Sorry, it has been a while! This chapter is a little different and more like a nice add to it all. Naruto's POV! Sorry it's also a bit shorter than the rest...

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The mood had not improved once they had gotten home. Naruto had kept his mouth shut on purpose, not wanting to deal with this weird angry vibe he got from Sasuke. He was sure he had done nothing to anger Sasuke, but in all honesty, he didn't know the raven that well. During those months together it had always been about him. Naruto had been the point of every conversation they had, even if it had been silly likes and dislikes. Of course he had asked his questions, like what kind of job do you have or do you have any siblings, but it had always been plain answers. Never a good story attached to it.

And now that it wasn't all about Naruto anymore, he often caught himself wondering. Were there things he didn't know about Sasuke? There must be plenty actually. Somehow Naruto felt himself craving all the information, needing to know what kind of life Sasuke had before all of this had happened. Before they had ever even met.

Many would now think that Naruto was only attracted to Sasuke, because of the way he was cared for. But that wasn't the case. There was just something about the raven, something that kept pulling Naruto in. Naruto had wanted to fight at some point, had wanted to push Sasuke away, but he couldn't. And now being able to wake up to Sasuke's face every morning was the most incredible thing that had ever happened.

Naruto's life had never been easy and the cancer was just the cherry on top of everything. When he was first diagnosed somewhere he had been grateful. It may sound silly, but it felt like it was finally over. If he would just not fight the cancer, he would have died fast and then all of his problems would've disappeared. A weird easy way out it seemed.

But of course Gaara had told him to fight, showed how much he cared for Naruto and the blonde had cheered up a little, sort of. More like got drunk at a party and made some stranger have sex with him. Thank god that stranger had been Sasuke. Vaguely Naruto remembered that Sasuke didn't seem like the kind type at all and that had been the very reason why drunk him had gone for the guy. No strings attached. Apparently there had been. All in a good way of course. It still had been the best decision Naruto had ever made and it had changed his life.

Sasuke knew what Naruto's life was like before all this. The raven had asked and of course Naruto had just told him everything. Not that he did that with everyone, but when those dark eyes stared at you, you just had to do whatever Sasuke told you to do.

So the long story came out on how Naruto had lost both his parents in some kind of weird car accident where they had both protected him, which caused them to lose their lives, but for Naruto to stay unharmed. Then there was foster care where he had met Gaara and his siblings and soon the two got very close.

It took years before some kind of relative showed up and took Naruto out and even after that the blonde rarely saw him. So he had mostly been on his own. Gaara's sister was eventually old enough to take care of both her little brothers, so they stayed with her and they saw each other less and less. It had been a lonely time for a teenaged boy. Naruto didn't have many friends, even in high school no one really took notice of him. But he might've done that all by himself. He was the weird kid that needed too much attention. At that point he didn't see the difference between bad attention and good attention. He just wanted it.

Eventually Naruto found his way out of some dark patches in his life and attended college. He got himself an okay job that paid enough for him to get his own apartment, even if it didn't look too great, and he had done okay again. Accept he still felt alone. Even now that Gaara lived closer by and stopped by more often. It didn't matter. The guys he had dated hadn't helped either. They all left anyway and Naruto told himself that was all people really did. They leave.

His parents left, his caretaker left, Gaara left, but he was still waiting on Sasuke to leave. Every day he would wake up and think that Sasuke wouldn't come back and he told himself he would be okay with that, because that is what people did.

And then there was that faithful night where Sasuke hadn't shown up all day and Naruto couldn't take it anymore. He had to know where the raven was, what was going on, if he was ever coming back. So he had snuck out of bed, desperately needing to get to a phone. Thankfully Sakura had been away from her desk, giving Naruto the opportunity to use her phone. To hear Sasuke's voice had been the best thing then and Naruto could feel himself crave the raven again, even if he wasn't doing so well and he shouldn't have been out of bed.

Then the memory came back on how many times Naruto had made Sasuke promise to never leave and how the raven always promised. And it scared him, it scared Naruto how attached he had gotten to Sasuke. The raven really could not leave him. Naruto would break again, shatter to pieces, and this time he was sure there was no recovery. That hole would be so deep that it would be impossible to climb out. He was too attached, maybe even too dependent on Sasuke.

But he didn't want out. Gaara had told him so many times already. That Sasuke is not good for you. How would his friend even know? Like he had ever met the guy before? Naruto had never seen Sasuke before all of this and he wasn't even aware of the fact that Gaara and Neji knew each other. They were from different environments. It was what made Naruto realise that Sasuke was quite wealthy. Neji came from a well-known family and Naruto knew they only hang out with others that were just as wealthy. But Gaara wasn't and still they were friends of some sort. Rumours were that Gaara was dating someone of the inner group of Neji, but Naruto wasn't told who exactly. Annoying, but before this they had also been focused on Naruto and his disease and after that there hadn't been any time to talk about it, especially not when Sasuke acted so moody.

Still it was strange that Gaara didn't want him to date Sasuke, when he was also getting involved with people like him. What was so wrong about Sasuke? His last name had sounded familiar, but even when he found out it was one of the big companies of the village it still didn't say much. And Gaara just didn't want to say why Naruto shouldn't be dating Sasuke. So in the end Naruto just didn't care about Gaara's opinion anymore. Especially not now he felt so much closer to Sasuke than to Gaara.

It was like Gaara was his brother, always had been. That is how they treated each other and that was why Gaara was so protective and felt the need to approve of who Naruto was dating. But Sasuke, Sasuke was his lover, his best friend, his everything. Just the thought of him alone made Naruto's heart race. Never did he want to be parted from the raven again. Naruto hadn't fought a lot in life, but for Sasuke he would. Just to keep him there. He just had to.

Blue eyes then locked with black and Naruto could see how his lips were still a thin line, showing of how agitated he still was. But those eyes were different. Whenever they looked at him it was as if something changed. They became warmer, inviting almost. He had seen the cold stare Sasuke gave others a lot, but whenever he looked at Naruto it was just not there.

But now those dark eyes also held some worry and Naruto cocked his head to the side in a curious manner. Was something wrong? Sasuke came closer and closer and suddenly there was a soft hand against his chin, tilting his head up and forcing Naruto to look up higher.

'Are you hurting?' Sasuke asked softly, his eyes now moving all over Naruto's body to check if something was amiss. 'You have been standing here for the past fifteen minutes.'

Naruto had not even noticed. He had been so deep in thought, just remembering things and realising things. 'I'm fine,' he murmured, leaning in Sasuke's touch. His arms went around Sasuke's back and he snuggled himself closer to the raven.

Confused now Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto and just hugged him back. Not like he would reject a hug from Naruto, but he was still a bit worried. Naruto never just randomly stood somewhere in the living room and stared in front of him for minutes long.

'You won't ever leave me, right Sasuke?'

'Of course not.'

And I hope you guys understood now that Gaara isn't really interested in Naruto! I don't like the other guy getting involved, but Sasuke just seem like the jealous type. So I promise no drama love triangle thing!

Characters © Masashi Kishimoto

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