I went to bed grinning that night. The note hadn't really meant anything, but I was fanaticizing about what they could possibly want to tell me, but I was hoping with every inch of my being that it had something to do with winning Naruto back. I just couldn't wait. Eventually I did fall asleep, but I failed to noticed--this just goes to show you how exhausted I was to have not noticed such a thing--the spiky headed figure standing outside my window. I suppose I would eventually learn why, but it had little importance as to my current situation.

Dawn arrived and I was feeling better that ever. I made it to the meeting site that Lee had told me to be at and waited. After a while I tired of standing and decided to sit instead. As soon as I got comfortable and my eyes started drooping, I felt a solid knock on the head.

"Ow..."

"Get up. It's rude to keep people waiting."

"But I was waiting for you!"

"Irrelevant." Gaara replied

"Irre- I'll give you irreleva-OW!" I was about to stand up as my angered blood boiled by everything came to a sure and swift stop as a sure and swift kick came to the side of my face.

"Shut up and listen. We are here to help you don't forget." Gaara said stiffly as Lee strode to his side, slinked an arm around his waist, and nuzzled his head into Gaara's hair.

With one long exasperated sigh I blew away my pride and sank back to the floor. I flicked my eyes into Gaara's mockingly apathetic ones, "So… what are we going to do here..?" I mumbled as I looked around the open space.

"We are not going to do anything. You are." Gaara said deviously.

"…Okay, so what am I going to do here? Your note said training… but I don't see how that's going to help me get Naruto back..." I said slightly frustrated but still without my old power behind it.

"Well yes, we did say training. But you misunderstand. We didn't mean ninja training, we meant training for Naruto to get him back." Lee chirped

"And what exactly does this training entail?" I said cautiously as although I knew this was my only hope I still dreaded it.

Gaara and Lee turned to each other and smiled deviously, "Well…"

"We're gonna teach you how to be more...submi..umm..more uh..." Lee stumbled over his words, obviously trying to find the right way to say it without angering me.

"We're gonna teach you how to be a proper boyfriend. That's what we're going to do."

"Well put Gaara-chan." Lee nuzzled Gaara's ear and kissed him on the cheek. Gaara tried not to squirm with the pleasure he felt. I could feel myself shifting awkwardly from foot to foot while the two did their little exchange.

"Are you taking notes?" Lee asked unexpectedly.

"What?"

"You have to know how to fondle if you want to be a proper boyfriend." Gaara slapped him playfully.

Gaara laughed lightly, his face rather flushed, "though he's an idiot and has a stupid way of showing his...affection... he's actually right, unfortunately" Gaara let out a long sigh.

"I have to learn how to fondle...?" I asked deeply confused, not like I don't want to touch Naruto all over but...

"No, no, no" Gaara shook his head profusely, waving his hands in front of his face, "I simply mean that you have to learn what he likes, even if it's the little things such as brushing your fingertips across his face, or whispering sweet nothings in his ear." At that moment, Lee lifted Gaara's head and gently dragged his finger tips across Gaara's strong cheek bone with the oddest smile I had ever had seen.

I began to feel physically sick as I watched what it's like to be in love. The heartache and deep retching sadness must have surfaced to my face as they both stared at me with frowns and sympathetic eyes.

"Sasuke...?" Gaara questioned in a low murmur.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and then, only when my resolve was completely back in place, did I dare to open my mouth, "I need to learn." I was shocked at how easily the words leapt from my heart to my mouth.

"Good!" Lee exclaimed, "And I think I know the perfect way to learn too!" He said with a devilishly large grin on his face.

Gaara stared at him for a second with narrowed eyes before the corner of his mouth slowly turned up into an equally devilish and satisfied smirk, as if he had just read his lover's mind. "Yes, I believe that will work quite well indeed."

I just stared at them confused and slightly nervous at what this could be. Oh no... please not that! I begged inside my head as I began to cotton on to their scheme.

"That's right Sasuke, we're going to follow them on their date tonight!" Lee smiled and let out a hearty chuckle as the complete horror sank in a burst throughout my entire being.

