The Top Floor

AN: This fic is being co-written by KandKL of fanfiction.net. We pretty much stayed up all through the night and got this churned out, and I think the end product is pretty sweet. Let us know if you like our merged skills. :~)

Onward...


Naruto wasn’t even gone for a day. It seemed that the doctors had realized that it had been indeed an accident and had released Naruto the following morning. Sasuke was relieved about this. In Naruto’s absence, Shika and Neji had been very withdrawn, only coming out of their rooms for dinner, and Kiba hadn’t even come out for that. The nurse had to bring his food into his room and coax him to eat, the boy was so distraught.

It left Sasuke completely alone, and although Sasuke was far from a people person, he began to feel the loneliness set in as he stared at the white walls for hours until he finally laid down for sleep.

He awoke the next morning to the sound of the door opening. Through the haze of his sleep he heard a nurse call for breakfast, and he slowly made his way out of bed. By the time he had made it out to the common room, Shika, Neji and Kiba were all there, eating their breakfasts. He plopped down on the floor, opening his small box of cereal and pouring in some milk. Conversation was nonexistent as the nurse passed out pills to everyone. Then she left.

A thick silence filled the room, only the noise plastic spoons scraping against Styrafoam bowls interrupting. To Sasuke’s immense relief, a few minutes later, the door opened, and in walked Naruto.

The expression on Kiba’s face was indescribable. He let out a squeal of sorts, and dashed to Naruto. He was about to tackle him with joy, but then he seemed to remember the incident yesterday and he stopped himself. He took slow deliberate steps towards Naruto, who waited patiently, the concentration obvious on his face. He then hugged Naruto cautiously, as if he might break.

Naruto let out a short laugh and returned the embrace. “Hey Kiba, how are you?”

Kiba pulled back, once again excited that his friend was back. “We’re eating breakfast!”

Naruto laughed again, shaking his head as he did. He followed Kiba to his seat and watched Kiba with an amused smile as the boy happily crunched down his previously untouched cereal. Sasuke couldn’t help but notice how the mood of the room seemed to lighten when the blonde was there. A smooth low voice came from across the room.

“You’ve decided to grace us with your presence once again, Naruto?”

Sasuke turned to see Neji with a slight smirk on his face. He saw the edges of Shikamaru’s mouth twitching up.

Naruto laughed again and smiled at Neji. “Don’t act like you didn’t miss me.”

“I did!” Kiba whispered loudly into Naruto’s ear, spraying little of crumbs of raisin bran as he spoke.

They laughed then, Shikamaru, Naruto and Kiba together. Suddenly, Sasuke felt left out, like it was an inside joke that he had not yet earned the right to laugh at. Everyone turned to their meals again and it was silent for a few minutes. Suddenly, Shikamaru raised his head with a start.

“Do we have Group today?”

There was a pause, followed by groans and grumbles. Even Neji muttered something about “incompetent doctors” under his breath.

“At least Shizune is back,” Naruto pointed out. “No more of that guy….what was his name?”

“Gellars,” Shikamaru muttered, “I couldn’t stand that guy.”

They all made a face and simultaneously drawled in a nasally voice, “And how do you feeeeeel about that?”

Sasuke tried unsuccessfully to stifle a laugh at this, causing all eyes to fall on him.

“Easy for you! You weren’t stuck with him everyday for 45 minutes,” Naruto said, pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke.

“If I had to listen to him talk about my color of my innermost psyche one more time, I think I would have punched him in the face,” Shikamaru grumbled.

“What exactly is…Group?” Sasuke asked.

Neji let out a small snort. “We all get a circle and discuss our feelings. It’s riveting.”

Shikamaru let out a small laugh at this, and it was only then when Sasuke realized how close they were sitting. They both sat cross-legged, their knees touching each other. Sasuke watched as Shikamaru matter-of-factly scooped the marshmallows out of his cereal and into Neji’s bowl. Neji ate one and with an incredibly dissatisfied crinkling of his face he hurriedly transferred the marshmallows and a good deal of milk to the floor beside him.

