Disclaimers: Naruto is not mine, sadly. This is purely a fanfic using someone else's characters.
Warnings: This story includes strong language, violence, sexual assault, torture, sexual content (yaoi), & angst.
It's All In Your Head
Chapter 25: Fed
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When Naruto woke up a few hours later, he was surprised to find Sasuke slipping into his cell again. He raised an eyebrow as the raven drew closer.
"Did my thoughts interrupt your beauty sleep again?"
The Uchiha narrowed his eyes. "I didn't come here to fight."
Naruto sat up on his cot, the sharp clinking of his restraints momentarily drawing Sasuke's eyes down to his bound wrists and shackled ankles, and the chains snaking beneath them. The sight of them immediately pissed him off. He clenched his jaw, then raised his eyes to meet the blonde's curious gaze.
"Why are you here, Sasuke?"
The raven walked over and lowered himself onto the cot, sitting next to the surprised blonde. He handed over the food packets he had swiped, and a canteen filled with water. "Here" he murmured.
Naruto could only stare. "I assume you don't have permission to do any of this."
Sasuke's expression darkened. "What makes you think that I need permission to do anything I do?"
Naruto grabbed the supplies and tore open one of the packets, chewing on a block of flavorless yet filling granola. "Is that an actual question?" Naruto asked around a mouthful. "Have you seen yourself around that snake-bastard?"
He swallowed and threw back a gulp of water from the canteen, then glanced over at the raven, failing to notice his growing anger.
"I'm surprised he doesn't have you on a fucking leash."
Sasuke snarled and lunged at the blonde, forcing him back down onto the cot. The food scattered across the floor, the canteen- luckily sealed- skidded to a stop halfway across the cell.
Naruto looked longingly at his half-eaten food before turning to glare up at the raven. "What the hell! Why bring me food if you're just going to-"
"Shut up" Sasuke growled. "Just shut the fuck up. What the hell do you know!"
Naruto grated his teeth, irritation flashing in his eyes. He brought up his bound hands and pushed against the Uchiha's chest. "Get off of me, asshole."
"No. You're going to fucking listen to me."
"Uhhhh.. fine." Naruto dropped back on the mattress and looked up at the irate Uchiha. "What, Sasuke? What did I do that's so fucking terrible?"
The Uchiha leaned in, low raven strands falling forward, teasing Naruto's face as he met Sasuke's cold obsidian eyes. He kept his thoughts locked tight, refusing to allow the teme to know how violently his heart slammed against his chest as he moved closer..
How his gaze kept drifting down to Sasuke's lips- wondering what they tasted like now.
How enticing his half open robe was, and how badly he wanted to sink his fingers in that long silky hair..
He couldn't know.
Not yet at least.
So he kept those feelings buried and focused on his irritation- letting the sting of Sasuke leaving, and of what he's become, fill his mind instead.
Sasuke watched the blonde bury his emotions fast and wondered over what laid just beneath the surface. Clearly not your fucking hostility, since you have no problem sharing that with me.
"If you have something to say" the blonde growled, "then say it."
Sasuke's jaw tightened. "You have no right to come here and assume anything about me, Naruto. You don't even fucking know me!"
Naruto's eyes flashed with anger. "Are you kidding me? I don't know you?"
"No, you don't. Not anymore."
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Oh yes, because you've changed so much." He tried to sit up and push the raven back, but his bound wrists and weakened state had him at a disadvantage. He dropped back down again with a sigh. "You're still an asshole" Naruto mumbled. "You still think you're so fucking mysterious. You're still not. And you're not as clever as you think you are."
Sasuke grabbed his jaw in a tight grip and leaned close, red bleeding into his narrowed eyes. "Anything else?"
I know what you're planning, Sasuke. And it's not going to work.
Sasuke froze. His sharingan slipped away, and he stared down at the blonde with wide dark eyes.
What are you talking about?
"Will you get off of me already?"
"Not until you answer me."
Naruto tried to pull his face away, but Sasuke tightened his grip, holding him still.
"Jesus- don't you think I'm already fucking tied down enough as it is around here?" Naruto shook his wrists, letting the chain clank violently against his shackles. "I'm clearly not going anywhere."
Sasuke studied him for a moment, then pulled away. He rose to his feet, picked up the canteen and food from the floor, and moved back to the blonde. Naruto held his hands out for it, but Sasuke pulled it out of reach.
Naruto rolled his eyes. "Really, Sasuke?"
Tell me what you meant.
Naruto sighed. Orochimaru already knows you plan on killing him.
Sasuke stared at him. How could you possibly know that?
Kyuubi could sense it. Orochimaru is planning on betraying you first. Your plan isn't going to work.
He looked up. "Now give me my food."
Sasuke didn't move. Betray me how?
Naruto huffed as he awkwardly got off the cot. He shuffled over and snatched the food back. "How the fuck am I supposed to know?"
He turned back towards his cot, but Sasuke grabbed his arm and forced him to stop. "Why are you telling me this?"
The blonde took a big bite of granola and gave a sly smile. "Because you fed me."
I could go for some ramen next time though.
Sasuke dropped his hand and watched the blonde meander back to his cot, settling in like he wasn't a prisoner- like it didn't even faze him that he had been captured by Orochimaru and tortured by Kabuto,
like..
like he wants to be here.
His eyes shot over to stare at the blonde. Naruto glanced up at the shocked raven and grinned.
Something on your mind, Sasuke?
Author Note:
Ok, anyone else loving this sassy, hardened by life, Naruto? I'm having so much fun writing him as someone who stopped just letting people mistreat him- someone confident, strong, yet still damaged enough for shit to seep in at times. Mostly because Sasuke is so thrown off by who he is now.
Anyways, I hope he's as fun to read as he is to write. :)