Sasuke sighed and watched the blond pace back and forth across his room. Raising an eyebrow, he swept the hair out of his face, only to have the bangs fall back across his forehead. "Why are you pacing so much?" he asked, his tone filled with boredom. Naruto looked up and laughed nervously.

"No reason… Just thinking is all." he said thoughtfully, stopping in front of Sasuke's bed. Sasuke frowned and shook his head.

"Sure. Now. Who was that girl with the purple hair back in the park? When you came, all she did was stare you down with those pale eyes." he mused, but the tone was less than humourless.

"… Her name is Hinata. She's a friend." he smiled awkwardly, only making Sasuke frown more.

"Friend? Not quite. What is she to you?" he asked again, looking for the actual answer. Naruto looked away from the raven haired teen and sighed deeply.

"She was kind of my girlfriend… But not really, but we never discussed it, okay?" he said, looking back at the Uchiha with eyes filled of resent. Sasuke twitched, but remained calm for the time being. Surely he was not jealous. Sasuke Uchiha had never been jealous of anyone or anything, so why would he need to be envious of this Hinata girl?

"… Ah. Are you two still a thing?" he asked, his eyes connecting with Naruto's. The blue orbs widened, but continued to stay planted on Sasuke's eyes.

"No. I told her it was over. I don't want to hurt her. However, I hurt her anyway. I really hate hurting people." the blond answered, his voice honest. Sasuke chuckled and patted a place on the bed next to where he was sitting, ushering the boy to take a seat and stop his pacing.

"You have a gang… But you hate hurting people? How does that work?" he asked, amused as the blond sat next to him. Naruto glared slightly at Sasuke and looked ahead at the bedroom door.

"Even though I lead a gang, Sasuke. I've only really hurt someone once… And I ruined their life." he said softly. Sasuke sighed and took one of Naruto's hands in his, holding it gently.

"Everybody hurts." was all he could say, all he dared to say as Naruto looked down.

"I guess." the blond sighed and leaned against Sasuke. "Anyway… What was with your uncle last night? I mean, he seemed so suspicious." he said thoughtfully. Sasuke snorted to this and rolled his eyes.

"There are two things Uchihas do in this city. We either work for Konoha Corp, or we go into the police force. My father is in business, being the president and a CEO, while my uncle Madara is head of the police force here." the Uchiha answered. "So my uncle must have recognized you, since he does work with youth crime at times."

"Oh…" Naruto gulped to this. "Another question. How did your dad get to be the president and a CEO of such a company?" to this, Sasuke shrugged.

"Umm, he never told me the story, but I believe my grandfather created with some other guy, but now that guy doesn't work there… My grandfather probably fucked the other man over. When it comes to business, nobody gets in the way of an Uchiha. Why do you ask?" the raven haired boy implied. Naruto frowned, knowing his mother's story was true now.

"… The guy your grandfather screwed over was my grandfather." he said softly. "My dad hates your dad." he finished. Sasuke's eyes widened slightly. "… You're a Namikaze? But you said Uzumaki… Is Minato your father?" he asked. Naruto smiled slightly and rubbed the back of his head.

"Something happened in my family and my dad had to take my mom's last name, so I'm an Uzumaki, but I should be a Namikaze…" he trailed off. "Does this mean we're supposed to hate each other?"

"Who cares, to be honest? I'm nothing like my grandfather or father. I don't want to work in business or police force." the Uchiha explained. Naruto frowned and laid on one side of the Uchiha's bed, placing his hands behind his head.

"I know, but still… Eventually, we're going to have to face this. If your dad hates my dad and my dad feels the same, we can't play this off like fucking Romeo and Juliet." Naruto huffed, his head spinning from the unfortunate situation they had been put in. Sasuke smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

"As long as I'm not Juliet."

"This isn't funny!" Naruto sat up, glaring daggers at the Uchiha. However, as hard as he tried, he couldn't help but smile as Sasuke chuckled.

"You are making a mountain out of a mole hill. It's not a big deal, you know. I'm fully capable of showing your father that I'm nothing like my father."

"… Yeah, well I am like my father. So how do we get on your dad's good side?" Naruto asked. To this, Sasuke placed a hand on one of the blond's cheeks, feeling the grooves of the odd whiskers on the boy's face.

"First off, we don't worry about my father. I don't even like him, so he doesn't have to worry about my life until after we deal with your family." Sasuke explained, pulling on the hoop in Naruto's nose gently, then letting go when the blond slapped his hand.

