Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Homeless Harlot ❯ Some Serious Thought ( Chapter 3 )

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

A.N: AQEE, thank you for the review and to your question I don't even notice that honestly but when I do I tend to still keep it on complete because I never leave things incomplete so I just assume no one will mind. *shrug* Thank you all for reading and leaving a review if you choose to it means so much to me. *grin* hahaha enjoy the chapter things are gonna pick up in chapter 4. Fantasy.


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Sasuke lay in the large comfortable bed with his eyelids heavy but open. Maybe its because the wind is howling, it may be because its frost bite cold outside while inside the temperature is a very toasty 76 degrees, but Uchiha Sasuke can't sleep. You would think it would be easy for him to sleep in a bed so comfortable surely it was made of clouds and- dare he say it, hugs. Its the hugs what kept him awake when he'd woken up because he was remembering a certain hug from a certain someone who's no longer with this world.

It was in the back of their car. That's where Sasuke used to sleep; feet curled in on himself for warmth, hands together with fingers clasped and his arms are wrapped firmly around his brother's neck and the underside of the head of the front seat where the older male is sleeping. Itachi's hands are holding gently to his brother's forearm; their heads always lay together touching in some way, whether it be just their hair or their foreheads. Their father occupies the front seat, always laying on his back, never to the side like Itachi, although they supposed that he couldn't with the wheel in the way and all. Nights were always Sasuke's favorite part of the day. It was time to wind down and relax rather than get something to eat from who knows where or wander the streets just for something to do. Sometimes their father would tell them stories about when he was a kid; the two boys never believed it, though, their father is always so official, so straight-laced and powerful so it was hard to picture him flipping people off or holding kids faces down in mud for kicks. Fugaku would of course laugh and tell them both that its the truth. He once asked Sasuke for a foot and the man rubbed it vigorously to keep the frozen toes warm when Sasuke's own feet could not. The heater worked but that was only for the really cold nights.

The three of them all looked out for each other, and then one by one they fell away. Sasuke is grateful for tonight but what's gonna happen to him tomorrow when he's back out on the streets? He doesn't want to think about it, but its better than watching memories pass by his vision. After his father had died Sasuke was moved to the front seat with his brother, he lay in the older males arms, wrapped up tight in his warmth, his feet tucked away in Itachi's crotch. Eleven years old and always crying for his father, what kind of life was that when you knew he wasn't coming back? So he had learned to stop crying over it, he learned to stop thinking too much about it. It was life after all; you live and then you die. But in his heart he held the man just as he holds his brother.

One night some asshole tried to break into the vehicle; he'd pounded and pounded on the window shouting profanities as he did so and just as they moved away- his brother to the wheel and he to the backseat the window shattered beneath the mans pummeling. They got away, luckily. And through their efforts to stay alive they grew closer- tougher too. There wasn't anyone or anything that could stop them.... but then Itachi left him and then he was alone. He stayed strong, stayed hidden and safe but inside he was empty of every emotion except fear. Fear of when his turn would come, fear of when some creep would try to have his or her way with him, fear or starving to death before he froze to death or burning like that one guy had. Maybe he'd be beaten to death. There were too many thoughts and possibilities. Living in a car was one thing, you have locks on the doors but when the car was stolen and they had to make the transfer to living out of boxes things got frightening- someone was always talking shit, someone was always bumping into it- others actually flipped the panels open to peek inside only to be kicked in the face by either he or his brother.

'And tomorrow I have to return to it.' He thinks as a tear rolls down his cheek. 'Why did these guys have to pick me up anyway? I never asked for it. ....I don't need them, though, not this bed or this house- none of it. I'll be fine all by myself, spring isn't too far away and then it'll be summer again and I can finally relax.' Turning onto his side he gasps in shock, eyes widen as an image of his brother appears before him in a blue mist disappearing just as quickly as he came.

Dammit all. He promised himself he wouldn't and he damn sure won't, but what better time than when you're in a comfortable warm bed. Pressing his face into the pillow he just allows himself to cry. He's crying for when he could not finish crying for the loss of his father, he's crying for the unshed tears over his brother, he's crying for the mother he'd never gotten to know, he's crying for everything he supposed but after tonight he will return to being solid and not a loose puddle of tears.

