Strawberry Kisses

How can you let go of someone who has been there for you? Hurt and betrayed, how can love ever be on your mind? That's what Naruto thought until his neighbor came back into his life. Now he's torn apart by his first love and his cutesy neighbor.

Naruto POV

I was told not to go on my final trip of the year- the end of eight grade. I had caught the flu a few days prior, but I wanted to be there for her, the love of my life Haruno Sakura and besides, who would want to miss the class trip of the year?

Well, it should have been me.

-Prologue-

"Oi, kid. I don't think you should go on this trip." Kyu, my eldest brother said. I watched as he posted himself against my room door.

"But I have too!" I whined.

Kyu, the first-born son of the Namikaze family, was 24 years of age, who had a master's degree in computer engineering and a degree in creative writing, was my caregiver since my parents were travelers.

I felt Kyu eyes gazed at me. My brother was quite the looker, tall and built, with broad shoulders. He had red silky hair that was put into a high ponytail. His skin was pale and soft and he had sharp hazel eyes. I, on the other hand, was the opposite of him. I wasn't quite the eyecatcher, regardless of my blonde hair and blue eyes. Truth be told, I questioned whether I was even blood related to the Namikaze's family. I was short for my age, me being 4ft 8 and in grade 8. I was small in weight and most of my skin was covered in tiny red pimples. Puberty? Probably not. I didn't catch any of my family beauty trait, besides my father's blonde hair, and even that was much brighter than mine. The Namikaze's were known for their beauty.

I rampaged through the clothes on the floor. I was looking for my school shirt. I began to cough harshly. It was Kyu's fault that I was sick. I frowned at the thought of it. He had pushed me into the pool in the back of the house Tuesday night. I sighed. Brothers! What more can I say?

"Naruto, I think you are still far too sick to go on this trip and you won't be coming home until Monday night." He protested.

"But I can't miss it!" I shouted. "I can't just abandon Sakura-chan like that. She's going to miss me and besides I have to give Sakura her present." I walked over to the little present box on my dresser and stared at it. I worked so hard saving up to get her this present. It was a diamond necklace that twinkled in the sun of course. It was just fit for a queen, my queen.

Kyu groaned. "Here." He said. My eyes twinkled as I stared at my school uniform that was freshly ironed and pressed. I ran up to him and gave him a big hug.

"Thank you. Thank you!"

My ears wiggled as I heard him mumbled something under his breath. He returned the hug and patted me on my head. "Hurry up." He said before stepping out of my room.

I quickly jumped up and rushed to the bathroom. I needed to smell extra clean for her. This was going to be an awesome class trip. My brother told me so many things about his end of the class trip. How he got drunk for the first time, had his first kiss, he even had a threesome with his two best female friends. Whoever you were, however you were feeling, you could not miss the end of the school class trip. I blushed at the thought of Sakura and I. Oh my.

"Good morning, Tachi-nii." I said waving at my best friend's brother.

"Good morning, Naruto. Are you feeling well?" He asked. He was sitting in the car along with Sasuke.

Itachi and Kyu were best friends since elementary. Itachi also told me the wildest stories my brother never told me about with he and Itachi did, from skipping school, going to Kyoto, having sex at the love hotels, drinking alcohol and secretly getting tattoos. To this day, neither of our parents knew about the tattoos or any of the stuff they did. But now it was Sasuke and my turn to continue the cycle, minus the fact that I was in a relationship. I grinned.

"I'm doing a little better." I said, coughing a little.

Itachi smiled. "Well take care of this broad." He said.

I watched as Sasuke came from the car. Uchiha Sasuke was my best friend from elementary; just like our brothers. We had been best friends for a while. Everyone knew who Sasuke was, and if you didn't you wanted to know. He was popular amongst the ladies, with his pale skin that glistened in the sun and his pitch-black hair that blew with and with no wind. He was handsome and he had brains. Sometimes it always came to me why Sakura had chosen to finally accept my offer in being my girlfriend. Sasuke was much better than I could have possibly ever be, but she choose me so that's what matter most.

"Sasuke-teme!" I grinned.

"Tch." He said shoving his hands in his school pants. "Dobe." He replied as he walked past me.

I turned to Kyu who had walked over to Itachi. "I'll call you when we reach, Kyu-nii!" I said giving him my biggest smile, but deep down inside I was aggravated. My throat was itchy and sore, and I felt so hot.