"… Are you sure?"

"Only a million percent."


"So I found out something." Fugaku frowned, watching his wife bring in the last of the groceries, passing them off to a nervous looking Michelle. The curly haired girl walked away, but kept an ear on their conversation as Fugaku continued to speak. "Last night, Sasuke had a friend over."

"A friend?" Mikoto asked. "Girl or boy? We know them, right?" to this, Fugaku shook his head, a frown spreading across his features.

"Yes, a friend. A boy, but we don't know him. In fact, he lied to me, to my brother. He said he was a son of one of the families. Taki, actually. I didn't know they had a kid, so I asked Senji Taki this morning, over email. What did he reply? 'We don't have a child, actually.'" the Uchiha frowned. Mikoto blinked, stunned that their youngest son would ever lie to them.

"… What was his first name, honey?" she asked. Michelle, slowing her walk even more, felt her heart thud harder in her chest when Fugaku replied:

"Naruto."

'Oh fuck… If Mikoto goes up there, which she will, she'll find said blond. Christ, I gotta get up there!' she thought and hurried into the kitchen, putting the groceries away in a flash. She finished putting everything away, but a tomato. She frowned and walked out of the kitchen with it as Mikoto began walking down the hall to the stairs. To Sasuke's room. Michelle bit her lip and hurried over. "Mrs. Uchiha! Let me walk with you. Sasuke wanted me to bring him a tomato when I happened to find one." Mikoto stared at the girl and sighed, quiet tired of the accent she still displayed, as it was not fully Americanized yet.

"Alright, you can walk with me. Do you know anything of this Naruto?" she asked, her tone frigid.

'Frigid bitch… I hate snobby rich people.' Michelle thought and smiled, slight confusion on her face. "I do not, I am sorry, Mrs. Uchiha." she sighed and walked down the hallway with the woman. Mikoto frowned and watched Michelle continue. Raising her voice, Michelle smiled. "Why do you ask, Mrs. Uchiha?"

Sasuke looked up at the sound and then to Naruto.

"… What?" Naruto blinked. Sasuke frowned got off of the bed.

"You have to get into the closet. NOW." he whispered and took Naruto's hand, pulling him off of his bed. Naruto frowned as well and heard the voice approach.

"Okay, okay." he whined as the voices stopped at Sasuke door. Sasuke ran over to the closet and shoved the boy into the space, shutting the door as the one to his room opened. Michelle looked shocked, but sighed in relief as there was no Naruto in sight, only Sasuke walking towards the door to meet them. Mikoto frowned and walked into the room, looking around.

"Hello, Sasuke." she said shortly. Sasuke frowned and looked at Michelle carefully, to see her mouth:

"She knows." her lips moved, but no sound came out, until she gave Sasuke a tomato. "Here's the tomato you wanted, Sasuke." she said softly. "Your dad knows too." she whispered and stepped away as Mikoto looked at them.

"… You can go now, Michelle. I want to speak to you, Sasuke." she frowned and watched Michelle nod.

"Alright. Goodbye." she said and walked out quickly, shutting the door after. Once gone, Mikoto walked over to her son, cupping his face in her hands.

"Oh Sasuke… My son. You wouldn't lie to your parents, would you? Please tell me that what your father said wasn't true, that you didn't meet a Naruto child last night and say he was a Taki. You wouldn't do that, would you? You wouldn't hang out with punk children. You are an elite, a socialite in society. Right?" she asked, her voice no more than a coo. Sasuke frowned and sighed.

"He's right. I did meet a Naruto. He isn't a Taki." he answered. Mikoto frowned and watched her son.

"… You know his last name. I know you do." she growled at this, her voice frigid. Sasuke frowned and narrowed his eyes.

"… Fine, if I do, I wouldn't tell you. I'm not letting you ruin this."

"Ruin!" Mikoto asked, her voice shrill. "I raised you! After all I've done for you, you could at least tell me something! You are such a good kid, don't ruin this! We've done so much for you!" she freaked out. Naruto listened to the argument and frowned.

'That woman is so neruotic.' he thought and sighed. Sasuke smiled and began to laugh.

"Raised me! You didn't raise me! You must mean Mrs. Hito, my nanny until I was six! She raised me. Only other person who did was Itachi! I'm just something you can show off, to be proud of! As if all of you need more pride! I am a good kid! I'm top of my damn class! I'm perfect for you, that's all I've ever done! I'm so fucking sick of it!" he yelled, making his mother freeze in her spot.

