Sasuke wasn't quite sure why he decided to go back for Naruto. Desperation for someone to talk to? Pity? Whatever the reason was he promptly left his things with Yura before doubling back, trying to find where the blond boy had gone off to. They had left on a less than stellar note, yet he hoped the other boy wasn't going to outright hate him for it. When he thought of them as "friends" before, it was probably in the loosest meaning of the word; they were essentially polar opposites and fought a lot, yet there was some friendship in that unstable, dueling sort of relationship. That was how he saw it anyways, question was now did Naruto see that too?

Surprisingly Naruto was found in much the same spot: unsurprisingly, he was all but alone now in the street. How could he reconcile things and make the other boy feel better? Smiles usually did the trick, and while it was painful to smile nowadays, maybe he could force one for his peer's sake. The Uchiha did just that, and Naruto's reaction to such a gesture was... Less than gratifying. Watching as the blond freaked out the smile promptly vanished, replaced by a more typical solemn expression, his lips in a thin line. He was trying to be nice here, so what was Naruto freaking out for? Furrowing his brow when Naruto sat for a moment, Sasuke waited for him to say something before finally rolling his eyes, feeling awkward for the silence.

"Yes or no? I don't have all day," Sasuke snapped, glancing down and meeting the teary eyed gaze of Naruto. What? Why the hell was he crying? It wasn't like he'd just had some traumatic experience, he'd been asked to join someone for a meal! Resisting the urge to tell him to suck it up, the young Uchiha instead grabbed Naruto's arm and pulled him to his feet, his face a slight pink in embarrassment as he looked way. "Don't cry, it's lame... Just... Follow me, okay?" Seriously, what reason did this moron have to be crying? He didn't want people getting the wrong idea either and think that Sasuke had done something to hurt him; given how everyone in the village seemed to look down on Naruto, he somehow doubted hurting the boy would get him in much trouble. 

The two boys walked in an uncomfortable silence back to the Uchiha compound, passing quite a few confused adults along the way. No one could seem to understand why someone like Sasuke was associating himself with Naruto, and truth be told, Sasuke himself didn't know either. It was a rare show of sympathy he supposed, or maybe a desperate need to distract himself from his own troubles with someone else's. Whatever the case he had done something he thought he'd never do, and that was bring another person to his home. It was as ever today, silent and utterly devoid of life, save for the occasional animal. Rather than show anything, Sasuke promptly brought Naruto back to Yura's home, saying nothing as he stepped through the door and slipped off his sandals. "I'm home... And Naruto is here too," he called, glancing back at the blond expectantly.