Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Homeless Harlot ❯ The Kindness of Strangers ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Warnings: Sex, language, incest, shoutakon, violence.

A.N.: This story is a short one, I'm guessing 15 chapters at best. Its been running through my head for a long time so I hope that you like it and I hope that my rippy bits of thoughts tranfer well into a full story- if it doesn't ohh *sniffle* I'm sorry. *crying now* but my what a quick recovery I have. So enjoy and if you'd let leave a review if not than thank you for silently reading this whether you like it or not. I'm not so good with first chapters and the like I always look at them like set-up and then the story begins.... maybe I should just begin them. Enjoy Fantasy.

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Even in the darkeness of their small home, Uchiha Sasuke can see his breaths puffing in and out past his frozen lips.

"Sasuke."

His older brother's arms wrap securely around him in order to bottle up some body heat for the both of them. Sasuke plants his face into Itachi's chest, trying to calm and steady his breaths that are coming out a little more soundly than he would like for them to.

Its one of the coldest nights of winter in Konoha and the two boys are suffering heavily in it, though, Sasuke couldn't tell that his brother was feeling anything; Itachi's words aren't breaths aren't shuddered, his voice sounded calm and even; the younger boy can't help but bask in the cloak of warmth his brother's body is providing him.

Sasuke gasps in surprise when the heat kicked in full force; he releases a small sound in his throat due to his crotch being worked through his thinning sweat pants.

"Try to get some sleep." His brother asks when feeling the younger boys hips move up into his groping palm.

Basking in the heat washing over his body, the younger boy shakes his head. "But I'm not tired."

"Try."

Releasing another bitten down sigh, Sasuke does as he's told by closing his eyes; letting his mind wander he thinks about food. Fresh fish, Kobe beef- hell, he'd even take something as flimsy as a salad at this point. Its not easy having nothing to eat nearly all the time. But there were a few days when the two brother's could indulge in a meal or two. But it was a very spanded few times. Soup. Soup is always comforting in the winter season. When their father was alive he had always brought them into the soup kitchens for something hot and delicious to eat. Sasuke always found it to be humilating but the end result of warm broth sliding down his throat was worth a bunch of overly cheerful creeps grinning at you while thinking that their stupid cheer will somehow brighten your day and for a bit dilude you to the fact that you are poor and homeless.

"Big brother?"

"Nn?"

"Can we get something to eat tomorrow?"

"You remember where the soup kitchen is? The one in the third district?"

Tiredly, he yawns. "Sort of."

He wasn't sure what his brother's response was because he remained silent.

"Why?" Sasuke had to ask.

Caressing his brothers matted hair, he whispers to him. "Nothing."

Sasuke tilts his head back but catches no sight of his brother's face, due to both the darkness of their home and the fact that he's still pressed into the older male's chest. He just hopes that sleep will come over him before his brother ceases the ministrations he's giving him. With them its never been sexual, just a means of keeping warm on especially cold nights like tonight. Sasuke would do the same for his brother if he were cold. It was a private, unspoken understanding between them but Sasuke didn't know that tonight would be the last.

He was 14 years old then..............

For some people 14 years old, homeless, and alone is a terrifying thought. But not for Sasuke. He's been conditioned for this, he supposed. If you're wondering why he's alone well its simple, his brother left him alone. Which to Sasuke meant that his brother had gone away to die- is he wrong to think this?! Back when they had the family car to live in his father, Fugaku, had been acting strangely: he took his two sons around the area telling them to really soak it in and appreciate the cracks and crevices where they could stay. The two boys only went along, looking about as if the town were no big deal that day than it was yesterday or any of the other days they've been in it. Three nights later their father left the car and did not return, ten days after that the two found the man on the side of the road; he died of pneumonia; refusing to let his kids see. Their mother, Mikoto, was different; she didn't pass away from the cold or heat stroke, she had died of cancer. Its the reason that the Uchiha's, once a proud family, beautiful home and wonderful life went into poverty and eventually ended up on the streets living from their car. They couldn't pay the medical bills after a while and after a while bill collectors just stop caring and so there they were.

Sasuke never knew home life. He was a 1 year old, by the time they were living on the streets, 3 when his mother passed away, 10 when his father passed away and 14 when his brother passed away. He's 16 now and its winter again. He's sure that his turn will be next and honestly he's not sure how to feel about it. Death is what it is: inescapable. Unavoidable. But he's young and he likes to think that he has something to live for- maybe. He survived after his brother's death by all the things that he's been taught from Itachi and his father.

1. Any bottle with a cap is your drinking cup, hold onto it dearly.

At that moment he passed a recycling bin with exactly the type of bottle that he needed. Picking it up from the collection of glass bottles and plastic tubs and things he uncaps it giving it a sniff.

'Sprite.' He was sure of it.

2. Feel free to drink what's been left inside the bottle since chances are its just been neglected rather than vandalized.

Uncapping the drink he swallows the remaining soda that was left in the dips at the bottom of the bottle. Refreshing. And due to the chill in the air, nice and cool. If the soda must be flat it can at least be cool, right?

3. Food is a bit more tricky because with drinks you can find a fountain or wait for rain- you can even resort to melting snow, but food... you need to know the art of the hand out, the mastery of a sad expression is key to getting a few bucks in your hand.

Sasuke thought that it didn't hurt that he's young and has an honest face. So getting food is a combination of sadness, staring, and women. Not a lot of men give hand outs- lip, but not hand outs. His only real warning is that you not do it by supermarkets, because even though they've come from inside and you know they have change they'll be in a rush and just keep going by. But anyplace else is fair game.

4. Sleeping. Cacoon yourself in any material you manage to find- steal someone else's when they leave if you have to. Seek someone trust worthy to watch your back when you do it as well but don't completely trust them either- you never know. Falling asleep puts you in the position for being raped, killed, robbed- of what little you have in the first place- that's how their car was stolen, dismantled and sold for parts. Sasuke's seen a lot of violence among their kind; fights break out over small things- one time a guy even got set on fire! The joke was on him, though, because the burning man wrapped his arms tightly around the pyro taking him out with him.

Police don't care; get's them off the streets, right?

'Home sweet home.' He lifts the horizontal laying lip of a large enough box, kneels down before it, untying the string that's going through the holes of the vertical standing flaps then climbs inside. Closing himself in, Sasuke reties the 'lock' for his door then curls up amongst his tattered blanket to try to sleep.

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"Mmphhh!!!" Gai sticks another fork full of, risotto covered, steak into his mouth, chewing it with the verbal expression as though someone had slipped the meaning of happiness into it as a secret ingredient. His mouth lets out another pleased sound. "The mushrooms keep me coming back, Kakashi!" He cheers over the triumphant meal. "Are you enjoying yours? You've hardly made a sound over there."

His dinner companion shrugs nonchalantly. "I don't see myself releasing seed by the end of it, but its good. I'm glad that we tried this place- regardless the fact that its forty five minutes away from the house."

Blinking, the man with the pleased pallet shakes his head. "How can you think about gas prices when the food is as wonderful as this?"

Again his date shrugs.

Looking his lover over with narrowed eyes, the man then closes them and smiles with a scoff. "Always so cool Kakashi."

"That's why you love me."

"No, that's why I married you, I love you because you like to clean." Snickering, Gai sets down his utensils then waving a hand for the waiter to come over. "Can you wrap this up for us, please."

"Of course." The well dressed waiter bows his head before picking up the plates to take back to the kitchen.

"...Hmm?" Kakashi intones.

"What?"

"I'm just wondering why we're not staying for erection indusing dessert." He stands from his seat.

"Because, my dearest lover, we'll be having donuts at Fluffy When Bit!" He stands as well; taking the food from the waiter he sets it down on the table so that he can slip into his winter coat and scarf.

"Now we're getting somewhere." Says the gray haired male.

The two men walk out of the restaurant chatting quietly with each other. The cool night air of early winter blows about the men and the city like children playing hurriedly about their parents legs; pushing coats open forcing nippy hands to close them over once again.

"Why did we have to park so far?" Asks Kakashi. "There must have been a dozen parking spaces back by the restaurant and we're a block away."

"Nearly a block. After large meals its good to get in a nice brisk walk to digest and get your stomach ready for a light snack and bed." The chipper male corrected and informed this to his lover.

"Achoo!!"

"Hm?" Hearing the lone sneeze. Gai looks around spotting no one. "Bless you!" He calls out cheerfully before lifting a foot to continue on.

"Thank you." Answers the voice.

Both men stop right then at the sound of a young voice. Looking over their shoulder they see nothing but a box tucked away on the sidewalk.

At the box, Gai asks. "Hello? Is someone there?"

"Its just me." Answers the hidden voice.

