Sign.

A/N: I am a horrible, terrible, spawn of Satan, criminal of the updating world!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sorry! This has taken FOREVER, and I know it! Before we get to the chapter, I have this lovely story to tell. The other day, I was about to print a paper that was due next period and I had a coke. I'd opened the coke at least four times already and it was half empty, but somehow, it managed to fizz out all across my keyboard. Luckily, the very nice, very cool computer techs were right down the hall and they heard me yell at the top of my lungs, "FUUUUUUCK!" before bursting into tears. They loaded my hard drive on a different computer so that I could re-edit it and print it out with thirty seconds left to spare, and as I did this, they vacuumed all of the coke out of mine AND gave me a fancy new key board all clean and nice! It's so fun typing with a new key board! So this chappie is dedicated to Ms. Mabry and the other dude whose name I totally don't know (and BELIEVE me, I feel horrible about that), and even though neither of them will EVER read this, THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU! I wouldn't even have a computer without them! Now, as a reflection of my never-ending laziness, I am going to, once again, blow off all of my lovely reviewers. I Love you guys so much…but there are so many! I promise I'll thank you guys next time, all with extra treats. Currently I shall merely give a promised THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU to Sayward, who is my online support! I love you! And with that I'm moving on to the actual chappie. Here it is. Finally.

But Home Is Nowhere…: I'd Make A Wish And Bleed

Itachi was gone before Sasuke even got the chance to retort, and he was perfectly ready to jump out of the pool and run after him when he felt a soothing touch on his shoulder. He turned slowly around, making a distinct effort to calm himself. Naruto was smiling at him, a nervous light in his eye. They were both silent, and Sasuke had no idea what to say. What had just happened?

They had kissed.

Well, that was obvious. What did it mean, though?

It meant they had kissed, what else would it mean?

That's not the question, then. The question is, "Why?"

A small line of confusion appeared between Naruto's eyebrows as he thought for a moment before answering with a small, half smile, "Because, it felt right." His voice was soft, as if he had just realized the simplest truth in the world. "What about you?"

Sasuke smiled a little, too. Why had he kissed back? "Because I wanted it."

Naruto made a small, thoughtful noise. "So where do we go from here?"

That was the question of the evening, wasn't it? Sasuke had no idea what the fuck they were going to do, or if they should do anything at all. He only knew that at that precise moment, he had no desire whatsoever to so much as see anyone who wasn't Naruto, much less care about them. He supposed that meant he would leave it up to Naruto. "I don't know. I guess we go wherever feels right."

Naruto smiled, taking Sasuke's hand and lacing their fingers together. "I can do that."

3333333333333

Naruto didn't know how long they'd been standing there, their hands joined between them and twin smiles dancing across their features when the skies opened up and began crying harsh bullets of icy water upon them. Naruto gave a surprised yelp as the first of the rain hit him and Sasuke frowned. "I guess we should go inside now?"

Naruto nodded. "Damn. I was having so much fun getting all pruny and gross with you! We were bonding."

Sasuke snorted. "We can still bond inside. And if you really want to get pruny and gross with me, we can go sit in the bath tub. Come on." Sasuke pulled on Naruto's hand leading him towards the steps, and as they climbed out of the pool and into the now freezing air, Naruto was forced to laugh at the image of themselves sitting waist deep in a bathtub for the sole purpose of getting pruny together.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, tossing a towel towards the blonde, "What?"

Naruto caught the towel in the face and began rubbing himself dry. "I think we're pruny enough. We can nix the bathtub plan."

Sasuke turned a crestfallen look upon him. "What do you mean? I was so looking forward to sloshing around in a bath tub with you!"

Naruto just shook his head, wrapping his damp towel around him and dashing inside, suddenly cold. "Damn! I hate the air conditioner!"

Sasuke, who was shivering as well just continued up the stairs. "That's why we're going to go put on dry clothes. The air conditioner only sucks when one is soaking wet and wrapped in a damp towel."

