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Disclaimer: I was watching Naruto one day, and was sorta wondering in my head ' If only things could go this way..', then, like the genius I am, I realized that I don't own the Naruto series…So there it is.

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Those Sharingan Eyes

Chapter 5: Condolence

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Uzumaki Naruto's cerulean eyes breifly closed as he brought his hands together in a nearly silent clap. Simultaneously a bowl of ramen was placed in front of him upon the glossy wooden counter in harmony with two other bowls of the same decor- they, respectively, were issued to the two accompanying him, located on either side of him.

"Itadakimasu!" On direct timing to his words, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura seperated their chopsticks, eyes breifly closing in a sort of calmness as they did so. The sound oftheblonde-hairedshinobiinhaling his food was a constant background as the two continued in a calm manner; Sasuke took a few small, moderate bites to which allowed a rarity to the occurance of having to messily slurp the noodles. Sakura, however, had refrained from starting her dining; the chopsticks laid idle in the grasp of her lax hand- it was only after a moment that she started to fiddle with them, twirling the parallel sticks within the bowl of ramen.

Sasuke let his deep obsidian orbs transition to glance at her as he noticed this, the upraised position in which Naruto had his arms as he he drank the remaining contents allowingthe Uchihaher momentary sight; it was when Naruto replaced the bowl onto the counter that his vision was obscured. In accordance his gaze returned to look at an undeterminable area ahead of him as slightly rested his chin upon his loosely clapsed hands. He seemed to have lost his appetite, though his stoic countenance allowed no hint to the reason, to the contemplation that busied his mind.

"Hey, Sakura-chan," Naruto'schirpy voice sounded in harmony to thesound of cooking that's noises thathad been a consant background. He brought upafist to lightly pound on his chest as he finished swallowing the remnants of his meal. He slightly turned towards his, his cerulean eyes kind and cheerful, not in the least unnerved nor nervous."I was thinking..since the water pipe in your house is mysteriously broken, you know its gonna take them a while to fix it. Gotta tear the wall in front of it down, fix the pipe, the rebuild the wall-yada yadda. It might not be the best place for you to get some sleep, soo...you can stay with me!" He announced his propositionin a proud manner, sitting up straight as one of his hands pointed to himself.

It took Sakura an excessive amount of will-power to keep a straight face, though she wasn't able to hide her slight suprise at his offer.

"Um.." She let her slightly bewildered emerald orbs glance to Sasuke swiftly, catching his gaze before he looked away, signaling his intention to say nothing. This transaction was mintue before shereturned her gazeto fixate on Naruto modestly. She let a breif, small smile adorn her lips."Thanks, Naruto." It was an affirmation to the offer.

"Yatta! We're gonna have alot of fun Sakura-chan!" He through his arm around her shoulders while throwing his other up in the air, the excitment prominent in his demeanor. Unnervedagain by his greatly counterbalanced enuthusiasm, she tried to hold her smile.

"Yea…" Sakura tried to giggle, failing horribly.

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Her dull emerald eyes were wide open as she layhuddled in a blanket, resting onthe bed Naruto had kindly given upto her; he himself was on the glossy wooden-tiled floor. Accompanying him andscattered along the floor were left over ramen containers, random balls of crumpled paper, old milk, the works.The noise that came from a certain figure sprawled out among the objects on the floor would be the assumable reason for her insomnia.

Snoring.

However, her mind didn't seem to be concentrated on the noises of her companion, but of something else. She turned onto her back, letting her gaze transition around the room to which they rested, seeming to scan its areas. When her search was complete her gaze wandered to the ceiling above, blankly staring up as she let out a long, hardly discernable sigh. It was only after a few moments that she raised into a sitting position, gently swiging her legs over to the side of the bed before placing her bare feet lightly onto the floor.

She made a straight shot to the window, carefully avoiding to step on any accesory to the floor; the window's rounded crevice allowed a ledge to which she could sit upon. She sighed as she let her back rest against the rounded curve of the window seal, bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them, her hands grasping to opposite forearm. Her emerald eyes were slightly illuminated by the colors of the moonlight as shegazed out into the night sky; the position of the window she looked out of was mid-level, giving clear sight to rooftops below its level, their orange-colored tiles supporting enough traction totravel upon.

As a cloud finished its travel before the cratered moon, her facial features seemed to be illuminated even more so, showing the demeanor reminiscent of her thoughts- a sort of melancholy framed her face, a dullness glimmered in her eyes, tension framed her countenance.

