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Warning: More angst, slight SasuNaru.

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Sasuke's POV

If I hadn't been watching him, he would've fallen to the floor.

"I don't like buses." He had replied to my question, which had nothing to do with buses. Then he had closed those beautiful blue eyes of his, and fell forward. I caught him around the chest and pulled him towards me.

"Dobe?" I asked, shaking him slightly. His eyes were still closed. He was unconscious. It was then I realised his jumper was wet and soggy. I pulled Naruto away from me slightly and widened my eyes in horror. How could I not have noticed this?

The front of my shirt was slightly stained with something wet and red. So was my long sleeve.

"Wait … You need to hear me out." I told him desperately. He seemed hesitant, then sighed.

"Fine." He shook off my arm and his wet jumper brushed against my white shirt and sat down.

He shook off my arm and his wet jumper brushed against my white shirt and sat down.

That was why his jumper felt so wet! That was why he had seemed so dazed and distant when we were talking this whole time! What had happened to his arm?

I secured my arm around his back and wrapped the other under his knees, lifting him up.

Shit! I cursed. I had forced my limo driver to take a day off today, because even though the dobe had rejected me, I would've followed him home anyway. I slapped myself inwardly. I didn't know where he lived, so I have to take him to my house.

I growled. My house was quite far away. It doesn't matter that I have to walk that far. What matters is Naruto!

Dobe … hang in there… I thought, gritting my teeth as I pulled him closer to me, and I started running.

Normal POV

Sasuke rubbed his hair with a towel as he emerged from the bathroom. He sighed inwardly. I hope I wasn't too late... Damn dobe … you better be alright.

"How is he?" The raven asked as he walked towards the doctor that was sitting beside the lying blond, his eyes never leaving the dobe's face. Those strangely long eyelids that seemed to glow under the sunlight. His lips forming into a cute pout. His hair was a messy mop of blond on his head, yet it made him look even more … entrancing.

"We need to discuss matters, Uchiha-san." The doctor's voice put him back into reality. The youngest Uchiha turned to look at the doctor.

"I've looked at his cut and tended to it. It should be fine now, but he needs rest. It seems there was too much blood loss. And it seems he had another one on his other arm. While I examined, there were several other scars. They were self-inflicted." His eyes widened. He slowly waved the doctor off and sat down in his place. His eyes stayed on the unconscious blond, hands reaching and gripping Naruto's. He knew he had heard this from Sakura, but he didn't believe it.

"Dobe …" He murmured, eyes distant as he stared at Naruto's closed ones, his hand slowly rolling the blond's sleeve down, showing a few noticeable scars. "What have you done to yourself?"

Sasuke had stayed beside the blond for a few more moments, then his mind registered. Determination rose in him as he came back into reality. From now on, no matter what, he would not leave Naruto's side. He would help Naruto. He would heal Naruto. He would be the one to mend Naruto's heart. He would be the one to make Naruto feel like life is worth living.

He gazed at the sleeping face. So beautiful yet so sad. Like a meretricious doll. Alluring yet empty.

He would be the one to change all that, though.

He sighed.

It would be easier if his dobe would just open up a little.

His eyes opened to the blinding light. He was confused. Why was his house so bright? Usually it would be pitch black.

Blinking a few more times, Naruto looked around. Wait … this wasn't his room! It was too big. And what was that heavy object on his lap?

Looking slightly down, his eyes widened, and everything on Valentine's Day came rushing back to him full force. Blue eyes widened a bit more as he squirmed and backed up against the wall.

This woke the sleeping raven that had used the blond as a pillow before. Naruto watched him slowly lifting his head up and those oh-so-long eyelashes flutter, those obsidian orbs opening halfway. Sasuke started rubbing his eye, his perfect lips turned down in a slight frown as he was not a 'morning' person.

Just watching the raven wake up made the blond blush. In that moment, just watching him, Naruto knew why all those fangirls were after him. He really was beautiful. So breathtakingly beautiful. His breath caught when those equally breathtakingly beautiful onyx eyes looked up and met his.

