look of kindness that Sasuke had never seen in the mirror, but he had no doubt that it was the way he had been looking at Naruto because he could also see a touch of something that could become love. If Sasuke looked at it long enough, he thought that the picture would just come to life on its own.
"This is really good," Sasuke praised.
"Really?" Naruto's eyes lit up immediately and Sasuke just realized that he had been nervously playing with his hands while waiting for his reaction to it.
"Yea," Sasuke nodded without looking away from the picture.
"There are a few things that are wrong," Naruto said. "I drew it during art class so some of the features are wrong."
"I don't see anything wrong with it," Sasuke turned to Naruto so he could look at his eyes and know that he wasn't lying. "Can you draw me one for me to keep?"
"You can have this one," Naruto smiled. He took the sketchpad back and carefully ripped out the page before replacing it in his bag and handing the picture to Sasuke.
"Thank you," Sasuke said as he place it on his lap. There was no way he was going to put it in his bag where there was a possibility of it being crumbled or ripped. "That sketchpad looks really full."
"Yea," Naruto nodded. "I've used up all the pages in it."
"Are you going to get a new one?" Sasuke asked.
"I've been saving up my money for one," Naruto responded, "but I still don't have enough. I will at some point."
"I'll buy you one," Sasuke said.
"You don't have to do that," Naruto's eyes widened at the thought.
"I want to," Sasuke responded. "I don't want your artistic abilities to be impeded by not having a sketchpad. Besides, you're going to have to be showered with gifts if you're going to be my boyfriend. Because I won't have it any other way."
"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed as he got out of the car. "This one's even bigger than your last one!"
"Itachi still owns that one," Sasuke responded. "I had to move out so I built one of my own."
"You built it?" Naruto asked.
"Well," Sasuke said. "I got a lot of designers and contractors to help. Not to mention I had a little bit of help from a very talented artist."
"Who's that?" Naruto asked.
"You," Sasuke responded.
"Me?"
"Yea," Sasuke nodded. "When we used to talk about houses you would tell me about some of the things that you would want in your house."
"You actually put them into your house?" Naruto's eyes widened.
"Every single one of them," Sasuke smirked. "Now come on. I want to show you around."
The house was huge, but Sasuke chose to only show Naruto the main parts of the house and the parts that had Naruto's suggestions in them so it didn't take them long to get through it.
"Wow Sasuke!" Naruto smiled. "It's even more beautiful on the inside."
"There's one more room that I want to show you," Sasuke smiled.
"What's that?" Naruto asked even as he followed Sasuke out of the room.
"It's my own personal gallery," Sasuke responded. "I've collected quite a few art pieces."
The room was huge and Naruto happily gawked at all of the original paintings that he had on display. He couldn't help but to stop and stare at almost every piece and Sasuke let him knowing that his artist mind would appreciate them much more than Sasuke's logical one. If he was honest with himself, the only reason that he collected all of the pieces was because of Naruto. He knew they were beautiful, but he also knew that Naruto would appreciate them much more than he would.
"Come on," Sasuke said as he pulled Naruto away from a sculpture of a fox, "I want to show you one last room."
"I thought the gallery was the last room," Naruto cocked his head to the side at Sasuke couldn't help but to smile at the cuteness of it.
"This room leads up to the one that I want to show you," Sasuke said. "The gallery that I want to show you has all my favorite pieces in it."
"Okay," Naruto followed eagerly now so that he could examine whatever artist was Sasuke's favorite because, if Sasuke liked them so much, they would have to be really good.
Sasuke opened the door and Naruto froze. He was speechless. There were paintings and drawings all over the place. They didn't really fit together in any sort of theme, but there was one thing that remained on every single one of them. They were all signed by one Kyuubi Jinchuriki. As an artist Naruto went by the name Kyuubi Jinchuriki. All of these pieces of art were done by him.
"I went to every single one of your shows," Sasuke explained. "Even when they were out of state, I made time to get out there. There is at least one picture from every one of your auctions here."
Naruto still couldn't speak. He couldn't believe that Sasuke would make that much effort even after he left the man in such a cruel way. "I'm so sorry Sasuke," Naruto said. "I should never have broken up with you."
"I should never have let you go," Sasuke responded, "but we're together now. I want to show you my absolute favorite one."
Naruto followed Sasuke to the back of the room where there was a paper from a sketchpad delicately framed so that nothing could happen to it. It was the only one that was actually signed with his true name.
"This is the first picture you ever drew for me," Sasuke explained. "Do you remember?"
"Of course," Naruto smiled. "I drew it in art class and I was so afraid that you were going to point out all of the flaws in it."
"I wouldn't do that even if there were any flaws," Sasuke smiled.