Complete 180

Naruto and its characters do not belong to me.

So my happy giddy mood from yesterday is gone… All this rain is very muggy and depressing…

Indiana weather sucks… I was born in the wrong part of the US… Hell the wrong part of the world…

I should've been born somewhere tropical where it's sunny and hot every day…

Fair warning this chapter is long! I mean long!

There was just so much that needed to happen in this one.

Though I doubt you guys care about length. Especially since the last few have been considerably short.

Oh, and just to avoid confusion, this chapter picks up where Naruto was picked by Kakashi.

SasuNaru time!

"Naruto, what the hell happened to you? You've been crying so much your eyes are blood shot!"

I sunk low into my seat and crossed my arms across my chest.

"N-Nothing…"

My voice cracked when I said it and I saw him throw a doubtful look my way.

I turned away from his accusing gaze to stare out the window.

It had started to rain which complimented my mood greatly.

"Naruto that's bullshit and you know. You called home begging to be picked up and when I get here you're bawling your eyes out. Was it that guy you were talking to? Was that Sasuke?"

I squeezed my eyes when Kakashi said his. An onslaught of pain went through me.

A few more sobs escaped my lips and he reached over to ruffle my hair.

"Hey, I'm sorry that I'm being so pushy, but I'm just really worried about you. Iruka is too. You can talk to us."

His voice was low and comforting and I hesitantly nodded.

"Yea… That was S… him… Look, can you wait till we're home? Iruka's gonna wanna know too and I'd rather not tell the story twice…"

Also, the longer I put off talking about the more of a hold I'd have on my emotions.

It'd be a lot easier to talk about it if I wasn't crying.

"Sure bud."

Besides a few sniffles from me, the rest of the drive home was spent in silence.

When we pulled into the driveway, I saw the curtains of a front window fall back into place.

The front door flew open and Iruka came running out.

He practically pulled me out of the car and into his arms.

"What happened? Are you hurt? Sick?"

He pulled me away and did a once over. He put his hands on both sides of my face and turned my head both ways.

He proceeded to turn me around but I had had enough. I stepped away from him.

"Geez Iruka calm down. I'm just really really upset and couldn't spend another second at school. I swear you're like an over protective mother sometimes."

I was pleased to hear that my voice sounded relatively normal.

He smiled at me and kissed my forehead.

"It's cause I love you."

I rolled my eyes and started walking towards the house.

"Well then show me a little less love kay?"

If felt bad when I heard them whispering behind me.

"Do I really smother him Kakashi?"

"Don't let it get to you. He's just in a mood. And yea just a little."

I walked inside and instinctively headed for the stairs so I could hide in my room.

"Naruto… What happened to talking to us?"

I turned reluctantly to face them and nodded.

They sat down on the couch and I sat down between them.

They were looking at me expectantly but a lump had formed in my throat that prevented me from getting out the words.

"We're just gonna keep on bugging you until you tell us Naruto."

I sighed and leaned into Iruka.

"I walked in on Sasuke kissing this girl."

It was silent for a moment and then Kakashi snorted.

I glared at him and he started laughing.

"I'm sorry but that's what's wrong? Don't you think you're overre—"

"I'm not overreacting! She was on top of him without a shirt! What would you feel if you saw Iruka like that?"

His eyes hardened into steel when I said that and I nodded.

"Exactly. It's not a pleasant sight. What's worse is he's acting like nothing's wrong! And it's not like I can tell him I'm upset because he was kissing someone. It's not like he owes me an explanation. He says they aren't dating and I believe him but then why was he kissing her?"

Once I started talking I didn't want to stop. It helped getting all off my chest.

"He was trying to talk to me and I pushed him away. He was worried about me cause I was crying and because I was mad about what I saw I said some really mean things. I didn't mean any of it. I've screwed everything up and he's leaving tomorrow for 3 months!"

My voice got really high pitched and whiny by the time I was finished saying everything.

Somehow I had managed to explain without crying. I still felt hollow inside though.

"You know… maybe it's for the best Naruto. You should be with someone who cares about you as much as you care about them. Maybe it's good that you guys had a falling out. Now things can go back to the way they were before you met him."

I stared at Kakashi like he had three heads. Iruka was nodding in agreement. I didn't know how to make them understand.

"I don't want that though! I want Sasuke in my life. I don't want to stop being his friend. It's my fault all this crap has happened and all I've done is make it worse. Even if I called him to apologize he probably wouldn't listen. I wanna fix things but I don't know how! I don't know what I'm supposed to do!"

