Let's do this thing.

When we were 16

Sasuke made a quick turn to the entryway of his home. He nearly lunged at the door, hoping to make it there before being caught by his brother. No such luck. Sasuke was one foot from the door when Itachi slid in front of him.

"Where're you goin'?" He asked accusingly. Before Sasuke could answer, however, Itachi's partner in crime – and husband, as it was – interjected.

"I bet he's going to see his little boyfriend." A snicker. Sasuke growled and then stamped his foot and yelled,

"Naruto is not my boyfriend! Itachi! Tell Kisami to shut up!"

Itachi made no move to quite his husband, but instead continued to bombard Sasuke for information on his plans for the day. "Well it certainly looks like he must be, since you're dressing like that to go see him." A wry grin.

"What's wrong with this?" Sasuke asked, frowning and looking down at his chosen outfit.

"Well for one thing, your shirts riding up. And then I don't even want to know how you got pants that tight onto yourself. They look painted." Kisami answered for Itachi.

"Naruto says I look good in this outfit!" Sasuke didn't realize the mistake until it had tumbled over his lips. "I mean…!"

"Oooooh! Someone has a crush!!!" Kisami drew out, laughing at the same time.

"Where are you guys going?" Itachi questioned

"Out."

"Where?"

Sasuke sighed; he was going to be late. He might as well be straightforward. "To the park."

"You're going in public wearing that?"

"Yes! I am! Can I leave now?!"

Without waiting for an answer, Sasuke pushed his way to the door, pulled it open, stepped out, and slammed it shut.

The journey to the park was familiar and short, and in but a few minutes he was at the tree that had been their meeting place for as long as Sasuke could remember.

The funny thing was, though, that Naruto wasn't there. Sasuke was sure he was at least 10 minutes late; and although Naruto wasn't known for his punctuality, he was usually on time more or less to see Sasuke.

Sasuke openly gasped as something – or, rather, someone – grabbed him from behind in an affectionate hug.

"Your laaate!" Naruto whined, squeezing his best friend.

Sasuke let out a sigh of relief and tilted his head back. "Where were you hiding?"

"Behind the tree, duh."

Sasuke made a move to turn around but was stopped by Naruto's hands on his shoulders.

"Nah, ah, ah!" Naruto said, and Sasuke could nearly hear the grin in his words. "I've got a surprise for you, today, say still.

Sasuke jerked back when an orange bandanna was whipped across his eyes and securely knotted in the back. "What the hell, Naruto?"

"Come on, like I said, I have a surprise, I won't let you hit anything, I promise."

Sasuke took a hesitant step forward. "Naruto, you can't even walk by yourself with out falling, and you're expecting me to allow you to be responsible for me too?"

The brunette laughed jokingly and Naruto chuckled as well. "Don't worry about it. If you die, you can kill me, deal?"

"Deal."

A few moments of silence.

"Wait..!"

Naruto laughed happily at his best friend's realization before shushing him and pushing him quicker along the path to their destination.

After about five minutes, Naruto halted Sasuke.

"Okay, we're here."

Sasuke reached for his blindfold and pulled it up. He let out a hardly stifled gasp as he realized where they were. "I haven't been here in years."

"I know me either. I thought it would be nice to re-visit, you like it?"

The two were standing in front of the peaceful lake that had once been in the constant play area of their childhoods. After the mishap with the rocks, neither had really come back.

Sasuke breathed a "Yeah" before sitting at the waters edge. Naruto fallowed quickly behind sitting next to the other teen. Sasuke tensed, "Not going to push me in, are you?" He let out a week laugh.

Naruto giggled, "No, I learned my lesson last time, promise."

Sasuke smiled and leaned his head on the blonde's shoulder. They sat like that for a minute or so before Sasuke sighed and quietly said, "This is the best surprise ever."

There was a moment of silence before Naruto responded in a slightly nervous tone. "Actually, this is only half of the surprise…"

"Oh? What's the other half?" Sasuke pulled his knees up so he was facing Naruto who was still looking out over the lake.

"I, um, remember in 9th grade when you told me you liked me?"

Sasuke paled a bit. He and Naruto really hadn't talked about that since. It was a touchy subject. "Ah…yes."

A cough. "Well, do you still? I mean, do you still like me?"

Sasuke bit his lip. Of course he still liked Naruto. He'd been head over heels in love with him for forever, as far as he was concerned. However, Sasuke was barely able to whisper a nearly inaudible "Yes."

Naruto looked like he was going to say something, but stopped, turned, looked at Sasuke, and took a deep breath. Before Sasuke knew what happened, he was lying with his back on the grass with his best friend's lips firmly attached to his.

The moment was over quickly and Naruto pulled away, but stayed over Sasuke, on his hands and knees. "I like you, too. Sorry it took me so long to figure it out."

Sasuke couldn't answer, but threw his arms around Naruto's neck and pulled him down, demanding another kiss from him.

Sometimes all you need is a little patience.

LA FIN

Hey, I was thinking about changing the name of this to Patience? Whaddya think?

Anyways, that's the end!

Hope you like it!