Down in the basement the two men are detaching themselves from each other after a rousing round of 'bend your lover over the basement couch and watch over the man's shoulder as he jerks himself off'. Kakashi grabs a fresh towel from the dryer to clean them up with while Gai dresses watching only for a moment when the towel passes over his chest before he can slip his shirt over his torso. Once his face is uncovered by clothing his lips are met to his husband's for a kiss far deeper than it should be considering they'd just finished having sex; it'd be all Gai needed to get him up again.

Pushing the gray haired man away, Gai stands. "Kakashi, we have a busy schedule tomorrow. Sasuke needs clothes and we'll be out for a while shopping. You don't want to be tired do you?"

"I wouldn't mind it." He dumps the towel into the dirty clothes basket.

"Well we can't. I'm going to bed and you should come too- no reading."

"But if I don't get it from somewhere, I'll have to resort to gratifying myself." He unloads the dryer into an empty laundry basket; grabbing the handles he starts for the staircase.

"Just make sure you keep it down if you do it upstairs." Warns Gai with a snicker on his lips.

Kakashi rolled his eyes but follows after Gai.

By the time the two men reached their bedroom Sasuke had been done crying and fell asleep again; puffy eyes will do that to you. So they were none the wiser of the boys fears and worries about housing as they climb into bed, turn out the lights, and fall asleep.

The next morning. Gai is in the living room doing sit ups, Kakashi is in the kitchen cooking breakfast, their house guest has yet to make an appearance though. Gai had thought for sure Sasuke would have been the first up looking for a meal. He had to be hungry, though, he did wolf down a huge amount of dinner. But the boy is still very thin and should eat like- well, like his life depends on it.

"Is breakfast ready? I'm gonna wake Sasuke so we can eat and head out before traffic gets to bad." He sits up one more time with a refreshed 'aah' following the number 200.

Kakashi said nothing while continuing to plate the food. But he can hear Gai exiting the living room for the stairs. He'd expected Sasuke to put up a fight to get out of bed having slept in a box for who knows how long; he even half expected the cute little lad to say he wanted breakfast in bed- which Gai would comply to. His lover has a tendency to love people to the fullest and cater to their every need, its sweet really. But what he hadn't expected was-...

"He's gone!" Gai shouted from upstairs while on his way down the stairs. "I searched everywhere, he's gone!"

Kakashi seemed un-phazed by this, offering his lover a plate. "I see. Do you want mushrooms in your eggs?"

"Aren't you worried?"

"Should I be? He's used to being on the streets, he'll be fine."

It was as if the man had morphed into someone else with as big as Gai had become just now. "Hatake Kakashi, reading teacher and guardian of the younger generation."

"Guardian of the younger generation?" The man repeats.

"You and I will find that boy and bring him back here, pronto!" He storms out of the kitchen nearly dropping his breakfast to the floor- had his lover not caught it the moment he'd seen it tilt. "Get your coat on, we're leaving now."

Sighing, Kakashi opens the cabinet that holds the trash cans and notices that the recycling canister that holds the cans and plastic bottles is empty. 'Huh. That should give us a good lead at least.' Dumping the breakfast into the trash can he heads into the living room before Gai returns to drag him.

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The two men separated to search the city for the rogue male. Kakashi the east and Gai the west. The gray haired male checked with the recycling people first and Sasuke had infact been there- of course it cost him a ten spot but its worth it to find the boy and ward off the wrath of Maitou Gai when he's been angered. Kakashi had been hoping more than anything that the boy hadn't made it to the place yet and he would catch him as he walked up but luck was not on his side. Konoha is a large city, Sasuke could be anywhere and its hard to think like a child raised under unusual circumstances. If it were maybe one of his students missing he'd check the arcade, malls- waiting at the doors not going inside, that's basically a pointless venture, maybe even the park but with Sasuke, a child of the streets, he could be anywhere.

After fifteen minutes of searching Kakashi decides to take a break. Pulling out the book he'd bought yesterday from his coat pocket he takes a seat on the first bench he sees then casually begins to read, humming as he does so. His class would often tell him how annoying it is when he asks them to read and he's just doing his own thing and humming as he does so, disturbing them. He tells them to stop listening but he can't imagine that works out to well. But what are you gonna do? He knows half of them aren't really reading anyway- that Naruto in particular is a big avoider of reading and often asks about going to the nurse or he says that his father is going to pick him up and he'll sit in the office for the length of the class then come back and say in an honest tone "He must have forgotten". Being out of class, that's actually pretty funny, but during school hours Kakashi issued him a detention and made him read the entire two chapters that he'd missed outloud so that Kakashi knew that he was doing it.

