"...ruto..." Huh? Who's that... "Naruto..." Someone's calling my name? "Naruto!"

Narutos eyes shot open with the last call of his name and his head quickly raised from the soft blanket on Sasuke's hospital bed that Naruto was lent against.

"S-Sakura..." Naruto rubbed his eyes in an attempt to clear the sleep from them.

"How're you doing Naruto? I brought Hinata and Neji along with me. They said they wanted to see how Sasuke was doing..."

Neji was Hinatas overly protective, arrogant, and self-centred cousin. He's okay though. He never did Naruto any wrong, he just kept himself to himself. As far as Naruto was aware Neji had known Sasuke for some time, which isn't surprising seeing how they both come from such wealthy families. However, until recently Neji had been studying abroad, something the young prodigy seemed to be quite proud of.

"Neji! What're you doing here? I thought you were studying in America!" Naruto exclaimed

"Yes, until Hinata informed me of Sasukes accident, as soon as I heard about it I got the first plane back." The Hyuga explained.

"S-Speaking of which, N-Naruto, where is Sasuke?" Hinata shyly asked.

"Huh? WHA- WHERE-" Naruto jumped out of his seat, he didn't even notice the lacking presence of the Uchiha. "Did he get discharged?!" Sakura asked, beaming with excitement and relief.

"I-I didn't feel him get up.. Then again he's so skinny he could've easily slipped down the side of the bed..." Naruto pondered. "Perhaps you should ask a nurse?" Neji contributed.

The small group made their way to the nearest nurses station "W-Where's Uchiha?! Sasuke Uchiha!" Naruto seemed somewhat nervous, he had a bad feeling. "Uchiha.. Ah, he discharged himself this morning, all his vitals were fine, in fact he seemed in a hurry to get out of here... Oh, we were going to wake you up when he awoke, however he told us that wasn't necessary, what a considerate boyfriend!" The nurse beamed.

"B-b-b-boyfriend?!" Hinata dropped her head in disappointment.

"Boyfriend, eh?" Neji murmured.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Naruto blushed in embarrassment.

"Oh? But you took so much care of him! You know, this boy didn't leave his side once! It's so nice to see such good friendship these days" The nurse smiled.

"Is that right, Naruto?" Neji asked.

"W-well... Yeah... But that goes without saying! Of course I'd do that! After all its my- " Naruto stopped before he finished his sentence. If he had said how he really felt, he knew it would be troublesome.

"Ah! Nurse, did Sasuke say where he was going?! Did he go home?!" Naruto leant over the nurses desk. "Ah, well, he didn't say he was going anywhere particular" the nurse answered.

"We've gotta find him!" Naruto turned to the others.

"C-Calm down Naruto! He probably went ho-" "He didn't go home. I have a really bad feeling."

"SASUKE!"

"SASUKE-KUN"

"S-Sasuke-kun!"

"SASUKE!"

"Che', Maybe we shouldn't have split up..." Naruto uttered. The blonde whipped out his cell-phone and dialled Sasuke's number.

i"The number you have dialled is not available right now, please ha-" /i

"Dammit!" Naruto shut his phone angrily.

Ring~ Ring~ Ri- "Sasuke?!"

i"It's me Naruto, Sakura." /i

"Oh, what's up? Did you find him?"

i"N-No, he's not here... Naruto it's raining really badly, maybe we should take a break and try again lat-" /i

"No! Sakura, you and the others can take a break, I'm gonna keep looking, he could be in trouble."

i"I'm sure he's fine, Naruto! Sasuke wouldn't do anything stupid, besides its the middle of November! You're gonna freeze in this weather"/i

"...What? Wait, what'd you say?"

i"I-Its the middle of November?" /i

Naruto pulled the phone from his ear to check the date on the screen of his phone.

"It's the 21st... Shit! Shit, shit, shit!"

i"Naruto?!" /i

"I know where he is!"

i"Naru-" /i

The blonde shut his phone and began running in the opposite direction.

"10 years ago, I think it was the 21st of November... Sasuke's family we're brutally murdered. Stabbed to death in their house. All of them."

Thank you, Shikamaru...

Naruto ran desperately towards his destination hoping that he Sasuke wasn't about to do something stupid.

"Mother... Father... Everyone..." Sasuke sat respectfully in front of his family members grave-stones.

"I-I know you must be very disappointed in me... I'm sorry, but perhaps I'll do better in my next life" Sasuke raised a small dagger to his throat "Its a beautiful day... It's almost as if you're crying for me" A small tear ran down Sasukes already drenched face, mixing with the cold raindrops on his cheeks.

"But... You don't have to cry anymore... I'll be with you soon, all of you... So, so just wait a little longer, okay Summer?" Sasuke pressed the sharp blade against his cold skin, causing blood to run down his pale neck "Goodbye, everyone..."

"SASUKE!" "SASUKE!" The pale teen retracted the blade from his skin and turned his attention to the shouting coming towards him.

"Naruto..."

"Sasuke! What- What the hell are you doing?! Why did you go? Why didn't you tell me? You didn't even say goodbye, and, and you were... Why are you doing this?!" Naruto landed on his knees in front of the boy, splashing mud everywhere.

"What... are you doing here..." Sasuke bowed his head

"What do you mean, what am I doing here, teme!? I came to help you, to stop you doing something stupid!" Naruto cried

"You... why are you interfering?!" Sasuke leapt towards the blonde in anger, pinning him to the floor holding the sharp blade against Naruto's skin. "I didn't ask you to come here! I never asked you to help me!"

"S-Sasuke... Why are you crying?"

"C-Crying?! I-I'm not crying!"

Naruto raised his hand and put it against Sasukes tear filled eye to wipe away the over flowing tears.

"Cut me." Naruto calmly said

"W-what?"

"If it helps. If it'll make you feel better, you can cut me"

"Wh-why would I do that you idiot?! I don't want to hurt you! I don't want to hurt anyone, no one... I just, I just want to repent, just let me repent for my sins!"

"What sins!? Sasuke, you haven't done anything! You don't have to repent for anything! If you kill yourself, I'll hate you forever! "

Sasuke flinched

"I'll hate you! I'll never forgive you for leaving me alone! Everyone will be sad! You'll make Sakura cry! Did you know everyone's out looking for you right now?! They're all worried, and you're just being selfish!"

"S... Selfish..." Sasuke pulled the knife away from Naruto "But... But its my fault... If I hadn't... let them in... Everyone would be alive... They wouldn't be dead..."

"Do you really think your parents want you to die?! Do you think that what Summer wants!?"

Sasuke jolted and raised his head to look at Naruto.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke..." Sasuke's eyes widened, his eyes began to overflow again, but this time it wasn't just him crying. "You were put into a coma... Because of me... and... and, I'm really sorry, but, my way of repenting for hurting you wouldn't end in suicide, I just... I don't want to make you hurt."

"Naruto..."

"But I don't want you to go away! You can't leave me alone, w-we still have that report to do! Remember? I know you were asleep, but... But I feel a lot closer to you now... I spent every day with you, but I didn't mind... so... so please, just, stay with me, okay?"

Sasuke bowed his head again, and Naruto wasn't sure but, he swore he saw a small smile emit from the boy "O...Okay..." Sasuke mumbled.

"Sasuke... " Naruto smiled, then pulled Sasukes head down to push their lips together.

Although it only lasted a moment, at that time, as they lay in the mud, the rain began to lighten and the smallest speck of sunlight emerged from the sky.

iMother... Father... Everyone... You're happy now, aren't you?/i