Such Is Life (SasuNaru)

Prologue

"You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it."

     -Mahatma Gandhi

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It's days like these why Naruto stays with him. When he is sweet and gentle, but in the same time mysterious. When he holds him so protectively and isn't hurting him. 

"Naruto, what do you want to watch ?" He asks the smaller, who then scrolls the channels for a while but settles with some random history document about the Cold War. The two lovers snuggle on the couch and eat little snacks. 

Times like these makes all the pain Naruto has to go through worth while.

It sounds mad, insane even, but it really makes sense to Naruto. Yes, he cries and hates himself over it when his boyfriends hurts him. But his smiles are genuine when Pain takes him to a dinner in a fancy restaurant, or when they snuggle on the sofa watching TV.

"I really love you, Naruto, You know that right ?" The blond nods at the oranget.

"I know, I love you too." He whispers and Pain kisses him. Naruto can feel the elder's tongue piercings when they battle in a fierce kiss. 

"You're so beautiful, baby." Pain cooes while he makes out with Naruto. The two make their whey to the bedroom, clumsily hitting the door frames and knocking some things of the tables they pass. Finally they make it to the large bed, and Pain gently pushes the smaller on to it. 

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Naruto wakes up in the morning, stretching on the bed where they 'made love' last night. He realizes that the clock is nearly 11 am. and hastily stands up.

"Oh crap, I'm late for my work !" He runs to the bathroom to take a shower, where he soaps himself and scrubs all the dirt away. 'Oh...wait a minute...It's Thursday...' He thinks and the scrubbing slows down while he thinks. It's like he's forgetting something.

'It's Thursday ! I don't even have work on Thursdays..!' He realizes and bangs his head to the shower wall. 'Well..At least I'm not late, my boss would've killed me.'

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Naruto works in a small cafe near their apartment, because Pain refuses to let the blond work any where that isn't as close as the cafe is. It was miracle he even let Naruto get this job, it took weeks to get his overprotective boyfriend to let him go out and get a job. 

Naruto always wanted to be a doctor. He went to nursing school, but had to drop out because of his constant absence, and simply because Pain didn't let him study anymore and 'waste their money' as he'd said it. 

So now he works in the Prancing Pony. It's a small cafe, not a bar, but a cafe. Where there are maybe fifty customers a day and never a dull moment. His friends come there often, it being the only way he can meet his friends. They don't understand why Naruto still stays with the abusive boyfriend, but help him anyway. The blond is very precious to them. 

His best friends would be,

Kiba, the constant bragging and yelling that makes everyone's ears bleed.

Shikamaru, the laziest guy you could ever meet, but who is sweet and caring on his own weird way.

Ino, the one who always helps Naruto on his style crisis'.

Sakura, the one who often tends to his wounds when they're too serious and he can't go to the hospital.

Neji, most of the time the guy is so emotionless jerk Naruto wishes to punch him but holds it in. He's also really smart like Shikamaru, and sometimes likes to comb Naruto's perfect soft locks of sunshine hair. Weird, but it still feels nice.