Woot! Here, my friends, is a sappy NaruSasu ficlet that I will now dedicate to "CK"! You know who you are, so enjoy!
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"No, I'm fine-Believe it!" Naruto gave a halfhearted goofy smile to Sasuke who had come over to ask why Naruto was crying and make sure he wasn't so upset he was going to cry again on the mission they were about to go on, and irritate Sasuke when they were all supposed to be alert and on guard.
"God, Naruto. Do you EVER stop saying that?" Sasuke was getting really tired of it.
"Saying what? Believe it!"
"That. WHY do you say believe it all the time?" Sasuke snapped quietly, his voice dangerously low. Naruto's deep sea blue eyes wandered hopefully up to Sasuke's and the dark haired shinobi gave in for his own sake.
"Fine. You can tell me all about what's wrong." He sat down and prepared himself for a sobbing explanation of how alone or hungry Naruto was right now. It wasn't exactly what he got.
"Well I'm crying because Master Iruka pulled on my ear REALLY, really hard for pulling pranks today..." The shinobi sniffled. "But... I say believe it to remind myself that I have to believe in stuff or it'll never happen. I'm scared that if I stop reminding myself now, I'll stop believing."
"Believing what?" The Uchiha was becoming intrigued. There was actually a reason the hopeless shinobi beside him talked like that.
"That I'll ever become Hokage or Sakura will ever be as strong as she wants to be, or that you'll never avenge your family-!"
Sasuke slapped Naruto across the face before he could finish the thought and walked away before Naruto could say anything. He didn't hear Naruto's next words because of it.
"Or that I'll stop believing that one day I'll get up the courage to finally tell you that I love you." Naruto didn't hear Sasuke's words either.
"I will avenge my family...-Believe it!"
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Whaddaya think, CK? Good enough that you'll actually leave me a review today?