"… Sick of it? You're tired of what we've provided? You don't want to be financially well? You don't want to be a socialite!" she asked, her hands on her hips.

"No. I don't, actually. I want to own a café." he frowned. Mikoto blinked and looked away from her youngest son, who was, unfortunately, a spitting image of her.

"A café? Well… Good luck telling your father that. Owning a café is something more suited… For maybe your wife? Sasuke, we need to have a family dicussion." she said and bit the padding of her left thumb.

"… Wife? Mom, I don't want a fucking wife! I don't like women! I want a boyfriend, a husband!" he shouted, then stopped when he realised exactly what he had said. Mikoto gapped and watched her son in shock.

"Excuse me? Did you just… Did you just say you are gay, Sasuke?" she asked, her voice nothing over a whisper. Naruto gapped from inside the closing and wished he could come out of the closet, but decided if he did, he would most likely never see Sasuke again.

"… You know what… Yes. I'm gay." Sasuke nodded, sitting on his bed. "I'm gay, mom. I don't want to marry a woman like Itachi. I don't want to live in denial. I like men."

"… Fugaku… Fugaku!" she screamed and ran to her son's bedroom door, opening it and leaning out. "FUGAKU!" she shrieked. Sasuke frowned and sighed deeply.

'Here we go.' he rolled his eyes, watching his father come into the room, listening to his wife's pleas and complaints. When the word 'gay' was mentioned, Fugaku hushed her.

"Mikoto… You're say… Our son… Is gay?" he asked. "You're nuts… Sasuke, tell her she's loony." to this, Sasuke shook his head.

"You know what… Fuck this family." he muttered, then stood up straight. "Mom's right. I'm gay. I'm homosexual. I'm a fag. Whatever you wanna say, I like men." he frowned. "I'm so done with this family. You just want us to be perfect. I don't want to be a snob, I don't want to be rich. This whole thing is a joke." he explained. Fugaku gapped, shocked to hear this information. He felt his heart begin to beat rapidly.

"You… You…" he trailed off as the closet door swung open, a blond boy tumbling out with a yelp. Sasuke's eyes widened as he looked over at Naruto. Fugaku and Mikoto looked over as well. "Th- that's him." the oldest Uchiha in the room stuttered before passing out.


Mikoto and Sasuke sat in the waiting room of the hospital. Sasuke's phone buzzed off, signalling he had a text message. He opened his phone to see it was from Naruto. Reading it, it said:

How's your dad? Sasuke sighed and texted the blond back.

He's… Alright. The doctor, this blonde woman with huge boobs, said he had a minor heart attack.

Wow… He had a fucking heart attack. From you coming out of the closet. Lol, did you expect a reaction like that? Sasuke sighed and felt his mother's gaze on him. However, when he looked up, she had since looked ahead to one of the nurses that was now talking to her.

Umm, I expected something, but not a heart attack. Do you know HOW awkward this is? I want out of here. It smells too clean.

Blond woman? Big boobs? That's my aunt, Tsunade. Awkward? Probably very. I'm sorry I fell outta the closet and all… Sasuke smiled sadly and leaned forward.

It's ok. Listen, the nurse is going to talk with us now. I'll text you later… If I have my phone. If not, I will see you around. I will.

Naruto sighed and watched Sakura play his guitar happily.

Alright. I better see you again, cuz I really care about you, Sasuke. Be safe. 3

Sasuke looked at the message and felt his heart skip a beat when he saw the heart. 'I'll try my best.' he thought and put his phone away as the nurse began to talk to him and his mother as a whole.

"So, how did you get from Sasuke's house… To here? Alive?" Sakura asked as she played the guitar carefully. Naruto sighed and leaned against the headboard of his bed.

"Well, after I fell out of the closet and his dad fainted, his mom began hyperventilating. She screamed at Sasuke and was like, 'Look at what you've done!' then she yelled at me to get out, out, OUT. Sasuke looked at me and his eyes begged me to leave, so I wouldn't die. Michelle came up and walked, well, ran me out… Yeah." Naruto frowned. Sakura frowned and sighed.

"What's gonna happen to Sasuke?" she asked. Naruto sighed. "I dunno. I texted him right after and he said he might get kicked out… Well, more than might. If he does, I'm going to ask him to move in." he said carefully. Sakura blinked and stopped playing momentarily.

