A/N: This is my first fanfic, so no flaming, please! Also a birthday present for my beta! XD NaruSasu! Oneshot. Enjoy!
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The frosty air burned my cheeks, and the raging wind brutally whipped my blonde hair against my face. Every emotion rushed through my head as I shuffled through the heavy snow.
Sasuke. His name sounded through my head with an echo. You're back…
He just stood there with an almost blank expression, a hint of sadness in his abyssal, obsidian eyes. I may never have completely understood his motives for leaving, but I promised myself I would welcome him back with open arms.
"Naruto…" His voice was soft and drenched in sorrow as I reached him. Other than his rosy cheeks, he was as pallid as the snow surrounding us. I put my hands on either side of his face. His cadaverous skin was colder than ice.
He visibly relaxed at the familiarity as my hands gently cupped his face. He gripped my wrists and nuzzled into my hands, closing his eyes.
"Sasuke…" I breathed.
I leaned in and pressed my lips against his without hesitation, a burst of sweetness filling my mind and my mouth. His kisses gave me this certain jolt of adrenaline that I couldn't get from anything, or anyone, else. His moans confided in me that he was thinking something similar.
After a while, we broke apart, our breath coming in heated, shallow puffs. I leaned my forehead against his and closed my eyes.
"I've missed you so much... Sasuke..."
"Naruto," he whispered.
He sounded as if he was choked in saying this– I could practically hear his voice tremble with uncertainty. I felt a little tear roll down his cheek, and when I opened my eyes, I was shocked to see that he was actually crying.
"Naruto," he sobbed. "I'm so sorry."
"Sasuke–?" my words were cut off by a sharp and searing pain in my back. I coughed, and the taste of iron filled my mouth.
"Sas–uke…" I looked right into his eyes, and before today I had never, in my entire life, seen true pain. I saw true pain in his eyes at this moment. Pain, sadness, and love.
He pulled the knife out and leaned next to me, pressing his cheek against mine. he whispered in my ear and I knew this would be the last time I would ever hear those pale lips utter my name...
"I'm so sorry, Naruto." He said, "But, I gave up Konoha a long time ago."
What he said echoed over and over in my mind, the physical pain now being overcome by my best friend's– my lover's words and how deep they could cut. I didn't have time to think about them, as I soon started to lose consciousness. The pain was burning through my veins like a plague; so rapid and sure. I felt as though I was melting into the snowy ground.
My knees caved, and I fell to the ground, Sasuke still clutching onto me. I must have been crying because he wiped the tears from my face and gently kissed me on the lips. It was the only place I had any feeling besides tingling numbness, and his lips felt like petals from a newly bloomed rose, as they gently brushed my lips.
He pulled back and very softly smiled with red lips, saying something that was lost in the hole that was my world. I could still read his lips and understood one thought before I was lost to the darkness.
"I love you, Naruto." He had said.
And then I was gone.
That was the day that the person most precious to me stabbed me in the back and turned the snow red.