Authors' Note Yay! Another chapter! This is longer than the last one, although I'm not sure if it's better... :) Anyways, thanks to all my wonderfull reviewers, I love you guys! And I know that the 4th hokage sealed kyuubi, but I've made some changes.

Warnings for bad language, violence and yaoi(boyxboy)

Disclaimer. Nope, I don't own Naruto. What did you think, I mean why would I then write a FanFic 'hint' FAN!

On with the story!

Sasuke slowly opened one eye. A single sun ray played on his closed eyelids, effectively waking him up. With a slight moan he turned around and placed his pillow on his head. But something woke him. Something was different from other mornings, but he just couldn't figure out what it was.

He got out of bed, a shiver running through his body as he placed his feet on the cold floor and sleepily walked out from his room.

When a strange sound from the kitchen reached his ear he got a little confused. What in hell was in his kitchen on the morning?

Suddenly he understood what the noise was, even though he didn't know who did it. It was the noise of someone singing loudly and unashamed, a sound he hadn't heard for many years.

He smiled a little, ignoring the fact that the person wasn't a very good singer, just enjoying the sound of another humans' voice.

Sasuke followed the voice into the kitchen. He stopped in the door, staring very confused at the singer, who currently danced around while making breakfast.

"Naruto? What are you doing?"

The song stopped, and a blushing blonde turned around with a sheepish grin.

"Oh, good morning Sasuke. I was just, you know, uh…" he stopped with a shrug and continued with what he did before Sasuke came, which was frying eggs.

"Shouldn't you be lying down, since you have two pretty ugly wounds?"

"Oh, you mean those?" Naruto pulled down his shirt, showing a partially healed wound. "It didn't look so bad, and I didn't feel any pain, so I decided I could get up." He grinned.

"Bu-but it didn't look like that yesterday, it was big, and bloody and like filled with rust!"

Naruto shrugged. "Guess I'm a quick healer. Anyways, what'cha want for breakfast?"

Sasuke only shook his head and sat down with a thud on a kitchen chair. He stared suspiciously at the wound, as if it would get bad again if he looked really hard.

"Hellooo! Earth to Sasuke! I'm up here! What do you want for breakfast?"

"Huh? Oh, I don't care, everything's fine with me." Sasuke said, finally managing to tear his eyes from Narutos' tanned shoulder.

Naruto continued frying the eggs, humming slightly. Sasuke began to place out plates and forks on the table. He didn't know what to say, he hadn't had breakfast with anyone for at least eight years.

So he was quite thankful that Naruto filled the silence with his humming and occasionally talking to himself. It was kind of nice to have another person in the house, even if it was someone he barely knew.

Naruto turned around from the stove, holding a frying pan filled with egg in one hand and a kitchen fork in the other.

"Time for breakfast!" he exclamated happily, placing the pan on the table and taking a seat.

He filled his plate with eggs and started to shove them in like he hadn't seen food for a month. Sasuke took a seat next to the eating boy, nimbly eating his egg in small pieces. Strangely enough, they actually tasted good.

They ate their meal in silence, except for the munching sounds coming from the blonde boy.

The raven haired boy noticed that Naruto ate kind of like a dog. He just shoved the food right in, quickly chewing on it before he swallowed it down. It was interesting to watch him eat, something Sasuke wasn't used to do. He felt strange looking at the other boy, strange but in a good kind of way.

After a while, Naruto looked up, his mouth filled with eggs, looking puzzled at the other boy. Sasuke just shrugged, returning to his meal.

"Stuck up snob" Naruto said quietly, swallowed and smiled a little.

"Baka." Sasuke returned, also smiling.

When they finished, Sasuke put his empty plate in the sink and motioning for Naruto to do the same.

The blonde smiled, lifted his plate to the sink and carefully put it there. He turned around and started saying something, but stopped, visibly paling.

He cringed, holding hard to the chair next to him. Suddenly, his feet gave way and he dell to the floor, paling even more.

'Oh fuck, not now, it's not supposed to happen today! It's supposed to be over!' he thought angrily.

Sasuke stared at him, not knowing what to do. Naruto clutched his belly, whining as he was almost twitching in pain.

"It's ok," he whispered between clenched teeth," It'll soon be over."

His words woke up Sasuke, who quickly bent down to the floor and lifted the boy up. Naruto howled as another wave of pain stroke him.

