Shinseiji was annoying the hell out of Sasuke to the point he would have cut his head off if it wasn't Naruto. "Sasuke…my feet hurt." he whined.

"We've only been walking for an hour. If we keep stopping like this we'll never get to the next village." Sasuke sighed.

"Please can we take a rest." Sasuke's eye twitched. 'That voice. I hate that fucking voice.' Naruto was using his super sweet voice, Sasuke pretended it did nothing to him but in reality it made him do whatever Naruto wanted.

"Fine five minutes." Sasuke said still trying to sound annoyed. As he sat down on a boulder.

Naruto smiled and sat down next Sasuke leaning slightly on him. "So how long 'till we at the next village?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke though for a second. "2 days give or take."

"We have to sleep outside? How lame is that?" Naruto groaned.

'Shinseiji is gonna get Naruto killed.' Sasuke said to himself. "We can get there faster if you don't ask to stop every hour…" the raven haired boy said.

"Fine leave me here and go on your own I understand if you don't want me around anymore." Naruto said standing up and heading back the way they came.

"BS." Sasuke said standing and continuing the journey to Kokuei.

Naruto looked over his shoulder at Sasuke's receding back. He pretended not to notice and kept on his way. He looked back again and ran to catch up with his boyfriend. "You're mean…" he complained when he finally did.

They walked for hours before Sasuke let them stop to rest. Sat down under tree leaning against it and drinking from his gourd. Naruto laid his head on Sasuke's lap and closed his eyes. "Do we always walk this far?" he asked.

Sasuke took a deep breath suddenly regretting every crime he had ever committed and cursed the gods for punishing him so severely. "Most times when we're on long missions to far away places it takes weeks to get there. This is a short walk compared to some of the places we've been."

"You sounded sad. Do you get homesick a lot?" Naruto asked looking up at Sasuke.

"No. A while back I left the village and you came to find me. Heh. I think that's the longest you ever traveled." Sasuke said. "I always liked you but…I always told myself that we were just good friends. But when I found out you were looking for me…I realized that I loved you."

"How did you find out I liked you?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke opened his mouth to answer but a thought hit him. "I-I'm not sure." he said softly. What if Naruto only liked him because he saved his life. What if he didn't even like Sasuke. Sasuke's chest tightened and he was finding it hard to think. "D-do you think you love me?" he said his throat feeling like it was full of card board.

"Well I like being around you. And when you're not around I'm really worried that something might happen to you. And when you're around…I'm not sure how to explain it…but it's this weird feeling…not unpleasant just…weird. So my answer has to be yes. I do love you."

Sasuke felt empty. He knew he would. This wasn't Naruto. It was but it wasn't. Sasuke did his best not to cry he wouldn't worry Naruto. Not ever again after what he put him through when he left to train with Orochimaru. "How about we camp here for tonight?" he asked. There was still enough daylight to continue for a few more hours, but he couldn't think straight enough to remember the way or how to summon the map again.

Naruto could tell Sasuke was sinking deeper into depression but didn't say anything hoping Sasuke would tell him later.

They only had their sleeping bags since they were not packed into scrolls. So Naruto was gathering firewood while Sasuke was trying to hunt. The raven boy sat in a tree watching a small rabbit hop around below he took aim and threw his kunai catching the rabbit in it's side. 'Damn!' he thought dropping from the tree and breaking the animal's neck. "I'm sorry." he whispered. He tried to make it a clean kill but he was too distracted.

Naruto had gotten the fire started and was watching the sun make it's way down over the horizon. He was waiting for Sasuke to return listening intently for his foot steps to come back to him. Naruto perked up a little when he heard foot steps. 'Wait…these are different.' He thought looking back sharply.

A/N: Well that might have been my most boring chapter…I can't help it though I've been off my meds all week.

Sasuke: *Gets loose from ropes*

Abel: *Tries to think of something else to type*

Sasuke: *Attacks Abel* I'll teach your ass to tie me up!

Abel: Get off me you Emo wanna be bastard!

Sasuke: Pets shouldn't talk back to their masters.

Abel: Fuck off!

Sasuke: *Chains Abel and tosses him under the bed* Leave A Review.