I was crying again and they both stood up and moved like they were going to hug me but I stepped away from them.

"I-I'm going to bed…"

I headed for the stairs but Iruka stopped me.

"At 4:30?"

I nodded.

"Sleep will help. I hope…"

"But what about dinner?"

I shook my head.

"I'm not hungry."

Before they could think of any other reason to keep me down there I ran up the stairs and slammed by bedroom door behind me.

I locked it so they would leave me alone and fell onto my bed.

I couldn't fall asleep last night no matter how hard I tried. I just spent the whole night staring at nothing waiting for sleep to overcome me.

All I could think about was Sasuke and how badly things had turned out.

An empty stomach didn't help things either but I'd rather be hungry all night then be interrogated again.

My alarm went off at 6. I pressed the snooze button and stayed where I was.

Sasuke wouldn't be there so it's not like I could try to fix things. I would be a lifeless shell and I would hear all kinds of rumors about him and the girl he had kissed.

There was no way in hell I was going to school today. They must have understood that because neither of them came to wake me up.

Eventually my hunger became unbearable and I forced myself to get out of bed and head downstairs.

Iruka and Kakshi were at the table eating pancakes.

Iruka looked at me with worry.

"Are you okay Naruto? Hungry? There are plenty of pancakes."

I shrugged and walked over to the cabinet and took out a cup of ramen.

"More or less. Starving and I'd rather have ramen."

They both looked at me with disapproval.

"That's not exactly a good breakfast."

I filled the cup with water and popped it into the microwave.

"It'll make me feel better."

They shook their heads but didn't say anything else.

When the microwave beeped I pulled the cup out and walked over to the table.

I was starving so I got a big forkful and shoved it in my mouth.

"Careful! It's going to be—"

"Hot, hot, hot!"

My tongue was throbbing after being scalded.

My eyes were watering and I took a big drink of water.

Iruka and Kakashi started laughing and after the initial pain subsided I laughed as well.

The normalcy didn't last very long. It didn't take long for Sasuke to be at the forefront of my mind again.

I sighed and slowly ate the rest of my ramen. I thought that eating might've helped this hollow feeling that I had but it didn't.

I laid my head down on the table and pulled out my phone.

It was the millionth time that I felt the urge to call or text Sasuke.

I wanted to apologize and talk things out but I was scared he really wanted nothing to do with me now.

I set my phone down and sighed.

"He's leaving in the morning…"

Iruka pushed his plate away and stared at me.

"Is this how you're going to be the next 3 months if you don't make up with him?"

It was pathetic but true. I nodded and he snatched my phone up.

"What are you doing?"

I reached for my phone but he stood up and started pressing buttons.

"If you won't call him I will. I told you before I will not live with a zombie for 3 months."

I glared at him.

"What am I supposed to say?"

He shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't care. Just tell him to come over and that you want to talk or I will."

He threw my phone at me and put his and Kakashi's plates in the sink.

"We're both off work today so I'll know if you do or not."

He bent down and gave Kakashi a peck on the lips. Kissed me on the forehead then he headed upstairs.

I looked to Kakashi for help. He shook his head and stood up.

"Best do as he says. You know how he is when he's set on something."

He ruffled my hair and headed for the stairs.

I picked up my phone and stared at Sasuke's contact information for a few minutes.

What have I got to lose…

I quickly typed up a text and headed upstairs to change and clean myself up a bit.

If he did show up I didn't want to look half dead.

I remembered Naruto's house being farther away so it took me by surprise when I got there in 10 minutes. Maybe it was cause I was running so fast.

I rang the doorbell and waited for the door to open.

The door opened and I smiled at Naruto.

"H-Hey…"

He smiled back at me. It was an awkward hesitant smile but it was a smile all the same.

It made me so happy that before I knew what I was doing, I was hugging him.

"Naruto…"

I knew something was still wrong cause he didn't exactly hug me back. He just kinda placed his hands on my arms.

He didn't push me away though and to me that was a good sign.

"I don't know what I did wrong to make you so mad and upset but I'm so, so very sorry Naruto. I really am."

He pulled back and shook his head.

"You didn't really do anything… It just hasn't been the best week and I took it out on you… I do need to talk to you about something though…"

I didn't really hear anything besides that he wasn't mad at me. Nothing else mattered.

We'd talk about whatever was bugging him and things would go back to normal.

"So you're Sasuke?"

