~The First Day of Spring~

"In the Village Hidden in the Leaves, the first day of spring is a joyous time of the year. A time where the hidden village becomes even more hidden and a beautiful place where everyone in that village can celebrate and be proud of being a villager of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. One day you will be proud, Naruto. You will be proud to be a villager and you will be happy just as all the villagers are."

A blonde hair boy sits on his bed thinking about that story over and over. He remembers when he was so small, his parents were still alive, and live seemed to be so perfect for him. Sadly the first day of spring is also a time of sorrow and grief for this 15 year old boy. "Ten years already…..seems more like a eternity" Naruto Uzumaki said with sadness in his voice.

Naruto knew sadness was not the way to spend the day. He knew his parents wouldn't want him to be sad but it was always hard. Especially hard when you have had no parents for the last 10 years of your life and the village hates you. That's right; the Village Hidden in the Leaves despised Naruto so much. They all blamed him for the death of his parents. It wasn't his fault but no one believed him.

Well…..that's what he thought. There was one person who understood. Understood Naruto's feelings and how he had to live his life. That person was Sasuke Uchiha.

Sasuke also had a difficulty with the first day of spring. Happiness was in the air but the Uchiha was never able to grasp that happiness. The Uchiha had lost his entire family when he was only 5 and was left alone from the start. He never was able to be happy with anyone or even care about anyone since he lost everyone in his family.

Both of these boys lost their families but they gained something on that first day of spring. They gained each other and learned how to be happy, how to care, and……how to be in love with someone.

Naruto got off his bed and look at his door. There was his boyfriend of three years, Sasuke Uchiha, with that small but sincere smile only given to Naruto. Naruto walked up to Sasuke and grabbed his hand. "Ready to go?" Sasuke asked. "…..Yeah…" Naruto said in a calm voice. Soon the boys were out of the door, hand-in-hand, and walked towards the far side of the village.

Here in a very secluded area of the village laid the village's cemetery. Ever since Naruto and Sasuke started dating they learned more about each other and soon learned about the tragedies in their lives. They made a promise to each other that every year on the first day of spring they would come to the cemetery and pay their respects to each other's families.

"The flowers are in bloom again….."Sasuke said in a very quite but caring voice. "Yeah and they look just as beautiful as ever don't they?" Naruto asked. Sasuke replied in a simple but caring gesture. A simple kiss on the lips answered Naruto's question.

The graves of Naruto's and Sasuke's family were right next to each other. The boys decided to plant bright orange and yellow flowers by the Uchiha graves and dark blue, red, and white flowers by the Uzumaki graves. They knew that in their hearts that their families would have been proud of the two and to show their love was to plant all the flowers by each other's families' graves.

After the kiss Naruto just stared into Sasuke's dark coal black eyes and Sasuke look straight into Naruto's ocean blue eyes.

"I love you Sasuke Uchiha".

"I love you too Naruto Uzumaki" .