A scraping sound caught the mans attention and glancing up he sees none other than their missing house guest. Dragging a box along behind him; Gai's coat covering his body like a large black, belled, dress. Kakashi snickered to himself at the sheer pile of curses coming from the boy's mouth as he's walking to who knows where. Standing he takes out his cell giving Gai a call.

"Is it good news?"

"The best kind. I found Sasuke."

"Is he coming back with you?"

"Didn't ask him yet, he's across the street" He looks off to where the male is heading then starts after him so he doesn't end up losing him. "I'm going to speak to him right now."

"Fantastic!"

"But Gai, what if he doesn't want to come back? We can't force the boy to stay with us."

"Don't be so joking all the time." Says his lover. "Who would give up on a nice comfortable and safe place compared to remain on the streets? I'm heading home to make breakfast; you've got twenty minutes to bring Sasuke back with you or I'm locking the door- and don't look for the spare key because I'll bring that in with me." He hangs up.

'I could make a killing off the many sides of Maitou Gai.' He thinks as he dashes across the street. Falling into step with the teen he clears his throat to get Sasuke's distracted attention.

Glancing to his side the male lets out an agitated sigh. "Great. What do you want?"

"Nothing. Honest." He holds his hands up defensively. "....I see that you got your house back."

"Yeah." He answered tightly.

"That's good!" Looking down at his boots he then stares on ahead. "How'd you get that black eye?"

"I fell- take a guess, the creep fought me for it."

To himself Kakashi says. "You're so hostile in the morning. I was only making conversation."

The teen scoffs, turning at the corner.

Keeping at his side, Kakashi says. "Its a shame that your home got torn in the scuffle. Can't fix something like that."

"Great thing about boxes is that when there's a tear you can just use it as a floor." He shrugs. "Not a big deal."

"Hmm. Oops!" He steps onto the box having it jerk from the boys grip. "That was my fault, let me help you with that." Keeping a foot on the box Kakashi attempts to pick it up making the tear in it far worse than it was as the box came nearly in half.

"What are you doing!?"

"I just think its a shame how flimsy boxes can be these days- must be that new cardboard they've got going around." He tears it a bit more.

Sasuke watched helplessly as his home was being torn to shreds by the deranged older man. "I take back what I said about you being a pervert, you're just a pain in the ass."

Dropping a hunk of box to the snow covered ground, the man shrugs. "I hear things."

"Leave me alone."

"I can't."

"Why not?" He starts away.

Grabbing him back Kakashi kneels down looking the boy straight in the eye to say. "Because I'm madly in love with you."

Shocked, Sasuke blushes then shakes his head. "And so its back to pervert."

"I'm only kidding, of course. Sasuke, Gai wants you to come back with me or I'm out of the house."

Smirking the male crosses his arms. "That's not my problem. You'll like it out here; you can pee anywhere, do anything- no one notices you, its not a bad life."

"I think that it is." A hand lands on the teens shoulder and in a serious tone the man says. "Sasuke.... how much did those cans and bottles come to?"

"Seven fifty."

"It just so happens that the room you stayed in can be rented for seven ryou and fifty cents." Brows arched in question. "What do you say?"

Sasuke had to admit, staying in a bed again under the warm blankets in the comforting heat and security of the home was very tempting. He'd be a fool to say no. But what about the men, it seemed like he'd be heavily impinching on their personal space. He wouldn't know how to live around them. It'd be too weird.

"Say, yes, it's so easy to say, yes." Kakashi pushes.

Hesitating for show the teen says in a bored tone. "Fine. I'll stay, if it'll make Gai happy. But if you ask me, charging me for the room is a pretty sneaky way to get back the money I got from your waste."

"I never said I was a kind man."

The teen gives a firm. "Hmph."

"The car's up here." He points. "Come on."

Reluctantly, Sasuke follows.

"I should warn you, though, Gai will snap you in half when he hugs you; I'd bulk up over time, you'll never survive at the weight you are now."

Sasuke nods. "Are there any other things that I should know?"

"I'll fill you in." The man winks at him laughing when the teen blushed. He loved making people uncomfortable- accidently, of course.

Kakashi was right about being hugged by Gai, it was stronger than last nights hug; the boy could have sworn he heard a creeking sound before the man let him go. He'd asked him a quick series of questions: when he'd left, where he thought he was going, why would he leave at all? He asked a lot of things which the teen answered quickly and honestly. Kakashi wondered why Sasuke always put up a fight when it came to conversations with him but for Gai the boy is sweet and caring.

