Summary: Why don't you know the summary yet?? Sasuke and Naruto fought again and Sasuke gets sick, so Naruto brings him back to Konoha, in the hopes that he'll want to stay.

Warning: Yaoi (SasuNaru), cursing, and maybe suggestive stuff later on… spoilers and OOCness… Naruto's really moody… and somebody is drunk….. QUESTIONABLE CONDUCT!!

Disclaimer: No wonder I don't own Naruto… I'm so mean to him and Sasuke o.o I'M SORRY!!

Chapter 10: And I take mine…

He didn't know how he got there but at this point Naruto found he didn't really care either. He didn't care if the sake burned his throat, he didn't care if Sai was simply sitting there watching him with a single raised eyebrow, he didn't care that he was steadily become completely drunk, he just didn't care.

He took another sip of his drink and found himself swaying slightly. He didn't know, or care, how much he'd had to drink, he'd simply drink it till he couldn't think, or feel, anymore.

"Naruto… what's wrong??" Sai asked nervously from next to him, confusion obvious in his tone.

Naruto grunted and took another drink.

Sai sighed and grabbed the top of the bottle before Naruto could take another drink. "Naruto what's wrong with you?" he asked again, determination now in his voice to replace the confusion.

Naruto looked at him and then at the hand on the bottle. "Let go Sai…" he said quietly, not taking his eyes off the hand.

"Naruto I need you to tell me what's wrong, I want to help…" Sai said his hand twitching slightly. "Please?"

Naruto blinked, "No…"

"Was it a bond? I want to know Naruto, did someone hurt you? Did they break your bond?"

"No Sai damnit! I broke the bond, now give me back my damn drink!" Naruto shouted slapping Sai's hand off his drink.

Sai sighed again and this time put his hand on Naruto's arm, "Naruto tell me what happened…"

"I just did idiot!" Naruto growled shrugging off Sai's hand and drinking more of his sake.

"No you didn't Naruto, you yelled at me, I want you to tell me what happened…" Sai wasn't asking anymore, he was demanding but even in his drunken state Naruto could still here the sincerity behind Sai's voice.

"I skrewed up Sai…"

"What did you skrew up Naruto?" Sai's voice was patient and understanding and Naruto found himself feeling relieved that someone was willing to listen without bias.

"I said something I shouldn't have and I upset him… and now I don't know what I'm supposed to do…"

"Are you afraid?"

"Of what?"

"Are you afraid of what you're supposed to do?"

"I told you Sai, I don't know what I'm supposed to do…"

"I think you do… I think you're just too afraid to do it…"

Naruto was becoming iritated with Sai's bluntness and he growled at him, "What's it matter to you? You're not the one who has to do it!"

Sai blinked and gave Naruto a look of disbelief, "I care Naruto… that's why it matters, I care about you, and if you're upset, then I want to make you feel better…"

Naruto looked over at Sai and stared. Sai had said it like it was a simple statement, a fact of life, something everyone should know…

Naruto started shaking and he set down his bottle of sake. "But what am I supposed to do? I don't want to tell him how I feel…"

Sai placed his hand on Naruto's arm again. "Who, Naruto?"

Naruto looked at the hand and then at Sai, "Sasuke…"

Sai blinked and sighed. A small smile of relief came on his face, it was so simple and yet he could understand why Naruto was so upset.

Sai leaned in and hugged Naruto, keeping his one hand on Naruto's arm and rubbing his back with the other. "You're an idiot Naruto…" he chuckled slightly.

"I know…" Naruto said quietly, not resisting the hug at all.

"I know…" he repeated returning the hug as best he could in his state, burrying his face into Sai's shoulder. "I know…"

….

Outside in the rain stood a lone figure watching the exchange through the glass of the bar. The figure was soaked dispite the thin looking coat on his shoulders. He wore no umbrella, hood, or hat, and his hair had become plastered to his face.

Sai leaning in seemed to happen in slow motion and Sauske blinked when Naruto didn't fight it. It seemed like Naruto was going to cry and Sasuke watched as Naruto returned the hug and bury his face into Sai.

Sasuke couldn't explain the pang in his chest and the strong ache he felt, but he knew it had nothing to do with his sickness.

He knew he was hurting because that wasn't him, Naruto wasn't hugging him, Naruto didn't have his face in Sasuke's shirt, Sasuke wasn't the one comforitng Naruto, Sasuke was the reason Naruto was crying. That's why it hurt. That's why…

Sasuke clutched the shirt where his heart was and gripped it tightly, that's why it hurt…

….

"Feel better?" Sai asked after Naruto had cried a little on his shoulder. He could feel the head buried there nod and he smiled. "Good, I'm glad…"

Naruto lifted his head and looked at Sai, "Sorry 'bout that…"

"Naruto I don't particularly care how you feel better, as long as you do…

"Besides it's not like the world hasn't noticed you and Sasuke getting closer anyway."

"What!" Naruto said, his eyes widening as he stared at Sai. Sai didn't answer so Naruto calmed himself down abit and asked again, "When did you notice?"

