Hearts desires

~*~*~*~*Chapter 11~*~*~*~*

 

Base frowned watching Yuudai. The boy was sound asleep on the bed, probably the first time he’d relaxed since… the incident. Base sighed softly. He was not that surprised at the boy sleeping. He’d exhausted himself from crying and screaming for hours. The boy had broken down and released years of turmoil, but he was still not fixed. He may never be Yuudai again, but Base would work hard to make Yuudai become himself, even if it was just a little bit.

 

Base smiled softly at the falcon. The bird had arrived a few hours after Yuudai knocked out. It did not take long for the birds to arrive from Konoha and Suna, a few hours tops. It was why Base loved birds. He could get a message to Naruto in no time. Base looked down at the rolled up paper in his hand. He tied it to the bird’s foot again and smiled.

 

“Sorry to send you out again my friend. I promise a nice feast when you come back.” The falcon screeched before taking off into the air. Base stood from his seat on the window’s ledge, then stalked over to Yuudai and frowned. The boy was obviously having a bad dream. Nightmares would plague the boy for a long time, if not for the rest of his life.

 

Base slowly ran a hand through the boy’s hair, frowning. Yuudai always took such good care of himself, especially his hair. It was the one thing the boy had pride in, his long silky black hair. But now it was not soft. Yuudai hadn’t been able to take care of it since before he left Konoha, which was almost six days ago. Base sighed. He would have to help Yuudai bathe later, that would cheer the boy up some.

 

The brunette shifted, lying on the bed next to Yuudai, closing his eyes. He did not like to sleep much, he did not need it. He just wanted to be close to the brunette. Yuudai shook, reaching out and wrapping his arms around Base mumbling in his sleep then relaxing. Base blushed. The boy’s nightmare seemed to have stopped and Yuudai was finally relaxed. Base frowned looking out at the full moon and sighed. He just wished the boy would have good dreams.

 

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Naruto sighed deeply looking the letter over. Yuudai was safe in Suna. It made a bit of sense since Suna was so close to that village, only a day’s run. The Hokage was not worried about his son being in Suna. It was the safest village aside from Konoha for Yuudai to go to. No, what worried him was how emotionless the boy seemed in the note. Naruto found it strange. The note was written by someone closed off, blocking all emotional attachment to the person receiving the note. Naruto frowned looking outside the window at the full moon. Something was up with Yuudai, he just hoped whatever it was, Base was with him helping him.

 

Naruto had come to an understanding that Yuudai wanted to be independent, the boy wanted to be an adult, so Naruto would happily sit back and allow Yuudai to be an adult, but over the past few years, ever since Chokichi was born, Yuudai seemed more distant. The boy acted closed off. Naruto assumed it was part of the child’s development, a stage in his life where he didn’t need to be a mommy’s boy, and as much as it hurt Naruto, the blonde would accept it. But now, this note made it clear something else was the problem. Yuudai was not acting this way to grow up, to become independent. Something was hurting the boy, mentally, and Naruto would do what he could to find out what.

 

Slowly the blonde arose from his chair. He did not need to go home. He had already dealt with his monthly love affair with his husbands. Naruto had married both the Uchiha prince, and Gaara. It had felt right to have both men at his side, though he was still VERY angry at the Uchiha. But Sasuke seemed to be a great father to Chokichi and it kept the boy from becoming confused on WHY his daddy was not Naruto’s husband. So to keep the peace, Naruto had married both Gaara and Sasuke, which really pissed both men off, but neither one would fight Naruto on it. They understood the blonde’s logic, he didn’t want his kids to get messed up in the head over any of it.

 

Naruto walked to his window and frowned seeing the figure of the messenger bird in the moon. Why had she returned so soon? Naruto raised his arm allowing her to land and he winced feeling her talons sink into the skin. Grabbing the note and setting the bird on the table, he slowly pulled the string and untied it. Naruto frowned reading the beautiful hand writing.

