A bond thicker than blood

Right guys here is the next chapter.

would like to thank the awesome leila for bing my beta reader, did an awesome job =) who would have though she is from scotland where i go to uni. hehe

sasunaruluv: hehe i am glad you liked it, and i listened to the song planetarium and it was awesome and you are right it does fit the story. ja ne.

well i'll be going back to writing finish the next chapter, hope you enjoy

Chapter 12

They’d gotten home around 1. On their way back they had barely exchanged more than a few sentences between them.
They were both too embarrassed to look at each other, but walking back from the subway station Sasuke had gently taken the blonds hand in his and had held it all the way back to the flat.
Naruto still couldn’t believe that Sasuke had asked to kiss him, much less that he had agreed to it.
They didn’t sleep in the same bed that night or Saturday, they just acted like normal, as if the kiss never happened. It might just have been a moment like when they were young and curious about what a kiss would feel like.

When Sunday came it was time for Sasuke to head back to his room on campus. There seemed to be an awkward silence between them, like the one they had had on Thursday.
Naruto watched as the dark haired boy wandered back and forth from the bathroom to the living room packing his cloths and toiletries, “right, I think I’ve remembered everything” said the dark haired boy, interrupting the blonds’ string of thought.
“Okay” was the only thing the blond boy said while looking away. The thought of how empty the flat would be without Sasuke had just hit him and surprisingly it was a scary thought.
He had grown accustomed to the feeling of knowing that if something happened again, there would be someone there. Well it wasn’t like he would lose it, he had Momochi and Haku but somehow it was different with Sasuke.
The blond watched as Sasuke put on his shoes and took his jacket from where it was hanging. Watching him Naruto felt much the same as when he had walked into Sasuke’s empty house knowing he wouldn’t be there to greet him.

Sasuke watched the sadness in the blond boy’s blue eyes which only added to his own feeling of sadness. All he really wanted to do was hug the boy and tell him he wouldn’t leave.
But he had said that he would stay the week and even though he really wanted to he couldn’t really ask Naruto if he could stay longer, too afraid that he wouldn’t be able to hold back and hurt him, knowing how sensitive Naruto was to being touched and the presence of another person.
“Well I guess I should get going” Sasuke said not looking up at the blond boy. He grabbed the handle on the door and pulled it down hearing the click sound which told him that the door was ready to be pushed open.
Sasuke opened the door slowly and was met with a bright light which made him close his eyes for a couple of seconds before getting used to it. Naruto stood in the door way watching Sasuke as he put his hand in front of his eyes shading them from the bright sun, then the dark haired boy turned to him and smiled, “I’ll see you on Monday”.
The dark haired boy turned his back to Naruto and began walking, NO!! The blond boy screamed inside his head, Sasuke had only managed to take a few steps forward before being stopped by the fact Naruto had taken a hold of his jumper.

Naruto hadn’t noticed that he’d grabbed on to Sasuke’s jumper before he felt the fabric in his hand, and seeing the dark haired boy stop as he too felt the resistance.
The blond boy didn’t look up at first as he noticed Sasuke turning, not sure why he had stopped him. He could only look at the ground.
Well he knew why he had stopped him he just couldn’t admit it to himself, that he would be lonely if Sasuke left. “Naruto?” Sasuke was saying his name which made him feel warm. Naruto looked up at Sasuke, letting go of his jumper and smiled, masking his sadness. “Yeah see you tomorrow”

Sasuke stood outside the main entrance waiting for Naruto; they had made plans to meet each other here before class which started at 10 am.
He looked at his watch, it was already 9.45 and Naruto was still nowhere in sight, he was beginning to get annoyed. He was about to get out his phone and call Naruto when he saw him running towards him in the rain, ah that dobe, he didn’t even bring an umbrella! Sasuke rolled his eyes knowing that the blond would be absolutely soaked.
“Geez dobe, why didn’t you bring an umbrella?” he put his hand on Naruto’s head feeling the wet hair on his hand. Naruto flinched a little and Sasuke immediately pulled his hand away “sorry” he said letting his arm fall to his side.
Naruto was about to say it was ok when Sasuke opened the door to the uni saying they should go and dry him off a little before class.
The blond boy nodded and followed the other boy. Naruto was feeling guilty for flinching away from Sasuke’s touch, it wasn’t like he hated Sasuke touching him, in fact he really enjoyed it and he felt so safe in Sasukes arms, it was just that his body was just reacting automatically thinking it would be his uncle’s touch.

Sasuke took some paper towels from the dispenser in the toilet giving it to Naruto who looked at him with sad eyes. The blond boy thanked the boy putting the paper towels on his head, letting it soak up some of the water.
“Sorry” the blond boy mumbled not looking up at Sasuke, “what?” he asked as he hadn’t heard him.
“I’m sorry” the blond boy said again this time a little louder. Sasuke was confused why was he saying he was sorry “why are you saying that?” he asked bending his head a little in order to see Naruto’s face.
“I’m sorry that I flinched earlier” the blond said lifting his head up to Sasuke’s level again.
“You don’t have to be sorry; I know you don’t like to be touched. It was my fault anyways as I forgot.” He smiled at the blond boy who seemed to be a little happier now, the dark haired boy turned around grabbing some more paper towels.
“If its you, I don’t mind” the blond said with a shy voice almost too low for Sasuke to hear, the dark haired boy looked at the blushing boy in front of him “huh?” was all he could manage to say as he was caught off guard by the blonds straight forwardness.
“I said that as long as it’s you touching me I don’t mind … just … just tell me before you do.”
Naruto was blushing even more now; surprised he even had the guts to say this to the dark haired boy.
“Really?” Naruto could hear the joy in the other boy’s voice, making him feel relieved. “So can I give you a hug now?” the dark haired boy asked, blushing a little as he held out his arms just enough to fit Naruto in-between them.
The blond boy nodded but he was to shy to look up. “But I’m soaking wet” he said. Not caring about the fact that the blond was dripping wet, Sasuke embraced him hugging him tightly.
It felt so right it scared Sasuke a little but he promised himself that he would never let this blond boy go, the dark haired boy smiled as he felt Naruto’s warmth.
“Thank you” he whispered to the blond boy in his arms, Naruto looked into Sasuke’s eyes, seeing his gentle eyes which he had missed for so long.
Suddenly Sasuke’s head came closer; the blond boy knew what was coming and didn’t flinch and instead just closed his eyes. However their lips didn’t touch only their foreheads, he could feel Sasuke’s warm breath, and it was a nice feeling.
“c-can I?” the dark haired boy asked and the blond boy had to smile, it seemed that Sasuke had taken his need for permission dead seriously. “Yeah” he whispered back. The dark haired boy moved his face closer and kissed him.