Kyu smiled at me. He held up his cellphone and wiggled it in his hand. I nodded knowing what he meant; text him as soon as we got to Kyoto. I turned my back on him and walked into the school field.

"So, I heard a lot of things goes down on these class trips." Sasuke said, a smirk noticeable on his face.

We were standing underneath the tree as we waited for the buses to come. "I know. Kyu told me." I said, trying to cover the blush on my face.

"Maybe Sakura-chan might." He chuckled.

My face grew even redder. "No... no. Sakura-chan isn't that type." I said adjusting my backpack strap on my shoulder.

"She might." He said once more.

"I wouldn't let her though. I'm still sick from when Kyu pushed me into the pool. I wouldn't want her to catch anything." I said. I had too much respect for Sakura for me to do anything like that to her, unless she felt as if she was ready. She was a precious flower, so kind and sweet. She had so much respect for herself and the people around her. That's why I fell in love with her.

Sasuke whistled. "You're such a virgin." He grinned.

My mouth dropped. "I am not!"I shrieked. This made Sasuke laughed. Gosh, I am such a girl. I knew my face was red.

"Have you even kissed her yet?" He asked.

We were now standing in line getting ready to go on the bus. I wondered where Sakura-chan was. She's always late. I couldn't help but smile.

"Have you even kissed her yet?" I heard Sasuke asked.

"Um... only once." I muttered.

"Really. You guys have been dating for a year now and you've only managed to kiss her once?" He asked. He sat on the left side of the bus, while I sat on the right side. I wanted to save a seat for Sakura.

"Well, I don't mind. Kissing isn't such a big deal." I said pushing my bag underneath the seat.

"If you say so." He said shoving the earbuds into his ears.

It didn't really come to me why Sakura and I had only kissed once. We've been dating for a year, and we had only managed to kiss one time. Maybe this trip will change that. I smiled as I seen Sakura entered the bush. Gah, she was just beautiful. Her long pink hair that was straightened, her jade eyes and pale skin, surely the signs of an angel. I was so blessed to have her in my life.

I smiled widely as she walked down the aisle of the bus. "Sak- She sat down next to Sasuke. Maybe she didn't see me. "Sa-

"Move over Uzumaki." I heard her best friend Ino said.

"But I save-

She literally pushed me over to the window. I glared at her, but it didn't faze her. "Ino-chan, Sakura-chan is supposed to be sitting her."

"Well, she's sitting next to Sasuke. I really don't know what she sees in you." Ino mumbled.

I turned my head towards Sakura, who was laughing along with Sasuke. I wasn't the jealous type, but this made me a little upset. I'll just talked to her when we reach to Kyoto.

"Sakura-chan." I said running up to my love. She was talking with Sasuke.

"Naruto-kun." She said, smiling.

I hugged her and she returned the hug. "I wanted you to sit next to me, but I guess you didn't see me." I laughed.

"Gomen, Naruto-kun. I wanted to talk to Sasuke about something." She replied.

"Oh. What were you guys talking about?" I asked, curious.

She laughed and hit me on my shoulder. "Nothing important." She smiled. "I can't wait for the summer." She said stretching out her arms.

"We can spend the summer together!" I said, excited.

She giggled. "Ne, I'm going to go with the girls. I'll see you later." She said leaving.

I sighed dreamily.

"You are so desperate." Sasuke said.

My right eye twitched. "I'm ignoring you." I said walking away.

It was dinner time, but I wasn't hungry. I was too busy playing out the scenario about how Sakura will act when I give her the present. Tonight, will be the night. I couldn't wait any longer. I looked around the dinner area and noticed that some of the children weren't there. They were probably fooling around.

I walked down the narrow hallway of the hotel and walked towards my room. I stopped by Sakura's room, room 234. It was slightly opened. Today we hadn't really spoken as much, but I figured she was excited about the summertime. I was about to knock, when I heard giggling. Ah, it was my angel, Sakura. I was about to barge right in when I heard him- Sasuke.

"So, are you? " I heard him asked.

I peeped my head in the door, and saw them posted against the corner, too close for comfort. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and she had her arms wrapped around his neck. My eyes opened. What was she doing! On the bed sat Ino who was playing on her phone, along with Kiba who was scrolling up and down on his phone and Karin was sitting on the chair watching tv.