3333333333333

It was, admittedly, freezing cold in the house, and Sasuke's lips were positively blue by the time he managed to get out of his wet clothes. He quickly pulled a fleece over his t-shirt, rubbing his arms as he waited for Naruto. When the blonde did finally emerge from the bathroom, he was looking positively snowy, and his teeth chatter as he asked, "D-do y-you h-h-have a sweater I c-can borrow?"

"Yeah." Sasuke turned and began rummaging through his drawers, digging through multiple layers of summer clothes before finding one of his smaller fleece pullovers. He tossed it at Naruto, who smiled gratefully and began pulling it on, forgetting to unzip it first. It was then, as Naruto was feeling for the top of the zipper in order to liberate his head that Sasuke decided that the blonde would positively adorable if he were to be struck down by way of pillow. Not to mention the fact that there had still been retaliation for the provocation which spawned the flour fight. And thus began yet another battle.

Sasuke snuck over to his bed and grabbed one of his biggest, fluffiest pillows, creeping up behind Naruto and raising his weapon in the air, waiting motionless. When the blonde finally managed to situate the sweater comfortably, he paused and then turned to look at Sasuke, eyes widening briefly as he received an earful of pillow.

3333333333333

For a moment, Naruto stood still, shocked into silence, but then a wicked look came over his face. "You are going to pay for that!" he said quietly, a hint of mischief in his tone. Then, he dove for the bed, reaching for a pillow and rolling to his feet as Sasuke chased after him, weapon flying. The Uchiha managed to land a few blows before Naruto ducked and swept his own pillow hard across his ankles, causing Sasuke to topple back onto the blankets, a stunned look on his face.

Naruto stood smirking down at Sasuke, raising his pillow to strike once again when Sasuke lunged forward and grabbed his ankle, pulling him down and bringing a pillow across the back of his head. With this, Naruto found himself yelping and slamming his own pillow across Sasuke's chest as they both jumped back to their feet, ignoring the squeaking protests of the bed. There were a few blocked shots followed by a torrential smack of pillows against head, and the two came crashing down in a tangle of limbs and pillows.

Briefly, time stood still, both boys stunned from the fall, but then Naruto heard a sound that could not, in any situation, be a good one. There was a low groan of wood as the boards of Sasuke bed strained against each other, and then, as if in slow motion, they were falling. Naruto's ears were ringing, an deafening crack bouncing off the walls, and suddenly, they hit the ground.

3333333333333

"Oh shit."

Sasuke quickly took stock of their situation, groaning as he realized what that had just done. They were currently laying tangled together in a pool of sheets and pillows, his mattress sagging dangerously into a gaping empty space. They had officially broken his bed in half. And now Itachi was standing in the doorway, arms once again crossed across his chest and a familiar look of anger spreading across his features.

"How the fuck did this one happen? Really, I'm dying to hear. How the fuck did you manage this?"

Sasuke frowned and managed to utter a quiet, "Uhhhh…pillow fight."

"Taking my advice to heart, then? I said to fuck him, not to start up a mating dance so violent that you broke your furniture." They were silent, and Sasuke thought he could see a faint blush spreading yet again over Naruto's face. "God! I don't have time for this! I have to be up way too early. You're sleeping on the floor tonight. I'll call someone to come fix this tomorrow night. Do try not to kill your mattress while you get it on, won't you?"

Sasuke just frowned. "Whatever."

Everything was silent, neither of them moving as they watched Itachi's fuzzy slippers disappear down the stairs, and then, for some unknown reason, Naruto burst out laughing.

"What?"

Naruto quieted, gasping as he answered, "We BROKE your BED!"

TBC…

A/N: I'm so sorry that I made you wait a month for this piece of shit chapter, but I really am battling the grips of Writer's Block. Heh. Sorry. I promise never to wait a whole month to update again. I feel like such scum. Oh well. I hope you guys can forgive me. Chapter title is from "The Great Disappointment" by AFI.