A/N: This story is based off of a roleplay that two of my friends did...well, here's it is so enjoy.

Diclaimer: I don't own Naruto. but you alredy knew that.

Have you ever been in a relationship, were you can't tell if you love or hate the person that you're in the relationship with? I have. About three years ago, Sasuke and I were in a relationship like that. Sometimes, he would do things that I just couldn't stand! He would make me want to ring his neck! But, other times, the way he would talk to me...the way he would stare into my eyes, would make me completely forget all of that. It's like, one moment he would totally embarrass me in front of everyone, and then the next moment, he'd apologize to me in this really low, gentle voice, and he'd tell me that he loved me, and that he'd never do it again.

Most of the time, he ended up doing it the next day. And it stayed like that for months, but I was fine with it. Hearing Sasuke tell me that he loved me was enough.

It was an average day of training, and as usual, Kakashi-Sensei was late…again.

"Can you believe it? Kakashi-Sensei is even more late than usual, Dattebayou!" I said, crossing my arms and scowling. Sasuke let out a quick "pfft" and shifted his standing position.

"Just be patient, you guys, he'll be here." Sakura said, looking around.

As we waited for Kakashi-Sensei, Sasuke and I kept passing odd glances at each other. I really didn't know what to think of them. I noticed him staring at me, but I couldn't read the emotion, it was just kinda…staring, you know? So I shot a kind of 'what are you looking at, Dattebayou?' kind of look at him, but he just smirked for a second, and looked away.

After about another 15 minutes, a cloud of dust appeared, and out of it stepped Kakashi-Sensei,

"Yo."

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! And don't give me that 'lost on the road of life' crap, Dattebayou!"

"Okay, I got lost on the path of life." Kakashi-Sensei relplied, grinning.

The training went on as usual. Kakashi-Sensei gave us random drills, and of course, Sasuke beat me in every one of them. But thats only because I wasn't fully focused. I kept thinking about him staring at me earlier. I just couldn't get it out of my mind. Finaly, when the day was done, we all decided to walk home together. when Kakashi-Sensei and Sakura-chan were gone, I asked Sasuke about earlier.

"Oi, Sasuke, I have a question." I said breaking the silance that previously had been looming.

"I've got an answer. Let's see if they match." He replied, smiling a little.

"Earlier, before Kakashi-Sensei got arrived at the training grounds," I began.

"Uh-huh..." Sasuke said in a Semi-sarcastic tone

"You were staring at me. Kinda akwardly no less. Was there any particular reson for that?"

Sasuke gave me that 'you're such an idiot' chuckle that he always gave me. The chuckle that got under my skin the chuckle that made me want to ring his neck. But then, just like always, he looked into my eyes and melted my heart.

"I was just noticing how cute you are" he said, reaching over to me and ruffling my hair a bit. I felt heat rushing to my cheeks as the space between our lips got smaller and smaller, until eventulaly it closed compleatly. We were on the road, in full veiw to anyone that would happen to pass by. My heart felt like it would burst right out of my chest.

When Sasuke pulled away, he quietly wispered the words "I love you" and vanished down the road, while all I could do was stand there, and stare in that direction, even long after he dissapered from sight.

I couldn't sleep that night. All I could think about was Sasuke, and how much I wanted to see him tomorrow, and how much I wanted to fell his soft lips again. But Sasuke didn't show up for training that day. Sakura-chan said he wasn't feeling to good. so we went through training without him that day. But he didn't show the next day. Or the day after that. before long, Sasuke had missed a more than a week of training. I got worried, and decided to visit him just to make sure he was all right. And I found out that Sasuke had more than just a little cold.

w00t cliffhanger, sort of, I guess. plz R & R

-KW