Mend My Broken Heart...

Chapter 12: The day.

Naruto didn't usually have skip days no matter what people thought of him, he was a pretty good chunnin. He tried his hardest in everything he did, whether or not it was the best. And he never took a day off, he was late but he had never just, not gone to practice. He wasn't the greatest at normal jutsus and that's why he had Ino to teach him.

Sasuke on the other hand, didn't really need practice. He went mostly because Sakura was his friend and needed his and Neji's help, with speed and aim. Other than that his and Neji's skills were pretty honed. They had worked out most of the kinks while Naruto was away with the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya. Speaking of the hyperactive ninja, Sasuke was bewildered as to where he had gone.

The raven had woken up in the bed alone. He heard some banging towards the front of the house and shot straight up in the bed. After realizing it was Naruto just making breakfast, he relaxed and got out of the warm bed.

Naruto was working on cooking some eggs and ham for the two of them. He thought that the older boy would want something to eat after the night they had... he blushed and continued cooking. Sasuke, not figuring that when he walked around naked it could distract the one holding the hot pan, was wandering around the house. The raven thought it had quite a spacious feeling for how small it actually was. Naruto noticed Sasuke walk out of his bedroom in all his glory.

The fox watched him gracefully dance around the room stopping here and there to look at something or other. Unlike Naruto, Sasuke was never clumsy and always elegant, or so the blonde thought. He looked like a fallen angel, come down to rescue Naruto from the hell he'd been living in. He had to look away from the walking god to finish cooking the eggs so they wouldn't burn. He lost himself in thought. It was always weird how Sasuke seemed to turn up at just the right time; whenever I needed someone to help me he was right there. It's like he had a tiny beeper inside his head that went off whenever I was in trouble.

Sasuke, finally noticing he had no clothes on, went back into Naruto's room and pulled on his boxers and a t-shirt. Naruto glanced at the raven and sighed sadly, he usually never got a really good look at Sasuke. This is because they had sex at night, the normal time, and it was dark. When he came back out Naruto had finished with their breakfast and set up two plates across from each other at the square table in his kitchen/dining room. They talked about everything under the sun while sitting at that tiny table.

Time skip Naruto and Sasuke talking about past relationships...

Naruto's fists clenched around his fork and glass, "Why?" he whispered, "Why did you stay with him if he hurt you like he did?"

"Can you fight what you feel Naruto? I think I was in love with him so that's why I stayed. Hoping he would quit when I knew he never would. It's sad really, to love someone and never be truly loved back. Each time I was beaten afterwards he would take me in his arms and whisper I love you and I'm so sorry in my ear. I believed every word. It was hard to get away, but one day... the day I found you... I left him. It was one of the most painful things I've ever done but since then I've felt better than before."

"I can understand that," Naruto said quietly, but I still want to beat the shit out of that guy... "You know the only thing I ever wanted since I was little was to have a loving family. But most all to be truly accepted by somebody. That's my biggest dream." Naruto was very wistful thinking of such things.

"Why? Naruto people accept you. I acknowledge you." Sasuke was confused. People thought Naruto was awesome, why would he feel like that?

"Because, the real me isn't something people want to be involved with. Just because it's inside me doesn't mean it is me!" His eyes tear up; he had to get a grip on himself.