Naruto couldn't sleep at all after Kiba asked him out on a date. He has never thought of Kiba in that way, and he certainly didn't think Kiba thought of him in that way either! Naruto is still baffled that Kiba is even gay and he would be interested in Naruto. Well, that may not be true. Kiba said that he was pleasantly surprised that Naruto was gay, but that doesn't mean that he likes him, right? He could just be asking because he doesn't know anyone else that is gay.

Shaking his head, Naruto finally sits up from his bed and begins his day. His heart begins to race and his stomach starts to flip and tumble. He doesn't know if he likes Kiba like that, but this is a nice feeling. He's never looked forward to something with so much enthusiasm.

Stopping, Naruto feels his heart shatter. What if Kiba doesn't like him after their date? What if he tells him that he doesn't like him like that? Just because they're both gay doesn't mean they'll like each other. Naruto has to sit down, these thoughts swirling around in his head, consuming him.

The rest of the morning has Naruto feeling like he's floating. It's not the good kind of floating. It's not relaxing like floating in clouds. It's more like floating deep underwater, the surface out of sight and the light gone. Sighing, his lips trembling, Naruto walks up to the train station, his eyes immediately finding Hinata… and her guest.

Naruto feels his breath being stolen as he locks eyes with Kiba, his smile brilliant. "What are you doing here?" Naruto mumbles out before his mind can even process this situation. What is happening?

"Well, good morning to you too," Kiba laughs, a weird nervousness in his voice. Naruto stays silent, his words not leaving him even though the moments turn into seconds upon seconds. Naruto feels as if his chest is being ripped open so Kiba could stab at it. Coughing, Kiba blushes slightly as he glances at Hinata. "Could I talk to you privately… for a second?" Kiba manages out, his dark eyes looking off to the side.

Pausing, Naruto feels himself relax. He is just as stressed about this date as well? Smiling, Naruto nods and heads over to a secluded corner, his blue orbs sparkling as he looks up to his brunette date. "What did you want to talk about?" Naruto inquires, his chest tightening and his breath stolen from his lungs.

"It's about our date this weekend," Kiba says weakly, his blush becoming stronger and a nice scarlet. Naruto's knees almost go weak at the gesture. Naruto almost smiles, to encourage his date. Almost. "I'm going to have to cancel."

Just like that, his world is ripped in half by another stupid boy. Naruto had no control over his lips as they drop the smile, it's fragility certain with the sound of his heart shattering. Naruto has to look away from the blushing brunette, his sapphire eyes wide and his lips pressed into a straight line. "Why?" Naruto dares to ask, his voice soft and his eyes looking off to the side.

Kiba mumbles at first, his cheeks a crimson red, but seeing no response from his blonde companion, Kiba repeats, the blush subsiding and his lips contorting into a frown. "I-I'm dating Shikamaru now… I've loved him since middle school, but, um, I couldn't confess to him… He confessed to me after we left your place… so that's why. I'm really sorry Naruto! I hope that I didn't screw anything up. I feel like such a dick. If there is anything I can do, I'll do it. I promise!" Kiba exclaims, his brows furrowing and his canine biting into his lip.

Taking a moment to look down, Naruto takes a stilling breath before looking up at his friend with an enchanting smile. "I get it Kiba. I really hope that you'll be happy," Naruto encourages before nodding towards the approaching train. Walking back towards the train is the hardest thing he has ever done. All he wants to do is walk back home and hole himself up all weekend.

"Hey Hinata, you free this weekend or are you working?" Kiba inquires sitting next to Hinata with Naruto on the other side. He didn't mind the seating arrangement. It's better to give Naruto time after all…

"Ummm, I have work until 5 on Saturday. Why?" Hinata manages to get out in her soft voice.

"I was thinking of having a party on Saturday. What do you think about it?" Kiba asks, his dark eyes glancing at the fidgeting Hyuuga. He smiles at her, his canines glowing particularly today of all days.

"Sounds great… You seem very happy today…" Hinata trails off, an unusual grin on her face as she jabs at his side. Naruto would almost say that the shy girl was teasing Kiba.

Kiba is practically bouncing out of his seat as he tries to put his thought into words. "You know how I told you a long time ago that I had a crush on a certain someone. Well, we're dating now!" Kiba yells whispers, his grin and blush almost hard to be mad at.

Naruto watches as Hinata and Kiba talk in hushed voices, their smiles and sparkling eyes weighing on his heart. Naruto has to take a couple of breaths before he can sit there with a passive face. He can't even imagine what it would have felt like if he had been the one to confess to kiba instead of vice versa. He would have been destroyed.

"Why aren't you sitting next to Kiba?" Sasuke innocently asks, his dark eyes not even looking at his blonde friend as he takes a seat next to him. It was very surprising when he felt hot breaths on his burning ears.

