Disclamer: I don't own Naruto...now to the story


When The Cherry Blossom Falls

The Dobe and Me


He was in total shock as he saw the purple flash of her curse seal. There was no mistaking it now, she had it and there was nothing he could do about it. Sasuke's body was pulsing so much that he had to back away from her. He slowly made his way away from her and was shocked when the pulsing and pain that he had was gone. He gasps for air and held his shoulder tight. Naruto however still remained at Sakura's bed, Sasuke watched with confused eyes as he saw him bend over and stroke her hair, his eyes locked on her and Sasuke could see that he was seriously worried about her. Naruto bent down and gingerly kissed her on her forehead.

He didn't know why. But something was telling him by the way Naruto was acting towards Sakura that something went between them while he was gone. The pain that he felt before was gone and he let go of his shoulder as he approached them. Naruto ran his fingers through her hair and gaze at her lovingly. He soon stood next to Naruto and also gazes at her lovingly.

"How long have you two been dating?" Sasuke asked softly as he continued to look at her

"Two and a half years." Naruto said as he placed his hand on her forehead and then on her cheek, not once looking at Sasuke to see his expression.

Sasuke's eyes widen at the answer. A part of him was jealous of Naruto and the other part felt an odd sense of peace to find out that Sakura was in good hands since he was gone.

"Two and a half years…" He asked in wonder. He felt like such a Baka that he had missed his chance to be with her. He had waited too long and had lost her…to Naruto. He felt like kicking himself, if only he had said the words sooner then it would have been him and Sakura who were dating for the two and a half years and not her and Naruto. He looked at the man next to him and felt that at lest she knows that she is loved. He knew that Naruto loved her since he was younger and they were in team seven. If he had to picture her with anyone else other then him, he figure it might as well be him, since he shows her how much he love her.

To be honest that was what Sasuke envied about Naruto the most, he wished that he were able to express his feelings that freely to her. But he couldn't…or at lest he was afraid to. He gaze at him and again and let out a deep sigh. He lost her…. he might as well come to terms with it.

"I'm glad" He started "that she has you, I'm sure that you two would be very happy together. You had showed more love to her then I had, she had found herself a good man. I'm happy for you two….really." He said half-heartedly. Actually, he was pissed that he missed his chance with her, but at least he knows she's in good hands.

"Maybe." Naruto said half-heartedly

Sasuke gave him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"We're not together anymore…. we broke up six months ago." He said softly with a fake smile

"Why?" Sasuke asked with confused eyes and a simplepic look, but secretly he was jumping up and down for joy, because he was back in the game and he had a chance to be with her again. Naruto then turned his attention to him and looked at him with envious eyes. He then gave one last look back at Sakura before walking towards the window and looking out into the skyline. Sasuke gave him a confused look as he reminded by Sakura's side as he gave the blonde-haired Shinobi, his full attention.

"At first," He started "After you left the first year, Sakura want through a deep depression. She refused to eat, drank or do anything. She became weak and almost died from being malnutrious. I took care of her and brought her back to her feet. But she still refused to do anything but cry over you." He paused as he gave Sasuke a death glare. "I hated you, for doing that to her. She didn't deserve to go trough that pain, but soon enough she was back to her normal self again. I was glad, to have her back. I missed her smile and laughter and I was truly happy when she was back. Anyway…a year after that we became closer and I told her that I loved her and that I would always be there for her." He paused again and looked at Sasuke again with a look of determination.

"I wasn't going to be like you and leave her alone. I promised her that and I kept my promise. From there we started to date. We were happy and in love at first, but…" He stopped and lowered his head and let out a deep sigh. Sasuke looked at him and was waiting for him to finish, he didn't want to hear anymore, but he felt that he had too. So he would remember to never leave her again, he looked at Naruto with the same expression.

"What happened?" He asked softy not really wanting to hear what he had to say.