A thought seemed to cross her mind as she looked around the area that the veiw of the window provided, the sleeping Konoha stirless, soundless to the occasional chirping of the nightlife. As if securing the likeliness of her safety, she opened the window, making her way onto the nearby rooftop. The then slightly jumped to the higher rooftops that signified the standard level of most of the buildings.

It was then that a figure caught her eyes, spiking her alertness. She remained in the same position as her eyes squinted in attempt to identify the person, who's features were hidden by the darkness asthey sat upon one of the rooftops.Thefigure seemed to notice her at the same time, however, and rose to a standing position.She remained frozen as the person jumped across a few rooftops in travel towards her. When the person neared, her shoulders visibly relaxed, her body slightly laxing in releif. However an impendinguncomfortableness arose.

Sasuke.

He stopped a rooftop away, placing his hands in his pockets.

"What are you doing up this late?" His impassive inquiry slightly raised her head as she looked at him timidly.

"I-I can't sleep."

"Snoring?"

Sakura almost seemed to hesitate in her answer before she minutely nodded her head. In response to her answer Sasuke's gaze transitioned away as he seemed to contemplate something, this moment was breif as well.

"Follow me." These were his only words as he turned his back to her before proceeding to make his way from rooftop to rooftop. She breifly looked on as he advanced away from her before bringing up a slightly clenched hand to her chest.

It was then that she took her first running step.

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She waited timidly behind him as he opened the door to his apartment. She remained stationary as the door swung open, her gaze curiously yet uncomfortably staring into the nearly opaque depths. It was after a moment that she looked to Sasuke, noticing him holding the door open, signifying his waiting for her to go in. Letting out a quick, suprised noise of apology, Sakura stepped into the narrow corridor of the hall that lead further into his place. She looked to Sasuke as he came in, closing the door behind them. He moved past her, the small spacing of the parallel walls on either side of them causing the inevitable contact of their bodies as they both manuevered to allow his passion.

He stepped out of his sandals at he stepped up onto the glossy wooden-tiled floors of his abode, and Sakura followed pursuit. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness of his unlit rooms, she noticed the large spaces that were very plainly set up. He motioned for her to continue following as the passed through the main living room, where a set of stairs were located; wall surrounded the staircase on either side as she followed him up, halting in her steps as they reached the top, and as Sasuke slid open a door. He switched on the light but did not walk in.

It was Sasuke's room.

"You can sleep in here." His words transitioned her gaze to him. She watched as he made his way over to his bend, crouching to reach for something underneath its span.

"Where are you going to sleep?" Her slightly worried, modest voice sounded in reply.

"On the couch."

"No, it's okayI can sleep on the couch!" She backed away getting ready to head down the stairs, but Sasukecalmly and wordlessly stopped her bygently grabbing her wrist. Her suprisedemerald eyes shot down to view the contact as he lead her into the room, letting go as he made his way over to his bed before fishing something out from underneath.When he came back up, he was holding an extra pillow and blanket under his arm. With that he walked past Sakura and out of the room.

She immediately turned her upper body around to watchSasuke sliding the door closed behind him. She listened as he walked down the stairs. When she could hear him no more, Sakura let out a breath she seemingly had been holding and looked around.

It was plain..like the rest of the house, only consisting of a bed and a dresser. Upon the dresser rested a picture frame. It was of Team seven. Sakura had this bright smile on her face that reached ear to ear, and she was leaning more towards Sasuke. It looked as if her head was leaning on Sasuke's shoulder. Behind them stood Kakashi-sensei, with both his hands smashed into Sasuke and Naruto's head, hence the frown that was evident on Sasuke's face. But if you looked close enough you could see a slight smirk on his face.

She couldn't help but wonder about Sasuke, and why he would let her stay here.

It was that same curiousnessthat led her out of his room, and peaking her head around the corner at the bottom of the stairs to locate Sasuke. She made her way overto him, he seemed to be asleep as his arms rested underneath his head, and his chest movedrythimatically to his breathing.

She stared at him a while longer as if contemplating something. Mind seeming made up, the pink-haired kunoichi madeher way back up the stairs.Moments later she came back down with a blanket and pillow in hand.She moved back over to the couch and laid down at the foot of it.

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Lame ending, I know I know. Lame chapter, I agree I agree. But at least its something? I justed wanted to get it all out in one peice, so hopefully its decent enough to avoid the angry bloodthirstymobs of pitchforks and and that shizniz. XD