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Naruto's eyes twitched for about the seventh time since he had started on his way home with Sasuke. The raven was walking a little too close to him. It was apparent that the boy had never heard of “personal space”. Their elbows were touching for crying out loud. Naruto had stepped away a couple times only for Sasuke to gravitate back to him. He sped up to get in front of the raven but Sasuke also increased his speed. He tried walking behind him but Sasuke only fell in step with him. Now it wouldn't bother him so much, since Kiba was the same way when they first got to know each other, but it was the awkward silence that accompanied the intrusion of personal space. Naruto would try to start up a conversation but Sasuke would shy away from it or stutter horribly, He could tell Sasuke would try and start a conversation but it would get stuck in his throat, he would open and close his mouth and glance at Naruto from time to time.

“So...” Naruto took another crack at it. “Where are you from?”

“Oto...” Naruto's eyes widened a bit.

“You came all the way from Oto?”

“I took a train...”

“It must have been a long ride.” Naruto said awkwardly, not one for small talk.

“So you have any family in Oto?”

“M-my parents.”

“So you do have a home?”

“N-no. Its was just house where I lived. A home is where someone who loves you is waiting...” Naruto tapped his chin thinking about it.

“That was pretty deep.” He stated. “So I would guess you didnt get along with your parents then? What about siblings?” Sasuke halted which made Naruto stop as well. “Whats wrong?”

“I haven an older brother...” He started chewing in his finger tip again.

“Cool, whats he like? I don't have any brothers or sisters.”

“No?” He looked Naruto in the eyes. “Your lucky.”

“Aw, come on. It cant be that bad.” He grinned at Sasuke.

“He tried to kill me three times.” Sasuke said with a frown before starting to walk again, leaving Naruto frozen to the ground.

“Wait what? He tried to kill you?”

“When I was four he tried to drown me in the tub. When I was seven he hit me in the back of the head with a baseball bat and when I was fourteen he tried smothering me...” Naruto jogged to catch up with him,

“Your parents didn't do anything about it?”

“They sent him away and wouldn't tell me where. The hit to the head caused something in my brain though. I-I forgot what they called it but sometimes I will just blank out.”

“What do you mean blank out?” Naruto asked curiously taking a left out of the park, Sasuke following him.

“Um, they say that all thought process just stops for a couple of minutes. It bothered me at first but I learned to live with it...I also will lose some of my memories.”

“Huh?”

“I cant remember something. Everyday I forget a little more. I forgot my birthday, my moms first name...I forgot who my best friend was.”

“Oh...wow...thats horrible. Don't they have medication for that or something?”

“Yeah.” Sasuke said simply.

“Well?”

“Well what?” He looked at the blond truly oblivious to what he was getting at.

"Shouldn't you be on some kind of medication?"

"yeah"

"Where are they?"

“I threw it all away.”

“W-what!?” Naruto stopped in the middle of the side walk. “What did you do that for?” Naruto unrooted himself before turning a corner.

“They could track me if I didnt.” He said in a dark tone that sent chills up the blonds spine.

“W-who?”

“The so called doctors.”

“My house is right here.” Naruto pointed to the white house on the corner. Sasuke cringed at the site. All the houses here looked exactly the same. “What do you mean by that. “So called doctors”?”

“They put stuff in the pills. He tells me they do.” Naruto pulled his key out and unlocked the door.

“You hear voices?” Naruto said wearily before letting Sasuke pass into the house.

“Yeah. He calls himself Madara.” To say Naruto was nervous now would be a slight understatement.

“So this uh, Madara. Does he tell you what to do?”

“Yeah. But I dont listen to him most of the time. He tells me to do stupid things like streaking, or go get drunk or laid...” he blushed a bit.

“He sounds like my God-father Jaraiya.” The blond grinned. Sasuke just shrugged. “Well we can watch tv in my room if you want.”

“Okay...” Sasuke followed Naruto through the house. Hjs eyes wandering all over the pictures on the walls. Some were of Naruto when he was younger, some of his parents. “You have a lot of pictures.”