"Six months She told me that she couldn't be with me anymore…. because she was still in love with you. At first I was upset, but I should have expected it to happen sooner or later since we were not as imamate as a couple should be." He said with a weak laugh. He then turned his head from the window and looked at Sasuke for a while; he then gave him a serious look. Sasuke remained quiet; he simply looked down at the woman before him and felt the urge to hold her in his arms. He wanted to never leave her and he wanted to tell her just how much he means to her.

Naruto looked at Sasuke and waited for him to look back at him, when he did, Naruto stared hard and gave him a serious look as he spoke.

"She still loves you…Sasuke…I thought I could make her happy…but…I see that the only one who could do that is you. If you came here to be with her and tell her that you love her back…. then I won't stop you. But if you try and hurt her again…. I won't forgive you. I will do everything in my power to kill you….if you try to hurt her again…got it?" He said sternly as he gave Sasuke a death glare.

Sasuke could see that he was serious in his words and he wouldn't blame him for saying that to him. He looked down at Sakura and gave her a warm smile; he then bent down and whispered to her.

"I'm sorry that you had suffered for so long…it's my fault and I'm truly sorry. From now on I promise to never leave you alone again…I'm here to stay…. Sakura…. I'm here for you." He said sweetly as he kissed her on her forehead. He got up slowly and turned to Naruto with a look of determination.

"Oi…Dobe" He said sternly

Naruto flinched a bit but then loosen up and looked back at him. "Yeah…Baka"

"I'm not going to leave her alone anymore…. I'm going to hurt the most important person in my life." He said with determination.

Naruto smiled back at him, it has been a long time but the Sasuke that he grown to admire has come back and his here to stay. Just then Naruto notice that the sun was starting to rise, he looked out and saw the peeks of red and deep orange come shining trough the horizon. He then turned to Sasuke and found that he was looking back at him, probably thinking the same thing that he was thinking.

"Oi…. Sasuke?" He asked causally

"Yeah?" He said as he walked over to him to look at the sky.

"Do you have a place to stay?" He asked causally

Sasuke just gave him a smirk and a raised eyebrow "Are you offering?"

"Well…"He pouted as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I was wondering…. maybe…. you could stay with me if you want. Since you're a missing Nin, if people found out you are here then they would try to kill you. If you stay at my place then you would be safe since no one comes to visit me other then Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-Sensei." Naruto said informatively

Sasuke thought about it for a moment, he turned to Sakura and then to Naruto. He let out a deep sigh and smiled to him.

"Ok…thank you Naruto." He said with a smile

Naruto then smiled and walked over to Sakura. Sasuke watched as he saw Naruto lean down and kiss her on the forehead before walking back to him.

"Ok…. let's go…it's best if we go now then wait any longer for someone to find you." He said informatively

Sasuke was shocked at what he had heard him say. 'Since when did Naruto get to be so…smart?' he was really impressed

"Plus, I forgot to mention they do routine trips in to the rooms around this time." Naruto said nervously as he held a hand behind his hand.

Sasuke nodded his head in a deep sigh. 'I knew it wouldn't last long.'


Sasuke and Naruto then left out the window and traveled in the empty dark streets to Naruto's apartment. They made it in record time and were in front of Naruto's door, Sasuke was becoming fidgety since he noticed that it was becoming brighter and the sun was rising higher. Naruto slowly took out his keys and unlocked the door; just then he slowly turned to look at Sasuke. Sasuke gave him a confused look and a raised eyebrow.

"What?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Say…Sasuke?" Naruto said nervously with a hand behind his hand "Are you still a neat freak?"

Sasuke then gave him an even bigger look of confusion. "I wouldn't say that I'm a neat freak…I just like things in order and clean…what's wrong with that?"

"Well nothings wrong with it…it's just that…well…you see…ummm…" Naruto tried to find the words to tell Sasuke just what he was in for but there seem to be no words to disible it. Sasuke then noticed the sun was getting brighter and brighter and he was losing his patience. He then walked over to the door and nudged Naruto out of the way and grabbed the handle.

