Hello everyone! Sometimes Love Isn't Enough is an AU. I don't own Naruto or any of the characters, but this story is mine. The parts where Naruto narrates will be in bold. I listened to Regina Spektor's "Samson" on repeat while writing this. The first line "You are my sweetest downfall... I loved you first." really resonated with me.

Pairings: Sasuke/Naruto & others shall be revealed.

Rating: T for language, alcohol, drug use, and sexual content.

Enjoy!

PROLOGUE: THE RED HOODIE

Hello, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. I'm eighteen now, I'll be nineteen in April. This is my story, a story I feel I need to tell. This is the tale of my freshman year at college, the tale of the special boy I met, and all the memories we shared together. I love him; I love him more than I've ever loved anyone. I've made so many different friends, made so many mistakes, danced like an idiot in public and of course, bullshitted through so many papers. College is no doubt a million times better than high school.

But this story begins in my senior year in high school, when I first met him. Who would've thought our relationship would begin (at least, for me) with a comfy, red hoodie?

Naruto was cursing himself for agreeing to go on an overnight at Kohona University. His host was very nice, although a bit crazy and way out of control when drunk. And his host, Lee, was VERY drunk. Clearly he was hornier while intoxicated, because he was rubbing up on every boy and girl he danced with. But at least Lee had ordered Domino's Pizza a while ago, so Naruto had something to look forward to.

Lee was a freshman at KU and had wanted to show Naruto how fun parties could be. He wanted the blonde to meet other students and other prospective students (who were affectionately dubbed "specs"). So Lee had dragged Naruto to some upper classmen's suite where there was a party going on.

Lee was very social and instantly ran off to talk to his friends as soon as he arrived. The blonde didn't mind watching everyone else getting drunk and dancing like fools. And soon enough, he met other people who liked watching them too. So the group had formed a little "club", sitting on the floor and joking around and laughing.

There was a whole bunch of dancing and drinking and dry humping going on around him. But Naruto didn't drink. His policy was: "If I can hyper off of a candy cane can you imagine what I'd do if I got high or drunk??? I'd probably jump off the roof!!" Needless to say, most of his friends from home agreed with him. But Naruto wasn't really among friends right now, although he was getting to know his new companions.

"I'm cold…" Naruto found himself complaining repeatedly.

The blonde didn't mean to whine, but there was definitely a draft in the room. Someone must have opened a window or something. The others could barely hear him over the music. Finally, one boy in the group turned to Naruto. The teen couldn't remember the boy's name; they had all introduced themselves before, but that was hours ago. "Want my hoodie?" The dark-haired teen cocked his head to one side. The other boy was almost completely sober, as he had only had one drink and was casually sipping a second one.

"Uh… sure… thanks." Naruto studied the boy as he took off his red hoodie and handed it to Naruto. Naruto slipped it on happily, relishing in its warmth and all was right with the world. "Sasuke, right?" I hope that's his name, if not I just made a fool out of myself…

"Yeah and you're Naruto." Sasuke smiled at the blonde and Naruto thought he melted a bit on the inside. Or maybe Sasuke was only smiling because of the alcohol in his system. He made a mental note to find the boy the morning after and talk to him while he was alcohol free. And as soon as it came, their moment ended and the two boys returned to the conversation their buddies were having.

Naruto couldn't help himself, he kept stealing looks at Sasuke. Something about the boy was so captivating. And plus, he was nice, too! The two boys barely knew each other and he was wearing an article of his clothing. Naruto inwardly smiled; he felt special, as if wearing this red hoodie was some kind of honor that had been bestowed upon him.

The happy group continued talking about everything and nothing until it was apparent that the party was beginning to end. More people were leaving and less people were coming in. Naruto watched as Sasuke and a few other guys got up to leave. Was one of them named Kiba?

"Oh yea… can I have my hoodie back?" Naruto jumped and looked up at Sasuke, who was towering over him.

"Oh… sorry!" Naruto scrambled to take it off and give it back to the boy. "Thanks again!"

"No problem." Sasuke grinned at Naruto and took off with the others. "See ya."

"Bye…" For some reason, Naruto just didn't want Sasuke to leave.

