My Blue Heart

Description: SasuNaru , Romance, Angst.

Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto and I don't make any money with this fanfiction.

Legend: / Italic / Thoughts

..:Chapter One:..

It was raining hard and mercilessly from the heavens and the icy droplets were scattered wildly across the land by strong gusts of wind. The deep rumble of thunder was moving towards you this second, and away the next. It had been like this for countless days. In lucky moments the rain had turned into light drizzles, yet not long enough for one to actually be able to enjoy it.

Sasuke wiped his forehead with his arm and noticed that there was a bloody scratch near his eyebrow. It stung a little, but with all the other injuries that had been inflicted on his body recently, it didn't make much of a difference. He didn't mind them that much in fact, the one thing he couldn't stand was this unpleasant feeling of clamminess and cold creeping up his bones.

Thank god, they had finally accomplished their mission.

Sighing quietly in relief, he lifted his head and took in his surroundings. After they had defeated the last horde of enemy ninjas attacking them near the canyon of waterfalls, they had been able to deliver the highly sought-after item of their mission to the original owners, and helped secure the further transit, which had proved to be more difficult than expected.

Naruto and him found a shelter from the rain beneath a jagged ledge. The last few days had been quite exhausting, with little sleep and not much time to eat let alone breath calmly. None of them had wanted to admit it, but this mission was unexpectedly nastier than what they had imagined from Kakashi-sensei's depictions and instructions.

Sakura was on her way back to Konohagure Village by now, since she was the least injured and they had received an important scroll which had to reach Tsunade-sama's hands without unnecessary delay.

"Damnit…"

Sasuke turned his head at that muttered curse and saw Naruto fumbling around with the cotton bandages that Sakura had left them before taking off. Somehow he had managed to tangle them up and now he was trying to find a loose end in the clew that it had become.

A microscopic smirk formed in Sasuke's face, but it faded away quickly. Naruto had been injured the worst, and the way things had happened had left Sasuke annoyed and even slightly embarrassed, he thought, while prodding his left calf where it was aching.

For some stupid reason, he was the one who had messed up, not Naruto. There was this one moment that caught him off-guard, this strange feeling that made his otherwise sharp as a katana senses leave him. And in that very moment he had been ambushed.

He tried not to remember every detail, since it shamed his ego deeply, but he was knocked out cold there for a split second, too long for a ninja of his capability, and that was when Naruto had jumped in and had saved his sorry ass. Not without feeling the blow though, but it probably would have been deadly if it had been Sasuke in his state of blackout.

"Friggin crap", Naruto shouted and shook Sasuke from his reverie in the process.

The blonde's bandage tangle party had become even worse rather than getting better and for some incredible stupid narutoish reason he had tied his own leg into the mess.

Sasuke felt the urge to insult his fellow comrade, like he always did when Naruto got himself into trouble, but seeing the deep bloody gashes on Naruto's skin made something inside him cringe.

Pushing himself up, he noticed the rain was beginning to cease. It was more of a drizzle now, but unfortunately it had become a bit more chilly and darker since dusk was drawing near slowly.

He wasn't aware of himself walking up to Naruto, too caught up in thinking about random useless things, he didn't notice himself kneeling down beside the blonde and reaching for his leg until he felt the sensation of his icy wet fingers touching Naruto's hot and feverish skin.

Both of them flinched at the unexpected contact, and Naruto's baby blue eyes shot up to meet Sasuke's in surprise and mild confusion.

"What are you doing?", he exclaimed irritated.

In this moment Sasuke's brain froze up. /Yeah, what the hell am I doing/

He really didn't know, and the awkward situation would have made his face blush, if he wasn't Sasuke, the distant introvert poker face.

Naruto winced slightly at the pain in the nape of his neck from moving so abruptly, and that's when Sasuke's brain kicked in again.

"Let me do it, you're too stupid for even that, dobe.", he mumbled, letting his long raven bangs fall into his face and cover his eyes. Picking up parts of the bandage tangle, he worked his way through the knots carefully.

"Shut up, Sasuke!", Naruto replied embarrassed and tugged at the already soggy cloth. Sasuke's strong hands pushed him back and continued working on the tangles. "Leave me alone, I don't need your help", the blonde kept complaining, feeling uneasy. Sasuke was really close now, leaning forward in order to see better. Their foreheads were almost touching and the unfamiliar helpfulness and….tenderness ? of the other boy was disturbing.

After about five minutes Sasuke managed to rid Naruto of the bandages and started to tend to the blonde's wounds. Touching Naruto's hot but silky skin felt weird though. He wondered wether Naruto caught a fever, since his temperature didn't seem normal. But more than that he wanted to know what made him do all this. / It's not like he couldn't have done this himself eventually. It just would have taken this dobe longer… , he thought. And why was he helping him at all? They were friends of course, but their friendship had been a silent and distanced one. No touchy-feely shit. There was a deep trust in each other, but no endless talks about girls and random nonsense at the campfire, no high-fiving and bear hugs after defeating their enemies. Their relationship was marked by pride and a form of friendly rivalry that just went as deep as that.

Sasuke's face started to feel hot and his fingers trembled when he went on to check on Naruto's shoulder. It was the same feeling as before, …before they got into the ambush. A strange feeling that crept through Sasuke's body all of a sudden, made his heart skip a beat and exhale sharply.

/ What the hell/

Naruto had had enough by then. He shoved Sasuke off him roughly and snatched the bandages to continue it himself. "My wounds heal faster than normal", he muttered. "I don't really need this….!"

The black haired boy, who had stumbled back a few steps, shot an angry glare at the blonde. What Naruto had said was true. Since the Kyuubi no Kitsune was sealed up in Naruto's body, he could profit off certain powers of the fox. One was that his wounds would heal faster than they would normally. So yes, he wouldn't die from bloodloss for example, but that didn't mean the bandages wouldn't make the healing process easier.

Sasuke felt embarrassed now. What was wrong today? Did he hit his head hard before? Probably. Another voice in his mind suggested he had a guilty conscience from when Naruto had defended him against that ninja bastards earlier. Which didn't really count as an excuse for his sissy behaviour, however even Sasuke could be friendly at times.

But after being pushed away so rudely by Naruto, anger boiled up in the black haired boy.

Which right did the blonde have to make him feel so weird and embarrassed?

/ Fuck this, man…/, Sasuke thought while turning around, leaving the rock spur. He wasn't going to think about this nonsense any longer.

He was going to leave without that idiot. The rain had stopped now, and he wanted to be home before it was completely dark. "I don't care anyway", he mumbled to himself, clenching his hands into fist.

Then Sasuke disappeared into the forest without looking back.