Sasuke nudged Naruto with his elbow and nodded his head in the odd couples direction, hoping for some sort of explanation. Naruto just shook his head and discreetly raised a finger to his lips. Sasuke went back to watching the boys, who continued eating as though nothing had happened.

The door opened, and in walked a young, pretty nurse. Sasuke had never seen her before, but the others responded as if they knew her well.

“Ten Ten!” Kiba chirped happily, clapping his hands when he saw her.

“Time for your vitals boys, come on,” she said, motioning for them to follow her out the door with a smile. A smile, that is, until she saw the soggy mess of marshmallows and milk on the floor. She stopped Neji, who had been hurriedly exiting the room and dragged him back to the pile.

“Neji, we’ve discussed this. The food does not belong on the floor, it belongs in your stomach,” she said, rubbing her stomach to imitate “yummy”.

Neji snorted. “That stuff does not belong in my stomach. Those aren’t even real marshmallows,” he said pointedly.

Ten Ten shot him a look that must have promised some kind of punishment, because Neji grudgingly kneeled down and scooped the soggy mess back into his bowl. With a glare in Ten Ten’s direction, he quickly shuffled out of the room, Shikamaru hot on his heels, hiding his laughter behind his hand.

They formed a single file line and followed her out of their common room and down the hall. Naruto leaned up to whisper in Sasuke’s ear,

“She’s just going to take our blood pressure and stuff. We used to have the equipment in our room, but Kiba got bored and popped the pressure cuff.”

Sasuke raised a quizzical eyebrow as they descended some stairs and entered a clinic looking room.

Naruto shook his head, chuckling to himself. “I don’t even know.”

“If you boys will please take you seats, we can begin” Ten Ten said, pulling out a blood pressure cuff.

Kiba’s eyes widened in excitement.

After their vitals had been taken, they were escorted back to their room, where everyone split up to their separate rooms once again. Sasuke ended up in the common room, watching TV with Kiba for about an hour. A timer on the wall sounded, beeping mildly, and Sasuke heard the faint click of the door to the hallway being unlocked. Naruto stuck his head out of his bedroom door and called to Kiba and Sasuke.

“Time for Group, lets go. Sasuke, could you get Neji and Shika?”

Sasuke walked to Shikamaru’s door and opened it slowly. Both boys sat cross-legged, facing each other, their knees touching. Neji had been leaning over, as if whispering something into Shika’s ear, when he heard the door open. His eyes met Sasuke’s and he glared. Sasuke took a step back. “Time for Group…”

Clearly he had interrupted something he didn’t want to know about. He turned and walked quickly after Naruto. Shikamaru helped Neji to his feet.

“You’re so mean sometimes” he commented with a slight grin (to which Neji just grunted), taking Neji’s hand and pulling him after Sasuke’s quickly retreating back.

~

“I see we have someone new with us this morning,” the woman whose name was Shizune said, smiling softly.

The room they sat in was a plain gray room with tile floors. They sat on folding chairs in a circle around a table.

“Your name is…” she glanced at her chart, “Sasuke Uchiha, correct?”

He nodded.

She seemed to size him up before she continued. “My name is Shizune, and we’re all here to talk about the tough stuff that you boys have to go through. Welcome to our group.”

Again, a simple nod was all he gave her.

Not deterred, she addressed the whole group. “Our theme today is self-esteem. Its easy for us to beat ourselves up for not being perfect, but today we are going to focus on being proud of the good things that we have done, instead of our mistakes.”

She looked around at the boys expectantly, waiting for some kind of response. Sasuke looked around the group to find that only Naruto was giving Shizune his full attention. Neji was staring at the table, leaning forward on his elbows. Shikamaru was relaxed back in his chair, staring out the window with his arm draped lazily around the back of Neji’s chair. Even Kiba wasn’t paying attention, bouncing slightly up and down on his chair, his eyes quickly shifting around the room.

Shizune sighed, knowing that this was probably the best she was going to get from this group and plowed forward with the discussion.

“Is there anything that any of you have done since the last time that we’ve seen each other that you’re proud of?”

Kiba’s bouncing sped up, and he raised his hand enthusiastically.

“Kiba, would you like to start?”