"Hey, do you wanna leave with us?" Naruto turned his head and saw Tenten looking at him with a sympathetic smile on his face.

"I would… but I have to stay here. My host is here." Naruto grimaced at Lee, who was grinding up against some blonde male. The lanky boy was holding a liter of soda in one hand and a bottle of alcohol in the other. Tenten shook her head at Lee and gestured to her boyfriend, who had brown hair, just like her.

"Neji, let's go. And Naruto, Lee isn't always like this. He's just been stressed out lately because of bio." Tenten let out a sigh. "He deserves to have fun; he's always working so hard…"

"He's going to be hung over in the morning." Neji interrupted stoically. Tenten smacked Neji in the back of the head.

"Anyways, be careful, Naruto!" Tenten grinned at the blonde teen and turned to leave. Part of Naruto screamed at him and told him to go with Tenten, but he knew he couldn't. Drunk as Lee was, he still had the keys to the dorm. Where all of Naruto's stuff was. So he literally couldn't leave Lee.

"If Lee's coherent by the time you leave, tell him that I'm spending the night in Tenten's room." Neji ordered, throwing an arm around the girl's shoulders.

"Thanks! I will!" Naruto pouted to himself. Great, now I'm all alone with a bunch of drunken people. How the hell do I get myself into these situations?

At first, Naruto was fine. For the most part, people just ignored him and he sat down in chair, watching the other people. The party really was winding down, so maybe Lee would finally get tired and leave. The blonde had been staring off into space, which was probably a mistake, because when he finally focused on his surroundings, he realized something was wrong.

There was an older male walking around the room. Naruto froze; something was off with this one. All the other drunks were funny and friendly (one of them even promising to protect Naruto), but this one was just weird. Naruto always had strong instincts and he followed them accordingly. The weirdo was pale and his eyes were glazed over and he was sauntering towards Naruto who was practically immobilized in his chair.

Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit… Naruto gulped, his blue eyes widening in fear as the drunken male finally reached him.

"I'll be anything you want me to be." The man leaned over and took Naruto's hand in his. His eyes were almost demonic, but Naruto knew it was the alcohol. It had to be.

GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE NOW! Naruto's mind bellowed at him. The blonde stood up quickly and ran out of the room. No one even noticed his departure; they were all too drunk. He quickly asked someone out in the hall where the bathroom was and upon finding it, locked himself in it for a few minutes.

Naruto stared at himself in the mirror as his breathing returned to normal. Spiky, unruly blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and six whisker-like scars greeted him. I'm ok, I'm ok… He slowly calmed himself down.

"NARUUUUUUUUUUTO!!! Where'd you go??" Naruto could hear Lee shouting and shook his head, chuckling a little bit. Naruto left the bathroom and found Lee stumbling around the hallway. "There you are!!!!!!!"

"Yeah, I'm here." Naruto smiled up at the bug-eyed boy.

"Are you ready to leave??? The pizza's here! And we got breadsticks, too, right??" Lee was so happy, he did a little dance. "Let's go!!!" And the exuberant freshman led Naruto through the building. "You'll have to hold the pizza, though, I'm too drunk to hold anything!!"

"Ok, I'll do it." Naruto was getting a bit excited himself. The creeper was gone, he was about to get pizza, and maybe he could even watch a movie once they got back to Lee's room. Plus, Neji wasn't coming back so he could even sleep on the brunette's bed instead of on the sleeping bag he brought.

"You don't think I'm a bad host, do you??" Lee suddenly turned to Naruto, tears filling his eyes. "I was just trying to show you a good time! But then I got all drunk and you're probably disgusted with me. I'm sorry!!!!"

"Ah, no, no, it's ok!" Naruto protested. "I had a lot of fun, I met a whole bunch of people and…" Sasuke… I met him. Yeah, Lee, I'm glad you brought me.

"Ok, that's good!!" Lee was back to his joyful, drunken self. And the two teens strolled off towards the man impatiently waiting to give them a box of delicious pizza.

And that was when I first met him. Sasuke. I knew I was going to attend KU because of the scholarship they gave me and I prayed that Sasuke was, too. I remember going home and telling all my friends about this boy. All my closest friends knew I was gay and none of them had a problem with it. As a matter of fact, they were excited for me.

