Such Is Life (SasuNaru)

3. Too Close

"The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about."

 -Tim Keller

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Yahiko led Naruto towards their bedroom, a groaning and moaning blond in his arms.

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Third POV

The morning after, Naruto woke up to his alarm clock and to a cold bed. Yahiko must've left earlier, so he just sighed and sat up from the comforts of the warm and soft bed.

Naruto yawned. It had been one of those nights when everything went perfectly. He would be showered with love and comfort. He wouldn't wake up from the floor or in pain.

The blond rose up from the king sized bed and stretched his muscles while thinking what he should wear to work. Today was Saturday, this weeks last day of work for him. Yahiko always worked when he wanted, which would be everyday for at least a few hours.

Naruto didn't know when his boyfriend would be coming home, but Yahiko had said it was okay to go to work, so he was free from all the anxiety.

The party was tomorrow, on Sunday. He felt slightly nervous about meeting his boyfriend's friends. He never had seen any of them, nor heard of them. He wondered about why, they had been dating for almost a year now, so he didn't know why Yahiko wouldn't let him meet his friends that he never even knew about.

Naruto showered, and dried himself as he was washing his teeth. He smiled to his mirror image, but frowned when he saw the cut on his cheek and some hickeys Yahiko had left as if a way of marking his territory.

He put on a bandage to his cheek, wincing as it pressured the wound, and tried to cover the black hickeys from his neck with some foundation he bought for occasions like these.

When he deemed himself presentable, he put on some skinny jeans along with the waiter's usual white shirt with the cafè's logo on it. He skipped down the stairs and ate some breakfast before leaving to work. He felt unusually happy today, almost as if the Sun was shining just for his good mood and he smiled.

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"Good morning, and what would you like to order today ?" Naruto required from a beautiful blonde woman with hazel eyes, that were narrowed at him after seeing the blond waiter.

"Some tea, please." She had said. Her voice sounded soft, but there was something else underneath it. Naruto thanked her for the order and skipped towards the counter and grabbed a cup of tea for the lady. He could still feel the woman's examining gaze, and it made him slightly nervous.

When the blond came over to the table with the tea, he was stopped by the woman, who had grabbed his hand.

"Is your name Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto ?" She asked with a soft tone that completely contrasted her calculated eyes.

"Yes, I am. Why do you ask ?" The woman sighed and dropped her hold on the blond.

"My name's Tsunade. Senju Tsunade, and I'm a family friend of sorts." Naruto's blue eyes widened.

"You're the Tsunade Ero-sannin always speaks of ?" Tsunade chuckled with a bitter laugh that held a promise of pain to the said man.

"Yes, I am. Jiraya never showed me any pictures of you, but Kushina has sent a few over the years, when I haven't been able to visit you. You look slightly different from the pictures though." She said and Naruto inwardly sweated. He did not need any digging up on his relationships right now.

"Really ?" He asked with a nervous chuckle. "Haven't noticed." She narrowed her hazel eyes again, and dropped her gaze on the small bandage on the blond's cheek.

"What happened to your face ?" She asked. Naruto inwardly sighed in defeat.

"Just a cooking accident." Well, he wasn't lying, but the fry pan didn't slash his cheek, but rather the mad boyfriend did.

"Is that so ?" Naruto gulped and calmed himself and said "Well anyway, I should continue my work, you enjoy your tea. It was nice to finally meet you, God mother". The woman's eyes widened and she dropped her gaze to the floor.

It was true she didn't say what she meant to the young man, but Naruto already knew. And it made Tsunade feel slightly guilty for never even visiting the man.

Naruto walked to the next table, where there was sitting another woman, but who has younger, and has purplish blue hair with caramel eyes and piercings. She reminded him a little of Yahiko, with all those piercings on her face.

"Hello, what can I get you ?" He continued to serve the customers until his shift would end and he would be heading home, fearing what would his boyfriend's mood be.

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"What are you going to wear, Naruto ?" Yahiko asked the still sleepy blond that lied next to him. Yesterday, Yahiko was in a decent mood, not hitting the blond, until Naruto accidentally dropped an old vase from the counter, when he had been washing it.

It costed him a punch to his stomach and a slap to his face along with insults that later turned in to loving apologies and sweet promises that he couldn't keep.

"Some jeans and that red shirt you bought me on my birthday ?" Yahiko nodded in consent and dragged the blond from the bed to shower.

"That'll look good on you, I just know it. Now shower, I'll make some breakfast, and we can do anything you want before we leave tonight." He said and left the blond alone to the bathroom. Naruto sighed and hopped under the cold water that slowly turned more warmer by the second.

When he was ready, he walked downstairs with some baggy pants and a crop top on. Yahiko had done pancakes, which were Naruto's favorite.

"Thanks." He mumbled and sat down.

"Your welcome. Now what do you want to do after we eat ?" Yahiko asked while drinking some coffee. Naruto shrugged but when he felt Yahiko's aura turn more purple, he swallowed.

"Maybe walking in the Park ? Or maybe just watching some old movie by the sofa ?" He suggested. Yahiko nodded and pondered on with the choices he was presented.

"We'll watch a movie." Naruto nodded and continued his eating with a constant wariness over his unpredictable lover.

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Sasuke POV

'I can't believe I let them drag me in here... I don't know anyone besides those two idiots.'

Kisame and my brother were conversing with the party planner, some silver haired guy whose name was Hidan. I dropped down on my seat and took a huge gulp of my drink but was frozen by a familiar voice.

"Already drinking ?" I turned my head towards the direction of the voice and almost dropped my glass.

"Can't you see ?" I remarked and the blond huffed. "You know I wasn't so ecstatic for coming here either, as I see you aren't either." He said and I chuckled. 

"You see correct, Naruto." The said blond smiled and sat next to me.

'She was right...it is my lucky day.' 

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AN//: I appreciate all of the supports I am given of this story, and I thank you. Also go check out my new story, Titanium (SasuNaru)

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Peace out,

Naru__chan