Sincerely Devoted (SasuNaru)

With your love, I am infinite

11:09PM

Itachi, Kiba and I were helping the owners to close the store. After the owners locked the doors and thanked us again, they waved goodbye and made their way home.

Kiba was still following right behind Itachi and I as we took a scroll down the lane to the main road.
"Where are you going to stay tonight?" I asked, turning towards him.
The older Uchiha simply shrugged, "Wherever looks good to me, as always. It could be a park, an alleyway or a bench."

"But isn't that.. dangerous?" I looked up at the taller man, worried.
"I'll be fine. I don't have such a pretty face like yours." He pinched my cheek, giggling to himself.
"Hey, cut that out." Kiba finally emerged from behind us, walking in between us now.
"A jealous type, I see. I doubt Sasuke would like him being around you." He whistled, looking away.

Kiba rolled his eyes, "Both of these Uchihas are absolutely intolerable.." He complained softly to me.
I chuckled, "Hey, why don't you offer him a place to crash tonight?" I nudged Kiba.
Kiba looked at me as though I had lost my mind. "Are you crazy? Why the hell would I do that? I barely even know him, what if this man kills me in my sleep tonight?"

I playfully smacked Kiba on the arm.
"You can sleep at my place tonight." I blurted out, almost forgetting that Sasuke is practically living with me now.

Itachi turned to me, the sides of his mouth curved upwards. Flabbergasted and speechless.
"No! My place it is." Kiba interrupted us again, giving me the death stare.
"...Thanks, but no thanks. I don't need anyone's sympathy." Itachi seemed a little dishearten, but still putting on a warm smile for us.

He waved goodbye to us, once again assuring us that he'll be fine before disappearing into the dark night.

I couldn't help but feel helpless as he walked away. But I didn't know what else to do for him.

"What were you thinking?! Offering up your place for a stranger?" Kiba yelled at me as soon as the older Uchiha left our sight.
I turned to him sheepishly, "He is Sasuke's brother. I feel like I should trust him."

Kiba facepalmed, "Dude, even Sasuke himself doesn't trust him."
He shook his head, giving up the conversation.

I grew up always believing the good in people.
I have to.
If not, the world would seem like a horrible place to live in. Reality would be too scary.

Theres always a possibility that there is some good left in people.
And after listening to his side of the story, which might not be true..
But if it is true, then I have to find a way to help mend this broken bond between the brothers.

11:33PM

Kiba walked me to my gate before calling himself a taxi home. I waved to him goodbye and as I turned around, I saw a man in all black towering over me. The tall scary man seemed angry.

"Where were you..?" My boyfriend's infuriation now turned into relief as he wrapped his arms around me.
He sighed heavily into my shoulder. "You haven't replied me since 3pm. You had me worried sick but I couldn't leave my meetings. By the time I had arrived at your ramen store, it was closed."

"Oh, I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to worry you.. I was just.. busy." I bit my tongue as I lied, I hated lying especially to someone I love and care so dearly for.

"Busy studying? Don't be too hard on yourself." His gentle gaze landed on me as his hand ran through my hair.

"Oh, no.. I happened to find a job." I totally forgot I didn't informed him of my work.
"And I left my phone in my bag during my shift." I continued explaining but I wasn't ready to tell him about meeting his brother yet.

We began walking into the house as he held my hand. "Why did you suddenly get a job? You should focus on your upcoming exams." He arched his eyebrows, his hand slid up the stair's railing as we made our way to my bedroom.

I playfully nudged him as we entered the bedroom, "I know.. But it's all your fault!"

"My fault?" He sat down on the bed. With his hand still locked in mine, he pulled me in between his legs and wrapped both arms around my waist as he looked up at me.

I poked his forehead lightheartedly, looking down at him as I continued to complain.
"Yeah, you came to the ramen store and it went viral! You should have seen the amount of girls today!" I pouted as he cracked a snicker.

12:09AM

We were sitting against the bed's headboard, Sasuke's chin resting on my head as I read up some chapters on calculus. But as usual, when I'm with him, I couldn't focus on anything else. My thoughts brought me back to the words Itachi said earlier.

I wondered if Sasuke was under a lot of pressure last year when he turned 20 and his father broke the news to him? It's barely a year that he has been running the company, but he has never told me anything about his work life.

It must have been tough on you, huh?
He has to handle a large corporation, manages his employees, attending press conferences and board meetings.. He even has to model and act to promote his watches.
He has to be the brains of the company.
The face of the company.
The entire company and its' future relies on him. I can't imagine the pressure of his schedules and all his responsibilities.
Yet somehow he still spares his time for me.

I have to do the same too, when I'm in college.
I would have no excuse because if he can do it, so can I!

I made a mental promise to myself as I slowly closed my textbook. Sasuke seemed alittle surprised by my movement as I looked up at him.

"What's wrong? Are you tired?" He turned away from his phone as he gently cup my chin up with his free hand to meet his dark eyes, examining me.

I shook my head lightly and took his hand into mine.
"..I'm not tired, but are you?" The words slipped right through my lips and his eyes widened a little as if taken aback by my sudden question

"..It must be difficult handling a large international company at your age." I continued to speak my mind as I stared deeply into his irises.

I'm sure with him supervising his employees that are much older than him, they would speak bad of him behind his back. How Sasuke took the "easy way" up from his rich father, but I know it sure as hell wasn't easy. My heart sank, even thinking about it. He could have worked his ass off and not a single bit of admiration or acknowledgement would have been given to him.

All this while I thought he would never understand the predicament I'm in. But we're both in the end, trying to prove ourselves to the world.. with our own bare hands.

He smiled and planted a kiss on my forehead. "No, it can't be as challenging as juggling work and school."

I shook my head, disagreeing immediately. He would always downplay the stress of his responsibilities and I know he does that to add to my list of worries since I have so much going on.

But I want to worry for him. Because he is at the top of my list, he is my priority.
I'll always worry for him.

I stretched out my hand to stroke his cheek.
I want to be that safe place he runs to, to rest his heavy head after a long day of chaos. I want to be there for him with open arms, and comfort him within my embrace.

Because he's doing that for me.
Yet, I feel like there's nothing I can do for him.

Well, it's my turn to carry some of your burden now.
I returned his kiss on his forehead and assured him I was coping well, "Sasuke, as long as you're with me, nothing seems too difficult - I'll even take on the world by your side."