Well because, I've never had a boyfriend before. I mean, I had one during the summer at soccer camp before seventh grade, but that doesn't really count right? We never even went on a date… isn't that pathetic? I'm eighteen and I've never had a real boyfriend. And of course, every crush I've had… has always been unrequited. Unrequited love is such a bitch… and yet I ended up falling for Sasuke.

They sure did bring us freshman in early that semester. I was the first one in our group of friends to leave for college. Iruka, Tsunade-baachan, and even Ero-sennin helped me move into my dorm that hot August day. I made a lot of friends those first few days at school. The school had a bunch of "ice breaker" activities for us, trips and events to help us get to know one another before the upperclassmen showed up and all hell broke loose.

I finally saw Sasuke again at one of them. I remember how happy I was to see him again and I even remembered his face, despite the fact that I hadn't seen or talked to him since that night. That fatal night when Sasuke gave me his hoodie… and when I took it off, a piece of my heart had been embedded into it. I didn't realize it then, but he already owned me.

Naruto was walking down the gravel path. The last activity was dumb as hell. It involved too much moving around and excitement and not enough sitting down and getting to know people. "Hey, Naruto!" The blonde turned and saw Kiba running towards him.

"Hey, Kiba. What's up?" Naruto smiled as Kiba began walking with him, chatting on and on about how much he had schemed to sneak his dog, Akamaru, into his dorm room. Naruto, in turn, told Kiba about the pornography Ero-sennin tried to give to him. But Tsunade-baachan had seen and had made the quick decision to throw Naruto's fridge at the old pervert.

"Kiba!" Naruto turned at the sound of another boy's voice. Before he knew it, someone had jumped in between Kiba and himself. It was Sasuke! Naruto's heart began pounding, taking in the boy's features. The three boys stopped walking for a moment and Sasuke turned to Naruto. The youth held out his hand to Naruto.

"Hi, I'm Sasuke." Sasuke flashed Naruto a quick grin.

Naruto cocked his to one side and stared at Sasuke. He doesn't remember… The blonde inwardly sighed. "I met you already."

"I did?" Sasuke's black eyes widened for an instant and his hand dropped to his side. A guilty look flashed over his face.

"Yeah… you gave me your hoodie cuz I was cold." Naruto blinked slowly. I understand how he forgot. It was months ago. It might not have been important to him… but it was one of the nicest things a boy has ever done for me.

"You were probably too wasted to remember!" Kiba laughed out loud and smacked Sasuke on the back. Sasuke didn't even turn to his friend, he was focused on Naruto.

"I'm sorry… I thought I recognized your face, but I wasn't sure. Could you tell me your name again?" Sasuke smiled apologetically.

"Naruto…" Naruto beamed back.

"Was it warm?" Sasuke asked Naruto, referring to the hoodie as the three boys began walking towards the cafeteria.

"Yeah…" Naruto smiled softly up at the sky.

I knew then that I was developing a little crush on Sasuke. I felt then that we were supposed to be together, that fate had brought him to me that day. Or maybe it was just a coincidence and I'm just reading too much into it. I should've listened to Iruka. He told me before I left not to put all my eggs in one basket. He knew how much I wanted to see Sasuke again. He told me there were plenty of boys to meet in college and that I shouldn't focus on just one. But I couldn't help myself.

For once, I took the offensive and after finding out where Sasuke's room was, I actually went to visit him. Imagine my shock when I realized that he lived right above me (and a few doors over) on the second floor. I'm usually not that brave, but-my best friend/sister I never had- Sakura encouraged me to do it. I love Sakura; she's a genius and she's going to be a doctor. She goes to Sunaga University, which is a hard school to get into. Even though we're far away from each other, I know I can always turn to her for advice. I'm surprised she didn't punch me over winter break for talking about Sasuke so much…

Despite the fact that I love reminiscing and thinking about Sasuke, it's getting late and I haven't finished reading for class tomorrow. So I guess I'll end it here for now and continue on when I have more time. He's always prevalent in my mind, even when I'm doing my homework…

Ok, so that's it for now. Chapter One covers Naruto's first visit to Sasuke's room, getting used to his classes, the food, his roommate, and more.

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