Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Ok, fourth chapter! I want you all to know, unlike most of stories... this one won't have Naruto and Sasuke immediately realizing they love each other. It makes the stories too short and sorta unrealistic. Soooo I plan on having them friends first :grin: I also plan on making this story a lot longer than my others... forty chapters? That's what I'm going for. And :Gasp: other characters have pasts? No way!
Once again, this fic is dedicated to Xaayp aka WeelittleBoots! I luff you!
Silo squeeled happily as he was chased around the apartment by his father, the older man grinning like crazy as he tried to capture his son. It was a typical Saturday morning for them, the day always starting with Naruto being a complete idiot because he was so happy he had a day off from work, and Silo absolutely adoring his playful chichiue. But the small boy knew it had to end sometime, since they both had to leave to go to Naruto's work within the hour. He didn't ask why they were going, but he was sure it was important.
"Chichiue!" Silo squeeked as Naruto finally caught him, both of them toppling over the sofa and onto the floor. His cheeks were flushed and he was panting, but a large smile was on his face as he squirmed away from his dad's grasp.
"You get faster every day," Naruto pushed himself up and grinned, his golden hair sticking out in every direction, "I probably won't be able to catch you at all by the end of this year," standing up, he brushed himself off.
Silo cocked his head to the side, "Maybe you're getting old?"
Naruto kept himself from twitching, "I'm only 20, Silo, that's not old."
"It seems pretty old to me," the smaller of the two got up and smiled cutely, his black hair a mess, just like Naruto's.
The blond grumbled and made his way to the kitchen, wanting to prepare breakfast while his son got ready to go out. Reaching into the fridge, he pulled out four eggs and some butter, his nose scrunched up as he contemplated whether or not he should make oats as well.
"Hey, do you--" when he looked over the top of the fridge, he tightened his lips in a straight line, He wants something...
Silo stood there, hands fiddling with the bottom of his sleeping shirt, his teeth gnawing at his bottom lip ever so cutely. He made a huffing noise, his cheeks puffed out and his sparkling blue eyes pleading. Oh yeah, he definitely wanted something, because that was the Uzumaki way of saying "Gimme what I want or I'll cry and never forgive you".
"Don't give me that look, young man," Naruto stared straight at Silo, knowing the little boy hated staring contests, but he was suprised when the child kept himself from blinking for an entire minute. Rolling his eyes and closing the fridge, Naruto leaned against the counter, "Is there something you want?" he asked, smiling slightly.
Silo kept his pathetic look, "Um..." his voice was soft and hesitant. Ah, Naruto remembered his middle school days when he used that same technique to bag him a pretty girl. It always worked too, and among all of the girls, he was known as the "cutest boyfriend" at Onoko Junior High. Ah, yes, cute. But he was more on the handsome and scorchingly hot side now.
"Yes?" Naruto urged his son to continue.
"Well... can we go to the movies tonight, like you promised?" he asked, his cerulean eyes sparkling.
Naruto broke out laughing and continued with his work in the kitchen, "You made the 'Uzumaki puppy face' just so you could ask me that? I already told you we were going, so we're going."
Silo's expression brightened and he jumped up and down, "C-Can we go see a horror movie?" he asked excitedly.
Giving his son a sour look, Naruto spoke, "You're too young for horror movies. Plus, last time I rented one, you wet your bed," he noticed the dark blush on Silo's face and apologized quickly, "sorry for bringing that up. I promise I won't tell Jack once you bring him over for dinner," he snickered and pulled a frying pan out from under the stove, setting it on one of the four burners.
Silo blushed and pouted, "You're mean, Chichiue..."
Naruto turned, not really sure if his son was joking or if he really meant it. He shook his head, not wanting to go through that phase again. He'd already gone through the trauma of thinking his son hated him everytime the small boy would cry and and tell him to leave him alone, or when he wouldn't get exactly what he wanted and would tell Naruto he hated him... But Silo had grown up in the last few years and he was way more mature now, knowing when to take no for an answer.
The dark-haired child huffed and went into the kitchen, tugging on his father's sleeve, "What if he doesn't like me back?"
Naruto sighed, glad his son wasn't really mad, "Then make him like you."
Silo blinked, "Nani?" his voice was squeeky when he said that, making him cuter.
"Uzumaki's never give up on what they want!" he then blinked, "unless it's a toy or something... because material things aren't worth bickering over," he grinned, "but with women... or in your case, men, you can't give up! If he says he doesn't like you that way, don't just give up, keep trying. But if he doesn't fall for you, then you can go for option two: seduction."
Silo once again blinked his large eyes, "Seduction?"
"Actually, you're not old enough for that... Hmm, then you can just cry and tell him how you've loved him for such a long time. Men are suckers when it comes to tears," Naruto stated, "believe me, I've been a victim of such."
