Chapter 2 – Bruised

Naruto frowned at his reflection, even though his wounds healed faster than your average human, his burns were still there, and he had agreed to go see Sakura at the hospital to get some soothing cream. If he had it his way, he would just leave it to heal, but Sakura was overly worried, so he let her get on with it.

Wincing slightly, he slid his jacket on over his shirt, brushing the burns as he did so. Grabbing his keys, he sauntered out of his house, locking the door after him, before walking towards the large brick building that was the hospital.

Sasuke sat in a new apartment just thinking, he didn't want to move back into the Uchiha estate, there were too many bad memories there, and he didn't need any more trouble on his mind.

His mind was still on Naruto, debating whether or not to go up to him and apologise, or to leave him alone, or to walk up to him and kiss him. Sasuke shook the thoughts from his head, Naruto wasn't gay, he was sure of that. Even if he was, after what Sasuke had done to him, surely he wouldn't want anything to do with him, he had made that clear enough the day before.

Sighing, he scowled and walked over to the large window at the end of the room. He saw a mop of blonde hair walking down the street, and smiled to himself sadly. Naruto looked rough, and was obviously not in the best condition; Sasuke assumed he was off to see Sakura.

The raven had also promised to visit the pinkette and have a once over check-up, to make sure he was doing ok. After all, he couldn't even remember the last time he had even seen a hospital.

Slumping towards the shower, he pushed the blonde from his thoughts, he was going to have to either do some serious grovelling to him, or learn to get over him and act like Naruto was doing around himself. But that was a hell of a lot easier said than done.

Naruto smiled cheekily up at the pinkette and she shook her head, handing him the small tub. "Now get out of here, you're distracting the nurses" He sent a playful wink at the group of giggling nurses, before mock saluting Sakura and taking off out the door.

He and Sakura had become even closer over the years, Sakura had gotten over Sasuke ages ago, and had finally taken Lee up on his offer, and much pestering from both him and Naruto.

Sakura was just as shocked as Tsunade, to see the lack of excitement from the blonde about the news. She decided it was time to pay the brooding Uchiha a visit and see just what was going on inside his head, thinking he could walk back in and make everything ok. She walked slowly, trying to think of how to approach the subject of Naruto. She decided he would have figured anyway, so the best thing to do would just be to come out with it. Sasuke was never one to play the fool in any situation.

Taking a deep breath, she knocked sharply on the door, listening intently to the muttered curse, probably directed at her and the shuffling of feet, before the door was swung open and a scruffy looking boy stood before her, sending her the infamous Uchiha glare.

Sasuke was slightly shocked to see Sakura, he expected her to be like Naruto and not talk to him unless he came to her. So he grudgingly stepped aside, allowing her access into his new home.

"What is it you want?" He slouched over to his half empty mug of coffee, all manners and Uchiha behaviour gone; obviously he had given up with the act around her.

"I want to talk about why you came back" They shared a brief knowing look, before Sasuke sat, Sakura following suit. "I assume the rumours are true, it was Naruto that you came back for" Sasuke remained quiet, letting Sakura take what she wanted and finish, before he said anything.

She continued at the silence, "Then why are you sitting here like a pig, letting him ignore you. You hurt him, Sasuke. You need to fix this, because as much as he tries to say he's ok and can ignore you, he isn't and he can't. He needs you back, just as much as you need him" Sasuke grunted, and finished his drink quickly.

"How do you propose I do that, when he doesn't even acknowledge I'm there?" Sakura sighed, and stood, sensing that her stay was nearly up.

"Find him, confront him, but I'm warning you, if you hurt him in any way, I will have you killed myself" After a sweet smile that hid her threat, she left, leaving Sasuke to drown in his thoughts on his own.

He groaned and gripped his head, the tension of needed release was becoming too much to ignore. He could feel an unwanted arousal at the thought of Naruto, this was becoming too unbearable, he was going to have to do something about Naruto soon, or he might just jump the boy and that was the last thing Sasuke wanted to do.

He stood, grimacing in disgust at the bulge that had appeared. Slumping towards the shower, he stripped, turning the warm water on. He wished his worries would get washed away along with the evidence of his lust for Naruto.

He had to do something and he had to do something soon.

Next chapter is the lemon :)