When Sasuke Met Naruto (SasuNaru)

- Chapter 46 -

A month passed in the blink of an eye for Sasuke. One day he was signing over the Uchiha Corporation to the government and watching Gaara get exonerated, the next he and Kakashi were hauling boxes into their new house in the suburbs of Konoha. Standing there was a box of his clothes in his hands, Sasuke eyed the house uncertainly. It was definitely not as nice as the old Uchiha mansion was, though he knew it was still an above average home. It was white, with two floors, a two-stall garage, and a spacious lawn. It fit in perfectly with the other homes in the neighborhood, many of which looked practically identical, with only slight variations in color and decoration. Glancing at his neighbors, Sasuke noted the presence of both lawn gnomes and lawn flamingos on either side and shuddered.

"Well, here we are. Home sweet home," Kakashi concluded as he kicked the door to the U-haul shut, cradling a box of kitchen supplies in his arms.

"I guess so," Sasuke replied before heading to the front door. There, with the house keys in his hand, he unlocked the door and pushed it open.

The interior seemed so cold to Sasuke, though he knew this was because it was completely barren. No furniture, no decoration, no appliances – all that the previous owners had left behind were light bulbs and the paint on the wall. Judging from the colors they had chosen for said paint, Sasuke decided their predecessors had as poor of taste as their neighbor. The living room was a lime green, the adjoining family room an odd choice of mauve, and the kitchen was a bubblegum pink. It looked as if someone had opened a box of Crayola crayons and simply colored the walls themselves.

"It's... bright," Sasuke concluded, setting the box on the floor.

"Don't worry – I've already talked with the people down at the Home Depot. We're going to repaint a lot of it," Kakashi said as he lugged his box into the kitchen. "Why don't you go and explore the rest of it real quick? I'll keep unloading the van."

Sasuke nodded and headed up the stairs, noting the sky blue paintjob on the stairwell. When he reached the top hallway, he continued with his hand running along the banister, studying every inch of it thoroughly. Again, the color was positively bizarre – for whatever reason, they had painted the hallway pure black, yet the carpet was scarlet. When he passed an open door, though, he saw only bright colors within. The one nearest the stairwell – the master bedroom – was bright yellow, and Sasuke immediately thought of Naruto's sunshine hair. Another further down the hallway was orange, and again his mind jumped straight to his boyfriend. And then he found what he was certain was to be his room – painted a nice, navy blue with beige carpeting. It wasn't as big as his old room, of course, but he felt relieved. He could get used to this room, at least. And with the bright orange room across the hallway, he had the perfect place for Naruto...

My word... I'm already thinking about us living together. I must be out of my mind...

Then it hit him – there was that possibility. After all, Kakashi was dating Naruto's dad. What would happen if they moved in together? Naruto would have to come along, and then they'd be living under the same roof. Across the hall from each other. Sasuke could just imagine sneaking over to that orange room at night and crawling under the covers with his precious blond, just lying there together. It would be summer, most likely, so they'd both be hot and sweaty...

He blushed. Yes, that would be nice. Before any of that could happen, though, there was something he had to do, and he was not particularly looking forward to it. As if he hadn't had enough awkward conversations with Kakashi lately.

Heading back down the black hallway to the stairwell, Sasuke descended to the first floor, where he found Kakashi struggling to move the flat-screen television through the door. With an amused sigh, Sasuke grabbed one end of it, and together they hauled the television into the living room, where they set it down carefully.