"Stop it Sasuke."
"What?" The dark haired boy paused, his eyebrows creasing together. He stared at the blond boy who shrugged away his hand. "I'm okay. Stop it." I'm not worth all this time you're wasting. Naruto said, turning to face Sasuke.
"But you're still not-"
"I'm fine. I am the kyuu- I have the kyuubi." Naruto quickly corrected himself when Sasuke's face changed slightly. He cursed at himself mentally for the slip up, no ones suppose to know what he thinks. He's so stupid! He just can't keep sh*t to himself, he needs to stop making people worry! He's such a burden. Sasuke raised an eyebrow but chose not to point it out. I can find out what is going on with him later. Sasuke thought to himself. "Okay then... Let's go to ichiraku?" Naruto stared at him incredulously, Sasuke stared back wondering what he said wrong.
"What?" Sasuke asked, slightly irritated when he couldn't figure it out.
"You just asked me to go to ichiraku..."
"What's wrong with that?"
"You hate ramen!" Naruto exclaimed as Sasuke started dragging him along when the stares and mutters from the villagers got a little bit too uncomfortable. How does Naruto seem so unaffected by this? It's so uncomfortable! "Well, it's something else for a change. I can't always be eating rice right?"
"Stereotypical." Naruto muttered in agreement as he allowed himself to be dragged off by Sasuke. "Actually! Let's pack takeaway, I want to bring you somewhere Naruto." The blond blinked in confusion but nodded hesitantly any ways. Sasuke gave him a small smile of reassurance before turning to look ahead. He glared at anyone that was pointing and muttering and glaring at Naruto. It was so uncomfortable being the centre of attention with all the whispering and pointing, how is Naruto so unaffected by it?!
Naruto subtly clenched his jaw, trying to ignore the muttering. He could hear every single one of it clearly as if they were screaming it into his ear. He might be used to it but it doesn't mean it's not hurting him. He could feel Sasuke glancing at him ever so often as if checking to see if he was responding to the hurtful words of the villagers. "What are you looking at Sasuke?" Naruto asked, his hand gripped Sasuke's elbow, forcing him to keep moving and not turn back or attack anyone when one of the villager had enough courage to start screaming at him when the Uchiha was around. Sasuke gritted his teeth, forcing himself not to lash out and to keep his head straight. "How can you even stand that kind of bullshit?!" Sasuke exclaimed when they got a safe distance away from everyone and the area was empty.
"You think I can stop them?" Naruto asked quietly, looking at the ground. "You can't stop them. You can never stop them." Sasuke stared at Naruto, feeling sad at how negative and sad Naruto is feeling. Sasuke chewed on his lips as he thought about his next move. Naruto slapped his arm lightly, "stop doing that."

"Doing what?" Sasuke asked, wondering what he did wrong to deserve that hit from Naruto. Naruto pointed to his lips. "Stop biting your lips. Its not a good habit." Sasuke raised his eyebrows, he thought nobody other than his brother would notice him doing that. Itachi always reminded him to stop his bad habit or else one day while biting his lips he might chew off a chunk of his lips and then he can't eat anymore and - yeah... Itachi was trying to scare him into not biting his lips. "Itachi told me not to do it as well." Naruto said softly as they quickly bought their takeaway, Sasuke dragging Naruto to a training ground to get some peace and quiet. 

"You can't stop them."  Naruto's statement rang out in his head. Naruto would never... he would never give up, that was his motto and yet, he has basically given up on even fighting the villagers. Sasuke clenched his jaw as he thought about the villagers; the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Naruto seem to notice it as Sasuke felt a hand on his and a wave of calm washing over him. How- what? Sasuke wondered how he felt the sudden calmness. Naruto kept one hand on his and the other hand was used to eat his onigiri. The blond held his hand gently, running his thumb over Sasuke's. His hand is so smooth. Naruto mused as he subconsciously started playing with Sasuke's hand. 

Sasuke watched as Naruto moved his fingers apart and then squishing them together. He noticed how Naruto's mood started changing as well. The boy was getting a little happier than before. Does he... enjoy playing with my hand or what?

"Thank you for not rejecting me, Sasuke. I am grateful for your company." Naruto said softly, dropping Sasuke's hand. Sasuke's hand twitched at the lost of contact and he immediately reached out to grab Naruto's retreating hand. Naruto froze at the sudden contact. He wasn't expecting Sasuke to reach out. "Don't. Please don't let go." Sasuke muttered, not looking up as he was afraid of Naruto's reaction. Naruto smiled at how shy Sasuke was as he gave Sasuke's hand a squeeze. Naruto gave Sasuke a wolfish grin but he didn't say anything, only continued to hold Sasuke's hand.