Scene 1: Alone (after the Naruto Bridge mission, before his departure to Ron's house)
Sasuke should have gotten used to being alone and for the most part he has since what had happened in his clan.
Knowing that when he arrived at the apartment he started living in no one was going to be there to greet him was devastating at first but Sasuke was always a quiet person and he could easily get used to that silence of nothingness and the order he gave to each of the objects in the place, there was nothing he didn't want, no insignificant ornament or some portrait placed next to the nightstand, there were only the essential things in his bedroom, a shelf full of his clan's things, a desk, a dresser and a large bed. But all that was okay, he had a goal, there was no reason to focus on something as stupid as some flowers or a painting to decorate.
That's why he blinked several times when he reached the address they had given him in the Hokage tower, he had to find Naruto and tell him that tomorrow the missions... those damn D-rank missions would be delayed even more than they normally were because of his sensei who loved to be late. It was Kakashi himself who had asked if he could inform the rest of the team, having forgotten to do so himself.
Finding Sakura's house was an easy task, she lived in one of the civilian districts so she had been babbling around her like a human choking on air, she saw the girl sitting on her bed wearing pink pajamas drying her hair before she gave a big yawn, Sasuke walked over to the window and knocked on it, the girl confused and frowning turned around even in the middle of a yawn only to snap her mouth shut and start screaming, Sasuke's eyes widened, what was wrong with her now? She was blushing and pulled the covers of her bed over her -s-Sasuke kun what are you doing here? - she asked softly.
-Kakashi sensei asked me to inform you that the missions would be delayed tomorrow, we will meet at the same place at one in the afternoon - Sasuke wants to click his tongue, but he is too proud to admit that he was fed up with having to wait for sensei every day.
-A-Yeah… thank you very much - Sakura didn't seem to want to talk now and Sasuke didn't understand, he had already seen the pink-haired girl in pajamas before during the bridge mission, Sasuke simply nods and walks away from the window jumping onto the roof of the house in front, now to find Naruto's apartment…
…
... huh?
Sasuke stood confused in the same place, he was a genius, but he didn't know where to look for his blonde companion, look in the civilian area? It was likely, Naruto was a civilian before becoming a ninja, right?... maybe not. In the clan estates area? In the shinobi area?
Maybe it would be best to go ask about it, but who did he know that knew where Naruto lived? Did the Nara, Akimichi or Inuzuka boy know?... Sasuke really didn't want to ask any of them, the Nara would give him that narrowed-eyed look as soon as he came out, probably only showing interest when he asked if he knew where Naruto lived, the Inuzuka was a loudmouth and he didn't want to confront him and the Akimichi... well... the Akimichi estate was very far away.
Sasuke wanted to go back to his own apartment and study the same scrolls of his clan that he had read since he was little. That was when he thought of going to the hokage tower to ask, it was a good idea, after all they had Naruto's file with his location...
As much as it sounded like a feasible idea and he went for it, he never expected so much security in between, he went to the room where the person who could give him the information he was looking for attended and behind that person was the sealed room where the file cabinets were that contained all the information of the ninjas, missions and among other things. First he introduced himself as a member of team seven led by Kakashi Hatake and then he asked for the address of his teammate Naruto Uzumaki's home... the person didn't give him what he was looking for shortly after and that was fine but he didn't understand why he received a look full of distrust towards him. What had he done to receive it? They asked him for many things, such as his identification number as a ninja, the number of missions he has completed to check his own file and many other things before the person, still with some misgivings, gave him the information, at least Sasuke can be sure that the files behind that sealed door are being protected.
It was then that he finally traveled to the place where Naruto lived, it was one of the neighborhoods between the north and the south, a civilian neighborhood, in a two-story building that looked very old and worn by time, maybe that was why he had blinked several times in front of the door before knocking... one... two... three... four... was he already asleep? It wasn't that late and they didn't do anything too tiring during the day, in fact, there weren't any missions at all since they returned, they had the two weeks off and now they had started.
- Dobe! - Sasuke exclaims, there was no way the echo of his voice wouldn't pass through the thin wood that pretended to be a door.
