Author's note: First of all, I'd like to welcome the new followers! I hope you enjoy the story so far. :3 Second of all; I'll try my best to post one more chapter before school starts, so, let's hope for the best! The next one will be angsty, mweheheh.

Sasuke winced when he heard the front door open and then slam shut, and immediately got up on his feet and put the book he had been reading down at the bed. Naruto had left about an hour ago to take a walk and to call his girlfriend, and Sasuke had desperately been trying to keep himself occupied. He had been on edge the entire time, feeling nervous, and he had gone to look out the window at least ten times just to see if he could spot the blonde somewhere out there. Naruto had said something about having 'the talk' with Sakura, and even if Sasuke had wanted to ask him so many questions, he had kept his mouth shut. He felt that it wasn't the time for him to be selfish; he had to give Naruto some space.

He went out of his room and was about to strut down the stairs when the blonde pushed past him and rushed into the guest room. Sasuke just stood there for a couple of seconds with his back against the wall before he carefully made his way down the corridor. He, somehow, felt that something was very wrong and that he had to move very gently so that he wouldn't break something fragile. He knew that feeling, he had felt it with Naruto once before, but this was still different. It was as if Naruto was the thing that was fragile, not their relationship, and that Sasuke had to treat him extremely carefully so that nothing would explode.

He silently took his place at the door to the guest room. Naruto was roaming around the room, harshly looking through his bags and seemed to be looking for something.

"Do you want help?"

The blonde didn't even look at him. Sasuke bit his cheeks and tried to think of something clever to say, but it was hard when Naruto was near. He kind of just left Sasuke's head empty and usually woke up those butterflies every time they made eye contact.

"Hey, Naruto? What are you looking for?"

"Mind your own business."

Sasuke winced at the harsh words. Okay, so he could safely assume that the talk didn't go that well. Now, how could he make the situation better?

"How did it go?"

Naruto suddenly looked straight at the raven. Sasuke felt as if the blood in his veins had turned to ice and his heart dropped to his stomach; those clear blue eyes were wet and basically had 'hurt' written in them. Sasuke tried to swallow but found his throat dry, and couldn't do anything but look at the blonde until he turned back to roaming through his bags. He finally found what he was looking for – his wallet – and then pushed past Sasuke again. The raven turned to silently follow Naruto, unsure about what he was supposed to do, and then saw the blonde disappear down the stairs. When Sasuke reached him, he was putting his jacket on and stepping into his shoes. The raven felt the panic coming creeping up his spine.

"Where are you going?"

Sasuke pushed his hands down into the pockets of his jeans in a try to keep his cool, but his face revealed that he felt confused and worried. He wanted Naruto to stay and talk to him, and he wanted to know what he had said to Sakura.

"Out."

Sasuke licked his lips and let his gaze wander for a short second before looking back at the blonde.

"Yea, I can see that, but where are you going?"

Naruto tied his shoes and then opened the door and went out in the hall. Sasuke didn't waste any time; he put his shoes on and ran after the blonde, barely even closing the door behind him. Naruto had started running down the stairs and the raven figured that the elevator would take too long, so he just followed and strutted as fast as he could after the blonde. Naruto was faster, but a bit clumsy in his upset state, so Sasuke could still keep up with him even though the blonde practically slammed the front gate in his face.

Naruto didn't even look at where he was going and just stepped out in the street, causing a car to almost hit him, and Sasuke was about to have a heart attack until he saw that the blonde just kept going, completely fine. He took a deep breath, waved an apology to the driver of the car and then rushed after Naruto. Whatever that had upset him had to be dealt with sooner or later, and when the blonde was acting like that, it wasn't safe to just let him go on with his rampage.

"Naruto, hold on. At least let me walk with you."

Sasuke didn't get an answer, so he simply just kept going, keeping a few meters between them in a try to keep his distance and let Naruto blow of some steam. The raven was constantly trying to come up with something to say, but they just kept walking in silence. He wasn't sure if Naruto knew that he was still following him, but he actually couldn't care less. He just wanted to make sure that the blonde didn't get hurt – more than he, apparently, already was.

After about twenty minutes and fifteen blocks later, Naruto suddenly sat down at the sidewalk with his knees high and his face hidden in his arms. Sasuke licked his lips and breathed for a while, catching his breath, while trying to figure out what to do. He wasn't good with these things, but he knew that he wanted to help and he wanted Naruto to open up to him. Maybe that was a bit much to ask since he himself never did that, but still.

He carefully approached the blonde and stood beside him for a while, watching the cars that were passing them. After a few minutes, he heard soft sniffling sounds coming from his right, and he felt some kind of pinching in his heart when he realized that Naruto was crying. That cheery, kind blonde was actually sitting on a sidewalk in New York, crying.

"Are you okay?"

More sniffling.

"I just broke up with my girlfriend and blew off an engagement over the friggin' phone, am I supposed to be okay?"

Ah, so he did it. He actually broke up with Sakura. Sasuke wasn't sure if he was feeling happy or guilty about it; it was pretty much his fault that Naruto was crying, and they had been going out for two whole years, so it wasn't just a fling. If he and Naruto hadn't met, the blonde would probably be happy and spending time with his fiancée right then.

