For Better Or Worse

Disclaimer – I don’t own Naruto nor am I making any money off these writings.

Warning – Boyxboy relationships, foul language, ooc characters and basically anything more you can think of. Be prepared for anything.

Beta’d – Unbeta’d as of yet so it’s probably littered with mistakes, please forgive them.


AN - Hello everyone here’s another chapter and I think I made pretty good time with this one…It’s funny what you can do on a five hour train ride.

A Million thanks to all the wonderful reviewers, I treasure every comment and it makes me want to keep writing!

Anyways…Please enjoy!


For Better Or Worse


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Chapter 6.


Sasuke had finished loading the dishwasher and cleaning up the kitchen after the dinner that he and Naruto had shared. He couldn’t help but smile a little to himself at the thought of the blond, being with Naruto again and doing something as simple as just talk about everyday things had been wonderful. It was heaven and hell at the same time, it was bliss spending time with Naruto talking and laughing and it was torture when he remembered how much he’d hurt the other. Sasuke wanted Naruto back, plain and simple. He wanted to be able to hold the blond and seek comfort and warmth from him as well as be a source of strength for the other, the raven was well aware of the fact that he had messed up royally but he was willing to do anything to make things right again.


He looked around the empty kitchen and felt a twinge of sadness run through him, he missed his family and the days where his father was healthy and his mother reigned supreme over the manor…The days where Anko was alive and laughing and his big brother was a solid rock who could always be relied on…The days where he went to sleep with his blond curled up and snoring loudly beside him. It still shocked Sasuke how fast the world you thought would be constant changed and how quickly he was tossed into the world of so called grownups.


Sasuke knew that he was being selfish and childish but he longed for the days when if he had screwed up or was hurting he could always count on his family to fix things and kiss them better. With one last wistful look around the now dark and quiet kitchen Sasuke turned around and walked down the hallway to his room. It felt weird spending the night there knowing that Naruto was just down the hall and that he wasn’t allowed to crawl into the same bed and snuggle close to the blond. Sasuke didn’t sleep well without his blond beside him and he couldn’t wait until he had Naruto back.


He closed the door behind him as he entered his room, pulling off his dark blue knitted sweater and threw it on the heavy dark chair in a corner of the room. Sasuke knew that he wouldn’t be able to go to sleep right away even though he was dead tired from looking after Itachi the previous night. The raven continued to undress, figuring that a hot shower might loosen up his tense muscles. When he was naked he walked across the room burying his toes in the thick grey carpet as he went. Sasuke had no problem with being naked; he knew that he looked good so why would he worry about showing it off. He walked into his pure white bathroom and turned on the shower. Naruto called this bathroom a slaughter house because of its all white décor and tiled walls, Sasuke liked it though. It had a clean and simple feeling to it and simplicity was something that the raven cherished. Stepping into the shower Sasuke could feel the heavy hot drops pound his skin and he sighed in pleasure as the hot water worked magic on his knotted muscles.


Naruto had looked so good during dinner and Sasuke had wanted nothing more than to reach out and kiss him, touch him. That creamy caramel skin and those eyes that were bluer that blue and never failed to set his blood on fire. Sasuke needed Naruto and it was driving him absolutely crazy that he wasn’t able to touch him now. He refused to acknowledge that their break up might be a permanent thing, he would get Naruto back if it was the last thing that he did. A life without Naruto wasn’t a life, just an empty grey room devoid of all joy and calmness.


Sasuke groaned as his left hand closed around his erect member and he gave it a few tugs, the warm water cascading over his body added to the pleasant sensation and when he closed his eyes he can imagine that his hand is actually Naruto’s warm, wet mouth and that he has his blond on his knees before him, working his talented tongue over his heated flesh. It didn’t take a long time for Sasuke to reach completion when thinking about the beautiful blond a few doors away and afterwards he stood panting bracing himself on the tiled wall as he waited to get the strength back in his knees.


