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I Watch As He Sleeps

I watch as he sleeps.

He lies peacefully in my arms, snoring quietly but staying perfectly still.

He looks innocent, almost childlike.

His blond hair flopping ever so slightly over his eyes.

He has one hand gripping the sheets covering him, the other rests gently on my stomach.

I can tell that he is dreaming, there is a slight smile on his lips.

I reach down and plant a light kiss on his forehead.

I sigh as I think about how much he has been through.

The villagers see him as a monster.

But he just wants to be loved.

He has a dream that he is determined to make a reality.

I have vowed to help him do that.

Nobody knows that we are together, not Sakura, not Kakashi or anybody else.

He doesn't seem to mind.

Though sometimes I see the look on his face that betrays his feelings.

He wants people to know, but we both know that they cant.

My hand gently strokes his face, tracing across each of the six whisker marks.

I think of the times we have stood by each other.

As friends, as rivals and as lovers.

Its strange how enemies can become friends.

And how friends can become lovers.

He shifts slightly, I watch as the hand on the blanket clenches tighter.

I hold onto him a little tighter, as if afraid I will lose him if I dare let go.

Even though I know that will not happen.

My mind drifts to our first real mission

I risked my life to save him

"my body just moved by itself." I told him

But secretly it was the thought of losing him that moved me.

Then in the chunnin exams

"I wont watch another important friend die!" I told him

He was the most important person in my life

And also the one who saved it.

I think of those words I said to my brother.

I said that to kill him was why I had lived.

But it was not true

And even then a part of me had known the real reason I was alive.

I thought of when he brought me back

To be accepted once again into my home

Even though I was a traitor to the village, and hated by many.

Yet I convinced myself that he did not feel a thing for me.

I was wrong

All the time I had loved him he had loved me too.

"I will always be behind you, no matter where you go."

That was what he had said, when he brought me back.

He smiled at me.

"because I love you."

He had said, causing tears to well up in my eyes.

I held him in my arms for the first time that night.

I feel him stir so a slowly open my eyes.

I see the blue eyes staring up at me.

"I love you Sasuke" he whispers so quietly that I only just hear it.

He yawns gently and drifts back into his sleep, comfortable in my arms.

I lean down and kiss his forehead once more.

"I love you too Naruto." I whisper softly, unsure of whether he can even hear me.

I see his lips turn into a small smile, I know that he is happy.

I smile to myself and stroke his blond hair.

I feel myself drifting off to sleep.

I go to a place were there is only me and him.

To a place where dreams become reality and nothing is wrong.

I fall into a deep sleep, still holding on to the boy.

I wake up to find him holding onto me

Still fast asleep and still dreaming.

I smile again, knowing that this is right

And this is the true reason why I survived.