“Yeah, my mom puts them up. They're embarrasing...”

“They're nice. Everyone is smiling...” The raven followed Naruto into an orange colored door. Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the brightness of the room. The blonds bed spread was bright blue and the pillows were bright yellow. The walls were painted light sky blue with the effects of cloud fomation near the ceiling. His curtains were open letting in the sunlight. Everything was simple though, his desk was off to a corner with his computer turned off. His night stand next to his bed and a large dresser off to he side with a fairly large tv on it. Naruto flipped a switch turning on the tv and the computer.

“This is my room.” Naruto gave a half-assed presentation. Sasuke scowled a bit. “What?” Naruto asked curiously.

“Its...bright.” Sasuke muttered. Naruto laughed a bit.

“You look like you could use a little more light in your life.” He teased with a grin and attempted to hit Sasuke's arm in a friendly manner, forgetting he wasn't with Kiba. Sasuke stiffened at the action which caused Naruto to freeze mid action. “Uh...” He retracted his arm and rubbed the back of his head. “Im, going to get something to drink...want anything?” Sasuke just shook his head. “Okay then...” Naruto trailed off before heading to the kitchen.

Naruto found himself pacing in his kitchen. “What the hell am I doing?” he muttered to himself. “How am I going to explain this to dad? 'Theres a cute emo schizo kid that was stalking me and I invited him home...' I'm screwed...”

“You think I'm cute?” Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard that shy voice come from behind him. Spinning abound and nearly falling he spotted Sasuke by the entrance to the kitchen.

“W-what?” Naruto said confused.

“You said cute...emo, schizo...” He started chewing his finger tips again.

“I-uh. You wanted something?” He changed the subject and hoped Sasuke wouldn't notice.

“Juice.” He shifted his weight from one leg to the other.

“Juice? Uh, what kind?” Naruto turned back tot he fridge and started rummaging through it. “I've got apple, orange, grape, coconut...tomato juice.

“I'll take the tomato.”

“The tomato?” Naruto said incredulously holding the sixteen ounce bottle to show Sasuke. The raven nodded and walked forward to grab it from the blonds hand. Unfortunately Sasuke tripped over his shoe laces. Naruto saw it happening like it was in slow motion. Dropping the plastic bottle he hurried and caught Sasuke causing them both to drop to the floor. “Ooooowwww” Naruto moaned.

“Mmmm” Naruto looked down and found Sasuke's wild hair, his face buried in Naruto's chest.

“You okay?” Sasuke nodded then a long period of silence. “Uh...you wanna get up?” Naruto could feel Sasuke tensing as if realizing the situation they were in. The raven sighed heavily before getting up off the blond. He grabbed the bottle of tomato juice and quickly left the kitchen. Naruto, still on the floor was embarrassed to say the least. Not to mention his...little problem that was forming. Readjusting himself he quickly stood up and returned to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of apple juice then returned to the room.

Entering his room he could feel the tension. Sasuke was sitting on his bed, knees up to his chest, juice in hand and starring blankly at the tv which had been turned to some random cartoon. Crawling into the bed with Sasuke he sat right next to him.

“If your going to get in trouble I think I should leave...” Sasuke muttered without looking away from the tv.

“No no! You don't have to go!” Sasuke flinched at Naruto's reaction.

“You want me to stay...?” Sasuke looked at him.

“Well yeah...kinda...” Soon Naruto pulled his knees up to his chest. Naruto opened his mouth again but stopped when an annoying tune filled the air. Digging in his pocket he pulled out a rose colored phone. “Hello?”

“Hi babe.”

Sasuke frowned. He knew who it was.

“I was hanging out with Temari and Kiba.”

Sasuke didnt like her.

“No I'm not cheating on you...”

Not one bit.

“Why would I lie to you? Are you alright?”

She was too bright, and not in the smart way.

“Why are you crying? Sakura?” Naruto looked at the screen only to see it say call ended.

She was an emotional wreck and stressing his Naruto out...