Black as Blood
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Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male
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Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
19
Views:
1,325
Reviews:
88
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XVIX
XVIX
Naruto stood watching Sasuke as the brunette adjusted his new flak jacket, his hands smoothing over the different pockets, hidden weaponry fitted into the reinforced cloth just in case. Sasuke’s hands slid up over his neck, over his cheeks, to his forehead, where a shiny new hitai-ate sat, gleaming proudly in the morning light. The brunette finally turned to Naruto, giving the blonde an almost nervous smile, moving over to collect his satchel. Naruto could only grin as he followed his lover from their new apartment, the pair moving from their building to another one, Sasuke giving one last look to Naruto as they stepped onto the grounds, the blonde moving to stand with the other jounin as Sasuke moved to stand beside Iruka. Naruto watched Sasuke’s head tilt toward Iruka’s, their lips moving in low discussion. Naruto and Kakashi could only fathom what the two were talking about.
Then the students started filing into the yard, the next generation of Konoha and those who didn’t quite make it genin rank. Naruto watched the teachers file into the school building with the students for orientation, the jounin slowly dispersing with each passing moment. Kakashi could only smile at Naruto as he put his hand on the younger man’s shoulder, leading him from the schoolyard if only to give the blonde something to occupy himself with.
“He’ll be okay, right, Kaka-sensei?” Naruto asked as he and his former sensei sat in Ichiraku and slurped at bowls of ramen.
“It’s Sasuke, Naruto. If he can handle you and me, I think he can handle a bunch of ten year olds.”
Naruto looked up and toward the school, smiling. “Hope you’re right, Kaka-sensei.”
But Naruto couldn’t be satisfied just with words. Eventually he sauntered over to the school and leapt up into the trees surrounding the building, looking for the room that Sasuke had been given. He found it and made a perch on the branch of the tree, watching the brunette in the classroom. Sasuke looked amazing standing before his class, nearly regal in his new flak jacket and hitai-ate, body accented and hidden with the standard black shirt and pants that most ninja wore. He was gesturing toward a few students, mouth moving in words Naruto couldn’t understand but from the book Naruto figured it was a history lesson. The children were leaning forward attentively, watching Sasuke pace back and forth across the floor, finally closing the book and giving a lecture without the book. Then the bell rang, the children filing out with the speed of kids who wanted to be at lunch and recess instead of sitting in class. Sasuke moved to the window then, opening the portal to lean out, looking up at Naruto.
The blonde smiled a greeting. “Hey.”
“Hey yourself. I think I can handle this by myself, Naruto. I’m a big boy.”
Naruto laughed. “I know. Just, well, I know Kakashi’s bothering Iruka right now.”
“Like sensei, like apprentice.” Sasuke replied with a smile. Naruto leapt from the branch to the sill, crouching there and watching Sasuke. The brunette canted his head to look at the blonde, giving him a smile.
“Hey,” Naruto said, after a moment, “You think… if everything had gone differently, we’d still be here, right here, like this?”
“Even if I hadn’t defected, even if we hadn’t gone through all the shit we’ve been through,” Sasuke replied, his voice soft, “I think we’d still be here. But I believe, because of all the crap we’ve gone through, we’ve become better people, stronger, for it.”
Naruto canted his head and smiled, shifting to enter the classroom as Sasuke drew back. The pair stood there, alone in that room, their eyes moving to the open window and the sky beyond. It seemed ages ago that they stood here like this as children, watching that same sky, watching those same clouds, those same birds, move away year after year, and always come back. They watched that sky and looked back at each other, smiling.
“Let’s go join Iruka-sensei and Kaka-sensei for lunch, huh?” Naruto asked his lover with a grin. Sasuke nodded and took Naruto’s hand into his own.
“Yeah,”
And suddenly that sky, the same sky that seemed so impossible to reach, seemed just a bit closer, as if Naruto and Sasuke had only to reach out their joined hands to catch it.
~Owari~
Naruto stood watching Sasuke as the brunette adjusted his new flak jacket, his hands smoothing over the different pockets, hidden weaponry fitted into the reinforced cloth just in case. Sasuke’s hands slid up over his neck, over his cheeks, to his forehead, where a shiny new hitai-ate sat, gleaming proudly in the morning light. The brunette finally turned to Naruto, giving the blonde an almost nervous smile, moving over to collect his satchel. Naruto could only grin as he followed his lover from their new apartment, the pair moving from their building to another one, Sasuke giving one last look to Naruto as they stepped onto the grounds, the blonde moving to stand with the other jounin as Sasuke moved to stand beside Iruka. Naruto watched Sasuke’s head tilt toward Iruka’s, their lips moving in low discussion. Naruto and Kakashi could only fathom what the two were talking about.
Then the students started filing into the yard, the next generation of Konoha and those who didn’t quite make it genin rank. Naruto watched the teachers file into the school building with the students for orientation, the jounin slowly dispersing with each passing moment. Kakashi could only smile at Naruto as he put his hand on the younger man’s shoulder, leading him from the schoolyard if only to give the blonde something to occupy himself with.
“He’ll be okay, right, Kaka-sensei?” Naruto asked as he and his former sensei sat in Ichiraku and slurped at bowls of ramen.
“It’s Sasuke, Naruto. If he can handle you and me, I think he can handle a bunch of ten year olds.”
Naruto looked up and toward the school, smiling. “Hope you’re right, Kaka-sensei.”
But Naruto couldn’t be satisfied just with words. Eventually he sauntered over to the school and leapt up into the trees surrounding the building, looking for the room that Sasuke had been given. He found it and made a perch on the branch of the tree, watching the brunette in the classroom. Sasuke looked amazing standing before his class, nearly regal in his new flak jacket and hitai-ate, body accented and hidden with the standard black shirt and pants that most ninja wore. He was gesturing toward a few students, mouth moving in words Naruto couldn’t understand but from the book Naruto figured it was a history lesson. The children were leaning forward attentively, watching Sasuke pace back and forth across the floor, finally closing the book and giving a lecture without the book. Then the bell rang, the children filing out with the speed of kids who wanted to be at lunch and recess instead of sitting in class. Sasuke moved to the window then, opening the portal to lean out, looking up at Naruto.
The blonde smiled a greeting. “Hey.”
“Hey yourself. I think I can handle this by myself, Naruto. I’m a big boy.”
Naruto laughed. “I know. Just, well, I know Kakashi’s bothering Iruka right now.”
“Like sensei, like apprentice.” Sasuke replied with a smile. Naruto leapt from the branch to the sill, crouching there and watching Sasuke. The brunette canted his head to look at the blonde, giving him a smile.
“Hey,” Naruto said, after a moment, “You think… if everything had gone differently, we’d still be here, right here, like this?”
“Even if I hadn’t defected, even if we hadn’t gone through all the shit we’ve been through,” Sasuke replied, his voice soft, “I think we’d still be here. But I believe, because of all the crap we’ve gone through, we’ve become better people, stronger, for it.”
Naruto canted his head and smiled, shifting to enter the classroom as Sasuke drew back. The pair stood there, alone in that room, their eyes moving to the open window and the sky beyond. It seemed ages ago that they stood here like this as children, watching that same sky, watching those same clouds, those same birds, move away year after year, and always come back. They watched that sky and looked back at each other, smiling.
“Let’s go join Iruka-sensei and Kaka-sensei for lunch, huh?” Naruto asked his lover with a grin. Sasuke nodded and took Naruto’s hand into his own.
“Yeah,”
And suddenly that sky, the same sky that seemed so impossible to reach, seemed just a bit closer, as if Naruto and Sasuke had only to reach out their joined hands to catch it.
~Owari~