I looked up at the person that had spoken and recognized the man that had picked up Naruto.

His tone made me defensive.

"Yea, and you are?"

Naruto looked between us with a worried expression on his face.

"Iruka's boyfriend."

Okay, so I had been expecting him to say family friend or uncle so when he said boyfriend it did take me by surprise.

"Kakashi!"

Naruto hissed his name and Kakashi rolled his eyes.

"What? I'm not gonna hide it."

My first impression was that I didn't like this man but I really hoped I could be as confident about my sexuality as he was.

They seemed to be waiting for my reaction.

"Oh. Well that's nice."

I tried to sound casual and uncaring but I don't think I was fooling anybody.

Iruka came into the kitchen then.

"Oh, hey Sasuke. It's been a while. We've missed you."

Naruto blushed and Kakashi grunted.

So apparently the feeling of dislike was mutual.

"So what have you been up to Sas—"

Iruka was interrupted when Kakshi suddenly kissed him. Iruka was taken off guard but didn't hesitate in kissing him back.

I blushed and looked away.

"Geez! Can't you two keep your hands off of each other for five minutes?"

Kakashi broke the kiss and put his arm around Iruka who looked breathless.

"Well sure but if you take our hands away we'll just get creative…"

So many mental images went through my mind when I heard.

Naruto grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the stairs.

"Alrighty then… I could've gone my entire life without that mental image…"

I heard them laughing downstairs up until Naruto shut his door.

I shut the door behind us and gave Sasuke an apologetic smile.

"Sorry about them…"

He ran his fingers through his hair awkwardly.

"Ummm it's alright… Just kinda took me off guard…"

An awkward silence filled the room as we realized this is the first time we had been alone in a while.

"So, are you okay Naruto? You were a mess yesterday…"

Sasuke looked so worried that I felt guilty for putting him through all of this.

"Umm kinda. I just feel bad for taking it out on you… A lot of stuff has happened this week…"

He nodded in understanding.

"Yea I know what you mean. I'm really glad I didn't have to go back to school today. If I had heard one more rumor about me and Sakura I'd be tempted to tear my ears off."

My face fell when he brought her up.

"Yea… you wouldn't want anyone to misunderstand your guys' relationship."

He looked at me very intently.

"I don't have a relationship with her Naruto. I don't like her in any way. There's nothing between us."

He made it sound like it was very important that I understand that. I didn't see why.

"I believe you Sasuke, but if you're not involved with her what were you doing?"

He looked away from me like he was embarrassed.

"I was trying to figure out my feelings. I realized afterwards that it was the wrong way to do so and I really regret it. If I could take it back I would."

I nodded and it went silent again.

"Hey Naruto, can I ask you something?"

His tone changed and it took me by surprise.

"Sure. You can ask me anything."

He hesitated before asking.

"Well… What did you mean yesterday when you said that I was disgusted by you and that I wanted to be out your life? Where did that come from?"

I swallowed nervously. I was about to confirm his fears.

"Well… I'm gay."

He looked so scared and nervous when he said it.

I couldn't help the chuckled that escaped my lips. I laughed even harder when his eyes widened in surprise.

"I already know Naruto."

His eyes opened even wider if that was even possible.

"H-How? I never told you."

I shook my head.

"You didn't have to. If you wanna keep it a secret you shouldn't go around kissing your boyfriend in the hallways."

He seemed at a loss for words.

"You saw Gaara kissing me…"

I didn't understand the pain that was in his voice.

"Yea. I didn't know you guys were together until I saw you two."

His head snapped up.

"We aren't together. He told me he loves me and kissed me but I don't feel the same way. I turned him down."

I felt so much relief when he said that. Then a thought occurred to me. It was wrong to get my hopes up but I was.

"Say… do you like me Naruto?"

His eyes clouded with some unknown emotion and he chuckled nervously.

"What gave you that idea?"

He was laughing…

"I just thought that since you're always hugging me and you ran when you walked in on me and Sakura and you've been upset ever since then…"

I trailed off when I noticed he was shaking his head.

"Geez, don't be so full of yourself Sasuke. A hugs nothing special. Sure I'd run away when I walk in on my friend with a shirtless girl and that's not what I was upset about. The thing with Gaara has been on my mind all week. That's all. You don't have to worry about being grossed out Sasuke. I don't like you. I don't like anybody."

So I was just being full of myself…

Then something that he said stood out.

"Why would I be grossed out?"

He turned away from me.