‘Oh God I miss him so much.’ Sasuke thought as he quickly washed up in the cooling water, wrapped a large towel around his slender hips and shuffled back to his bedroom. Sasuke felt crippled without Naruto by his side, he missed his best friend, his lover and if he allowed himself to become really cheesy his soulmate. After drying off the damp towel went flying to the same chair where his sweater already resided and Sasuke rummaged through his drawers after a pair of grey sweatpants and a white t-shirt. When he was with Naruto he usually slept naked but here with his brother teetering on the brink of insanity and a baby in the house that didn’t feel right.


He pulled on his sleeping clothes he crawled into his bed; he looked forward to the morning and to see Naruto again, just being able to be close to the blond made him feel better. Sasuke snuggled into his pillow and tried to figure out a plan to get Naruto back.


oo—oo—oo


A loud, annoying beeping sound woke Sasuke up. A quick look around the room with sleepy, bleary eyes showed that it was pitch black so it had to be late. The annoying sound just kept going and Sasuke finally realized that it was his phone ringing. After almost falling out of the bed and crawling along the floor in search of his pants where his phone was he finally found the shrieking little machine.


“Hullo.” He rasped out as he flipped the phone open without even looking who it was that called.


“I’m here let me in.” A low monotone voice said.


“What? Wait…Gaara?” Sasuke’s mind was still sleep muzzled and he didn’t really register what Gaara was telling him.


“I’m standing outside, let me in!” Gaara told him again.


“No Gaara you can’t come here now!” Sasuke hissed as he was suddenly wide awake and quite frankly panicking. Naruto was sleeping a few doors down and Gaara was outside.


“I’m coming in.” Gaara said and then he hung up the phone, leaving Sasuke with a beeping tone in his ear.


Cursing under his breath Sasuke hurriedly got up from the floor and opened his door just in time to have a black clad redhead walk past him and into his room. Gaara looked paler that usual and his heave eyeliner along with the all black clothes made him look white as a ghost. The only splash of color was his bright red hair that shone like a flame on his head. Gaara pulled off his tight leather jacket and sat down on Sasuke’s bed, crossing his legs at the ankles and made himself comfortable.


“Gaara, you can’t be here, Naruto is sleeping just down the hall.” Sasuke ran a hand through his muzzed up hair and watched the lounging redhead on his bed wearily.


“So? That hasn’t stopped you in the past,” Gaara ran a hand down his pale abdomen pushing up his mesh shirt as he went. “I especially remember that time in the library when Naruto was studying with that dog boy and you fucked me against the bookshelf just behind his back…You didn’t seem to care then.”


Sasuke cringed as he remembered that event and how badly he treated Naruto. “Things are different now, I want him back.”


Gaara supported his weight on his arms as he looked up at Sasuke. “Tell me something Sasuke, do you want Naruto back because you love him or do you just want him because you don’t have him?”


“I love him!” Sasuke exclaimed. “How can you even ask such a stupid question?”


“Honestly, your actions in the past haven’t exactly pointed towards undying love has it? You search for pleasure in life…Not love.” Gaara said simply.


“You’re wrong!” Sasuke bunched up his fists and felt his nails cut in to the palm of his hand and he shook with anger at Gaara’s words.


“If you say so.” Gaara said dismissively causing Sasuke to grow even angrier.


“Fuck Gaara why are you even here? We agreed that it was over.”


“He’s getting married.” Gaara looked down on his hands as where the finger nails had been chewed down until the skin was bleeding as he spoke. “He’s getting married to some bitch he doesn’t know the first thing about just because his uncle has told him to do so…Like a fucking lap dog he follows orders and waves his tail happily. What so special about a pair of boobs? How could he just toss me away like that and still get his happily ever after? He doesn’t deserve it!”


Suddenly Gaara’s voice wasn’t monotone anymore but instead filled with desperation and sorrow and the raw emotion cut Sasuke to the bone. He felt his anger dissipating as he remembered that Gaara was hurting too. Right now there wasn’t a trace of the seductive redhead that had been lounging on the rumpled bed, in his place sat a broken sliver of a man that radiated pain and betrayal.


