Naruto You

Naruto began to have an inexplicable sense of loss.

For Uchiha Sasuke's initial "I don't like it", it gradually became more and more blurred in this sense of loss. He didn't quite understand what kind of mood he had for Uchiha Sasuke. When he saw it, it was It's not that he still feels depressed and irritated, but he clearly realizes that he doesn't want that person to disappear completely in his life...

Half a month later, Naruto was finally allowed to leave the hospital. After leaving the hospital, Naruto was arranged to live back in the small attic. Sakura led Naruto to open the door of the attic, and the curious Naruto behind him saw the neat and clean place Then I couldn't help but said, "Sakura, didn't you say that I've been in a coma for three years? Why does it seem like there are people living here all the time?"

Sakura's body with Naruto's back on her back froze for a moment, and then she said in a casual tone, "Well, someone lived there for two years, and after they left, they would come here to tidy up from time to time..."

"Who?"

He asked, and suddenly he became a little nervous, and had an inexplicably absurd illusion that the person who would live in his residence was Sasuke, the person who disappeared for many days and did not reappear.

Sakura was silent for a while before saying, "...also someone I knew before."

"Then... where is he now?"

He tentatively asked, expecting a clear answer while pretending to be relaxed and casual, wanting to know the exact whereabouts of the missing person——

"Not in the village these days."

Yet another vague answer.

Sakura said and changed the subject again, "This is almost the same as when you lived here, if you need to add anything, just let me know."

Naruto didn't continue to ask, the concern for Uchiha Sasuke was still like a personal secret, with some childish awkwardness, he didn't want to take the initiative to bring it up.

……

Although there are some subtle unsatisfactory things, the days continue day by day.

After leaving the hospital, Naruto began to get acquainted with Konoha little by little under the guidance of his companions. After a period of time, he was finally allowed to travel alone, but he was still asked to go to the Hokage Building to check his physical condition in the afternoon.

Then when Grandma Tsunade checked her out that afternoon and left Hokage, the two who hadn’t seen each other for a long time ran into each other in front of the long stairs...

There were several steps between the two of them. Naruto on the stairs was holding on to the railing and bouncing down step by step, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of the person standing below the stairs, and stopped suddenly.

The man wore a raccoon mask on his face, black sleeveless tights and a white waistcoat, and his slightly long black hair was casually tied together on his shoulders. After meeting his gaze, he raised his hand and slowly took off the mask with red lines on the white background.

Naruto's pale and thin face suddenly fell into Naruto's eyes, and the good-looking features still gave people a feeling of indifference and alienation.He looked at Naruto, and slowly lowered his arms, the red strap of the tanuki mask in his hand drew beautiful waves in the wind.

The air became softer.

The habitual feeling of depression after seeing Sasuke was replaced by a slight agitation similar to joy this time. Naruto grinned at Sasuke before realizing what he had done, and then saw Sasuke After the suddenly stunned expression, he put away his smile a little embarrassedly... It's really strange that someone who didn't like him before, suddenly smiled at him like a fool, right?

Thinking so, Naruto quickly turned his face away and scratched his head——

A hoarse voice sounded at this moment, "...Do you want to eat ramen?"

The invitation was a bit abrupt but suddenly broke a layer of isolation in a gentle way. Naruto turned back to look at Sasuke, and nodded involuntarily after meeting the incomprehensible fluctuations in those black pupils. , the hand scratching his head slowly put down and turned his back, grinning, "Yeah! Yile Ramen!"

The long-lost habit has not changed.

Even after a long time, I still like the things I like once I meet them, such as the taste of my favorite ramen, such as people who care about me.

The moment Naruto pulled Sasuke to sit down in front of the table of Ichiraku Ramen, he suddenly felt unexplainably happy.

"Pork cutlet miso char siu ramen, large bowl."

He looked at Uncle Yile who was busy in the store and shouted loudly, and the same sentence rang in his ears at the same time in another light tone——

"Pork cutlet miso char siu ramen, large bowl."