"I heard you talking to Neji and Kiba. When they told you they thought I was guy you kept denying it. You didn't want it to be true… That's why I've been avoiding you. Cause I thought you wouldn't want to be my friend anymore."

He had been there. But then hadn't he heard everything I said.

"Didn't you hear me say I didn't care either way?"

He turned to me and he looked disbelieving.

"You don't care…"

I shook my head and smiled.

"Nope. Not at all. You're still my friend Naruto. Nothing will change that unless we let it."

He looked really happy for a moment but then he was tearing up.

"S-Sasuke! You don't know how happy that makes me…"

I laughed and opened my arms for him.

"Come here."

He walked over and fell into my arms. Everything was fine.

So what if he didn't feel about me the same way. We could still be friends. He was still mine in some way.

"I'm glad we talked this out before you had to leave in the morning…"

I really, really didn't want to go now.

"Yea…"

We sat on his bed and he curled into my side and yawned.

"Tired?"

I absentmindedly started running my fingers through his hair.

He yawned again.

"Hmmm… That feels nice… I didn't get any sleep last night…"

I leaned back so he could lay down.

"Go to sleep then."

He sat up and shook his head.

"No! You're leaving tomorrow. I don't want to lose time with you…"

I was when he said things like that that I got my hopes up. But it meant nothing special. That was just Naruto.

I rolled my eyes and pulled him back down.

"Don't worry about it. You need sleep."

He laid down but continued to protest.

"But… I'm really… not that tired… Sasuke…"

He kept yawning as he said that and he slowly started to fall asleep.

A few hours later my phone started ringing. I pulled away from Naruto slowly do I could answer without waking him up.

"Hello?"

It was Itachi.

"Sasuke! What is there address? I'm coming to pick you up. I don't care how important this kid is, you've been there for hours so I'm pretty sure you've worked everything out."

I sighed and glanced over at Naruto. I wasn't ready to leave him yet but I knew I had to.

I told Itachi their address and he said he'd be here in 20 minutes.

I hung up and turned back to Naruto and tried to shake him awake.

"Naruto? Wake up. I have to go…"

I he rolled over onto his side and squirmed a bit but he didn't wake up.

"Naruto…"

I shook him some more but he was a heavy sleeper.

It took me by surprise when I saw a tear leak out of his eye.

"Sasuke…"

I thought he had finally woken up.

"Naruto it's going to be okay. I'll be back before you know it."

He let out a low snore and I hung my head. He was still asleep.

If I woke him up to say goodbye he'd probably cry and I'd never be able to leave.

"Bye Naruto…"

I hesitated before leaning in to kiss him on the forehead.

Then I forced myself to walk away from him.

When I got to the foot of the stairs Iruka was in the kitchen. I was glad Kakashi wasn't there.

Iruka smiled at me.

"Hey Sasuke, what's up?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"My brother's on his way to pick me up."

He nodded.

"Then off for New York in the morning."

I groaned. I really, really, really didn't want to go.

"Can you tell Naruto I said bye? I didn't want to wake him up…"

Iruka scrutinized me.

"Sasuke… you should tell him how you feel."

My mind went blank for a few moments.

"How do you know!"

He laughed at my reaction.

"I'm not an idiot Sasuke."

I shook my head a few times.

"Yea, well I can't tell him. He doesn't feel the same way and if I do it would just make things awkward between us…"

Iruka looked confused.

"How do you know he doesn't feel the same way?"

I sagged when I remembered what Naruto had said.

"He told me he doesn't like anyone and I don't have to worry about him liking me."

I heard the doorbell ring.

"That'll be my brother. See you in 3 months. Remember to tell Naruto bye for me."

I ran out the door before he could say anything else that would make leaving more painful.

"You ready to go?"

NO!

"Yea. Let's go."

I looked out the window until Naruto's house completely disappeared from my view.

Hands. In. Pain. Too. Much. Typing.

Such a long chapter! Over Over 4,000 words? My goodness! But I really like it. I think it turned out great.

Kinda sad. Kinda cute.

I'm not writing the whole 3 months Sasuke's in New York.

I'm probably gonna do a chapter or two of some phone calls. Don't be surprised if their short chapters either.

Then Sasuke will be back and that's when the ball starts to roll.

And I'm about to freak out! IT'S SNOWING! First rain? Now snow?

I'm tellin ya the weather has it out for me. I hate this time of year. Maybe I'll take up hibernating…

Anyways hope you guys enjoy this.

Reviews please. :O)