Naruto tentatively places his trembling fingers on Sasuke's arm as he steadies himself next to his raven friend. "Kiba canceled the date," Naruto breaths out, his voice breaking in the middle and his gorgeous blue eyes downcast.

In just an instant Sasuke had the smiling idiot in his grasp and gasping for air. "Who the fuck do you think you are?" Sasuke spits out, his usual calm and cold appearance a blazing fire. When Kiba didn't try to explain anything, Sasuke tightened his group around the mutt's constricting throat.

Suddenly Naruto has his arms wrapped around Sasuke's waist, his weight gentle and soft against Sasuke's back. Before he can process that he had his blonde angel wrapped around him, Sasuke's wrist is suddenly in pain, a strong hand crushing the frail wrist.

Shikamaru stands there, his fingers digging into Sasuke's wrists and his small eyes glaring daggers. Seconds go on by before Sasuke looks at the struggling brunette before he reluctantly let's go and jerks his wrist from Shikamaru's grasp.

"Stop fucking around, idiots," Sasuke growls, his obsidian eyes producing a menacing glare as he sits back down, his trembling blonde still holding onto his waist. Sasuke takes the moment when everyone sits back down to bring his hand up and into Naruto's golden locks, his shaking fingers trying to sooth the both of them to a calm state.

Naruto retracts his arms and instead opts to hold onto Sasuke's shirt as he leans on him, his blonde strands hiding is dark blue eyes. Naruto stays like that the rest of the train ride, his mind swirling around the events of the last 24 hours. It takes all of his will to not break down and cry. He feels as if this chapter in his life has been scrapped before he could write anything. It's just not fucking fair…

With only a couple more stops left in the train ride, Naruto couldn't help but peer around Sasuke's chest and look at the happy couple sitting a couple seats away. They were laughing per usual, but there was a new sense of happiness filling every word and touch they share. Taking a deep breath, Naruto let out all his despair in one quiet whimper as he stuffs his face into Sasuke's side a little more.

Gasping, Sasuke peers down at his snuggling blonde and feels his heart break for Naruto. It is not hard to notice the trembling body pressing against him or the warm droplets soaking his white uniform. Sasuke has to bite his lip so he wouldn't turn around and either punch Kiba or take Naruto in his arms and kiss him until he forgets that stupid, nasty, unforgivable fool. He gently pulls his bag from the floor and brings it into his lap to hide Naruto from any unwanted attention as well as sneak Naruto his handkerchief.

The last stop rolls around and Naruto takes the commotion to dab at his sparkling eyes and take a couple deep breaths. Naruto finally relaxes into his raven companion and enjoys his warmth for the first time that train ride. As their school comes into the distance, Naruto tries to pull away but Sasuke pulls him back down. Sasuke's mesmerizing fingers in his blonde locks continue their playful nature. It's not until the train stops that Sasuke pulls away and let's Naruto sit up and fix his hair.

The two if them stay quiet, Naruto following close to Sasuke's side as their companions talk around them, their voices only a bother in this instance. The two of them silently thank the gods that their lockers are right next to each other, their close proximity staying in tact. As they walk towards their class, Sasuke is completely content to keep this moment unspoken, but is thrown off kilter when a small voice comes out of nowhere.

"Thanks so much, Sasuke," Naruto whispers, his dazzling orbs connecting with Sasuke's widened ones the first time that morning. As Naruto finally walks in front of Sasuke, his shoulders hunched and his arms crossed, Sasuke lets a very faint blush spread through his face.

Sasuke hums, his step springing a little more than usual as he follows after his blonde angel. Sometime in the past couple of weeks, Sasuke's seat has shifted over one to the left to be right next to Naruto. They both can't recall when it happened, but neither are complaining now when they take their seats.

"Hey Naruto, want to come over tonight after practice? I've got a new game that we could play," Sasuke offers, his dark eyes giving a sideways glance at the blonde unpacking his stuff.

"Mmmm, sure," Naruto concedes, a brilliant smile taking a hold of Sasuke's heart, but the smile went away just as fast as it came as Kiba and Shikamaru come into the class hanging on each other and fooling around: fooling around with Naruto's poor heart.

Sasuke glowers at the two brunettes as Kiba sits behind Naruto and Shikamaru behind Sasuke. The glare bounces right off of the two love birds as their lovestruck eyes only saw each other. Huffing, Sasuke turns his attention back to his sullen blonde, his lips turning into a frown. It stings his heart so much to see Naruto in so much pain. He couldn't even imagine what he would have done if Kiba broke it up after their date. He would literally be arrested for murder.

The day goes on with the two of them sticking close, even during practice when they would pair up for every drill. It got to the point that Sasuke was on cloud nine with all this extra time he spent with his favorite angel. He could barely contain the smile that is trying to push itself on Sasuke's usual passive face. Sasuke couldn't even spare the abomination that is Kiba a thought as he leaves practice with Naruto.

