Notes before we start: This chapter is completely from Naruto's point of view. If you see a line, it's a flash back. So, it's a Naruto Chapter! But, it still has NaruSasu in it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, and any of the characters in this Fan fiction. I'd love to, but it's not going to happen any time soon.

Warning: Mild Yaoi references ahead. Don't flame the NaruSasu and the KakaSaku: 3 Also, three mentions of ShikaTema.

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Naruto ignored Sakura, his first love, leave with her current love, Kakashi. It seemed so wrong too see an ex-student fall in love with their ex-teacher, but he had gotten used to it. After all, with Sakura gone and his dreams of being her boyfriend shattered, he could actually concentrate on Sasuke with more detail.

The black hair that covered his face lay next to him on the pillow as he slept, and wires and tubes were coming out of his topless body left, right and centre. One to keep him alive, one to monitor his heart rate… 'Before he came looking for me, Sasuke was fine. So, what happened…?' Naruto thought, sitting down on the same seat he had sat down on so many months ago and kept staring at the sleeping Sasuke.

It had only been three months since he remembered seeing Sasuke in the hospital, but to Naruto, it seemed like three years. Life became dull, boring and almost meaningless. Hanging out with Chouji, Kiba and Shikamaru round at Temari's place didn't seem all that fun during that time. Even attending Shikamaru's 'last night of freedom' party wasn't all that fun, even if he didn't remember most of it to begin with.

Now there were two new couples to try not to think about. Shikamaru and Temari, who were expecting their first child along with Kakashi and Sakura, who had started going out after going on a mission to try and find Naruto. It hurt so much. Chouji and Kiba had moved in with each other in a flat just outside Konoha, and who knows what they were up to. They had lost contact after Naruto lost their last letter, and after Kiba's phone exploded.

Naruto grabbed the picture out of his pocket. He had only taken it out to wash his clothes, and he hadn't even looked at it since the time ANBU came to collect him. He turned it over slowly, his eyes giving off a few tears as he saw the smiling face of the man who lay in front of him.

"Sasuke…" Naruto mumbled. "I demand that you tell me… I demand you tell me why you're acting like this…" His free fist clenched as he pushed the picture back into his pocket. He stood up, still crying softly. He didn't want to look so pathetic in front of the Uchiha, but the Uzumaki couldn't help it. He was so worried about Sasuke, but he always acted so cold towards him, so Naruto couldn't get close to him without feeling completely empty and one-sided.

Sasuke moaned in his sleep, and Naruto stiffened up. Had Sasuke heard what he had just said? Was he going to forgive him? Or, was he just moaning? The yellow haired boy stayed stiff until Sasuke lay still again in sleep. Naruto grabbed his jacket where his heart would be and sighed heavily, sitting back down in the chair again. He didn't mean to feel like this. Infact, ever since he realised that Sakura was too far away, Sasuke seemed to be everywhere he went.

Obviously they were all coincidences, but Naruto couldn't help thinking that someone was playing annoying mind games with him. He couldn't make sure since he was too embarrassed to go up to Saskue and ask if he was real or not. That would make him sound like something out of a cliché shojo-ai manga. He could imagine the scene now:

"Excuse me Sasuke, are you real? I can't tell because of your charming good looks" Naruto would say, the Sasuke being real and taking Naruto's hands.
"Of course I am, but you look like an angel." Naruto imagined the Sasuke saying.

It wouldn't come true though. Naruto sighed, putting his head in his hands. People really did look cuter when they were asleep, possibly because their facial expressions were relaxed, and you could see them without a mask on. "I'll come back when Sakura says I can visit." Naruto said, standing up and kissing Sasuke's hand. He opened the door, leaving Sasuke in the room alone with the sign still swinging on the door.

Closing on the door on Sasuke was getting harder day by day, but soon he would be walking around town again. 'Naruto, you have to tell him' Naruto thought, sighing slowly and walking out of the hospital. 'But he'll hate me, and I'll lose someone else.' He countered. It was strange having a conversation with yourself, but it helped sometimes. 'Won't you feel worse if you lose him forever?' Naruto stopped completely near Sasuke's house. 'Well yes, but then he won't hate me.'

"Sasuke! Get better soon damn-it!" Naruto shouted, looking up at the window with a determined expression on your face. "And don't hate me!" He started running home, the picture of a smiling Sasuke lying on the doorstep, and his signature on the back.

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Ooooh. Don't forget the picture guys, it'll help later on. :3 Anyway… I must finish this! XD I don't think I'll be able to do it in one day, maybe in two, but if not, SAT's are gonna get in the way. –sighs- Oh well.