"So... I should cry?"
"Nah, just tell him you like him first, then go from there," he grinned, I'm such a good father!
But the fact is, a really good father wouldn't give his five-year old son love advice in the first place.
xXxXx
Sasuke sat at Kiba's kitchen table, his fingers tapping against the smooth top as he watched his friend run around in the back yard with Akamaru, the brunnet acting as if he had not a care in the world. But in fact, he did. He needed to deal with Sasuke's hunger issue.
Kakashi looked away from the television when he heard a loud grumble from the raven's stomach. Smiling under his mask, he pushed himself off of the couch, going to Sasuke's side, "Hungry?" he asked, clearly amused.
Sasuke sent him an icy glare.
"It's a shame you don't know how to cook," Kakashi chuckled, "would you like for me to make you something?" he only received another glare as an answer.
The silver-haired man leaned back against the wall seperating the kitchen from the living room, his hand moving behind him to pull his Icha Icha Tactics book from a back pocket. He was about to start reading, but his favorite little raven finally spoke up, stopping him from doing so.
"Kakashi...do you think we should relocate ourselves? This place doesn't seem to have what I'm looking for."
The scarecrow arched a fine brow, "What about the blond?"
"Blond?"
The manager chuckled, "Ah, yes, I forgot to tell you, didn't I? You see, while I was at Wal-mart yesterday, I stumbled upon a fascinating scene. A young man was being hit on by--"
"I don't want to hear your perverted stories," Sasuke growled, not in the mood.
"Gomen," Kakashi looked up in thought, "well, there was this blond boy. He looked to be your age, and I have to say, his acting skills were pretty good."
Sasuke let his gaze fall back on Kiba outside, "Is that so?" he wasn't even really paying attention anymore.
"He had blue eyes, tan skin... and he was quite loud."
The raven suddenly turned, looking up at Kakashi, "Was his name Naruto?"
Kakashi put his orange book away, knowing that he probably wouldn't be reading it anytime soon, "Yes, I believe one of the workers called him that."
Sasuke smirked, "And you're telling me that dobe can act?"
"He was quite a convincing queer," Kakashi smiled under his mask at the actor's expression, "he was helping out his friend who was getting harrassed."
The young teen continued to tap his fingers atop the table.
"I can assure you, he's perfect," Kakashi added.
Sasuke snorted, "Then tell him about the auditions. I think I may have found some possible candidates as well..." he sat forward, "today at three."
Kakashi nodded and grabbed Kiba's car keys from off the kitchen counter, "Tell Kiba I took his car."
"Hn."
xXxXx
Silo tried to keep his balance on the concrete blocks that seperated the sidewalk from a lush flower bed, but he ended up toppling over, luckily against Naruto's chest. The blond laughed and set Silo safely onto the sidewalk next to him.
"Watch what you're doing, spaz," he ruffled his son's hair playfully, "and now you look like a giant marshmellow," he snickered and bent down, fixing Silo's new coat that Sakura got him.
"Chichiue, how come we have to go to your work first?" the little raven pouted, his cheeks puffing out.
"I'm picking up my paycheck. Ero-sannin's giving it to me early, so--" he immediately shut up, remembering that Silo still believed in Santa Claus, "so I can buy you a lot of snacks at the movies," he laughed nervously.
"Really?" Silo looked up at his chichiue in awe.
"Yep!" Naruto heaved the boy into his arms, grinning when Silo laughed in delight, "I'm going to buy you all the fattening stuff you want! Just don't order too much, I doubt Jack'll like a plump boy like you," he laughed once again at the bright blush that adorned his son's face.
Walking up the Wal-mart driveway, Naruto waved to Sakura who was outside sitting on the bench, chatting with a fellow worker. The pink-haired girl immediately tore herself from her conversation and greeted Silo with a bright smile and quick wave.
"Aww, you're wearing the jacket I bought you! You look so adorable!" she cooed.
The worker sitting next to her, Ten Ten, also gave her compliments to Silo, saying how cute he was, and how much he looked like his father. That certain comment made the boy give a brilliant smile.
"I want to be exactly like Chichiue!" he said enthusiastically, still in his father's arms, "so when I grow up, I'm going to bleach my hair blond!"
Naruto coughed, then laughed, "I think you look fine with black hair."
"But I want blond!" Silo argued.
"Fine, fine, whatever, jeez," Naruto rolled his eyes and set Silo on the ground.
Sakura turned her attention to the blond, "Naruto... how come you're here? Isn't it your day off?"
"Ero-sannin's giving me my check early for... 'reasons'," the college student winked to the pink-haired girl and she smiled knowingly.
"I see."