In a flash Gaara jumped up from the bed and threw himself at a surprised Uchiha.


“I need you to touch me…fuck me…hit me! Anything to make me feel.” Gaara pleaded as he licked a trail up Sasuke’s neck.


Feeling Gaara’s slender body pressed up against his own caused a wave of heat to run through his body but Sasuke pulled Gaara’s hands away from around his neck and took a step back.


“Look Gaara I can’t help you, I really do love Naruto and I want to make things work.” Sasuke said sadly as he watched desperate black rimmed teal eyes search his features.


“I need you Sasuke.” Gaara pleaded again and removed his mesh shirt revealing his pale but toned torso. “You know you like to fuck me so go on…Fuck me raw…Make me feel it. Hurt me!” The redhead walked towards Sasuke again, moving like a predator but the Uchiha could see the hurt and sadness behind Gaara’s apparent bravery.


“Gaara stop!” Sasuke grabbed the slightly smaller male around the shoulders, causing him to halt in his advancement.


“So you don’t want me either? Am I not even good enough to be a fuckhole for the night or at least an hour?” Gaara’s voice was barely above a whisper and completely devoid of emotions. Why am I so easy to throw away? My father, my uncle, that fucking long haired coward and now you…What about me is it that makes me impossible to love?” Gaara walked forward again and ground his crotch against the Uchiha’s thigh. “Look all I’m asking for is a quick fuck and then I’m out of your hair.”


Sasuke pushed Gaara away from him again trying to figure out what to say to the broken creature before him. “I’m not the one who can help you Gaara; you need to go to Neji and talk things out with him.”


Gaara tensed up at the mentioning of Neji’s name and he glared at Sasuke.


“Why don’t I call Kankurou to come pick you up and you can go home and sleep off whatever drugs you have in your system.” Sasuke tried to reason with the redhead.


“You don’t want a free fuck fine but don’t you fucking dare to pretend as if you care for me!” Gaara raged as he walked over to the bed and pulled his leather jacket back on, he didn’t bother with the shirt. “There are plenty of guys I can get to fuck me and you can just go to hell!” The redhead grabbed his shirt in one hand and stormed out of the room, leaving a confused Uchiha behind. Sasuke hurriedly dialed Kankurou anyway and told him to go after Gaara, Sasuke didn’t want the redhead to go out there and get hurt.


As Gaara walked down the hallway he suddenly found himself face to face with a tired looking blond with a baby in his arms. Gaara didn’t say a word to Naruto; he just looked down at the floor as he walked past him and pulled the leather jacket tighter around his naked torso.


Naruto looked at the redhead, taking in his muzzed up hair, lacking clothes and he felt something deep inside him break beyond repair. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what had been going on inside that room. How could he have been with Sasuke for the last years when it was painfully obvious that he didn’t know the other at all…?


Aiko started to fuzz more in his arms and so with dry eyes and an empty heart Naruto walked past Sasuke’s door without a sound and towards the kitchen to feed a hungry baby.


oo—oo---oo


Sasuke woke up with the feeling that it was going to be a good day. Kankurou had texted him to let him know that he had caught up with Gaara and brought him home and Sasuke had been glad to know that the redhead was safe…at least for the moment. He felt bad that Gaara was in such a bad place but the whole thing had made Sasuke realize how much he truly did love Naruto and that he was willing to anything to patch things up with the blond, he didn’t want to end up alone and full of bitterness and regrets like Gaara.


After brushing his hair until it was it usual perfect style Sasuke followed the wonderful smell of fresh coffee coming from the kitchen. Once he got inside the room he saw Naruto drinking a cup of coffee at the granite counter while waiting for his toast to get ready. Sasuke smiled brightly at the blond but his smile faltered slightly as he only got an empty glare back from the blond.


“Good Morning Naruto, did you sleep well?” He asked trying to strike up a conversation.