Sasuke walked back into the living room and placed Naruto carefully on the couch. The boy closed his eyes and breathed raggedly, taking in each gulp of air with a spasm.

The other boy looked at him, sensing something close to fear. What was wrong with the boy?

Slowly Naruto calmed down, as the pain subsided. Soon he was able to breathe properly, and managed to pull himself up.

"It's ok, it's over now." He said, smiling weakly. He hated to look weak in front of someone else, but it's not like he could stop those attacks.

Sasuke sat down next to him, staring down on the floor.

"What's wrong with you dobe?" He suddenly asked. "Why are you having these sort of strange attacks?"

Naruto shrugged, his face colour slowly returning to normal.

"I'm not so sure, all I know is that I've had them for all my life, and that they come only on one day of the year. Yesterday, the tenth of October."

"But why'd you have one today!"

"I-I don't know." He said quietly. "And I don't understand why I have to tell you!" he snarled, suddenly angry.

Sasuke sighed.

"Fine, then don't tell me." He answered coolly.

They sat in an uncomfortable silence, not looking at each other. Sasuke gave up after a while and started getting up, but was stopped by something gripping his wrist.

"I'm sorry Sasuke, but well, I'm not used to hear people ask stuff about me and well, it kinda scared me, I guess." Naruto said, scratching his head and smiling embarrassed.

"It's ok, I know how it is." Sasuke answered, allowing his lips to form a tiny smile.

The blonde nodded and looked away.

"I-I know that this is probably a stupid question, and you'll probably get mad at me, but why do you live alone?" He asked quickly.

Sasuke stiffened, not really prepared for a question like that. He looked at the other boy, who seemed to be embarrassed.

"If you want me to answer that question, then you must let me ask you questions, and answer them without lying!"

Naruto flinched, but nodded and tried a smile again.

"Ok," he said," but you must answer my question first!"

"It's a very simple answer to that: I live alone 'cause my entire family died eight years ago." He said, sadness glinting in his eyes.

Naruto mentally slapped himself.

"I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have asked that…" he began, but was stopped by Sasuke holding up his hands.

"Ey dobe, it's ok. But now you'll have to answer my question: Why does it seem like everyone hates you?"

Naruto shrugged and flashed a sad smile towards the other boy.

"I don't know." He said calmly." They've always hated me for no apparent reason. I guess that's just like it has to be."

"No one should be hated, at least not for unknown reasons!" Sasuke said angrily.

Naruto smiled.

"It's ok, but thanks for caring."

The blonde sat up, feeling more comfortable with the situation. Suddenly his face lit up and he turned to Sasuke, smiling broadly.

"Let's do something funny now!" he yelled.

Sasuke stared in surprise at the smaller boy.

"What are you talking about?"

"Pleease, can't we do something that's fun, something that makes you laugh!"

The blonde was about to get up, but was pushed back down by Sasuke.

"Don't get up, you stupid baka."

Naruto pouted, but leaned back with his arms crossed. Sasuke smiled inwardly. 'He looks really cute when he's… WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST THINK!'

The blonde stared in confusion as the other boy began to violently shake his head.

"Yo Sasuke, you alright?" He asked.

The raven haired boy just nodded and got up on feet.

"Hey, where are you going! Naruto yelled.

Sasuke sighed, mentally kicking himself for thinking such a thing about Naruto.

"I'm going to get a fun movie we can watch. Ok dobe?" he said tauntingly.

Two hours later the boys were happier than they'd been in a long while.

Naruto was smiling broadly, and even Sasuke was smiling.

"Yo Sasuke." Naruto began slowly.

"What, dobe?"

"I, well, uh. Thanks."

"For what?"

"For, you know, like being nice to me and all that. I'm not very used to have people caring about me…" He broke off, suddenly not knowing what to say.

Sasuke opened his mouth, but was interrupted by a sudden loud knock on the door.

Naruto stiffened, but tried to hide it. The other boy got up on feet and walked towards the front door. Before opening it he turned around and smiled reassuringly.

"Don't worry dobe."

Naruto just shrugged, but relaxed a little.

Sasuke took a deep breath and opened the door.

And was greeted by two brilliant smiles and piercing voices.

"Sasuke-kun!" the two girls yelled.