He nodded excitedly, but quickly sobered as he took a breath. “Yesterday, I put away my socks.” He was a picture of complete solemnity as he nodded.

“Well, good job Kiba, are you proud of yourself?” Shizune asked.

His seriousness evaporated, and he nodded quickly with a large grin plastered on his face.

“Good work, Kiba, I’m proud of you!”, Shizune smiled in a congratulatory way, and then turned to Naruto. “What about you Naruto? I heard you had an exciting day.”

He smiled goofily and shrugged his shoulders. “Let’s see….I stayed patient while I tried to explain that yesterday was an accident.”

Shizune ‘ah-ed’ quietly and nodded as he spoke. “That’s a big step forward Naruto, well done.”

Shikamaru was next. He pushed himself slightly out of his slouched posture and responded,

“I might have figured out a formula to predict Naruto’s attempts. I think I can predict when his next-,”

“Thank you, Shikamaru,” Shizune cut in quickly. Giving Naruto the exact dates of his…attacks…would only give him something very negative to focus on. There was no need to put that on the boys already weighted shoulders. “Neji?”

He paused. When he saw that she had no intention of passing over him, he said,

“I ate a little of everything at dinner last night.”

“Ahh,” Shizune nodded, “Is it hard for you to eat a lot of food?”

“Only because the food here sucks ass. Apparently, I’ve finally built up a tolerance or something.”

A snort came from Shikamaru, and he bit his lip when Shizune furrowed her eyebrows.

“We don’t swear here, Neji, you know that,” she reprimanded, giving him a disapproving look.

Neji face took on a hurt look. “What? You’re not proud of me?”

She chose not to dignify that with a response. She turned to Sasuke, and gave him her best smile. “And what about you? You’ve been through a lot of change recently. Surely you have something that you’ve done that you’re proud of?”

He stared at her evenly, and she watched him, waiting for a response.

“Um…well…I don’t have anyone hating me yet,” he gave a slight, sideways glance to Neji. “I don’t think anyway.”

“And that’s an accomplishment...why?” came the biting retort from Neji.

Sasuke glared. “Because I’m not a very sociable person. Or so I’m told.”

Shizune tried to diffuse the tense atmosphere. “Well, I suppose that is something to be proud of. Very good, boys,” she said looking at all of them. She looked at her watch and frowned. “Well…that’s all the time we have for today-,”

Chairs scraped on the floor as they were pushed back, and when she looked up, her room was empty.

~

As soon as they reached their room, as Sasuke had begun to expect, Shikamaru and Neji split off into Shika’s room and closed the door. He turned on the TV for a few minutes, but nothing good was on. He clicked it off, and was about to enter his room, when he heard humming coming from Naruto’s open bedroom. He walked to the door and saw Naruto sitting on the floor, his back against the wall, with Kiba’s head in his lap.

Kiba hummed softly and traced invisible patterns in the carpet as Naruto idly played with his hair. Naruto looked up and motioned for Sasuke to join them. Sasuke walked in slowly, his feet sinking into the padded floor. He sat down a foot away from Naruto and watched him run his fingers through the wild boy’s hair. It was weird, quite frankly, to see the boy sitting so quietly.

He opened his mouth to speak, shut it, and then opened it again. “What…happened to him?” Sasuke asked tentatively.

Kiba stopped humming, but continued to trace circles on the floor as Naruto began.

“He grew up in a bad home, or so I heard. His dad would beat him and his mother whenever he got drunk, and it was really tough for them. I think his mom would protect him from his dad; he was really attached to her, I know that.

One day-,” he paused as Kiba shifted and closed his eyes, “One day, his father was so bad that his mother told him to go to the neighbor’s house and to stay there. The neighbors called the cops, but it was too late. They found his mom beaten to death, and the father was no where to be seen. Child services picked him up and sent him to a foster home. They were good to him, but it became apparent as the years went by that he seemed unable to mature emotionally and mentally beyond the age that he was the day his mother died.

They had him in assisted living situation for a while, but they realized he was too much…he has severe ADHD, and that mixed with his emotional immaturity was too much for them to handle. So they sent him here.”