Chuckling as though he and the mystery voice were playing a game of some kind; Gai tugs open the box flaps. "Well now, look at this!"

Cautious, Sasuke offers a smile.

"Its gonna be cold tonight," Declares the male as though he predicts the weather or could actually create it. Digging through his pockets he hands the contents of it to Kakashi then slips eagerly out of it handing it to the young teen. "Here you are; and you may have our dinner-" The man made a sound as though he'd just been poked in the butt with a pin before he adds. "If you don't mind eating off two guys like us!" He lets out a hearty laugh.

The teen laughs as well. "I don't mind, and thank you." Head ducked from the size of the box; he does not exit it to slip into the large coat that looks a bit like a dress with as much of him as it covers. He then grabs the offered covered leftovers.

"Of course my young friend! Stay well." Closing the box with as much exclamation as he spoke from and moved with, Gai walks over to Kakashi, shivering, but smiling as they continue to the car.

"Did you have to give the boy your coat? You're gonna catch a cold." Kakashi wraps an arm around his lover giving it a heavy rubbing.

"You should have seen that torn thing he was laying on! Besides, I have at least four I can spare one for a child in need."

"Mm."

The two missed it as the young boy leaned forward from his home; hands resting on the cold concrete, watching their departure. He's never seen such kindness, surely it was a trick and they'd be back later to take the coat and food. Well, they won't get them, that's for sure. Pulling back into the box he rushes the meal down his throat discarding the clutter from his home before zipping, and latching the coat around his body to sleep. They wouldn't take it back from such a sad sight. He knows that much about people. Adults are suckers for a sad-state. The coat really is warm. He wondered what kind of material it was as his heavy lids drift down and his body and mind sleep.

The next day.

Gai can barely keep his eyes open as a stuffed nose decides, right then, to unclog itself by running down the tunnel of his nostrals and over his upper lip. The sick male reaches for a tissue shoving it up to his nose giving a loud, hard, blow.

Lowering the newspaper from his vision the man rolls his eyes. "I told you not to give away your coat- I could see if you brought an extra and had it in the car waiting but you had to be the one to walk a block unprotected."

"Nearly a block." Corrects Gai shooting another load of snot from his nose. Standing from the table he drops the tissue into the trash can then slumps over to the refrigerator pulling it open. "Mmm."

"Hm?"

"No medicine. We'll have to go to the store to buy some." Straightening up as though the whole 'sick' thing were an act Gai bounds out of the kitchen, from the stairs in the back of the room, to head upstairs to dress.

Kakashi watched him go, returning after, his attention to the paper. "Oh someone's getting married, how nice." He comments to no one.

Upstairs. Gai selects something warm to wear out then grabs a towel from the linen closet to dry himself after his shower. Someday they'd get another bathroom built in the home that way the two could shower at the same time and not be held up by waiting for the other. But he only needed ten minutes for today's shower since he didn't plan on being out any longer than a trip to the supermarket to get some cold medicine and that's just up the street.

He scrubs the soapy rag over his body and after focusing on the places where odors would accumulate the most, giving, only, a once over to the other places. Leaning through the spray of water he turns the water off; squeezing out his hair he then grabs the towel to dry off. "Come upstairs and shower so we can go!" Gai calls out knowing he can be heard. Though a two story; their home is very small- which is a perk! since its just the two of them.

Kakashi sets down the paper then wanders upstairs. The gray haired male smiles at the sight of his naked lover dropping the towel to the floor. If Gai weren't currently swimming with germs he'd gladly delay their trip to the store for an hour but sick is sick and he has a job to get to on Monday. Gai had his own hours in a way since he's a chiropractor and only goes in when called. Kakashi is a reading teacher at the school.

"I'll get you something to wear; you just make it quick."

"Okay dear." He enters the bathroom leaving the door ajar to give a peep show of his own- should Gai care to look.

But the man was too busy selecting something for Kakashi to wear to notice anything his lover was or wasn't doing while undressed. Setting the clothing down across the bed, he smooths his hands down his shirt then tucks the collared attire into his jeans before slipping on a sweater. Exiting the room he travels downstairs, whistling a tune. Gai removes his and Kakashi's coats from the closet setting them down on the couch then takes a seat to wait for the man but after a second thought he gets into his coat then sneakers taking with him the set of keys as he leaves the house; climbing into the car, Gai starts the engine so the car can warm up from the heater. Just as he's about to go back inside Kakashi steps out of the home closing the door after him, locking it.