“Just fine.” Was Naruto’s short reply before he turned his back to the raven and concentrated on buttering his toast and biting in to it.


“What’s the matter Naruto?” Sasuke asked, starting to get worried about the blonds’ behavior. He didn’t like seeing those blue eyes so cold and empty, something about that was just plain wrong.


Naruto didn’t answer as he packed a tray with coffee, bread and fruit and got ready to carry it up to Itachi. The blond checked the baby monitor he had in his belt to make sure that Aiko was still sleeping soundly and then he picked up the tray and got ready to move out of the room, huffing in annoyance as Sasuke stood in his way.


“Look Sasuke, we’re not together anymore so what’s the point in pretending to be friendly huh? Let’s just keep put of each other’s way as much as possible while we’re forced into this situation and then we can both move on with our lives. I trust you had a pleasant night.” He said and nodded towards Sasuke’s neck before he sidestepped the raven and walked out of the room.


Sasuke watched Naruto go with slightly gaping mouth before walking over to the toaster checking his reflection in the toasters shiny surface. “FUCK!” He yelled as he saw the bright purple mark on the side of his neck. That fucker Gaara had marked him when he was all octopus like on him. No wonder Naruto was pissed, how could he explain this to the blond? Sasuke grabbed a glass from the cupboard and hurled it against the wall in frustration watching as it shattered into a million pieces. This time he hadn’t done anything wrong but Sasuke knew that Naruto would never believe that. Not until he felt wetness on his arms did he realize that he was crying.


oo—oo—oo


Naruto knocked on the door of Itachi’s study but wasn’t surprised when he didn’t get a response. He turned the knob and walked into the darkness, sighing when he saw Itachi sitting in the exact same position he had been in the previous night. The dinner Naruto had brought up then was still untouched in front of the elder Uchiha.


Naruto pushed the dinner tray to the side on the large desk and placed the breakfast tray there instead. “Come on Itachi, you have to eat something.” Naruto coaxed and poured black coffee into a cup and placed it before the raven who didn’t acknowledge the blond at all.


“So Ai-Chan had a good night, she seem happy to be home and out of that lonely cold hospital. She slept soundly through the night except when she was hungry and then she had no problem letting me know that.” Naruto said with a soft smile as he thought about the baby who had already captured his heart and held it firmly in her tiny little hands. The blond buttered a toast and placed it in front of Itachi who still wouldn’t look at him but the raven had closed his fists around the armchairs of his office chair until the knuckles had gone white.


“She’s such a good girl,” Naruto continued. “And so beautiful, she looks like you…A tiny little Uchiha except for her eyes, I can’t be sure but I think they’ll be a lighter brown then yours; more like amber.”


“Shut up.” A soft whisper was heard through Naruto’s easy chatter.


Blue eyes widened and turned towards the lone figure sitting curled in on himself in the large leather chair. “Excuse me?” Naruto asked in bafflement.


“I said shut up; don’t mention that thing to me…Leave!” Itachi looked up and his face was like a white porcelain mask that looked as if it could crack at any given time.


Naruto saw red, he didn’t listen to anything else that Itachi said and his whole body shook in rage. He turned towards Itachi with a growl, curled his right hand into a tight fist and slammed it right into the suffering Uchiha’s face sending the raven sprawling on the floor.


“You fucking coward!” Naruto bellowed. “How dare you? How dare you call Ai-Chan a thing? She’s your daughter, Anko’s daughter and she needs you. Yet here you sit wallowing in your own self pity, leaving all decisions to others…How convenient.” Naruto spat at the other as he cradled his throbbing fist close to his body.


Itachi looked up from his place on the floor, holding a hand to his quickly bruising cheek. He was surprised that the blond could throw such a punch; the whole side of his head was throbbing in pain.


“What if she’ll know?” Itachi whispered up at the raging blond above him.


“What do you mean?” Naruto asked shortly, he was still pissed.


