My Ex Want To Marry Again

Part - XXXII

13th Nov, 2023
18:46

Naruto closed the door to his apartment. It was midnight, and he had been up since six in the morning after only a few hours of sleep the night before. He was exhausted.

After so much time alone, the swirl of people he had interacted with today had exhausted him, but also somehow helped him take that final step back into normalcy. He had always been a social person, and the past two years had been lonely.

He thought back over the evening. It had not been as hard as he thought it would be to have the conversation he needed to with Yahiko. Yahiko had been surprised to learn that Naruto was still married, but not surprised at the return to the 'just friends' status. He knew the depth of feeling that Naruto had for his ex. The pain that was reflected in Naruto's art could only have been birthed from a consuming kind of love. And as much as he might not like Sasuke, he had seen the look in the man's eyes and had known he was not going to let Naruto go. Even without the surprise news of the marriage still being in effect, Yahiko had been expecting Naruto to put things on hold between them until he got things sorted out with Sasuke.

Naruto knew that Sasuke was upset that he had seen Yahiko tonight instead of him. Naruto had had time to calm down after the awkward intrusion at lunch. There was no way to erase what had happened. They had both slept with other people. It had happened. He could continue to be jealous and angry about it, or he could just accept that it happened and talk to Sasuke about what it meant now.

Naruto pulled out his phone. He wasn't sure if Sasuke had changed his cell from two years ago, but he figured he'd try.

Teme. It's late, so I won't call. I know how you are about your beauty sleep. I hope this is still your number. If it is, now you have mine as well. If you're up for it, I can call you after I finish work tomorrow and we can meet at my place for dinner. But if someone you fucked shows up there, I am throwing them out the window. Just sayin!

Naruto hit send, and didn't expect a reply until morning. He was surprised when his phone rang few minutes later.

"Hey." He recognized the smooth baritone of Sasuke's voice immediately.

"Hey."

"So... where are you?"

The abrupt question puzzled Naruto for a second, until he realized that Sasuke must have been worried he'd spend the night at Yahiko's.

Sasuke's jealous. Naruto rolled his eyes but smiled, knowing he was being an ass for enjoying it a little, but put the man out of his misery.

"I'm home. Alone."

There was a pause. Then,

"Is that an invitation?"

"Bastard. Did you call me after midnight to talk dirty, or are you going to answer me about tomorrow."

"I can come over tomorrow. What time do you think that the shoot will end?"

"Not sure... I've only done a few of these. Sometimes they are quick, and sometimes they take all day. That's why I figured it would be better if I call you when I finish, so you won't be waiting for me to show up."

"I could pick you up from your shoot. Shikamaru mentioned that you don't have a car."

"Nah, it's across town from you. I have someone who is going to drive me, so it's not a problem."