The moment the voice stopped, the two turned their heads and looked at each other. After being surprised for a moment, Naruto smiled as if he found a fellow friend, "Ah, I just found out the pork chop miso and char siew flavored ramen here is the best, you Do you like it as much as I do?"

Sasuke was stunned for a moment, looking at the happy young man smiling in front of him, he suddenly didn't know how to answer.The busy Uncle Yile raised his head to look at the two of them, then lowered his head and continued with his hands, his slender eyes still seemed to be closed, and he slowly accepted Naruto's words, "Well, he also Same as you..."

It's not like you like it, it's just because you liked it, so you developed the same habit as you...

Sasuke followed Uncle Ichile's words and nodded, Naruto then talked about his experience of trying ramen flavors one after another these days, talking about the advantages and disadvantages of various ramen, and the final conclusion is pork cutlet miso char siu ramen It has to be a bigger bowl...

Sasuke listened quietly to Naruto's words, his dark eyes looked at the lively young man beside him from time to time, and occasionally answered a sentence, but most of the time he remained silent.

Naruto always felt a little familiar with this way of getting along, the quiet and silent look of the person in front of him gave an illusion of alienation, while he was chattering endlessly and always wanted to tell him a lot of things.

Naruto who was thinking this way suddenly remembered what Grandma Tsunade said... He was a special person to you...

special person?What kind of person is special?

Naruto slowly stopped making noise and looked at the people around him earnestly. Sasuke paused holding the chopsticks, then turned his head to look at him, some uneasy fluctuations faintly flashed in his bottomless black eyes like the night ,"What's wrong?"

he asks.

"Uh, it's nothing." Naruto hesitated for a moment, slowly mixed the ramen in the bowl, and subconsciously picked up the unimportant place and asked casually, "I just want to know what I used to call you?"

"Sasuke, bastard." Sasuke said with a slight smile, and added after seeing Naruto's surprised expression, "Or bastard Sasuke."

"what?"

"That's what you call me."

"Then, I must know you very well, right?"

"Well, very familiar."

"Then Sasuke and I are...good friends?"

After Naruto tentatively asked such a sentence, he saw that Sasuke suddenly became quiet again. He felt some uneasiness in Sasuke's quietness, and subconsciously had the illusion of stepping into the restricted area, as if he would encounter someone hurting someone in the next moment. Beast, so he lowered his head and hurriedly focused on the ramen, ate the noodles in a mess, and casually opened the topic as if fleeing in a hurry, "Uncle Yile's craftsmanship is really good, Sasuke and I used to come here often, right?"

Such a sentence seemed to have accidentally fallen into the restricted area, and the silent people around him still did not answer, and it took a while before they responded softly.

"I'll come with you in the future."

Although it was a simple answer, it sounded like some kind of promise that was not well expressed. Naruto paused for a while and continued to eat ramen. He hummed lightly but always felt a little awkward, as if between two people A careless question will be a trap. If you accidentally fall into it, you will either keep silent and keep a safe distance, or you will accidentally fall into some kind of abyss where you don't know the bottom line...

Perhaps it would be easier to avoid seeing, and less fretful about the scale of advance and retreat. Thinking this way, Naruto turned his head to look at Sasuke beside him, but happened to meet the black pupils of the other party who had no time to turn away.

Like a bottomless abyss...

Such eyes look very lonely. Thinking about it this way, a feeling of missing something is strangely wrapped around all limbs...

It doesn't matter if you don't want to or not.

Although it is not easy to walk on eggshells when approaching, thinking that I will not be able to see, I still feel that it would be better to just try to get closer.

It seems to me that I will feel reluctant, and I will feel more at ease if I get closer.

Although as a 25-year-old "big man" this kind of emotion is a bit embarrassing.

It was already late when we left the ramen shop, Naruto looked up at the sky and then turned to look at Sasuke beside him, "Hey, Sasuke, I'm going back, which direction are you going?"

"Let's go."

"Ok?"

"me and you together."

Naruto was stunned for a moment before he realized that Sasuke was going to send him back, and was about to refuse, when Sasuke added, "On the way."

