First of all, I have to say that I'm SOO sorry for not updating this story for a month. I've just been swamped with school and work, so I just didn't have the time to write. Forgive me XP!
I'm so happy. My story has scored me over 50 reviews. It may seem like a small number to some ((because some authors get like 2000 reviews)), but it still meant something to me! So I'm celebrating! WOOT XP lol!!
Now we see what Naruto will do! You'll have to read to find out. I decided to write most of this chapter one night when I couldn't sleep. I thought, as long as I'm not sleeping or doing anything else I might as well write. So if I ever say I haven't been sleeping much lately, remember: Lack of Sleep More Stories X3 ha, ha.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But I would like to say, that I liked Ninjas before I even heard of the manga XD lol!
Warning: Language and Boy Love. The good SasuNaru/NaruSasu moments are coming up! I swear XP.
It took the group longer to make it back to the beach house than it did to get the fair. This was mostly because Kiba was leading the other three cars and accidentally made a wrong turn and the group ended up getting lost for a half hour or so. But they did eventually make it back home. Everyone immediately went upstairs to sleep. After a tiring day at a fair and then getting lost, almost everyone was completely worn out.
Naruto slowly made his way to his and Sasuke's room. Ever since they had that conversation in the car, Naruto had been thinking. He had mostly been deciding if Sasuke liked him as more than a friend. And then there was the other thing Naruto kept thinking about.
And that was whether he should tell Sasuke about his feelings for him or not.
Naruto didn't want to embarrass himself in front of the raven if it turned out that Naruto was wrong and Sasuke did not like him. The blonde could not handle it if Sasuke completely rejected him. Naruto imagined the pale boy laughing in Naruto's face.
Naruto pulled at his hair as he approached his door. He was torn. He really wanted to talk to some one about this and what he should do in a situation like this. Unfortunately for him, the only people with whom he had ever shared the fact about him liking Sasuke were his current guardians, Jiraiya and Tsunade Sannin. Naruto thought about calling them, but it was so late. The blonde figured that the two of them would either be asleep or drunk. Either way, they wouldn't be able to help him. He was on his own.
Naruto let out a loud sigh. He then realized that he had been standing outside his room for at least five minutes. Naruto then opened the door to his room and slowly entered. As he walked into the room, he saw Sasuke pulling a blue t-shirt over his head and pulling down to hide his stomach.
Naruto swallowed and knelt down in front of his dresser. 'You can do this!' Naruto screamed in his head as he began pulling out clothes in which to sleep. 'Don't be such a wuss and tell him that you like him!!' The tan boy could feel his hands shake as he pulled out a gray shirt.
Sasuke eyed the blonde with suspicion. It was weird for the raven to see Naruto silent. Especially since the boy was normally loud and obnoxious. But the raven was not about to start a conversation just because Naruto was quiet for a change. Though, his suspicions stayed with him, Sasuke choose to ignore them and to enjoy the rare silence.
"Hey, Sasuke." Naruto finally said after a few more moments of silence.
'So much for silence.' The pale boy thought to himself with a short shake of his head. "Yeah?" Sasuke replied as he raised an eyebrow.
Naruto then paused and swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat. "I… uh…" He paused. The raven-haired boy waited for a proper sentence to come out of the blonde's mouth. "It… It's nothing. Never mind." Naruto went back to pulling out nightclothes. Sasuke gave the taller boy one more questioning glance and then crawled into his bed. His suspicions toward the blonde grew, but they were not enough for Sasuke to continue on with the conversation. If the blonde-haired boy wanted to talk (and he always did), he would.
"Whatever."
Naruto nervously looked over his shoulder to see Sasuke. He was so close to telling him and he had backed down at the very last second. He wanted to hit his head on the dresser in front of him and he would have too, if Sasuke had not been in the room with him. The blonde felt ashamed for being to cowardice to tell Sasuke, but at the same time felt relieved that the tension in the room had vanished. 'I'll tell him definitely tomorrow.' Naruto thought.
The tan boy then quickly changed clothes and crawl into his own bed. Naruto then turned out the light and laid down on his back. The sheets beneath his head rustled as he turned his head to look over at the raven beside him.
"Uh, Goodnight." Naruto said quickly. The blonde then heard a muffled response coming from the boy beside him. Naruto smiled and then drifted off to sleep.
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Naruto awoke fully rested the next morning. He sat up in his bed and stretched his arms over his head. Loud popping and cracking noises accompanied the stretches. The blonde then looked over to the bed next to his own. He let a smile creep its way onto his face. The tan boy was full with confidence this morning. And he would need it too. Naruto had spent the moments before he fell asleep to convince himself to tell Sasuke about his feelings.
Naruto had figured that today would be good a day as any to tell Sasuke about his feelings. But by the time that the tan boy had reached the bathroom, his confidence wavered. The thought of Sasuke rejecting him flashed through his brain. Now if both he and Sasuke were back home, they could avoid each other. Unfortunately, with the two stuck being roommates for ten more days, if the raven was to reject him, Naruto was not sure if he could take it.