I hear footsteps suddenly, they were loud and fast before the door opened and blue eyes looked at him -I had felt your… but I thought you were trying to trick me- Naruto was mumbling nonsense when he opened the door completely revealing that he was in a white t-shirt and orange long underwear, Sasuke could… see Naruto's breasts much better than with that long orange coat, something that made him look away keeping his gaze fixed on a spot on the wall inside Naruto's house -What was it that you wanted? - Naruto suddenly asks standing on his tiptoes so that Sasuke could look her in the eyes -How did you know he lived here? -She turns around a little curious.
-I asked- Naruto puffed his cheeks a little at that, wanting to be told more than that- Tomorrow the missions will be delayed and wah!- Naruto threw Sasuke inside his apartment.
- Eat with me ttebayo! I was heating up the ramen, can I give you one? - Sasuke shakes himself free from Naruto's grip, she just lets out a laugh before closing the front door and going inside.
Sasuke didn't want to enter the idiot's house but strangely he couldn't leave... it was like a strange twist in the bottom of his stomach, he looked around seeing the apartment, it wasn't much, a bed that came with a mattress that looked old and hard with some blankets that seemed to have been sewn many times, a nightstand next to the bed, a door that surely led to the bathroom, on the other side was the kitchen... equally worn and finally a table that only had one chair, but somehow it felt different from his own apartment, was it because of the amount of clothes on the bed and on the floor? because of the hundreds of jars of instant ramen in the place where the dishes were washed? Or because of the rabbit stuffed animal next to the pillow? Although it felt cold and lonely like his own home, it had… color, it was filled with Naruto's things here and there, this would be the place Naruto would call his own and… he clearly noticed the delay on the nightstand… it was the photo of team seven, the frame seemed to have been handmade.
He never felt that apartment as his home when the third hokage gave it to him... he never made it his own, he took care of it as if it belonged to someone else, he didn't take up more space than he needed... maybe because he didn't have that affection for his own place either... he felt that way for Konoha as such... this wasn't his home , he didn't have a home .
- Hey! - Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts only to see Naruto reaching for her - it's hot! - she lets out a squeal and Sasuke takes it.
-you should have left it on the table-
- I did! But you weren't paying attention to me so I brought it to you... well actually why don't you get out of the way? I only have one chair but we can eat on my bed or on the floor ttebayo - Sasuke looks at the noodles and chopsticks placed on the bowl, watching Naruto quickly move around the place taking his own bowl and sitting on the floor stretching his legs out, pressing his back against the bed, before pointing to the spot next to him - Come! -
- Why did you want me to stay? – Sasuke suddenly asks, Naruto moves his little feet, she was about to take the first sip when Sasuke asks.
-... no friend has been to my house before - she mutters under her breath making it difficult to hear what she had said, she had a smile on her face - at first I was confused, then angry at the person who told you where I lived and then I thought "Sasuke is here" and "we can be together before I leave the day after tomorrow" and we are friends! You are the first friend I have brought to my house! - Sasuke sees how Naruto almost drops his drink, he avoids correcting the fact that she brought him.
-I see- Sasuke looks at the noodles thinking- What makes this place so old your home? - The question escapes him before he can even contain it and Naruto gasps, puffing out his cheeks and pouting.
- It's not a bad place! It's my home… it's the first place I could truly call my own - Sasuke looks interested but waits for Naruto to connect the words - I used to live… in a place bigger than this, there were lots of hallways to walk through and explore, also people… but it was also twice as… sad in a way, people didn't smile, they didn't talk much and… they were broken - Naruto takes another sip of his noodles before continuing - this place may be old and worn out, but I filled it with my stuff and made sure it felt like mine -
-… don't you feel lonely? -… Naruto wrinkles his nose and the blue of his eyes darken, the smile he had becomes sadder with that expression.
-Yes... but not so much since Team Seven was created, haven't you felt it? - Naruto, still with the chopsticks in his hand, presses his hand against his chest, where his heart is, it was not only that, when she returned from Hogwarts she felt... more hurt than normal when entering where she lived, it was strange, she had shared a dormitory for nine months with other people who were her friends and now, there was no more laughter or complaints... a lot of silence, one that had been healed when she graduated from the academy.
feel it? Sasuke thinks about it, before when he woke up or had to go to the academy or had to train, he never bothered to look for anyone to be with, so he spent the days alone, maybe that's why sometimes his heart hurt when he entered the place where he lived.