"What about your dad?"

"I told my mom and dad everything. My dad is so rivalled against Sasuke's, that he said he'd take him into our house in a heart beat. But only if Sasuke's dad and mom disown him." he explained. Sakura nodded and smiled.

"Hey, if he comes and lives with you, he's yours!" she purred. Naruto chuckled and played with his hands.

"He's already mine. I can feel it. I really care about him, Sakura. I'm not going to use him, just because he's rich… I don't want to use this guy. Don't you remember Sai?" he asked. Sakura cringed and watched her friend quietly.

"… Yeah… I remember Sai… Jesus, that must have been two years ago."

"A year and three months tomorrow." he corrected. "A year and three fucking months since he got shot. For me. Because of me. Sakura… I am not using someone. I can't be numb again. I'm just getting better. I'm just learning to feel again." he sighed. "Half of Hinata and me was casual… It was just something to make me feel not so numb, but Sasuke is something so much more. He makes me feel like I deserve to be normal again." he finished and rubbed his temples. Sakura sighed and hummed as she played guitar.

"Does he really? I didn't know you cared that much. Naruto, I'm behind you one hundred percent." she smiled softly. Naruto laughed and watched her as she began to sing her favourite song.

"Would you mind if I call you sweetheart
I found your voice upon my tape
And I was listenin' to you
Till I fell asleep it was gettin' late
And I know it's you out on the sidewalk
I was hopin' I would meet
Somethin' always hits me
But it's not concrete beneath my feet
And it's not cold
It's not the heat

Is this love, is this it?
If it is I like it
And if it's love
Please stay love, don't go away love
Don't go away

I think of you constantly
When I walk by 'nice guy Eddie's'
And oh to you non-mets fans in the bar
Would you please be quiet please
And I know there's only one direction we can go from here
And I could whisper exactly what it is
I could tell it to your ear
And I'll be crystal, I'll be clear

Is this love, is this it?
If it is I like it
And if it's love
Please stay love, don't go away love
Don't go away

Hey
No one knows how their story unfolds
You find out when you're old and gray
But I got a good feelin' about you
I don't know what to do please say
Say...
Before it goes away
Before it goes away
before it goes…"

Naruto sighed and smiled at Sakura as she sang softly. He wondered if everything would work out. If maybe Sasuke's parents would accept him. Though unlikely, surely his parents would. No matter what happened, Naruto was sure it would have an okay ending. Nothing like what had happened to Sai. As he thought, Sakura continued to sing the ending part of the song.

"Would you mind if I call you sweetheart
I found your voice upon my tape
And I was listenin' to you
Till I fell asleep it was getting late
And I know it's you out on the sidewalk
I was hopin' I would meet
Somethin' always hits me
And it's not concrete beneath my feet
And it's not coldIt's not the heat

Is this love, is this it?
If it is I like it
And if it's love
Please stay love, don't go away love
Don't go away
Don't go away love, don't go away
Don't go away love, don't go away." Sakura finished singing and smiled. "You know… The end notes sound so dismaying, but I actually like it. It makes it memorable." the pinkette laughed softly. Naruto laughed as well and watched her put the guitar down. "Maybe Sasuke won't get kicked out. Maybe everything will blow over. You never know. His family might accept it." she said as Naruto's phone vibrated. Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"In an ideal world, sure. His dad had a heart attack, Sakura. I don't think acceptance will follow that so soon." he said dryly, then looked at the text message. He frowned and got off of his bed, shutting his phone and putting it away. Sakura blinked and got off of the bed as well.

"What happened?" she asked. Naruto shook his head and took out his phone, placing it in her hands as he walked out of the room, leaving her alone. Sakura blinked and looked down, going through his phone until she found the text message, which read:

Hey, I'm on Robie Street, by a bus shelter. My mom just kicked me out. I have nothing with me. Can you come get me?

"Holy shit…" she muttered and stared at the text message, the letters burning into the screen. "… Guess it's not an ideal world after all. I hate it when you're right, Naruto."


Chapter three, woooo. It's kinda short, because I've been sick. This chapter is for PockyPand4, cause it's her Birthday (: As she says! So Happy Birthday and here's a short chapter for you! :3 R&R's make me over the moon happy… The song in this is Is this Love, or Isn't it? by Jaymay... I suggest you give it a listen. It's wonderful. 3