Walking to the train station with his Naruto, Sasuke feels ease as he would occasionally brush his shoulder against Naruto's. Naruto is babbling on about some play they did at practice, his usual fire finally returning after a very melancholy day. Sasuke is so happy that he barely notice Naruto stop and smile up at him. Sasuke almost leans in to kiss those delectable lips. Almost.

"What's that smile for?" Naruto asks, his words taken right out of Sasuke's mouth.

Sasuke blinks at his blonde companion and blushes when he realizes that he is smiling and quite openly. He quickly brings up his hand to hide the rare smile, his lips not ready to go back to their usual frown. Humming, Sasuke couldn't think of an excuse quick enough. He's smiling simply because Naruto is happy.

Naruto watches as Sasuke attempts to will away the quite cute smile, his attempts futile it seems. Instead of pressing the issue farther, Naruto laughs the situation off and bumps into the raven playfully before running ahead, only looking back to smile at Sasuke. He gets the hint and races after Naruto as they compete for the last leg of their journey to the train station.

Before they could argue who got there first, the train announces its departure and they lunge into the train just in time. After taking a couple of breaths, the pair looks at each other and burst out laughing. They bask in their exhaustion as they crash onto the bench, their shoulders brushing against one another as they take their deep breaths. Enjoying the unusually empty train, the two of them sit in a peaceful silence as the sky rolls over into darkness.

Naruto takes this time to lean on Sasuke's shoulder and let the tension from today's events out in a sigh. He couldn't fathom getting through this day without his raven friend and he has to stop a second after that thought. Just a month ago he wanted to punch his face in, but now he's a close friend. Naruto has to hide his blush as he thinks about how embarrassing it is to have a punching bag with Sasuke's face on it. He needs to get rid of that stat.

He almost chuckles, but wills away the laugh to conserve the peace. Still, it is quite odd to be sitting here with his head on Sasuke and not shake in fear or disgust. He has no idea where those decade old feeling went, but they almost feel childish now. Almost. He hates to think about the past now that they have gotten pretty close, but has Sasuke ever apologized for his torture? Naruto's sure he's had to… but he can't recall such an instance.

A dark cloud begins to form in Naruto's head as he continues to think about the past beginning from a month ago. Sasuke has made his life hell and he's just going to forgive him now that's he's being friendly? To be fair, Sasuke is going out of his way to be friendly for unknown reasons. It's quite odd now that Naruto thinks about it.

Biting down on his lip, Naruto scares himself with the thought the has already forgiven Sasuke. Naruto sits up from his increasingly uncomfortable position and forces a smile at Sasuke's questioning eyes.

"I think I'm just going to go home and rest. We'll play the game another time, yeah?" Naruto asks almostly rhetorically as he sits with a little bit of a distance between the two. Sasuke hums in agreement and spends the rest of the ride looking out the window.

Naruto feels slightly guilty when Sasuke gets off at his stop and throws him a quick wave before being left behind for the night. Sitting there now in an almost completely empty train car, Naruto lets out a quiet curse. His day has just been a whirlwind of emotions. First it's good and then it's bad and then good and then bad and then a really good good and now he's making it bad in his head all by himself.

Letting out a very frustrated sigh, Naruto picks up his things and heads home for the night. He just needs to sleep it off and stop getting in his head about the stupidest stuff.

That night, instead of getting a well deserved rest, all Naruto could think of was the date that'll never be. Naruto doesn't even try to will away the tears and just let's them fall from his tan cheeks without so much of a wipe. He just lays there in the dark thinking about how stupid he is. After much pitiful crying, Naruto rolls over and reaches into his bag for the silk handkerchief. He has to give Sasuke a smile for the kind gesture as he wipes away all of the fallen tears. Instead of wallowing in more self pain, Naruto finally falls asleep with a gentle smile.

The next day and Naruto wakes up to a text from Sasuke telling him that practice is cancelled and another from Kiba apologizing again about the date and asking if he wanted to come over for a party tonight. Naruto feels another round of tears coming, but this time he wills them away and instead texts Sasuke a heart emoticon and Kiba a message saying he'll go.

Rolling out of his bed, Naruto goes over to his desk and wake up his computer. His heart flutters a bit as he sees a message from his online friend.

RedEyedRaven13: Good luck on your date!

Naruto frowns a little at the message, but decides to use this opportunity to get a little bit of advice from his gay friend which just happens to be online.

OrangeSpiral9: Heyyyy Raven. Thanks for the good luck. I actually already had my date yesterday… It didn't go as I had hoped.

RedEyedRaven13: Oh, that sucks. What happened?

OrangeSpiral9: Mmmm, we just didn't click all that much. Plus he admitted that he has unrequited feelings for another guy. It's actually a bummer. I feel like it ended before I could try for something. Plus he still wants to be friends. It kinda sucks.