He stared at them in disbelief. 'How the fuck did they know where my house is?' he thought angrily.

"What'cha want?" he growled. The girls smiled even broader, if that was possible.

"Well," the one with the pink hair started," we were just wondering if you wanted to come with us on a picnic?" she held up a basket, while the other, blonde girl, nodded eagerly.

He stared at them coldly.

"No." he finally said.

"Please, it'll be fun!" they pleaded. He shook his head slightly, retreating back into the house.

"No I said. I'm busy."

"But it's not good to sit all alone in a house!"

"Who said I was alone?"

They stared at him, quiet for the first time he'd seen them. The blonde was the first to open her mouth.

" Wh-who're you with, Sasuke-kun?" She asked, almost stuttering.

"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm with a friend. So can you get out of my doorway so I can close my door?" And with these words he stared at them with eyes as cold as ice until they finally moved back and he slammed the door shut.

On the other side of the door, two girls stared at each other before slowly walking up next to a window and looking in.

"Sasuke? Who was it?" Naruto asked with a worried frown. The raven haired boy only shrugged.

"Doesn't matter. I…" He was stopped by a cracking noise from outside the window. They both quickly looked there, only to discover two horrified girls staring back at them.

Growling like a dog, Sasuke leapt to the window and slammed it open. But the girls had already disappeared. He shook his head, closed the window and returned to the blonde boy.

Naruto looked down.

"I should go. They won't appreciate that I'm here, and I don't want to cause any trouble."

Sasuke shook his head slightly.

"You're not going anywhere. What if your wound goes up; you could bleed to death if you're not careful."

"Maybe that's for the best. Then there won't be someone everybody hates, and they'll all be happy." Naruto hung his head down, staring intently at the floor.

"Why'd you say that? They don't hate you, do they?"

The blonde looked up, almost furious.

"What are you, stupid or something? They all hate me, they always have! And for some reason, they hate me even more on the day of the Grand Fire Festival; yesterday."

"But why do they hate you? There's no reason an entire village should hate one person. And there must be someone who doesn't hate you, right?"

Naruto smiled a sad smile, his eyes gleaming with memories.

"I can remember a laughing woman holding me. She had blonde hair, just like mine. And a tall man smiling and giving me presents. They loved me, or at least I think they did."

"Where are they now?" Sasuke asked, feeling a bit disturbed by the other boys' sad eyes.

"I also remember red bright light, huge waves of pain crushing down on my body and then nothing. Nothing but a black loneliness, and the eyes, the eyes so filled with hate. They all hate me." Narutos' voice faded away, but then he seemed to cheer up and flashed a smile at Sasuke, a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

"Let's do something else now!" The blonde yelled, smiling.

Sasuke only shook his head. That boy was strange, strange but cute with that unruly blonde hair and those big blue eyes… 'NO! Bad thoughts away!' he thought, hitting himself hard on the head.

Naruto stared at him with wide eyes, then grabbed a pillow from the couch and smiled slyly.

Sasuke barely had time to look up before he was hit on the head with the pillow.

"Ow!" he yelled, smiling. He grabbed another pillow and smacked Naruto on the back.

"You bastard! I'll get you for that!" The blonde screamed, smiling broadly.

'That Sasuke isn't such a bad guy, but hell if I'd tell him that! He's actually rather cute, I can understand why those girls… Oh fuck, what did I think? Did I think that Sasuke, a boy, is CUTE! Aaaaaaaaah! I'm going to blush! What the fucking shit is wrong with me!' Naruto thought, throwing himself down in the couch, hiding his face in his hands.

Sasuke stared at him.

"Naruto? What's wrong? Are you in pain?" he asked, feeling worried once again.

"No!" was the muffled response. "I just, never mind." He got up from the couch, smiling embarrassed, hoping that the blush was gone.

"Can we eat now? I'm really hungry!" Naruto shouted.

"Sure dobe, what'd you want?"

"Stop calling me that! And I want RAMEN! Pleeeeeease!"

Sasuke smiled a little.

"Ok, but since I don't have any Ramen at home, we'd have to go out and buy some. Think you can manage that?"

"Of course! Let's go!" the blonde yelled, almost jumping from the excitement.

They got outside, Naruto wearing one of Sasukes' black jackets over his torn black t-shirt.