Naruto said it all matter-of-factly as he continued to play and tease Kiba’s short brown hair. “He seems to see me as his mother, I think.”

Silence filled the room. Sasuke watched Naruto with detached interest. He supposed he should be feeling sad for Kiba, or even empathy, but the truth was that he had a hard time feeling anything lately. If he had been feeling like himself in the last twenty-four hours, he would have no friends here. He would have been scoffing at Kiba’s antics, ignoring Shikamaru and vehemently arguing with Neji. Only Naruto would have had a chance at holding his attention in a positive manner. And yet, he wasn’t himself. He hadn’t been himself in months. Not since—

Naruto’s voice cut into his introspective thoughts. “Why haven’t you asked me what’s wrong with me yet?”

Sasuke froze, unsure if he wanted to reveal the extent of his knowledge just yet. He settled with a shrug. Naruto seemed content to leave it at that. Silence was allowed to reign for a few more seconds before Sasuke curious enough to break it. “Why haven’t you asked me?”

Naruto didn’t look up from Kiba’s resting head as he calmly replied, “You would tell me if you wanted me to know.” Sasuke nodded. He appreciated Naruto’s consideration more than he would ever know. He was incredibly tired of being treated like a bomb that was about to explode, especially when he didn’t feel like anything was wrong with him.

“I don’t like being treated like I’m crazy either,” the blonde’s voice invading his thoughts once again. Sasuke looked at Naruto, who was now holding his gaze steadily.

“None of us do.” Sasuke ruffled a bit. “Have I treated you that way?” he asked, irritated.

There was a long pause before Naruto slowly nodded. “Kiba is too...young to have paid attention, but you treated him like that. You stared at him like you were afraid, like you couldn’t figure out if he was going to jump on you. You condemned him with your eyes.” Sasuke glanced hastily down at Kiba and nearly sighed in relief to find him sleeping. Closing his eyes, he leaned back until he was fully reclined against the padded floor. Then he did something that further proved he was not acting as himself.

“I’m sorry.” Several minutes passed in comfortable stillness. Sasuke felt the floor shift slightly at his side and heard a sigh coming from somewhere near his head. Turning his head and opening his eyes, he found Naruto laying quietly beside him. He looked back to the white ceiling. “Your room is awfully bare.”

Naruto smiled mildly. “I’m not really allowed to have much in here.” Sasuke closed his eyes again, this time in disbelief at his own stupidity. Of course Naruto couldn’t have other things in his room.

“It’s okay. If I get bored then I go out in the common room and do stuff out there. It’s not so bad.” Sasuke looked to his left to see clouded cerulean eyes staring back at him. Something in his stomach lurched at the sight, something he couldn’t quite name.

“Why do you force your happiness?” he asked quietly. Naruto, true to form, gave him a soft smile in response, but didn’t look him in the eye. “I have no other choice.”

Sasuke frowned slightly, but Naruto cut in before he could reply. “Tell me, Sasuke, is your anger fulfilling?”

Sasuke’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “I’m not angry.” Naruto snorted softly. “What? I’m not angry!” Naruto rolled over on his side and stared deeply at Sasuke.

“There is anger in your eyes, Sasuke. In time you will realize that it is there, inside you.”

Sasuke looked back at the blonde, puzzled. “I don’t feel angry,” he whispered. “I don’t feel anything anymore.” Naruto waited for some sort of explanation but Sasuke had fallen silent, eyes vacantly scanning the carpet. His eyes then suddenly snapped up and Naruto saw the mask of apathy slide back into place. Sasuke didn’t know what had come over him. Something about the boy next to him invited confidence, which should have felt safe and secure but instead scared him. His mind had started to go to a place he really never wanted to explore.

Kiba awoke with a start, jolting upright to a sitting position, causing Naruto to rise as well. Kiba saw Sasuke and stared.

“Why is he here?” he asked Naruto in his trademark loud whisper.

“We were talking Kiba,” Naruto said, patting his back. “You fell asleep.”

But Kiba wasn’t listening to Naruto. He crawled over between Sasuke and Naruto cautiously, glancing at both quickly when he settled down. He slowly, as if testing the waters, laid his head down on Sasuke’s shoulder. Sasuke stiffened, feeling that rooted sense of fear at the boy’s closeness. But he could feel Naruto’s eyes on him, expectant. He relaxed his shoulder slowly, watching Kiba carefully.