"Good morning." Sasuke mumbled, still half asleep. Naruto blushed again, his heart thudding furiously. Wow, this guy was a sexy beast.

"G-M-Morning …" The blond stuttered, clutching the sheets like there was no tomorrow.

And then the sex god did the most horrible thing any sex god would do on a morning.

He stretched.

Sasuke raised his arms up in the air and moved his torso slightly, eyes half lidded and lips parted slightly. Then he mewled. God that was the sexiest thing Naruto had ever heard.

The blond shut his eyes tightly. I'mnotsupposedtothinkaboutthisI'mnotsupposedtothinkaboutthisI'mnotsupposedto…

"Oh, dobe, you're awake!" Hands had reached out and pulled him, causing the blond to open his eyes as his head rested on the raven's chest. "I've been waiting for so long to see if you were alright … are you alright?" Naruto absentmindedly looked up at Sasuke's face. There was that strange expression again. Pain. Agony. Why would Sasuke, of all people, feel that way?

"Um … Y-yes?" The blond squeaked. The hold on him tightened, making Naruto gasp. That painful expression turned to something else. This time it was joy and peace… this time, Sasuke was … smiling? "That's good … I was really worried …"

They stayed like that for a few moments, Naruto's heart thudding in his chest. I've never felt this way before … ? It feels weird, yet … the feeling is good …

Sasuke pulled away, and Naruto was almost disappointed … almost. His eyes searched for the raven's. Sasuke was grinning.

"Want some breakfast?" He asked. Now that he thought of it, Naruto was pretty hungry. The blond nodded stupidly. He looked down. Only now did he realise that his arm was in a cast. The ramen lover winced. Sasuke probably saw this … I hope he doesn't know that I did it …

"Come." Sasuke smiled again and held Naruto's hand, linking their fingers. The blond blushed. This was the second time that they held hands. And oh, Sasuke's smile was so goddam beautiful. It was the best thing he ever saw. If only he would smile a little more.

The blond followed the raven downstairs, where a row of maids greeted them. Naruto was mesmerized as he looked at almost all of the beautiful maids awaiting them with their heads bowed, while Sasuke just ignored them. It was weird. Why would Sasuke love him when he had all these pretty ladies working for him? And it was obvious they all had a crush on their master.

Sasuke seated Naruto down first, then went and sat himself. One of the maids brought food to their table. The food looked so delicious that the blond's mouth nearly watered. He began eating straight away.

Why does this taste so good? He was in heaven. Am I dreaming? Tears nearly came out of his eyes as he realised it was a really rare chance to eat good food. He hardly ate at home. He didn't have much money since he couldn't inherit his parents' until he turned eighteen. It took him a long time before he realised that Sasuke wasn't eating.

Slowly his face lifted up, mouth still eating away, big eyes met black ones. Sasuke was staring at him. Why was Sasuke staring at him? The blond chewed a bit more, mouth still full, and suddenly stopped, staring at the raven. Said raven was smirking at him. A vein popped on the blond's forehead, but he said nothing since he had his mouth full.

Then Sasuke had to wreck everything.

"You look so cute with food on your face." The smirk widened, causing the vein to get more swollen.

Well, Naruto snapped.

"TEMF! ITF NFOT MFOY FOULT IFT I CAMFT FEAT PROFERFY OFKAY?" Naruto yelled at him, pointing his fork towards the bastard's direction.

"What was that? I didn't hear what you said." That asshole gave Naruto an 'innocent' smile. The blond growled and quickly finished chewing, swallowing the last contents of his food before yelling a war cry and threw himself at Sasuke, knocking over the table, the food falling but landed on the maids' hands.

The blond was on top of the raven, fist high in the air and ready to punch, when Sasuke turned them over, the smile turning into a smirk.