The October wind blew past them, making them shudder as they walked quickly down the road, into the centre of the village. Even though it was in the middle of the day,
there were almost no people outside. Naruto shuddered slightly as the wind blew past him. Strange weather; yesterday it was hot, almost like summer, and today it felt like the winter was coming.

They stopped outside a small restaurant. A delicious smell soared past them, creating a sound very similar to an earthquake in the blondes' stomach.

Sasuke opened the door, motioning with his free hand for Naruto to go inside. But the blonde froze, staring inside at the people there. He couldn't go in there, not with all the people!

The other boy just grabbed the blonde by the sleeve and pulled him inside, into the welcoming warmth of the noodle restaurant. The room immediately silenced, hateful glares thrown at the blonde.

Naruto looked down and turned around, prepared to go outside when a hand stopped him.

"And where do you think you're going? I thought you were hungry?" Sasuke said, smiling mockingly as Narutos' stomach confirmed this with a low rumble. The other boy just shook his head.

"I, uh, just remembered that I forgot all my money at home." He said weakly.

"Well this time it's my treat, so come on now!" Sasuke ignored the other boys' mild protests and dragged him past all the tables to the counter in the end of the room.

The quiet room suddenly got back to life, but the people were talking in hushed voices, staring at the boys.

"We'll have four miso ramen." The man behind the counter nodded and shouted something towards an open door.

"Are you eating here?" he asked, his voice clouded with dislike.

Sasuke looked at his friend. Then shook his head.

"Nah, we'll take them with us." The man nodded again and Sasuke pulled up some money from his pocket and paid the man.

Soon the food arrived and the man put them in a brown bag. Sasuke took them, nodded politely and started dragging Naruto towards the front door. They were stopped halfway there by a mocking voice.

"Hey you, black haired boy. Why are you hanging around with that loser? You seem to be a smart guy, come with us instead!" The black haired Rock Lee smiled tauntingly towards the two boys. His gang sat beside him, whispering to each other, completely ignoring the blonde.

Sasuke stared coldly at Lee, and without a word he kept walking towards the door. Before he opened it, he turned around.

"If you don't stop bullying my friend, I'll make sure that none of you is ever able to talk again."

And with these words he pushed the door open, dragging with him the confused blonde out into the cold wind.

They started walking back towards Sasukes' house in silence. But after a while, Naruto cleared his throat.

"Uhm, Sasuke, did you mean what you said in there?"

Sasuke looked at the boy with disbelief in his eyes.

"Of course I did! We're friends; we stand up for each other."

"I-I didn't know friends did that, I haven't had a real friend before." Naruto said quietly.

"Well, now you know." His friend said calmly. Naruto gave him a broad smile.

As soon as they got home, Naruto was once again jumping up and down.

"Please hurry with the food, I'm starving!" He yelled.

Sasuke only shook his head and put the ramen in two bowls. He handed one of them to Naruto, who almost drooled as the glorious smell found its way to his nostrils. They sat down and ate happily.

Naruto finished first, and for a while he just sat there, quietly looking at his new found friend. 'I'm so happy right now; it feels almost like I could explode with happiness.' He thought.

'you know kit, you shouldn't trust him. You'll only end up getting hurt'

The blonde shook his head violently, ignoring the voice in his head.

Sasuke looked questioningly at his friend, who only smiled.

The rest of the day went on quickly. After the dinner, consisting of some kind of frozen pie and the rest of the noodles, they both sat down next to each other in the couch, beginning to watch a thrilling movie.

After about half of the movie, Sasuke heard a cute noise, sounding almost like a little purring kitten. He looked at his friend and noticed he was fast asleep, cuddled up against Sasukes' side. The raven haired boy smiled, sensing strange emotions running through his body. He slowly got up, replacing himself with a pillow.

Naruto whimpered as the body heat left him, bud accepted the replacement and continued sleeping. Sasuke picked up the blanket and placed it on his friend, carefully tucking in the corners. He shut off the TV and the lights, leaving the room in darkness.

"Good night Naruto." He whispered, before going to his room and changing into his pj:s.

'It's nice to have a friend', he thought sleepily before collapsing on the bed. Soon he was fast asleep.

Somewhere in another house in the village, a group of boys sat together and discussed the hate object, which now seemed to have a new, weak point.

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