Naruto took Silo's hand and led him inside, "Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Sakura-chan! Ten Ten!" the girls waved back, then dived back into their previous conversation.
Silo had always enjoyed it when his father brought him to work, but this time he was slightly upset. He wanted to go to the movies now, not wait until they were done here. But being the patient little boy he was, he stayed by his chichiue's side as the older male made his way to Jiraiya, the old man hanging out around the nail shop, eyeing the asian women with a lecherous grin on his face.
"Being a pervert, like always," Naruto whispered to his son.
"I heard that, Gaki," Jiraiya snorted, moving away from the shop, "here to collect your check?" he smirked, already knowing the answer, "don't spend it on stupid things that won't be useful in the future."
Silo tilted his head to the side, "Chichiue's buying me lots of snacks," he said, his cheeks rosy from the cold weather outside.
"Snacks? For Chri--" he grumbled when a hand was slapped over his mouth.
"I'm using it to buy snacks at the movies," he quickly said, shutting the old man up.
Jiraiya jerked away and scowled, "Whatever, get going, kid. I have a business to run," he handed Naruto his paycheck, then chuckled, "and women to watch."
"Hentai," Silo muttered, his hand still in his father's.
What Silo called the old man had Naruto reeling in laughter, his blue eyes watering and his hand holding the check moving to his stomach. But Jiraiya didn't find it funny. He just shook his head and went back to watching the Vietnamese women, mumbling something along the lines of "like father, like son".
Silo tugged on Naruto's hand, trying to stop his laughter fits, "Chichiue," he whined, "can we go to the movies now?" he wanted to be patient, he really did, but it seemed like whenever he really wanted to do something with his chichiue, fate stomped on his wishes.
"Right, right, let's go!" the blond turned and yelped when he ran into someone, causing him to stumble back, "a-ah, sorry," he looked up and saw a man with silver hair and a mask over his nose and mouth, the cloth crinkled slightly, showing that the man was smiling.
"Your name is Naruto-kun, correct?"
Frowning slightly, Naruto nodded.
"Ah, good," he glanced down at Silo and gave the tiny boy a wave. He blinked his black eyes as the raven huffed and looked away from him, clearly angry. Focusing his attention back on the blond, he chuckled, "You may be familiar with an Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Oh, Teme?" he grinned.
"Yes, I'm his manager. As you might already know, he's an actor," Kakashi watched Naruto nod and he continued, "well, he's having auditions this afternoon at a friend's house and he was wondering if you could attend."
Silo could feel his eyes water, I want to go now...
"Auditions?"
Naruto listened to the scarecrow as he talked about a movie Sasuke wrote a script for. The raven was going to be in the film, but he needed someone to be the main character. Kakashi explained that Sasuke didn't want just some big actor, he wanted someone new. The man didn't go into details of what the movie was about, but it was some kind of tragic romance story.
"What do you say? Just come by and give it a try. I saw some of your acting skills and I think you'll be perfect for the part," Kakashi stated.
The blond gave him a confused look, "What do you mean...?"
"I saw the incident yesterday with that man harrassing your friend," Kakashi watched Naruto make an 'o' with his mouth.
"Well, I..." acting pays good money, doesn't it? I'd be able to give Silo the life he deserves if I make the cut... biting his lip, he said, "what's the address to the house?"
Kakashi smiled underneath his mask and pulled a slip of paper out of his back pocket, slipping it into the blond's hand, "be there at three," he then walked past Naruto, giving Silo a gentle pat on the head.
Silo looked up at his dad, "Chichiue?"
"Silo... can we go to the movies tonight? You said you liked seeing movies during the night, didn't you?"
Pouting, the raven nodded slowly, "But..."
"I want to go to these auditions. Believe me, if I can make it, then you'll have a much better life. All the toys you want, a big home... anything you want," Naruto picked up his little boy and hugged him, "we won't have to live in a cramped apartment anymore and we can eat more than just ramen for lunch and dinner..."
Silo smiled slightly at that thought, "Can I... can I have a pool full of pudding?"
Naruto laughed, "Like I said, anything you want."
"Then I guess we could go tonight..."
It's a miracle that something like this would happen to me... so I'm going to take full advantage of it and make our lives better.
xXxXx
Sasuke glared at Kiba who finally decided to grace the raven with his presence. He was sopping wet, as well as Akamaru, and the dog shook off, lake water going everywhere. The white animal let out a resounding "arf" and trotted up the stairs.
"Kiba," Sasuke tried to keep his anger down, but he was too hungry to do so.
"Yeah?" Kiba turned and grinned, his shaggy brown hair framing his face, water dripping onto the wooden floor.
"When are you going to make breakfast?"
