Sorry, I know I haven't finished my first fic, but I was getting rather bored of that one so I've started a new one.

"Hey! Wait up!"

I turned around and stopped.

Naruto never was able to catch up with me in running. I always beat him. He may boast about being really fast, but he isn't. I don't mind though. I mean, he's my best friend. He is reliable and entertaining. Always wanting to please everyone, he is extremely open. I know before, when he was younger, before we were friends, he was always alone. He is an orphan. No one left to help him. I guess, I can sorta relate to him. But... he was always by himself; no one talked with him. Everyone despised him, I mean, in him lives the demon that tried to destroy our village how many years ago.

The past doesn't matter now though. The future does.

If Naruto knew my secret, I don't know what would happen. Naruto... I never meant to do those things to you... That's why I have to say before I go...I just want you to know...

"Sasuke! Why are you being so quiet?" Naruto inquired.

"Because." I replied.

Actually, I didn't want him to know my secrets... Two secrets. One could demolish our friendship, while the other questions my ties to our village.

Imagine if I told him. Suppose I went up to him and said, 'Hey Naruto! Guess what! I am really gay and I love you. Oh, also, you remember my brother, Itachi, right? Well, remember how we are supposed to kill anyone who is associated with him? Well, then, you are supposed to kill me. I just killed a whole bunch of innocent people because he told me I would gain power from doing that!' What would he do? Try to kill me? I doubt it. I don't really want to know either. It could cost me a lot. Maybe even my life.

Everyone has their faults, it's just that... mine are worse than other peoples. My coldness is my mask, the protection for the real me. I thought that being quiet would make others leave me alone, but I was wrong. Some of the girls thought it was cool, but it isn't. Naruto is cool. He is always open and ready to talk or comfort you. He is the best friend I could ever ask for, but I sometimes wonder, am I being the best friend to him? I constantly lie to him, but... he still trusts me. It makes me feel horrible. He is as open as I am closed. We are exact opposites. I guess opposites do attract.

"Sasuke," I heard Naruto talking, "shouldn't we be going to get Sakura now?"

"A few more minutes."

I sat down. We had run up a hill, and had a perfect view of the whole village. Here it was peaceful, quiet and calm. The grass was lush and clean. It had rained the night before, yet the ground wasn't soggy. I smiled in spite of myself. This was the best place in the world to be. Trees shaded us from the sun, while a warm breeze flew by.

"Sasuke..." I heard Naruto whisper, "this place is really tranquil."

I turned around and saw him lying on his back with his eyes closed, as if he was going to take a nap.

"Yeah." I turned and sat next to him. "I'm glad you are here."

He turned towards me. "Good."

Looking at me, he stood up. I watched him walk around a bit, before coming to sit down on my lap. Putting his head on my shoulder, he smiled. Not one of those regular smiles he usually shows, but a unique, genuine, carefree smile. Slowly, he kissed me on my cheeks. I blushed; my face turned bright red. Hugging me, his smell surrounded me, the smell of strawberries and cream. Gently, I lay down on my back, with Naruto pulling me into a hug. Not just the 'best friends forever' hug, but one that meant more to me than anything. He took my shirt off and pressed his cheek against my chest. He stayed like that for a while. I even thought he was asleep. I kissed the top of his head and proceeded to become shocked as he smiled and threw his arms around my throat to kiss me. I hugged him back and kissed his cheeks.

Imagine how ecstatic I was. Here my secret crush, my 'straight' best friend, was kissing me! It was all too perfect. Everything was happening so quickly. One moment, I was talking with him about random nothings, and the next, we were doing things I only ever dared to dream of doing with him. We were doing thing my fan girls were dying to do with me. Kissing them would definitely not be as fun as this though I mean, Naruto, after all is my best friend, and I am gay. Not to mention, Naruto has this certain resistance that those fan girls would not have. However, I kept asking myself, could I ever believe such a perfect surprise? Yet, like all things, I knew that this would end. It would never be this wonderful forever. Some things weren't meant to be. Unfortunately, this moment would end too soon. Much too soon for my liking and there wasn't any thing I could do to stop it.

Yes, a stupid story, I promised one of my friends that I would put a new story up, so yeah. Any ways, I won't be updating until I get 15 reviews, so please don't review, for my sake and yours. Thanks.