Gentle Guidance | By : PuerilePonderer Category: Naruto AU/AR > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1227 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Gentle Guidance: Chapter One
With a yawn, a tired Naruto Uzumaki stretched and dragged
himself from his bed. Lazily shuffling
towards the bathroom, dodging scattered piles of clothes as necessary, the
blond man habitually pulled up his well-worn orange cotton pajama pants. They were his favorite pair, and despite the
drawstring, the frequent wear over the years had caused them to loosen at the
slightest movement. For a moment, Naruto
considered getting a new pair, but the knowledge that no one was going to be
seeing him lounging around his apartment in just his sleeping bottoms anyway
convinced him that there was no point replacing his trusty pants.
It had been a long time since Naruto had had to worry about
looking his best in the bedroom. His
last relationship was while he was in undergraduate school. The blond had truly been in love with his best
friend at the time, Gaara Sabaku.
Naruto had met Gaara at their freshman orientation at Konoha
University. The two became friends
despite the redhead’s antisocial tendencies, and that comfortable companionship
turned into an easy romantic arrangement before the year was over. Naruto had believed that he would spend the
rest of his life with Gaara, but one night, during their last semester as
college seniors, when the Uzumaki entered their shared dorm room, he was
greeted with the sight of his lover making out with another man, and Naruto
realized that he had been wrong.
After asking Gaara why he had cheated, Naruto was faced with
a harsh truth. Apparently the redhead
had needed more excitement, someone to push him. While he still loved Naruto, and promised
that he always would, he could no longer pretend to himself that he was in love with the blond.
The rejection hit Naruto hard, and while he admitted to
himself that his relationship with the redhead had been comfortable and safe, he
refused to believe that he had possibly needed more too. Moreover, his self-confidence was
shaken. Naruto’s lonely childhood had
reinforced a need for acceptance, and the break-up sent him into a deep
depression. His uncharacteristic beaten
demeanor earned him a stern talking to from his mentor/father-figure, and many
shared tears later, the blond resolved to make himself the best he could be and
to embrace the freedom his single status granted him. The outcome was an intense focus on his
career. Naruto threw himself into his
graduate studies, and his newfound determination to achieve his career goals allowed
him to gain a master’s degree in four short years.
Now at the age of 25, Naruto was going on his second year as
a school counselor at Konohagakure Academy, a prestigious private school for
elementary aged children. At work,
Naruto was exuberant and well-liked by both his students and the staff. They saw in Naruto an extraordinary man, both
attractive and accomplished, as well as full of love, as he offered acceptance
and compassion to all he met, no matter their history.
Naruto’s success and strong friendships had helped him rediscover
an inner strength, one that he hadn’t had to call upon since before Iruka took
him in at a young age. As Naruto met his
reflection in the bathroom mirror, and his gaze roamed from the top of his
head, past his cheeks and their whisker-like scars, and down his strong body,
he smiled. He no longer worried that he
was not enough, and he was generally happy.
Still, the blue-eyed male couldn’t help but hope for a day when he would
find someone to spend his nights with on a regular basis.
His current best friend,
Sakura, was always pushing him to get out more, or trying to set him up with some
new guy, but Naruto was reluctant to put his heart on the line again. He would occasionally meet with someone to
appease the pink-haired woman, but he found all the encounters hollow in a
sense. He knew that if he wanted just a
quick fuck, he would have plenty of options.
He had certainly had enough offers, but Naruto wanted more. Maybe he was being unrealistic?
Gazing at himself in the mirror, Naruto noticed his eyes, or
rather the dark circles below them. The
bags underneath were a lot more pronounced than usual. Frowning at his visage, Naruto’s thoughts
were drawn to his newest student, and the source of the discoloration, Sachio
Uchiha.
Sachio was a good learner.
His grades were excellent, and despite being a recent transfer, the third
grader was already the top in his class at all subjects. Obviously, his studies were not the
problem. No, it had been his emotional
situation that had led Ms. Hyuga to refer the quiet boy to Naruto.
Mr. Uzumaki, as he was known at the Academy, was a favorite
amongst the student body, known for his ability to turn kids’ lives
around. No nut was too hard to crack for
him. After all, if he could spend just a
few sessions with some of the school’s biggest bullies, and turn them into star
pupils, he could work miracles for anybody.
Now Naruto was worrying that he may have met his match in
one little boy. Sachio wasn’t a bully by
any means, and he certainly didn’t give his teachers any problems, but he was
withdrawn, refusing to talk unless asked a specific question that he could not
ignore, and he never seemed to find enjoyment in anything. Naruto had seen his type before. Most of the kids at his work came from
wealthy families, and sometimes that meant that their parents were more absent
in the children’s lives than they would like.
His students were often times a bit anti-social, and the counselor was
used to working with them, finding some way to inch past the barrier they would
put up as a self-defense.
However, Naruto had
been having bi-weekly sessions with the boy for over a month now, and he still
had no idea who the boy really was. Sure
Naruto knew the basics - the boy’s parents had recently split, the father was in
charge of the new Uchiha Industries building that had popped up in Konoha, and
the mom lived in Sound and was already getting remarried – but all that, Naruto
had found out from the child’s file.
Sachio refused to share anything personal with Naruto, and the blond was
beginning to feel like nothing he did would help the boy. Naruto’s failure in getting the boy to open
up was the current reason for his recent lack of restful nights.
Picturing the boy’s sad eyes, and likening them to a pair of
cheerless sea green ones that he used to love, caused Naruto’s resolve to
strengthen. When Naruto had first met
Gaara, people told him that befriending the redhead was impossible, and, boy, had
Naruto proved them wrong. Gaara wasn’t a
lost cause, and Naruto just knew that Sachio wasn’t either. The blond would just have to try harder.
With a quick splash of water to his face, Naruto prepared
for work.
He would help Sachio Uchiha if it was the last thing he did.
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