Naruto didn't know if the two of them really "dropped in", but he clearly realized that Sasuke didn't want to hear his refusal, so he gave a light oh and took the lead and walked forward. No one in the night spoke again, and remained silent. But it doesn't seem to be more embarrassing. They are like old friends who have known each other for a long time. It can be a very natural thing to quietly accept each other's existence...

As long as you don't touch certain restricted areas, you will be fine.

The two walked one after the other, and Sasuke still followed Naruto when they reached the attic door——

If he doesn't say "goodbye", this person will follow behind without saying that he wants to leave. Naruto, who suddenly realized this, turned his back to Sasuke and couldn't help grinning, feeling funny. After opening the door, he finally turned around and looked up. Sasuke, "Uh, I'm home."

The person who couldn't see his expression in the dark nodded, but he didn't intend to leave. Naruto said goodbye and then slammed the door behind him.

Turned on the light and leaned against the closed door for a while, suddenly realized that there was no sound of leaving footsteps outside the door, then turned around and opened the door. Staring at him fascinatedly, he didn't know what to think, and the leaked light in the room cast flickering light and shadows on his pale face.

Naruto opened the door and lay down beside the door to look up at Sasuke. After seeing that look, he suddenly became a little embarrassed, "You...don't go back?"

He asked this question, raised his hand and scratched his head unconsciously.

The person standing still suddenly approached him, but stopped before he could guess what he wanted to do, retreated hastily, and then turned and left after saying good night.

The tall and slender figure slowly disappeared into the corridor, and the long straps of the raccoon mask showed a lonely arc across the night.

Naruto touched his forehead, just now he was close enough to feel the temperature of his breath, what did he want to do?Why did you leave so lonely again?

Naruto suddenly felt the feeling of being lost because of his visible loneliness...

It was a long time since that day.

Slowly Naruto discovered that Sasuke was mostly performing tasks for a month, and every time he returned to the village, he would definitely appear in front of him once—either having a meal of ramen together, or at Konoha’s Wandering around, or any other way to spend time together - he will always be by his side for a long time when he returns to Konoha, and then as long as he doesn't say "goodbye", he won't leave.

Naruto, who has gradually become familiar with Konoha's life, has gradually stepped into a more normal life, but he always feels a little at a loss when he says that it is a normal life.

He often looks at the busy and orderly lives of his partners in the same period and feels that he has nothing to do. When he wants to seriously practice ninjutsu to offset the sense of loss, all the skills that seem to be very powerful are always too simple to complete—— Although I don’t remember it, my body seems to have an independent memory. Whenever I want to learn a certain ninjutsu with enthusiasm, I will find that I can do it very well the first time I try...

The feeling of being too relaxed is not pleasant, like a fist full of blood and strength smashing into nothingness...

No special effort is required.

Others have already pointed to the portrait on Huoying Rock and told themselves, "You are the best."

unreal.

It was as if I had strayed into a perfect dream with no beginning or end.

And in this seemingly perfect dream, the only place that looks like a gap is called Sasuke Uchiha.

During the time the two spent together, Sasuke mostly listened quietly to him talking about those miscellaneous things. Such silence is a kind of very serious listening. Naruto sometimes feels a little flustered and a little happy because of his seriousness. , because of the occasional fluctuations in those abyss-like black eyes, I am at a loss, and I am also moved by someone, and the topic will suddenly become cautious as if I strayed into a restricted area, and I can see it after breaking the ice suddenly. The impulse of the true self...

Sasuke Uchiha is different.

Naruto can slowly feel this way.

Those who care about but still hold back in their hearts as secrets of being alone.

And in the silent and deliberate attention in life, he still can't hear a single word about Uchiha Sasuke, and his partners at the same time will not mention it, and any gossip in the village that he can hear seems to be Uchiha. Bo Sasuke is regarded as a taboo isolation - in the days when Uchiha Sasuke does not appear, he is like an existence that has nothing to do with everyone.

Sometimes Naruto couldn't help but wonder, is there no one in the village who cares about Sasuke except him?

Naruto who thinks this way will often suddenly quiet down in the bustle of many people together, turn his head and look around to think of Sasuke who has disappeared, and then, as if missing something...