The brunnet blinked, "Oh, yeah... you can't cook worth shit, can you? Well, I guess I could make it now, but I have to take a shower first. I'll be down in fifteen," then he ran upstairs, the old wooden stairs creaking.
Sasuke sighed, then silently watched the front door open, Kakashi stepping in. The man seemed to be radiating a happy vibe, Che, he probably groped a bunch of women.
"He's coming at three," was all Kakashi said before taking a seat next to Sasuke at the table.
"Did he refuse at first?"
"No, he seemed to really want to do it," Kakashi stated.
Sasuke smirked and leaned back, "Probably because of the money. I've been guessing that he has money problems... and what with having a child at such a young age..."
"Does he have a girlfriend?"
"I doubt it. He never mentioned her, it's always his son he talks about."
"Ah, a single parent. Yes, that can be rough," Kakashi rubbed his chin, "then this would be the perfect opportunity for him, wouldn't it? Now I want him to make it," he chuckled, "as you know, I know what it's like to be a single parent."
Sasuke let his smirk slip off of his face.
"But let's not bring that up," the silver-haired manager smiled under his mask, "I think we should set up the equipment for the auditions. We'll have to send a tape of each person into the agency," getting up, he walked to the hall closet. As he opened it, he began pulling out a camera stand and a few different stage type of lights.
Sasuke let the topic slip from his mind as he got up out of his chair.
xXxXx
His stomach rumbled and he pouted as he held his father's hand, the both of them walking back to their apartment complex. They would've taken the car, but they were low on gas and Naruto refused to use Silo's Christmas money on expensive gasoline. Besides, walking is really good exercise.
"We'll stay long enough to eat, then we'll head out the auditions, ok?" Naruto grinned, "and I promise we'll go see whatever movie you want tonight. Except scary movies."
"Hai," Silo mumbled, his belly continuing to growl, "ano... I'm really hungry, Chichiue..."
The blond looked down at his son, noting the miserable expression he was wearing, Using twenty bucks won't hurt anything, he led them off the sidewalk, up through the driveway of Superfresh, "Why don't you run in and pick a few things? We'll sit out by the bank and eat," he grinned.
Silo nodded happily and ran in as fast as he could, bumping into a few customers. Naruto shook his head and smiled, taking his sweet time to go in, "Man, blackberry pomegranate tea sounds good right about now," he unconsciously licked his lips, "and some turkey sandwhiches," he started down the aisle that led to the back where they had the refridgerated items, chuckling as Silo zoomed by him, carry a few snack items.
"Not too much or I won't have enough money for snacks at the movies!"
The crow immediately stopped in his tracks, shoving three bags of cookies onto a random shelf, "Can I have Gatorade, Chichiue?"
"Sure, why not? You need it after walking so much with me this morning," he stopped by the frozen section and pulled out a plastic pack of turkey and swiss chess sandwhiches, "mmmm," he groaned, wanting nothing more than to bite into the deliciously artificial food.
"I'm done!" Silo chirped and ran to his dad's side, jumping up and down with a lunchable, a glacier freeze gatorade, and two bags of dill pickle chips. He smiled cutely, "are you?"
"I will be as soon as I--" he blinked when his son held up a glass bottle of blackberry pomegranate tea.
"You always buy it when we come here," his smile became wider.
"Awww, what a sweet child I've raised!" he ruffled Silo's hair, "now let's go pay and chow down."
"Yosh!" Silo cheered, attracting some of the other shoppers.
xXxXx
"My tummy hurts!" the crow whined.
Naruto tossed the remnants of his sandwhiches (which was basically just the crust) away and brushed the crumbs off of his hands, his left cheek puffed out due to a hunk of remaining turkey in his mouth, "I told you not to eat so fast, Musuko(1)."
Silo rubbed his stomach and kept a steady pace next to his chichiue on the sidewalk, "Maa, are we going to that house now?"
"House? Oh! The auditions? Yeah," he folded his arms behind his head, "if I want to make it on time, might as well get walking now."
"Mmhn," Silo agreed with a quick bob of his head. He pulled up his coat sleeve and looked at his Hamtaro watch, his dark eyes blinking, "ano, Chichiue, it's 2:00... the auditions are at 3:00, ne?"
"A-ah! It's that late already?.!" he hoisted Silo up over his shoulder and began running down the sidewalk, "I'm going to be late!"
"Ch-chichiue!" Silo whined, his cheeks a dusty pink, "put me down!"
"Your stubby legs aren't going to get you anywhere, so you're staying on my shoulder!"
"Chichiue!.!"
(1)- It means "son".
Awwww I adore Silo to bits! Please review!
Next Chapter: The auditions, Sasuke treats Naruto and Silo to lunch, Naruto's phonecall to his ex-girlfriend aka Silo's mother.