Kiba lifted his head quickly, wrinkled his nose at Sasuke, and let himself fall onto Naruto’s lap again, deciding that apparently, Naruto was much cooler.

A head poked its way through the open doorway. “Outdoor break,” Shikamaru called softly, nodding to the door.

The quickness with which Kiba got to his feet and ran for the door shocked Sasuke. He had barely seen the boy, who had just been sleeping, disappear. He must have made a noise, because Naruto laughed warmly, standing and helping Sasuke to his feet. “He’s fast.”

Outdoor break, Sasuke learned, was a 30 minute time period where they were turned loose in a fenced courtyard. The sun glowed softly in the sky, and Sasuke was reminded that hadn’t been outside in a day and a half. He felt a slight breeze tug at his clothes, and he unconsciously closed his eyes and softly sighed. He slouched to the grass, sitting cross-legged, savoring the breeze and the coolness of the grass.

Nearby, Naruto found a Frisbee and began a game of catch with Kiba. Sasuke watched with an amused smile as Naruto would pass a soft, sailing pass to Kiba, who would catch it and fling it as hard as he could, resulting in the Frisbee going everywhere but Naruto’s outstretched hands. After only a few minute, Naruto was out of breath from constantly chasing the flying disc.

Shikamaru and Neji sat by the wall, next to the door. Shikamaru had some makeshift chalk and was scratching some formula on the wall and Neji absently tossed small rocks against the wall.

Naruto sat next to Sasuke with a thud, out of breath but boasting a grin on his face. “That kid, I tell ya,” he said, jerking a thumb in Kiba’s direction. He let himself fall back onto his back, folding his arms behind his head. He could have passed as a normal kid…

Meanwhile, Kiba was entertaining himself with the Frisbee. He tossed it straight up a few times, experimenting with different ways to throw it. He closed his eyes and spun around quickly, releasing the Frisbee after several rotations.

A grunt was heard. “Stop it Kiba.”

Kiba opened his eyes (and wavered on his feet a bit from the dizziness) to see Neji rubbing his head. The Frisbee landed at his feet when Neji threw it, the Neji turned back to throwing rocks. A devilish look took over Kiba’s face. He wasn’t used to getting a reaction out of the Hyuuga. He giggled to himself and he flung the Frisbee again, this time narrowly missing the pale eyed boys head as it bounced off the wall. The glare he received almost scared him. Almost.

Neji stood up and stalked towards the boy, looking very pissed off. He slammed the Frisbee into Kiba’s chest.

“Don’t throw this at me again,” he ground out, his voice venomous.

Naruto heard this and sat up, watching the scene with a concerned look, causing Sasuke to look too. Kiba frowned, sticking his tongue out at the retreating form before him. He whipped back and the Frisbee flew towards the Hyuuga, hitting him square in the back of the neck, just as Neji had reached the wall.

Neji spun around so fast Sasuke almost missed it and he ran at the brown haired boy. “You fucking little…”

Naruto was up and running towards the scene, calling out to Kiba to move. He stood between the charging boy and his victim, holding his arms out. “Neji calm down-”

Neji caulked his fist back, prepared to take Naruto out to reach Kiba in his mad fury. Sasuke felt his heart clench with fear. Naruto was going to get hurt. He felt his legs move of their own accord towards the scene, in an attempt to protect the blonde boy.

Neji’s fist stopped inches away from Naruto’s face. Shikamaru had grabbed his arm by the elbow and stopped it. Neji yanked his arm away and prepared again to swing, but Shikamaru spun him around quickly, grabbing onto Neji’s upper arms.

“Calm down Neji. Jesus...” Shika hissed, restraining the boy who finally stopped struggling and let out a controlled breath.

Sasuke was by Naruto’s side in an instant. Naruto was rubbing Kiba’s back, who was cowering in fear, soothingly and looked up at Sasuke with wide eyes.

Sasuke let out a breath; Naruto wasn’t hurt. “I can’t believe…he was actually going to hurt you!”

