I glanced up at the full, sliver moon in the eerily starless sky and sighed.

We all sat around the campfire, not saying a word, or even exchanging glances for that matter, in fear of seeing Sasuke's face.

It's not natural; you just don't see Sasuke cry like that, none of use saw it coming! Poor guy, after all he'd been through, this just had to happen.

Some times, it's better not knowing the truth.....

Fearlessly, I stood up, walked over to Sasuke and Suigetsu and sat between them, I hated this silence; I actually almost missed mine and Suigetsu's bickering, almost! I was mentally screaming at someone to break the suffocating tension, which was so thick that you'd need C4 explosives to break it.

Team Hebi –sorry- Team Eagle, wasn't a team for the faint of heart, I'll tell you that much!

Since nobody else wanted to break the silence, I decided to do it myself. So, bracing myself for the worst, I opened my mouth and- "Are you alright?!" Ok, that wasn't what I'd meant to say! Everyone –even Sasuke- looked up at my stupid question and I mentally smacked my forehead. I decided that I should change the question to sound smarter and, hopefully, not get myself killed!

"Fuh-Physically, I meant!" I said quickly, just as Sasuke opened his mouth, which he shut immediately afterwards. "Are you alright physically?" I asked finally.

He blinked at me before he replied "I've seen better days," his gaze turned to the campfire as he continued "But I've seen a hell of allot worse, besides, I'll be fully healed up by tomorrow..." he trailed off.

And once again, the awkward silence reared its ugly head.

Suigetsu and I exchanged glances, I shot him a wobbly smile and he smirked meekly at me, my gaze shifted, form Suigetsu to Juugo, who nodded at me, as if he was congratulating me

We broke our gaze on one another when I felt pressure on my shoulder. I turned my head and saw something shocking, Sasuke was leaning his head on my shoulder!

"Uuuuuh, Sasuke, what-" "I'm tired!" he butted in before I could finish.

My eyes softened as he closed his, it just goes to show that even Uchiha Sasuke had his weak moments, which was the reason why I let him rest on my shoulder.

"Hey Sasuke," I said turning my gaze to the fire

"Hm?" he grunted, opening one eye.

I leaned closer and whispered so quietly so only Sasuke would hear "you know that were all here for you, Sasuke"

A fraction of a smile tugged at the corners of his lips "Yea" he said quietly closing his eyes again.

That was the closest that Sasuke and I had ever been.

Me: Naw!!! Inn'e so cute?! I actually adore sasukarin… now I finally got to write a story about it, yay XD

Juugo: Indeed

Suigetsu: -jealous- grrrrr

Sasuke: uuuuuugh… too…OOC… -annoyed-

Karin: gee, I don't know guys; I thought it was awesome –blush-

Me: I bet you did Karin, I bet you did! Well, there ya'll go; hope you all enjoyed it, I might update soon, then again, I may not too. Who knoooooows!!!!

All My Love, AkAtSuKi-SaKuRa-ChAn