A young boy, about the age of nine, lay defeated on the cold snow covered ground. Recess had ended ten minutes and not even his teacher cared where he was. No one seemed to care for him, he had no parents, no one to depend on. The boy felt a tear forming in the corner of his eye. As the snow heavily fell down, the blonde sat in the frigid snow, quietly sobbing.

Twenty minutes pasted, and still no one seemed to notice he was gone. They simply didn't care, they probably wouldn't even care if he was to die. He was shivering and trying to keep warm. All the boy was wearing was a thin black tee shirt and orange pants.

Just then the blonde heard a voice, was it speaking to him?

"If you stay out any longer you'll catch a cold." the voice said softly.

Naruto slowly looked up from his hands to see who it was, revealing a boy with black hair and black eyes, the same age as himself.

"Are you going to just stand there or do you want some help?" the boy spoke up again, gradually pulling Naruto up by the arm.

The blonde boy still did not speak. He was afraid that it just might be another sick prank, who would actually be nice to him?

"Come on, I'll take you back to my house so you can warm up. Don't you even have a coat?" Sasuke spoke up again.

Naruto followed Sasuke to his house, still silent.

After a few minutes of silence the black haired boy spoke up again, "So, what's your name? My names Sasuke."

Naruto waited a few seconds, then answered. "M..my names um Naruto." he said, stuttering over his words.

"Naruto huh, that's a cute name, so, what were you doing out there in the cold all by yourself?"

Naruto really didn't want to answer but somehow he couldn't stop his mouth from moving, there was something about this boy. "No one likes me, no one cares about me." He said, beginning to start sobbing again.

As the snow fell down the two boys sat in the cold snow, Naruto began to cry again. Suddenly he felt two soft, warm arms rap around him. Those arms were Sasuke's.

"It's ok, you don't need to cry." Sasuke said softly, trying to comfort Naruto.

Then, Naruto heard Sasuke whisper something. "Don't worry Naruto, I'll be your friend."

Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke and the two boys sat there, holding onto each other tightly.

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16 year old Naruto sat straight up in his bed, drenched in perspiration. He didn't know why but almost every night he would have that dream, that flashback. Each time it would seem so real, almost like he was reliving the memory. He didn't know why but there was something about Sasuke, every time they spoke to each other his stomach would twist in a knot and he would stumble over his words.

Naruto sighed to himself. But what was the chance that Sasuke would choose him? There were so many girls that were more prettier than himself, and Sasuke could have any one he wanted. Deep inside, Naruto knew they could probably never be together, considering they were both guys.

The blonde boy slowly got out of bed and began to get ready, he was to meet Kakashi and the rest of team this morning, which meant seeing Sasuke, and more pain.

Bleh, i know this chapter's short, but thats where i wanted to end it! So deal with it! lol.