"Look Naruto, I don't have time for this. So whatever it is that you want to tell me could wait until I'm inside alright." He said as he turned the knob and opened the door. Naruto then flinched back in surpisred when he heard Sasuke scream. Sasuke was in total shock when he opened the door; he looked around and could not believe what he was seeing. Naruto's apartment was completely trashed; the first room he saw was the living room, which was covering with dirty clothes, plies of scrolls, and plies upon piles of empty Raman cups. Naruto watched as he saw Sasuke climbed over the dirty clothes trying his best not to touch anything. Naruto then flinched again when he heard Sasuke scream from the kitchen. He rushed over and saw Sasuke in awe as his eyes widen at seeing the condition of the kitchen. Sasuke then slowly turned to look at Naruto and slowly spoke.

"Naruto…when was the last thing you actually clean this place?" He asked in shocked

"Well…I don't do any of the cleaning…I'm too busy with missions and training." Naruto said nervously as he place a hand behind his head.

"Naruto…you are…this place…is…is…" He couldn't hold it in anymore. He had finally snapped "UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! MUST CLEAN! MUST CLEAN! UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!"

He then made a mad dash to the hallway closet in hopes to find what he is looking for. He made it to the closet and open the door, he then looked around and found what he was looking for. He was then shocked at the condition they were in, the broom, mop, and vacuum cleaner were covered with dust and they looked like they haven't been used in a long time. Sasuke then rushed back to the kitchen and opened the sink cabinet and found all the clean products, but was shocked again when he found that they still had the original package on them. He looked deeper and found a package of dishwasher gloves and quickly put them on.

Naruto was watching Sasuke the whole time, part of him was worried because Sasuke looked like he was going to have a heart attack and the other part of him wanted to laugh because he was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. He really looked extremely funny, he was then pulled out of his thoughts when he saw Sasuke give him a stern look. He flinched back and was surprised when Sasuke tossed over another package of dishwasher gloves to him.

"What's this for?" Naruto asked curiously as he eyed the package in his hands.

"What do you think? You're going to help clean this hellhole you call a home." Sasuke said as he pulled out all the cleaning products and tried to find a place to put them, he decided to rest them on the table. He then looked back at Naruto and gave him a cold look when he noticed that he didn't put them on yet.

"What are you doing, dobe? Put on the gloves and get to work." He said sternly

"I don't have time to clean" He said straightforward "I have a mission to go to, I'll do it later."

Sasuke's eyes then turned bright red with the shringan and he gave Naruto a death glare. Naruto gulped hard and slowly back out of the kitchen and then made a mad dash to the door. He was almost home free when he saw a flash of blue and white made they way to the front door and blocked his way out. He freaked out when he saw it was Sasuke with his red shringan eyes sending death glares to him.

"I don't give a damn about your mission." He said harshly "Your new mission is to get your butt in that kitchen and clean." He said as he blocked his one and only exist to the outside world. Naruto gave him a indifferent look and crossed his arms, this in turned pissed Sasuke off.

"I said I'll do it later, right now I have a mission." He said as he tried to make his way to the door, but he was stopped when he was pinned against the door by Sasuke.

"I said that your new mission is to get your butt back in that kitchen and clean it or I'll ring your little neck." He said harshly as he then dropped Naruto and stood in front of him looking down at him with his red sharingan eyes. "Now, GET YOUR BUTT IN THE KITCHEN NOW!" Sasuke said as he saw Naruto jump in fear and quickly put the gloves on and made a mad dash back to the kitchen. Sasuke then gave a smirk and allowed his eyes to return to normal as he causally walked back to the kitchen.

When he walked back to the kitchen, he was shocked to see Naruto doing the dishes. He blinked once and rubbed his eyes, when he was sure that he wasn't dreaming he gave a small smirk at the shinobi in front of him. He shook his head and then grabbed a garbage bag and started to throw out all of the old newspapers and Raman cups out. They continued cleaning the kitchen in silence and after a half an hour they were done. They then headed to the living room and had that cleaned in an hour an a half. Sasuke was sweeping the floor while Naruto was on the couch nearly passed out. He turned to Naruto and gave him a pissed look.

