A/N: I'm really sorry..again. I don't know what's wrong with me. It was just really hard for me to type and such. I won't say too much about it, but I'm really sorry for updating late. A real special thank you to those who PMed me and such. It really got me motivated to type.

And of course, I will never forget to thank the rest of you. So thank you.

And I know my latest chapters had no real plot at all, so hope you find this one more interesting.

Enjoy.

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Sasuke was sitting on Naruto's lap eating snacks. He took a break from playing with his toy and Itachi was helping around in the house. Naruto and Sasuke talked to eat other while they ate. Sasuke's ears perked when he heard a door open.

"Naruto?" Minato walked through the front door, but couldn't see them in the kitchen.

"Oh shit!" Naruto cursed under his breath and scrambled to get Sasuke off of him. "Sasuke, sit over there, hurry..!"

Sasuke quickly got off before Minato reached the kitchen. He continued to eat his snacks quietly.

"Why are you here dad." Naruto asked, trying to cover up his panic.

"I can't come here to visit my own son?"

"I didn't mean that.." Naruto mumbled.

"Hello Sasuke." Minato looked at Sasuke eating crackers.

Sasuke did a small bow and continued to eat. He was a little tense, not knowing what to expect. He saw Minato staring at him, so he looked downwards, avoiding eye contact.

"Why are you here dad." Naruto asked again.

"I just wanted to check up on things over here." Minato said as he leaned back in the chair. "Plus I was able to get out early. We haven't sat together as a family in a long time. Why don't you get Kurama."

Naruto knew that his dad wouldn't leave for a while.

"Did you have plans with your girlfriend?" Minato teased.

"No." Naruto mumbled.

Minato turned to Sasuke.

"Have you ever seen Naruto's girlfriend?" He was about to describe her how Naruto did to him a while back, but he noticed something. But he saw Sasuke shake his head, but still avoid eye contact with him.

"Your hair's quite long Sasuke." Minato commented.

Naruto's attention turned to Sasuke's hair and he touched his lightly.

"It is long. We should get it cut." Naruto then quickly let of Sasuke's hair. "I-I'll get Kyuubi."

Naruto got up, but he then regretted leaving Sasuke alone with his dad. He hoped for the best as he went downstairs.

"Sasuke, so tell me." Minato started. "How close are you and Naruto? Did you know he has a girlfriend?"

Sasuke fidgeted and started to pick at his sleeve. He shook his head again.

"Do you want to know how he described her?" Minato didn't give a chance for Sasuke to respond. "He said she had black hair, it's somewhat long and soft. Sound familiar? He also said she's around the same height, very cute, and most importantly, her eyes are 'one of a kind'."

Minato simply stared at Sasuke before speaking again.

"Don't you think that you and this 'girlfriend' seem extremely similar?" Minato asked.

Sasuke's heart started to pound in his chest. He felt tears well up in his eyes, not knowing what to do.

"I do not and will not accept this." Minato said sternly. "Naruto has an important life in front of him. He needs to marry a girl to continue the family name. You should know what to do."

Sasuke's ears were fallen and tears were dripping down his face. Everything just fell onto him so fast. Naruto's dad, the Hokage, knew about their relationship already. He felt small.

Minato knew it was unfair of him, but he wanted Naruto to live a 'normal' life. But a hybrid with his only son? And a man? He didn't want to stress Naruto by talking to him, so he took advantage of Sasuke's position as a hybrid, thinking he would end it since he was in a 'higher' position than him.

Sasuke opened his mouth to speak, but the look Minato was giving him, scared him.

"Wipe your tears." Minato ordered.

Sasuke quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

"Look at me."

Sasuke lifted his head, barely looking at Minato. He wondered when Naruto was going to come back.

"Do you know what you have to do?" Minato stared down at Sasuke.

Sasuke's lip trembled, but he nodded only out of fear.

"Good." Was all Minato said before minding his own business.

Downstairs, Naruto was having a hard time getting Kyuubi to come up. He was apparently teaching Itachi the piano, but he wanted to finish what they were doing first. When he finally managed to get Kyuubi and Itachi upstairs, he wasn't able to see Sasuke's distress due to Itachi's reaction.

"H..Hokage sama..!" Itachi exclaimed and he dropped to his knees into a bow.