“Aiko, what if she’ll know that I didn’t love her mother enough to make her stay…What if she’ll hate me.” Suddenly the older Uchiha looked very vulnerable and Naruto felt his anger calm down to a simmer.


“Look Itachi, I don’t know what was going on between you and Anko but it’s not your fault that she died. As horrible as it is these things happen and no one is to blame. Ai-Chan won’t hate you, you’re her father and she needs you.”


“What…What if I love her and she goes away too…I couldn’t survive that Naruto.” Itachi was trembling now as he still sat on the floor.


“Itachi…you can never be certain what will happen from one day to the next but you can’t close off your heart. Life is short and you should treasure love and never take it for granted.” A tiny wail interrupted Naruto’s speech and the blond hurriedly looked at the baby monitor that was blinking.


“Your daughter is awake Itachi, let’s go look at her.” Naruto said and held his hand out for the Uchiha who took it in hesitation. They walked down the hall, Itachi refusing to let go of Naruto’s hand the whole time until they got to Naruto’s room.


Itachi looked around the room and at the bright colors that dominated the space; he looked back at Naruto questionly.


“Sasuke.” Naruto said between clenched teeth, he didn’t want to think about the fact that the younger Uchiha had done something nice and considerate, Naruto needed to hold on to his bitterness for the sake of his heart.


Itachi nodded softly in understanding and walked carefully on soft feet towards the bassinette and the fussing baby. He slowly peered over the edge and saw a pair of tiny arms clad in an orange body with yellow ducks on it waving madly and a red wrinkly face scrunched up in displeasure. A patch of inky black fuzz resided on her head and her eyes were tightly closed as she cried.


“Oh my God…She’s so beautiful!” Itachi gasped out in a voice almost bordering on a screech and then the tears came. “She’s my child Naruto…My baby girl.” Itachi sank down on his knees besides the bassinette and cried his heart out.


“How will I do this alone, Anko and I were supposed to do this together…We were supposed to be a family. What if I screw her up Naruto, What if I raise her too much Uchiha?” The raven gasped out between sobs.


“You’ll do fine Itachi, you’re still a family and you’ll have help.” Naruto sat down besides Naruto and stroked his long hair.


“Promise me you’ll stay!” Itachi pleaded as he leaned into Naruto’s touch. “I can’t do this without you…please stay.”


Naruto thought about what it would mean to stay and to be forced to be so close to Sasuke but then he watched the usually so strong Itachi crying on the floor and he knew that he would stay, they were his family after all.


“Anko is gone and things will never be alright again,” The tears were streaming down Itachi’s face. Naruto stood and picked Aiko up from her bed and then he carefully placed her in her father’s arms. Itachi’s eyes grew impossibly wide as he watched the baby in his arms and she watched back with large brown eyes, she had stopped crying the instant she was picked up.


“Meet your daughter Itachi, I promise that things will be okay.” Naruto had started to cry too as he saw Itachi bend down and kiss Aiko’s fuzzy hair. Itachi was still crying and Naruto sat down and held both father and child as they got to know each other.


“Yeah, things will be okay…”


Sasuke stood in the doorway just out of sight, he felt a bit sad that he wasn’t a part of this family bonding but he was happy that Naruto had finally gotten Itachi to wake up and go see his daughter.


He felt a horrible lump in his stomach that he’d lost Naruto for good and he didn’t agree with the sentiment that things would be okay…They would never be okay again. Sasuke turned and left before Naruto or his brother noticed him, he knew that Naruto wouldn’t want him there anyway.


It was time for a tactical retreat right now but the battle was far from over. After all he was an Uchiha; the concept of failure was foreign to him. So he had encountered an obstacle but obstacles were made to be over won. Despite the ache in his belly Sasuke whistled a small tune as he walked down the corridor…Naruto would be his again!

AN - Taadaa another one down. Next chapter Naruto will meet someone who will peek his interest, any suggestions on who it should be and where they should meet…don’t be afraid to let me know, I’ll happy take any suggestions and or advice. Thank you so much for reading and please review!