Naruto had hesitantly explained while heading back, that due to reasons he couldn't go back to the place he used to live in before as himself, so he was hoping he could go in this disguise.

Sasuke didn't ask for details, figuring that it must have been hard for him tell just this and kind of grateful that he tried to explain at all.

Sasuke had insisted that he'd tag along, worrying that whatever the young man was running from might harm him.

But now that they were finally here, all he could do was speechlessly stare at the man he loves, look about ready to break down as he apprehensively looked at the old building being demolished.

He was about to take him into his arms when a grunt old man came to shoo them away, someone Naruto seemed to recognize, or so he felt.

Sasuke watched on from the sidelines as the one in disguise like himself, took the grunt old man's coller into his hand and shook him as he questioned him.

Making the grunt old man retaliate, "Woah, woah, I don't know who you people are but you seem well off", he arrogantly smiled, "If you want to stop the demolition that badly why not just buy this land from my boss? He got this land recently in return for an "unpayable debt" you see", he laughed tauntingly, easily revealing the truth, "You can just pay it's worth 10 fold and take it!", he grinned, flaunting his greed openly.

By the end of this man's explanation, Naruto seemed to have lost his will to even question anything further.

Sasuke who was worriededly watching on had immediately took him into his embrace when he saw those glistening eyes full of tears.

He glared at the arrogant old man, as he venomously spat out, "I'll buy it, where is your boss?"

He was serious, Naruto could tell, still tightly wrapped in Sasuke's embrace, he shook his head weakly, voice trembling, he whispered out as quietly as he could so that only Sasuke could hear, "No.. It's fine.. Let's leave... Please..", he weakly looked up at the raven, "Please, Sasuke.."

Seeing the usually energetic and hyper young man, looking so weak but trying his hardest not to shed any tears, Sasuke could only nod worriedly.

The ever greedy grunt, gave Sasuke a card when he was about to turn around to leave with Naruto still wrapped in his arms and told him to come anytime if they change their mind.

Sasuke just 'hn'ed', annoyance clear in his voice, narrowing his eyes at the card in his hand, Thinking, 'So it was these f*ckers..',  and heading back to where the car was parked.

Kakashi saw the two come back all grim from the drivers seat and didn't question anything further. Just simply drove them back.

After arriving at the bar, Sasuke took the still shaken young man back to his room with him, too worried to let him be alone in his own room. Jiraiya had only eyed them for a few seconds before going back to working at the bar.

Sasuke slowly and gently, took off the disguise on the blonde. Delicately wiping off the make on his face, as if even the slightest bit of force would break him.

After taking it off, he left the blonde who sat on his bed, and walked into the small attached bathroom in his room to take his own disguise off.

All the while cursing his own helplessness.

Naruto sat, blankly staring at a spot on the floor, he expected the raven or the others to at least question him about what happened or why it was happening but as usual no one questioned nothing.

When he first came he thought that was because they just didn't care but felt at ease nonetheless at their uncaringness.

But now he could tell, that it wasn't that they didn't care, it was just their way of being considerate towards the blonde.

It's because they cared, that they never questioned anything. And just waited for the blonde to tell them if he ever wanted to.

He felt his eyes prickle with the tears he'd held back.

Once he knew that he was being cared for, he couldn't help but feel like crying even more.

Sasuke came out, as quietly as always, and hesitantly sat next to the blonde.

He knew close to nothing so he had no words of comfort for him. But he desperately wanted to do anything at all for the one he fell for, the only one who made him feel more human.

Sasuke slowly raised his hand to pat the soft blonde locks but before he could do it Naruto had already burried his face in Sasuke's chest, hugging him tightly,  and crying out silently.

Sasuke felt his own eyes sting, which surprised him more than anyone else.

He actually felt like crying too, him of all people, he who didn't shed single a tear even when he lost everyone in his family overnight when he was just a teen.

Sasuke hugged him back just as tightly and actually cried too.

This young man, truly did make him more human.

TBC..