"And that's when Shikamaru decided that it would be a good idea to splash water on me, just as Shino is taking the picture."

Sasuke was laughing whole-heartedly. He finally had heard the story behind that Facebook photo.

"Okay, so let's see."

He took another bite of his hamburger before speaking up again.

"Shino and you used to go to school together before he transferred because he got into another, more challenging, school. Shikamaru and you go way back, like, childhood-way-back since your parents are friends. Did I get it right?"

Naruto nodded as he shoveled another scope of ice cream into his mouth.

"Yup!"

Sasuke hummed. He knew that he had to bring the big question up sometime, even if it would hurt his ego, and decided that me might as well just say it right there and then.

"And your girlfriend? How did you guys meet?"

He put the straw of his coke in his mouth to avoid being left feeling uncomfortable. He wanted something to do, instead of just sitting there; listening to the obviously corny story about how the blonde met his rival. Naruto pulled of his thinking-face again, making Sasuke smile for a second before he had to brace himself for the story.

"Well,"

Naruto put his ice cream to the side and leaned forward, putting elbows on the table and his chin in his palms. Oh man, here we go.

"We've been in the same class for ages, and I guess we started off as friends. She wasn't that fond of me at first, since she had a crush on someone else."

Sasuke struggled to keep a straight face. How in the world could someone reject this hot piece of hunk for some other crappy dude? He himself probably would have thrown himself in the arms of the blonde.

"But that guy started going out with some other chick, and Sakura was devastated."

Sasuke couldn't help but wanting to smile. Serves her right, since that's pretty much what she had done to Naruto in the first place. It bugged him that Naruto was saying her name with such warmth and – god forbid – love, when she obviously had been a douche.

"So, naturally, I took care of her and tried to cheer her up. I guess it worked, because she started to ask me to hang out and stuff like that. It was always me who asked her out before."

Sasuke silently gritted his teeth. Why couldn't he just have left her like that? Can't he see that he's her second choice?

"I was fine with being just friends. I mean, she obviously knew that I liked her, but didn't want to make something of it, so I told myself that I'd be okay as long as I got to spend time with her."

Fuck you, Naruto. Why do you have to be so sweet? I can't even stay mad at you for being so ignorant and for having no self-respect whatsoever.

"So, one night, we went to watch a movie. I don't even remember which one. I just remember that she kissed me in the middle of the movie. The rest is history."

Naruto was smiling like the dork he was, and Sasuke just had this huge lump in his stomach. He knew that he had asked for the story himself, but he really didn't want to know that they had kissed. He had figured out as much already – heck, there's even a photo of it – but it was quite painful to hear it from Naruto. He seemed so happy about it, too.

Sasuke took a sip of his coke and cleared his throat.

"So, how long have you been going out?"

Naruto hummed.

"About two years now."

Dammit. It would have been much easier if they had only been going out for a month or so. This would be a hard one.

But Sasuke was determined; he would get Naruto, in one way or another. He would even find a way to turn the blonde gay if he couldn't bring it out of him on his own.

"Would you come to the wedding?"

Sasuke almost choked on his drink. Crap, right, they're getting married. Dammit.

"Uh, sure. Yea."

He couldn't even control what was coming out of his mouth, but at least it had made Naruto happy.

"Awesome! Then you'll get to meet Shika and Shino as well. They're gonna be my best men."

Sasuke wasn't sure about what he was feeling. He was bummed down because of the fact that Naruto was getting married and would seal himself to Sakura with a ring, but at the same time, he was incredibly happy that the blonde had actually invited him to be a part of the happiest day of his life.

"Do you have a date yet?"

Once again; no control whatsoever.

"Uh-huh, it's in September, the twentieth. That's our anniversary."

Naruto was grinning and Sasuke tried to handle all the bad news.

"Wow, that's next month."

The blonde scratched the back of his head, still wearing that grin on his lips.

"Yea, I know, it's a bit soon. Will you be able to make it? I'll pay one of your plane tickets."

Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle. Getting there wouldn't be a problem, neither would paying the tickets. The thing he was worried about was that he had to come up with some kind of plan to catch Naruto before the wedding – while he was in New York.

Then, he felt kind of guilty. Who was he to try to ruin their wedding just so that he could have Naruto to himself? He decided that he actually didn't care. He hadn't felt like this for anyone else in his entire life, not even Kiba. If that made him an ass, then so be it.

"Hello? Earth to Sasuke."

Sasuke slightly shook his head and realized that he had drifted away in thought for a few seconds. He smiled and cleared his throat again.

"I'll be here. Don't worry about the tickets, I got it."

Naruto raised an eyebrow and finished his ice cream.

"What, are you rich or something?"

Sasuke chuckled. Suddenly, he felt like confessing. It wasn't as if that would affect their relationship at this rate.

"Kind of."

Naruto stopped with what he was doing and looked the raven.

"What do you mean 'kind of'?"

Sasuke lowered his voice and leaned forward in a try to not gain any attention.

"You know the Uchiha Industries?"

The blonde nodded. God, it's a miracle that he hasn't figured it out yet.

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha, son of Fugaku Uchiha."

It took Naruto a couple of seconds to take it all in, but when he did, he was practically screaming.

"No way! No way! Are you telling me I'm having McDonalds with someone from the Uchiha Industries?"

Sasuke had to grab his arm and pull him down from his cloud.

"Make a scene, why dontcha?"

When they left McDonalds and were on their way back to the subway, Naruto's phone suddenly started to ring.

"Naruto."

Sasuke kept silent, not wanting to disturb. He simply followed the blonde through the crowds and took the opportunity to try and memorize the streets so that he would be able to find his way around later.

"Okej, ska vi möta dig på centralen om fem?"

Naruto speaking Swedish woke up those damned butterflies once again. Sasuke found it extremely sexy, even though he had no idea what he was saying and who he was talking to. He probably said that he would buy some milk on his way home or something, but it really didn't matter.

"Okej, ses där!"

Naruto hung up and turned to Sasuke with a huge grin.

"Guess what."

"What?"

Naruto seemed so excited that Sasuke wouldn't be surprised if he started jumping any second. Something amazing must be going on.

"You'll get to meet Sakura in a few minutes, she's at the central station!"

And now, the butterflies were replaced with frustration. He didn't want to meet Sakura! If possible, he didn't even want to see her at the wedding!

"Oh, great."

He managed to put some kind of enthusiasm into his words, and Naruto seemed satisfied.

It only took them about three minutes to get to the central station, and they were standing at the same spot they had met each other earlier that day. It was getting pretty dark outside, but Sasuke hadn't even bothered checking the time since he didn't want to rush the few hours he had left to spend with Naruto. Now, he almost felt as if he wanted to hurry away from there and just get back to the hotel as fast as possible.

"There she is!"

Sasuke bit his tongue. Fuck.

Naruto left his side to walk up to someone in the crowd, and Sasuke could only watch as a pink haired girl strutted up to his crush – her boyfriend – and hugged him. The raven didn't even get the chance to look away before the girl pressed her lips towards Naruto's, exchanging her disgusting saliva with his for a few seconds. It felt as if someone had stabbed him with a knife. It felt as if someone had punched him repeatedly in the stomach.

Or as if his heart was falling apart. It wasn't racing anymore, it just… Cracked. Time stood still and he experienced their kiss as twenty minutes long, while it probably just lasted five seconds at the most.

He couldn't take it. For the first time in his life, he couldn't push the feelings away. He couldn't close his eyes, take a deep breath and then be fine. It felt as if he never would be fine. It felt as if he never would be smiling again.

Before he could stop himself, he turned away.

And he ran.

He ran and kept telling himself that his eyes were wet because of something else. He ran and he didn't even stop when he heard Naruto calling out his name with a hint of panic in his tone.