It had been three years sine Sasuke Uchiha had been back to the Leaf Village, much less spoken to his friend, Naruto Uzumaki. What had happened in that long a time? Had he succeded in his dream to become Hokage yet? Did he even care about him at all now?

He checked into a hotel with the thought to call the blond. If it was still the same number he would be extremely lucky.

He remembered how he used to call him every night just to hear his voice. How they used to eat together, walk together, sleep together...

That's right; Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki had once been lovers. But that had been years ago, before he left the Village.

Now if this is true, some of you may wonder why he chose to say his good-byes to Sakura instead of Naruto. Well, the answer is simple; he could not face him. He didn't want to see the lookk on his face. ANd besides, he knew that if he spoke to the idiot, he'd somehow get him to change his mind.

Fuck, what do I say? he thought, 'Sorry I left you without a word so I could hang out with Orochimaru in Hell and kill my brother.'?

The other line rang once. Twice. Three times. Finally the machine picked up.

"Hey, you've reached Naruto Uzumaki of the Hidden Leaf Village." it said in the same childish voice that Sasuke remembered, "If this is about a mission, hang up now. I'm currently off on one in the Mist Village. Don't try selling me anything 'cause I ain't buying it. Everyone els, you know what do do when you get the beep."

"Jesus, hurry up you moron!" He began to tap his index finger against the table he was leaning on. What kind of idiot would leave a note that long on their answering machine?

"Oh yeah, and if this is Sasuke, I still love you."

Black eyes widened and he nearly dropped the phone.

He still loves me? After all I put him through? And after three years on top of that! Sasuke didn't know what to do. In his surprise, he had taken ti gaping like a fish at the reciever. But when the beep snapped him out of it, the only thing he could do was relay his new contact number to the boy. Nothing else.


The next day, he heard the phone ring. He smiled when he saw Naruto's number on the tiny ID screen. He answered just before the machine picked up the call.

"Hello? this is Naruto Uzumaki. Who called me?"

The black-haired boy smiled when his lover's voice reached his ears.

He said, "If you do not recognize the number you have reached you were not meant to. This is a hotel that you have reached. However this is no machine."

"Who-? Are you-?"

"This is Sasuke. And I still love you, too."