Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
A/N: I decided to give Sasunaru month a try in English this year, so here you have it. This is a collection of individual and mostly unrelated drabbles. Both Sasunaru and Narusasu tropes will be included and each chapter will have its own warnings, as well as a tag to specify if it's SN or NS.
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Prompt #11: Under the stars (-)
Warnings: Continuation of days 5 and 6. Fantasy tropes.
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It had been one month since Sasuke arrived here.
He still didn't quite understand it himself, but when Naruto told him there was no way back until spring, he'd told the truth. No matter how many different paths he took, or how many times he tried, he just couldn't find his way back home.
Naruto followed him around, a 'told you so' glance every time he failed in his quest. Sometimes he tailed behind him in his fox form, sometimes in human form, but he never left him alone.
"I'm just keeping you safe. Wouldn't want to end as demon grub, would you?" he'd said when Sasuke had asked why he never left him alone.
It escaped his comprehension, really, why Naruto was helping him. Sasuke had done nothing but tried to kill him since they met. Granted, he had thought he was a regular fox back then, but still. Naruto never really answered his question, only redirected them at him.
The aura of the forest wasn't too friendly, but not fully hostile either. Most spirits here, according to Naruto, were pretty gentle and liked to keep to themselves, but there was one thing they had to take into account… Sasuke was a human, and the creatures of the forest didn't like humans. It was nothing personal, Naruto had reassured him, it was just how it was, and some of those creatures were in reality just wary and cautious at Sasuke being able to cross the barrier. But even if they weren't naturally evil, Naruto still warned Sasuke against going out on his own.
So here he was, sitting on the grass under a starry sky next to the one damned fox he couldn't manage to kill.
He'd left his archery asset in Naruto's home. There weren't any arrows left anyway, and it's not like making more would help in his situation. If he got attacked by a demon, a simple arrow would do nothing against it, really.
Besides, as long as Naruto was with him, nothing would happen to him. Or at least that's what he hoped. He didn't know if Naruto had any ulterior motives for helping him. Doing it out of the kindness of his soul just didn't make sense to him. Could he trust Naruto to keep him safe and then help him return home? Sasuke didn't know the answer.
Trying to clear his thoughts, he looked up to the sky. The stars were beautiful, and he swore they looked different here than at home. They seemed to shine with light colors, like pink, yellow, blue… Almost imperceptible to the eyes, but still there. It was undoubtedly beautiful.
"The stars are so pretty here…" he murmured, mostly to himself, but catching Naruto's attention. "I don't think they've ever looked like this back home."
"Hm… Makes sense, it's not really the same sky. Here everything is surrounded by some kind of magic," was Naruto's laconic answer. "But yeah, I've never seen something more beautiful."
Sasuke tilted his head to look at him, and realized Naruto wasn't really looking at the sky like he was, but at him. It made him feel a bit uneasy, thinking Naruto's words might not really be expressing what they seemed.
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A/N: So we have a third part. Will there be a fourth? Only time will tell. haha Hope you enjoyed! :)