Naruto helped Kiba to his feet, whispering calmly to him.

“He…” Sasuke stuttered, trying to calm his racing heart. “He looked like he was going to kill you.”

Naruto froze and looked at the ground for a moment. Then he looked back up at Sasuke with his bright blue eyes back to normal. “We should go inside now.”

Sasuke nodded and he followed the two boys to the door. Naruto pressed a button under a speaker and spoke into it,

“We’re ready to come in.”

His voice was his usual cheerful tone, completely defying their previous situation.

Neji had shaken off Shikamaru angrily, still fuming silently. Shikamaru let out a sigh and talked to Neji in a low voice, trying to sooth him, sending wary glances towards Kiba and Naruto.

By the time a nurse arrived to escort them in, Neji had calmed down and things seemed back to normal, save for a slightly tense atmosphere. They filed inside single file after the nurse, who led them to their rooms.

Sasuke stared at the back of Naruto’s head as they walked, wondering why his heart had jumped so when he saw the boy in danger…

~

The rest of the day passed in a relative calm. By the time dinner had been brought into the common room, any tension had passed. The boys ate in silence, Sasuke once again noticing Shika transferring his mushrooms to Neji’s tray. After dinner, they all remained in the room, entertaining themselves.

Naruto and Kiba were sitting in the corner coloring. Sasuke watched as Naruto whispered “go!” and both he and Kiba covered their eyes with a hand and started drawing. After a few seconds, Kiba had his fingers splayed and was peering through them, tongue sticking out in concentration. Naruto finished his drawing and, taking his hand away from his eyes, gasped as he caught Kiba peeking. “You’re cheating!” he pointed an accusing finger at his younger companion. Kiba hastily shut his eyes and tried to look innocent but Naruto ripped his piece of paper out of his hand. At Kiba’s whimper Naruto replaced it with a clean sheet and said, “One more time. No cheating.” Kiba nodded quickly, dutifully covering his eyes. Naruto whispered “go!” and this time watched Kiba as he drew his picture without peeking.

Kiba opened his eyes and held up his sheet of paper in jubilation. “I win! You’re not done yet!” Naruto just laughed. Sasuke was amazed at the patience Naruto seemed to possess. He turned back to the television, trying to concentrate on the movie that was playing. Once again he was distracted, this time by frantic whispers. Neji and Shikamaru were standing over by the door of Neji’s room, Neji’s hand on the door handle and Shikamaru grasping Neji’s forearm, trying to drag him back to the common room. Neji saw Sasuke watching them and shot him a death glare, to which Sasuke quickly turned his head. So much for no one here hating him yet...

Sasuke returned his stare to the TV but kept listening, trying to hear what the two were arguing about. He heard what may have been a “leave me ALONE!” before the door opened and then slammed shut. He braved a glance to find Shika standing in front of the closed door shaking his head and muttering something. Shika walked back to the couch and plopped down beside Sasuke with a loud sigh. The two watched the movie in silence.

Suddenly Sasuke heard a whimper behind him and he turned to look at Kiba, who was now sitting by himself halfway through a picture. Naruto was striding purposefully toward Neji’s room, a focused look glossed over his face. Even Kiba’s whiny “Naruuutoooooo!” wasn’t enough to turn him around. Sasuke watched him open Neji’s door without knocking and slip inside, a strange feeling of foreboding washing over him. Shika watched this as well in puzzlement. In only a matter of seconds Neji rushed out of the room and into Shikamaru’s. Shika hastily rose from the couch and rushed to his bedroom only to almost crash into Neji exiting, grasping something balled up in his fist. Before Shika could say anything, Neji shoved him backwards, sending him sprawling to the carpet, and sprinted back into his own bedroom slamming the door behind him.

Shikamaru rose unsteadily from the floor and stared at the door. Sasuke was so confused. What was going on? Then he heard a sickening thud come from the bedroom and saw Shika run to the door of the common room and push a red button on the wall beside it.

It was only when he saw the nurses come sprinting in, rushing into Neji’s bedroom that he realized what was going on behind the closed door.


Cliffy! Eep!

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