"Now, now. It's obvious I'll beat you in a fight." Naruto growled again at Sasuke's 'insults' and threw his arm towards the raven's face, but the Uchiha caught it with his hand and leaned towards the blond until their faces were two inches apart.

"But I meant it. You do look really cute …" Sasuke said softly, dark eyes boring into blue. All the anger suddenly seeped away at the raven's words … Man, he sure was hypnotising in some way.

Sasuke gently laid Naruto's hand down, reaching up and caressing the blond's scarred cheeks, before leaning in a bit more …

"Stop!" Before he knew it, Naruto had pushed Sasuke on the chest so hard that the raven toppled to the ground, hitting his head on the tiles, hands protectively over his chest as he panted. His eyes widened when he realised what he had done.

"S-Sorry!" He stayed as he was, just in case Sasuke tried to do something again. The raven got up. He rubbed the back of his head and then brought his hand to his face. The fingers that touched the back of his head were now stained with blood. Sasuke winced.

Maids gasped and two helped him up while the other left to get the First Aid Kit. All the other maids gave the blond a dirty look when their master wasn't looking.

"Sorry …" Naruto muttered. "I-I didn't mean to …"

"It's alright." Sasuke gave him a pained but sincere small smile. "It was my fault, anyway." The maids began leading their master to his bedroom. He stumbled a bit as if he couldn't quite see his surroundings properly.

"Naruto … please go sit in the living room … the maids will show you. I'm sorry I had to ruin this, I really wanted your first time at my house to be special …" And then he was gone.

Straightaway the maids started walking away, muttering and casting dark glances towards the boy, who was a crumpled heap on the floor, still shocked and horrified at what happened.

Flashbacks of what happened went through his head like a storm. He looked at his hands with widened blue eyes. Naruto looked in front of him. A mini fragile looking cupboard hung from the wall 2 metres from the ground. The cupboard kept sharp looking knives and glass bowls. All the dangerous things that were purposely made high so that little toddlers couldn't reach. Sasuke had landed just 1 metre from the wall that held the cupboard, and it looked like it could fall any second with a feather of a touch against the wall.

If I had pushed any harder … the blond thought, hands trembling, picturing Sasuke hitting the wall harshly, the cupboard tipping over and the knives and plates crashing down on him, the cupboard following straight after. …I could be a murderer.

He went to the cupboard and took out a sharp knife, then he fled to the bathroom without looking where he was going. It must be instinct for him to look for a washroom without knowing the whereabouts when he was … panicky.

Murderer. Murderer. Murderer. The words rang in his head as he ran. Turning on the tap, he splashed his face with his hands. It wasn't enough. Water wasn't enough to wash the flashbacks away.

His eyes cast sideways, the neglected knife came into view. He didn't even know why he brought the knife with him, just that he needed it. Now.

Naruto picked it up and ripped off his bandages. His wound was quickly healing and he didn't want that to happen, no matter how painful it was. Sasuke will be busy minding with his head, so he won't be here until a long time, and by then, Naruto would've already finished. He traced the line of his wound gently with the tip of the blade, then, without thinking, stabbed the knife deep into his flesh.

He gritted his teeth as to not cry out in pain. He continued dragging the blade slowly down his arm, whimpering slightly. He was almost there, and this time he would cut his other arm as well.

He sighed in relief. He could feel the horrible images fading already.

Sasuke sighed. Couldn't the doctor hurry it up?

He was irritated. He couldn't believe that he had ruined Naruto's first visit at his house. Damn it! It was a perfect opportunity, since his family was away on a vacation. Damn it, damn it, damn it!

He didn't like leaving the blond alone. Anything could happen. He could already feel dread weighing down his heart.

"Hurry up." Sasuke said through gritted teeth as the small man wrapped the bandages around his head.

"Stop being so impatient, Sasuke." The man sighed. "I'm nearly done." The raven drummed his fingers on his thigh impatiently, his heart thudding for some strange reason.

He felt fingers leave his head and immediately he stood up. The doctor sighed again. "What's up with you lately?" Then he took his tool box and was out of the room, muttering to himself. Sasuke prepared to run back to the kitchen, but the maids held him.

