Genjutsu

Chapter 4 slow recovery

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It had been nearly a week since Sasuke had arrived. He'd been sleeping at Naruto's apartment on a mat at the foot of the blonde's bed. He refused to leave Naruto there alone. Naruto had been doing better, he'd even started to smile again. He still woke up in the middle of the night, scared awake by his nightmares. But now when he woke up crying from them he at least had someone there to comfort him until he calmed down.

Most of their friends hadn't heard about Sasuke returning yet. Especially since he's stayed with Naruto ever since he came back. He refused to leave his friend's side. Iruka of course had already discovered that Sasuke was there, but he didn't tell any of the others, he wanted the two of them to be mostly left alone for now.

Though, they weren't completely alone. Kakashi had gotten permission from lady Tsunade to be the one in charge of keeping an eye on Sasuke. He slept on the floor in front of the window. It was a little cramped in the room but they didn't really care at the moment. What mattered most was that Naruto wasn't alone any more and that he was starting to get better.

They heard a knock at the door. Kakashi went to answer the door. The other two were cuddling again. They did this quite often so far, Naruto clung to him like a baby brother. Kakashi opened the door.

"Hi Kakashi, it's nice to see you here, how's Nar-" Sakura went silent, finally noticing the two of them sitting on the floor. Sasuke looked up at her. Naruto was smiling as he laid half asleep in Sasuke's arms. She was completely stunned. Both by the lost friend sitting in front of her and the smile across Naruto's peaceful face.

Kakashi covered her mouth before she could say anything, then brought her back outside, closing the door quietly behind them. "Shhhh. You can talk to Sasuke later. Right now he's busy letting Naruto sleep. He doesn't sleep often so the last thing we want to do is wake him." He whispered to her.

She reluctantly nodded her head. "Can I at least come in" she asked quietly.

"Fine, but you'd better stay quiet. You'll have to wait until he wakes up before you can talk to the two of them."

"Does that mean that Naruto is talking again?" She said, hoping it was true.

"No, not yet. He has been doing better though. He's not crying as much as he used to. Sasuke has been a huge help comforting him."

The two of them slipped back inside quietly. Naruto was enjoying a dreamless blissful sleep in the warm embrace of his friend. After about two hours though his dream began, or should I say his nightmare returned.

There he was, back in that horrible room. He was once again tied up with his ass in the air. His father was behind him, about to thrust himself into the boy's ass. Naruto laid there with that sinful hard on as his father fucked him in the ass and jacked him off. He was crying, and yet he couldn't stop moaning.

He woke up sobbing, the nightmare still clear in his mind. He cried into Sasuke's chest, trying desperately to clear the images and emotions from his mind. Sakura hadn't seen him like this before. Most of them had no idea about his nightmares, since he barely slept and he never talked about them.

Sasuke sat there, rocking him like a child as he cried, telling him that he was safe now and reminding the blonde that he was here for him. After a few minutes his sobbing subsided, he still clung desperately to Sasuke.

After seeing all this Sakura no longer cared about any of the questions she'd had. All that mattered to her now was that Sasuke was here and that Naruto didn't feel so alone any more.

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At the Akatsuki headquarters the rumors about the fox boy had finally arrived. Itachi felt quite pleased with himself at how effective his handy work had apparently been. He'd need to go and pay the boy another visit at some point.