But then Team Seven came into his life. In the morning he would get ready in that lonely place, but with the difference that when he left he knew he would find Naruto and Sakura waiting for him, only to get stressed together when Kakashi didn't arrive when they clearly agreed that they would arrive at nine!
When the day ended he returned to the apartment and that feeling that was so painful before had weakened because he knew that tomorrow the same routine would follow, somehow, being here eating instant ramen on the floor next to Naruto made Sasuke feel safe as strange as it was... as if it were his home.
Sasuke doesn't say anything causing Naruto to frown but it evaporates when Sasuke takes the jar and slurps the noodles before looking at her. "I don't know what you mean." Sasuke stretches out resting his head against the mattress. Did Naruto really sleep on that thing?
- Liar! - Naruto exclaims and finishes the last sip, watching as Sasuke smiles.
-it's okay… it feels good -….
Scene 2: Annoyed (This scene is from Naruto's first year at Hogwarts, I didn't get around to posting it so I deleted it completely and saved it in another Word. It's finished now and I might put it in the first year rewrite I'm doing)
Draco didn't understand Uzumaki's obsession with that legend he knew, for him it was interesting to hear of course but nothing more than that.
- Draco! - Draco jumped at the high-pitched, somewhat shrill voice behind him, he wasn't the only one, Craig and Goyle did too, they even seemed to have wanted to make a pretense of hiding if they weren't clearly bigger than Draco himself.
- Malfoy - she complains crossing her arms and raising her head, standing even taller than before, Uzumaki was an annoying dwarf. Uzumaki didn't seem to understand, she turned her head slightly looking confused, she bounced on her feet with intensity - call me Malfoy and how dare you -
- Tell me! -Uzumaki exclaims interrupting Draco - Tell me the legend! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! –
-No, it's a waste of time for me to tell something so long to someone like you - he was dismissive as he pointed at Uzumaki with a finger, the blonde seemed to have stopped jumping and started pouting.
-Go on - Craig accompanies pushing with one hand.
-Nobody needs you here - Goyle answers, pretending to push Uzumaki, but even when he did, the blonde didn't move. Goyle's eyes widened; he had pushed hard enough.
- Come on, tell me! It doesn't cost you anything, ttebayo! -Uzumaki waves his arms to each side and takes another step, Draco steps back -Draco –
-I told you not to call me by my name and the answer is still no, I guess you think you're such a big deal because people around you approach you, but they're also just fools just like you –Draco ends up seeing how Uzumaki frowns –I've already told you, I won't do it, I'm leaving –
Draco could say that he came out undefeated and that from that day on he received bad looks and that Uzumaki never came near him again... but that was just a nice dream from which it took him less than two hours to wake up.
-Draco -Draco jumps as he almost drops the glass jar, he had just left the potions class when he sees the blonde waiting for him by the wall with a smile- will you tell me the legend?! -the Slytherins raised an eyebrow at that as they passed by, they murmured "if Draco Malfoy had become friends with the beloved Uzumaki?" something that filled Draco with anger and shame.
- How dare you speak to me as a half-blood?! - Uzumaki neighs when he sees Potter come out of the classroom and scowl at Draco.
-Let's go Naruto, I don't know why you obsessed over this idiot- Harry murmurs to Naruto, but she doesn't move -Come on, I heard there's dessert for dinner- that does get Naruto moving, with a bright look, his stomach growled and he ran to accompany Harry who lets out a giggle at that, leaving Draco alone to complain, Craig and Goyle didn't understand what he was complaining about as they walked, he hoped it was the last time.
-Draco –
-Draco –
- ¡Draco! –
... Draco wanted to throw everything away and change schools, preferably the farthest one, Uzumaki had him fed up, really to the point where one time he even saw it in the soup...
Scene 3 : A gift (This scene is set between the first and second year)
Draco slammed his face into the desk in his bedroom, letting out a groan shortly after at the pain, he lifted his head and rested his chin before looking again at the pile of papers with crooked writing. He still couldn't believe that he had read the content twice, well maybe it was believable that he had done that because he didn't have much else to do. His parents were downstairs having a meeting since the morning with other families and...
He was bored to death, he finally straightens up, his father would scold him if he saw him leaning like that. He thinks for a few seconds what to do until he decides to turn around in his chair and open one of the drawers in the desk, he could do his summer homework and kill time like that.