Minato looked at Itachi bowing in front of him. He got up and bent down in front of him.

"You're that hunter I saw." He lifted Itachi's chin.

Minato sighed when he saw Itachi have the slightest tremble. He let go of him and sat back down. Even though it didn't show as much as other hybrids, both Sasuke and Itachi were still afraid.

"Dad..you know Itachi?" Naruto looked bewildered as he made Itachi stand.

"People often invite me to go to places, and one of them happened to be a hunting game. I remember him specifically because of his talent. He used to be at the top you know."

Itachi didn't dare to look up. He let the new information slowly go through his head. His master was the Hokage's son? Why didn't anyone tell him about that? Then that means the Hokage must know that Kurama was a hybrid as well. Just what was happening..?

Sasuke quickly went over to his brother and hugged him away from the Hokage. He didn't like Naruto's dad.

Minato stood up from his chair and started heading to the front.

"It seems this was a bad time to come. I'll come back next time." Minato didn't like the way the hybrids were acting towards him minus Kyuubi who always had his nonchalant attitude.

Naruto was about to protest since it has been awhile since they've had the afternoon together, but the look on Sasuke and Itachi's face made him say quiet. He agreed that they would go out to dinner instead at a different time. It would just be the three of them and not Sasuke or Itachi.

When Minato said his goodbye to everyone, Naruto closed the the door behind him and went back to Itachi and Sasuke. Kyuubi was already going back downstairs.

"Itachi, are you okay." Naruto bent down next to the brothers who were sitting on the ground.

"Yes, I'm okay. It..was just a lot to process at once. I'm sorry." Itachi was holding his forehead with a hand.

"Don't be sorry."

Naruto finally saw Sasuke's distressed face, but he only believed it was because of Itachi's state.

"Are you okay Sasuke."

Sasuke flinched slightly when he saw Naruto approach. His heart started to ache. He didn't mean to, but he recoiled back and nodded.

"What's wrong Sasuke.." Naruto started to get worried. "Did my dad say anything to you..?"

"A..am I 'the girlfriend'.."

Naruto sighed and had Sasuke sit on the chair. Itachi got up as well and excused himself to his own room, sensing the need for privacy for the two of them.

"Did I not tell you about that." Naruto mumbled. "I told my dad that I had someone I loved, but I told him that she was my girlfriend."

Sasuke stayed quiet so Naruto continued.

"I think I may of described you as a girl instead. I just..don't know how he would react if he ever found out, but I think I told you that. But he'd rather me get married and have a family..something like that."

Sasuke's heart sank at those words. Would it be better if he was a girl..? But..hybrids and humans couldn't have a baby together. It just wasn't possible. But maybe if he was a girl..his father would accept him.

"But I love you Sasuke.." Naruto squeezed Sasuke's hand.

"T..then.." Why won't you tell him about us..? Sasuke wanted to say, but ended up not.

"Hm?" Naruto looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke shook his head.

"I..I love you too."

Naruto smiled and kissed Sasuke's cheek.

Sasuke smiled back a little bit, but deep down, something was stirring inside of him. The painful experience of keeping something from Naruto. He didn't want to tell him that his father knew and basically told him to break up with Naruto.

Their weekend went back to normal. Sasuke still had that dreaded feeling inside of him, but he acted as if nothing was bothering him. But it was when Naruto had gone back to work, Sasuke started having all these hated thoughts. He barely talked. He didn't play with his toys like normal.

Itachi was worried, but Sasuke told him that he wanted to be left alone. Itachi was reluctant, but he agreed. He didn't want Sasuke to turn him away by pushing him, so he waited until Sasuke needed him.

Sasuke then got an idea as he quickly made his way downstairs. He snuck into the maid's rooms and looked around until he found the closets. He opened it and found all sorts of 'costumes'. It ranged from maid outfits to skimpy garments to normal clothing.

He then remembered the time Naruto made him wear one of those leggings and even called him a whore. Sasuke made a grunt and avoided that. He didn't want to look like that. He quickly looked through the clothes and found a pink sweater with pretty designs and a short skirt. He chose the sweater because he liked sweaters and the skirt so he could put his tail under it instead.

