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Our Last Christmas

Naruto watched with certain caution towards the boy who looked away in disdain. He took years to realize that in all honesty... Sasuke had never been his best friend, he had never been his brother. Simply put, Naruto had feelings far beyond all that for him. He loved him; he loved him more than a best friend, more than a brother, he was everything to him. Surely Sasuke had never thought of anything like that since the only thing that ran through his heart was anger, hate, and vengeance. He didn't know love.

"I think I should explain some things to you about Christmas if you really want to go through with this madness," Sasuke whispered, moving away from Naruto.

"Just... ask whatever you want and you'll get it." Naruto said with a grand smile seeing how Sasuke began to open himself up a little.

"You need to change all this ordinary, boring decoration. Maybe a Christmas tree or something, decorate it, some mistletoe... you need a lot of things."

"I'll get them. You only tell me what you need. We'll decorate it together!"

"No... I'll pass on decorating," Sasuke said, moving a bit farther away from Naruto as he dragged the futon.

"Why?"

"Because I don't have good memories of Christmas. It wasn't exactly something we celebrated in my house. My father was always strict, even in those days."

Naruto understood by the expression on Sasuke's face that despite having enjoyed a family, surely it was never a memorable time for him. After all, they were Uchiha. Their expectations were far much higher than the rest of the clans and it was possible that instead of taking time to enjoy the festivities, they spent all their time training.

"I'm sorry,"— Naruto whispered, —"I didn't know it wasn't a good time in your life, either."

"Doesn't matter."

"I would've never imagined that you didn't have pleasant memories of it."

"Christmas at my house was never exactly something special,"— Sasuke began, —"but... just because it wasn't a special day then, doesn't mean it can't be now. Maybe... we could find out together, in our own way. There's no need to have the typical things, just... improvise."

"Really?" Naruto smiled upon hearing that.

"Sure,"— Sasuke smiled this time. —"let's improvise."

In reality, improvisation was something that fit Naruto like a ring to a finger. He had always been the first in surprising people. He liked improvising and with him being so impulsive, it was perfect for him to improve on his improvisation. In contrast, Sasuke seemed to have to plan out every single detail in his fights, each detail in his life. Perhaps it was that 'perfect planning' that Naruto had fallen in love with. Both were so opposite, yet at the same time, they shared the same pain and the same loneliness.

"I'll go out to shop right now,"— Naruto smiled as he quickly got up and searched for a jacket to put on.

Sasuke tried to stop him upon seeing him so euphoric but once seeing how the blond ran all over the place putting on warm clothes and releasing seals to get out of his own seals, he gave up realizing that it would be near impossible to stop him. The blond was set on spending the holidays with him and he would do anything as to convert his house to match the date.

Only the sound of the door closing made Sasuke realize that he was alone again. The firewood continued consuming away in front of him in the chimney. The warmth flooded him and yet... inside, he felt as cold as always. He hit his forehead with the palm of his hand and cursed himself one and a million times for never being able to bring that armor down even with Naruto.