Faded (Naruto Fanfiction) [Sasuke/Naruto] *Possibly being revised in 2020*

Epilogue

Naruto knew everything. How - and why - he could remember all the villagers attacking and beating him and pushed him to the ground. He knew why Sasuke always looked at him with slight fear in his eyes, not fear of him, no, just fear of losing him.

The blonde lay awake, staring at the ceiling before turning to look at the clock beside him. 4:39 in the morning, around eighty minutes before him and Sasuke usually woke. Deciding against sleeping again - in fear of not waking up in time to make Sasuke breakfast - Naruto chose to instead combine his memories with the recent ones he acquired.

As the hours ticked by, emotions flowed through the boy; happiness, rage, and love were all prominent in his memories. It wasn't too long before he decided to get up and prepare a nice breakfast to wake Sasuke up to.

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Sasuke knew something had changed when he woke up. It wasn't that he was alone as, though Naruto loved to sleep in bed with him, he had told Naruto it would be best if he got used to sleeping alone. No, it was something quite different, queer, unusual.

The scent of eggs permeating the air instantly caught his attention though. Who was in his house? What intruder would come here, knowing that he was fully capable of killing them, and cooking eggs?

Creeping to his door, the noirette sidled up to the kitchen, activating his Sharingan before peering around the edge of the doorframe. The young man at the stove looked so much like his love, Naruto, but it couldn't be. Naruto now... he could barely speak a word, he couldn't cook or do anything like that?

"N-naruto?" he questioned, deactivating his Sharingan before stepping onto the wooden kitchen floor.

"Sasuke!" The blond beamed, turning off the stove and placing down the spatula he was using to flip the eggs before going up to hug Sasuke.

"What is going on?" The noirette hugged back before moving him an arm's length away.

"I'll explain over breakfast." The blonde dismissed him, going back over to the stove to continue his cooking. Still confused, Sasuke stumbled over to the table in the middle of the room, sitting down onto the cushioned chair nearest to him.

Once Naruto finished cooking, he brought the food to the table and sat facing Sasuke. The blond boy sighed, clasping his hands on the table before him, and prepared himself to speak. "I know everything." The sentence was short but had a large impact.

Sasuke stopped mid-bite, egg falling from between his lips, before he looked up, meeting the worried eyes of his love. "You... know everything?" he questioned, voice quickening and eyes widening.

"Yes..." Naruto eased the syllable out of his mouth before leaning back - just in case Sasuke went against what he thought he would do - and preparing to say it.

"I love you, Naru." blurted out the dark-haired boy before he stood up and ran around the table, disappearing in seconds, only to reappear with his arms draped in a loving hug around the blond. The whiskered boy smiled as he nestled back into Sasuke, finally content with his love never leaving.