Naruto was now rethinking his plan. 'I could always wait to tell him until we get back home.' Naruto thought to himself as he brushed his teeth. 'That way I can avoid him until school starts up again. That would work.'
Naruto then finished up in the bathroom and headed back to his and Sasuke's room to grab a change of clothes. But when Naruto entered his room, he started thinking about the subject once again.
'Though Sasuke did seem really upset about that kiss with Neji. And that could mean he really does like me.' Naruto then knelt down in front of his dresser. 'And people always say that others should just throw caution into the wind and for things when it comes to stuff like this.'
Naruto mused over several other things in his head until he came to another decision.
'All right, I'll tell him today!!' From the time Naruto changed his clothing to the time that he was eating breakfast in the kitchen, the blonde had changed his mind on the subject at least four more times. Naruto groaned as he laid his head on the kitchen table. 'Why is this so hard?!' Naruto yelled in his head.
The tan boy ruffled his messy, blonde hair in frustration. It seemed that whenever Sasuke was involved, Naruto ended up frustrated. The blonde inwardly laughed at that thought. After letting out a sigh, Naruto sat up in his chair with a look of determination.
"I've decided." Naruto said out loud to himself. "I'm going to tell him." After saying that, Naruto dug right back into his ramen. The tan boy could have sworn that noodles he was eating gave him even more courage. Then again, it could have just been Naruto's wishful thinking or love for ramen that decided that.
That courage stayed with Naruto until more people joined him downstairs. Kiba and Lee had come back from the daily morning walk (Naruto still could not believe that people willing ran everyday in the early morning) and the four girls had all come downstairs as well. Eventually, Shino and Gaara had come downstairs as well, but it was when Neji came downstairs that Naruto realized something. He was going to have a hard time finding a time and place where he and Sasuke could be alone.
Neji nodded to the blonde and gave a small smile. Even though he was still worried about confessing his feelings to Sasuke, Naruto still managed to smile back at Neji. He was truly grateful that they were able to retain their friendship after the kiss.
Neji then walked over to Lee and started chatting with the green-clad teenager. Naruto smiled at the large group of people. This vacation really was a good idea. Everyone seemed to be having so much fun; the blonde thought that he would definitely miss this place when he had to leave. Naruto then push aside the thoughts of leaving this place. That time was not going to be for quite a while and Naruto wanted to enjoy every last minute he had during this vacation.
Naruto was then pulled out of his thoughts when a certain raven-haired boy walked up to him. Sasuke held out his hand to Naruto, and the tan boy noticed that his cellphone was in his hand. "Why do you have my cellphone?" Naruto raised an eyebrow as he questioned the pale boy.
"It woke me up." Sasuke said as his face held a stoic expression. Naruto could hear the irritate tone that was carried in Sasuke's voice. "Some one must have called you."
As Naruto took the phone from the raven, he wondered who could have called him, considering that most of the people that called Naruto on his cellphone were here on vacation with him. The tan boy then checked his missed calls list and saw Tsunade's cellphone number appear at the top of the list.
Naruto then thanked Sasuke for telling him and then headed upstairs so that he could call his guardian back in privacy. He quickly redialed the number and waited for some one to pick up.
The phone rang only twice before it was answered.
"Hello?" Tsunade's voice rang into Naruto's ear. Her voice was a little shaky and her tone sounded more anxious and lower than usual. The blonde boy knew right away that something had to be wrong. He just hoped it was not anything to horrible.
"Tsunade-baachan," Naruto replied back to the woman. "I'm sorry I missed your call. Is everything all right?"
"Naruto!" Tsunade sounded panicked now. "Oh, Naruto it's horrible." It was just what Naruto did not want to hear.
The blonde swallowed. He almost did not want to know what had happened. Whatever it was, it had to be awful to make Tsunade worry. Reluctantly, Naruto spoke again. "Wha… What is it? What's wrong?" Naruto's tone was becoming louder with the intensity of the conversation.
"Naruto, it's…" Tsunade paused. The tan boy could have sworn that he heard muffled sobs coming from the phone. "It's… Jiraiya."
Naruto's whole body froze. He did not want to hear what had happened, and yet he felt that he needed to hear it. If for no other reason, he would listen so that he could at least comfort Tsunade. Naruto swallowed loudly and waited for Tsunade to speak again.
"He's… Oh, Naruto, he's in the hospital!!" It was at that point that Naruto heard his guardian openly cry for the first time since his parents' death.
I decided to make this chapter short ((really short :sweat:)). There were two reasons for this. One: I was sick when I wrote it and I felt worse when I wasn't lying down. And two: I wanted to end it at that spot. Suspense is always fun, ne?
Also… If anyone can guess what happened to Jiraiya, I'll write you a personal oneshot. My only limit to the oneshot will be that it's a Naruto one. And I only say that because writing Naruto fics seems to come easy to me. I'll write it for the first person to guess correctly.
