"But Chouji!" Ino whined pathetically. She had asked friend to come to the Yamanaka flower shop after she saw Sasuke and Naruto together, to ask for his help in splitting them up, but he was being very difficult. He wasn't listening to anything she was saying, and it was driving her crazy. Wasn't Chouji her friend? Didn't he care about her at all? Weren't friends supposed to help one another out? If so, than why was Chouji being so difficult?
"I said no, Ino." Chouji said seriously. He saw how much the Uchiha and Uzumaki loved each other. He wasn't going to break them up. They were finally happy, not a care in the world.
"But isn't there anyone you love? Isn't there someone you want to be with?" Ino asked. And for a moment, Chouji froze, thinking she'd found out. But she didn't, she was simply trying to prove a point.
"Of course." He responded, and his ex-teammate gasped.
"Really? Who is it? How come you never told me?" She asked, excited for her friend.
"Don't worry about it, it's not ever going to happen between us anyway. But Ino, tell me something. Sasuke and Naruto are happy together, right?" He asked, his tone of voice being very serious.
"Well, it seems that way, but-" Ino began, but Chouji cut her off before she could babble on about anything else.
"If you really love Sasuke like you say you do, let him go. Let him be happy with Naruto, we all know that they love each other very much." Chouji said as he gathered up his things, and walked to the door of the flower shop.
"It hurts, to see the one you love crushing on another. But that's how life is sometimes…" He said as he opened the door, shutting it behind him, leaving Ino shocked at his words.
"Well, he's acting a bit weird. Fine, if he won't help me, I'll just do it myself!"
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"You're warm, dobe." Sasuke said as he pulled his hand away from Naruto's forehead. The blond was currently laying in his bed, curled up. When he didn't show up to meet Sasuke for a spar, the raven got a bit worried about him and went back home to check up on him. He hadn't seen Naruto for a day, because Sasuke was on a mission, but the blond was fine before Sasuke left him.
"I'm fine, teme!" Naruto said as he sat up, suddenly feeling a bit dizzy. Naruto was currently living in the Uchiha mansion, but the couple didn't share a room yet. Instead, Naruto's room was located directly across from Sasuke's, which didn't stop the raven from sneaking in his room at night to watch him sleep.
"You're pale too. Go back to sleep, I'll get Tsunade to come check on you." Sasuke said as he pulled the covers over his boyfriend, making sure he was warm enough so he wouldn't get even sicker. It was rather strange, because Naruto never got sick. Sasuke could never recall a time where Naruto ever felt under the weather, so it made him a bit worried to see his blond boyfriend pale and warm.
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"Good! That stuff worked! I'm glad it made him sick like the guy said it would. Naruto is a hard person to get sick, so I doubt he'll even stay sick for that long. Now all I have to do is corner Sasuke before he gets to Tsunade-sama." Ino whispered to herself as she made her way towards Sasuke. She called out for him and he turned to her in annoyance. He never really had any interaction with her, and he was wondering why she was bothering him when he was trying to get to Tsunade to have her check on Naruto.
"Sasuke-kun, there's something I need to tell you." She began.
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"Sakura-san, calm down, and please wait!" Lee called out to his enraged girlfriend. Chouji had told Lee and Sakura everything. He told them how Ino was planning to sabotage Sasuke and Naruto's newfound relationship. It made Sakura extremely mad, because she knew how much they loved each other. If anything, Ino helped them, but when she found out that Ino wanted to split them up, she felt as though it was her duty to save them.
"How can you tell me to calm down? Sasuke and Naruto love each other, and now Ino-pig wants to split them up? I don't want that!" Sakura answered, before turning away. She had to get to Sasuke before Ino did.
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"What?" Sasuke asked after the blond girls explanation.
"Yeah, I'm so sorry. I never meant it to happen this way." She said. She wanted to smile so badly, because she knew Sasuke believed her. Well, of course he did, because she was telling the truth. She told him that she borrowed Naruto's body for the confession. It was all the truth. She just never mentioned that Naruto really did feel the same.
Sasuke didn't say anything in response to Ino's apology. He felt hurt, but he didn't show it. He just seemed mad, very mad. Instead of heading towards The Hokage tower, he head back in the direction of the Uchiha estate.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura called out as the Uchiha neared his home. He looked angry, which made Sakura fear the worse.
"What is it?" He asked, annoyed. He didn't want to deal with anyone right now. He had to talk to Naruto, to see if it was true.
"Ino, did she-"
"You knew! You knew about it?" He yelled, not even giving her a chance to explain. He opened the door and slammed it in her face, enraged that he was being used by Naruto, the only person he loves.
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"Naruto, get up!" Sasuke yelled as he threw open the door to the blond's room. Said blond was still sleeping peacefully, so Sasuke walked over to him and shook him harshly. Naruto whimpered slightly and opened his eyes, feeling worse than he had before.
"Wha? Sasuke, what's going on?" Naruto asked, suddenly feeling like he was going to throw up.
"What was the point to this? What did you think you were going to gain? Or was it all some stupid prank of yours? Yes, that's it. You wanted to see if Uchiha Sasuke was able to love and show emotions. That's it, isn't it?" Sasuke yelled.
"Sasuke, what are you talking about?" Naruto yelled back, holding his head. He felt miserable, and having his boyfriend yell at him made it even worse.
"Don't give me that! The whole thing with Ino! She took your body and confessed her love to me. I thought it was you, and told you my feelings. And now I find out it's just a prank?"
Naruto's eyes widened in realization. So that was what had happened! It had been driving Naruto crazy! But it really did work out for the better, although, Sasuke was extremely pissed about it now.
"Sasuke, can you let me explain first? Please?" Naruto asked.
"You better hurry up, dobe. And you better tell me the truth." Sasuke warned.
"Sasuke, that day I confessed to you, Ino took my body. I've been trying to figure out what happened! You never gave me the time to ask what happened, so I let it go, because I really do love you. So I figured, we're together, so what does it matter how it happened? I'm happy, and you're happy, so there's nothing really wrong with it." Naruto explained.
"Nothing wrong? Why didn't you tell me in the first place?" Sasuke asked.
"I tried teme! But you didn't let me!" Naruto yelled back.
"Get out Naruto, I'm sick of you." Sasuke said.
"What? I live here!" Naruto said, coughing slightly.
"I don't care. Get out. I don't want to see your face right now!" Sasuke exclaimed. Naruto slowly got out of the bed and changed his clothes. He felt like he was going to faint, but he ignored the feeling, as he made his way out of the house and over to Iruka's.
Ino watched Naruto as he sadly walked towards Iruka-sensei's house. She looked up at the window and saw Sasuke. The Uchiha looked sad, and hurt. Ino didn't want it to be like that! She wanted them to split up, so she can make a move on Sasuke. Now, everything was going wrong, because she felt guilty.
"What have I done?"