"Record breaking time- for you, my time was much faster." Exclaims Gai.

"Looks like you win today." Kakashi says hardly effected by the loss. He wanted to be sure he got all the shampoo out of his hair. Unlike Maito Gai he isn't gifted with naturally perfect hair. His is more of the turn-your-back-and-I'm-a-mess once its been wet. "I'll drive." He offers seeing Gai pull a tissue from his pocket.

Nodding, the man hands over the keys. Climbing into the car he pulls the seatbelt over him snapping it into place.

..............

It seemed like everyone was in the medicine aisle today; had the whole town spent the night out without cold weather protection?! Selecting a box, Kakashi rolls it about in his hand.

"Coughing." Setting the box back on the shelf he picks up another. "Sneezing and soar throat." Another box. "Coughing and headache and stuffy nose." Looking at the dark haired patient he asks. "What's bothering you the most? Your throat or your nose?"

"Right now a husband trying to play doctor." He snatches the white box with the blue and purple design over it to look it over.

"You know, you're very mean when you're sick."

"Mhm." Grumbles the male as he looks over the other selections.

Kakashi, being well trained in the darkside of Maito Gai, knew to shrug off the pissy attitude as Gai tends to get moody when sick. But his lover is a very active person so being slowed down, understably, bugs him. Which meant that he was going to take his leave. "I'll be at the book store for a while."

"Again?" The man smiles teasingly. "You know, if you'd just read over one of the thirty one books that you have at the house you wouldn't need to keep buying one every other week."

"What's the fun of reading something over when you know how it goes; I may as well just sit around thinking about it." Patting Gai on the shoulder he takes his leave.

"This one looks good...."

Was the last thing Kakashi heard as he made his way out of that aisle and soon the building. He hates being around a crowd of sick people- Gai is one thing, but an entire market, disgusting. He'll have three new books and something quick to eat by the time Gai is finished shopping. The man loves being around people, though sick, he'll put up an act for them while he, Kakashi, takes the brunt of his ill-caused fury. Thankfully the bookstore is only a bus trip away and not a far one at that. Oh he could walk but its enough already after he had to walk to both the restaurant and the donut place last night; and should Gai finish early with the shopping he can sit in the car with the heat on rather than wait around in the cold for Kakashi's return. Climbing onto the bus he takes a seat immidiately turning his attention out the window to avoid being talked to. Its fine if you want to sit down beside him, he doesn't own the bus its not like he could stop them, but that doesn't mean he has to associate with them. And it was because of that that Kakashi spotted the young boy from lastnight. Pulling the bell, he climbs off the bus.

"Oi!" He raises his hand as if to wave without moving it.

The teen froze for a moment. He seemed to recognize him but he was withdrawn about it. He even secured Gai's thick coat about him, like a woman might clutch her purse should she feel threatened that someone might take it.

"You're still around?" Kakashi asks, though, he knows its a pretty lame question he'd at least get a response.

"Yeah, I'm still around. What d'you want?"

"A new car, a raise, lots of things."

The homeless boy cocked a brow but smirked.

"I'm going book shopping, you should come with me- give you something to do when you're not..." He tried to think of the right word but couldn't, so he picked something more polite than 'walking the streets'. "traveling."

"I don't have any money."

"Obviously." Comments the man. "Its my treat. We'll make an evening of it- I'll be waiting a while for my companion to finish shopping." He waves a hand for the boy to come along with him. Looks like he'll be walking after all, since his bus has left. "What's your name?"

"Uchiha Sasuke."

"Mm. Hatake Kakashi. Nice to meet you, Sasuke." He smiles with his eyes but not his mouth.

"Yeah." Sasuke cast a suspicious eye to the man. He's not exactly ignorant to the world and all its dark ways. He may not have had a traditional upbringing but he had an upbringing. This guy and his 'companion' could be sexual preditors, who snatch kids and teens off the streets to photograph them or some other weird thing.

Kakashi noticed the look but left it alone. The kid has every reason not to trust him. But once he sees that he's harmless, he'll come around. "Can I get you a hot chocolate?"

"You can." He says in a dry and still untrusting tone.

The vending machine had a small line so the two had to wait for a moment as other patrons fill their little paper cups with the offered hot drinks. You gotta like modern technology. Although, Kakashi sometimes wondered who made the contents in the machine, he's never once been disappointed in the taste. Sliding a cup from the holder he drops his change into the coin slot then holds down the button for cocoa.