"Sasuke-sama! You need rest, Sasuke-sama!" He growled and shrugged their arms off harshly.

"Don't touch me." He glared at them, making them cower. He started running. The world became dizzy as his legs carried him to the kitchen. When he was there, he saw no one. Then he remembered that he had told the maids to send him to the living room. He rushed there, and immediately the maids, who were sitting on the couch watching TV, stood up and bowed to greet him.

"Where is Naruto?" He asked. They refused to look up at him. "Where is he?" From their body language he could tell that they didn't know. He growled, frustrated and ran back to the kitchen.

Something caught his eye, and suddenly he knew where the dobe was.

Fear squeezed his heart as he started running to the washroom faster than he had ever run before.

The thing that caught the Uchiha's eyes was the mini cupboard hanging on the wall.

Its door was left slightly ajar.

Sasuke's POV

The surroundings became blurry as I ran, but I didn't care. I needed to get there before it was too late.

I turned to the corner and made for the door at the end of the hallway, bursting it open.

What was beyond that door terrified me to no end.

Naruto was on the floor, surrounded by a pool of liquid.

Blood.

He was desperately trying to dig the knife across his right arm. The other arm that the doctor had wrapped up was bloodied. The knife was at least an inch deep.

"Naruto!" I screamed and lunged at him. I never scream. I viciously slapped his hand away from the knife and took the knife out of his arm. I didn't care that my jeans were soaked in blood, neither did I care that my white shirt was soaked in blood. I threw the knife across the bathroom, and stared at the blond. His eyes were widened as he stared back at me. His eyes looked so … tormented. Haunted. I grabbed his shoulders and pulled him to me.

"What the fuck are you doing, dobe?" I held him tightly. His arms were still out, palms up, his eyes were distant.

"Murder … Pain …Guilt …" He whispered out, his eyes still staring at nothing, his bloodied hands still reaching for nothing. I growled. I didn't like it when people ignore me.

"Naruto! Stop it! Look at me!" His eyes shifted and he looked at me. It was then I realised. Though the eyes were empty and distant, they had tears in it. It seemed he was back to his senses and he started thrashing against me.

"Stop! Dobe, stop!" I held him tightly, trying to stop him.

"Let me go! You were supposed to be with the doctor! Let me go!" He thrashed wildly and started hitting me.

"I'll never let you go, dobe… and please, won't you let me in?" I whispered. Uchihas don't whisper. Uchihas don't beg. Oh, what does he do to me?

He suddenly stopped. This time he let his tears flow out as his stained hands clutched at my shirt. The dobe leaned on me and started sobbing. Shocked, I could only sit there and let him crawl into my arms.

"I … I … I could be a murderer… I-If … if I had pushed you too hard … y-y…" Why was he so weak? Why do I feel the need to protect him? What had made him so weak, so emotionally unstable?

I put my arms around him. A few moments later, he pushed away. Naruto rubbed his dull eyes, refusing to look at me.

"I'm alright now." He spoke quietly as he stood up and headed for the door. I reached out and grabbed his hand.

"You. Don't go anywhere. You need the doctor first."

"I'm fine."

"I don't want you passing out again."

"I'm fine … see?" He gave me a small smile, but it wasn't enough to fool me. As quick as light, I got up and hugged him again.

"I…I don't like seeing you in pain. Your tricks don't work on me, dobe. Please, don't do that again." I begged quietly, hoping I didn't show too much emotion. "Please … " I linked my fingers through his and started leading him towards the doctor. He just followed me quietly.

It was lucky he didn't pass out when we arrived.

Naruto's POV

I was silent when the doctor bandaged me up. I didn't even struggle.

Shocked, I guess.

There were maids standing against the walls. Most of them were glaring at me. I don't even know what I did wrong, what I did to make them hate me. My gaze shifted and I stared at Sasuke. He was looking from the doctor to my arms, unaware of my gaze. There was concern in his eyes.

