Light shone brilliantly through the windows as the blonde awoke from his 'nap'. His face was dry with the tears he had cried earlier. Naruto stood up wondering over to the kitchen sink. Maybe it was time for him to go out, he needed more food anyway, he was running low. Turning on the water, he cupped his hands together and placed them underneath the stream. Naruto washed his face clean of any trace of tears. Reaching over he grabbed a dish towel off the handle of the stove, drying his face. Naruto couldn't stay in his house forever.
Getting out of his pajamas and intro a fresh pair of clothes, he stepped out of his apartment for the first time in days. Keeping his thoughts to himself, he wondered down the streets of Konoha, his eyes on high alert to make sure he didn't run into his ex- lover. Wondering in and out of stores, he was able to fill his bags up with the food he needed. So far, so good. Naruto was on his way home when he heard someone call to him.
"Naruto!" His body tensed just for a moment until he noticed who it was.
"Oh…" Naruto said, glancing behind him, "It's only Sakura…"
"Hey!" Sakura chimed as she ran up to him, "You feeling any better? Sasuke told us you were still sick."
Naruto looked at Sakura almost sadly, "I'm still not feeling well, actually. I just needed to get some more food, so I came out."
Sakura frowned, "You could of asked Sasuke or me to go shopping for you; You're not going to get any better y'know."
Naruto sighed, "Yeah, I know, but I'm heading back home right now." He lifted a bag to motion towards his street.
"Well…" Sakura tilted her head slightly, "Do you need any help, then?"
Naruto shook his head quickly, "No, seriously, I'll be fine on my own."
Sakura sighed helplessly, "Alright, fine. I'll see you later then, Naruto." She turned to leave, "Feel better!"
The blonde smiled lightly, "Thank you, I will."
Naruto didn't want to lie to her, well, it wasn't so much a lie, his heart and body was still hurting very much so. Naruto sighed lightly again as he set forth back towards his apartment. Someday, all of his wounds will heal and he could move on, but Naruto didn't know how long that would take the scars Neji left on him to heal.
His walk home was quite peaceful, and somewhat calming, he felt better then he did this morning. He was nearing his apartment when he noticed a wave of long black hair near him. His heart stopped for a split second as he turned to look. A little ways off, he was greeted with familiar cold pastel eyes. He was scared, Neji was right there looking back at him. As fast as he could run, he sprinted towards his apartment; was Neji scouting out his house? His heart sped as he pulled his house keys out of his pants pocket.
"Why'd you run?"
Naruto's body jerked, dropping his keys. His body shook as he looked over to see Neji standing here; he must of scaled the building.
Neji stood there arms crossed as he said, "I heard you were sick." He said, looking at Naruto up and down, "But, it looks as if you're fine." He wondered closer, "But who'd know you body more than I do?" Neji chuckled lightly.
"Go away, Neji." Naruto managed to get out, "You're not welcome here."
Naruto wouldn't be able to deny how scared he actually was, his whole body was shaking at the site of him.
"It's obvious how much control I still have over you, Naruto." Neji told the blonde, noting the trembling. "But, if you let me in, we can talk this out, maybe you'll reconsider and come back to me." He shrugged, "Everything can go back to normal."
"Nothing was normal with you!" Naruto yelled, tears filling up his eyes.
Nothing was normally, it wasn't supposed to hurt when you loved someone, was it?
Neji was so close that Naruto dropped his bags and he was up against the door, "You don't know what normal is." Neji said truthfully as he brush his hand on Naruto's cheek.
Naruto flinched at his touch; he was right, Naruto didn't know what the normal was like…
"But nothing felt right with you…" Naruto whimpered, the tears flying down his cheeks, Naruto was starting to crumble underneath Neji again. The whole week he tried to rebuild himself was in vain.
Naruto knew what was going to happen, Neji was going to convince him to go back to him somehow, someway. He needed someone's help, he couldn't get away from Neji by himself. Neji had the power to manipulate Naruto into doing whatever he wanted him to do.
"Just leave me alone, please…" Naruto begged.
"Neji picked up the key and unlocked the door, opening it letting Naruto stumble back ways. He then tugged at Naruto's arm, trying to lead him into the living room. "C'mon."
Fear took over Naruto and he reacted, he tore his arm away from Neji, pushing him away. Neji quickly looked towards Naruto, anger filled his eyes; oh how he hated not being in control. Neji grabbed hold of Naruto's wrist pinning him up against the wall, knocking the door closed with his foot. Naruto whimpered helplessly when he made contact with the wall, he was terrified now.
"You know how much I hate it when you don't listen to me." He whispered into Naruto's ear.
The blonde's eyes were shut tight and his chin tilted down. "You don't control me anymore!" He yelled.
Slap!
Naruto's heart stopped and his eyes snapped open wide, Neji was getting violent again, and it would only go downhill after the first hit.
A smile crossed Neji's face as he lowered his hand, "I told you I would come back to haunt you, Naruto." He cooed, "Your body only belongs to me, you understand?"
Naruto's soul was crushed again, he could only cry and nod helplessly, praying someone would come and rescue him from this nightmare. Neji smiled and leaned close to capture Naruto in a rough kiss, Neji wouldn't give up, ever, he would just press on until he had Naruto all to himself.
Naruto didn't remember much afterwards, the most he remembered at that time was the painful bites Neji left all over his body and the rough handling. Naruto couldn't help but cry out whenever there was a surge of pain, he was then punished with a blow to the stomach or head…
Naruto heard a loud bang and then the weight of Neji was lifted off him quickly. The blonde only stared blankly up at whoever was there, yelling and cursing threats towards Neji, where the Hyuuga only replied back with sly remarks.
The man had lunged at Neji and that's all he could remember before darkness took hold of him one more time...
"…ruto…"
Something moist and cold touched Naruto's neck, stirring him awake. Still under the impression that Neji was still there, the blonde's reaction was different than one might thought it would have been. He screamed, failing his arms to get whoever was near him away.
"Naruto calm down, it's only me!" The voice said, grabbing hold of Naruto's wrists.
Naruto stopped, noticing who stood in front of him. It was Sasuke, it was only Sasuke.
He was relieved when he saw the Uchiha, tears flew down his cheeks, stinging the fresh cuts on his face.
"S-Sasuke…" He cried, clinging on to his shirt and burying his face into his chest.
Sasuke couldn't help but feel compassion for the other, after what he just went through. "Quiet down, Naruto…" Sasuke shushed him, running his fingers through the back of his hair. "Don't worry, I kicked his ass and sent him running…"
Naruto just continued crying, he was ashamed of himself, ashamed he had to have Sasuke come save his life once again… If only Neji didn't strike fear into his heart, Naruto could take care of himself…
"Naruto, quiet down." Sauske said again as Naruto's sobs became muffled, "I'm going to protect you." He said, "I want you to come stay at my house."