"I'm sorry."

Naruto snorted.

"No you're not."

Sasuke changed his mind about what he was feeling. He gritted his teeth.

"How can you even say that? Of course I'm sorry; you're sitting on the ground, crying, for Christ's sake!"

No one said anything more. Sasuke was breathing heavily and tried to sort out what was going on in his own mind. He was glad that Sakura didn't get to have Naruto anymore, but he was aware that it would take the blonde some time to get over it all. He felt guilty that he was the reason that made them break up, but still felt selfish enough to be thrilled by it. And he was pissed that Naruto, for some reason, thought that his heart was completely made of stone.

He sighed and sat down next to Naruto without saying a word. The blonde still had his face buried in his arms, but Sasuke could see that the fabric of his jacket was wet from the tears. The raven rubbed his nose bridge and closed his eyes. What a mess.

Naruto suddenly shifted and put his forehead on Sasuke's shoulder, still silently crying. It somehow felt very cliché, even if neither of them had ever experienced something like that before. Sasuke shifted as well and put an arm around Naruto's back in a try to comfort him without getting too close – he wasn't sure what he was allowed to do just yet. He wanted to just hug him and dry his tears away, but forced himself to use his brain instead of his heart.

"Hey. It's gonna be okay."

Naruto sobbed.

"When? It hurts so damn much."

Sasuke took a deep breath and, once again, tried to come up with something comforting to say. He really wasn't the guy for these things; he usually just kept things inside of him until they went away.

"I know. I know, Naruto."

That seemed to have worked, since the blonde took a deep, shaky breath and used the back of his hand to dry the tears away. Sasuke felt relieved; he just couldn't stand seeing those beautiful blue eyes filled with liquid, it just wasn't working for him.

They sat like that for a while, not caring about the people glaring at them. Nothing mattered but the fact that Sasuke was sitting there, able to soothe Naruto in some way, and that the blonde wasn't pushing him away anymore. He probably had just needed to get the anger out of his body and get to the stage where he just felt plain sad, and that's when Sasuke could step into the picture.

Naruto started sniffling again; he was probably going over the phone call over and over again. The raven grabbed the package of cigarettes in his pocket and reached it towards the blonde, urging him to take one.

"Just don't get stuck in it."

He tried a smile, but Naruto was looking at the cigarettes. He grabbed one, a bit insecure, and Sasuke grabbed his lighter and lit it. Naruto carefully put the end between his lips and sucked on it, and then took a small breath. Sasuke had to force back a chuckle when the blonde made a face and breathed out the smoke.

"How can you even like this?"

Sasuke smirked.

"Just wait before you judge me."

Naruto wrinkled his eyebrows and took another smoke of his cigarette while Sasuke lit one for himself. After a few inhales, the blonde turned to Sasuke with a surprised face.

"Whoa. That's a rush."

Sasuke nodded.

"You feeling okay?"

Naruto licked his lips and shook his head. Sasuke sighed.

"No, I'm not okay. But I'm feeling a bit better."

The raven wasn't ready for that comment, but found himself smiling and feeling warm. That had probably been the best news he had heard since he found out that he was going to Sweden just a couple of weeks earlier.

"Thanks, Sasuke."

He was even more unprepared for that.

"For what?"

Naruto nuzzled his face in the nook of Sasuke's neck, causing the butterflies to start their little rampage again.

"For being there."

Sasuke laughed, a bit nervous, and hesitantly rubbed Naruto's back.

"No problem. I'll always be here."

Naruto sighed a sigh that kind of sounded happy, which left Sasuke even more confused.

"I know you will."

Whoa, butterflies, calm the fuck down! Okay, Naruto had never approached Sasuke in that way before, but please, just try to stay cool this one time. But the raven couldn't deny what he was feeling; he was so incredibly happy. Therefore, he didn't really think about what he said next.

"So, what did you say to her?"

He tensed when he realized what he had just said, and quickly put the end of his cigarette in his mouth in a try to keep his mouth shut. God, that was not what Naruto needed!

"Well," Naruto started, sitting up straight and taking a smoke of his own cigarette. "I started off with the classic; 'I need to tell you something'."

Sasuke swallowed hard. His ass seemed to have been saved for now.

"Uh-huh."

Naruto finished his cigarette and threw it away, and then rested his arms on his knees.

"And then I told her that I was in love with someone else."

That definitely got those butterflies going; Naruto had just admitted that he was in love with Sasuke! He had that kind of feelings for the raven! It might have been pretty obvious that something had been going on there, but to hear it in the blonde's own words was way more than Sasuke had hoped for. And it made him feel like some kind of school girl – again.

"What did she say?"

Naruto shrugged and sighed.

"Not very nice things. I just feel bad about ending it over a phone call. I should have gone back home."

No you shouldn't have, dumbass. Sasuke just felt grateful that Naruto had been there with him all the time so that he could keep an eye on him. He would have been worried sick if he had gotten some cryptic text and then been forced to leave it up to Naruto's friends in Sweden to take care of him. No, he wanted to do it himself.

"I'm just glad you're still here, Naruto."

Naruto smiled and leaned on the raven again, nuzzling into the nook of Sasuke's neck.