He wasn't sure what else to get. He looked around and saw shoes. He's seen women wear those high heeled shoes before. He saw a bunch of regular shoes and boots, but when he looked further, he saw high heels. He took them out, trying to find the right size, but they were too small. He tried putting on the biggest one he saw, but he ended up falling from not knowing how to balance on them.

He sat on the floor thinking why he was doing this. He put the shoes back and was about to put the clothes back as well, but Sasuke heard couple maids talking so he ran out of the room.

He ran all the way upstairs to Naruto's room and plopped himself on Naruto's bed. He let out an annoyed groan and then sat up. He still had the clothes so he decided he would atleast try it. He stripped himself of his own sweater and shorts and replaced it with the girl's sweater and skirt. He struggled with the skirt, only because it was so short when he tried putting his tail under it. It ended up causing the skirt to ride up his backside, but he'd rather have that than have his tail be uncomfortable.

He then ran to the bathroom to look at himself in the mirror. The more he stared at himself, the more embarrassed he got. But did this make him a girl?

Sasuke continued to look at himself, but the more he did, he realized he would never be a girl. He could never be that girl that could provide him a family. He would never be that girl who Naruto could proudly present. He would never be that girl.

As the self realization hit him hard, he started to cry at himself. He pulled on his hair, wishing it would grow longer. He cupped his non existent breasts, hoping it would somehow appear. He then looked down at his own crotch. It was always there to remind him he was a man. He felt himself crumble by his own thoughts. His head felt all messed up.

Sasuke hated being a hybrid. He hated these ears that made him one. He hated this tail that made him one. He hated being one. If he was 'normal' then would Naruto be happy? If he was a girl, would Naruto be happy?

Sasuke rummaged through the drawers until he found the scissors. He then opened it, pressing it against the ear. If he didn't have these, would he become normal?

Something snapped inside of Sasuke. Another realization came to him. Just what was he doing? He dropped the scissors in horror and stared at the hands that were trying to change him.

He was Sasuke. Everything that with him was part of him. It was his ears, his tail. It was his hands that almost changed it all. He stared at himself in the mirror again.

He felt ugly.

Not his appearance, but his actions. He was disturbed at himself that he had these thoughts. He got too caught up in the reality he couldn't live. He was a man, not a woman. His heart was aching to the point he needed to lay down.

He dragged his feet to Naruto's bed, too tired to change out of his clothes. He ended up crying himself to sleep.

Naruto came through the front doors, but was only greeted by Itachi.

"Where's Sasuke?" Naruto became worried.

Whenever Sasuke didn't greet him, it usually meant something was wrong.

"He might be in your room since I didn't see him down here at all. But something's really off with him today. He barely ate and he refused to talk to me or anyone else at all."

"But he didn't say at all what was wrong?" Naruto asked as he took his shoes off.

"No.." Itachi shook his head.

"I think it may be regarding me anyways.." Naruto sighed. Whenever Sasuke felt like this, Naruto was usually the problems and some misunderstanding. "I'll go try and see what's wrong."

Itachi hoped Sasuke was okay as he saw Naruto go up the stairs.

Naruto made his way up the stairs and immediately he saw a lump on his bed. He sighed in relief that Sasuke was only sleeping. He was going to wake up him, but he noticed Sasuke's clothes on the ground.

If Sasuke's clothes were here, then what was he wearing now? He lifted the covers, expecting Sasuke to just simply be wearing a different change of clothes. What he saw instead was Sasuke wearing girl clothes.

"Sasuke." Naruto gently shook him. "Wake up."

Sasuke slightly stirred. Naruto could he his tear stained face. He wondered why Sasuke was dressed like this.

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. He got startled when he saw Naruto. He noticed that the blanket wasn't over him and panicked as he brought it back on top of him to hide his clothes.

"I already saw it Sasuke." Naruto calmly said. "Why're you dressed like that?"

Sasuke looked away and didn't say anything. He tried covering himself up again, but Naruto didn't let him. Sasuke felt tears sting his eyes as he desperately tried to cover himself up.

"Sasuke." Naruto hugged him, letting go of the blanket. "I'm here for you. I won't say anything to make fun of you or anything."

Sasuke covered himself up but faced Naruto.

"I..I thought..i..if I was..a girl..you'd like me better.."

"Sasuke, as pleasing as the clothes look on you, I love you because of who you are. You do not need to change yourself for me."

