-1Rain Or Tears?A/N Whoo! It's Yuki chan here again. All of a sudden I had the weird urge to write something, so I did. Oddly enough, my favorite pairing is Kakashi and Iruka. But it feels really weird to try and write a fanfic about them. So I settled for Naruto and Sasuke, because I think they would be cute together. Despite the fact that I don't exactly read those fanfics. And just to let you know, I placed the honorifics there to represent the relationship between the people conversing. Just knowing what ending someone adds (or is willing enough to call you that) to your name tells you a lot.

Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto. I wish I did. Then I could put all of these obscure pairings for no reason! But yeah, I don't own Naruto, these characters aren't mine, don't sue me!

-----Psst, the story begins here-----

Rain poured from the sky as if someone had sliced the clouds open. A blond boy in a bright orange suit sat on a park bench alone. Sadly, his mood contrasted his sunny wardrobe. The occasional raindrop slid down his cheek, mingling with the tears that flowed freely from his eyes. Naruto didn't even attempt to hide it. He figured that the rain would mask whatever tears fell. Voices from earlier constantly echoed through his mind.

"Naruto! Leave me the hell alone! For the last time, I don't like you! You're just a stupid little weakling kid just playing ninja. Nothing compared to Sasuke kun. You're not even worth my time."

"……Sakura…….ch-……san"

Those blue eyes that had been so full of life a couple hours ago were now as grey as the sky. A black haired Uchiha looked at the boy from his perch on the tree. He felt like training so he had been seeking the boy to spar. But he hadn't expected to see what he had seen. The normally bright boy appeared so sedated and empty. It almost made his heart clench. Of course, the proud boy couldn't admit that to himself. He would be the laughing stock of the town if it got out that the cool, calm, and strong Sasuke was worried about his so called rival Naruto. Still, that particular look on his face was… unbecoming of him. It was as weird as Kakashi sensei taking his mask off in public. He decided after several hours of just watching the blond boy stand in the rain to nonchalantly walk up to him and ask him why he was so glum.

"Hey, idiot, what's wrong? If you stand out here any longer you're going to get sick, and then I can't beat you in a fight." Excellent approach Sasuke! Wait, kun? Since when did he actually start respecting people like that? The boy thought to himself.

"Hi Sasuke kun. Nothing's wrong, I just wanted to watch the rain fall." The blond turned and looked at him in the eyes, giving him one of the fakest smiles the "avenger" had ever seen.

"Well, lets get you inside." Sasuke began to gently lead Naruto to his house. When they arrived, Sasuke noticed that Naruto was softly sobbing. He turned to examine him closer, and saw tears softly falling. The boy quickly wiped away his tears and forced himself to stop crying when Sasuke began to stare. "Naruto, tell me the truth. What made you cry?"

Sasuke's undying focus was aimed at Naruto at full force. The blond quickly looked away and quickly yelled "Nothing's wrong! Just leave me alone so I can go to bed and beat you up later!.

The Uchiha was unconvinced. "Naruto, cut the act. I know something is bothering you. I promise I won't ridicule you about it, no matter what in the world it is.

"JUST GET OUT!" With that, the black haired boy was shoved out of the apartment. Oddly enough, he wasn't angry at Naruto for what he did. If anything, his determination to find out increased.

-----Next Day-----

Kakashi sensei had instructed them to pick weeds again for the days mission. Strangely enough, Naruto neither complained about the mundane tasks they were always forced to do, or yelled that he would do better than Sasuke. Said boy and teacher looked at Naruto worriedly. The blonde tried not to make eye contact with anyone, especially the Uchiha boy. Kakashi sensei gazed over at Sakura. She looked preoccupied as well, not wishing to even acknowledge that Naruto was alive. The teacher hm'd and disappeared to let his students toil away.

"Ok my little ninjas of death, that's enough for today." With that, the masked ninja disappeared in a pouf. Sakura quickly approached Sasuke with a new hope.

"Sasuke kun! Would you like to have some lunch with me? There's a new restaurant and I want to try it out." The girl looked at her idol with the cutest face she could muster. Sasuke looked at her in the eyes, and the girls heart flipped.

"No. I have more important things to do today." One could practically hear the sound of her hopes being crushed. But no matter, all crazed fan girls always finds new hope in every day, despite how vain it is. Anyway, Sakura said her goodbyes and left with a dark cloud hanging over her head. Sasuke quickly caught up with the unusually subdued Naruto and put his hand on the orange clad shoulder to stop him. A pair of dull blue eyes looked at him with confusion. "Naruto…kun, want to go to lunch with me?" This took Naruto by surprise.

"Sure. Are you feeling ok?" What I want to know is, are YOU ok? But I'll get to the bottom of that. Sasuke smiled his tiny smile. If something was able to make his blond (HIS? WHEN'D THIS HAPPEN?) depressed, he wanted to know about it. Naruto didn't deserve it, he'd been hurt enough in life as it was. Sasuke felt sympathy for the boy (a first! Gasp!) since they were in similar boats in the river of life.

-----At the Restaurant---

"Naruto, I'm not going to dance around the subject. What's bothering you? I want to know." Sasuke wasn't being very subtle about the subject at hand. He obviously wanted to know badly. Although why, the boy didn't know himself.

"If you really want to know… Sakura san yelled at me. She told me to leave her alone and that she hated me… Said I was nothing compared to you. 'I'm just a kid playing ninja…'" Naruto didn't lift his eyes from the spot on the table. Sasuke watched him with his mouth gaping.

"And you BELIEVED her? Naruto, there are other fish in the sea. Sakura probably wasn't the one for you." I would never say that to you if you were with me… Sasuke shook his head to free himself from those thoughts.

"I'm so stupid, no one would ever like me… Hinata chan will probably lose interest in me when she learns how much of an idiot I am…" Sasuke desperately wanted to stop the boy from his babbling.

"Well, I think you're a strong ninja. Worthy enough of being my rival, and not anyone can do that. And you're plenty good looking." Why the hell am I saying these things? The black haired boy smiled as he saw a little more life in those blue eyes.

"You mean it? Thanks, Sasuke. It really means a lot to me that you think that." The pair ate and said their goodbyes.

Sasuke went directly home and looked up at the ceiling as he was trying to sleep.

Why do I care? Why does it make me so angry that Sakura would say that to Naruto? Maybe it's those damned eyes of his. He is a little cute… Wait! Aren't I supposed to be straight? OH NO! I'M QUESTIONING MY SEXUALITY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE!

To be continued…

A/N: I have another chapter in my mind. But if I'm going to write it or not depends on if there is enough interest. So post those reviews! Or the baby in my womb which is in my butt (I a gundam wing pilot, if that explains anything.) will be sad! And no one wants a sad mpreg baby.