"Oi…Dobe…quit slacking off…we're not done yet…get your butt off the couch." He said as he leaned on the broom and stared at Naruto. Naruto was spread out on the couch with one hand over his forehead and the other hanging over the side. He let out a deep sigh and turned his head to Sasuke in compete disbelief.

"Oh Come on Sasuke…I'm tired and I still have that mission to go on, can I just rest for a while?" He whined

"Not until this place is clean." He said as he walked over to Naruto. "We still have your room, the bathroom and the laundry to do before you can leave."

"Well, we don't have to worry about the bathroom, it's already done." Naruto said confidently

Sasuke just gave him a look that pretty much read 'are you serious?' after seeing the kitchen and living room in the conditions that they were in and most likely thinking that the bathroom and his room would be in the same condition. He really did not believe a word that he said.

"You're just full of it." Sasuke said plainly "I don't believe a word that you just said."

Naruto turned his head to Sasuke and gave him a raised eyebrow and sat up on the couch and stared at him hard. Then he tilted his head sideways and then gave him a smirk. This in turn confused the hell out of Sasuke.

"You don't believe me, do you?" He said with a hidden smirk

"No, not at all." He said plainly

"Ok, then I guess I'm going to have to show you." Naruto said as he got up and headed towards the bathroom. "Follow me" He said out of the room

Sasuke shrugged his shoulders and followed him to the bathroom door. They stood there for about two minutes and then Naruto opened the door for Sasuke to see the room. Sasuke's eyes then grow wide in shook at what he saw. The bathroom was spotless and flawless, everything sparkled and the floor was so spotless that you could literally eat off it. It even smelled clean.

Sasuke could not believe it. He turned to Naruto with his mouth open agape pointing at the bathroom and then at him, gasping for air with his mouth opening and closing like a fish. He was in awe and he could not believe it.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" He shouted in shook "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"

"What's the matter? The bathroom is clean isn't that what you wanted it to be?" Naruto asked curiously

"YES!" He shouted still in shook "your bathroom is in perfect condition. WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THAT?"

"OK…you lost me" Naruto said with a raised eyebrow

"I mean your bathroom is beautiful." Sasuke said roughly

"Why, thank you." Naruto said happily "That's very sweet of you to say."

"That wasn't a complement." Sasuke said roughly "Why is it that your bathroom looks amazing while the rest of your place looks like crap?"

"Why?" Naruto asked puzzled "Well, that's a stupid question."

"It's stupid…in what way." He said with a raised eyebrow

"Well, it would just be unsanitary if the bathroom was dirty and also really nasty." Naruto said informatively

Sasuke was so in shook that he fall backwards (anime style) "I give up on you…Dobe…you're a hopeless cost." He said in disbelief

"I love you too buddy." Naruto said jokingly

"Oh yeah." Sasuke said with giving him a weird look "You lost it."

Naruto just gave a simple chuckle "Come on; let's just finish this so I can leave." He said as he made his way out of the bathroom. Sasuke agrees and headed out when he noticed what looked like a closet door next to the exit and then decided to open it and was shocked when he saw a small washing machine and dryer. He then turned to Naruto.

"Are you kidding me?" he said in disbelief "You have a washing machine and dryer?" he was in shock, just what more surprises awaited him in this fun house, that Naruto calls a home.

"Yeah, doesn't everybody?" Naruto asked as he shrugged his shoulders. That did it; Sasuke then sweat dropped and fell backwards as whirls where swirling in his eyes. Naruto looked down at him in complete confusion.

"Hey Sasuke, are you okay." He asked worriedly

'Kami-sama, please give me the patience that I need for I'm living with the biggest and most clueless Dope on the face of this plant.' Sasuke thought as he remand on the floor wondering if this was his punishment for leaving Konaha, and wondering if he truly disserves this kind of punishment.


TBC….
Well that's it for now….sorry it took so long, I promise that it will be better next chapter. since next chapter we get to see more Sasuke and Sakura as she waits up. I hope I didn't make Sasuke and Naruto too OOC. Well until next time….Ja ne…and don't forget to click the purple button "Submit Review: Go" I really would like to hear from you.