Weren't they going to say anything? She had a boyfriend. They were supposed to be my friends, our friends, didn't they see anything wrong with this? Maybe this was a misunderstanding, yeah, a misunderstanding. Maybe I was the jealous type. There was nothing with my best friend and girlfriend hugging in the corner... right?

It felt like my heart shattered into many pieces as I watched them. That was my best friend, my girlfriend, the love of my life, the one that was there for me, the one that loved me, the one who gave me a chance. I was frozen, nobody did anything, they didn't care. I felt my heart stopped as I saw her did the unspeakable. She was literally sucking his face off. She had never kissed me with such passion as she was doing with Sasuke. I backed away from the door and ran. This had to be some type of dream or a test. This couldn't be happening. I ran into my room and slammed the door with such force, I could have sworn I felt the hotel shake. I made my way into the bathroom and vomited all over the toilet.

It was like the whole world went tumbling down on me. I sat on the tile floor and stared at the wall. I couldn't cry, I wanted too, but I couldn't. I just sat there, numb. I wanted to wake up, I wanted too! I screamed in my mind, but on the outside I was silent.

He was my best friend. We did everything together, he was the one that encourage me to go for it and asked the girl of my dreams out. Was it all a lie? She was the love of my life, the one that cheered me up when I was down, defended me from the class, made me laughed, she looked at me differently.

I crawled to the bed and rested my head down. They were supposed to be my friends? Yet, nobody did anything. Nobody told me. How long was this going on for?

I closed my eyes and drifted off into a deep slumber.

!_!

"Dobe, wake up!"

My eyes fluttered opened and I saw Sasuke hovering over me. I got up and held my head. A sharp pain shot through my head. "Where am I?"

He laughed. "Were you drinking?" He asked.

I stared at him. Was last night a dream? It probably was.

"There's vomit all over the toilet." He said scrunching up his nose.

'So, it wasn't a dream.' I thought.

"Dobe, you okay? You looked space out." Sasuke said as he waved his hands back and forth.

I gave him a half smile. "Yeah, I'm okay. I just wasn't feeling well last night."

He went in front of the mirror and straightened his hair. "Do you want me to call Kyu?" He asked.

I sighed. My heart hurt, it really did. But I did not want to lose Sakura. Maybe they were drunk that night, or maybe I was hallucinating. I will talk to her today to hear her side of the story. I loved her too much to give up on her. Call me foolish, but I loved her so much and I know she would not do anything to hurt me.

I smiled to myself. And besides Sasuke was my best friend, he wouldn't want to hurt me. I would learn to forgive and hopefully forget.

"I hope you're going to clean that shit up." Sasuke said, as he put on his shoes.

"Yeah, yeah." I said getting off the bed. "Hold on." I told him as I went to clean the bathroom.

I pushed the present into my pocket. I felt as if Sakura was ignoring me all day. Every time I went to see her, she would make up an excuse to hang out with Ino since they wouldn't be hanging out during the summer.

So, I was left by myself, whiles Sasuke and Kiba went snorkeling. I brushed some sand off my feet and waited for them to return. I sat down on the sand and began to make a sandcastle, childish, right? I kept looking at the entrance, waiting for them. I sighed. I started looking at the crabs that were making their way out of the holes.

I got up and did some pushups, worst mistake. The sun started to set and I was now getting worried. I made my way to the caves, but it had a close sign on it. That was strange, didn't Sasuke and Kiba went this way?

I searched throughout the beach looking for the two knuckleheads. They were probably trying to scare me like they always do. As I searched throughout the beach, I spotted Kiba standing next to the Tiki Bar.

"Yo Kib-

"Why do you even hang out with that idiot?" I heard Kiba said as he turned to face Sasuke.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, I guess it's the least I can do for him."

What did he mean by that?

I hid behind the trashcan, smelly I must say, and eased dropped.

"I'm just saying. He doesn't fit in. And Sakura-chan? Did he really think he had a chance with her?" Kiba continued. "I don't understand why you told her to date him." He said as he crossed his arms.

My eyes widened.

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders once more. "He was desperate, so I did him a favor."

Kiba shook his head. "He's really an idiot."

I had heard enough. I returned to my room and paced back and forth. I couldn't believe what I had just witnessed and heard. He told her to date me! I sat down on the bed and began to nibble on my fingernails. It had to be a lie, right? Kyu and Itachi are best friends, so ultimately Sasuke and I had to follow in their footsteps. There was no way Sasuke would do this.