Sai stared at Naruto and was slightly surprised by the look of worry and shock on his face. "Relax Naruto," he laughed a little bit, "I didn't see a whole lot, I saw you and him at the hospital, he fell asleep on you…"

Naruto thought for a moment and started to chuckle. "Ha, I remember that…" Naruto grinned, took another huge drink of sake, nearly finishing what would be his sixth bottle, and started laughing harder.

Sai felt a little confused when Naruto looked at him and continued laughing. "What's so funny?" Sai asked.

Naruto just hugged Sai again and kept laughing. "Naruto I think you've had a bit to much to drink…" Sai commented as he patted Naruto's back gently and tried not to sufficate in the hug.

Naruto shook his head and grabbed his drink again. He held up his bottle, "To fucked up relationships!" he toasted and kept laughing.

"Holy crap Naruto, what's wrong with you?" Sai asked still trying to breath in Naruto's death grip of a hug. He could smell all the sake Naruto had drunk and he coughed a little.

"Naruto I think I need to take you home, don't you think you outta lie down?"

"Sai you worry to much!" Naruto shouted, his words slightly slurred.

"Naruto you worry too little, c'mon I'll take you home with me…" Sai offered standing up and grabbing Naruto's arm to help him stand.

"Sai what do you plan to do at your house with me all drunk and loopy!?" Naruto asked wiggling his eyebrows.

"Naruto something's wrong with you…" Sai said simply and lifted Naruto out of the chair, taking the sake away from him.

Naruto stood up and let the sake be taken without a fight. He grinned up at Sai and leaned in. "But that's why I'm so great!" Naruto slurred and announced triumphantly.

"Sure Naruto… Sure…" Sai said trying to get Naruto to the door.

….

Sasuke decided he was sick of the exchange as it seemed Naruto had reached his ultimate point of drunkenhood. (A/N: drunkenhood, haha, is that even a word??) He bounded in through the doors but went unnoticed by both Sai and Naruto.

….

"Thanks Sai!" Naruto shouted leaning heavily on Sai, not noticing that Sasuke had now entered the bar.

"Shut up Naruto, and try standing on your own, you're too heavy…"

Naruto laughed and grinned leaning closer to Sai, "You're funny Sai!" he laughed.

Naruto stood up his tip toes and leaned in close to Sai's face, still not having noticed Sasuke. "Hilarious…" he whispered in an almost seductive tone. He kissed Sai on the cheek and kept whispering on his cheek. "So damn funny…"

Sai and Sasuke both blinked in disbelief at Naruto's behaviour.

"N-Naruto?" came Sasuke's voice from the door. Naruto and Sai both looked over, shock appearing on one, and not the other's face.

The 'other' started walking over to Sasuke and wiped his blond hair out of his face. "Care to join us teme?" he asked in the same voice he'd been using moments before.

"Naruto we need to get you home…"

"Home? What home? The teme doesn't have a home remember? The teme said that Konoha didn't hold anything for him! REMEMBER THAT TEME!?" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto shut up!" Sasuke shouted back, suddenly feeling weak at the outburts.

He felt the familiar burning in his lungs and he felt dizzy. "Shut up dobe, you don't know what I came to say… you don't know how I felt… how I feel… so shut up dobe!"

Sasuke continued to shout, not knowing what he was saying as he gripped his chest in an effort to stop the growing pain.

"Dobe…" he said weakly as he fell forward onto the floor, drifing between conciousness and unconciousness.

Naruto seemed to snap out of his drunken state when Sasuke hit the floor and Naruto ran forward, "Sasuke!"

Sasuke felt like he couldn't breath, couldn't see, couldn't move. He felt Naruto lift him and he felt water fall onto his face. Whether it was rain, sweat, tears, or sake he didn't know, but it was wet.

He felt himself enter a state of almost total unconciousness and the only thing he could hear was Naruto shouting at him from somewhere far away.

"Don't leave me Sasuke..."

His voice was distant… far away….

"Sasuke don't go…"

far away…

"Sasuke…"

far…

"Please…"

away…

Hey I'm back from Latvia… but now I have a new internet connection and I still have no idea how this thing works…. .:sweatdrop:. But anyway thanks for being patient with me!! Oh and sorry bout the cliffhanger… I'm just mean like that :P

Ok yeah, this chap's extra long, I just love you all that much :P So yeah Naruto's kinda lost it because he's so drunk… so yeah he's a little mood swingy…. Poor Sai and Sasuke, what are they gonna do with him?! ;) (P.S. nobody should give Naruto alcohol… it's a bad idea :P)

Oh and how many people actually remembered that someone was at the door when Sasuke fell asleep on Naruto??

I want to thank everyone that read email frenzy… it's now like my most popular fic (after Brighter) and it's a oneshot o.O I honestly had no idea it would be that big…. So thanks guys!! :)

Thanks (as usual) to my reviewers, favorite adders, and alert adders, you really make my days happier :)

Freexflyer – but I did say I was going away (I went and checked cause I felt really guilty) yes the nights are less lonely when they're spent with another ;) and yes I'm very glad you edited your note, it means you care enough :)

Shashuko the Paisley Maiden – It's ok he was calling himself an idiot anyway :P and you know how I like to keep it awkward ;) and thank you, I had lots of fun in Latvia :D

Halskr – yeah a psyciatrist would do him some good….. :P

Dragon77 – glad you liked it :)