Sasuke was doing as he promised, driving me to my favourite ramen restaurant after detention. I was so excited, jumping in the seat and screaming from the sun roof.  I felt the wind in my air like a bird soaring in the night sky.

I was skipping to the ramen place after we alighted the car. We took our seats and ordered many bowls of ramen. I was slurping through the my third bowl but Sasuke was only on his first. After finishing our meal, Sasuke ordered alcohol. He said he haven't had some in quite awhile and was feeling it.

I agreed, since I really had alcohol before besides a couple of beers. But not Spirits or Sake. They were quite expensive unlike beer, so I didn't like the idea of wasting money on drinking just to get wasted. But this time, since it was free I decided to go and find out what was all the hype every student was talking about.

I took my first sip of Vodka and I almost threw up already. It took me some time to finish the cup of Vodka, Sasuke helped me to finish the remaining half of it. He then ordered a cup of whisky, so I followed. Whisky wasn't that bad, I managed to drink a few cups without feeling nauseous. Then we moved on to rum and gin. By the end of it all, I was feeling woozy but really chirpy for some reason. I actually really liked the sensation, like the weight of the world flew off my shoulders.

Sasuke was alright though, he continued drinking when I was blabbering my drunk thoughts. I excused myself to the bathroom which was not too far from our table and washed up after I cleared my bladder that was full of liquor. I was tumbling a little and accidentally bumped into a person, I apologized but he started getting angry. Everything happened so fast and before I knew it, he pushed me really hard and caused my head to knock against the wall which made me even more dizzy. I dropped to the floor because I felt like throwing up and I couldn't keep my balance anymore. He was just screaming and shouting at me. But I couldn't make sense of what he was saying, he seemed drunk as well.

Sasuke ran up the stairs into the bathroom, after hearing the chaos from the table. "Fuck off, he already apologised." The younger Uchiha pushed the bigger man's shoulders, sizing him up. "You didn't have to fucking push him." A fight quickly broke out between them but I couldn't have the energy to get up from the floor and stop Sasuke. All I could do was plead for Sasuke to stop which he didn't. He ended the fight when the guy was on the ground. He then picked me up and walked over to his car after paying for the bill.

"Why.. Why didn't you stop?" I mumbled, leaning my heavy head against the window.
"Why should I? He hurt you." He kept his angry eyes on the road. He had a couple of bruises on his face.
"You are always solving shit.. with your fists."

Sasuke ignored me and put his foot on the accelerator, driving faster and faster.

"Stop the car! I s-swear.. I'll t-throw up." I was holding onto my seatbelt, and holding in the feeling of purging out what was inside my stomach.

"You're never listening.. to me! When I said stop fighting, you don't. When I say s-stop driving, you don't. Why don't you ever listen to me?" I was getting angry as he was clearly ignoring me, still putting his foot on the gas.

"Stop the car. Stop the car! I had enough of y-"
"I just hate seeing you get hurt, alright? I admit, I allowed my anger to get the best of me. But he fucking deserved it." Sasuke finally broke his silence as he slowed down the speed.

I rolled down the windows to puke. And Sasuke rubbed my back with one hand and steering the wheel with his other. "I know you're being sweet-t to win this challenge.. I, Na-ruto.. Uzuma-ki.. am no fool.." I stuttered as I wiped my lips.
"Bu..t it's just a challenge.. y-ou don't have to hurt anyone to win.." I continued on.

He stayed silent again. We reached home in what seem like a second because I probably blacked out half way through the journey home. Sasuke put me into bed, and at this point I was already half awake. I could feel his lips pressed against my forehead.

"You won't believe it, but I really do hate seeing you get hurt." He whispered, swooping my hair to the side and tucking me into bed.
Just before he was about to leave, I grabbed his wrist, it was so surreal. I seen my father again, right before my eyes. Yet, he was walking away from me again. "Father, I miss you so much. Please don't go and leave me all alone again."

He turned around and showed me a soft smile, "You're not alone anymore, Naruto. You have me." He replied. His voice soothed me and my aching heart. His voice gave me a sense of comfort and security. "I miss you and Mother so much.." I continued blubbering as my grip on his wrist tighten. I could feel his fingers going through my hair as he kissed me one more time on my forehead.

The next few minutes were a blur before I knocked out. The next thing I knew it was daylight and the birds were chirping. I looked to see Sasuke on the floor beside my bed, his head resting on my bed, with one of his hand stretched out to reach mine. Our fingers were interlocked and as I released my hand from his, he woke up. "What time is it?" He asked indifferently, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

"12." I answered, looking at my clock on the wall. "Oh man, we're missed school!"
Sasuke's eyes widen, "Shit, Itachi knows I spent the night in your room."

That was Sasuke's concern. Not skipping classes but his brother catching us together..