Every Piece of Me13/12/2008 16:40:00

Title: Every Piece of Me

Rating: K+

Song: Pieces of Me by Ashlee Simpson

On Monday, I am waiting

"Where is that dobe?" I said, looking at my watch, "Usually he's not this late."

"Sasuke!" I heard a shout and turned around. Naruto was bounding up to me with a hyper bounce in his step. He stopped right in front of me with his hand behind his head, grinning.

"Sorry, Suke, I had to rip though my closet to find a fancy enough outfit. Dude, what's with the fancy restaurant?"

I smiled a sly smile and looked at his attire. He had found a black suit jacket that was undone and navy tie that I was sure was Iruka's. Underneath he wore a white collared shirt an on the bottom he wore dark navy jeans. I ruffled the blonde's hair, "Oh, you'll see."

On Tuesday, I am fading

I felt like shit. My head pounded, I felt like I was going to barf, not to mention my heart was broken in two.

I felt like I was dying. Because Naruto had ran away last night.

I should have known it was coming. Dating for three months, I thought that was plenty of time to know you were in love. Apparently, this only applied to me, because the reason Naruto was gone was because of my stupid idea.

My stupid idea to propose.

I had it all planned out. Take him out to a fancy resteraunt, get down on one knee around dessert, and ask the love of my life to marry me. What I didn't plan on was that he would run away from me. I had no life without Naruto, I felt invisible.

And by Wednesday, I can't sleep

I haven't slept in over twenty-four hours. I couldn't, thinking about what could be happening to Naruto.

ANBU had been out all day, searching for the missing ninja named Naruto Uzumaki. He hadn't shown up at his part-time job at the Raman bar, so the owner called them in. Naturally, the first person they questioned was me, and I was so delirious that I told them everything, the whole story. About me spending a week picking out the ring, spending multiple weeks finding the perfect restaurant and my perfect suit.

Which laid in a heap on the corner of my room.

Other than when the ANBU questioned me, that's where I stayed. In my dark room, mourning over my mistake.

They put up flyers, the ANBU, but I didn't think it would matter. He was gone forever.

Then the phone rings, I hear you

"Hello?" I say groggily into my ringing cell phone. I was so depressed, not being outside a dark room in over three days, that I almost didn't recognize the voice at the other end.

"Suke?"

And the darkness is a clear view

"Naruto! Thank God!" I wanted to hug the telephone, but then I realized that wouldn't be the same, and decided against it.

"I know. Listen, Sasuke, could you come pick me up? I've done some thinking and I want to talk to you."

I was out the door and in the car before he even gave me his location. I asked for it and he told me it was by the old graveyard on the outskirts of Konoha.

'Stupid ANBU' I thought as I pulled out of the driveway, 'Not even bothering to look outside Konoha!?'

Cuz you've come to rescue me

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I drove up to find a dark figure hunched over a large gravestone. I got out of the car, silently, and I approached it.

Naruto was sitting silently, looking at the gravestone. As soon as I came up behind him, I hugged him. We sat there for a while in the same position, staring at the grave marker.

The gravestone of the Fourth Hokage. The gravestone of Naruto's own father.

Fall…With you, I fall so fast

I can hardly catch my breath, I hope it lasts

I buried my face into the crook of my lover's neck. It felt so right again. No longer was I depressed. But I knew it wouldn't last.

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Oh, It seems like I can finally rest my head on something real

I like the way that feels

Oh, it's as if you've known me better than I ever knew myself

I love how you can tell

All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me

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I am moody, messy

I get restless, and it's senseless

How you never seem to care

"Naruto…I can't blame you."

He ducked out of my grasp and turned around to face me. "What are you talking about, Suke?"

I sighed and bowed my head, "I have so many faults. I'm moody, I always want more. In a nutshell, I'm a bastard."

Naruto just stared at me with confusion written on his face. I sighed once again, shaking my head while laughing in a very sad tone. "Naru, I can see how you wouldn't want to marry me."

At that moment, Naruto's eyes went wide with tears and he started to openly sob.

When I'm angry, you listen

When you're happy, it's a mission

And you won't stop 'till I'm there

"Sasuke." He managed to choke out while still crying. I came around behind him and held him to my chest like a child. I whispered 'shh' in his ear to calm him down. Finally, he was calm enough to talk straight.

"Suke, I love you." Naruto said. I felt my heart ready to explode with happiness and sadness at the same time. He began to speak again.

"You know I love you. How could you ever think I wouldn't marry you?"

"Hm, I don't know dobe, because maybe running away after I proposed wasn't a big enough clue?" I said sarcastically.

"Listen, Suke, you're my everything. When I feel sad, you're there for me. When someone says something about my demon, you're always there to comfort me." He thought for a bit, "but you always seem to have to go to the bathroom right after it."

I felt the pit of my stomach drop. I could burst out laughing right there on the spot. What he didn't know was that I didn't use the bathroom. I snuck out of his bathroom window and beat whoever made the insensitive comment to a pulp.

Naruto leaned over and placed a soft kiss on my lips. He pulled back, and I gave him a confused look.

"Sasuke, I just needed some time to think. The proposal just surprised me a little bit." He looked to the side of him to motion to the grave, "And also, I wanted to talk to dad a bit."

I nodded as I felt tears of my own start to swell up in my eyes. I tried to stop them. Uchiha's never cried. But somehow I ended up crying silent tears.

Naruto looked at me with the goofy grin he always wore, "Sasuke, will you ask me again?"

I smirked, and crawled over to where Naruto was sitting. I placed one hand on his thigh and whispered softly in his ear the words 'Naruto, will you marry me?"

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Fall…Sometimes I fall so fast

Well, I hit that bottom

Crash, you're all I have

Oh, it seems like I can finally rest my head on something real

I like the way that feels

Oh, it's as if you've known me better than I ever knew myself

I love how you can tell

All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me

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How do you know everything I'm about to say?

Am I that obvious?

"A toast! To the happy couple!" Sakura shouted. Everyone around us smiled and clinked their glasses. They all stared at me in anticipation. They wanted me to make a speech. I growled at them.

I hated this part. I knew it was coming, but I wanted to believe it would be ignored. Why couldn't I just leave with Naruto and go back to our house without having to be in front of people?

Is that too much to ask?

"Fine." I growled. Naruto elbowed me in the ribs and sent me a glare that said 'If I have to wear this goddamned dress, then you are going to at least say a few words'.

"Naruto," I said, looking at him. I pretended no one else was there but him, my sunshine, my Naruto. "You are the only one I've ever known to be able to get though my tough exterior of hidden emotion. To everyone I am a closed soul. But to you, I seem to be an open book."

And if it's written on my face…

I hope it never goes away

"Naruto, I just wanted to say, I love you. You'll always be part of me for the rest of my life. Every little piece of my being, belongs to you."

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Oh, It seems like I can finally rest my head on something real

I like the way that feels

Oh, it's as if you've known me better than I ever knew myself

I love how you can tell

All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me

All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me