A/N: Woohoo! Chapter Three! (I'm not quite sure what to call this chapter) I'm posting this at the same time as chapter two, so hav efun and I'll try to update faster. No, I do not own Naruto or any of the other characters. Shoot! Warnings of some sadness in this chapter, and I think this whole story is pretty much OOC, sooo, forgive me but it's needed. So read and enjoy peoples.

Chapter Three:

"Don't worry boys, we'll find your friend," the officer said as he and his partner left the room. Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba, Naruto and Sasuke were all quiet, each wondering what had happened to Gaara. Neji was still comforting Lee as he sobbed into Neji's shoulder. All of them were hoping that Gaara would be okay.

In a dark room lit only by torches (it's the basement of the school), three dark figures stood around a stone table on which several scrolls were sprawled. The figures were bent over the table and seemed to be in a deep discussion over one of the scroll's contents.

"It must be Orochimaru's doing," one dark figure said to the other two. The other two nodded their agreement with this statement.

"We will have to heighten security on campus," another of the dark figures said.

"We will also have to keep our eyes on the other boys. We cannot let this happen again, and we must find the boy that was captured," this all was said by the third and final dark figure. The figures looked up at each other, nodded, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Neji and the others were sitting in Neji and Shikamaru's dorm room. Just sitting in a circle in silence. Lee had finally stopped crying. Instead, he lay on Neji's bed curled up with his head in Neji's lap. Neji was stroking Lee's head in an attempt to keep him calm.

For now, all any of the boy's could do was wait and hope that Gaara would be found, and that he was okay.

The weekend Gaara went missing went by excruciatingly slowly for the boys, but eventually Monday came and they all had to go to class. Things were so strange not having Gaara as the silent figure in the background whenever the friends were together. They all felt the difference, and they could not help but feel a great loss.

They went to class, and their professors kept giving them worried looks like they thought any minute the boys might breakdown. Since the first day they had figured out that Gaara was missing the friends had started a sort of ritual get together at Neji and Shikamaru's dorm room every night. Tonight they were all watching some stupid movie that had no real significance but to fill in the void that had appeared since Gaara disappeared.

Lee was no longer his usual cheerful self, he was now depressed and tired-looking. He had bags under his eyes like he had not been getting enough sleep. It was now two weeks since Gaara had gone missing, and the friends were feeling it badly. Lee was huddled in the corner and everyone else was sitting in silence, staring at the screen, but not really seeing it.

Lee got up and said, in a monotone voice, "I think I'll turn in for the night." He then walked to the door.

"Wait, I'll walk you to your dorm room Lee," Neji said, quickly standing up.

"That's okay Neji, I'll be fine. I really need some time alone." Lee then proceeded to leave the room, closing the door behind him.

Neji looked at the closed door blindly, flopping down on his bed. He hung his head, putting his hands over his eyes.

"We should all turn in," Kiba said this, and Naruto and Sasuke nodded their agreement. The three of them stood up and said their goodnights and left to the imaginary comfort of their dorm rooms.

Sasuke held onto his blonde boyfriend as he shivered. Naruto had taken Gaara's disappearance almost as hard as Lee because he had known the redhead since they were little kids, and the two of them were like brothers. Naruto looked up at him with his big ocean-like eyes.

"Sasu," Naruto said slowly.

"Yes Naru," Sasuke said cautiously.

Naruto blinked and looked at Sasuke nervously. "I love you Sasuke," Naruto said quietly.

Sasuke's heart skipped a beat. Out of the three years they had been together, neither of them had said those three words. He looked down at the petite blonde in his arms and he felt a warmth in his chest that he could only explain as love. "I love you too Naruto," he said, gently kissing him.

They reached the dorm room they shared and fell onto their bed. Sasuke drew the blonde as close to his chest as possible, and snuggled his face into Naruto's shoulder. He felt Naruto relax and his breathing slowly even out as he drifted off to sleep. Sasuke kissed Naruto's shoulder and slowly drifted off to sleep himself.

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