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Ch. 9

*Naruto's POV*

knock,knock.

"Deidara, open the door." I sighed, recognizing Itachi's voice.

"Dei's in the shower, ho. Come back in an hour, if your lucky he'll hurry and actually be out of the shower by then." I laughed as Itachi just walked through the door, knowing it was unlocked.

"Naruto, you're an idiot. Someone could just…walk into your house… or-" I shot up, hearing the second voice.

"Sasuke, stop worrying so much. I thought you were over your little crush on Naruto?" Itachi chuckled lightly, Sasuke's face turning a dark pink as he entered the house.

"What are you doing here, Teme?" I stood, getting off the couch, and walking in front of Sasuke, ignoring Itachi's comment.

"I-I…Itachi dragged me here. I don't…I don't know what I'm doing anymore…" His voice was very quiet- uncharacteristically so for Sasuke.

"Wh-what…what are you talking about? If you don't want to be here, than leave, teme."

"I…look, I.. I want to be here! I want to see you again…I want to talk to you-like human beings, not like robots in an office building! I miss you, and I hate myself for saying all of this, because it's all probably just going in one ear, flowing out the other ear for you. And on top of that, you probably hate me for being such an ass, and even more so now that our dads are…God!" Sasuke grabbed me, his hands tight on my shoulders, and pulled me forward. I barely registered the movement, before his mouth was on mine.

He started to pull away, and I could feel the warm wetness on his cheeks now. I pulled him closer, hugging him tightly to me.

"I don't hate you, Sasuke. It's…Life is just complicated…" He nodded, wrapping his arms around my neck. It felt nice, having him like this. His body was warm where his sweatshirt-clad chest pressed against my bare one. Hs smell brought back memories I hadn't let myself think about for a long time.

"Don't go thinking I'm some sissy because I actually cried, either, dobe." I laughed, his fist weakly colliding with my shoulder.

"Oh, the almighty Sasuke Uchiha? A sissy? If I thought that, it wouldn't be because your crying like a baby, Sasuke." I laughed, kissing his nose and lightly pinching Sasuke's cheeks, his face twisting into a scowl.

"Knock it off, dobe!" He giggled, my hands moving down to his sides, tickling his sensitive spots.

"Never!" I tackled him onto the couch, kissing down his neck, backup to his cheeks, and placing a few on his nose and lips.

"St-Stop! Ah! Haha, Dobe!" Sasuke, squirmed, twisting violently, as I slowly stopped tickling him, and just gently wrapped my arms around him.

We layed on the couch for a long time, just content with holding each other. About an hour had passed before Sasuke spoke up again.

"You know this isn't going to make everything better, right?" He was trying to keep his voice light, happy, even though his words were weighed down.

I nodded, pulling him in close, and kissing his head. "Let's just forget about it, Sasuke, we both-"

"You can't just forget that! Especially not now…Naruto I know you aren't one for taking things seriously, but this relationship….our relationship, won't work if you can't handle these things. " Sasuke sat upright, hands sitting gently on my shoulders. He turned so he was facing me, still half in my lap, and leaned down, touching our foreheads.

"I know. Look, I want to take this all seriously, it's just…hard to focus with everything happening. Really…." I nervously scratched at the back of my neck, looking downward. Sasuke grabbed my hand, and pulled it into his lap, holding it with both of his hands.

"Naruto. What's happening with our fathers shouldn't be effecting our relationship. At least not like this. I know you're upset, I'm kind of ticked that they didn't even tell us about this either, and I know how upset you are about your dad and….look Naruto…you just need to think about what's really going on. You need to look at their relationship, and maybe…talk to your dad about it." I started shaking my head, I hadn't spoken to my dad since the last argument we got into, and I didn't feel like it.

"Fine. Then your coming to spend the night at my house tomorrow night, and we can deal with everything as one big, happy family." I watched as Sasuke roughly stood, walking over to the door.

"Sasuke! I…" I sighed, hearing the door open as he left, slamming shut behind him.