I picked up my phone and called Kyu.

Kyu: Oh you finally decide to call me, huh.

Me: Kyu, can you pick me up?

Kyu: Why you just got there? You miss me already?

Me: No, I'm not feeling to well and I'm very hot and it feels like I can't breathe.

Kyu: Ne, go to your teachers. Naruto?

My fingers began to shake and I didn't have the strength to hold up the phone.

Me: Kyu, please come.

My eyes fluttered opened as I heard beeping sounds. "Where am I?" I managed to say.

"Finally, you scared the living shit out of me, Naruto." Kyu said.

"Where am I?" I asked once more as I tried to look around the room.

"You're at Kyoto hospital." He said. He rubbed my hand. "I'm sorry. I should have never let you go on this trip."

"How long have I been here?" I asked as I examined the room.

"You've been out for three days." He said.

"Oh." I said frowning. I looked at the flowers on the desk besides me.

"Sasuke and Sakura-chan came yesterday." Kyu said. "You nearly gave mom a heart attack." He said, shaking his head.

"Oh." Was all said before I laid back down.

"Are you feeling better?" he asked me, obviously worried.

"Kyu-nii, have you and Itachi-nii ever argue?" I asked.

Kyu tilted his head. "It's not very often. Why do you asked?" he questioned.

I took a deep breath. "No reason… no reason at all."

A week after my release, Sakura had only managed to see me two times. Sasuke had stopped to my house along with Kiba and I chatted with them, like nothing never happened. I didn't want to believe what I heard between Kiba and Sasuke, so I just pushed that memory, with many others, in the back of my head. Besides, the doctors said I had a high fever which would have cause hallucinations. That could have been the reason why I thought I saw Sasuke and Sakura, and then Kiba and Sasuke talking.

After two weeks, everything seemed normal again. I spent time with Sakura during the summer break, along with Sasuke and Kiba on some occasions. I spend my nights thinking about Sakura and I being the hottest couple in high school. Man, I was such a nerd, but the mere thought of it made me giggled. I thought everything would have been perfect, that is…

There was one week left before school was due to open. I had rearranged a date with Sakura so we could go school shopping and get our uniforms measured. I had also planned to give her the gift I had for her during my ordeal. I looked in the mirror and spiffy myself clean. The cream I was using for my acne was working, not fast enough, but it was doing its magic. Today would have been a great day.

I rode my bicycle to the train station where Sakura would have been waiting for me. I couldn't have my queen wait any longer. I was already two minutes late. I finally made it there and saw my angel standing next to the red pole. I was in awe. She'd look so cute with her straw hat, blue jumper and peter pan polka dot shirt. She screamed cuteness. "Sak-

"It's the dobe." I heard.

My eyes twitched. Out of nowhere Sasuke came in my view of Sakura. "We thought you would never show up." He said.

"We?" I tilted my head. "What are you doing here, Sasuke-teme?"

"Naruto-kun, I'm sorry. I forgot to mention that Sasuke would be with us. He didn't get a chance to do his school shopping."

"Oh." I said.

It was a long day. Sakura and I didn't do too much talking, in fact, she was doing a lot of talking with Sasuke. I sighed. I won't be the jealous boyfriend. I carried the bags, Sakura and Sasuke's including mine! Was I their butler? Gosh.

"I want some ice-cream." Sakura said as she turned around to face me.

I sighed. "Sure." I told her. The three of us went to a nearby ice-cream parlor and sat outside with our ice-creams. I sat on one side of the table, while Sasuke and Sakura sat together. She was quiet. Then there it was, the scene that play in my head repeatedly. The scene that made this story possible.

"Naruto-kun." Sakura spoke. It was like the scenery around us became blurred and everything went dull and slow. It was as if her lips were moving slowly, but the words came rushing towards me like a jaguar in search of food. "I'm breaking up with you." She said. And just like that, the scenery became HD and everything was back to its normal pace.

"Oh." I said lost for words. I stared down at the table, I didn't want to see her face, I didn't want to see his face. I knew this had something to do with him. "Why?" I asked. I just had to know and I pray I was wrong.

She squeezed her fist. "I'm in love with Sasuke-kun." She shouted.

It seemed like a perfect day.

I lifted my head up and smiled.

"I love you enough to support your decision, Sakura-chan."

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