Love Among the Rich

Chapter 5: Trust me!

After Sasuke left the balcony, rain began pouring. Just my luck. Naruto thought. Then suddenly, even though he saw rain, he couldn't feel it. He looked up, shocked to see the underside of an umbrella. "Couldn't let the rain touch what's mine." Sasuke said, holding the umbrella. "Thanks. For the umbrella and your weird ass statement." Naruto said.

Sasuke handed the umbrella to Naruto. "The cities are pretty. Even when it's raining." Naruto said. "I think it's prettier when it's raining. Then again when is it not pretty." Sasuke said. "I get this odd feeling you're not talking about the rain." Naruto. "We were talking about rain?" Sasuke asked. Naruto looked at him funny. "How did you not know that? Did you think I was calling myself a city?" Naruto said. "I'm just messing around." Sasuke said, a crooked smile on his face. "When are you not?" Naruto said, looking back at the buildings.

"The funny thing about the city is that it came from nothing. It all started as one person deciding to build a house there. And then his family moved there. And their friends. And now, hundreds of years later, there's thousands of people here." Naruto said, sighing. "Those are some inspiring words. But many people fall trying to do what this so-called 'one person' did." Sasuke said, pulling out another cigarette.

"Yeah. I guess you're right." Naruto said. "About that slu-woman. About the woman. You know she's not right for you, right?" Sasuke asked, inhaling the smoke. "And you would know, huh? Well if she isn't, then who is?" Naruto asked, waving his hand at the smoke, trying to change its direction away from him. "Me, obviously. I mean look at me, I'm the whole package." Sasuke said. "Yep. A package full of trouble." Sasuke looked at Naruto with a confused glance. Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Come on, don't give me that look. The minute you came here, all the women in my company started...I don't know, acting up." Naruto said. Sasuke shrugged. "What can I say, I'm simply irresistible." There was a knock on the door behind them. "Naruto, It's me, Sai." Sai's smooth voice said. "Come in. I mean out." Naruto said. Sasuke chuckled as Sai walked out on the balcony. "There's...an issue." Sai said, side eyeing Sasuke. Naruto groaned. "What now?!" He asked. "Well...Uhm...They sent the wrong employee." Sai said, looking at his clipboard. "What?" Both Sasuke and Naruto said in unison.

"Yes, you see, they were to send Itatchi, but at the last minute, something got messed up, and they ended up sending Sasuke here without letting the head of Uchiha company know." Sai said, nibbling on his lip. "That can't be true. My father knew damn well I was here." Sasuke said. "Yes, well, I would figure, but apparently they want you back, and just won't say. I'm not sure I should discuss this in front of an Uchiha." Sai said. "I'm not a tattle-tale. But what I am, is confused." Sai looked at Naruto, who nodded.

"Fine. We think they're sending Itachi to get inside info on the company, whereas they send Sasuke without those intentions. But we are not sure." Sai said. Sasuke thought for a minute. "No, Itatchi's a lot of things, but not a spy. There's obviously some interior motive, but I think what." Sasuke said. "Well, to be honest, we can't trust you." Naruto said. Sai nodded. Sasuke felt a little pin of pain go through his heart for some odd reason after hear Naruto say that. "You think I'm spying on you guys?" Sasuke asked, anger in his voice. "I never said that." Naruto said. "You don't have to. It's quite obvious. I'm leaving." Sasuke said, storming off.

Sai and Naruto exchanged glances. "Let me...talk to him." Naruto said, folding up the umbrella, and opening the door. The inside was very quiet, compared to the outside, which was filled with the noisy city sounds. He quickly walked to Sasuke's office, where Sasuke was shoving stuff in a box. "Sorry, I forgot to knock." Naruto said, as Sasuke roughly shut a box. "You left your umbrella." Naruto said. "Ok." Sasuke grumbled.

"Why are you so mad?" Naruto asked, leaning the umbrella against an empty box. "Leave." Sasuke growled. "No! Not until you answer! Listen, I don't know-" He was cut off when Sasuke suddenly pushed him against the wall, pinning both of Naruto's hands to his side. "Why do you care?" Sasuke whispered. "Let go." Naruto demanded, attempting to pull his wrists away from Sasuke. "Not until I get an answer." Sasuke said, smirking. "Because you're still an employee. It's my job to care." Naruto said, slightly blushing. "Is that all?" Sasuke asked, looking more at Naruto's lips, then his actual face. "Yes?" Naruto said in more of a questioning way. Sasuke let go, and turned back to his boxes.

"Then stop worrying. Because I'm no longer your employee." Naruto sighed. "Fine. But could you at least tell me why you got so mad?" Naruto asked, rubbing his wrists. Sasuke hesitated before turning around to face Naruto. "I never gave you any reason not to trust me." Sasuke said. "Except screwing girls?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah, except when it comes to girls." Sasuke said, trying to fight a smile. "It's not that we don't trust you, necessarily, but say they questioned you about something, and you had no choice but to answer." Naruto said, glancing at the photo on Sasuke's desk. "Whatever." Sasuke said, grabbing the photo of him and Itachi off his desk.

"What's Itachi like?" Naruto asked. "You should know." Sasuke said. Everyone knows. "I'm not talking about his public personality. I mean what he's really like." Naruto said. Sasuke stopped packing, and looked at Naruto. "That's...I guess...he's a good brother." Sasuke stuttered. I've never gotten that question before. Sasuke thought. But I sense an opportunity. "How about lunch. I'll tell you everything then." Sasuke said. "Sure. When?" I asked. "I'll text you the place and date." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded. "Well. I need to go talk to Hinata." Naruto said. "Wait." Sasuke said, causing Naruto to stop. "I only have your work phone. Care to give me a personal number?" Sasuke asked. Naruto frowned before handing Sasuke a little slip of paper. "This is my personal number." Naruto said. Sasuke nodded.

"Good luck with the whore."