Sasuke shocked them both when he'd said that he thought the men only meant that he could stay for one night- which is why he'd left. Gai assured him that when Kakashi said that he could stay with them he meant on a more perminant basis- at which point Kakashi confirmed it with a nod. The three of them had breakfast, a conversation consisting of Gai telling Sasuke that they would be going shopping for clothes for him. Sasuke didn't know what to say. No ones ever shown him this kind of kindness since he was seven and some woman gave him a popcicle when he was sitting on a park bench fanning himself while waiting on his brother to finish using the bathroom; their father had been out trying his hardest to get a job that day.

"You of course know," Says Kakashi as he clears the table. "That you're not our son in any way shape or form, you're not a house guest that we whisper about because we want them to eventually hit the road, you're a roommate."

"A roommate?"

"Yes. And to pay us for housing you'll only need to do some minor chores around the house; dishes and that includes loading the dishwasher then turning it on- I'll show you how it works, cleaning the room if it gets dusty or messy and helping the two of us when we overall clean the house, take out the trash and help shovel snow when needed."

"Is that all?" Sasuke asks.

"Give or take a few things." The man shrugs.

Hiding a smirk he asks. "And for that I can stay as long as I like?"

"Yes."

Glad to see happiness in the boys dark eyes, Gai stands from the table. "Its settled then, welcome aboard roomie." Walking around the table he pats Sasuke on the shoulder. "And help yourself to anything in the house, treat it as your own."

"Hn. I've never lived in a house so I'm not sure how to treat it like my own." Sasuke says standing as well following the dark haired man.

"Never?" Gai questions in surprise. "You poor thing! ....." Silenced by this he suddenly snaps his fingers. "Tell you what, you stay here while Kakashi and I go out and buy you some clothes and essentials- Christmas is tomorrow so opening them will be a real treat since you won't know what they look like."

"You don't have to do that." Sasuke shakes his head having a seat on the couch finding it so comfortable he could pass out sleep on it right then and there. His hand absently caresses the arm of the couch feeling the soft material.

That only made Gai's heart ache further. "We must, I wouldn't dream of not doing this for you. Let's go, Kakashi!"

The man didn't argue only slipped into his coat buttoning up, he then slipped into his boots.

"We'll be back before two." Gai mentions before exiting the home, pulling the door closed behind him it locks with a sound click!

Watching the door, the teen crosses the room to the window staring out of it as the black car pulls out of the driveway. This all felt so strange, being cared for when normally people look the other way when seeing the homeless. How is he supposed to be comfortable with the abrupt change? Then again, feeling all the soft cushions and things in the home how could he NOT be comfortable. Turning on the seat so that he's sitting down on it, he presses his back to the back of the seat, hands folding onto his lap he sits and waits. Better than touching some weird foreign object and breaking it; a scale. That's such a weird thing to own. Who would want to know how heavy they are? He'd seen a lot of things in the kitchen that he couldn't identify as well, at least six. He didn't really get a good look at his bedroom since it was late and he was very tired. He wondered if it would be alright if he went up there.

'Gai did say that I should treat it like my own place.' Getting up from the couch he starts for the stares then up them.

The house seems kind of ominous without the two men who normally occupy it but he wasn't afraid. Better to be alone than peeked at, poked at, and whatever else might happen to you otherwise. Pushing the door open he looks around the room; the curtains were pushed aside from where Gai or Kakashi must have come in to check on him earlier. Its a large room, dark colors mixed with light colors making it seem like something out of the magazines ladies leave around on benches. A tan blanket covers a large bed but the under sheets and things are a dark blue the pillows covered with cases matching both colors. The carpet is nice and thick beneath his bare feet, soar from walking for many many days and hours whenever he wanted to go on adventures or what have you through the city. Walking across the room he touches the bed then turns his body to have a seat upon it. Falling back, arms spread, he looks up at the ceiling thougtfully.

'Two o'clock.' He snickers. 'I haven't had a sense of time in forever.' He would have been surprised if he could even tell time at all. 'That's right, I got a book yesterday. Nothing fills up time better than reading.' He sits up then heads downstairs to the living room where one of his roommates had put it last night. Taking a seat he opens the book then begins to read.