"S..so you'd rather..me in g..girl clothes..?"

"No no, that's not what I meant." Naruto wiped Sasuke's tears away. "It's..just cute? I mean..if you wanted me to wear girl clothes..I'd do it for you."

"T..that's.." Sasuke imagined Naruto wearing a skirt. "Gross."

Naruto gave out a loud laugh from Sasuke's honesty.

"Why don't you change into your clothes first. Then we'll talk about it."

Sasuke nodded and got off the bed. He walked over to his pile of clothes and picked it up. Naruto could clearly see Sasuke's briefs from under the skirt, due to his tail lifting it up. He savoured the moment.

When Sasuke was done, he folded the pink sweater and the skirt neatly and put it on the kotatsu. He then went back to Naruto and sat next to him.

"Did you go through the girls' closet for those clothes."

Sasuke nodded.

"We'll return them later."

Sasuke nodded again, unsure what to say.

"Sasuke, can you tell me why you are having these kinds of feelings?" Naruto started. "Is it because I told my dad that I had a girlfriend?"

Sasuke fiddled with his fingers, not giving a response.

"Well, if that's the case, I need you to know that I love you because you are you and not anyone else. You really need to talk to me if you feel something is wrong. I don't want you to handle this by yourself. And I love you Sasuke. I'll keep saying it until you get sick of it, but I love you. You cannot forget that. Whenever you have these kind of thoughts, you need to remember that I love you."

"I..is it bad..that I'm a hybrid.." Sasuke ears fell.

"Why is that bad? I've told you before, you're a hybrid because you were born as one. You can't change that. If you weren't a hybrid, I probably would have never met you right?"

Sasuke never thought of it that way as he slowly shook his head.

"Sasuke, I'll be honest. You're really cute as a hybrid. I think you'd be really different if you weren't one." Naruto was mostly speaking about Sasuke's decrease in mental age, but he didn't say it.

"B..but what about a f..family..?" Sasuke pondered on the thought that Naruto could be having a family if it weren't for him.

"What about it?" Naruto asked. "You are my family."

Sasuke felt his chest almost flutter from hearing that.

"I..I'm your family..?" Sasuke looked at Naruto.

"Of course you are. Not in the way you and Itachi are, but in a special way. You know what I mean right?"

Sasuke nodded.

"Besides, even if we can't have a baby together, we still have each other. Even if I was a female, I couldn't provide you a baby, nor the other way around right? Since hybrids and humans..can't really reproduce with each other..but either way Sasuke, I'm happy with just you."

Sasuke nodded and leaned against Naruto. Why did this man make him so happy?

"Is there anything else we missed?"

Sasuke then remembered about Naruto's dad.

"A..ah..uhm." Sasuke trailed off and decided not to talk about it. He was still scared of what might happen if he told Naruto what his dad said.

"Hm? What is it?"

"N..nothing.."

"You sure?" Naruto felt like Sasuke still had something to say.

"Mhm.." Sasuke nodded.

"Alright.." Naruto didn't want to press it. "I'll go get you some tissue so you can blow your nose."

Naruto got up and went to the bathroom. He wasn't prepared to see the mess inside of it. He saw all the drawers messed up and things falling out of them. But what caught his eye was the scissors laying on the ground, away from the drawers. There was no way it would've fallen from the drawers.

"Sasuke?" Naruto said in a worried tone. "Can you come here?"

Naruto could hear quiet footsteps make their way into the bathroom.

"Did you do this?"

Sasuke couldn't believe the mess he made. When he did it, he didn't even realize he made a huge mess. He hesitated before nodding.

"Did..you try to hurt yourself..?" Naruto asked as he picked up the scissors off the ground.

"N..no..! I..I.." Sasuke stuttered. "I..didn't..mean to..!"

Sasuke started to cry again and collapsed onto his knees.

"Are you hurt anywhere?!" Naruto quickly started looking around Sasuke, but he didn't see any open wounds.

"I..I didn't.." Sasuke's voice was barely audible.

Naruto got tissues and gave them to Sasuke who wiped his tears and blew his nose.

"What did you do Sasuke..?"

"I..I..just thought..t..that..if I didn't..have my ears..t..then I..I would..be normal..l..like you..!"

