Sasuke didn’t expect the giant lecture he received from Naruto. It was…. remarkable. The blond had so much to say about each person and every moment. He went on and on, it was as if he had a whole novel memorized and ready to recite. Except, it felt more natural than just a person reading lines from a book. Has Naruto always been this chatty?
From what he can remember, yes. Although Sasuke was sprightly as a kid, it was Naruto who had came up with all the crazy ideas and foreign topics of discussion. All the raven could offer is his undivided attention, and excited support and curiosity. His light had lost it’s spark a long time ago, but it seems like Naruto’s was only getting brighter.
Hard as he thought, he can’t remember having any kind of bond like those after leaving the orphanage. Sure, there were people he tried maintaining a relationship with in school. But, after he was pulled out, they all faded away. He didn’t even have a normal father/son relationship with Kakashi. What has he been doing wrong for so long? He’s never necessarily desired to get close to anyone. Yet, the blond made it look like a fairytale.
“Hm.” Once again, is all he could muster up as a response.
Sasuke examined the photos further. So, that was the guy who adopted Naruto. He remembers getting a brief glimpse of the man the day he took his friend away- he can clearly remember the scar that ran across his nose. Funny, for him to adopt Naruto with cat-whisker scars of his own.
Sasuke had a few pictures of him and his parents before they passed. Itachi had most of them in his possession, but the boy was able to get a hold of some before leaving. It was endearing to see that Naruto had a picture of his parents- but unfortunate to think it could be the only one he has.
And the girl in the photo was undoubtedly beautiful. Not that Sasuke has ever had a strong attraction toward anyone- but he can admit when someone catches his eye. The girl’s hair and eyes were so visually stunning. He can only assume this was Naruto’s girlfriend, but was hiding the fact for some reason.
All these thoughts occupied the raven’s mind. Why didn’t he know how to convey them aloud as easily as his roommate did? The one thing to surface, however, was:
“It looks like Iruka gave you a good life after the adoption.”
“Yeah, he really tried his best....I’m grateful he came for me even though he didn’t have to.”
He glanced over at the photo of his guardian as a small smile crossed his face. Naruto couldn’t help bu what Sasuke could have been thinking about after he had finished talking. He couldn’t help but wonder even more what his own life had been after he had been adopted, but he was worried about asking to much. If just asking about his brother had almost set him off, he was kinda worried what asking about his guardian would lead to, but it was worth a shot right?
He hadn’t shied away from mentioning him so it was probably a good sign. There wasn’t any visible bad vibes between him and whoever adopted him so it gave him hope that the raven haired teen also had a good life after, or at least something better than what the orphanage could have offered.
“What about you? Got any nice pictures to share of the people you grew up with after adoption?”
He hoped that Sasuke had gotten more friends down the road, had opened up more, especially since he hadn’t had his brother around. They hadn’t had many friends beside eachother when they both were in the orphanage and Naruto wanted nothing more than for Sasuke to have been able to live a happier life just like he had. It was only fair that they both got a happy ending after the pain they had been through after all.
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