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Gai had the gifts wrapped at the store so that they could go home and eat without the hassle of wrapping presents later. Though they have a tree in their home its small, but decorated. They exchange one or two gifts and no more but it's gonna be kind of fun- Gai admits, having a bunch of presents under the tree and someone there to open them with excitement like you see in all the Christmas movies, although, having Sasuke around is gonna put a strain on their sex lives a bit, the man doubted the teen would always be around to make it uncomfortable so he could last. He just hoped that Kakashi could.

On their way home, Gai says. "I think its very sad about Sasuke, he didn't even know what the scale was!"

"He's street savvy, but when it comes to being in a home his only experience is from soup kitchens and shelters." Kakashi replies. "Its no surprise that he doesn't know what some things are."

"Mmm. I'm glad that we went to that restaurant even more now. He could still be on the streets if we hadn't found him."

Kakashi only made a sound of agreement as he pulled into the drive way.

Unloading the car they enter their home dropping the items of their shopping spree around the tiny tree since it barely gave them a 'beneath'. Sasuke, who had been reading the entire time got up from the couch to help Gai with the bags. He followed the man's lead in bringing them over to the tree and setting them down around it. Kakashi took it upon himself to bring a frozen pizza from the downstairs freezer to stick in the oven for a late lunch.

"You can have this one now." Gai hands Sasuke a toothbrush.

"Thank you."

"No need to say "thank you" all the time, you're agreeing to stay is thank you enough." He pets the boys head.

Sasuke smiles warily. 'He pets me like I'm a dog.'

"I think that you'll like our taste in clothing, Kakashi and I have great fashion sense." Standing he pulls the boy up by his bicep. "Come lay on the couch, though, let me see if I can do something about that back."

Complying, he asks. "What's wrong with my back?"

"Nothing too serious, but sleeping all cramped up like that can't have been good for your spine. I just want to take a feel."

Nodding, he lays down on his stomach, arms folded, forehead pressed against them while his face hides in the space made. Gai's skilled hands press into his back deeply, but tenderly. He can feel muscles he didn't even know hurt or were in knots suddenly ease their tension and melt under the pressure.

"I'm a chiropractor," Gai mentions absently, hands still at work. "that means I fix postures in lamans terms."

"Mm." Hummed Sasuke.

It sounded more like a pleasured response than anything which made Gai chuckle. Its been known to give pleasure but he's never done it in any sexual way- well, Kakashi doesn't count. It was something out of the mans erotic books with the way they just happened to do it on the coffee table when Kakashi hurt his back trying to out-do Gai in basket ball. His lover may be a lot of things but when it comes to never ending energy that's Gai's department.

"This may hurt a little." He says before his thumbs come down into the male's vertibrae.

Sasuke grunted then let out a quiet groan of pain before his back felt like a noodle- a good noodle, though.

Kakashi, watching at the entrance of the kitchen chuckles. "Here I thought I was going to have to get the house."

Gai rolled his eyes. "Don't be riduculous, he's a young boy."

"I'm sixteen." Voice barely audible through the pleasent haze he's being sent into.

"All the same, you're a minor." He pulls the male's shirt down over his back, finished with his work he gets up from the couch. "Meanwhile, I have to check my messages. Let me know when lunch is ready."

Kakashi takes a seat on the loveseat across from Sasuke, who's still lying down after his treatment. Smiling he says. "He's got an amazing touch doesn't he?"

Sasuke muttered something that the man couldn't hear but it sounded somewhere along "he does".

Figuring the teen would be out in no time, Kakashi pulls out his book to read.

Shifting a bit, the teen watches silently as the man reads away as if he's the only person in the room. How could he read that stuff with other people around? Its just an odd thing to do. Sasuke had always thought stuff like that would be for lonely late nights but then he's never been around anyone but his father and brother so what would he know. But from the few things he's seen on the television in the square, people don't read sex books in public. The corner of the man's mouth twitched a bit causing a nice smile to spread across his face. Kakashi's actually kind of handsome- when he's not talking. His eyes are the best part; one dark and mysterious contrasting with one that's an odd brownish red color. He wanted to mention it before when they were on the street but, come on, the guy said that he was madly in love with him- joking or otherwise he didn't want to give Kakashi the wrong impression by saying he has interesting eyes. Knowing Kakashi he'd just pick on him about admitting it.

"Are you ever serious?" He heard himself asking outloud.

"Hm?" Taking his attention away from the book for a second he then looks back down at it responding with, "Sure. I'm seriously hungry, I'm seriously entertained by this book, I'm serious when cleaning."

Rolling his eyes Sasuke tucks his face away in the small cave between his arms and body. How was he going to live with a guy like that?