RedEyedRaven13: Dang, that sounds like it's awful. Seems like it's quite frustrating when you have to close a door when it's barely opened. I'm currently trying to open up a door myself and I would be devastated if it opened a little just to slam in my face. I'm really sorry that happened, Spiral.

OrangeSpiral9: Yeah, it does suck, but I gotta move on no matter how hard it'll be. Ugh, it's whatever. I'm over it. It was my first date ever as well. Any advice on how to go back to normal?

RedEyedRaven13: Mmmm, I don't know if I'm the best advice giver. I've gone on a couple dates with a couple girls, but never a guy before. I haven't really given myself the opportunity to go out with a guy. I'm still kind of in the closest. Anyway, normality? I don't know if that'll happen after going on a date with him. Did you know him prior to the date?

OrangeSpiral9: Yeah… He's a good friend I guess.

RedEyedRaven13: Hmmm… Then maybe you'll be able to see him as that friend instead of that guy you didn't work out with. When I went out with those girls I saw them only as those girls I went out with and then didn't. I didn't really have a normal to go back to. I hope you guys get back there. If you want to.

Naruto jumps a little as his phone starts to ring. Pursing his lips, he uncrosses his legs and make his way off his chair and to his bed where his phone is ringing eerily. Naruto almost mutes the phone when he see's Kiba's name but thinks back to his current chat with his online friend. He grudgingly answers the phone.

"Hey Kiba. What's up?" Naruto tries to ask as 'normally' as possible as he sits back at his desk.

"Hey Naruto! I was wondering if I could hang out at your house before my party today. I'm visiting Hinata at her workplace so I thought I'd walk over there," Kiba insists, his voice a little nervous.

Sitting there for a second, Naruto reels his mind for an answer. Muting his phone so Kiba couldn't hear his end, Naruto typed a quick question to his friend.

OrangeSpiral9: Hey, my friend that I had a date with called to hang out. Do you think I should?

RedEyedRaven13: Hmmm, maybe if you want to go back to normal. I don't know. This is out of my element.

Humming at Raven's reply, Naruto unmutes the call and answers before Kiba could ask again, "I don't know if it'll okay, honestly."

"... Yeah, I know, but maybe we can make it okay? I'd like to talk about. I feel I couldn't really explain myself all that well yesterday," Kiba starts to whisper. Naruto could almost hear Kiba's regret in his voice.

Naruto has to sigh into the phone as he looks at the chat once more. "Okay, fine. Ring the doorbell and I'll come down to get you… See you then."

"Yep, see ya!" Kiba exclaims before hanging up immediately.

Biting down on his lip, Naruto spins in his chair once before sliding under the desk. Ugh.

OrangeSpiral9: Hey, I'm back. So I guess I'm gonna hang out with him. I don't know how it'll go. I don't know how I want it to go is really what I'm nervous about. He already has this other guy he likes, so I don't want to date him, but… unfortunately it'll be pretty painful to be friends with him.

RedEyedRaven13: That sounds really rough. Sounds like my predicament. It's pretty painful to see this guy and know I'll probably never get a shot with him. It kinda sucks to be gay, huh?

OrangeSpiral9: Yep. Especially in our area. There really isn't any openly gay people in our school. It's kind of a damper when I'm trying to fall in love, ha ha.

RedEyedRaven13: Mmmm, yeah. I can't wait to fall in love with someone and then have someone fall in love with me. I'm so happy and jealous of my brother because of his happiness with his boyfriend. I don't know how he's that lucky.

OrangeSpiral9: Awwww you'll find someone. Maybe that guy you're pinning after will look your way.

RedEyedRaven13: Maybe. I dunno. Seems a little hopeless.

OrangeSpiral9: Awww, don't say that! Have you put the moves on him yet?

RedEyedRaven13: Uh, kind of? I just don't think he sees me that way so he doesn't really see my advances.

OrangeSpiral9: Are you guys friends?

RedEyedRaven13: Mmmm I guess we are. I've known him for a long while so I guess we are.

OrangeSpiral9: Awwww, you're in the friend zone, aren't you?

RedEyedRaven13: Ugh, please don't say that. I really hope not… But I think you're right.

OrangeSpiral9: Oh shit. Gotta go. My friend is here. See ya!

RedEyedRaven13: Later.

RedEyedRaven13 Logs off.


So so so so so sorry that it's been forever since my last update! It's been 10 months and I have nothing to say other than I'm sorry and that I had a writer's block. Like I didn't write anything for these past 10 months. I'm starting to get a little inspiration back so hopefully I'll be putting out content more often. I had to stop myself at the end to end the chapter there so I'll be starting the next chapter right after I'm done posting this.

Thanks so much for reading and don't forget to leave a comment! Love you all!