"You were going to cut your ears off?! How is that normal?!" Naruto couldn't believe that.

Sasuke shrank and got scared of Naruto's voice.

"I..I'm s..s..sorry…"

Naruto instantly calmed down when he saw Sasuke's terrified expression.

"No.." Naruto brought Sasuke into a hug. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you like that."

Naruto rubbed Sasuke's back and stroked his hair until Sasuke calmed down.

"Sasuke, you're normal. Being a hybrid isn't abnormal. Just where are you getting these thoughts from.."

"I..I won't..do it..again." Sasuke whispered.

"Please don't. I love your ears Sasuke. Even though you do have human ears as well, I love your cat ears." Naruto kissed one of Sasuke's ears, making it twitch. "See? It brings such a cute response."

Naruto gave a soft smile.

"And even your tail." Naruto gently lifted it and kissed the tip of Sasuke's tail. "I love it too."

Sasuke felt his heart clench not in pain, but joy.

"So don't cry Sasuke."

Naruto wiped Sasuke's tears and made him blow his nose again.

"Hold on Sasuke."

Sasuke looked up at Naruto, watching him go out of the bathroom and then come back.

"In all seriousness..I really love you. You've managed to change me and my heart with just your charms. You brought so much happiness into my life." Naruto sat formally in front of Sasuke. "I used to be a pretty bad person, but you..you washed that all away. It was like a breath of fresh air being with you. I know this is an odd time saying it, but I think you need to know just how much I love you. Sasuke Uchiha..will you marry me..?"

Sasuke sat there stunned. He saw a ring being presented in front of him, different from the one they 'used' before.

Naruto awkwardly waited for Sasuke to respond. He started to blush from embarrassment as he remembered what he said and how corny it sounded. He had bought the ring immediately after he was taken off his harsh punishment.

"Hey..this is when you're supposed to say yes." Naruto hinted once again.

Naruto swore he saw a tiny grin on Sasuke's face.

"I..is it for real this time..?"

"Yes Sasuke. It's real. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Sasuke started to smile with small tears leaking out.

"Y..yes.."

Sasuke couldn't contain how happy he was. He started to bawl and weakly tried wiping his neverending tears.

Naruto hugged Sasuke tightly and squeezed him, reassuring him that this was real and that he was there.

When Sasuke started to calm down, Naruto spoke.

"I'll be honest, I'm not too sure how this works..but I did get a matching ring for myself. Inside though, our names are linked together. Exactly how you wrote it last time on the paper. I had them engrave it as close as they could in your handwriting, but that one is mine. Then one I'm giving you is inspired by my hand writing. So now in a way..it's special right?"

Sasuke never even noticed the engraving inside. It felt even more special now.

"And since you don't like wearing the rings on your finger, I bought you a simple necklace for you to wear instead."

Naruto reached into his pocket and showed Sasuke the silver necklace. He placed the ring in it and showed it to him again.

"But first, you don't need this ever again." Naruto removed Sasuke's collar.

"This will suit you much better." Naruto smiled as he clasped the necklace onto Sasuke.

Sasuke stood up to look at it through the mirror. He saw Naruto get up behind him.

"You like it?"

Sasuke nodded.

"W..what about you..?"

"Oh, I'm just going to wear it on my finger."

Sasuke smiled and hugged Naruto.

"Now I just need to break the news to my dad." Naruto sighed. "I'm sorry I have to make you go through this."

Sasuke shook his head.

"I..I'm really happy..!"

"That's great." Naruto kissed Sasuke's forehead. "Even though we can't officially get married, these rings will be our bond."

Sasuke's worries flew out the window. He was just too overwhelmed with joy. Even though he's never seen marriage, he felt that if Naruto wanted to marry him, it was a huge deal. It sealed their love. It meant that Naruto loved him no matter what and Sasuke knew he loved him no matter what as well.

Naruto suddenly brought Sasuke into a chaste kiss.

"I love you Sasuke."

"I..I love you too...N..Naruto."

Naruto gave the slightest blush after hearing his name. It just felt so rare for Sasuke to say it to the point it somehow made him feel embarrassed. He was really glad that Sasuke accepted. He also felt that it was a good time to do so before Sasuke started to go into a downward spiral of doubt. But now that was over, it was time for the hard part.

Just how will he tell his dad this.