He grabbed the potions book and was about to put it on the desk when a small card fell to the floor. Draco squinted for a few seconds, looking at it still on the floor without knowing or remembering what said object was, finally he picks it up and turns it over. "Oh it was," he mutters under his breath when he recognizes the Japanese and the dates at the bottom of the paper. The birthday of the annoying blonde who had sent him the letter he had reread twice. "... It's his birthday, right?" The security he had last year was breaking a little. Uzumaki would have to celebrate his birthday at Hogwarts, Draco shrugs and puts the card aside. Uzumaki wouldn't be alone, he would have many people around him and surely they would send him gifts from... where... he lives.
He opened the book and prepared the scroll to begin the task. He was not the boy's friend, nor his companion, he was inferior and… wait.
Draco held the quill he was going to write with a few centimeters above the paper, the ink dripping a few seconds later, creating a black stain. Nobody gave Uzumaki presents at Hogwarts last year and he only found out it was his birthday because of the blond's own mistake of leaving the card between one of the books in the library. As if his birthday wasn't something relevant.
Draco's birthdays were really good, they bought him things he liked and he received a big cake. This year they were taking him to see the annual quidditch game on the other side of the country. He was happy about that, it also helped him endure boredom in the process, he wouldn't tolerate them forgetting that date, without presents or cakes... Not only that... being forgotten in any way gave him the creeps.
But Uzumaki… for the entire day of October 10th, he smiled happily and never said anything, he just let it happen without telling anyone it seemed…
"I had one of the best years of my life and…"
"That was partly thanks to you, I'm glad we're friends"
Uzumaki's eyes were shining brightly as his friend proclaimed, no matter how rude or mean Draco or anyone else was, if that person said hello the next day, Naruto would say hello back, even if it was with puffed out cheeks and a pout on his lips.
Draco put the quill aside and then asked out loud without realizing it - What would that fool like? -….
Scene 5 : I Like It (set sometime during the finals of the chunnin exams, at Hogwarts)
-I think Angelina is really pretty- Fred carelessly comments to his brother, he was lying in bed, eating gummy worms that sometimes squirmed between his fingers. George was sitting on the floor with his back against the bed.
- Are you planning on asking her out? - George asks as he points his wand towards the bedroom window, not like he's going to cast a spell on her.
-Ooh can I be the ring boy Fred? -Lee Jordan gets up from his lying position on the bed while asking that.
-Of course not - Fred shrugs before turning over in bed on his stomach, now seeing George still pointing his wand at the window - What's Whiskers doing? - George jumps at that turning his head to Fred - that's what you were thinking right? It's easy to read you -
George rolls his eyes and just smiles. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
-Oh please -Lee Jordan says getting up from the bed- maybe not many people can notice, since you are not the type to blush or get nervous, but you are definitely more careful with Naruto-
-You smile like that - Fred tries to imitate and it would be an almost exact replica until George throws the gummy worm in his face, only for him to take it and simply bite it before continuing - or as usual you stare at him for a longer time, staying silent. You should ask him out! - Fred encourages.
-You seem even more excited about the fact that I like Whiskers than you do about the fact that you like Angelina - George scoffs, raising his eyebrows and smiling - should I be worried? -
-Well, Whiskers is adorable, funny, and really bright, plus that would make me Whiskers' brother-in-law! - Fred lists easily making George shake his head.
-Whatever, it's not like we were going to date or anything someday - that makes both Fred and Lee say in chorus:
- Because?! -
- Whiskers is… - George points the wand towards the window again and spins it in small circles – younger than me –
-Oh come on, it's two years difference –
-that's almost nothing-
-And I'm happy with the way things are now. - George feels how they stare at him heavily, making him want to laugh, it seems that Fred was already planning his wedding - I don't feel jealous when Whiskers spends time with other people. I just like to see him happy and besides... wouldn't that make you the third wheel? -
- Hey! - Fred gasps in mock indignation, before simply sighing and shrugging. - Whatever bro, but maybe one day you'll want to do it and it'll be too late -
-It's not like I can't tell him that I like him or that I think he's really cute- Lee and Fred look at him again with narrowed eyes - What? -
-You have it wrong.-
-really bad -