 

/Yuudai is hiding more than you think. Come to Suna, you will understand/

 

Naruto frowned reading it over again. He knew the hand writing was Base. The man had sent letters of updates on Yuudai when he was stalking the boy on missions, Naruto frowned. If Base was summoning him to Suna to see Yuudai, something terrible had happened. Naruto walked to his desk and frowned grabbing his Anbu uniform. It had been three years since he became Hokage and had given up his Anbu Status, but he would have to go into hiding if traveling to Suna. He would not want to be attacked on the way and killed, or at least an attempted assassination. Naruto closed his eyes and sighed looking down at the white fox under his desk. He knelt down petting the fox’s soft white fur.

 

“Sune, I need you to pass a message to Gaara and Sasuke. Give it to them tomorrow morning, so I can at least be near Suna before they track me.” The fox yawned and chirped, a sly smile on his face. Naruto smiled writing the note and slipping it in the artic fox’s collar. He began to change into his uniform and sighed. It felt weird having the skin tight material on him again. Naruto smiled kissing the fox’s head before jumping out of the window. He’d left the light on, that way no one would hesitate to think the Hokage had sent an Anbu member on a secret mission. With the light on it looked like Naruto was still in the tower working late. Naruto smirked, pulling the porcelain fox mask onto his face before darting out of Konoha. He would get to Suna by nightfall the next night, if not sooner. His eyes narrowed as he sped up his running, using all the chakra he could muster. His son needed him, he would try to get there as soon as he could.

 

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Yuudai shifted in his sleep, his eyes cracked open slowly. The smell of bacon filled the room. He groaned sitting up. He felt like shit. He frowned again trying to remember exactly what time he’d fallen asleep at, memories of him breaking down flashed back, his frown deepened. He had shown weakness to Base. Yuudai pulled himself off the bed and stumbled. His legs felt weird, weak, like jelly. He placed a hand on the night stand by his bed to steady himself and took a small step before cursing and falling forward hitting the floor face first. He groaned softly.

 

“Yuudai?” Base peeked into the room and sighed. Yuudai was lying on the floor, struggling to move his body. Base walked over slowly and picked the smaller boy up, placing him back on the bed. The boy was exhausted, his body was finally giving out on him.

 

“You have yet to eat in five days. You’re too weak to move.” Yuudai glared at the taller teen. He was not hungry! His face went beat red when his stomach growled in an argument with him. Yuudai sighed and looked away. He really didn’t want to eat. He didn’t trust himself enough to eat. Base smiled softly before walking out of the room. He came back with a large plate of food… pancakes, bacon, and eggs placed nicely on the plate, and a glass of orange juice in his other hand. Base set the plate down on the night stand table.

 

“Eat.”

 

“Fuck you.” Base frowned. Yuudai would need to eat soon or he would get sick. The last thing Base needed was a sick Yuudai on his hands with Naruto on his way. Base could not chance him looking like he had failed to keep Yuudai safe, since he’d found the boy. Base frowned. Setting the orange juice down, he sat on the bed next to Yuudai.

 

“You’re sure you won’t eat?” Yuudai frowned. Base was giving up so easily? Maybe the wolf god was tired of playing games. It was all fine by Yuudai.

 

“I’m not eating.” Base took a forkful of food and began to chew. Yuudai frowned watching the wolf. Like hell he would be jealous and take the food from the wolf! Yuudai let out a startled yelp feeling the larger teen pull him close. Their lips touched. Yuudai’s eyes went wide feeling the wolf’s tongue slip past his lips, opening his mouth. Yuudai nearly gagged when the chewed food was forced down his throat. He shook pulling back coughing.

 

“The fuck!?”

 

“Either eat yourself or I’ll force feed you EVERY last bit.” Yuudai tensed, his eyes going wide. Base was serious. He was going to feed Yuudai like a baby bird. The smaller brunette shook his head, his eyes closing tightly. His stomach was painfully hungry and he really did not want to get sick, but he was slightly excited by the ‘kiss’ from Base. Knowing the wolf god wasn’t ashamed to touch him made him feel less… dirty.