That of Foxes and Wolves [ADOPTED]

4. My Name?

     It was around 6:00 in the morning when Naruto woke up, and he quickly realized he wasn't in his house. For one thing, he doesn't have a bed, he has a futon, and then the sheer tidiness of this room was the complete opposite of his. 'Where am I?'

     As Naruto was looking around he noticed someone sleeping on the floor, that specific someone being the boy from yesterday- well, Sasuke. He remembered that he'd fallen asleep on him, and a faint warmth was brought to his cheeks.

     He didn't dwell on the memory for long though, because he was enraptured by the appearance of the other boy as he slept. Though he was young he already had fairly sharp features, but they blended well with the child-like roundness of his face. His lips were parted slightly as he breathed, and they were just a bit more pink than his cheeks. Then Naruto realized that Sasuke was in fact blushing, hence why his cheeks were pink.

     Naruto finally remembered what his initial thought was, which was that he needed to leave. He tried to get up and walk out swiftly- it should have been easy for him considering he had kitsune traits, but he failed anyway. As he attempted to leave his tail whacked into a table beside the bed. He winced as it had hit fairly hard and it hurt slightly, but also because he worried he had woken the sleeping boy.

     His ears twitched as he heard shuffling behind him and he noticed that Sasuke was waking up. He panicked and looked around quickly, but there was nowhere to hide so he tried making a run for the door. He almost made it before he heard a voice and turned around to see that Sasuke had completely woken up.

     "What are you doing?" Sasuke said with his head slightly tilted to the side. His tone surprised Naruto. he'd expected him to be extremely grumpy or actually mad that he'd been woken up, but he sounded perfectly calm.

     Nonetheless Naruto panicked, he'd experienced faux politeness before, who's to say this isn't another act? His ears quickly flattened and looked down to show clear submission. "Go-Gomenasai! I didn't m-mean to wake- uh, wake you..."

     Naruto kept his head down and squeezed his eyes shut as he anticipated whatever punishment he deserved. He heard Sasuke stand up and walk over and if possible he shrank even more in fear. Suddenly he felt arms wrap around him, but for once they weren't in a restraining way, they were simply supporting him.

     Naruto wasn't used to treatment like this, what was he supposed to do? Was he supposed to fight against it or accept it? In the end he did neither, and instead dropped to the floor as he cried once again, he was overwhelmed by the new, kinder treatment and didn't understand what it meant. He couldn't tell if this was fake or if he had finally found someone that he could consider a friend, he was worried of being hurt again.

     Sasuke had no idea how to react either, he'd never met someone so expressing before, it was new to him. He noticed that he heard laughing, and looked down to see that Naruto was the one laughing, though he still had tears streaming down his face. He had begun panicking, and laughing it off was an instinct he had developed through the years.

     Eventually Naruto had calmed himself down and instead sat on the floor in silence. Sasuke felt slight pity for him, and once again hugged him. Unexpectedly Naruto hugged him back, wrapping his arms around Sasuke and putting his head in the crook of his shoulder. Sasuke's scent was extremely calming to Naruto, and he felt even more content.

     "Hey..." Sasuke spoke softly. Naruto jumped slightly, partly because of the surprising break of silence and also because he still wasn't used to someone speaking so genuinely softly to him. "Can you tell me what your name is?"

     Sasuke had heard many names they used to call him but he would never use them, and he wanted to guarantee that he could be trusted. Even within the small amount of time they spent together Sasuke could tell that Naruto wasn't an easily trusting person. Naruto nodded slightly before speaking. "My n-name is Uzumaki Naru-Naruto."

     Sasuke nodded, though he did know his name already he wanted to seem polite by asking. "Well my name is Uchiha Sasuke, nice to officially meet you Naruto!"

     Sasuke smiled as he looked down at Naruto, and it made Naruto blush. He realized to his own surprise, that his ears were no longer pressed flatly against his head, and his tail that was usually wrapped protectively around himself was calmly swishing behind him. He smiled up at Sasuke with glee. He had finally made a true friend.