"Grab a cover." He instructs the boy.

Doing as he's told Sasuke removes a cover from the little tunnel, taking out another should the kindly man decide to get a drink for himself.

"Thank you." He caps the drink then takes a sip of the piping hot liquid releasing a refreshed. "Aahh."

Soured expression, Sasuke wonders outloud. "I thought that was for me?"

"You're old enough to do it yourself; here's some money." He hands him 75 cents, then gestures to the machine.

Rolling his eyes at the comment that he might be stupid, Sasuke plunks the change into the machine then gives the button a quick stab once his cup is beneath the funnel. A plop of cocoa drops into the cup but no more. A disgruntled sound comes from the younger male and as he lifts his hand to press the button again, its held down by Kakashi's coming over it. Sasuke blushed a bit at the sudden and kept contact. Its not that he's crushing suddenly or anything its just a bit humiliating to be treated as a goofy kid just because he can't get a simple cup of cocoa without a little trial and error.

"You have to hold it down." Says Kakashi, once the cup is full he releases his hand.

"I could have figured that out- I'm not a kid, you know." He added 'the kid comment' after a second that.

Humorously Kakashi laughs. "Really now!? I had no idea that you're just a tiny adult." He ruffles the boys hair then starts away.

Face set in a grouchy pout, the teen follows. "I'm not a 'little person', I'm sixteen."

He snickers at the fire Sasuke puts out over a simple comment. "If you're still at the age where you attend school by force then, to me, you're still a kid."

"I've never been to school, so where do I fit in?" A sip is taken from his drink.

Kakashi humored him by pretending to think it over then he says casually. "Juvenile."

"Hn."

That only made the man laugh. He's seen dozens of kids being a teacher but none of them were bright enough or strong enough really to hold up long conversations with adults out of nerves. This boy must have been on his own for a long time. Its kind of sad in a way.

"Here we are."

"I'll wait out here, just get me whatever you like."

"Where's the fun in that? Then I'll lose my chat-buddy." He pulls open the door to the shop; a bell rings to alert the employee.

Sasuke wondered for a moment if this man intended to drag him all over the city with him; he didn't hate the idea of company but he's got places to be, people to see, a box to resecure since one of his fellow men has been eyeing the place everytime he comes out of it to air his bedding. He wondered then if his place were gone even as he thought about it.

"Shit." He mutters.

"Mm?"

"I have to go check on my place. Thank you for the chocolate and tell your 'companion', thanks for the coat."

Not about to let this boy just wander off, Kakashi snatches him up by the collar dragging him into the store.

If only he'd let the boy go. Kakashi walked with Sasuke through the parking lot at the supermarket where he'd left Gai. Sasuke was not happy. Just as he'd thought, his place- gone! He may know who took it but he doesn't know where the man went off with it. Now he'll have to either find a new box or locate a shelter and those places are the pits. He'd rather just roll up into a piece of carpet and hope for the best.

"Kakashi! Where have you been? I've been waiting for an hour now." Noticing the young boy beside his lover Gai turns on his natural sweetness. "Its our little friend from before! Hello."

"Hello." Sasuke greets just as enthusiastically.

"How have you been?"

"Better. Your friend here is a real piece of work." He says refering to Kakashi.

"Uh-oh, what did you do to this poor boy?" Gai snatches the male into his one-armed hold like a protective mother hen snatching her chick beneath her wing.

"I may have kept him from keeping his home."

"I wanted to go back to my house to check on it and make sure that it was still there, but Kakashi" He says it as though the mans lover is as dumb as his brainless, lifeless, namesake. "dragged me into a book store with him so now my box is gone."

"I offered you a room in our home." Kakashi says in his defense.

Taken aback by the comment, Sasuke snips out. "You did not."

"Must have slipped my mind then; get in the car."

The teen could only blink at that; he was serious? All the thoughts from earlier swept away his anger filling him with a sense of worry but by the time he was ready to say "no thanks" Gai was already giving him a push through the open door of the car, a hand on top of his head so he wouldn't pop it on the frame.

"Santa will be sure to smile on you this year for doing something so kind for a stranger." Gai takes a seat back in the passangers side of the car. "Kakashi, you're an amazing man."

Sasuke rolled his eyes at the gray haired males preening from a compliment that may or may not have been sincere. This Gai seemed to breathe kind words but he seemed honest about them either way. Sasuke hoped that he wasn't about to get into something strange. But who knows, maybe he'll like it.