As I was out searching for Sasuke, I found him sitting under a large tree near the top of the hill. He was gazing out into the distance with his onyx eyes. He didn't notice me until I was only a couple of meters away, or maybe he just let me approach. After a couple of minutes of just standing next to him, I finally said:
"That kiss… Did it mean anything to you?" As soon as he heard this he looked down at his feet. He didn't say anything. I then sat down next to him, watching him as he was thinking.
After a while of silence, he finally spoke:
"Naruto… I don't quite know how to put it, but… Yes. It did." His tone was serious and he was now leaning back on his arms and gazing at the sky. My gaze was still of his face, taking in all of his features.
"Hm… It's strange isn't it?
"Indeed."
"What should we do?"
"I don't know." With this, Sasuke turned and faced Naruto, there was only about half a meter between both of their faces. They were both just staring at the other directly into their eyes. Both of them then abruptly turned to look at the sunset. The sky was a mixture of pink and orange. Most of the sun had already disappeared.
After a while, Naruto felt warmth of his hand. He looked down only to find that it was Sasuke's hand which was on top. Naruto gave a quick smile before returning his gaze to the sunset.
…
When the sun had completely vanished, both of them got up. They started walking back home in silence. They walked side by side, with only a few millimeters between them. Their pace was slow, their heads were facing forwards, their faces had a serious expression on, like they were concentrating. They were, in fact, both thinking of what they should do. Whether they should just ignore their feelings towards each other, or have a relationship, risking rejection from everyone else. Or if they should have a relationship in secret, telling no one. They didn't know what to do. Either way, their lives would change.
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"Sasuke, oh Sasuke. Wait up!" Shouted a pink haired girl, who was running after him when training had finished.
"Hm. What do you want?" He simply stated.
"Oh… Um… Well, I was wandering if you didn't have any plans, that we could…" She was quickly interrupted.
"I have plans."
"Wha… what plans? With who?" She said, confusion in her voice.
"None of your business!" He stated. As soon as Sakura heard this, she stopped with tears filling her eyes. Sasuke just carried on walking until he was out of her sight.
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When Sasuke had reached Ichiraku, he saw that Naruto was already sitting there. But there was no food in front of him. He was simply just staring blankly in front of him.
"Hey…"
"…" Naruto didn't show any sign of acknowledgment, so Sasuke sat down right next to him. They sat there for a while. None of them had an appetite. None of them spoke. All you could hear was the wind blowing and the food cooking.
"… I think it would be a good idea to take a walk…" Naruto finally broke the silence. Sasuke nodded and they both stood up and started walking towards the park.
Little did they know that they were being followed. 'I can't believe that those two are hanging out… Sasuke should have been on a date with me!... Oh Naruto always has to ruin everything…' Sakura thought angrily to herself as she saw the two of them walking together.
Sasuke and Naruto walked silently as they could feel the presence of another behind them somewhere. They both had a clear idea who it could be, as they both knew a certain pink-haired girl had a huge crush on Sasuke.
"...Sakura, there is no point hiding… we both know that you're there…" Sasuke said in a monotonous voice.
'Damn, they found me…' "Um… hehe… Hi" She said, with an uncertain grin on her face.
"What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked.
"Well… I wanted to see who you were going to hang out with, so I kinda followed you…"She said, putting a hand behind her head. "How could you reject me and hang out with an idiot like Naruto?" She shouted angrily.
"Don't call him that…" Sasuke mumbled.
"Huh… why are you defending him?" She said questionably, as she could not believe that he would rather hang out with an idiot like Naruto, then to hang out with her.
"Come on Naruto…" And with that, the two of them left, leaving Sakura behind in the streets, just staring at the two. A tear landed on the ground, more soon followed.
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When they had arrived at the park, they both sat down. They were both confused as to what they should do, but neither of them could deny their feelings. Hours past as they remained in the same position as they were in the beginning.
"…Sasuke… Before we do anything, I need to tell you something…"Naruto said quietly.
Sasuke looked up with a questionable face. "What is it, Naruto?"
"I-… I'm not exactly what everyone thinks I am… There is something else… something else inside of me…" confusion started filling up Sasuke's eyes.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke shifted a bit closer, so that he would be able to comfort him.
"This isn't easy to say… but… on the day that I was born, Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox, had attacked… No-one was able to kill it… so they hatched a plan…" Naruto stopped so that he could think of how to say it. Sasuke placed a hand on Naruto's back.
"You can tell me…" Sasuke said, trying to comfort him as he saw how much trouble he was having in trying to say what he was thinking.
Naruto smiled before carrying on, "… Their plan… was to conceal the demon… inside a new-born child… It had to be a very young one so that the chakra system in the child would be able to hold that of the demon…" A tear started rolling down Naruto's cheek before he carried on. "Since I was the last born… I was… I was the child chosen." By now, tears were flowing down Naruto's cheeks. He was in Sasuke's arms.
"I am the container of the demon… That's why everybody has avoided me. They can't see that I am not the demon… They all fear me. And this hatred for me has rubbed off onto everybody else, even though they knew nothing about me… Everyone resented me for something that I couldn't control… I had no say in what was to happen… I had no-one… I was alone…" Naruto broke off into sobs.
"Shh… It's ok… I'm here… I won't leave you alone…" Sasuke said in a soft voice. Another hour past, where they just sat there in each other's arms, tears stains on Naruto's face and Sasuke's shirt.
They than both stood up. Naruto noticed a tear in Sasuke's eye. He was also sad, that the one he cared about had been through so much.
"I think we better start heading back, if you're ready…" Sasuke broke off.
"Yer… that would be a good idea."
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Sakura hadn't moved one inch since she saw Naruto and Sasuke leave together. She then saw the two of them heading her direction, so she thought it wise to hide. As they were getting closer, she noticed that Naruto's eyes were slightly red and puffy and that Sasuke had some sort of stain on his shirt and that his eyes were glistening. 'What?... Have they been crying?... Has Sasuke been crying… I've never seen him show any sign of emoting and here he is, with Naruto, and he has been crying…' Sakura couldn't believe what she was seeing. She thought that the two of them hated each other, that they were rivals. Had she really just imagined all of that tension between the two? She could remember the way that they looked at each other, hatred flooding out of their eyes. This had all changed a couple of days ago. 'What has happened to those two?' She thought to herself.