Later that evening, I sat in Lee's apartment, waiting for him and Gaara to emerge from the bedroom. The occasional thumps and girlish squeals could be heard from the other side of the paper-thin walls. I could feel my face burn at the awkwardness of the moment and I tried desperately to ignore what now appeared to be predatory growls that were steadily increasing in volume. I coughed, loudly, and the courting in the next room halted abruptly. Lee reappeared, pretending that nothing happened, but his blush confirmed my verdict: guilty.

"Well, Sasuke, are you going to get into your disguise?"

"What disguise?" I closed my eyes and pretended not to care.

"You will be accompanying me to dinner, as my date."

"Wh...What? Shouldn't Gaara be your date? I mean, he is your boyfriend. Wouldn't that make more sense?"

"Well, yes, but Gaara needs to be in a position where he can see them more easily. He will hang around your neck and watch from there."

"Huh?" I was completely lost.

Lee produced a gold necklace with a shining red ruby dangling from the delicate chain. "Gaara will be fastened around your neck so he too, can see what's going on, plus he'll be able to blatantly stare at the couple and watch their every move without being suspicious. Gaara can read body language like a book." Just then, the ruby shimmered and Lee looked intently at it; his head nodding occasionally. I watched with a quirked eyebrow. It wasn't often that you saw a man act as if he were communicating with a piece of jewelry. "Alright. Sasuke if you would be so kind as to use your chakra, as I am unable to, and disguise me?"

"Alright. As what."

"Just make me look inconspicuous, and nothing like my current appearance."

"Ok, I'll try..."

I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes as I clapped my hands together and began concentrating my chakra very carefully. I took a wary step closer to Lee. With a long out take of breath I slowly extended his arms forward from his chest slightly.

With a sharp outtake of breath my eyes snapped open, fingers and hands twisted in complicated near impossible ways and then I slapped lee solidly in the chest. A puff of smoke swirled around us both and quickly drowned the room.

With a short cough and a wave of hands the smoke was shortly dispersed of and I took a step back as the chest that was just flat under my palm was no longer. Lee gasped lightly as he looked in the mirror before a large smile spread along his cute face. His hair was a little bit longer and flicked out slightly at the sides and his fringe was swept to one side. His eyes were thickly lined, with his lashes thickened and lengthened ever so slightly his big black eyes were now a deep, dark midnight blue. His lips were a teeny bit plumber and glossed, his usual green suit was now a cute strapless dress down to just above the knee, with green socks pulled up to under the knee.

I quickly changed into the suit they had left out for me with a small note of 'put this on now'. It was a black suit with an electric blue shirt, which I left the top few buttons undone. I quickly a pair of glasses from the counter in the kitchen to complete the outfit, then I turned to Lee and waved a hand in front of myself as if to say 'taa daa'. Lee stared intently at the ruby around my neck and then shrugged before smiling widely at me, "Ready for our date then dear?" he joked then shooed me out of the door.

I still had no idea what was going on... but what the hell, I thought that I might as well trust these guys seeing as I have no one else these days.

As soon I set foot outside, Lee pulled me back in. "Neh, Sasuke, maybe you should disguise your face too. I mean, won't it be suspicious if you take out some random girl to dinner? Cause, there are people who watch your every move and they would realize that I'm not actually your--"

"Ok, ok I get it." I brought my hands together and focused my chakra, changing into a slightly taller man with bright red, haphazard hair that almost reached my shoulders. I had changed my eyes to a bright green that could rival with Naruto's bright blue ones.

Naruto...

Lee could see that I had drifted off and was trying to get my attention by snapping his fingers in my face. I saw him do so, but I was too busy thinking about Naruto for it to really register.

'Sasuke!' The voice called out. His voice was back.

'Naruto...'

'Sasuke! Teme, I told you to wait up!' Naruto's voice echoed in my head

'I'm sorry Naruto' I wanted to respond, but he couldn't hear me, not the me I wanted him to hear.

'Baka Usuratonkachi. You were late.' That was me, but not the me I am now. I longed to be able to call him that. To walk over to him and playfully punch him on the shoulder and tell him how big of an idiot he was and have him scowl at me, but not really mean it. Because behind that scowl was the biggest, most beautiful smile—a smile I had thought was only meant for me—and I would hide a smile of my own behind my porcelain mask. But now all that was gone. And all I had was a frustrated Lee calling my name and waving his hands in my face.

:high fives Pimpface: SWEET! We got another chapter down buddeh!