Why?

Why does he care so much?

Why can't he just leave me alone?

"All done." The doctor sighed and took off his glasses. "Man, I need a rest…" He muttered to himself as he walked to the door, but was stopped by Sasuke.

I looked down at my arms. They were neatly bandaged. I sighed. How long would it take before I rip them off again?

I stared at Sasuke again. He was talking to the doctor, and although he was only a few metres away, their voices were mute; I couldn't hear them. I can't believe I had let him see my weakness. I guess after this he'll never look at me the same again.

Even though I hate him to the gut, it still stings. One more person would hate me in this world. I can't bear to talk to him again. How could I be so foolish? I could've just got out of this place and do it outside. I could've just ran home. I just wanted to find something sharp right now, but there were too many people here.

He said he loved me, but I knew that was a lie. He didn't know the real me. Now he does, and I could almost imagine what he would say to me after talking to the doctor.

Sasuke looked down on me, his eyes full of hate, but this time disgust as well. His lips parted slightly and those words came out.

Words I never wanted to hear.

"Get away from me."

He turned, and started walking away, to a place where nothing negative existed, where everyone was happy and free.

Yes, he really belonged to that place after all.

"I can't believe I just thought I loved a monster like you." The next words I didn't want to hear.

And really, if one more person says something like that to me, this time I would sink to the ocean without trying to fight for survival.

I sighed slightly as I saw him walk away from the doctor and towards me. I was prepared for those words to come out of his mouth. Even though I cried in front of him, clung to him as if my life was at risk, it all didn't matter.

I didn't matter.

He sat opposite me, his eyes glaring into me. I tried to hold that gaze as best as I could, but how long would it take before I break down in front of him?

And even though I knew what was coming, I really, really didn't want to hear those words spoken into the air.

My heart tightened painfully and I tried my best to keep myself poised. How weak did I look in his eyes? I didn't want him to see me in pain; I didn't want him to laugh at me for being weak.

"Dobe …" He began, and I did my best to keep my eyes opened.

Stop. Stop. STOP.

It was those hands that grabbed my shoulders did I realise that I really did close my eyes.

And he said the most unexpected thing.

"Let me help you."

What?

"Let me be the one to ease your pain. I can see, when you think no one else is looking, the agony you hold in those blue eyes of yours. Even though you're so closed off to the world, you're looking for someone who will be bothered to break those walls down just to get to you. Well, I want to be that person. Please give me a chance. You won't be alone anymore." I stared at his eyes. They held so much emotion at this point. Pain. Concern. Sincerity.

Is he telling the truth?

Or will he leave me like everybody else?

I couldn't take that chance.

He was staring at me, waiting for an answer. I looked away, my hands fidgeting.

"I …" Before I could finish, he held my hands.

"No. I would not hear that from you. No matter what, no matter how many times you push me away, I will always be there. Before you want to ease your pain using a knife, you call me. You come to my house. Anything, just talk to me. Talk out your problems, it's way better than using a knife." It was so tempting. He was luring me.

"Even though you reject me on that promised date, whenever something's troubling you, anything, you come to me. My schedule will always be free for you, okay?" His eyes held mine, searching for an answer, begging.

"I … alright." I sighed. Uchihas were always stubborn, but I was stubborn as well. It wasn't like he would know if there was one more scar on my arms … or maybe a few. As long as I don't call him, he wouldn't know.

He smiled and pulled me up. It was then that I realised the maids had gone. He led me to a room. A bedroom.

"You need to rest. So do I. We'll do so for a few days, then we'll go on that promised date." He smirked, and he was back to his old self again.

Too tired to argue, I let him put me to bed and tuck me in, closing my eyes. Soon I was already unconscious, on the bridge to the world of dreams. Or maybe nothingness.

But not before I feel cool lips kiss my forehead that sent warm waves and tingles all over my body.

That's it for chapter two! Look out for chapter three!

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