I have looked at you

in millions of ways and

I have loved you in each.

The rest of the day passed by without incident. Naruto cooked Sasuke's lunch and left it in front of his room door for him to retrieve it whenever he felt like it.

The blond could feel the emotional strain of having to look after Sasuke but never, never, did he regret his decision to take Sasuke in. He felt impatient. He hated waiting around like this. He wanted to know what happened to Sasuke before he came back to Konoha. He wanted to know what happened to his eyes.

Tsunade had scheduled an appointment for Sasuke tomorrow, Naruto would take that opportunity to ask her about what she knows. Pester her to hurry up and find a cure for the Uchiha.

He hated seeing Sasuke like this. Sasuke was always reserved, stoic and somewhat temperamental but never like this. He could tell how vulnerable Sasuke felt. His eyes, after all, were his most powerful weapon.

Naruto sighed as he put away the dishes from Sasuke's lunch, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand. Sasuke didn't touch his food today. He often doesn't. He needed to talk to Sasuke. Needed to apologise for what he said earlier. He never meant for the words to come out the way they did. Ofcourse he didn't. He just meant that seeing Sasuke like that wasn't a pleasant experience, especially for him. Seeing his bestfriend suffering like that hurt him in ways he couldn't even describe.

After wiping his hands on his trousers, Naruto made his way to Sasuke's room. He knocked tentatively, not sure why he felt so hesitant. There was no answer, Naruto didn't expect there to be one but he made his way into the room anyway.

Sasuke was sitting on his bed, his back resting against the headboard.

"I'm sorry." Naruto murmured, his voice coming out raspy. Sasuke turned his head towards Naruto.

"You know I didn't mean it like that." He said, stepping further into the room.

Sasuke sighed and bowed his. "I'm just tired, dobe. Get out." He said wearily and Naruto's heart clenched but he didn't desist.

"No, Sasuke listen to me... please." Naruto begged, sitting down next to Sasuke, his hand reaching out to clasp the other boys shoulder.

Sasuke caught his wrist before Naruto's hand even touched him. "Don't."

Naruto pulled his hand back and rubbed his wrist. He cleared his throat and looked away.

"I trained so hard y'know?" Naruto said, his voice strained. "I trained everyday single day just so I could be strong enough to bring you home." he continued.

He inched his hand closer to Sasuke's. "When you left... I-" his voice broke. Naruto coughed slightly but didn't finish his sentence.

Sasuke wasn't facing him anymore, his head was tilted towards the window, the midday light catching his inky hair alluringly. His hair had grown quite a bit since the last time Naruto saw him. It fell just past his shoulder now. His hair looked silky soft, just like it always did ever since they were children. Naruto's finger twitched.

"I just want you to get better, Sasuke."

Sasuke let out an exhausted sigh and said, "You think I want to stay like this? I don't want you looking after me, Usuratonkachi. I hate relying on you. I don't need you."

Naruto flinched at the last statements but wouldn't allow the words get to him.

"You have an appointment with Grandma Tsunade tomorrow. You can't miss this one." Naruto said, a plead in his voice.

"I won't."

Naruto nodded and slid his hand the rest of the way and laced his fingers with Sasuke's. Sasuke tried to pull away but Naruto wouldn't allow him to remove his hand from his grip.

"Let me go, dobe." Sasuke said, his quiet voice belying his irritation.

Naruto ignored him and reached up to push a few stray hairs away from Sasuke's face. His fingers tucked the jet black strands behind the older boys' ears and his fingers skated down his cheeks and along his jawline before dropping down onto the bed.

"I miss your eyes, y'know." Naruto whispered before letting go of Sasuke's hand and leaving the room.

A/N: YAY! Another chapter done ! As you can see, I'm trying to finish this story as quick as possible so I can move on to other stuff.

This story was originally supposed to be a Drabble (that's why the first few chapters are so short) but a lot of people didn't like how short they were so now I'm trying to make the chapters longer! I hope you enjoy this chapter, please comment on what you think? My writing is still quite rusty from not writing anything for over a year but I tried ((: